Taking census

Moving day.

I'll be quickly checking on everybody to make sure they're settling in to their houses and are showing signs of life.

Menuchah Muleskinner

I moved her into the house with the huge garden because she loves the outdoors and has a green thumb. When I looked in, she had already found the garden and was happily getting all wet and dirty. Good girl, working on your skills already. I interrupted her fun to send her to City Hall for a name change. Since, in my game, she has never married Stanley Lothario, she'll be reverting to her maiden name. She spied Becky Sharma coming out of the bookstore, but Becky was on her way home and wouldn't stop.

When she got home, she was already tired of gardening, and got comfy for a nice long read while listening to music. Nothing more to do with her right now, so I'll move on.

Rachel Thorpe

I had World Adventures in the back of my mind when I was making Rachel, so she turned into a Lara Croft wannabe. To support her backstory, I moved her into the big mansion on the hill and gave her extra money and a sports car. She was playing chess and showed no interest in doing anything else for a while. She's already level 2 at logic.

William Manchester

This is one of the guys I got from the "Manly Enough For Ya?" thread on the forums. He had no last name, so I dubbed him William Manchester. He's also one of the ones I had to partly dress. About half my guys showed up in CAS wearing the same shirt. Even without the custom skin, he's still good looking and more realistic than most sims I see. He checked himself out in the mirror for a while and then settled down with a book. As incredibly photogenic as he is, he was hard to get a screenshot of because he keeps looking up at the ceiling as he walks. You'd think he'd trip.

Becky Sharma

I found Becky jogging down the street on her way to have a bit to eat at the diner. It was a long, long, LONG jog. She had the new car smell moodlet, so she must have a car. Maybe she just likes to jog. I'm happy to see she's going to be one of those sims who's always out doing something without being told. Note: I think she was wearing her everyday clothes, so I suppose she wasn't technically "jogging." Whatever.

AJ Anderson

I found her playing chess at the pub, which is just down the block from her house. Obviously, she and Rachel need to meet so they can play together. Note: I don't like taking screenshots while they're playing chess, because it's hard to get anything but ugly facial expressions.

(note to Dee: AJ only has 3 traits. Is that normal for her?)

Wyatt Walker

Wyatt was settling right in. He went inside to play computer games. His social bar is halfway down, so maybe he'll go out for a walk soon and meet somebody. He lives just down the street from AJ, so maybe they'll meet at the pub.

Ronnie Rausage

Ronnie was standing outside the hospital when I looked for him. I don't know why. While I watched, he freaked out for no apparent reason. He's neurotic, so he may be doing that a lot. Then he pulled out a book and read it standing there. I think I'd better leave him alone for a while.

Max Staple

Max was on his way out to eat, too. Then he suddenly changed his mind and took a cab home to eat ice cream instead. I left him there because it's already evening and I still have several people to check on.

Tyler Townsend

Tyler, who lives next door to Max, was just standing there when I peeked at him. The stereo was on, though, and he had the entertained moodlet, so he must have been chilling out to some good tunes. He discovered a foosball table upstairs. I think he likes his new house.

Talia Dean

Talia lives near Max and Tyler. Her house is the plainest one so far, but it's furnshed with the basics. I picked houses at random when moving them in without regard to who had better stuff. I upgraded some of her appliances and bed because I felt bad that most of her neighbors have much nicer things. I found her checking out her new kitchen and then heading for a good book. I also bought her an easel because she's artistic and needs a fun object besides the bookshelf.

Sam Grant

Sammy was returning home from the stadium. He doesn't have a job yet, so he must have been taking the tour or maybe watching a game. Rotating through the men, I'm noticing a lot of them are athletic and charismatic. I may end up with an entire ready-made soccer team and no men in any other profession! I obviously picked these sims for their looks and appeal, not for a wide variety of traits. He had some soup and went to bed.

Sam is living in my house Lillehave (lille have means small garden in Danish), although I don't know why since he'll probably never make use of the garden. I put a ceiling on his house because I when I made it I didn't know about adding ceilings, and a house without one makes for crappy screenhots. He's doing okay otherwise.

Lexie Alexander

Lexie was happily playing computer games. She no longer has the same hair I created her with because I had done a housecleaning and got rid of almost all my cc, though I didn't have much to begin with. I let her keep the hair she defaulted to because I like it even better on her.