Day Fourteen

Pyke wakes up and takes in the scene. How many people can claim to have seen something like this on getting out of bed?



'Nooreen, don't worry, I'm going to get you out of this mess! You're going to spend the rest of your sleep in a nice warm bed with a glass of water or anything else you'd like at your side! Hang on in there!'



'...zzz... not... lemonade... zzz...' *snort*



Pyke flees the bedroom, unable to cope with the sight of Jack reduced to this pile of human wreckage.



They're regaining barely any energy, so I wake Jack and Nooreen up. The first thing Nooreen does is have a good sit down and stare at the computer.



Jack opts to relax on the bed. Why neither of them want to sleep is beyond me.

His glassy-eyed stare is just the external manifestation of the empty wasteland of his mind. Not even tumbleweeds dare tumble there.



'I haven't forgotten what you gone and did, woman. I got my EYES on you.'

'Pyke... you've shrunk!'

'I BLAME THE GOVERNMENT!'



Catriona is either upset or constipated. Perhaps a combination of the two.



'One day I will bring great ruin upon you all!'

This is Pyke's serious face.



Pyke gives the back of Catriona's sobbing head a cold, icy stare. I don't think these guys are going to be friends again any time soon.

It's time however, to get the Crombies to each make something from the stations. Catriona is the first up, and for her I think the toy-making station is the most apt.



I wonder how this will turn out...



Construction begins! So far it looks like a, uh, giant cube of brown. I'm not sure if banging it with a hammer's going to create the desired product.



'The art of smashing a block randomly with a hammer has been passed down in my family for generations.'



'Nooreen, you're alive! I WANT A GREAT BIG NOO-NA HUG!'



'Fuck off, Pyke. No hugs.'

'I only want a little one.'



Progress. Of a sorts.



'So, Nooreen, I got these great new shoes, really sexy ones, and I thought we could have a sexy shoes party.'



'That sounds good, I've got a whole collection of revealing dresses that we could wear too! We could just parade around the house for a while, and wear them all! It'd be great fun!'



'And maybe for added kicks, we could... lez it up a little!'

'What do you think, Jack?'





Jack runs himself a cold bath.



'OK, now he's gone, I've got to ask: what is the correct way to cook flames?'



Success. Of a sorts. I'm just not impressed, it looks like a brick with eyes and a mouth painted on it. It's a piece of crap.



Well... there it is. It's kind of creepy actually. I'm just going to leave it on the floor there for the Crombies to do whatever you're supposed to do with it.



'What have these iniquitous hands of mine crafted? O MISERERE ME!'

Right, Pyke's next. I want her to build a robot with the kit on the first floor balcony. Get on up there, Pyke!



'What the hell is this? Stairs? I won't use anything less than a pair of winged boots to get between different elevations and that's that!'

Meanwhile, Nathen, irrepressible as always, has called Catriona on her mobile phone. I wonder what he wants?



As if we couldn't guess.



Go on then! Build something!

But Pyke is hungry.



And becomes the music room's first visitor! There's a fridge full of food downstairs, Pyke. Why're you going in there?



She's mixing drinks to satiate the rumbling in her belly. Something's not right here...



'I'd be very interested in being part of your art project, what's the medium?'

Catriona, he wants to rip your arms off!



Noooooooooooooooooo!



After more drinks mixing, a dip in the jacuzzi, and several aborted attempts at making Pyke build a robot, I work out the problem - there's no food left in the fridge! I'd better get someone to order more groceries before the Crombies die of starvation.

Pyke is on the case.



Instead of opening the door, greeting the deliveryman, accepting the goods, and handing over the cash, Pyke gives anyone and everyone on the street a gratuitous 'bursting for a wee' performance.

The deliveryman ignores this and tries the doorbell again.



Finally! This basket should be able to feed the Crombies for another two weeks.

OK... next station. Jack's turn. He wanted the makeover station in the first place, so it only seems right that he should be the one to use it. But he needs to give a makeover to someone. Nooreen's the nearest, so let's see what Jack will do to improve her image.



'Step this way, Nooreen, I am going to make you look bee-yut-iful.'



'Yes, I'm thinking something neo-baroque, something stylish, elegant, but not too showy... maybe some tassels and ribbons here, a little dyed highlights there... and to really bring out those lovely brown eyes of yours we shall include a miniature model of the Eiffel tower.'



'Trust me, I saw a hairdresser shop from the outside once. I can do this.'

And so it begins...



Bloody hell, what in Jesus' name is he doing?! Is that blood?!



Nooreen's face is cut to smithereens by the unco-ordinated assault of Jack's scissors. Her screams will forever haunt the memories of her housemates in the years to come.



Oooooh, I see how this works. I can muck about with Nooreen's cosmetic elements. Here's her severe librarian look.



Blonde bimbo? She still looks severe.



How about loveable eccentric? I'm not sure how Jack managed to create the effect of a cap with a propeller using only scissors, but it works!



Nooreen the ninja! I've never seen a ninja with glasses, though.

In the end, I decide it would be wrong to mess with the Crombies' classic looks so I cancel the makeover.



Jack chloroforms Nooreen with the intent of stealing her nose. Tsk.



'It's finished! I am a great artist and you are my masterpiece! How do you feel?'

'I feel... reborn!'



Ah, c'est magnifique!



'Oh, Jack, it's wonderful! I look exactly the same, how did you do it?!'

'A magician never tells.'



Pyke is finally ready to begin building her robot! A spanner, in one hand, and a screwdriver in the other, she is ready to turn this solid cube of steel into...



... the Pykinator! It's quite impressive how she managed to do it without circuits, solenoids, wires, or... well anything really.



IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIVE!



Jack has noticed the Insane Toffee! Good! I'd like to see exactly how they're supposed to play with it.



... He just kissed it. And now he's crooning to it. I think Jack needs friends more badly than I ever suspected.



'You'll never leave me, Toffee. Never, because you're my BEST FRIEND.'



Ladies and gentlemen, some two weeks after moving in, Jack has finally tinkered with the piano I put in the house for him. It's short-lived as he has to go to work. After he disappears, very little of note happens.



Jack is promoted! According to the game, he needs a charisma point to advance any further. I've never seen sims do anything that develops charisma voluntarily. I'll maybe try and find something that does and plonk it somewhere in the house and hope for the best.

Also, Pyke has gained a body point and I have no idea when or how.



6am is just round the corner, so let's quickly see what everyone's doing. Catriona is standing by her bed playing a video game... she never sits down to do this, don't ask me why.



Pyke is grimly eating some cereal in the kitchen...



Nooreen is dreaming about Scott. All the Crombies dream about Scott on a regular basis, I'm not quite sure what to make of it.

A whole fortnight has now passed since the Crombies moved in! What a milestone!

I didn't get the opportunity to make Nooreen use the floral station, so I'll do that tomorrow. If possible, I'd like them to all go out on another road trip. We'll see how that goes. To conclude this day, just remember this:



SHE NEVER FORGETS.