Next Time, Visit Earlier!

 

Mon, Winter 3 (Apr 24)

Tae: Alex kicks off the day with a bang! While examining Patchy’s pockets, he finds the Flirty Magic Bean! By the way, Alej and I join the Scientist career because we want the cloning machine. We don’t start until tomorrow so we spend half the day on scientific brreakthroughs.

Tae: We must’ve returned home just as Chiyo left for the airport. Did you have a good flight, Papa?

Jun: Yes, the Verdemar royals treat their visiting artists well. I had a fantastic residency there.

Tae: Before I left for StrangerVille, I stopped by the Mt. Komorebi house and added pet things. I hope you’ll be comfortable there.

Jun: To tell the truth,, Tae, I’m just waiting for Brytani to ask me to move in with her.

Tae: Guess what arrived four days after I’d handed that Scientist my Infection Profile Data? You guessed it. But I already assembled the Hazmat Suit using the black-market Spore Filter Watcher bought me. So now I have an unnecessary Spore Filter stuck in my personal inventory forever, an eternal reminder of my impulsive Watcher’s lack of patience.
Watcher: Le sigh.

Who's the best boi, Sass?! Thanks for learning not to drink for puddles, Sass. I’ve finally reached the third milestone of the Friend of the Animals aspiration, but I won't try to finish it this month. Maybe later this year.

Rowan: Thanks for coming all this way to give us a Pizza Oven, but we really don’t have room for one.
Tae: Please take it, Rowan. Honey's Watcher mentioned there was no room, so I tried keeping the Pizza Oven myself, but…
Rowan: Why are you whispering, Tae?
Tae: I rolled a want to woohoo with Alej and now I don't trust myself with a Pizza Oven in our kitchen. Listen, after you move, you can put this one in your new home office!
Rowan: Hey, that's a great idea!

Honey: It's nice to finally meet you, Alej. Have you held a baby before?

Tae: Alej, would you mind giving Melody back to Honey? I’ve been waiting over an hour to be introduced to Melody but I can’t ask as long as you’re holding her.
Alej: Oh, I’m so sorry, but I do love holding her. Tae, do you want children? I want at least three!
Tae: She looks like she’s about to cry. I wish we'd arrived earlier. It must be close to her bedtime.

Alej and I each brought a toy for Melody which we can't give them to her with Alej holding her. I picked the pink dragon.

Tae: Being parents really suits Honey and Rowan. I’ve never seen them looking happier or more content. When we met as teens, we were a bunch of kids. Now, Honey and Rowan have a child of their own and are building a family. I'm really happy for them!
It makes me wonder, tho. Will I ever deserve the kind of happiness they have?

Tae: I know, I know, Melody. We should’ve visited earlier, Melody. Now it’s late and I don't even time to play with you, but I'll tuck you into your crib. Please don’t cry. We're almost there!

Watcher's Note:

*Alej held Melody so long that I checked his relationships with the entire Woods household later, but his highest friendship is with (...wait for it...) Truffles.🤣
*Tae and Alej arrived too late to get to know Melody this time. Alej didn't get to know Honey and Rowan, either. They’ll try again another time. And Tae wants to host a party soon to introduce Alej to the gang.

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Watcher: As soon as Tae and Alej returned to Gibbi Point, I started planning their Innisgreen home for the month of May. (Yes, Alej will be going with.) I decided to use a building approach I'd thought up for my Ravenwood build 2 years ago.

First, I looked around Innisgreen to see what the lots looked like and found this pink shell in Sprucederry, near the Enchanted Lovers’ lot.

After finding a debug version of the pink house in Build/Buy mode and placing it on a large lot (left), I recreated the build using the same dimensions as the pink Sprucederry house, but with a more prominent tower (right).

A side view of the white debug shell and my re-creation. This process clarified that helped me differentiate the doors/windows used in the premade Sprucederry and Everdew builds. My initial build uses the same windows and doors as the pink Sprucederry house.

Tae had heard rumors that Titiania Summerdream longed to leave her 50x50 Puckitt Hall lot in Everdew (Innisgreen's fairy neighborhood) and move to Magnolia Promenade. As a result, I helped Titania and her family relocate. I'm nice that way!

And that’s how I ended up bulldozing Titania’s Puckitt Hall villa then moving Tae’s initial house there. At this stage, I went all-out trying to give the exterior a “fairy flair.” This house will be fine for Tae, Alej, Sass, and Zorro.

On the house's left side, there's a separate entrance to what will eventually become Tae and Alej’s naturopath practice. Let's hope it doesn't have to be a small business, thank you! (I'm sure you noticed that a piece of invy is hanging off the wall on the right. Sigh, I have no patience for placing ivy but I'll have to fix that, lol.)

I really like the gazebo with a chess table on one of the Sprucederry lots, so I built one here, too. For now, the gazebo’s small table holds the Woo Who? Game.

Tae and Alej’s Innisgreen home still lacks interior walls and a floor plan, but its exterior is done which is nearly half the battle, right? Oh yeah, landscaping....