Generation 1: Aftermath - Part One

The year was 2008. Countless sims were going about their daily lives as they had always done...until one fateful day, when a small explosion rocked the landscape.

Sorry, did I say small explosion? I meant to say nuclear meltdown of apocalyptic proportions. Same thing, really.

Into this landscape, one sim returned home from college...one sim who...found other survivors?

Oh no no. This is the apocalypse! This is the nuclear holocaust!! THIS! IS! FALLOUT SPRINGS! Survivors? No. Try zombies. Thankfully the Hand of Mao came forth and SMOTE the zombies into submission...and tombstones. With the zombie welcome wagon beaten into eternal submission from this hood, our unlikely heroine began her challenge as any post apocalyptic survivalist would...stockpiling food as leftovers.

Zombie apocalypse or not, life must begin anew, so our unlikely heroine went straight into work in the Medical career. In her first day, she was faced with a dilemma... a dilemma resulting in 2 logic and 2 charisma points being added to her skills.

By the end of a long day of work, Kyung-Soon was promoted to Chief of Staff, and with that, had lifted both the medical and hopelessness restrictions that had plagued Fallout Springs for less than a week. No more twenty hand washings for this sim, oh no! She bought a state of the art communal shower for her home shack! Most important of all, this meant that she could move in sims...and pets!

First came Stephan, with his nearly maxed set of skills. Right away he was put to work in the Culinary career, so that the family could stop hoarding food and eat whenever they wanted to.

However, a new member of the family was on the way. Enter Gandalf (a Grey cat, no less!).

Gandalf went into Show Business to make some movie about a tower or two, while Stephan...well he was either filling in a hole dug by dog, or filling a hole WITH a dog. Either way, it was clear that he wasn't all that happy about the black pooch who had violated his lawn.

It is kind of hard to call that a lawn when it's covered in nuclear fallout, all plant life has been eliminated from the landscape, and zombie hordes are roaming the streets, but one hole in the lawn is still unacceptable!

It only took one more day of work but, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I present to you all... (this is where you imagine a really awesome drum roll)

Stephan, the Celebrity Chef! Behold his awesomeness and silhouettedness! I'm sure that entire legions of zombies are watching their TV sets with glee as he shouts Bang! and kicks his food up by a bit. Actually, this challenge is starting to sound less and less post-apocalyptic come to think of it...

Right behind him was Gandalf (the Grey), who wowed entire audiences with his theatrical performances.

Between the two of them, the Culinary AND Showbiz Animal restrictions had been lifted! To add into the excitement, Kyung-Soon got yet another chance card, resulting in 80,000 simoleons being added to the family funds!

In celebration, Stephan went outside and built a friendly little snowman. The family was able to stop stockpiling ribs, buy a stove, and allow children in the region to study for school. With no restriction on the addition of a second pet, it was decided that Gandalf needed a friend. Another adorable and cuddly kitty named Artanis was added to the home and instantly started to work at...MR. SNOWMAN! NOOOOOO!!!

Artanis became Hell on Four Legs. Instantly terrorizing snowmen, then leaping onto cat toys within her first 5 minutes, whild Gandalf looked on in absolute terror. Meows of, "You want me to make kittens with WHO?!" echoed throughout the shack!

Artanis went to work as a Service Animal, with the hopes of lifting the restrictions preventing elder sims from being controllable. Within several days, her task was completed, and Gandalf and Artanis went about becoming friends, with the hopes that they could repopulate Fallout Springs with their offspring.

Kyung-Soon waited until she had a few days off work, and instead went to work doing something else...starting the second generation

Several days later, Eris was born

Unfortunately, in a first for both Vlad and Mao, in the midst of the chaos of adding to the house, a new baby, and all of the other crazy challenge rules, the food bowl for Gandalf and Artanis somehow became turned around. Lowering wants went unnoticed, and within moments of getting the warning that the hunger want was falling to dangerous levels...the pets were taken away. No law enforcement exists in Fallout Springs to make sure the sims sleep safe at night, but if a pet goes without food for a minute, the Man is breathing down your neck and taking your poor cats away :(

If it is the LAST thing I do, I WILL get my cats back. You hear that Gandalf (the Grey Cat), I'm coming back for you in a generation or two! Sadness aside though...does this mean he will come back as Gandalf (the White Cat)?

With all of the recent losses, Kyung-Soon and Stephan finally tied the knot and restored some semblance of order to their shack.

Unfortunately, although Kyung-Soon managed to make it to work on time, without a nanny present, Stephan had to miss his first...and therefore last day of work. His show was cancelled, and Stephan Dual Live was replaced with extended episodes of 30 Minute Zombie Meals.

Eris grew up into a nice little demonic looking toddler, and soon thereafter into a slightly less demonic looking child (I'll be a sweet father one day, I'm sure of it)

Do I have to prove my claims? Fine. I'd like to present Exhibit A to the blog in the case of Vlad v. Creepy Child. Stephan never dealt well with the loss of his two pets. His needs plummeted as he cried almost as much as Spiderman in the last film (Note that I said almost) and fell from exhaustion in the snow. Eris, who was hard at work constructing a Snowman Sentry to fend off wandering zombies had two choices available to her. 1) Help her dear ol' dad out, or 2)...

TA-DAA. Present her dad to the world. She looks like she is trying to say, "Hey, check out what I did!"

Before long, Kyung-Soon had her second potential heir, and another girl. With the addition of Phoebe to the household, Stephan now has one more reason to cry himself to sleep in the snow. Let's face it. The guy has no male friends, and is surrounded by estrogen every direction that he turns. At this rate, the guy is going to have gray hair before his wife, and she is four days older than him!

The children both continued to grow, and actually both moved beyond the near-demonic stage of looks and became very nice looking young ladies.

It is nice to see that even in such a desolate place, children can still have fun...even if it means both of the hellions waking up at 6:00 am to dance together in front of a boombox. If they know what is good for them, they had better hope that all of the noise upstairs doesn't wake the parents.

As for Kyung-Soon...sadly she transitioned on into becoming the first sim to become an Elder in this apocalyptic nuclear winter.

And with the transition of the first of the survivors into the final life stage, this round of the apocalypse challenge has drawn to a close. Fallout still rains down upon the land, and although the sims are attempting to rebuild their society, it is still going to be a long road until civilization is restored, and the winter finally ends. I leave you now with a picture of the modest two story house shack, and the promise that one day, both Gandalf and Artanis shall have....FREEDOOOOOOM!

• Hopeless restriction lifted
• Medical restriction lifted
• Culinary restriction lifted
• Showbiz Animal restriction lifted
• Service Animal restriction lifted
• Showbiz Animal and Service Animal restrictions restored

-Part Two-