9. Keika: âHehehe⊠I will steal your man and prevent you from changing clothes. Because Iâm evil! âŠhow was that?
Did that sound like Vis?â
Jessie: âLetâs just get to the hot tub dates already, Keika.â
Keika: âSpoilsport.â
10. Vis: âAh, my wetsuit. That feels better.â
Ah, the evidence of my failure to check everyoneâs swimwear. That feels only slightly mortifying.
Vis: âEmbarrassed, Author? Oh, good. Thatâs what I was going for when I picked this outfit.â
Hate.
12. Today, the winners of Visâs hot tub are Pony, Jessie, and my simself. Pony seems to be holding a lot of attention
here. Three guesses as to why.
13. Which leaves Gabie and Rosie warming the left-out loser tub.
Rosie: âI heard that on day five, we get to kiss him!â
Why is that everyoneâs favorite topic around here?
14. Pony: âSo Vis, I hear you like catch? I consider myself quite the sports aficionado. My favorite is tennis. I know
youâve never heard of it. Itâs like catch, except youâre hitting the ball with a racquet instead of actually catching it.â
15. Vis: âCool! So how do you win? Do you win when you hit the other person on the head with the ball?â
Everyone: ââŠâ
Pony: ââŠno.â
Vis: âOh, okay. I guess it might hurt if you get hit with a ball, even soft ones like the ones we use in catch. That
wouldnât be nice.â
16. Vis: âHey, I know! Letâs put pillows around balls, and then when somebody gets hit with one so the other person
can win, it doesnât hurt as much! Iâm a genius! An evil genius!â
18. Pony: âOkay! Change of subject!â
Keika: âHey! I was on a roll!â
Pony: âYou know Vis, I hear that it used to be really popular to talk about fried eggs in the hot tub in these
bachelor challenges. Any thoughts?â
19. Vis: âI like fried eggs. Theyâre good on toast. But, why would you want to talk about them in a hot tub?â
20. Vis: âMaybe if we got a hot plate hooked up here, we could make breakfast here without even leaving the tub?â
Jessie: âHmm⊠that might be just a little dangerous.â
Keika: âNonsense! Thatâs a wonderful idea!â
I need a new strategy.
21. Jessie: âI donât like eggs. If weâre going to have that hot plate, letâs make bacon on it instead.â
22. Jessie: âHey, Iâve got an idea! Letâs hold the Golden Plumbbob awards again! Those are fun, arenât they?â
Vis: âGolden⊠plumbbob?â
Keika: âJESSIE!â
23. Keika: âIx-nay on the eta-may! Heâs an im-say! He doesnât need to know about the orums-fay!â
Vis: âForums? What forums?â
24. *whistle!* Thatâs it! Out of the water! Time for chess dates!
Vis: âOkay! Boy, Iâm excited to play chess again!â
Pony: âYou know, our government hides all sorts of stuff from us. Did you know they made a detailed plan on how
theyâre intending to survive the zombie apocalypse?â
Hey⊠hey guys. Did you hear me? Chess dates. Out of the water. Now.
25. Okay! Everyoneâs at their tables and itâs time to start! Just like the last set of one-on-one dates we did, weâre going
to use last timeâs scores to determine who gets the first date and then on up the list. That means that Jessie is
going first, as she was second-to-last behind Mia, and Iâm last, as my simself still has the highest relationship
score at this moment.
26. And no, Jessie. You donât get to go change into pajamas yet.
Jessie: âDang.â
28. Jessie: âYour turn.â
Vis: âItâs been so awesome to meet all of you guys, and get to flirt a little bit, too. I never got to do that as a
teenager. Or in college, either.â
Jessie: âThatâs not your fault. Itâs just your authorâs play style to not bother with relationships all that much until itâs
necessary.â
Truth.
29. Vis: âHey, look! A shooting star!â
Jessie: âWhere!? Where!?â
I foresee a lot of this coming.
30. Judging by Jessieâs face, she definitely noticed Visâs cheatery, but wisely decided not to damage her relationship
score by saying anything. And now itâs Rosieâs turn with him.
31. Rosie: âOoh, pretty. What are these things for?â
I smell a lack of logic points.
Vis: âPracticing military strategy so that one day we can crush our opponents on the battlefield. The battlefield of
bureaucracy, that is. We wouldnât be good evil overlords if we let our generals actually kill each other in war. Thatâs
uncivilized.â
I smell too many logic points.
32. Rosie: âSo, when youâre evil overlord, are you going to hand out any trophies?â
Vis: âOh, sure. Every other Tuesday will be Award Day. Thatâs when I give trophies and shiny plaques to my best
generals, officials, and model citizens. Iâve gotta keep them motivated, you know.â
33. Vis: âYou know, Iâve seen a lot of shows where the evil overlords keep their people motivated by fear. But I think
thatâs too easy, and also kind of cruel. Thatâs why we have Award Tuesday.â
Rosie: âI see. That makes a lot of sense.â
34. Rosie: âAha, I see you left your king open. Checkââ
Bzzt! This date is over! Next!
Rosie: ââmate! âŠdang.â
35. Gabie: âSo, Vis. This ship is kind of like a giant airplane, right? I mean, itâs here for transportation, and it flies from
place to place, and it has a captain.â
Vis: âExcept itâs a whole lot more comfortable than an airplane. But it doesnât have a captain.â
36. Gabie: âI think Iâve got you with this move. My pawnâs going to beat your queen into submission. Anyway. What
were you saying about us not having a captain? Who drives this thing?â
Vis: âNobody. Itâs on a sort of autopilot. The silver suits tell it where to go, and it goes there.â
Gabie: âSo where are we right now?â
Vis: âI dunno. Somewhere between Smenus and Isimgard.â
37. Gabie: âI donât know what either of those places are, but okay. It really is a very cool ship.â
Vis: âEspecially since its whole purpose is to abduct and impregnate sim men. Thatâs pretty evil.â
Bzzt! Next!
39. Vis: âI like kissing. Especially when thereâs romantic music playing the background. Maybe a candlelit dinner. You
know, all those things you see on romance movies.â
Pony: âHow about putting all of that on a beach?â
Vis: âSo we can get sand in our expensive shoes? Sounds evil to me!â
40. Pony: âIâve always wanted to be a legacy spouse, with my portrait painted and hung up on the wall. Hint, hint.â
Vis: âYeah, youâre gonna have to talk to my niece about that one. Sheâs the heiress right now. Iâm not.â
Pony: âBut we could paint portraits of each other when I win this thing, right?â
Vis: âOh, sure. But letâs make them ridiculously huge and pretentious portraits of ourselves in overstuffed chairs
and hung above the mantelpiece. That would look perfect in my dream house.â
42. This is the last one.
Keika: âHey, Vis. You know, I intend to win this thing.â
Vis: âThe challenge?â
Keika: âSure, that too. But I was thinking of this chess match.â
43. Vis: âSo, whatâs your favorite CD?â
Keika: {Uh-oh. He didnât mention what his favorite was. Iâve got a favorite, sure, but I want to impress him by
having the same favorite. Okay, okay. Iâll buy some time.} âUm⊠haha⊠let me seeâŠâ
Vis: âMine is âThe Best of the Highlights of the Greatest Songs of All Time.ââ
Keika: âYeah! Mine too!â
44. Keika: {Oh, this is hard.}
Vis: âI wonder why everybodyâs made the same starting chess move today? That one pawn is getting a bit of a
workout.â
45. And thatâs all for the chess dates! Time for dinner! We have a schedule, people, letâs keep to it!
Vis: âHey, whereâd all the pieces go?â
Keika: *has chess hand*
46. The same people who made it to Visâs table tonight are also the same people who were in his tub. Fascinating.
Pony: âKeika, isnât it hard to eat that way?â
Keika: âItâs a medical condition. Donât tease me.â
47. Vis: âWhen Iâm evil emperor, Iâm going to sign into law that everyone afflicted with chess hand is given the medical
care they deserve.â
Jessie: âWow, Vis. Thatâs really considerate of you.â
Keika: *ignores*
Pony: *rolls eyes*
48. Long after everyone else has finished their meal and trooped up to bed, Vis and Jessie are still sitting and bonding
over their turkey. How sweet.
49. And this is the issue with spiral stairs.
Jessie: âI donât see an issue here. Heâs got a nice butt.â
50. Hehe. Guess who still has chess hand the next morning?
Keika: âThis is so humiliating. RealMe, you know how to fix this. Whatâs the hold up?â
This is much funnier.
Keika: âNot cool, RealMe.â
51. Breakfast is had this morningâ
Jessie: âPAJAMAS! Iâm in my pajamas!!â
âand now we have some flirts to get through before noon comes along. Snap to it everyone!
52. Vis: âYou know how you said you liked my butt last night? Well, I, uh, like your body, too.â
Jessie: âBe still, my heart.â
The best we can do with Jessie is two charms. She accepts both, which is an improvement over last night, when
she rejected the wolf whistle. Neither of them are in crush yet, though.
53. Vis: âI love how even when weâre having a romantic moment, you keep your fists clenched like youâre thinking of
punching me.â
Rosie: âOh, Vis!â
Rosie gets two sweet talks, which is the highest weâre going today. She accepts both.
In retrospect, I probably should have done one suggestion and one sweet talk. Oh, well. Hindsight is 20/20.
54. Vis: âSo if I get right up in your face like this, does that make this flirting?â
Gabie: âHahaha, youâre so funny, Vis!â
Gabie also accepts her sweet talks.
55. Vis: âPony, when I see you, my heart tries to leap out of my chest, and I have to try and hold it in with this!â
Pony: âHow sweet! âŠalthough I probably could have done without that image.â
Pony accepts her sweet talks, too. Wow, this is easy today. Maybe we should have shot for higher flirts.
56. Those, by the way, are double crush hearts. Ponyâs on fire today!
57. Vis: âYour skin is so soft, Keika.â
Keika: {STOP TOUCHING MY FACE STOP TOUCHING MY FACE} âHehe, thanks Vis!â *pained smile*
58. Aha, thereâs my crush hearts. Vis already has his; I was wondering where mine were.
59. Once dates are finished, free will is turned on to allow everyone a chance to build relationship independently.
Before anyone else can do anything at all, Jessie runs in to give Vis a hug. I guess she must know that sheâs the
only one who didnât get the âsweet talkâ option for him.
60. She then goes on to monopolize his attention until noon.
61. Although Pony does get to slip in one last-minute congratulate at, like, 11:50.
Pony: âCongratulations on looking like youâd be such a great kisser, Vis!â
Of course. Thatâs it, everyone into the elimination room!
62. Vis: âSoooo⊠not to sound overly rude or anything, but the decision on who was leaving today was really easy.
Super easy. As in, âso easy it was actually kind of evil that it was so easyâ easy.â
Pony and Jessie: âPerson person plus.â
63. Vis: âKeika, youâre safe.â
Keika: âYeah, and what else is new?â
Gabie: {ARCH NEMESIS.}
69. Gabie: âIâm against Rosie? Psh, no problemo. I was in the top three until today, and Rosieâs always been at the
bottom.â
70. *clink*
Vis: âYeah, sorry Rosie. I just feel like we didnât have as much of a connection as I did with some of the others,
know what I mean?â
Rosie: âNo! Come on, Vis! Iâm the president of your fan club! We can work this out!â
71. Rosie: âWhy me!?â
Gabie: âCome on, Rosie. Take it with honor. We canât all win this thing.â
Rosie: âButâbutâbutââ
73. Rosie: âNoooo! This canât be right! I wanted it more than anyone! This whole thing was my idea! Thereâs gotta be
a way back up there!â
Ani-Mei: âQuit being melodramatic and have a seat, Rosie. Youâre entitled to an exit interview.â
74. Rosie: âI donât need a stinkinâ exit interview! I need to figure out a way to get back up there! Ooh, I know! Iâll climb
this perfectly smooth metal wall! Thereâs gotta be a foothold somewhere around here!â
Ani-Mei: âHave a slice of cake. We have a message from Vis.â
Rosie: âOoh! A message from Vis!?â
75. Rosie: âOkay, okay, Iâm sitting. Whatâs the message?â
Thai: âHe says, and I quote, âSorry I made you sad! The cake is chocolate!ââ
Rosie: ââŠthatâs it? Thatâs all I get? Baked goods and a generic apology?â
Thai: âAnd a party!â
76. Rosie: âOkay. I can live with this.â
Nice face, Ani-Mei. Time for the scores!
77. Well, it looks like not making it into the hot tub or to the dinner table really hurt Rosie today. Although she had
higher flirts enabled than Jessie did, she was way farther behind in points than I expected. It was probably her two
bolts with Vis that let them sweet talk. Gabie is starting to fall behind a little bit, but Jessie really pulled off a
comeback tonight.
On the other end of the spectrum, Iâm still on top, but really only just. Pony is looking very good to pull off an upset
any day now, and Jessieâs not all that far behind. Anything can happen in Day Four, so stay tuned! Happy
simming!
Keika: 100/28 (128) (double crush)
Pony: 87/26 (113) (double crush)
Jessie: 95/15 (110)
Gabie: 41/26 (67)
Rosie: 24/12 (36)