Instant City - a BaMC Challenge: Household A-1, Fall 2

Instant City, a BaMC-Challenge
Household A-1
Fall 2
Instant City
Household A-1,
Fall 2

- Hello and Welcome back to another episode of Instant City – a BaMC…-
‘MUAHAHAHAHAHA….!’
-… and now I’m too scared to continue… bye!-
‘Aw, come on…!’
-… well, if you would stop interrupting me in the future…-
‘Okay!’
-… you are a woman of fast decisions…-

-… okay, for everyone not knowing, what is going on here, may I present to you : Granddaughter-5, nickname: Malphaba…
Daughter of Daughter-1 aka Rose, who is the daughter of Professor Disc, founder of Instant City… his Daughter decided to
become a mother, which resulted in 7 Plantbabies, one of which was Malphaba, the only Science Sim of the group… and
since she turned into a witch, she also turned evil… well, we already have the atrociously evil warlock Link…-
‘AHAHAHA… what a loser…’
-… and the Mayor of Instant City, effectively putting Professor Disc out of Power, Servo S-4…-
‘Hmmm… a challenge …!’
-… and after leaving the old household – because her siblings found her scary… Malphaba has reached her new home...-

-… The household of the Servo Couple Servo A-1 and Serva A-1…-
‘MUAHAHAHA… these switched off fools… they didn’t even realize I moved in… and now let’s get my evil scheme started…!’
-…. Which is…?-
‘…. Ehrm…. Why should I tell you?! You’d only try to thwart my clever plan…!’

‘…’
-… you don’t really have a plan, do you…? -
‘… I’m still working on the details, okay?!’

‘A-HA – now I know what to do! What needs any evildoer ? – Minions!’
- Oh goodie, these little yellow guys are always fun and will definitely help you to do whatever evil you want to do… or at
least try to… -
‘What? No, I meant qualified people, and who else would be better suited for the job than my own skill-maximized, bronze
badged slav…children…!’
-… Oh. Alright, fine by me…-
*Starts Plantsim-creating headshake…*

-… and with that, we’ll now enter the 3rd Generation of Professor Disc’s children… so what you’re gonna name hour newest
little addition? –
‘Naming? Of course, she’s Great-granddaughte… wait… hey, why doesn’t that work?!’
-…well, apparently, we crossed the 16 symbol limit for Sim names… also, to be honest, perhaps we should stop with ‘these’
names…’
‘If ‘Grandaughter-5’ was good enough for me, it will be enough be good enough for Great-granddaughte… DANGIT!’

-… so in the end, we had to resort to ye goode olde SimPE… one more-than-16-symbols-name coming right up… done! -

‘Awwww… my iddle-widdle-liddle minion… Mommy Malphaba is going to take good care of you, just like my Mom did…’

‘... *lol*…’
-… well, she does have a point – placing a Plantsim toddler under a greenhouse lamp with snapdragons and a toy is kind of a
good way of child care… -

-…. Of course, we weren’t finished here, so next in line Great-Granddaughter-2…-

-… and then we had our first boy, Great-Grandson-1…-

-… and then Great-Grandson-2… btw, unlike the girls, the boys stay below the 16-letter limit….-

-… and finally Great-Grandson-3…-

-… and once everyone was cared for via Snapdragons and greenhouse lights, it was time for eeevil teachings… right? –
‘La-Le… Huh? OH! Oh yes, completely evil teachings, of course!’
-… and teaching nursery rhythms is evil… how? –
‘… I told you, no peeking into my evil plans, understood?!’
- Absolutely....-

-… okay, so eventually, all the nursery rhyming for the oh so secret evil plan of Malphaba were taught, so Malphaba… hey,
are you just leaving your kids?! –
‘Yes, why? Evil, remember? I need an aspiration boost for my work as an evil corporate villain, so I’m off to see some ghosts
since I’d like to see one…besides, these two clanks can do the sitter job, it’s not like plantbabies are a lot of a hassle…’
‘… excuse me? Aside from occupying our apartment and filling it with little monsters, don’t we get a say in this?!’
‘Do you want me to turn you into toads?! Or toasters?!’
‘… have fun wherever you go, Miss!’

-… And so Malphaba did a little flight to the graveyard to giggle at the ghosties… or so…-
‘Weee… that was fun, seeing all these little people below…. Like tiny insects ready to get squashed… hey, who’s that white
loser?’

-… Yep, it’s no one else but Malphaba’s own Grandfather, the Professor…-
‘ *Gasp* - Rose? Is that you? What happened? Since when have you turned to the dark side?’
‘Heh – I’m not your daughter, old coot, I’m Malphaba, the superevil witch… well, okay, I’m also Granddaughter-5, because
my Mom named me so… well she’s called Daughter-1, but everyone’s calling her… well, okay, we call her sometimes Rose or
Mom and sometimes…’
‘ Oh my…!’

‘Kid! It’s me, your Grandpa!’
‘Whu-de-what now? Also, shouldn’t there be more houses around here… oh right, neighborhood lots turned off for faster running time… ?’
Malphaba – your Mom is my daughter! Wow, I knew, she wanted kids, but I’ve never expected… and you turned evil,
apparently, hm? Well, I do respect your choice… you’re probably gonna teach Link a lesson or two, right?! Might even
replace the guy…! If you need help, I could fabricate a few signs saying ‘down with the mean Link’ or so… pretty evil, your
Grandpa, what? Even in white…!’
‘HEY! STOP! I’m the one making the evil plans here! In fact, I already have an evil plan, which involves…!’

‘... teaching my kids nursery rhymes and… okay, I’m still working on what I’m going to do next…’
‘ *GASP* - KIDS?! I… I’m a Great-Grandfather already?!!! Oh my… who’s the lucky guy?’
‘… Plantsi… wait, now it makes sense, these names!! Okay, Mr. Grandpa, spill it – where do these dumb names come from?!’
‘… *Sigh*… long story, Malphaba… your Mom and I… we had differences. She was right, I was an idiot, I see that now….
Unfortunately, I had taken her name away and now… I don’t remember it anymore… I guess, such a thing is pretty…
devastating for a child, so that might be the reason why she named you all this way…’
‘… actually, she spoke rather … highly of you, Gramps… and the naming seemed to be some sign of respect… but still,
silly…!’

‘… sorry dear… it was never my intent to cause you harm… I already did a bad thing with the name to your mom, you
shouldn’t suffer from it… *cough* and then there’s the whole murder thing she had to witness…*cough*…’
‘ What, murder? Where?!’
‘….ehrm… okay, so I… did burn a few elder townies in my home… to fill this graveyard… for a paranormal job opening… I
mean, once we have a resurrect-o-nomitron we can revive them… and others will profit from it too in case they… well…’
‘OH MY – YOU’RE MY HERO, GRAMPS! *hugs* ‘ I promise, I try to become as dastardly evil as you one day!’
‘… I don’t know if I should feel flattered or…?’
‘Dude –weren’t there supposed to be Ghosts? What happened? Getting scared by being aspiration fodder for science Sims?’

-… and so, after this little chat with her grandfather – and no ghosts, as the Bigfoot Whatsitsnamegain stated correctly –
Malphaba took another detour for a quick visit to her Big sister Caitlin who runs the Mosh Spicy Mall…-
‘ Hey, Sis, get the drinks ready, I need platin mood… and your nieces and nephews need something to drink when they get
older, too…!’
‘*Sigh* - why must I be the one doing this for probably all the generations to come, serving badge and platin drinks?
Doesn’t that completely destroy the challenge aspect?’
- On the contrary! The challenge does allow establishing a supply structure, so you can buy objects for cheap or stuff you
normally wouldn’t get – besides, be happy, that you will most likely play a big role in the further development of the city…-

-… anyway, back to Malphaba, back home, where we’ll get ready for work…-

-.. And in the meantime, our original inhabitants finally arose to…. pay the bills… …you know, you need to stand up to her if
you want her out, guys…-
‘Why? Wasn’t that the plan Serva A-2 and Servo S-4 devised? Occupy Instant City, to keep the humans – or in this case
Plantsims – under control?’
-… well, at that point, nobody expected Malphaba… -
‘…point… but hey, I’m a witch too, I might take her on… and she left her kids behind, I could threaten them to get to her
and…’

‘….AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW, CYYYYYUUUUUUTEEEEE!!!!’
-… to be honest, I’d say the same…-

-… and so Serva A-1 spent most of her time playing with Malphaba’s kids… to try to turn them on her side and against her
mum, if necessary, right? Right?! –
‘… what are you talking about?’
- Come on, work with me here, I need something for a cohesive story here… -
‘This is a cohesive story? We once said ‘stupid meatbag’ to you, even that is long gone…!’
- Oh, you’re no fun anymore…! -

-… besides, we abolished the ‘meatbag’ term already last fall –isn’t that right, Servo A-3? You’re the one suggesting we
should stop calling each other names, right? –
‘Dude, please keep me out of this, I don’t really care anymore about it… dang, they really are cute…’
-… thanks for nothing, A-3… don’t forget, it’s your turn soon…-

-… and while the cute-o-meter was at an all-time High here, chance cards happened… again, we have to decide to sell or
keep our shares…-

-… and we sell and earn 5000…-

-… and Servo A-1, whom I completely forgot was going to work too, was asked whether to build a harbor or buy trucks…-

-… and we buy the trucks, and earn 40.000 with them…-

-… and then they return home together… and apparently A-1 is still alive, what gives, Malphaba…?-
‘AAA-CHOO! Wh… whu? Id soddy, I don fdeel sod dwell…’
- Caught the flu? You’re a Plantsim, how does that work? I mean, Lice I can get behind, but flu for plants?...-
‘AAA-CHOO! SHDUT UP!’

-…okay, sorry, not funny if somebody’s ill… oh hey, you brought your brother Arthur over too, Malphaba? You’re going
soft…-
‘AARGH-CHOO!’ *teleports away*
‘… thanks… I guess… not sure, what’s worse, an evil sister or a sick sister…’
-… sickly evil? –
‘…touché.’

-… and so being saved from evil and/or sickness, Grandson-4/Arthur and Servo A-1 have a little chat and exchanging
outlandish greeting gestures…-

-… while Granddaughter-5…. Hey, I thought you were ill? Shouldn’t you be in bed?...-
‘La-Le… oh, you again? Well, turns out, it wasn’t the flu, I’m just being allergic to people like you, so if please go away…?’
- You had a text box saying flu, and we’re talking right now, so…-
‘Yeah, well, I’m a Plantsim – how should I get Flu, huh?!’
-… I give up…-

-… to change the topic, how is your evil plan going? Are your kids going to become helpful ruthless minions soon? –
‘ *Cuddle* Hm – oh yes, yes, totally… *cuddle*’
-… works for me…-

-… eventually, though, the cuddling stopped, so Malphaba decided to meditate the rest of the time away the kids needed to
grow up…-

-… meanwhile, the rent had to be paid…-

-… and we had to go to work… and then fire the helicopter pilot, who apparently destroyed the ballet studio over the
street… we just had to save that one from lightning last chapter…!-

-…eventually, though, it was time for the minio…kids to grow up…-

-… and here we have it, the next generation… now lets roll the dice and see what random turn-ons and offs we have… hm,
Science, like her Mom, likes logical people who smell good, dislikes jewelry… hm, any good ‘nickname’ – let’s call it a
nickname from now on – for that…?... dangit, that’s hard… okay, later – next! -

-… and this time it’s… fortune! Okay, and we have… a turn-on for smell and creativity… and a turn-off for custom hair… okay,
being attracted to bad smell is not something that is bad or disgusting out of itself, and if you’re an artist, you might forget
the time to care about personal hygiene… and dyed hair is not everyone’s taste either… still nothing… moving on…-

-… and we have a family Sim this time! Also, festive clothing, hats, and a dislike for jewelry… ah, come on, can’t you have
anything that could hint at a nickname?....okay, whatever…-

-… romance and… why do I even bother? No job and creative – okay, street artists liked, turn-off for hats… …. -

-… finally, popularity… likes cooking and cleaning, which, while Plantsims don’t eat, is at least a plausible combo… dislikes
muscles… okay, goes with cooking… still, since popular goes for military and other stuff, nothing outstanding here either…
let’s hope, something better comes up in time for nicknames…-
‘Sheesh – why are these names so important anyway? They’re supposed to be my minions, after all… well, okay, they’re my
kids too and I love them - in an evil way of course…!’
- WAIT! Minions! You’re a genius, Malphaba… or may I call you Gru-lphaba from now on? Or Scarlet?! –
‘No. You. May. Not!’
- Okay… but we’re definitely keeping the ‘Minion’-angle in mind….! -

-… first though, let’s put everyone in high spirits with strawberry lemonade…-

-… and a quick note here: by now, all my Plantsims are clones of the ideal Plantsim they got half their genes from, nothing
Disc-related left… so I decided, next generation, I will definitely introduce an Multi-Plantsim-Mod or so to get some
variety…-

-… sooo, Malphaba, now that they all got their platin mood, what’s the next step of your evil plan?...-
‘ HAHA – POTTERING!’
-… pottering… …?-
‘ Yes!’
-… care to explain?...-
‘Nope – try to figure it out yourself, Mr. Oh-so-smart Writer…!’

‘… In the meantime, I’m gonna make a few more snapdragons… oh great, kids, you’re already bronze – that was fast…!’

‘… okay, and now I’m off to work – when I get back home, I want everybody to have a Gold badge, or no dinner!’
-… not withstanding the fact, that this would be a cruel punishment in any other situation, but here it’s just silly….
Plantsims, Snapdragons, Greenhouse lights – you’d rather punish them by turning off the lights…-

-… and while Malphaba was away, her… childrenions – heh, Larch Vetinary joke – continued to potter, getting silver
badges… and I still don’t know, what evil purpose this should have… -

-… meanwhile, chance card – Malphaba could apply for the job at Microscotch as CEO or stay with her company…

-… and she decides to stay, and is rewarded with 5000…-

-… and gets promoted to CEO afterwards in her own company… and returns home with her brother Grandson-2 aka Roger,
the redhead-loving Plantsim…-
‘HEY! That is how am I going to be defined now? Redhead-loving, nothing more?! Are you kidding?’
-… Okay, so the redhead-loving ROUND-eared Sim - better? –
‘Thank you…!.... Wait….’

-…. And while Malphaba was paying the bi…-
‘ HEY! Redhaired-loving, round-eared is just as bad as… I demand to be given more of an identity, I….!’

*GROOOWL*
‘Gah?! A WOLF! Back off, I’m a vegetable, I don’t taste good…!’
-… wolf-hating, vegetable… yeah, that starts to look like an identity…-
‘ Shut up – Help!’
‘Awwww…..!’

‘… such a cute little wolfie… you are a cute little wolfie, aren’t you? Yes, you are, yes you are….!’
-…. Getting saved by his little evil sister…-
‘Okay, I’m going, I don’t need this, getting ridiculed… at least, at home I’m respected…well, not respected,… or even *snif*
noticed… *cries* ‘
-… cries…-
*runs away…*
‘He, I’m starting to like you suddenly… and you my little widdle poo, I promise, I’ll adopt you once there’s room…’

‘… now back to being evil again… Children… ions? Get jobs in business! Now!’
-… do what your mom says… I guess… hey, there actually is a job in business….-
‘Good… I mean, evil… well, wicked… and now, how about those Gold Badges…?’
‘Ehrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr….’

- Three hours later…-
‘….rrrrrrrrr*gasp*rrrrrrrm… ready Mom *gasps* air *gasps*’
‘Hmmm… good, credit for drawing that out for 3 sim-hours aka 3 minutes…’

‘… now off with you to work – Mommy needs some alone time to further work on her evil plan…!’
- Look – cards on the table – you don’t have a plan at all, do you! You’re just doing what your Mom did already, job,
skilling etc….-
‘… well okay, I don’t… but ‘they’ don’t need to know that, so keep it down, will ya?!’
-… whatever… might I suggest, you go to work too then? It might be your big day to get promoted to the top, after all…-

-… and so Malphaba left too…-

-… and chance cards – again, sell or donate Llamas…-

-… and it’s Halloween again…-

-… and we don’t take it on, but describe and get a hobby membership card…-

-… and fantasy league time again…-

-… and our star player grits its teeth – and we win! Yay… I still don’t get how Fantasy League games are played though…-

-… still, everyone gets home promoted…-

-… and their aunts and uncles are there two, even Roger, our redhair-loving, roundeared, wolfhating…-
‘I DON’T CARE ANYMORE!’
-… thank you, all the easier for me to get to the next pic…-

-… showing Malphaba getting promoted to the Top, YAY! That makes… wait, let me count… 23 potential Business Districts
we could add at this point, great….!-
‘Perfect! My plan is coming to fruition…!’
- You don’t have one, as we established… I suggest you come clean with this…-
‘Oh. Right… okay… ehrr, kids, Mommy needs to tell you something…. Hey! Listen to me, will ya…!’
Potential
Business
Districts
= 22 +1

‘Huh? Oh sorry, Mom… or Mistress? What did you say? Sorry, I just bought a Community business and…’
‘Why did you buy a Community Business?!’
‘ Isn’t that what always happens in these episodes? Buy , level it, get money perks, rinse and repeat?’
‘… well, if you look at it that way…’
‘And by the way, Mom – we all *know* you don’t have a plan, we’re not that dumb!’
‘… oh…’
‘Aw come on, Mom… it doesn’t really matter, if you’re evil without cause, we still love you…’

‘... Anyway, I bought a warehouse garage sale…’
‘… a… warehouse…’
‘Yeah, like the Servos did in the last chapters… there was one spot still open, so I thought…’
‘ Perfect! That is a perfect secret hideout for all the evil things I intend to plan…!’
‘ You don’t have a plan, Mom…’
‘Oh, right… oh well, let’s take a look at it…’

‘… wowsa, that’s pretty grungy…!’
-… and also comes with some CC, specifically the stackable crates by Leefish and the Bang-on-a-Can-Sink by Cyclonesue…
aside from that, I just put a lot of random stuff in…-

-… added a small pub upstairs overviewing the warehouse area… and no, it’s not really realistic, but I liked it…-

-… and so did Malphaba apparently…-

-… which is why she taught all her childrenions the tricks of the trade…-
‘… yeah, and definitely not because that’s what we do in each household…’
-…SSSSH!...-

-… and then we went up to make… minion costumes, yes…-
‘You know, I’ve just come clean saying, I don’t have a plan, and now you’re warming it up again?’
-… well, we do have another 100 slides to pan out, sooo…-
‘Yeah, not gonna help, so you’re on your own…!’
-…aww….-

-…. Well, thankfully everyone reached gold sewing badges rather fast…-

-… same goes for the additional skilling… including Malphaba learning how to pool…-

-… and finally… yep, drink to get Gold….why else did we visit Caitlin after all…?-

-… of course, Vonnie and Link made their appearances too… with Vonnie actually being challenged to a duel good vs. evil….-
‘Good vs. evil? We’re just playing chess….?’
‘HAHA! MY EVIL BLACK PAWN CRUSHES YOUR PUNY LITTLE WHITE HORSE!’
‘Wait, wasn’t I supposed to be the evil one…?’
‘… Mom, we ran out of juice…!’
‘Oh Good – sorry, Vonnie you need to go!’
‘But I was winning…!’
‘ And I’m evil – HAH!’

-… so one more trip to the mall…-
‘Cat – Juice! Now!’
‘ How about a: Hello Big Sis, it is so nice to see you again, and I deeply apologize for treating you so rude and/or evil in the
past so please don’t ban me from the premise forever, I’m begging you!...?’
‘ There exists bans in Sims 2? Now gimme juice!’
‘ *Sigh* ‘

-… and one juice sale later, we could finally finish the badge-drinking…

-… and then we just generally had some fun…-
‘… by raising our pool billiard skills, of course…’
-… I said, we had fun… not just with pooling…-

-… but also with singing…-
‚Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-nana!‘
‚ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-nana!‘
‚banana-ah-ah (ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-nana) !‘
‚potato-na-ah-ah (ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-nana)! ‘
-… a part of me just died… of laughter…-

-… meanwhile…-
‘Why are we doing this again?’
‘ Because you saw what they did – now they’re more capable and skilled then we are… we need to be prepared…’
‘Seriously? We feel threatened, because they know more about pottery then we do…?’
‘… If you put it that way…then again, do you have a better idea what to do…?’

‘… party with them, perhaps?’
‘Inacceptable! We do not sink down to their level…!’

‘… now keep sewing, these oven mitts aren’t gonna sew themselves…!’
‘This is so stupid…. But okay, I’m game, simply, because standing around deactivated all day is boring and we had almost no
screen time so far…!’

-… and apparently, the Servos weren’t the only ones getting bored, as amidst the partying, our childrenions actually did
more billiard.. And even painting master pieces…-

-… also, another battle good vs. evil…-
‘Aren’t we both evil…?’
‘Ehrrm… the great and powerful Link will defeat you and… ehrr… what were the rules for this game again…?’
-… okay, evil vs. dumb…-
‘HEY!’

-… in any case, the servos finally caught up potter- and sewing-wise….-

-… and then… more drinks….-
‘Okay, question… so we feel threatened because they have more skills than us, but they don’t mind us drinking their
orangeade now to catch up…?’
-… they had to drink a lot of it… I’m pretty sure they gladly let you take care of the leftovers…-

-… meanwhile, the battle evil vs. du…-
‘… I give up….’
‘YES! THE GREAT AND POWERFUL LINK HAS TRIUMPHED!’
-…???...-
‘… you know, all evil aside…but if you cheat all the time in such a flimsy manner… it’s no fun putting the pieces back every
second move… so I’d rather give up…’
-… and that is why dumb will always triumph over evil….anyway, level 2…-

-… and now, that we’re finally done with getting all the skils… and singing sea shanties… it’s time to…-
‘…open the business, right? Done that a hundred times by now, predictable…’
Wrong – it’s naming TIME! And since you were supposed to be Gru… I mean, Malphaba’s minions, I’m gonna name you….:
Great-Granddaughter-1 [brown & white Gym Strip] = Jerry (Despicable Me - Jerry)
Great- Granddaughter-2 [red Jumpsuit] = Karl-a (needed a 2nd female name...Despicable Me - Karl)
Great-Grandson-1 [white Jumpsuit] = Kevin (Despicable Me 2 - Kevin)
Great-Grandson-2 and 3 [brown Jumpsuits] = Stuart & Bob (I can’t keep them apart, can you? Despicable Me 2 - Stuart &
Despicable me 2- Bob)

-… okay, naming’s done, open the business!...-
‘Yeah, we have all kinds of crap in these crates, so buy one!’
‘A crate?’
‘No, the crap inside the crate!’
‘… since I can buy this crap everywhere, I’d actually like to buy the crate…!’
‘… Okay, tell you what, for every 5 craps you buy, I’ll gift you a crate, okay?!’
‘Deal!’

-…. And then earn money and continue leveling – level 3 -…-
‘These crates will really come in handy…!’
- You can buy them yourself from the buy menu, you know? –
‘Yes, but if I sell the crap for a higher prize, I basically get the crate for free…!’
- okay… sooo – what will you use the crates for…? –
‘Ummm… put crap in it?’
-…moving on…-

-… and now - meet a new challenger for evil…-
‘Wait, what? I’m just Serva S-4, walking onto this lot like anybody else, and I’m not evil… it’s my Servo-friend, who…. ’
‘*Sigh* He means me… and don’t worry, I’m currently actually reconsidering my motives… being evil is no fun if all you do is
going against other dumb evil people…’
‘Hey! I have you known, that my Servo-Friend isn’t dumb…!..and not so much evil as the only able Sim in this hood and…!’
‘Yeah, yeah, whatever… look, I’m going to level a business here, buy something or get out…!’
‘That’s discrimination of evil Serva-Friend’s people! I’m going!’ *leaves*
‘.. and Evil wins! Hey, that felt actually good… well, evil good… might continue being evil after all… still need a plan though…’

-… and so, with another battle won, the leveling continued… nothing interesting happened unfortunately, in fact, this
picture of a Servo actually climbing toward the club instead of just buying stuff downstairs and then dancing is the most
interesting thing that happened….-

-…. Before we then reached level 10 again…-

-… and then set out to buy another business…-
‘Hello, I’d like to buy another business for my mom, who’s kinda evil but doesn’t have a plan… yeah, I know, it sounds silly…
in fact, the guy writing this actually thought it would be funny to name us after minions… yeah, those minions… no, she
already got a different name… now, about this business again… Wait, where??!.... Okay, we’ll take it!!!’
‘Did you get a good one… Jerry, wasn’t it?’
‘…Kevin, mom… and about the business…’ *shows certificate*
‘OH!... Oh wow…!... okay, kids, after seriously contemplating being evil without a plan and all that, I think I came up with a
plan after all.…soooo… *ahem* Next, we are going to steal...pause for effect... ‘

‘…the Moon!’
-… … … Okay, so since you were not able to come up with an evil plan yourself, you plagiarized another evildoer’s plan to
steal the moon…-
‘HEY! I didn’t plagiarize, I… well, I….’
- You’re evil, remember? And plagiarizing is evil, so…-
‘Wow, you’re right! Yeah, I plagiarized the heck out of…!’
-… of course, for true plagiarism you’d need a method to shrink down the moon to steal it…-
‘uhm….’

-… besides, you had an idea after your Son Kevin bought another Community business somewhere… so what does this have
to do with stealing the moon…?-
‘Well… it’s because, we bought a business on the moon!’
‘… Oh. Okay… that wasn’t apparent on the last picture with only the moon station present…still this doesn’t explain…?-
‘Look – I might not be able to shrink the moon for stealing, but – if you can follow me – if I manage to own a business on the
moon, with nobody else owning one – the unowned moon station doesn’t count -, I might as well say that I own the entire
moon… so I kinda steal it away from anybody else…!’
-… Sounds a bit farfetched, but okay… -

-… in any case, here’s the biz – the Pavonis Mons Dome made by Zarathustra, who already made the Space Station –
originally a residential lot, only thing I did was transforming it into a community lot…. -

-… and after long and hard thoughts, I decided that this time, as a business idea, we sell – tree products! These saplings are
part of The Giving Tree set of the Sun& Moon Factory, who’ll grow to trees over time, producing all kinds of cool stuff and
can even be chopped to firewood eventually…-
‘Wait. Aren’t we like plants too? I’m not cool with the idea of chopping down our brethren…’
-… I thought you were evil?-
‘Yes, but I have standards! There’s a difference between killing dumb Sims and innocent trees who just want to grow up…!’
-… point taken… okay, then only the tree products like branches and stuff… -

-… anyway, let’s visit our newest lot and… hey, now just wait a minute! What are you doing there?!!-
‘Walking onto the lot?’
- You are on the moon! Without a space suit! No oxygen! Cold! Vacuum!-
‘Plantsims don’t need oxygen – we’re plants, remember (despite the fact plants can do cell breathing too…)?’
‘And we’re servos.’
- … okay, but still – Cold! Vacuum!-
‘Two magic users. Magic! ‘Nuff said…’

-… so however survival works here, we decided to stay inside the dome after all. First thing on the list, plant the saplings,
then wait…. Meditating… for days… weeks….no seriously, it takes time to grow these saplings… now I could have just
planted the grown up versions you get with the set, but I wanted to test them….-

-… still it took time, and I wasn’t sure if the fall season had something to do with it at first, but according to the sets
description, it doesn’t matter as long as it isn’t winter… so no seasonal change needed for now…. Same goes for the axes to
chop down trees…-
‘Hey, should we…?’
- No! No axe murderer…. That would involve staging stuff, and I’m not doing subplots with staged pictures in this
challenge, only stuff I can get together from normal pics…-
‘Awww….’

-… okay, back to.. Wait, where did that cat come from? Did you take one to the moon?-
‘… uhm, no? This thing just walked in here? Here, kitty, kitty, kitty….!’
- Walking in… riiight! How dumb do you think I am? Okay, magic could explain away you, but cats need air and heat and
stuff, they can’t live on….!-

-… …. ….. ….. ….-
‘… perhaps they are moon cats? I mean, if the moon is made of cheese, there would be a lot of mice otherwise, soooo…’
- The moon isn’t made of…!... …. Dang it, how should I explain that then?.... Okay, then it.. is made of cheese… old, rotten,
grey cheese… the government just hides this fact… annnnd the moon cats keep the moon mice away from eating the
moon… because that’s why the moon is sometimes fuller and sometimes lesser, because when there are not enough
mice, there are less cats, so more mice appear, eat the moon, then all the cats repopulate and eat the mice away….-
‘And how does the moon grow back in size?’
- …. Moon Cows! And Dairies! And grass! On the dark side of the moon lit by magic crystals!....Can’t believe I wrote this…-

-… okay, let’s get back to our moon trees… wow, suddenly the earlier script doesn’t sound that bad anymore…, which after a
few days slowly start to grow larger….-

-… still it DID take time… In fact, I just realized, that Servo A-1, after already fulfilling his life time goal, had also reached it’s
peek perk state, where we can choose every perk… so to keep myself occupied, I mainly played him for the next days to
keep the lot intact…-

-… which involved fighting off the moon cats, that create all these moon pee puddles around here…-
‘…Wasn’t that rain? … on the moon?...’
- Magic moon rain! Shut up! -

-… or play with the good witch Vonny to give us our first customer stars… okay, she’s a magical witch so surviving on the
moon accepted… same goes with her magical cat… which might be a moon cat… is it a moon cat? –
‘Moon cat? What is this guy talking about?’
‘Ignore him… his game, his problem to explain things that don’t make sense away….’

-… or fill up the holes dug by… aw, come on! Moon werewolves?!!! –
‘Well, the moon and the werewolves do have a connection… oh, and someone has to control your ‘moon cow’
population…!’
- *headdesk* … this is getting out of hand…-

-… okay, back to the trees… they grew up more… with all the magic moon rain… magically raining through the domes outer
isolation…. Why?... Why?....-

-… annd – we can already pick stuff from them, like branches…-

-…in-between, we’re of course busy occupying Vonnie and Link – Link! Of course – magic moon rain! Okay, then this is not
that implausible anymore…-
‘Does his Rain rain through roofs on earth too?’
- That’s magic earth rain! Magic moon rain is different!’ *foaming at mouth* -
‘Okay, okay – jeez! You’re the one who wants this to make sense…’

‘… oh hey, moon dog! Looking for Moon Cats, right?’
- *mental breakdown*…-

-… *huff*… keep it together… okay, trees have grown agai… NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! –
‘…why is he screaming now?’
‘Because the trees are sticking through the dome….’

*later*
-… *huff*… okay, done….that tree was pretty big, but I did it…!-

-… See? SEE?! No sticking through the dome anymore!!! –
‘until they grow further…’
- SHUUUUUUT UUUUUUUP! –
‘… jeez, I was just pointing stuff out…’

‘… oh well… hello moon dog, how’s it going? What do you eat, by the way? Moon Cow leftovers by the moon wolves? Magic
moon doggie chow? Moon cats?’
-… 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10! I’m not angry! One of the things you said most likely fits. Everything else is hidden by the
government! –
‘Who? Servo S-4?’
-… yes… yes! Servo S-4! Lets leave it at that…-

-… instead, lets look at something else entirely… remember, when I said, that it’d take many weeks for the trees to grow up?
Well, it did took so long, that all our Plantsims, no matter their aspiration when starting to meditate, have become platinum
… simply from witnessing the magic moon rain…-

-… caused by the evil wizard Link… okay, so it was not that different, but … -

-… let’s also look at all the stuff we’ve gathered as well – lots of branches, nuts… we also got some moola from our servos
investment perks and thereby already amortized our business here… -

-… still, for more variety then branches and nuts in fall, we finally used the weather machine to summer…-

-… earning more branches, but also saplings this time…-

-… some of them we put into this little tree school here…-

-…. While the rest was planted into the remaining space….-

-… and then it was once again time to wait…-

-… which eventually caused Serva A-1 also to become perma-plat… and I’m kicking myself right now, because I should have
let Servos meditate a long time ago instead of deactivate themselves….that way, they could have raised their lifetime
achievement perks… oh well ,live and learn….-

-…but it weren’t only our Servos, who now became permaplat… in fact, waiting for so long, Malphaba became permaplat
too…-

-… so did Karl-a…-
‘Wait… I’m really called Karl-a now? I thought, you put the hyphen in to show, that you took a minion name and made it
female….?’
- Nope, Karl-a it is, Greatgranddaughter-2….-
‘Whatever… perma-plat, not caring about it…!’

-… meanwhile, the new saplings grew up as well… yep, looks like a forest now…-
‘Something is sticking out again!’
-… yeah… good thing the dome’s transparent hull is so flexible, you can’t even see it bulging outside…-
‘…’
- Ha! Got ya…!-

-… anyway, the perma-plat continued… here’s Kevin…-

-… and Bob… and yes, I finally made up my mind who is who…this is Greatgrandson-3 so the other one is Greatgrandson-
2….-

-… and while I suddenly realize, that I forgot to take Jerry’s/Greatgranddaughter-1’s perma-plat state, she reached it too…
oh well, I was busy at that time setting the seasons once more to a different state, this time spring….-

-… which adds birds nest to our collection of tree products…-
‘Moon Birds?’
-…Don’t question it – these eggs just sprout from the trees…-
‘… and the nests…’
-… magic. MAGIC! Okay?! IT DOES NOT NEED TO MAKE SENSE!!! –
‘… sure. Whatevs…’

‘… so here it is: Moon eggs à la nest…’
- …. Good. Now – lets switch to winter, only for a short while…-

-… to also get the tree sap… very good. And now, switching back, to avoid magic snow on the moon…-

‘… open the business, I know… on the moon… how will customers get here again? Magic, right?’
-… we have a magic district, I already made the connection for the different districts that way…-

-… and so the shop was opened, and after the tree sap was out again as we didn’t have enough, we mostly sold nuts like
nuts…-

-… as well as tree branches, even if not so much sought after… and got to level 5 quite fast…-

-… and since we always switch the businesses around level 5 to get all the money perks, we made a small return back to
earth, because our relationships were seriously in the dump with all the mediating and no socializing, so we were in dire
need for kickybag sessions…-

-… and trying to befriend some old acquaintances…-
‘Thanks for coming, Ma…!’
‘ Yeah… you know, I didn’t even remember you still existed until you called… Elificent, wasn’t it?’
‘… I missed you too, Ma…’

-…or distant relatives…-
‘Hello brother… ready to get squashed to death by your evil sister…?’
‘… annd that’s the sound of my therapy sessions for the last few years evaporating…’

-… yep, Malphaba really did her best to reestablish social connections… after all, what good is evil if nobody knows you to
fear you…?...-

-… of course, this also meant to lay the cards on the table…-
‘… so let me get this straight: you want to steal respectively own the moon?’
‘Yep – pretty evil, right?’
‘ … and if somebody would buy more Community Businesses up there? Won’t they steal the moon away from you?’
‘… good point – I have to buy more Community businesses then….’
‘….I still don’t get why this is evil, all minion references aside…’
‘From now on, every time you look at the moon, it will be me staring down on you, watching you…. All. The. Time.…!!’

-… okay, even with this evil foreshadowing, the family reunion wasa success, and everybody had fun…-
‚ (HEY!!!)
Ah li peda papai, pugati po bagai
Badi badi badi badi badi kiya papoy
Bulatu ki kadi pooty pa yetay ah pe ya, kuda padee
Kayamani kay yu la rus se yay pudaa!
Eh de yu la matibula ma kay yu lee say da!‘
-… anybody knows Irish…? No seriously, I really want to know what it means…-

- …With the socializing done, it’s now time to return to the moon, to convince the Bigfeet wizards to buy our nuts…
…
… okay, in my entire life, I’ve never expected that there would come a day, where I would write such a sentence and mean
it!....-

-… anyway, we eventually reached level 10…-

-… sooo in order to solidify our ownership of the moon…-

-… another business dome by Zarathustra was bought, and of course everyone magically walked in the cold vacuum of space
and over the old cheese the moon consists of towards it… why do I even try…?....-

-… now this time, I tried another set from the Sun & Moon star factory – this time it’s the ‘To Boldly Grow’ garden crop
collection, containing every kind of vegetable from tomatoes, cabbages, pumpkins, beans, carrots etc… and if you see a
trend here… yep, I thought about: ‘What would you set up in a moon colony?’ – well, plants came to mind, oxygen and food
and stuff… yeah, I guess, if we learned anything from biosphere 2, than that big varieties of plants not fitted for survival,
oxygen-absorbing concrete, roaches and ants are all things that can make such plans go boom… of course, when I had this
idea, I didn’t know we would go against Moon dogs & cats, magical moon dairy cows, moon pee puddles and the moon
being cheese….-

-… anyway, I decided to go with the non-seasonal crops… because there shouldn’t be seasons on the moon… or a moon
made of cheese….urggh…-

-… furthermore, the shop installation I set up for selling the vegetables was initially stocked with normal flowers, because I
was actually sick waiting for the trees respectively crops to grow….-

-… so instead we could sell stuff right away…-

-… and only then we waited for the crops to grow! Much faster this way…! -

-… anyway, due to the good magic moon rain by Link, we were soon able to harvest…-

-… and since we got pumpkins too, we also tried out another station by Sun & Moon Star Factory…-

-… The Smashing Pumpkins Carving Station…-

-… who works like a charm, as our volunteer Bob – it was Bob, right, not Stuart, brown gymsuit wearer …? –
‘Yeah, yeah, whatever….’
-… demonstrates…-

-… and he also demonstrates his carving abilities right on the first try… oooh, eerie…-
‘It’s perfect! I’ve waited a long time for such a moment…!’
‘… Mom?’
‘… to figure out, who should carry on my legacy…’

‘… I mean, it IS pretty obvious, that my evil plan of owning the moon would come to a halt, once fall ends… so I need a
trusty childrenion, who’d carry on this scheme… and your evil pumpkin face shows you’re the one fit for the job… also,
you’re the only one currently without a fear to become a wizard except your sister, but she’s Science like me, so this is
expected, but could lead to conflict of bad@$$ery between us, sooo….!’
*magus mutatio*
‘Waaaah….!!!!! Just because I accidentally carved a pumpkin face, you’re making me go through with…??’
‘Well, since none of you showed any personality so far, you’re as good a guess as anyone else….’

‘… now go and carry on my scheme of moon domination, my trusty childrenion…!’
‘This… is so stupid, Mom! Okay, the hair-brained scheme with moon possession aside and not asking me agreeing to
become a wizard, why would I do your dirty work? ‘
‘ Because I’m your mother! And your my childrenion!’
‘…That’s all? That’s what you base your trust on me? That’s… almost sad…’

‘… well, then… let’s put this ‘trust’ to the test, mom…’

-… and so Greatgrandson-3 - or Bob for short – began the studying the dark ar… wait… -

-… oh-HOH! –
‘What? Mom trusts me just because I carved a single evil pumpkin… what did you expect?’
-… there is a difference between disobedience and betrayal…-
‘…and I’m betraying someone … wait for it – evil! Get it? Evil! So what?’
- … it’s still mean to your Mom… -

‘Yeah, well I’m infallible good now, so who cares…’
-… since you’re good, shouldn’t you care about breaking your mother’s heart?....-
‘… in this case, I’m more the lawful good type… evil-doers beware, I’ll crush you to bits and stuff… and no, I won’t crush
mom, I’m not that lawful good… but if she thinks I just comply with her… moods, then: nope, not going to do that, mom…!’

‘… now if you excuse me, I have to harvest another badge of vegetables… too bad we don’t have bananas….but the
potatoes are ready too, yay… !‘

‘… and now back to maximize my magic skillz…’

‘…. So I can build myself a throne… you know, in hindsight, becoming a warlock does have its perks…’
- I never noticed… anyway, how are you going to break the news to your mom that you turned good and will therefore
not fulfill her evil plans?...-
‘Hmmmmm… I won’t…!’

‘…. After all we’re supposed to go home anyway, and if I time it right, Mom, in an attempt to make herself ‘known’ again,
will be busy with a kicky bag session….’

‘… so I can move out…’

‘… and by the time she notices, it’s winter and I’m gone like the wind…’
-… I should point out all the flaws in that plan but… come on, we had moon cheese already, nothing’s illogical anymore…-

-… and so that’s it for this chapter… we discovered a lot about the moon and built up more of the moon colony… also, our
population has risen, so win-win… oh, and apologies to anyone who still believes that the moon has a geochemically distinct
crust, mantle, and a solid iron-rich inner core…. Nope, it’s all Magical Moon Cheese! Also, the earth is flat, and the sun is a
giant dung ball pushed by a big beetle over the sky, clouds are unicorns, I’m a trumpetfwaegefbvsfngsfbvsv….. –
‘…Ehrm, apologies – apparently the writer had a bit of a mental breakdown… don’t worry, he’ll recover till next time with
another episode of Instant City – a BaMC Challenge!’
Population:
Playables = 212 +5
Households = 89
Community Lots = 182 +3
Business Districts = 7
SM = 1[Starter] + 1[1st Bus.] +
35[7 BD] + 37[185 Bus.] = 74
= 217 x 74 = 16058

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