Building a Metropolis Challenge (BaMC) - based on the original rules for the Build a City Challenge (BaCC) by ClintCasey85, found at: http://boolprop.net/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=45 - Difference: reach a population of 500.000!

1. Instant City, a BaMC-Challenge
Household D-2
Fall 2, Part 2
Instant City
Household D-2,
Fall 2, Part 2

2. - Welcome back to the second part of this Chapter of Instant City – a BamC Challenge. So, last time everyone made it to
permaplat, and we added more lots to Bluewinter Range… now on to the next part…-

3. -… first, we go home…-

4. -… and then…-

5. -… say hello to 14th Great-Granddaughter-1 and 14th Great-Grandson-1 – who are in fact the first cousins to grow up in the
same household…! -

6. -… and 14th Great-Grandson-2 and 14th Great-Grandson-3… -

7. -… and right away, we start teaching them lullabies…-
‘Okay, so the second part of this chapter is just as pointless as the first one… typical…’
- NOT TRUE! We will actually have some plot this time…! –
‘What? Where?’
-… later… *whistles innocently*…-

8. -… small reminder from last chapter… we had a lot of dates….-

9. -… obviously we need to clean this mess up… just as the bugs Link left… or the bills…-

10. -… okay, so lullabies done, time to make some more money… -

11. -… and write more novels…-

12. -… and more…-

13. -… and more…-

14. -… and in the meantime, the kids all grow up… let’s see…-

15. -… okay, so 14th Great-Granddaughter-1 is Fortune, and likes muscular nerds who aren’t red haired… okay, not totally
impossible… -

16. -… 14th Great-Grandson-2… hm, family man, likes logical redheads who don’t talk so much… also doable…-

17. -… 14th Great-Grandson-3… okay, red haired grey hairs… sorry, nope, that totally impossible… well, unless the grey is colored
red… but paint is not liked so… oh whatever…-

18. -… and 14th Great-Grandson-1 wants to be popular with blonde makeup types who don’t do sports… okay, doable again… so
that’s it for the children’s personalities…-
‘That’s it?!!’
‘Yes, kids, that’s it… welcome to our nightmare…’
- Hey! -

19. -… okay, first stop for the family trip: the Lunar Book Shop…-

20. -… where we first place and put up the books we wrote for sale thanks to the mod by kestrellyn…-

21. -… and I also figured out what to place in the secret room of the book shop….-

22. -… a counterfeiting machine! Yeah – if you order ink and paper for a book shop, who’d suspect anything?...-
‘I’m pretty sure, book shops don’t order this stuff, rather books…’
- Not if they do book restoration to… or whatever, just roll with it… -

23. -… anyway, let’s make some money, shall we…-
‘Alright, alright… crank, wind…hey, that is actually kinda fun…’

24. -… and in the meantime, the kids first learn the tricks of the trade respectively business perks…-
‘… and if you make it to the airport, take the first flight that makes it out of this story…!’
‘We have a story?’
‘*groan*…’

25. -… then the additional skills…-

26. -… and then the police arrives… on the moon… yeah right, when I call for the police because my neighbor gets beaten up by
her angry ex-boyfriend over owning her money, they tell me to not bother them with reports about ‘domestic
misunderstandings’, but counterfeit money… oh nooo….-

27. -… luckily, the copper didn’t know how to get inside the secret room…-

28. -… but he still fined us 1000 Simoleons… aw man…-
‘Why do we even need to counterfeit money? The way we sell stuff, we make way more money legally …!’
-… good argument, let’s leave the machine alone for now… but grab the 1085 Simoleons you counterfeited first, okay? -

29. -… of course, Olivia’s right, we make more money legally, so let’s distribute the lots we own over to the kids…-

30. -… and start leveling the first business – I chose the pumpkin farm, where we sell scary pumpkins and... –
‘Are these all the pumpkins we have? That’s not that much, we’d be running out of pumpkins fast, and we would need to
make all the scary ones over and over….’
-… hm, actually didn’t think of that…-

31. -… okay, lets harvest the new pumpkins first…-

32. -… then carve scary faces on them… great self-depiction, Tim…-

33. -…. And then, after a small drink of refreshing strawberry lemonade we’d still had in our inventory to become all platinum…-

34. -… we meditate the time away till the next harvest to get our platinum up… oh, and I got your new nicknames, kids… -
‘What? You didn’t even give us more then a line till now, and now nicknames?’
- Yep, annd - it’s pumpkin-related ones! Sooo… 14th Greatgranddaughter-1 is Cinderella, 14th Greatgrandson-1 is Jack, 14th
Greatgrandson-2 is Ichabod and 14th Greatgrandson-3 is Linus! -
‘…this is so stupid – not the names, the reason for the names I mean – I can’t even…!’
- Please ommm and speak all yanked together, will you….? –
‘AAAARGH! I! WILL! NOT! AAARGH!!!’
-… spoilsport… -

35. -… but honestly, my initial plan to wait for the harvest was… even too boring for me, so I just started selling the stuff, and
while we soon ran out of pumpkins, we made it to level 5… -

36. -… so time to pack our bags here and go to the Lunar market entertainment, with music studio, gaming arcade, casino and
strip club… -

37. -… though I was actually so bored and wanted to get this over with quickly, I locked up everything but the music studio,
selling CD’s…-
‘That’s video games we’re selling…’
-… it looks like a CD rack from this angle…-
‘…whatever…’

38. -… and while some Sims actually tried having musical careers, and failing miserably, good thing this is a sound proof room…-

39. -… we made it to level 5 here fast…-

40. -… so back to the pumpkin farm…-

41. -… and since the pumpkins still weren’t ripe by now, we locked the barn for now…-

42. -… and instead converted the farm house into a restaurant, spicing it up with some paintings Olivia originally painted to pass
the time… -

43. -… and while restaurants are usually quite down on my list of successful and interesting businesses, this one worked quite
well… and it was still faster then waiting for the next harvest…-

44. -… even the tips were appropriate…-

45. -…and now, as promised, we finally get some plot, because no one else but our neighborhood’s villain, mayor S-4, visited
the lot…-
‘*Ahem*, first, I reject the term ‘villain’, and I’d like to inform you that I just passed a decree that forbids you to ever use
that term in conjunction with me, unless it can be interpreted as an euphemism for ‘wonderful’, ‘heroic’ or ‘genius’ and…’
‘*Ahem* - would you like to have a seat, Mayor?’

46. ‘Well, why, my dear Serva D-2, as a Servo, I don’t need any kind of nourishment but sunlight… yet I understand that to run
this business, you are required to ask… but to be honest, I’m here on a strictly official visit…’
‘Which is…?’
‘I’d like to inquire, how the recent addition to your household went? Any trouble with them?’
‘… You mean Professor Disc’s Plantsim descendants? Well, they are fine, I guess… no problems there…’
‘… so no inbred fighting among those mongrels, chewing on tables, peeing on the floor, eating out the trash can…?’
‘… no? Also, is this about the Plantsims woohooing with their uncles? Actually, Olivia and Tim are cousins, apparently the
guy is trying something new…’

47. ‘Cousins? Great, thank you for this information! I’m forever in your debt!’
‘… you’re welcome? Also: why is that helpful? I heard, you said something about Inbreeds being controlled easily or so…’
‘Did I say that? Ah, those pesky rumors and fake news… of course, if I - hypothetically - said that, I would have meant it in a
completely different figurative way…. Who would want to exert power over inbred people too du….without any potential to
fulfil even the most basic tasks? So I’m all for a program to make sure that their intelligence does not sink below a certain
level…!’
‘…Weren’t your former opinions about ‘power to the servos’ and ‘occupy instant city’ and…?’
‘You need to stay on top for the most pressing issues in politics, show that you care and are in charge and…’

48. ‘Okay, that’s it! Listen – ‘mayor’, this is a restaurant, not a political campaign room or – what’s the bird commenting thing…
chirper? Anyway, you either get seated and order food or go away!’
‘Hm, don’t you think, that treating your guests like this would give you bad press?’
‘You don’t order food, so you’re not a guest – and guess, what the press will say about the mayor *not* supporting the local
economy…’
‘… wow, you’re good. Interested in a job in my office?’
‘I’m a doctor – no seriously, I am, I took the job and all, see the last household D chapters – not a politician!’
‘… pity… okay, then, what’s on the menu?’

49. ‘Hm, hm, hm… pumpkin soup, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin tart… is there a formal complaint option, I will become
definitely allergic to pumpkin, so you better prepare for an out-of-court settlement if…?’
‘Dear – can we talk?’
‘Huh? Oh, hello dear Servafriend… sorry, I’m in the middle of… doing politics…’
‘… by ordering food in a restaurant?’
‘Supporting the local economy, ask the doc… I mean host…’
‘You never take me out for dinner, you know… host, a seat for two…’
‘Sorry, you didn’t arrive as a group, so… but I can sit you at tables next to each other, okay?’

50. ‘… *sigh*… not what I expected for a romantic dinner….what good is money and power for, if you can’t enjoy it properly…?’
‘Well, we didn’t arrive as a group, so even the rulebook says for such an occasion…’
‘Oh please, spare me this political doublespeak, I’m your Servafriend after all…’
‘And an excellent one, no doubt, supporting me on every step…!’
‘STOP! Just stop it… look, I get it, you like to have this power of speech that makes the others confused… and I’ll be with
you, I was built and activated that way, so no flattery needed. But, since you are also the Servo with the most personality in
town right now, just being a Serva without personality at your side feels… empty…. So I have to work on getting one…’
‘….If that is your wish, no problem, I’d like to help…’

51. ‘Great! So, first I suggest, we could try for a child…’
‘…Ehr…What? I’m sorry, this pumpkin fish might have made me delirious, but last time I checked, Servos can’t conceive….’
‘I was thinking of adoption, of course! Imagine, little feet running around us, toys everywhere…’
‘… YOU TOOK FAMILY AS SECONDARY ASPIRATION???!!!’
‘Yes, why?’
‘… never mind, it’s still a few chapters till our households turn, so lets put the baby idea on hold for now, okay? Waiter, the
bill, I lost my appetite…!’’

52. -… and with that little plot point, we reached level 10, so time once again to pack our bags…-

53. -… and go back to the lunar market entertainment….-

54. -… this time, we open up the arcade… well, the arcade machines were rarely used, most just bought a game and went home
right away… understandable, but… meh…-

55. -… but hey, we’ve reached level 10…-
‘Wow, he spent so much time on the S-4’s, and we don’t even get more then 3 slides for 5 business levels… perhaps we
should talk about adoption stuff too, perhaps then…’
‘… you seriously want to adopt for personality?’
‘Well… actually no, I’m not that desperate… ‘
- *phew*, thank heaven! For a moment I thought you were serious… -
‘If you put it that way… ADOPT! NOW!’
-… oh man…-

56. -… here! Happy? –
‘… these are robos…’
- Yeah, and you are Robots too, you can even make them yourself, so it is actually closer for you then adoption…-
‘That’s not the same!’
- You are right… think about it: if a Hydrorobo malfunctions, he only spews water, if a cleanerrobo malfunctions, he only
creates waste… and in the meantime, they do useful stuff. Now a baby – a baby does both, all the time and that is NOT a
malfunction…-
‘Oh….. Okay, forget the adoption idea, that’s not worth it….’

57. -… and with the adoption crisis averted, lets make a quick tour to Great-something-aunt Caitlin and her Mosh Spicy
Minimall to buy some juice…-

58. -.. And then back to the moon, to get Gold Badges in pottery….-

59. -… sewing, then the drinks….-

60. -… annd, that’s it… let’s go home…-

61. -… where Tim then starts stargazing…-
‘Wait a… seriously, you force me to get abducted now?!’
- Aw, come on, you like stargazing, you have the science enthusiasm and all… -
‘I don’t…!... Actually I do… Oh look, a falling star, make a wish…’
- I wish for an abduction… *whistles innocently*…-

62. -… meanwhile, Olivia writes another novel… oh look, you met… wait let me look at the plumtree for your family… dangit,
the three bolter is your Greatgrand-something-father… but, the next one is your uncle, so… -
‘Aw, come on, I thought you want Tim to get abducted….!’
-… it hasn’t happened yet, so all options need to be considered…-
‘ *groan*…’

63. -… anyway, another novel is soon finished…-

64. -… let’s make a quick trip to the lunar book shop to deliver it there…-

65. -… and then another trip to Club V back in Instant City, where many romances were started…-
‘Hi, it’s me, Olivia… yeah, just come over here…’
‘Another Uncle/Niece Romance thing, huh?’
‘Actually no, you nosey bartender…’

66. ‘… Hi Cousin, still stargazing?’
‘… technically, yes... Sim time really is weird… if we go home now, I will still be at the telescope instead of arriving back
home with you, thereby raising the abduction level for continued gazing…’
‘Yeah, this bastard thought of everything…’
- HEY! –
‘Anyway – here it is: all the stuff in my inventory, so you can pick the next movers and give it to them, so I don’t have to
break the gazing… actually, all this could have been done before the gazing, so he did not think of everything…’
- Heyeeah, that’s actually true…-

67. -… and so…-
‘Okay, Cinderella… mind, if I just call you Cindy? Anyway, here’s the stuff, you’re going to move… Good luck getting a
personality… and finding your prince charming…’
‘MOM!’
‘… that’s a nice start personality-wise…’
‘Will I move alone?’
‘Nah, he’s trying the cousin thing now, so one of your cousin will be moving with you…’

68. -… and the lucky cousin is… 14th Great-Grandson-2, nickname Ichabod – let’s go with ‘Ike’ – who will get all the deeds for the
real estate agency transferred to… minus the ones we leveled already…-
‘Do I have any say if I want to move?... Okay, stupid question, of course I don’t… it’s the red eyebrows, right? You always pick
the ones who don’t have standard black….’

69. ‘…*sigh* okay, bye family… move over, Cousin 2nd degree, let’s do a small round trip on the island before we come back here
and move into the next apartment…’

70. -… and after that…-
‘Hello, Uncle… Abraham, wasn’t it?’
‘Yep – call me Abe, shortening nicknames apparently became a trend at some point… soo, it’s that kind of thing again,
right?’
‘Yep… my cousin never got abducted last night, so its my turn…. wow, it doesn’t stop being weird, does it? ‘
‘Meh, I’d just roll with it… and I heard, that you are moving cousins now… guess he’s trying to broaden the possibilities…’
‘… jeez, that makes this actually even more weird… oh, lets just start this date already…’

71. -… and a little later at the pumpkin farm…-
‘Wow, a tent woohoo wish… that’s a first… ‘
‘Just get in here already, this is too weird already…’
‘Don’t take all the romance out of it, niece…’
‘Eek – you are a romance Sim, you shouldn’t even be talking of romance, with your 20 lovers or whatever…’

72. -… and lullaby…-
‘… guess, cousin can stop stargazing now…’

73. ‘… oh well, where’s the cheesecake?...’

74. -… and so…-
‘Nice bulge, cousin…’
‘Oh shut up, Tim… did you even try finding aliens? Also, I’m only into the first trimester, and fall is already over, so guess
who’ll now be stuck being preggers for how many generations…?’
‘… I’m sorry?’
‘Oh, I’ll make sure you will… once I start having those cravings, you’ll be preparing the disgusting meals which…!’
‘Plantsims don’t need food, Olivia…’
‘…. CURSES!’

75. ‘Ommm… wowmomiscranky… Ommm’
‘… yeah, sounds so… glad she’s not my mom…’
‘Ommm…nononoyouneedtospeakthiswaywhilemeditating, Ommmm….’
‘Nah, not doing that…’
- … guess who’ll be an uncle/dad soon too…. -
‘EEEK – Ehrm, I mean: Ommmmmmm….’

76. -… and so, another fall comes to an end…-
‘Can’t we just play until I…?’
- Nope, sorry…-
‘… and you are just going to sit on your throne, cousin, right?!’
‘Yes – because nothing can upset me on this thing….’
‘Ugh… I hate you guys… sigh, lets write another restaurant guide then…’

77. -… and that’s it for this time… -
‘It all sucked!’
-… well, for the reader perhaps… as usual I can only apologize for my gaming style of grinding and achieving stuff not worth
it… but hey, I’m getting the numbers up and perhaps, this might actually become a nice city, I have ideas for that…-
‘BOOH!’
- Shut up inner critic, or whoever you are… anyway, thanks for reading – or just watching the pics, that’s what I’d do… in
the meantime, hope to see you again for another chapter of Instant City – A BaMC Challenge.
- Happy Simming! -
Population:
Playables = 276 +4
Households = 89
Community Lots = 211 +6
Business Districts = 7+1
SM = 1[Starter] + 1[1st Bus.]
+ 40[8 BD] + 43[217 Bus.] =
85
= 280 x 85 = 23800