Chapter 1: And There Was Much Rejoicing

Tamira, Jamie and Magic Cat arrive at their new home home in Dragon Valley.

Back in their native Lucky Palms, Jamie, a budding scientist was often mocked by his peers for his interest in alchemy and elixirs. But here in Dragon Valley, where dragons and unicorns play with fairies and werewolves, that won't be a problem. Jamie will be free to pursue both hard science and mystical potion brewing without ridicule from his peers. Though some of them might snicker behind his back for his funny round ears and rather dull shade of red hair.

The new house infested with insects and weeds, which must be taken care of immediately. Tamira, expert critter catcher, goes after the bugs, while Jamie, the gardener, takes care of the weeds.

The moths get swatted, the roaches get stomped, and Tamira even finds a few keepers among the butterflies.

(It's at this point that I discover that Tamira has lost credit for all the critters she caught toward her LTW in LP. She also doesn't get credited for the insects she catches as part of this move in challenge. I'd be upset about the loss of credit, except now that Jenn has corrected me and told me I can pursue LTW objectives even if my Sim doesn't directly wish for them, Tamira's LTW will be a breeze, even having to start over here in DV.)

Magic loves the new varieties of foliage previously unavailable to him in Lucky Palms.

Jamie wastes no time in stripping down to his favored inappropriate outfit to make a salad.

Then it's down to the basement to mix up some potions.

Don't you think you should wear some protective clothing?

"Nope, I'm good."

Later, he goes up to the office to make inappropriate forum posts. Well, I guess doing that in your underwear is acceptable.

What are you posting?

"I'm posting on various game forums asking where I can find weed mods, making sure that I post everywhere except in the WCIF section."

Okay, just don't follow that up with a request for a poop mod...

"How did you know that's what I was going to do?"

Tamira interrupts the inappropriate forum trolling with a Be Frisky interaction.

"Are you sure you don't want to do this in bed?"

"Into the shower, Lancaster. Nao." Yep, Tamira takes after her mother.

Gratuitous pet spam for your viewing pleasure. Magic has the playful trait, so he's always having fun. Magic was sadly already in the elder stage when he and Jamie joined the household, so he probably won't be around very long. 

Jamie is off to work first thing the next morning, leaving Tamira to explore the town alone until her shift at the theater starts later in the afternoon. She wants to be good friends with someone, so she begins socializing with one of her new co-workers, Siobahn Murphy. They have lots in common, like being flirty, party animal virtuosos, so they strike up an instant rapport.

Siobahn is a charismatic Gemini. Tamira explains that her family oriented trait comes from her being a Cancer.

"It will be hard to party all the time once you start popping out lots of kids," Siobahn observes.

"Are you kidding? I grew up with three sisters and my dad threw parties all the time."

Dragon Valley comes with a bunch of premades who are already pregnant. Chloe O'Reilly has chosen a maternity outfit that is both strangely appropriate and inappropriate for this setting.

It's a parade of pregnant women dressed like fairies. Except, the actual fairies here don't dress like this either.

After becoming besties with Siobahn, Tamira wants to learn elixir merchant John Fallon's sign.

John is a Scorpio, which is totally compatible with Tamira's Cancer.

"You know what they say about Scorpios," John says suggestively, "Sex all the time."

 Except for the fact that you're chained to that register 24/7.

"I've never done it with a werewolf," Tamira giggles.

I've turned all the role NPCs into weres or fairies so they'll live longer and not be replaced by puddings for awhile.

"So, do you have a boyfriend, baby?"

Tamira remembers she's family oriented and lives with her boyfriend. Who is also a Scorpio.

Here, by the way, is the shopping center I added to Dragon Valley, called The Fortune's Folly Mall. The lot, originally Chipping Simsburg, by SimmyRN at MTS, was built with rabbitholes hidden underground. I took out the rabbitholes, since DV has its own, and changed the shops into an elixir shop, a consignment shop, and the outbuilding has an alchemy station and gem cutting machine. I also put a fortunteller's rabbithole rug on the lot, and changed some of the landscaping and doors and windows. And, I added a garden in the back with alchemy ingredients and a couple of bee hives.

By the time Jamie's shift is over, Tamira's has started. And poor Magic's social is the red from being left alone all day.

Magic rolls a wish to meet a new pet, so, we adopt one, a grey tabby kitten called Mystery.

My fear that I will now have two cats with social bars in the red is quickly allayed as Magic shows his delight in having a new companion to play with.

"Do you seriously have nothing better to do than watching me bathe?"

No, I don't.

This poor Catalina Macaw got caught in a rainstorm. It's much more warm and dry in Tamira's back pocket.

A wish to buy a music box sends Tamira to the consignment shop, where she also unloads the bird she just picked up.

Martin Eames is telling Sookie Stackhouse, uh, Suzie Stackholme, that Aquarians are great humanitarians, even when they aren't exactly human. Astrology is apparently the hot topic in DV.

Even though 'try for baby' is set for non-autonomous in woohooer, my Sims keep finding ways to to try for baby with no input from me.

Jamie is worn out from the exertion of trying for a baby, but Tamira still has some energy left.

So she burns it off by dancing in her underwear in front of the shamefully uncurtained windows. *cue Aunt Estella meme*

Other things of which Aunt Estella would likely not approve: going out in your underwear to pick up shiny rocks to use in your potions. 

Well, at least he took an umbrella.

Tamira decides the Agama Lizard is a keeper, and names him Brock.

Tamira works on her wish to to gain a skill point in guitar by playing for tips at The Kilted Dragon Coffeehouse.

Jamie needs some valerian root and the plants in his greenhouse haven't produced yet, so he picks some from behind the elixir shop. He wonders how Tamira would look in one of these fantasy-medieval-cheerleader dresses the local girl are sporting.

He satisfies his wish to buy something worth over $250 by picking up  potion he hasn't learned to make himself yet, a potent skill booster. Drinking it upgrades his handiness skill from 1 to 3, satisfying another wish.

You don't actually have to wait for a wish to buy a Bonehilda, but I forget she exists until Jamie wishes for one. So, yay, we now have a skeleton main to clean up the cat vomit in the office that no one else will touch.

Try for Baby was apparently successful. Tamira wishes for a girl. 

Bonehilda in the background, disposing of cat vomit. 

And there was much rejoicing.

Jamie's a good boyfriend and gives her the massage she wishes for. He also rolls a wish to marry her. He doesn't have any gender preference for the baby.

I want to wait to see if she rolls the marriage wish, too.

Bonehilda likes to have fresh breath and a sparkling smile.

Who knew a dead snake could leave such a mess? Sadly, Crimson, our original Malayan Krait snake, passed away. He was quickly replaced by a Scarlet King snake named Jin.

Jamie running off to his carpool in the morning. I feel kind of bad for him, his Night Owl trait means he gets a -10 moodlet whenever he gets up before 10am, which is every workday. SP put him in the science career back in LP, and I kind of like the combination of science career with psuedo-science alchemy hobby. Once upon a time, alchemy was considered a real science, even Sir Isaac Newton dabbled in it. But nowadays, not so much. Of course, the bits of alchemy that were scientific and based in reality, like the creation of explosives, got folded into modern chemistry, while the other bits, like discovering immortality potions and turning lead into gold, are only real in Sims

"You know, my colleagues in the 'real science' community are all obsessed with cross-breeding robots with fishes, and are in no position to judge alchemy as a serious pursuit."

That's a very good point, Jamie.

Tamira, on maternity leave, continues working on her wish to gain a guitar skill point by playing at the Ren Faire.

She comes home at the same time Jamie gets off work, and rolls a wish to marry him.

And there was much rejoicing.

I'm sure Tamira, as a party animal, would have loved a full on formal wedding party, but they don't have enough friends yet, really, and there isn't a good day for one before the baby is due. So, quickie private wedding. The couple take the Lancaster name. (Back in LP. SP married Tamira and Jamie the night after they moved out, and gave the couple her last name, Gandharva. Since that's the legacy name in Lotus, I decided to use Jamie's last name for this legacy.)