Chapter 1.10: Unromatic Situations and the Attack of the Creeper Townies

It's time for another Sauda update! Now that Sauda is at a pivotal point in her life- you know, being a single mother desperately trying to marry a man who she's not technically even dating- things should get especially interesting. Then again, when are things not interesting for Sauda? She basically has a weird situation detector which means that bizarre things happen to her on a daily basis.

But now that there are cute toddlers in the house, who cares about Sauda?? Introducing: toddler picture spam!

Now tell me, how could this cuteness possibly be resisted?



Awww! This looks like some kind of choking hazard, but it's darn adorable!



Yes, Barbara we're looking at you and your brother's incredible cuteness! Better get used to it! We've all been looking at your mother's ugly pink leather formalwear for far too long, it's time to take advantage of the new blood in the house!



Speaking of... here's Sauda in her favorite, most annoying outfit. I guess we aren't done with it yet.

(Who else is waiting anxiously for Sauda's elder birthday, when Sauda will have to get rid of the outfit? Then again, knowing my luck there will be some kind of glitch where elder Sauda gets stuck in the outfit and won't change into anything else.)



Sauda is out at the diner strutting around like the insane sim she is, when she receives a call from Donnovan.

Sauda: He wants to go on a date!

Well, that's a shocker. Now she just has to turn the date into a marriage proposal. Easy!



Sauda is very desperate for that date, or maybe just the possibility of someone else taking care of the twins. She left them at home with a babysitter... I think. At least I hope she did!



Here he is! Go Sauda, go! You got Donnovan into bed... err, well, photo booth and shower with you- you can seduce him into marriage!

I just realized they never Woohooed in a bed. Typical Sauda, when would she ever do anything the normal way?



YES, Sauda, YES! Keep up with the PDA!

By the way, what is it with Sauda and creepy townies watching her every move? Seriously, is the whole town stalking her? Yes, lady sitting at the table staring directly at Sauda and Donnovan, I'm talking about you!



The two of them are really hitting it off tonight. They hang out for a while, and then decide to go see a movie together. And then Sauda's phone decides to ring.

Why is she always so much more popular when she's on a date? Her phone never rings when she's at home doing nothing!

Luckily, she ignores the phone. Nothing will get in the way of her marriage mission.



After the movie, Sauda and Donnovan still seem very happy to be together.



Princess! Not you too! Stop joining the ranks of the creepy townies who always show up during Sauda's romantic moments!



Sauda: So, Donny, wanna be my boyfriend?

Princess: Help, I can't move, even though there's plenty of room around me!

Random Townie: *awkwardly stands there looking away*

Clearly Sauda couldn't have picked a more romantic way/moment to ask Donnovan to be her boyfriend.



Luckily, Donnovan still said yes!



Sauda: Oh, hey, since you said yes to that, and we've been going out for all of two seconds, I figure it's time to take this to the next step.

She's not rushing things or anything. Not at all. Wow, she must be more miserable raising the twins by herself than I thought!



Sauda: Donny, we've had good times and bad times, but we've gotten through it all. Will you marry me and help me in my quest to defeat the fairies?

Oh, she just had to bring the fairies into it, didn't she?! It was almost sweet up until that point!



Donnovan: OMG OMG OMG! No one's ever asked me to marry them before!

Well, he looks happy...



I think it's a yes! Sauda is an engaged woman!

And she immediately rolls the wish to move in with him, so within another few seconds Donnovan is an official member of the household. Finally!

BUT WAIT: there's ANOTHER sketchy townie watching them! Okay, this is getting to be absurd! The townies need to get lives of their own!



Donnovan settles in nicely. Straight away he goes to get to know his daughter. Yay, family bonding!



Careful there Donnovan, you do not want to smash your sweet little daughter into the cheap ceiling light.



Even Sauda is stepping up a little as a parent. She actually wants to potty train her son, shocker! I think she wants to show she's just as good of a parent as Donnovan.

Sauda: I want to stop having to change all his pooey, gross diapers.

Or that...



After the kids are asleep, Donnovan decides to try his hand at being a scientist. Fortunately, it's much less scary than when Sauda does this. At least Donnovan looks like a (mostly) sane individual.

Though I should mention all the lovely things I've learned since he moved in:

1. He's got the Heartbreaker LTW. Great, just great! Now how's he supposed to have ten girlfriends after he's married Sauda? Well, technically he only needs three more, since story progression gave him a whooping 7 out of 10 of the required girlfriends. That's actually kind of impressive. And scary. At least he doesn't have the Commitment Issues trait!

2. He has a teen child by another woman, Piper Sparks. They never got married though. Oh well, Sauda can learn to forget about his past, right? And Rob Sparks, the teen, is old enough that the twins won't be running into him at school or anything.

3. One of his exes is purple and has pointy ears. About as close to a fairy as you can get in a Supernatural-less game. Sauda would freak if she found out about this.

This engagement is off to a nice start...



The next day, Sauda is in an awful rush out the door. Well, at least she doesn't utterly fail as a mother and remembered to feed her child. Though that potty could use a nice emptying.



Donnovan: Where's my fianceé going?

Serves him right for not knowing! I am not happy with Donnovan right now, I may very well have to earn him up lots of LTH points to change his LTW. More trouble than he's worth, this one!

On the bright side, maybe Sauda will go through a mid-life crisis and want to divorce him/end the engagement. It could happen!



But then again... he's actually good with the kids, while Sauda is a really cruddy mother. Okay, let's postpone the mid-life crisis till after the twins age up to kids.



Wait, what? THIS is where Sauda went? To a date at the fire station with Darren Dreamer (who as far as I know has NOT become a firefighter)? In what alternate reality are Sauda and Darren (both married or soon to be married) attracted to each other?

Looks like the new attraction system is already shaking things up. Because before the update, Darren would never have called Sauda "hot" and wanted to go on a date with her.

Those little hearts floating in the air are scaring me. I don't want Sauda to ruin the sweet Dreamer marriage! What if poor little Dirk is never born because of Sauda?!



Sauda: Why is your daughter Delilah bald? She's not a toddler anymore! Normal kids have hair! Both my toddlers have lots of hair! Delilah isn't normal! And she's not even wearing any pink!

Darren: What are you trying to say here?

Okay, here we go. Sauda instigating a ridiculous argument like usual. Things are back to normal, and those repulsive hearts are all gone. Their respective marriage and engagement are safe again!

And we can also thank the update with the alien baldness for Delilah's hairlessness.



Sauda: Your kid has no hair, and isn't wearing pink! Therefore you're a bad parent!



Darren: You- You-!

Struggling to describe Sauda? I feel your pain, her insanity often transcends mere words.



Darren: *settles for a major Not Amused face*



And after that, Sauda backs off. Not because she's scared of Darren or has run out of insults, but because she's had a new wish. For what, you might ask. Why, a Bachelorette Party, of course! And she's run back home to start planning it.

The question isn't: Will this go wrong?, It's: How will will this go wrong? And believe me, Sauda's Bachelorette Party is definitely going to live up to her family name of random!



Well, Sauda has made progress, I guess. A new fiancé (who happens to also be her boss- go her!), someone else in the house to take care of the kids, and a party in the works. Now let's just see if the attraction system continues to wreak havoc in everyone's lives. And if Sauda can get through this upcoming Bachelorette Party in one piece! Plus, who will she invite? :)

I hope everyone enjoyed reading this update! Remember to comment here or on my thread, I love to hear from you all.