I Love Old People challenge #3 - First outing, relationship drama, alien abduction, and the case of the mysterious macaroni!

 I Love Old People challenge #3 - First outing, relationship drama, and alien abduction, oh my!

I decided not to lock the doors to the retirement home as Heather decided to keep working as a fortune teller. (I think she wants to help Dara make contact with her daughter Noel.) The only one who appears to need watching is Darron, who walks with a cane and is in the early stages of dementia. (He has the unstable trait, and his personality shifted.) That doesn't mean the residents are "with it" all the time.  

This morning, both Heather and Shawn forgot to bathe before coming down to breakfast, and the stink was horrible.  Amir flat-out forgot to get dressed and arrived in his birthday suit.  There was a lot of nudity going around, and I'm not sure why. I think I need to get some curtains or blinds for the front windows. 😉

However, everyone got their acts together. Heather went off to work (showered), and the rest of the household went to the Academy of Arts and Sciences for the afternoon. 

They weren't there more than a few minutes when Darron noticed an older gentleman and went over to introduce himself.  The man turned out to be Richard Schwab-Green, father of three, and grandfather to I don't know how many. (I played the family briefly awhile back and learned that they had moved into a big house, hoping it would help the couple's failing marriage, but Richard's wife was very cold to him when he made romantic gestures.) At any rate, out of the blue, Richard insults Darron's intelligence, and as Darron retaliates, Richard just ups and dies! 

Grim came and did his thing, then stayed around for a few Sim-hours, which made me a little nervous, wondering if he was planning to take another soul.

I bet this guy was a little nervous too!

I followed Grim to see what he was up to.  It turns out he just wanted to check things out through the telescope.

Perhaps he was looking for his pet dragon.

Meanwhile, some of the old folks got tired and went home.  A few stayed and had a video game competition. (The child is Guy Schwab-Green; I assume he's the grandson of the guy who died.  The kid doesn't seem too broken up about it, but I don't think I saw him witness the death.)

At some point in the evening, Amir got a call from a woman named Venus Naquin, who asked him out on a date to the pancake house.  It turns out that while she was only 6 days younger than him, she was seeing somebody, which raises the question of why did she bother asking him out?  Amir quickly grew tired of her little games and went inside.  All was not lost, however.  Amir did get to meet Vito's wife Hazel, and they played a game of shuffleboard.  (Apparently Vito was older than he looked at the party or things happened really fast in the space of a day.) While Amir was disappointed in not seeing Vito at the restaurant, he made a note to get in touch with him and invite him over for a chess game in the future. 

While I was following Amir on his so-called date, Amelia and Eric got really tired and "hangry" and got in a major argument. (All I caught of it was that Eric thought Amelia had "issues" and both were angry with each other.) Amelia went home and ate some nachos and felt better. By morning she was wishing to kiss Eric, so I think they will patch things up. 

At some point during the night, before Amir arrived home, Dara saw some pretty lights in the sky and went to investigate. Then the flying saucer appeared.  She was thinking how she would like to woohoo with an alien, when the tractor beam snatched her up. I don't know what happened up there, but she was returned feeling like she had been probed. 

Both Dara and Amir arrived back about the same time. Amir apparently didn't bother to eat at the restaurant, and was hungry.  He was also a little confused because he forgot that residents don't have access to a stove and are expected to use the replicator.  He wandered around with a pan of mac and cheese until he gave up and left it on Darron's nightstand. 

"Well, this is a head-scratcher!" mused Darron when he went to turn in for the night.

It was obvious by the next morning that a love triangle was forming between Dara, Amir, and Shawn. Amir went out to check on the seeds he had planted the night before, and Dara found him in the garden. Flirting ensued and it was looking like something might come of it, when Shawn showed up and ruined the moment. Amir was annoyed; Dara was intrigued.

Later, Shawn started flirting with Dara, but just when it looks like a romance is forming, Shawn has to put his foot in his mouth and ruin everything. 

On a final note: Eric has been leaving graffiti around town and dumpster diving.  He actually found some Tiberium in the trash! What fool threw that out?!? One man's trash is another man's treasure.

Speaking of treasure, I built some storage rooms for the residents in case they get some extra possessions and don't have room for them in their personal space.  Shawn decided to rent one out and is keeping the monument he stole from the city hall there.  Luckily he's the only one with a key to the room. 😏