Northern Winds Challenge Part 14: Life in Huckleberry Bay continues.

 Kyngston's birthday arrived, and Polly arranged for a party at the festival grounds on the beach, but first she wanted to give him his gift from her: three comic books.  

"I hope you like these. They are collectible and cost me a lot of money." 

"I'm sure I'll love them! Thanks, Grandma."

Maxwell gave Kyngston the Firebird painting he had just completed. I goes so well in Kyngston's room.

When they arrived at the beach, Kyngston became immediately enthralled with the idea of starting a bonfire.

"Erm, Grandma, I already lit the fire." (I thinks old Polly is starting to lose her mind.)

That's enough wood, already! Go blow out your candles!

Kyngston's classmate is wearing the same shirt. Maybe they belong to the same club at school or something.

Kyngston gained the Perfectionist trait to go along with his Kleptomaniac, Virtuoso, Dog Person, and Loves the Cold traits. For a guy who loves the cold, he is sure enjoying the beach and bonfire.

I started looking around for Maxwell as he was late and didn't make it to the blowing out of the candles. I spotted him dancing with Charity. "Tomorrow is a full moon. Are you still on board with joining me on a hunt?" She asked.

"I'm looking forward to it!" Maxwell replied.

Maxwell also saw Kelly Wolverine at the party, but she had to leave before he got to talk to her much. After everyone left, he spotted another attractive woman. Her name is Richelle Burnette, and she's a photographer. They got to talking and hit it off.

So many women. How will he ever decide? The pressure is off for finding him a mate. I really need to concentrate on Kyngston as he is now a young adult. 

The day after his birthday, Kyngston was set to graduate. I'm guessing the builder of this world must have placed a rabbithole door or something on a smaller building than the traditional town hall. Kyngston successfully graduated, but when I loaded the world, the big town hall was dropped on a lot that was way too small for it. Also, trees and shrubs and fences were sticking out of it and people were getting stuck everywhere. I'm sure it's not what the builder placed there. I had to remove it and build a quick town hall with rabbithole rug that fit the lot. It's not pretty, but it will do.

The lower floor has bathrooms, rabbithole rug, and a reception area for after graduation or for other functions.

The upper floor has a place to hold graduations, town meetings, etc. and a small art gallery along with a room to grab refreshments.

Kyngston was surprised when awards were handed out and he received the Most Likely to Become a Rock Star award. He doesn't even play an instrument! I guess because his dad is a rock star and Kyngston has the Virtuoso trait, the staff and students felt this would be his career path. At any rate, he gladly accepted the award.

After the ceremony, the families had photos taken with their grad. Crazy Polly chose to wear a goofy hat. They'll forever remember her quirky fashion choices. (I didn't plan her outfits since she aged up, so she has some interesting choices.)

 

I wish these came in larger sizes.

For now, Kyngston has joined the private investigator career. The first thing he was to do was to "get some dirt" on a woman named Dierdre. He was to go through her trash and snoop in her mailbox.

 He wasn't supposed to break into her house, but he saw the opportunity as no one was home but a kitten.

"Excuse me, sir. Why are you digging through my trash can? Did you know you have a hole in the back of your jacket?"

"Did I give you permission to go through my mail? Isn't that a federal offence?!"

"Oh! Hi! I didn't see you there. I was expecting an important package and it never arrived at my house, so I thought maybe it had been delivered to the wrong address. Yes, that's it. I'm looking for a package addressed to me.  My name is Kynston, by the way. What's yours?" 

"I'm Deirdre."

"My dad's a rock star. Maybe we could go see him perform together sometime."

I love going to the theater.

At this point the full moon was approaching, so I switched over to Maxwell. However, Kyngston arrived home with Deirdre's ladder, bathtub, and light fixture. I think there's a song in there somewhere . . .

🎝🎝🎝 I stole your light fixture,

your bathtub and cool ladder.

If only I could steal your heart! 🎝🎝🎝🎝

Apparently his job isn't done over at her house, so I need to send him back. I want to see if those things are truly missing from her house as I haven't successfully played the Klepo trait to its full potential before. He will need to give these things back so the poor woman can continue living in the house. I'm also thinking they need to get together romantically, though I suspect she's married or otherwise attached to someone. 

On to Maxwell's adventures . . .

Charity called him up and invited him out. He transformed into a werewolf, but oddly, she didn't. She feigned extreme interest in a book she was reading. It was as if she was stalling.

 "Would you like to play fetch for a bit?" she asked.

After fetching the stick a few times, Max said, "I can see something is bothering you. What is it you aren't telling me, and why aren't you transforming into a werewolf?"

I do have something I need to tell you. We have become very good friends, and I think you have a right to know . . . .

"Blargh, gack, keck. I've been seeing Kendall Aguilar. I believe you work with him? Anyway, we've been getting kind of serious about each other, and  . . ."

"Blargh, gack, gack. . . I thought you should know in case you thought we could be more than just friends and fellow hunting buddies. Wow. I'm not feeling so good. I must have gotten some bad sushi. I'd better go home. Sorry I can't hunt with you tonight. Good luck!"

Max tried hunting solo for awhile, but he wasn't too successful, then he smelled someone cooking out, and went to investigate. He found an attractive woman making pizza in the middle of the night. A strange feeling came over him: attack! attack! his feral brain insisted.

However, as fate would have it, Kori Dumbledore is nobody's fool, and she knew how to deal with a belly-pinched wolf! "Bad dog! Bad! Bad!" she yelled as she pelted poor Max with a newspaper.

"I'm stopping! I'm stopping!" shouted Max. "I don't know what came over me! I'm sorry."

"That smarts!"

If you can control yourself and act like a gentleman, I might consider sharing my pizza with you. It's almost done." 

"Gentlemen don't sniff women inappropriately! Where are your manners?!"

"My eyes are up here, buddy."

"I'm sorry, please forgive me. I'm not myself tonight. I swear if we meet tomorrow I'll be a different man. I'll leave you alone now."

Before Max left the park, he found some spoiled food and thought he'd give it a try.

It wasn't what he wanted, and the lady's pizza didn't seem too appealing either. What Max really wanted was some raw meat.  Where could he find raw meat at this time of night?

It turns out, the grocery store was open all night. He bought a hamburger patty and felt much better. Being a werewolf takes some getting used to.

By the next day, Maxwell was back to his old self. Polly wanted to spend some time with her friend Loretta Daily. When she called, Loretta said she'd be busy for a few more hours but would like to get together later. Polly killed some time by going to the festival and playing some games.  She won a Scary Bear.

She wasn't sure what she was going to do with it, but it was time to meet up with Loretta at Rembrant on the Beach. As they were enjoying their fish n chips, Loretta mentioned that she collected bears.

How fortuitous, mused Polly. "I have just the thing for you!" she said.

The Maloney family has been in Huckleberry Bay for 13 sim-days. There's no telling how long they will be here, but they are taking one day at a time and living like it will last forever. There is no gym on the island, and since Kyngston is so fond of the beach, the family purchased a boathouse.  They plan to get a boat or two, maybe learn to scuba dive and enjoy the ocean.