Adventures with dragons!

[Caspin]

More pictures? Oh all right then, seeing as you asked, I shall oblige.

Who the hell are you?

The versions of our sims that I'm using don't know each other, so I thought I'd better start off with some chit-chat so that we all get acquainted. Ollie had some homework in his backpack and asked Minty for some guidance. Naturally the best place to sit was in the street.




Ollie looks like he's saying "lalala I'm not listening!" but he seemed to be writing things down and the homework did get done. (Believe me, when you're in my game, the homework always gets done!)

I wondered why Minty was all goggle-eyed. Swinging the camera round revealed two possible causes.

1. The papergirl is an elf with blue hair. Down here I wouldn't bat an eyelid at a papergirl with blue hair, but things may be more conventional where Minty's from.




2. Second possibility for the wild-eyed look on MC Mint could have been the arrival of the university llama, with whom he immediately fell in love. There were little hearts all over the place and endless "I want to get to know you better" pop-ups. Deary me. Your sim should feel totally free to get lucky in my game, Minty, but can you please select a non-llama love interest? Ta!




To make matters worse, [removed] also took a liking to the mascot. Ollie, you and I are the only sims acting rationally at this early stage in proceedings!

While Minty and Ollie were working on the homework assignment and freaking out in various ways over visitors to the front drive, Caspin and [removed] decided to visit the local tavern. It was a hot day in Dragon Valley so they were glad of some cool and refreshing beverages.

Caspin demonstrated her drink-mixing skills (could probably do it in my sleep to be honest), while [removed] sat demurely on her bar stool. At this point I noticed for the second time that (a) her dress is nicer (no need for any dragons with my sim acting as a green-eyed monster!) and (b) she has no feet.




We hung out in the tavern for a while, chatting about this and that. [removed] became mildly exasperated by Caspin's unwillingness to put down a glass.





Things progressed to the sharing of cat videos via Ye Olde Smartphone.




Fortunately (for Sommie), by this point the homework was finished and they were all ready to meet up and have some fun in DV.

SF Gravestone Roadtrip

I was almost giddy with excitement when I realised that I could actually act out the SimsForums Gravestone Roadtrip! We all headed to the cemetery to ooooh and aaaaah over some fine old stones.




They've done some nice Celtic-ish designs for the new gravestones. Caspin was so happy with the new stones that she became emotional and weepy. There, there.




Ollie's Eggs Part 1

While the others were busy scrutinising symbols and mucking about, Ollie started work collecting some dragon eggs. One was lying in the entrance.




As soon as he picked it up, it started a countdown. This made me slightly nervous as he put it in his inventory. I don't want any exploding fire-breathing type incidents occurring in someone's backpack!

Another egg was found near the back of the graveyard.




Excellent!

A scenic interlude

One of the big selling points of this world, for me, was that I thought the new community buildings were so lovely. We all headed to the theatre to watch "Cyborg Goat Herders" in the round.





Everyone liked the film except Minty, who thought it was crap. Sorry - you can choose the film next time.

As we were leaving Ollie started acting rather strangely. I was not quite sure what he was up to. He wasn't tired but it did look like yawning. Also the eggs were still counting down, so I sent Ollie home so that he could supervise their hatching somewhere safe.





[removed] and Caspin, meanwhile, decided to go to the spa. Straight out of Rivendell.




We know Minty likes his football, so I sent him off to watch a game at the athletic ..... marquee! Straight out of Camelot.




Ollie's Eggs Part 2

Back at the house, Ollie set down the two eggs he'd collected in the graveyard and found that there was a third egg in the house (do some of the houses already contain eggs?!). He diligently rotated around the three, chatting on various topics until they hatched.

Nothing like a bit of babytalk with a dragon's egg.




All three hatched successfully. Poof! I couldn't work out how to put the eggs down some place specific, so we had two hatch in the dining area and one in the bathroom.




The first to appear was one of the purple sparkle-pukers. Sigh. I named him Puke and he took quite a liking to Minty! (Don't worry, I'll try to get you a more butch dragon later!)




The other two were both red.

Here is Ollie with the first red to hatch (in the bathroom). I called him (or her?) Rusty.




Sommie and I arrived home from the spa and Caspin tried to feed the remaining red dragon, Flame. Naturally it bit her - what did I expect?!




An old friend

That is all I have time for today, as I must do some household stuff and then go to the pub for lunch. However I shall leave you with this picture of Dragon Valley, with it's lovely red foliage, ruins and Celtic stones, fountains and our little house with its pretty arched door and little turret.

And an old friend - the evil medieval ice-cream van!