Boolprop 20: Easter Eggs Chapter 3

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SimNaNo Update #4

Welcome back to the Easter Egg challenge! We are back with Tara, who finished up week 2 the last time we saw her. She completed a few of the simpler easter eggs and started working on getting the one child she’s required to have. The weeks might be a bit shorter going forward, but let’s dig in!

Week 3

We are going to start the week with Tara holding another yard sale. This one was quite late in the evening so she didn’t sell as much as she sometimes does, but that’s ok. Tara focused a lot of time on building her skills.

Tara has decided she does not enjoy listening to Electronica Music, which, ok, that’s fine.

GeekCon came into town, so Tara left her job a little early to go participate. Her boss might not be thrilled, but he’ll survive. She started off by participating in the Hackathon, where she earned 75%.

After the Hackathon, Tara stopped at the food stand and grabbed herself a burger. Gotta keep her strength up to participate in the game challenges next.

To no one’s surprise, Tara did not pass the Ultimate Gaming Test. She did the best at Blicblock. That is also not surprising since that’s the one she plays the most. I think it might be the only one she has played.

She did enter a novice tournament for Blicblock while at the con, but she didn’t win that either. That wasn’t unexpected, but you never know until you give it a try if she might have.

Unlike the gaming competition, to my utter shock, Tara WON the Hackathon! Way to go, Tara! That doesn’t actually give us anything for the Easter Egg challenge, but I’m still shocked and pretty proud of her. We need to hack a supercomputer at some point, so this feels like a good step.

One major thing it does do for Tara, however, is give her this BEAUTIFUL computer. We need to expand the house a bit and give Tara an office. She is also going to need a nursery at some point.

Tara needs some extra cash, so she holds another yard sale. She is making some decent money, especially with the produce gaining in quality at this point. Each yard sale usually gives her a few hundred or more simoleons.

A burglar showed up to break into the house. Tara doesn’t have a burglar alarm, so while she made it into the house, Tara was able to wake up and call the cops quickly. She did attempt to confront the burglar on her own, but the cops showed up and took care of it before anything further happened.

Tara still tends her little garden, and the plants have evolved a couple of times thanks to her care. The bees help as well, of course.

Tara and Don head out on a date to Brindleton Bay, and the date doesn’t go great. He wasn’t in a good mood, and Tara struggled herself. The weather wasn’t very nice either.

I decided to switch out Tara’s bed, and while it does not get listed as an easter egg item, this bed is absolutely a play on the Polly Pocket toy. The shape of the bed, the pastel, and the name are all very intentional.

We need to get Tara up to level 8 of handiness in order to finish upgrading the weather machine. We have one more week to get it updated in order to keep the season in spring.

Tara sits down to read a new easter egg book. Atlas Hugged is obviously a play on Atlas Shrugged. That gives us another book for 5 more points, the first real points of this week.

To keep working on her handiness, Tara also begins to make updates to the various items in the house. The appliances are especially getting upgraded.

Tara gets to level 7, and she needs at least one more, so more woodworking and upgrading the kettle are in order. She is not going to get to level 8 this week, but hopefully next week.

We will be ending the update with yet another yard sale. Tara has been holding them often, and she is getting some regular customers who always show up and always buy something.

That wraps up the third week in this challenge. I know this was a short update, but a lot of progress was made towards things. Next week, spring is officially over, so we will see if we can use the weather machine to set it back for points or if we are going to have to take the hit. We will also need to get the baby going soon. We are up to 175 points, only gaining 5 this week, but hopefully we made strides towards some more. I hope you will join us for the next week soon!

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