Home for the Mentally Non-Conforming. Part 4.

[tigeranne]

Yes, the Asylum is back! These are the last two episodes. If you need a refresher about what happened last time, you can find it right here.




We return to Aniya, to find her crying over her fallen roaches. Just kidding, she hates the little creeps.

In case you wonder how I pronounce her name, it's "ANN-ee-yah."


If Melody didn't already have a canon husband (her 14th, to be precise), I would ship this.


Andrei: I wonder why Ethan always comes back from his leaves all exhausted.

Jerica: If he could talk normally, imagine the stories he could tell!

Andrei: This is vegetarian pizza! I feel cheated.


How sad is this?


It's the next day, and I think we all know who peed that puddle.

Jerica: *whistle?*


Poor kid. I think she's lost most of her little grey matters.


Aniya: I'm so glad you're here, Ryan! It's so good to have someone normal to talk to. Your wife is a lucky woman.

I'm watching you, Aniya.


Did I give Ryan a secondary Romance Aspiration, or something? 0.o Out of all the women he knows, and isn't closely related to, he's only got negative chemistry with two. One of the two is Riana, strangely enough. Not that I complain, but she's so similar to Adana, both in genetics and in skills, I don't really know what it is that makes the difference.


Aniya: I know Jolene is probably dying in the dining room, but I can't deal with it right now. May the carpool come soon!


At this point, Jolene had been sitting like that for at least 12 hours, and her background was a glorious tangerine orange.


Jolene: Ouch! I've got lemon juice in one eye, and fried onion in the other! D:


Prissy: Can I sleep in your bed? Monrad's been talking weird about Chicken Man, and the Skull-Face Woman again.

Jerica: No, you hog the blanket! And it's daylight outside, so no monsters are under the bed right now, anyway. Let me sleep, rugrat!

Needless to say, they were supposed to have been at school.


That's not the first time Andrei's peed himself, standing in that exact spot.


Ethan's regressed back to infancy, as well.

Ethan: Little Timmyyyyyy! D':


Right. Ryan did a bit of skilling last time he was home.


Meanwhile, our favourite imposter has followed Ryan home again.

Michelle: I actually work undercover for the government. Almost like MI-5, but a lot more secret. So I have to pretend to have lots of different jobs and stuff.


Look at what's for dinner today! Country fried steak, with corn bread and lots of peeeeeeas!


Melody: Where's Billy? She shouldn't miss dinner if she really wants to become the world's biggest woman Sumo-wrestler.

Jolene: She's coming, just gathering courage.


Billy: Okay, I'm ready for the challenge!


Billy: At least the rest of it tastes delicious.

Andrei: Maybe if you tell Aniya that the taste of the peas leave a lingering trauma, we can have ice-cream for dessert.


Petunia: There's something wrong with that guy!


Ethan: What if Adana likes Ryan better than me, since he's got kids and I don't? NOOOooooo!!!


Ryan: In Dickens' London there are factories everywhere! The whole town is covered in soot! I hope I will recognize my family when they come back, because only their eyeballs will be visible!

Jolene: But the iris is as unique as a fingerprint. If you take pictures of their eyes, you'll know for sure it's them. I don't know this because I'm a spy or anything. I'm just paranoid like I sound, and I read a lot of conspiracy theories.

Ethan: I would go to Dickens-land in a heartbeat, if it would get me away from this place and the lunatics that currently inhabit it!


Jolene cheered him up by dragging him outside to play catch all night.


Then it was time to make over a few of the housemates. Sierra has always been sort of boring and non-descript, so I tried to make her a little more eye-catching.


Andrei got his Esso Dane shirt back, plus a slightly more flattering haircut. His face is very stern and angular, so it's hard to make him look exactly handsome. I hope the hairstyle doesn't make him too similar to Buck, who's also a tanned red-head.


Narrator suggested I should give Ethan the same sweater as Adana, as a promise that they would one day be together. I wasn't allowed to change his hair, because nothing else looks like Ethan, she says.


The housemates still haven't reached bear-level intelligence.


I gave Spartacus a crazy hair, to go along with the rest of his crazy. The good thing about having naturally white hair, is that dye takes really good hold, and you can go wild. Look at the whole Universe floating around in his eyes!


Billy: I ate peas! Now they've been digested and used to build cells, and I'm part pea!


Spartacus: Yes, I know all the millions of possible ways that history could have turned out differently. You want to know what would happen if someone had taken a time-trip to Victoria's coronation? For a TV-show, okay. Oh... Any and all timelines where that happens, ends with the world being hit by an astroide in 1998. Yeah, just skip the coronation-scene.


Monrad has started sucking up to the Overlord, so he can receive favourable treatment.


This isn't allowed, I know. But have I really been following the rules at all?


Harry: I feel so mafiose, and I love it!


Harrison: DIEEEEE, SOFA!!!


Tessa: You've gotten kinda fat.

Jerica: And you're an obnoxious brat! Go home! Prissy's not allowed to play with YOU!


I didn't really want to change Aniya's hair, because it was her, but when I tried this style on her I just had to go for it.


Prissy's doing homework, and that's good!


Ethan is a major freak-magnet.


Here's Jerica's make-over. She still looks a bit like she's from the very early 90s.


Then the event-camera cut to the dining room. Billy had disappeared from the family panel, and was in trouble.


How tragically ironic if her last meal should be the ones that had peas. :(


She tried to grab a fruit-bar from the vending machine, but failed thanks to not being as smart as a bear.


Andrei: Stop playing around, Billy! There's no peas in the potato salad.

It may be a little late for that now, buddy.


Grim Reaper: OH YES, I REMEMBER THIS PLACE. I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, TO PICK UP THAT WHINEY GOTHIC KID. WHO IS IT YOU'VE MANAGED TO KILL OFF THIS TIME, THEN?


Grim Reaper: WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW. IT'S PEA-GIRL. I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT FORCING PEOPLE TO FACE THEIR DEEPEST FEARS TOO SOON CAN HAVE AWFUL CONSEQUENSES. OH WELL, THERE'S NO NEED TO EAT ANY PEAS WHERE SHE'S GOING.

Spartacus: Where's Aniya? She needs to do something!


Spartacus: Oh no... I can't see the future anymore!

Ryan: Hi! :D Is there something going on? Did I miss something? Why is everyone crying?

Timing, Ryan...


Ryan: I can't see what's even going on, because Jerica's blocking my view!


Ethan: Hi, Aniya. Is there something going on downstairs? (Owww, my mouth hurts when I talk!)

Aniya: Someone's dying, and it's probably my fault!


By the time Aniya finally made it downstairs, Grim was already ready to phone over his transaction. There was still time to click on Grim to plead with him, but Aniya was being blocked from getting there. Ryan was beginning to realise that the guy in the Halloween costume was rather insubstantial, and that nobody was rehearsing for a play.


Here lies Billy Pool. :(


She was buried in the garden, next to Nathan. Too bad that she didn't make it to the end, especially as she was making progress. The peas got the last word.


Ryan: Aniya, you're the third most beautiful woman I know!

Jerica: How can you talk about stuff like that right now, you imbesile?! Billy's dead!

Sierra: I'm outta here.


Andrei: I didn't know she was dying for real! I miss Billyyyyyyy!

Oh, jolly... Spartacus is starving to death, too.


Ryan: Aniya is soooo hotttt!

Jerica: Ryan, I bloody hate you!


Billy was one of Guinevere's best friends. That's why she's sad, and not because of her flashing blue accessories. Shut up, game. I HAVE got the mesh!


What a cheerful scene...


Melody lost her conkers, too. She and Billy hung out a bit.


Jerica turned full ISBI-child.


Prissy channeled her sadness and confusion into poetry, while Ryan accompanied her on synth. It was... very artistic.


Prissy: Hi, Ethan! You could have been my Dad, if you didn't date that time-travel girl.

Aniya: So, you're up. Does this mean you're going to school today?

Jerica: Not necessarily.

They both went off to school, yay! It means they get fed, at least.


Aniya: Come on, Moody. Time for a bath.

Moody: But you bathed me just this winter!


Oh no, he's starving too! Better hurry up with that scrubbing, so he can eat.


There are two full food dishes downstairs! Move it!


Too late! D:


Harrison: Yessss! We're out of here! I hope we get a classy home next time!

He can dream. I had Aniya call the pet adoption right away.


They got Moody back, but since you can only adopt once a day, Harrison would have to wait.


Remington Wren: This place looks familiar, somehow.


Since Aniya was developing the hots for Ryan, it was time to direct her attention somewhere else. Andrei seemed like the best option. Ethan's already taken, Jarvis has an off-screen wife, Harry's a creep, Sir Alfred pees everywhere, and she shudders every time she sees Monrad, so it was Andrei or Spartacus.


It didn't take much to make her crush on him.


Aniya: Hee hee hee! *pinches bum*


Andrei: NO NO NO! You can't do that! I'm not a piece of meat you can squeeze as you like! Don't you respect my bodily autonomy?!?!?


Awwww, come ON!


I'm suspecting that Aniya's a bit fickle.


Andrei: Hey, look at those floating, pink hearts!

Aniya: You can see them too? I was worried I was going cra... differently perceiving!


Aniya: Oh, Prissy's looking grumpy. I hope she's not taking after Jerica, because she gets straight Fs.


This is going well. :D If Andrei gets a little happier and less lonely, maybe he'll stop fighting with Petunia at all times of the day.


Nawww. Of course they had to have their first kiss in the same spot where two of their housemates breathed their last.


Look at this charming want that resulted in!


They soon got to a level where butt-groping was not only allowed, but actually appreciated. And yes, the tree outside was on fire. The rain put it out.


Hooray, it's working!


Aniya: This is probably just the infatuation talking, and actually a pretty crazy idea, but... Andrei, you're a great guy. I've known you for a long time, and I'm sure of that. Do you want to be my husband?


He did. :D


Monrad ran out to watch the tree burn, and got fried by lightning. He didn't die.


While they were already at it, they got married as well. I didn't want to do a party, because to use the wedding arc they'd all have had to go outside in the thunder storm.


Aniya, I hate you!


I bet they would have interesting kids, but let's focus on getting Aniya her LTW so everyone can get out of there.


This was just what we needed. It's like Ryan and Ethan have similar taste in women, or something.


Nope. Being married did not make Andrei less angry. At least not with his sworn enemy.


Ryan: Ohh, a fight! Can I watch? It could be informative!


Andrei: Well, now you've seen how to beat up delusional "prime ministers."


He apparently thought Ryan was a slow learner, or something, because he repeated the lesson.


Ryan: Are all those stars around their heads the ghosts of braincells that die when they hit each other?


Andrei: So when you unlock the next boss, this is what you do with them!

Ryan: Cool! I think we're fighting Antenna Man next! Wanna come?


Do we have another starvation victim?


Oops, yeah. I had to fence in the rubbish bin, so Henry Atherton and Brendan couldn't kick it over twice a day. Then, of course, nobody could get to it, not even Aniya.


Aniya: "Weird man runs around dressed like giant baby." They've really run out of headlines.


Ryan: Hi, Aniya. I totally respect your marriage, and everything. Can I just stand here and watch you play pool?


Just look at the eyes he's giving her! That's how you're supposed to look at Cindie, you buffoon!


Like I said, she thinks Monrad is disgusting beyond belief.


I've seen a lot of Sims fake-ralphing over how ugly someone is, but Aniya is visibly shivering.


Looks like being around Ethan has had a bad impact on Ryan, as well.


Ethan's been learning to find his inner peace, lately. He's been getting more control over his speech as a result.


Merging your mind with the Universal Consciousness (if that's even possible), tends to leave you a bit dizzy.


Sir Alfred: Ethan, you mustn't judge Ryan too harshly. He's been through a lot of traumatic experiences. Imagine what it must have felt like to explode, and see his innards flying out of his body! 10 feet of stitches, Ethan. Imagine that!

Ethan: Verily, that did not happen!

Alfred: But he thinks it did! He remembers it, remembers how it felt, so it affects him mentally and emotionally as if it was a real event!

Ethan: And as deplorable as that is, it does not give him any right to court my bethrotted!


Hooray! That's Level 8!


Aniya, get up. People are starving again.


Aniya: I bet this never happens to Jennifer MacAvoy!


Yes, but he's in the process of doing something about it, right now. In the mean time, you can pick up the trash.


Let me guess... The boys' bathroom is gross again.


And then... the model railroad burst into an inferno of flames. I was prepared this could happen, so there was an alarm installed already. This WAS one of my death-traps, though, and it sprung!


Jolene was already on fire, herself, and pretty much done for.


While Aniya was trying to keep the fire at bay until the fire-fighter arrived, Sierra came running into the room to freak out and be in the way. Jolene wasn't even trying to move away from the flames, so I quickly gave up on saving her.


Then Maura arrived, and proceded to put out Jolene first, and then the railroad. So yes, Jolene survived.


When you're the only normal person in a house full of whackjobs, it's easy to get an illusion of being a genius.


Aniya: Stop complaining, and go fetch a plate of fish-fingers. It's not rocket-science!


Siigh!


Oh, and look who's come to visit. Aniya greeted them before heading off to work, and they made themselves at home.


Jerica: I'll be doing homework until I'm 25.


Look who's home. x)


Proof that Brice's from an ISBI: There was food visible on the table, but he headed straight for the Vending Machine of Death. Hmm, that sounds like it could be the title of some sort of Five Nights at Freddy's parody. At night, the vending machines come alive, and roll around the building to look for people to suck in.


Well, hello. Come in, why don't you?


Aniya, for GOODNESS' SNAKE!!!


Jerica: I'll... be going back to sleep.


Oh, look. Brice is smart enough to figure out the vending machine.


Zarinda: Told you he existed!


Michelle: I work for the government as a rocket scientist. It's very secret, so I pretend I'm a newspaper photographer.

Zarinda: I'm here to recruit members to my secret cult. Oh, and to visit Ryan when he gets off work, but also to recruit. Do you want to join?

Michelle: But of course! You need ME on your team!


Okay, proper look at Guinevere. She got a new necklace, top, hair and make-up. It's not that she's become dark and goffic, but that lipstick looked good on her.


Here's the big gangsta, home from work.


Zarinda hit the karaoke.


Poor Melody. :I


Melody: No, I don't want to join your poxy sect! I used to be a presidential candidate, and I oppose scary cults!

Zarinda: You don't even know what our mission is!


Jerica: I'll be doing homework until I'm 40. :(


Prissy: I'll be doing homework until I'm your age.


Diaper Man: That was what Bella and Edward did, when Bella expelled me from herself.


Zarinda: How do you eat? You don't even move your lips when you talk.

Diaper Man: I'm made from abstract substances, so I can absorb anything into myself and make that abstract, too.

Zarinda: So if you sit on someone..?

Diaper Man: Then they become an abstract idea, that may or may not ever have existed. But it's Slim McKinkley who wants to sit on you, not me.


Diaper Man: I see that this girl's using a similar manner of sustaining herself. She's sucking the food up her nostrils and direcly into her brain, which has a similar composition.

(They were having chicken and noodles, in case anyone wonders.)


Yes, we know you think so.


How good is it to see someone heart-fart over their own spouse?


Diaper Man: Ahhhh, water. It's such a mysterious element. Physical, but yet impossible to grasp a hold of. Just like myself.


Jerica: I the ghosts won't be out tonight.

Prissy: Ghosts? Isn't it just Billy?

Melody: No. There was a guy who died here before you moved in. He comes in to raid the fridge at night, and he eats children.

Prissy: D: Can I sleep in your bed tonight, Jerica?


It's good to see these three bonding over something else than how hot Aniya is. Even if Ethan's hacking up a lung.


Ryan: It's so hard to breathe when your lungs are outside the body!

How can he be fat again? It's been like three days since he was home and got his fitness maxed!


Ethan: Isn't Guinevere just so pretty?

I know at least Ryan agrees. Are they secret twins, or something.

They could be!

Narrator, no. They couldn't. Ethan's been around since before Ryan was born.

But he could have time-travelled! Maybe Tallie had triplets, and one teleported away right after birth?

I doubt it. If he was Tallie and Falcon's son, where would he gotten his tan and his brown hair from? Anyway.


What is it about Ryan?


Ethan: Listen, Ryan... I'll try to keep the Canadian to a minimum. I have no feelings of animosity towards you. In fact, I admire the way you've handled your trauma, real or not.

Ryan: I'm glad to hear that you dont feel like an animal anymore, now that you can speak English.


Ryan: I'm glad you believe me, in a way. Everyone else just says “Dude, it didn't happen. Get over it, already!” You're a really nice guy. I can see why Adana loves you so much.

Ethan: Really? I've never even been able to tell her that I love her, and you've said it at least ten times to her face.

Ryan: She knows you love her, mate. Believe me.


Andrei remained unaffected by the display of bromance, and pretended all the pins were Petunias.




Andrei: YAAASSSS! THE'YRE ALL DEADDD! :D


Look at all this male bonding! O.o


Harry: I can't believe this film won so many awards!

Spartacus: Not very good, is it? What's it called?


Harry: Fifty Shades of Black. An hour and a half of nothing but black screen and silence. It won “Best Script,” “Best Special Effects,” “Best Soundtrack,” “Best Original Idea,” plus a whole lot of awards from alternative movements for it's lack of violence, stereotypical characters or offensive portrayals of sensitive issues.


Ryan and Ethan continued their newfound BFFFFF-ness outside.


Such mature. Very dignity.


Ryan: I love you, Bro! No homo!

Ethan: I love you too, Bro. Suppose you're practically family.

And that's all for tonight. :) Tune in very soonishly for the exiting(?) finale. Who will make it out of the Asylum alive?

Comments

[alittlestrange.livejournal.com]

Yay, something to read while I have my dinner!

If Melody were psychopathic, she could become a Black Widow!

LOL! Jerica went into the asylum to help her dad and ended up going insane!

Aniya: I'm so glad you're here, Ryan! It's so good to have someone normal to talk to. Your wife is a lucky woman.

Like he needs the encouragement! I might be evil and make him a Romance Sim in my game. He and Indus could have a pretty wild guys' night out.

In my game, it's the astrological sign that makes the biggest impact on attraction. Turn-ons and turn-off don't matter nearly as much. None of this applies to Apollo, of course, who seems to have his own set of attraction rules.

This isn't allowed, I know. But have I really been following the rules at all?

Well, it suits him, I'll say! And Aniya's new 'do totally suits her!

Awww, poor Billy! And to think she'd made such progress. :( It's poetically ironic that her last meal included peas. But Ryan, you inappropriate bugger! I love you!

The Batbox can fix flashing blue accessories. It's under Fix>Flashing blue, then you select the Sim and it brings up the thingie where you choose the accessories they're wearing.

Andrei: Hey, look at those floating, pink hearts!

Aniya: You can see them too? I was worried I was going cra... differently perceiving!

LOLZ! I love it when Sims look like they can see the little symbols floating over their heads.

In bed with her new husband and still wanting Ryan. *headdesk*

Close call for Jolene! She was lucky!

When you're the only normal person in a house full of whackjobs, it's easy to get an illusion of being a genius.

XD

Awww, what a cute way for Harrison to come home!

Yay, Diaper Man!

Aniya, for GOODNESS' SNAKE!!!

AND LOLLLLLLL!!! I chortled! I'm so happy Diaper Man came to visit at the asylum!

Look at all this male bonding! O.o

Aww, it was sweeeet! This update was teh awesomesauce. I look forward to seeing how it ends...and who survives!

[tigerannesims2.livejournal.com]

Please, please make Ryan a Romance Sim! Just let him keep Knowledge as his secondary, because he's easy to keep happy when there's chess nearby. Indus and him would be an amusingly horrible bromance, in the best possible way! :D

Poor Billy. :( I wasn't happy about her croaking, because I was hoping to use her in a legacy or other. Now she'll have to wait until I recreate her in another neighbourhood, for the Edgarcy. (Which will be narrated by Narrator.)

I used the batbox later, actually. Right then and there I just didn't remember it fixed flashing.

Andrei and Aniya were watching someone go upstairs, but it looked like they were admiring the pink hearts of luuuuuve.

Aniya's got to sort out her priorities.

I'm hoping to get the final update up tomorrow. :D

[alittlestrange.livejournal.com]

Okay! Ryan gets to be Romance/Knowledge! And I'm totally going to set him and Indus up to be a bromance. Indus usually goes around with Apollo, who thinks all women are barfy, and that's funny enough. But cruising the town with a fellow Romance Sim, looking for eligible women...I hope it will be as hilarious as it sounds! (Spoiler: Indus becomes an immortal. You've probably guessed that by now.)

Aw, heck. Go ahead and resurrect Billy if you want to. If Sims can stand around and make out through a solid wall, then you don't need to be logical, either!

Yeah, the Batbox does so many different things, it's hard to remember.

Can has last update? *hinthint*

P.S. Narrator's going to narrate your next prettacy? YAAAY! That should be amazing. I was thinking how I'd miss her when the travecy is over.

[tigerannesims2.livejournal.com]

I figured I'd miss Miss Narratorer too, so I've hired her on for another project. Still not paying her, though. ;) She's not entirely happy with the rule that the ugliest kid in each generation is Heir, but I'm sure she'll make her insensitive best of it.

Let's see if I can get my bum in gear, and get writing on the Finale. I got off work a bit early today, so yay!

I'm not surprised Indus is granted immortal status. :D He's too hilarious and epic to let go!

[alittlestrange.livejournal.com]

I can imagine she wouldn't be too happy about teh uglynezz, but it will build her character. X) And she'll look forward to teh prettyez. It will be interesting to see her try to think of Edgar as something other than the STarblasts' archenemy. I think Edgar should be immortal!

You can still remember what you wanted to say about pictures you took days ago? I have to write notes as soon as I've closed the game!

Yeah, I was all set to let Indus go. He got all the way down to his last day of life, and then I thought, "To heck with this! He's sticking around!" I couldn't imagine the family without him, so he gets to be a hell-raising playboy forever. I'm still not sure it's a good idea, but he permanently altered the way I play the game, which is also probably not good. XD But I need him around. It's too funny to have a purple guy with a warped face strutting around and charming all the ladies! Plus, I really like his name. Great reason to grant immortality!

[simlili.livejournal.com]

Diaper Man is just a townie basically, now, oh how the tables have turned!

Fifty Shades of Black lol!

It's weird that a knowledge sim would have all this cheaty romantic wants, Ryan has really something bewitching about him, I guess!

And hey, glad to know you can adopt pets back.

Last thing, if you miss that necklace, there's a tutorial on fixing flashing blue meshes for good http://modthesims.info/t/283059
I've used it so it's easy enough, but there's a ton of necklaces out there, so is it worth the trouble^^

[tigerannesims2.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'll try that! Thanks!

Yeah, Ryan seems to have some sort of animalistic magnetism to him. IDGI.