Weird Science VI
Previously: Everyone celebrated a rocking New Year's Eve, and Nadia spent one final day with her father before he sadly passed away. Then, after being contacted several days before via satellite, the aliens finally arrived to abduct Nadia at the worst possible time.
I think Erika is regretting offering to help Mandy with her school project.
Somehow, they manage to finish it together, and Mandy is all like, "Mom, you're a total genius," while inside Erika is thinking, "Oh, thank god I somehow pulled that off."
Even Abby is impressed with the end result. Hopefully, she doesn't have it destroyed by the end of the weekend.
After spending days grieving her father's death, Nadia managed to not only drag herself out of bed but also put a smile on her face, no matter how forced it looks. Madeline arranged a special dinner outing to celebrate her daughter's transition into proper adulthood.
Nadia: Really? This guy's just going to waltz over with his flashy celebrity aura and pretend it's his birthday? Doesn't he get enough attention already?!?
No, Nadia, I think he's just trying to cheer you up on your birthday in his misguided celebrity way. He's being nice!
Even so, Nadia still seems kind of ambivalent about the whole concept of getting older. Mr. Thorne Bailey and his citrus-y son, Orange Bailey-Moon, really know how to get the party started, though. Also, look at Mandy coming to the slow realization that she is in the presence of both a bad boy musician and his famous-by-proxy child. She can't believe her luck.
Nadia: Oh god, not the paparazzi! I'm so not ready for my close-up right now!
Thorne: Follow me, Lady Paparazzo. I've done my civic duty for the day. Let's not blind the commoners with your bright, flashing lights.
Mandy: *has gone entirely comatose in the presence of so much celebrity*
Erika further tried to raise Nadia's spirits by suggesting they get married right then and there, since she's probably not in the mood to get all dressed up and do it in front of a bunch of guests right now. They invited Mandy along to witness the moment, but I guess she'd rather be on her phone instead. Maybe she's going to be their impromptu photographer?
Oh, nope. Apparently, she was just finalizing whatever plans she has that are more important than watching her mother tie the knot. Well, I hope they're worth it!
Because look at the outpouring of adorableness and love that she's missing out on!
Wow, how did Erika manage to rig up all that confetti to fall at the perfect moment? She's brilliant!
I'm not sure I've ever noticed feathers flying up from the bed after woohoo before. That must have been some extraordinary lovemaking. Good for them. They deserve it.
It was also some incredibly fertile lovemaking, apparently. Erika doesn't look too happy about the rapidity with which her current condition has arisen, but maybe she's just upset she has to find out the news next to a very grungy-looking bathtub.
Erika: Listen, I know we weren't planning to have children right away, but...
Nadia: Oh my god, you're pregnant?
Erika: Yes... Are you angry?
Nadia: Of course not! Ever since my dad died, I've realized I want to be around for my own children as long as possible.
In possibly even more exciting news, Erika heard her song for the first time on the radio! She might actually have a hit!
Mandy has her own excessively purple bedroom now, where she enjoys having friendly conversations with her dragon friend. Or is he a dinosaur? I'm not sure, but he's a very jovial guy.
Meanwhile, Nadia and Erika have managed to slip away for a while on their own to celebrate the impending arrival of their first child together.
Nadia: I better only be seeing you drink water from here on out! Absolutely nothing will interfere with the perfect health and genius mind of our baby!
God, Erika is already huge, and, also, this is precious. I have nothing more interesting to say.
You might be wondering how Nadia is doing at work. I'm not sure. I can never tell what's actually supposed to be happening with these serums. Is that reaction good or bad? Your guess is as good as mine.
Hmm, okay, so I'm leaning toward bad, but this information isn't super helpful either.
Just because Nadia's resident guinea pig is older now doesn't mean she's about to give up her most willing test subject. Look at him in his ugly mismatched clothes courtesy of the SimRay... He doesn't know what's about to hit him!
And neither will we because apparently it wasn't interesting enough to capture. But Nadia did get another promotion, so at least that happened. So far, this job is very underwhelming to me.
I don't know... You can kind of tell around this point that my interest in Nadia was waning in general. I may have had better things to say about these pictures at some point, but they strike me now as desperate attempts to wring anything interesting out of a pretty mundane Sim life, as much as that pains me to say.
I think Erika is regretting offering to help Mandy with her school project.
Somehow, they manage to finish it together, and Mandy is all like, "Mom, you're a total genius," while inside Erika is thinking, "Oh, thank god I somehow pulled that off."
Even Abby is impressed with the end result. Hopefully, she doesn't have it destroyed by the end of the weekend.
After spending days grieving her father's death, Nadia managed to not only drag herself out of bed but also put a smile on her face, no matter how forced it looks. Madeline arranged a special dinner outing to celebrate her daughter's transition into proper adulthood.
Nadia: Really? This guy's just going to waltz over with his flashy celebrity aura and pretend it's his birthday? Doesn't he get enough attention already?!?
No, Nadia, I think he's just trying to cheer you up on your birthday in his misguided celebrity way. He's being nice!
Even so, Nadia still seems kind of ambivalent about the whole concept of getting older. Mr. Thorne Bailey and his citrus-y son, Orange Bailey-Moon, really know how to get the party started, though. Also, look at Mandy coming to the slow realization that she is in the presence of both a bad boy musician and his famous-by-proxy child. She can't believe her luck.
Nadia: Oh god, not the paparazzi! I'm so not ready for my close-up right now!
Thorne: Follow me, Lady Paparazzo. I've done my civic duty for the day. Let's not blind the commoners with your bright, flashing lights.
Mandy: *has gone entirely comatose in the presence of so much celebrity*
Erika further tried to raise Nadia's spirits by suggesting they get married right then and there, since she's probably not in the mood to get all dressed up and do it in front of a bunch of guests right now. They invited Mandy along to witness the moment, but I guess she'd rather be on her phone instead. Maybe she's going to be their impromptu photographer?
Oh, nope. Apparently, she was just finalizing whatever plans she has that are more important than watching her mother tie the knot. Well, I hope they're worth it!
Because look at the outpouring of adorableness and love that she's missing out on!
Wow, how did Erika manage to rig up all that confetti to fall at the perfect moment? She's brilliant!
I'm not sure I've ever noticed feathers flying up from the bed after woohoo before. That must have been some extraordinary lovemaking. Good for them. They deserve it.
It was also some incredibly fertile lovemaking, apparently. Erika doesn't look too happy about the rapidity with which her current condition has arisen, but maybe she's just upset she has to find out the news next to a very grungy-looking bathtub.
Erika: Listen, I know we weren't planning to have children right away, but...
Nadia: Oh my god, you're pregnant?
Erika: Yes... Are you angry?
Nadia: Of course not! Ever since my dad died, I've realized I want to be around for my own children as long as possible.
In possibly even more exciting news, Erika heard her song for the first time on the radio! She might actually have a hit!
Mandy has her own excessively purple bedroom now, where she enjoys having friendly conversations with her dragon friend. Or is he a dinosaur? I'm not sure, but he's a very jovial guy.
Meanwhile, Nadia and Erika have managed to slip away for a while on their own to celebrate the impending arrival of their first child together.
Nadia: I better only be seeing you drink water from here on out! Absolutely nothing will interfere with the perfect health and genius mind of our baby!
God, Erika is already huge, and, also, this is precious. I have nothing more interesting to say.
You might be wondering how Nadia is doing at work. I'm not sure. I can never tell what's actually supposed to be happening with these serums. Is that reaction good or bad? Your guess is as good as mine.
Hmm, okay, so I'm leaning toward bad, but this information isn't super helpful either.
Just because Nadia's resident guinea pig is older now doesn't mean she's about to give up her most willing test subject. Look at him in his ugly mismatched clothes courtesy of the SimRay... He doesn't know what's about to hit him!
And neither will we because apparently it wasn't interesting enough to capture. But Nadia did get another promotion, so at least that happened. So far, this job is very underwhelming to me.
I don't know... You can kind of tell around this point that my interest in Nadia was waning in general. I may have had better things to say about these pictures at some point, but they strike me now as desperate attempts to wring anything interesting out of a pretty mundane Sim life, as much as that pains me to say.