Desert Dreamers XVI
Previously: Gaby became a teenager, which was unfortunately overshadowed by Ana and Gracie's rainy but beautiful wedding (where Gideon and Fátima also finally got married!). After fending off Orange Bailey-Moon's assertive advances, the newlyweds then moved into a lovely home together.
Ana and Gracie's first big outing as a married couple is to the Humor and Hijinks Festival in San Myshuno. Honestly, this has always been my least favorite festival; you can only watch Sims telling jokes and pulling pranks on each other so long before it gets boring.
Turns out Ana and Gracie feel much the same way, so they bypassed the other festival-goers immediately and headed straight for the bubble blower. At first, Gracie is a little nervous about partaking in recreational drugs...
Judging by the crazed expression on her face here, which can only be the result of being high as a kite, I'm guessing she got over that uncertainty pretty quickly.
Ana: Oh my god, baby, I am sooooo high... What should we do now?!?
Gracie: I think I know just the thing...
It's about time they take their brand new bed for a spin. I'm sure the drugs must have made it especially memorable.
The two of them might want children someday, but they aren't in a hurry to make that decision. For now, they decide to adopt a puppy to see if they can successfully raise a pet together before they even think about raising kids. The adoption agency brings over two especially cute pups for them to meet.
Gracie immediately takes a shine to the brown-coated puppy, already spoiling her with human food.
But Ana thinks the black-coated puppy is just as lovable. How can they possibly choose only one?!?
Turns out they don't even have to! They just adopted both of them! They decide to call the brown puppy Artemis and the black puppy Apollo, fitting names for a brother and sister duo who are destined for future fierceness.
It's only been a few days since Ana moved away from home, but Fátima can barely stand the distance between them (even though they're only across the street from each other). As soon as she catches Ana out on a morning jog, she rushes to catch up to her.
Fátima: Hi, honey!
Ana: Oh... hi, Mom.
Fátima: I feel like I just never see you anymore! Wanna grab a coffee with me and catch up?
Ana: You know it hasn't even been a week since I left, don't you? But, sure, I guess I've got time for that.
Fátima: You must tell me absolutely everything that's been going on with you since we last talked!
Ana: Mom, please! It hasn't even been long enough for anything interesting to happen. You're going to have to learn to give me space!
Ana decides to invite over some of her Del Sol Valley friends for a housewarming party, and she revives her interest in cooking to whip up some gourmet dishes for the occasion. Meanwhile, I'm just a little distracted by how good Ana's ass looks in those jeans.
Once the food is ready, Gracie prepares some drinks from this incredibly classy bar disguised as a globe. Everyone knows the most successful celebrities must find ingenious ways to keep their alcohol consumption on the down-low. Otherwise, the tabloids would have a field day.
Izzy Fabulous got old since the last time we saw him, but he's still absolutely rocking that sequined pastel suit. Meanwhile, even Ana's favorite lesbian director seems to know it was a very bad idea to invite Orange Bailey-Moon, too.
Gracie: Can you believe she asked that asshole to come, Apollo?!? How am I even supposed to show my face out there when he's going to be ogling every inch of her the entire time?
After gathering up some (liquid) courage, Gracie marches right over and immediately asserts her authority: Ana is her wife, and she is the only one who gets to give her romantic massages - ever!
Orange is acting all unbothered by their gratuitous displays of affection, but you know he's secretly devastated. He's probably making vague posts about the rising starlet who broke his heart on Simstagram right now.
For her next gig, Ana's got to brush up on her guitar skills again, so she whips out her acoustic to give everyone a little taste of what she's been working on. It looks like this one is a pretty intense number.
Orange: My love, the way your face contorts in concentration as you tenderly pluck the strings is one of the most beautiful works of art I've ever seen. There is truly no one else on this planet more ravishing than you.
Ana: Listen, dude, I'm going to need you to dial it down several notches. I'm married now. It's really uncool of you to continuously disrespect that. I'm sure there's a perfectly nice single girl out there for you to profess your undying love to.
Orange: *is smiling outside but dying inside*
As much as it seems like I'm favoring Ana, I really do want to get to know the other kids better, especially Gaby, who's been so unfairly pushed out of the spotlight lately. Unlike her older brother, she's taken her appreciate for outdoors activities into her teen years, which Gideon is ecstatic over, naturally.
Rather than getting angry, these two are laidback enough to share a laugh whenever they pull up something that is decidedly not a fish.
Afterward, they work out together, and Gaby is less motivated by this freakishly muscular gym trainer than by her desire to earn another scout badge for having good fitness habits.
Can you tell Gideon doesn't spend much time around treadmills?
Like father, like daughter!
Since Fátima has practically wrung Oasis Springs dry of any interesting fossils or minerals, she tries her luck somewhere else by hopping over to Windenburg for a day.
She is very quickly sidelined by Gideon and his sudden desire for romance. Apparently, the strangely heart-shaped flowers on that plant in the background have subconsciously put him in a very flirty mood...
I think we all knew where that was leading!
Meanwhile, Rafael has stealthily become a young adult, and he's decided to try his luck at a real career in tech. He's a smart guy, and he knows the SimsTube bubble could burst any day now, so he wants to make sure he has a back-up plan. He's already doing pretty well!
Unfortunately, all that programming is pretty exhausting, leaving him little time to work on his streaming endeavors.
Poor guy can't even make it to bed without collapsing! He's in no frame of mind to record, edit, and upload videos! I hope he figures out how to balance his hobbies with his career soon.
Ana and Gracie's first big outing as a married couple is to the Humor and Hijinks Festival in San Myshuno. Honestly, this has always been my least favorite festival; you can only watch Sims telling jokes and pulling pranks on each other so long before it gets boring.
Turns out Ana and Gracie feel much the same way, so they bypassed the other festival-goers immediately and headed straight for the bubble blower. At first, Gracie is a little nervous about partaking in recreational drugs...
Judging by the crazed expression on her face here, which can only be the result of being high as a kite, I'm guessing she got over that uncertainty pretty quickly.
Ana: Oh my god, baby, I am sooooo high... What should we do now?!?
Gracie: I think I know just the thing...
It's about time they take their brand new bed for a spin. I'm sure the drugs must have made it especially memorable.
The two of them might want children someday, but they aren't in a hurry to make that decision. For now, they decide to adopt a puppy to see if they can successfully raise a pet together before they even think about raising kids. The adoption agency brings over two especially cute pups for them to meet.
Gracie immediately takes a shine to the brown-coated puppy, already spoiling her with human food.
But Ana thinks the black-coated puppy is just as lovable. How can they possibly choose only one?!?
Turns out they don't even have to! They just adopted both of them! They decide to call the brown puppy Artemis and the black puppy Apollo, fitting names for a brother and sister duo who are destined for future fierceness.
It's only been a few days since Ana moved away from home, but Fátima can barely stand the distance between them (even though they're only across the street from each other). As soon as she catches Ana out on a morning jog, she rushes to catch up to her.
Fátima: Hi, honey!
Ana: Oh... hi, Mom.
Fátima: I feel like I just never see you anymore! Wanna grab a coffee with me and catch up?
Ana: You know it hasn't even been a week since I left, don't you? But, sure, I guess I've got time for that.
Fátima: You must tell me absolutely everything that's been going on with you since we last talked!
Ana: Mom, please! It hasn't even been long enough for anything interesting to happen. You're going to have to learn to give me space!
Ana decides to invite over some of her Del Sol Valley friends for a housewarming party, and she revives her interest in cooking to whip up some gourmet dishes for the occasion. Meanwhile, I'm just a little distracted by how good Ana's ass looks in those jeans.
Once the food is ready, Gracie prepares some drinks from this incredibly classy bar disguised as a globe. Everyone knows the most successful celebrities must find ingenious ways to keep their alcohol consumption on the down-low. Otherwise, the tabloids would have a field day.
Izzy Fabulous got old since the last time we saw him, but he's still absolutely rocking that sequined pastel suit. Meanwhile, even Ana's favorite lesbian director seems to know it was a very bad idea to invite Orange Bailey-Moon, too.
Gracie: Can you believe she asked that asshole to come, Apollo?!? How am I even supposed to show my face out there when he's going to be ogling every inch of her the entire time?
After gathering up some (liquid) courage, Gracie marches right over and immediately asserts her authority: Ana is her wife, and she is the only one who gets to give her romantic massages - ever!
Orange is acting all unbothered by their gratuitous displays of affection, but you know he's secretly devastated. He's probably making vague posts about the rising starlet who broke his heart on Simstagram right now.
For her next gig, Ana's got to brush up on her guitar skills again, so she whips out her acoustic to give everyone a little taste of what she's been working on. It looks like this one is a pretty intense number.
Orange: My love, the way your face contorts in concentration as you tenderly pluck the strings is one of the most beautiful works of art I've ever seen. There is truly no one else on this planet more ravishing than you.
Ana: Listen, dude, I'm going to need you to dial it down several notches. I'm married now. It's really uncool of you to continuously disrespect that. I'm sure there's a perfectly nice single girl out there for you to profess your undying love to.
Orange: *is smiling outside but dying inside*
As much as it seems like I'm favoring Ana, I really do want to get to know the other kids better, especially Gaby, who's been so unfairly pushed out of the spotlight lately. Unlike her older brother, she's taken her appreciate for outdoors activities into her teen years, which Gideon is ecstatic over, naturally.
Rather than getting angry, these two are laidback enough to share a laugh whenever they pull up something that is decidedly not a fish.
Afterward, they work out together, and Gaby is less motivated by this freakishly muscular gym trainer than by her desire to earn another scout badge for having good fitness habits.
Can you tell Gideon doesn't spend much time around treadmills?
Like father, like daughter!
Since Fátima has practically wrung Oasis Springs dry of any interesting fossils or minerals, she tries her luck somewhere else by hopping over to Windenburg for a day.
She is very quickly sidelined by Gideon and his sudden desire for romance. Apparently, the strangely heart-shaped flowers on that plant in the background have subconsciously put him in a very flirty mood...
I think we all knew where that was leading!
Meanwhile, Rafael has stealthily become a young adult, and he's decided to try his luck at a real career in tech. He's a smart guy, and he knows the SimsTube bubble could burst any day now, so he wants to make sure he has a back-up plan. He's already doing pretty well!
Unfortunately, all that programming is pretty exhausting, leaving him little time to work on his streaming endeavors.
Poor guy can't even make it to bed without collapsing! He's in no frame of mind to record, edit, and upload videos! I hope he figures out how to balance his hobbies with his career soon.