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So I decided, for my first actual Manor playthrough, to go with the 33. Except, I put Gustave AND Verso in for maximum verstave potential, and called it “Expedition 33 - New Game+” At first, no one really got along, which was worrisome, until I started maxing skills for each character. After that, everyone was MUCH MORE in character, and relationships were a lot more natural. Here’s which skills I gave everyone:

All of Expedition 33:

- Rock Climbing (PARKOUR!!)

- Apothecary (for all tints)

- Thanatology (well-versed in death & loss)

- Natural Living Skill (for sleep outdoors & more)

Gustave:

- Logic (Lune’s greatest match)

- Handiness (inventor-coded)

- Writing (journaling for apprentices)

- Parenting (for raising Maelle for several years)

- Research & Debate (well, actually)

- Robotics (his arm, nuff said)

- Fabrication (more inventor shit)

- Gemology (lumina conversion)

- Swordsmanship (for weapons class)

- Dancing (for Sophie 😭)

Verso:

- Charisma (something something “good hair”)

- Piano (my my would you look at the time)

- Mischief (liar)

- Painting (for the family duty)

- Acting (re: visages)

- Swordsmanship (for weapons class)

- Dancing (iykyk 👀)

Maelle:

- Violin (not canon, but she is a Dessendre, and music seems like a mandatory skill for the family)

- Painting (for the family duty)

- Writing (for her true passion)

- Singing (duets with Verso)

- Acting (playing along with Verso)

- Swordsmanship (for weapons class)

Lune:

- Logic (Gustave’s mental match)

- Guitar (Anyway, here’s Thunderfall)

- Singing (guitar accompaniment)

- Wellness (most well-adjusted of the group)

- Archaeology (data extrapolation)

- Research & Debate (“Protocol states-“)

Sciel:

- Charisma (immediately charmed the gestrals)

- Gardening (farmer)

- Herbalism (witchy farmer)

- Singing (personal headcanon)

- Romance (for being in love with love and flirting with Gustave, Lune, and Verso)

- Dancing (“why don’t you ask Sciel”)

- Medium (because tarot girlie)

Monoco:

- Comedy (we all know he’s the relief)

- Mischief (shenanigans with Verso)

- Acting (for all the shenanigans)

Now the simulations truly begins…

BONUS: Verso propositioning Lune for woohoo, being rejected, and then going to play with his toys 😂😂

Everyday | Formal | Swimwear | Party

Tomorrow comes~

After building The Manor in The Sims 4, and creating The Dessendres to live in it, I’m bringing in the name of the game itself: Expedition 33. I have Gustave, Maelle, Lune, Sciel, Verso, and Werewolf Monoco up in the Sims Gallery now. No mods or CC were used.

Getting everyone to look the part and look good together was a challenge in this part of the project. A greater challenge still: Gustave’s arm. The Sims unfortunately does not have any prosthetic limbs, so I ended up layering a couple dozen tattoos and stamps on his left arm instead. The greatest challenge by far: Finding a way to translate Monoco into a Sim. With him being based on a dog, a werewolf was the obvious choice.

Just as with The Manor and The Dessendres, you can find three variations of the Expedition in the Sims Gallery. My Gallery ID is IllusiveThief. Every Sim has an outfit styled in each category: Everyday, Formal, Athletic, Sleepwear, Party, Swimwear, Hot Weather & Cold Weather.

‘Expedition 33 - Act I’

Includes Gustave, Maelle, Lune, Sciel

‘Expedition 33 - Act II’

Includes Verso, Maelle, Lune, Sciel, and Werewolf Monoco

‘Expedition 33 - Act III’

Includes Verso, Awakened Maelle, Lune, Sciel, and Werewolf Monoco

This whole project has been a lot of fun. Thank you so much for all of the support!

Werewolf Monoco 💥

Also, his Human Sim form which is literally just Rich Keeble

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Verso of Lumière ⚔️

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Sciel of Lumière 🌈

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Lune of Lumière 🌙

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Maelle of Lumière 👑

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Gustave of Lumière ⚡️

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1904 | 1906 | Painted

All three versions of the Dessendre family are now up in the Sims Gallery! 🎉

Gallery ID: IllusiveThief

Dessendre - 1904

Aline, Renoir, Clea, Verso, Alicia, Monoco & Noco, circa 1904. This is the family pictured in the family portrait, before the fire.

Dessendre - 1906

Aline, Renoir, Clea, Alicia, Monoco & Noco, circa 1906. This is the family we see during the game, after the fire has taken Verso.

Dessendre - Painted

Aline, Painted Renoir, Painted Clea, Painted Verso, Painted Alicia. This is Aline with her painted family inside of the Canvas.

Painted Alicia 💛

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Painted Clea 🖤

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Painted Renoir ❤️

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Now presenting… The Dessendre family circa 1906. This is the family we see in the game; Verso is gone, and Alicia is scarred and forever changed. Meanwhile, Aline and Renoir are lost in the Canvas, leaving Clea to fight on her own.

Only Alicia’s Everyday outfit has changed. I noticed in the atelier cutscene between Alicia and Clea, that when Clea steps forward in Paintress mode, her natural eyes still show, so I put that detail in Clea’s Sim. Juxtaposing this is Aline and Renoir, both shown in Paintress/Painter mode and painted eyes. Lastly, Alicia only has the painted eyes, which I assume is from her inexperience.

I also changed the family dynamics for the 1906 Dessendres. Aline and Renoir have gone from ‘close’ and ‘steamy’ to ‘distant’ and ‘strained’. Clea is distanced from everyone now. Aline and Alicia are ‘strained’. When I put them all in the Manor, the difference in dynamics was immediately obvious. I have a couple more tricks up my sleeve yet, so stay tuned!

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Noco & Monoco 🦴

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Alicia Dessendre 💛

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