JasmineLeePlays

Girl Gamer. I try to be the next Iron Lady of Tropico. Or at least, a Rainbow. Find me on Steam at: https://steamcommunity.com/id/jasmineleeplays/

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Saturday, Spring 20, Year 1 - Anisa is cooking Egg Sandwich in her newly lived in kitchen.

After breakfast, Anisa goes online to see if there are any higher-paying and higher-rank jobs available on the market. She comes across a posting by her Music Production Studio company, for the role of a Lead Guitarist, a senior position to her current job as a Guitarist. She has a total of 43 Application Points for the Lead Guitarist role, thanks to her Work Experience (14 points) and Internal Application Bonus (7 points).

Accepting the new Lead Guitarist role, she now earns 870 paradimes/day, with the same hours and work schedule as before when she was a Guitarist. Except now, she is Rank 27.

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At 7:55am on Friday, Spring 19, Year 1, Maggie goes into labour with just 5 minutes to her work reporting time. We quickly change the schedule to a 10am reporting time to accommodate the birth process, which takes 2 hours.

What's funny is Anisa can continue talking with Maggie, while Maggie is in labour, and one the conversation options is Maggie screaming "AAAHHHHHH!" in agony.

It's a baby boy! And we name him Dylan Nasser-Vaughan, to honour his two mothers...

Dylan has Anisa's darker skin, and a lighter hazelnut eyes. His other features can't be seen clearly right now though. Babies come with 5 Needs with very short Need meters - Hunger, Sleep, Bathroom, Hygiene and Affection.

Maggie goes off to work shortly after giving birth, and also Levels Up her Personality to unlock "Good First Impression", having completed her "New Family" Life Goal.

This leaves Anisa to take care of Baby Dylan in his new nursery room we've built, with the crib as a centrepiece. At the side, we've got a shelf of toys and a blankie. On the opposite of the room are Maggie's Hobby-instruments - the telescope for viewing stars at night, and her easel and art supplies corner.

As 11am (Anisa's work reporting time) rolls around, Baby Dylan is left Alone at home as Anisa needs to travel to her workplace at the Music Production Studio. So we have no choice but to send Baby Dylan to daycare temporarily.

Finally 5pm arrives, and both Maggie and Anisa have caught a Digestive System Virus from work at the same time! This makes them Ignore their Hunger Need, and shortens their Sleep and Bathroom Need Meters. The effect lasts 12 hours!

Meanwhile, Maggie gained 2 Job Upgrade Points thanks to her "Acknowledging Hard Work" Perk, so we could upgrade her Astronomer Job Rank to Rank 4, as well as get a new Perk called "Retirement Fund" which gives her 10 paradimes/day for each 1,000 paradimes that her household has. And since we have 12,731 paradimes in the bank, this boosts Maggie's per day Salary to 537 paradimes/day.

Maggie spends some time with Dylan, and tries to teach him some words, but he can only babble back, which is so cute! He can even play with a rattle in the crib!

We try to get Maggie to paint an Illustrative Style Painting, but she was feeling too sick to progress in her Painting skill so we abandon the activity until she's feeling better.

Meanwhile, we have her take care of her hidden Hunger need, by having her eat an apple.

Anisa takes care of Dylan's Hunger by bottle-feeding him.

Maxence makes Anisa pursue a new Life Goal - "Guitar Specialist", which requires her to upgrade her Guitar and Music skills, plus another musical instrument.

Morning of Saturday, Spring 20, Year 1. Anisa embraces Maggie to tell her she is here to help her in her postpartum journey.

And support she gives, by playing and entertaining the baby.

Maxence tells us that Baby Dylan is starting to make coherent sounds, indicating an upgrade in his Language skill.

An hour later, he soils himself and is hungry, so he starts crying.

What is amusing is all the dialogue options in the Together Cards for the baby...

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It's 3pm on Thursday, Spring 18, Year 1, which is after work for Maggie who just came home. Maggie is in her 3rd trimester, but her belly doesn't seem to be very big yet. It still looks to be in her 2nd trimester.

We go with Maggie to Susan's General Store to buy some new cooking recipes from their Recipe Book (which costs 100 paradimes for 1-2 recipes). Maggie learnt how to make Blueberry Muffins. We also had a peek at the "water filtration machine" that is supposed to reduce the household water usage, and thus the water bill when installed. This machine costs 15,000 paradimes to purchase! Looks like we won't be buying it anytime soon.

Further down and opposite Maggie's old apartment, we come across the Lighthouse, near where Emma Wake's homestead is. Maggie goes to the cliffside overlooking platform near the Lighthouse's base to look at the ocean view...

Maggie takes on a Townie Request to cook 3 group meals for their sick friend. Although, we won't be completing this request any time soon. At least, not until after Maggie has given birth.

Maggie cooks a Microwaved Tofu Dog for dinner. On her side profile, we can see that she has now gotten huge!

Their rooms and spaces feel more alive now thanks to the clutter and decor items we bought and placed to reflect Anisa's and Maggie's personalities and backgrounds.

It now the beginning of Friday, Spring 19, Year 1, and we continue with trying to get Maggie another promotion and Job Upgrade point.

The spaces are getting more lived in as the days go by, and we even bought a new bathtub-cum-shower and a new toilet bowl!

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It is Tuesday, Spring 16, Year 1, and the headlines for The New Paper is about the next door diner Chez Maurice looking for a cook urgently. Stella the dog saves the same child from drowning yet again...

A morning shot of Maggie making Peanut Butter Toast on her new Kochi oven, which cost us 1,700+ paradimes.

Afterwork, Anisa gains yet another Job Upgrade Point, but it's getting kinda tedious keeping up with all the Required skill level conditions, especially for the Music skill. So we select the Perk "Accepting Music Requests" to slowly improve Music knowledge while at work.

It is evening, and we decide to get a crack on Maggie's longterm Life Goal of starting a "New Family" - we get Anisa and Maggie to "Try for a baby" in the double bed, and then had Maggie go on the toilet to take a Pregnancy Test, which confirmed that she is pregnant!

Meanwhile, Maggie had her Coworker, Derek from the Space Agency, to break the news that she's pregnant.

The end of Day 16, and the beginning of Wednesday, Spring 17, Year 1. We've been really struggling to get Maggie to get a Job Upgrade Point at her Astronomer job, so we opt for a +40% job performance motivation boost for today. Anisa's ring, which Maggie ordered online, comes in today.

According to The New Paper, Stella the dog has saved the child from drowning a fourth time, and now the child is banned from pools for life!

Maggie has morning sickness, but there's no morning sickness animation, only the moodlet that tells you she's Uncomfortable.

The dishwasher just broke after Maggie used it last, so Anisa has to repair it while Maggie is off at work.

Anisa also has another Personality Level Up to Level 6, this time unlocking the "Contagious Energy" Vibe evolution.

Maggie is showing a bit of a belly now in her 2nd trimester.

They cook together and eat together. :3

Although eating a meal together as a group activity is still buggy.

End of Day 17, beginning of Thursday, Spring 18, Year 1. Maggie did not get that Job Upgrade Point yesterday, but we're trying again with a job performance boost today. Hopefully, it works. Chez Maurice is now offering a 200 paradimes signing bonus for a cook.

Anisa showing her new groovy dance moves at Level 3 Dance skill.

Today, we make sure that Maggie's Job Performance is over 100% while she's at work. She finally comes home with a Job Upgrade Point! And while the purple Perk is tempting, I'm not sure this Astronomer job has any skill requirements, so we chose the Job Rank Upgrade to Rank 3 instead, and take the +20 paradimes salary/day boost!

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Today is Monday, Spring 15, Year 1, and an off-day for Anisa. We decide to get her to take on an additional Townie Request, such as the "Test the Gym" request that needs her to "exercise for 10 hours at the gym". Meanwhile, we also try to finish up one of her existing Townie Request to "buy 6 new interior plants and place them on (our) lot", by having her visit Bloom for a bit of a shopping spree.

To complete the "Home is Where the Plants Are" Request, we had to track down our request giver, Sasha. And it was not easy, because she was floating in the air at the Antiques shop and bugged out. Then when we gave up, and decided to go to the hair salon, Headlines next door to get a tattoo; miraculously, she appeared and we could finish up the request.

The process of getting a tattoo is quite unlike what I was expecting. I had expected a 3D model of my para to preview in ParaMaker mode, but instead, I just get a 2D model of their arm for the tattoo placement in which I had to imagine how the finished product would look like. Only after I had "placed" the tattoo and confirmed the selection, could I view it on Anisa's arm after the fact. The tattoo I chose turned out to be not too bad, but I wished I could have had 3D model preview in ParaMaker mode.

Next, we decide to knock-out the other remaining Townie Request for us to view the Community Center Memorial. It let us view the ruins' blueprint sketch through a lens, which was cute.

Then, we had to search for the Request Giver, who happened to be back at Headlines for a haircut.

We head back to Premium Gym to try and complete part-way the Request we took on today to exercise there for 10 hours. Obviously, we're not gonna finish that request today, but at least we get some steps in and had a gab with our fellow Barista, Haven Alves.

Along the way home, we found a Bronze ore collectible that we can donate to the Museum!

Anisa and Maggie rendezvous at the fancy restaurant, The Cellar Door. Since there's no official "Marriage" Together Card, Anisa picks the option to "Elope", and then after a short exchanging of rings, Maggie and Anisa become each other's Spouse.

They kiss and sit down for a proper meal in the restaurant, Maggie getting the Burrata Salad, while Anisa has the Filet Mignon.

Coming back home, we discover Anisa can play 3 more Guitar Songs at her current Guitar skill level. Meanwhile, we are plenty pleased with the computer-workplace corner, which looks lived in and well-organised.

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The morning of Sunday, Spring 14, Year 1, just before Anisa has to go off to work, Maggie and Anisa stop by their mutual friend, Solene Darcier's apartment to hang out. Her apartment building is also close by to the Music Production Studio where Anisa works. Surprisingly, Maggie is able to watch TV together with Solene normally while sitting on the sofa together. Anisa performs on the guitar for both of them.

With Anisa off working at her Guitarist job, Maggie has the morning free and decides to stop by the Sunday Market at the Castle Plaza to have a look see. She eats a Double Scoop ice cream from the ice cream cart, and has a gander at the oddities selling at the gypsy van - a black cat figurine which she buys.

Maggie also stops by the Museum to donate our mushrooms, which immediately go on display in the Museum gallery space. She pops into the Museum gift shop to buy some decorative mugs and posters, which we can display as clutter in our apartment.

The Job Perk offered looks genuinely tempting, since it helps increase Music knowledge slowly while at work, but we decide this time we'll just have Anisa take the Job Rank increase. Now her Guitarist job earns her 500 paradimes/day, at the cost of having to increase her Music and Guitar skills again.

The toilet finally became dirty enough for Maggie to be able to select the "Clean" interaction, thus fulfilling her Want. From that Want, we get a Personality Level Up for Maggie to Level 3, and we select the evolution "Expert Joy-Spreader".

Just like the Guitarist job, we Upgrade the Job Rank of the Barista job to Rank 6. Although the amount of salary/day looks big here, the actual salary earned today was less because Anisa's Happy mood tends to dip while she is at work compared to when she is out of work.

We end Day 14 by getting Maggie a +1 Job Rank increase for her Astronomer job.

Monday, Spring 15, Year 1, starts with our 2nd week's Bank Statement with our Taxes and Bills coming up to a total of 1,519 paradimes. Most shocking is the Water Bill, which we've consumed 11,215 liters, which translates to 1,121 paradimes!

Today is a slow news day as the only headline is that of Chez Maurice, the diner next door apparently has its hygiene standards questioned.

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...Continued from Saturday, Spring 13, Year 1:

It's interesting to see Maggie plucking away at the guitar strings timidly, because she has a low skill level in Guitar and Music.

Meanwhile, Anisa is at the Premium Gym, working out on the weight-lifts...

For completing a Want, we get a Personality Level Up for Maggie for an evolution of her "Jack-of-All-Trades" Talent. We select "Better Knowledge" which helps her progress Knowledge skills at a faster base speed. So Knowledge skills are underlying/overarching skills like "Music" or "Food".

While Anisa is at her Barista job, Maggie goes out to the Outdoor Cinema Event at the Castle Plaza, and makes some new friends. She introduces herself as new in town, even though she really isn't. And the 3 newly acquainted watch some movies together.

Finishing work, Anisa gets a Job Upgrade Point for her Barista job again. This time, we roll a good Perk called "Office Cheerleader" which gives +20 paradimes/day for each Happy emotion Anisa has when at work. This immediately bumped our per day Salary for the Barista job to 670 paradimes/day! We'll have to see if the bonus goes down when we lose Happy moodlet points though.

At the end of the day, after Maggie goes to sleep, Maxence give us a Life Goals Pack from which we draw a new Life Goal for Maggie - "New Family".

Today is Sunday, Spring 14, Year 1. While Anisa has a full day of work today juggling both her Guitarist (11am - 5pm) and Barista (6pm - 11pm) jobs, Maggie still has an off day today before her Monday - Friday Astronomer job comes in tomorrow.

Since Maggie is a Vegetarian, we let her cook the morning breakfast. She chooses to microwave "Microwaved Veggie Burgers".

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It is evening after work on Thursday, Spring 11, Year 1. Anisa has invited all her co-workers from her 2 jobs (Barista & Guitarist) home, and they make up a group of 5.

An interesting thing/bug is I can't seem to get them to group together in a group of 5 to sit and talk on the sofa. One person seems to always drop out of the group.

Anisa gets to know her Coworker, Camille Harper who works the Music Production Studio as a Pianist.

We check on Anisa's Guitarist job stats, and it appears we are now 1 level below the Required Level of 8 for both Music and Guitar skills.

End of Day 11, and beginning of Friday, Spring 12, Year 1. Maxence gives Anisa a Card that gives "+3 learning learning speed for all skills while in a group for 24 hours".

Our Diamond Ring order also comes in the Mail. This ring is meant for Maggie when we get married (or in the case of Paralives' parlance, "Elope").

Anisa grooves out to the beats in her newly decorated living room.

It seems Gossiping about her colleagues with Camille yesterday has resulted in a -5 Job Performance debuff to her Barista job for some reason. Unless, Anisa was talking to Camille about Haven Alves?

After working her night shift job at the Crème Café, Anisa get another Job Upgrade Point, which we put to getting a "Best Job Ever" Perk that gives Anisa "+3 Happy for 3 hours after each work day".

Since today is Saturday, Spring 13, Year 1, we choose the "Call of Romance" Card for Anisa, so that she can "Move In" her Fianceé Maggie successfully.

Anisa grooves out with Maggie in the living room, then invites Maggie to listen to a live performance of her performing on the guitar. We get the Together Card option of "Invit(ing) to move in".

Here is the Personality Profile for Maggie Vaughan, our latest addition to the Household! She has high Mind and medium Charisma. She is also Overjoyed, Good at Making Friends, Jack-of-All-Trades, a Vegetarian, an Early Bird and Neat. We choose a Perk for her first Job Upgrade Point as an Astronomer at the Space Agency - "Acknowledging Hard Work".

When the "Try for Baby" Card option came up for Maggie, I had to click on it to see what would happen. But nothing did, I just get a pop-up text saying that Anisa and Maggie can now "Try for Baby" in their interactions...

So I went into the EditCharacter screen to change Anisa's Pregnancy option to "Can get others pregnant".

Maggie again gets the Together Option to "Get intimate for the first time", and we quickly choose that option. It's not a "Try for Baby", but at least it's something.

To Be Continued...

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Thursday, Spring 11, Year 1 - We open The New Paper, and spy a Free 100 paradime coupon. There's a weekly Treasure Hunt at the Castle Plaza, but it's likely to be fake news with no actual event space like last week.

Now that Anisa has Level 2 in Science, she can use her antique radio to "Attempt to capture signal from outer space", which just gives static noises.

We follow Anisa to her work building - the Music Production Studio in the industrial zone. There's some graffiti on the walls, but other than that it's a pretty nondescript building.

After knocking off work at 5pm, we get a Job Upgrade point, which we put into getting a Perk - "Old Timer", which helps Anisa "gain 5 paradime/day of occupying this position. So her salary bonus increases the longer she works as a Guitarist.

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...Continued form morning of Wednesday, Spring 10, Year 1:

In today's paper, we get a column that talks about "Why the Sky is Blue" which gives Anisa a Level Up in her Science skill when claimed.

Today, we finally get a Music career Job Posting that we qualify for and can apply to - the Rank 12 Guitarist posting at the Music Production Studio! We have a total of 17 Application Points out of a Required Application Points of 12, thanks to our Level 7 Guitar and Music skills.

The only snag is that our Barista job schedule conflicts with the available work hours of the Guitarist job. So we go into the Barista job schedule and change it to 6pm - 11pm, Fri, Sat and Sun. And then, we pick the Guitarist job schedule that least conflicts with the Barista one - 11am - 5pm, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri and Sun.

We are going to hold down a full-time job (Guitarist) with a part-time job (Barista) for now. Since we just got the Guitarist job only today, today is a free day for us, we report to work tomorrow 11am!

We donate a Porcini mushroom to the Community Center, completing the Common Mushroom Bundle and receiving +2,000 paradimes as a reward.

It's amazing that Paras can sit and daydream anywhere...

We contemplate the painting we previously donated in the art gallery of the Museum. We also use the next door Library facilities for learning.

At the Astronomy Club's Meeting in the Park behind our lot again, we meet Cindy Stanton who holds a whopping 5 jobs at the Hospital.

At the close of Day 10, Maxence gives us Moon Pack Cards, and we select to roll 4 random Wants. These 4 Wants get flagged up with a star on the icon, and they don't count towards the maximum number of wants, meaning we can have up to 7 Wants for tomorrow!

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...Continued from afternoon/evening of Monday, Spring 8, Year 1:

We have made Anisa practise guitar the whole afternoon in order to level up her Music skill and complete her Want, as well as complete one of the Sub-Goals to "play guitar for 8 hours in total". However, she is Bored from "learning about Music for too long", and this boredom means her Music skill won't progress further. However, we press on to complete the Sub-Goal.

We Level Up Anisa's Personality Level, and get to choose a Stat Upgrade. We are given the option to increase Creativity to Level 4, which seems to be the Max beyond the Max.

End of Day 8, beginning of Tuesday, Spring 9, Year 1. Maxence gives us Work Pack Cards, and we choose to get +2 Job Rank for Anisa's Barista job, which increases her daily salary by +20 paradimes.

Late morning and early afternoon, we tried to invite 5 paras to form a 5-para group to complete some Want, but only 2 paras arrives - Roberto Robert the former train conductor and co-worker Barista, Haven Alves.

They could dance as a group, but when it comes to taking a portion from a group meal, the path-finding fails, and the 2 paras leave the group and exit the lot. Also of note, Anisa successfully cooks a Level 4 Margherita Pizza together with the group. They watched and talked to Anisa, while Anisa cooked.

Since the fridge broke when Anisa took out the pizza ingredients. After having her meal, we had Anisa repair the broken fridge.

Haven Alves came back to play with the teddy bear in the spare room. And since Roberto Robert came back as well, Anisa decides to show off to them her guitar playing skills, with a small mini performance. The paras can stand around and listen to the music appreciatively.

And since our toilet broke just as Anisa was heading off to work, we hired a repair-person to fix it. The repair-woman who came was named Monica, and looks snazzy in her uniform.

After work, Anisa heads by the Premium Gym to get some exercise in, and then showers to freshen up.

With Day 9 ending, and the dawn of Wednesday, Spring 10, Year 1, we select a "You are in great shape" Card, which gives Anisa +1 in Charisma, Mind, Physique and Creativity for 24 hours. This indeed, boosts her Stats by +1, except for Creativity which is already maxed.

We also get a "In top shape" moodlet.

To Be Continued...

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Sunday, Spring 7, Year 1, morning. Anisa goes to the Castle Plaza to check out the Sunday Market. There are many stalls and activities set up there. But the first thing that catches our eye, is the ice cream stand. Anisa purchases a Triple Scoop for 30 paradimes, which comes in a Pistachio, Mint and Strawberry flavour.

One of the clothing sets on display on the mannequins catches our eye, and Anisa buys and wears the set.

Anisa makes a wish and throws in a coin into the Old Town Wishing Well.

Anisa visits the Market Antiques store to talk to and spend time with Roberto Robert, the train conductor she met on the way to Melino.

We also tried to purchase the little toy figurine "Biblio" and the candlestick behind Robert, but for some reason although the purchase animation plays, no exchange of paradimes and items in the inventory occurs. So we couldn't purchase the items at all. The rest of the items on display work fine though.

Anisa bumps into Maggie again at Bloom and is able to greet her with a Hug from the interaction menu.

We invite Maggie home, and since Anisa has the Flirt interaction buff from the Storyteller cards active today, she is able to proceed to Propose to Maggie with a 100% success chance. They are now engaged as each other's Fiancée.

Anisa gets down on one knee to Propose to Maggie, and she says "Yes!"

Maggie Vaughan's Label in Anisa's Relationship Panel is now Fiancée (Level 1) as well.

With her Guitar skill at Level 5, Anisa is able to jam out with a flourish while guitar-playing. The animation is really well done here, and the music is chef's kiss!

We have Anisa take a Nap on the bed to restore some of her energy since it's only 6pm.

Monday, Spring 8, Year 1 - Maxence gives us a Storyteller Card that gives us a Bill Rebate of 250 paradimes on our next bank statement. However, when the Bank Statement does come, it does not reflect the discount at all. In fact, we are charged the full amount of 883 paradimes.

Anisa cooks her newly learnt recipe from last night, the Jam Toast, for breakfast.

Today is Garbage Collection Day. So garbage bins and trash bags appear on the sidewalk of every home lot in town.

We stop by the local clothing shop L'Armoire, runned by Marvin. Anisa immediately sees an outfit that vibes with her overall style and goes over to purchase it.

To Be Continued...

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It is the morning of Saturday, Spring 6, Year 1, and Anisa is with Maggie at the Mountaintop Jogging Club event, doing some jumping jacks together on the lookout platform. That's when our Together Card prompts Anisa to go for First Kiss on a 61% success rate...

...And we stick the landing, with Anisa going in for her First Kiss with Maggie.

Completing the Want for a First Kiss helps Level Up Anisa to Level 4, unlocking a Personality Level Up for her "Good at Making Friends" Social Perk. We choose the Social Perk "Lingering First Impression".

Soon, we get a 82% success chance for Anisa to "Ask (Maggie) to be in a relationship together". The ask is successful and Anisa becomes Lovers with Maggie. Her Flirty mood also prompts a Want for Anisa to Propose to Maggie.

Anisa and Maggie ride the zipline down the Mountaintop together, cross a bridge and travel to Maggie's house next to the Premium Gym.

Maggie's loft is swanky. Anisa watches TV with Maggie standing up. Unfortunately, we can't action queue for them to sit together AND watch TV simultaneously. Looks like lots of bugs to iron out.

Anisa kisses Maggie passionately in her living room.

It's a shame that Romantic Interest is a label separate from Lover, and it appears the labels do not upgrade into the higher tier relationship label.

Anisa dances to some Lofi music at Maggie's turntable.

While Anisa is at work, we preview the Outdoor Cinema Event at Castle Plaza. The whole set up is swank, with the classic movie projector and screen and popcorn stand...

Anisa leaves work at 10pm, and gets a Job Upgrade. Except this time, we have a Perk that gives Free Money - Gain 100 paradimes/day and +1 perk slot. Of course we take the higher salary bump at the cost of Rank 3.

After work, Anisa attends the Outdoor Cinema Event. But she's the only one there at this time of night...

End of Day 6, start of Sunday, Spring 7, Year 1. We pick the buff for Romance for today.

Something came in the Mail today. The flowers we ordered online came in together with a unique stamp on the Mail, which we collect. The flowers turn out to be some sort of weed. I wonder if we're able to give it to Maggie.

It appears there's a Sunday Market at the Castle Plaza today. We'll go check it out.

We also buy a new antique audio player, which Anisa grooves out to some indie pop to.

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We start out today, Saturday, Spring 6, Year 1, reading The New Paper. Apparently, there will be an Outdoor Cinema Event where movies will be screened at the Castle Plaza tonight. Hopefully, Anisa can end work on time and make it for the event...

On a related note, there's a Jogging Club event held near the base of the Mountain. They are recruiting new members today.

We still have the Poutine in Anisa's Inventory from last night's takeaway from Chez Maurice. This will be Anisa's breakfast this morning.

Anisa bumps into Maggie again at the Jogging Club event, and together they race up the Mountain. At the mountaintop, we stop for a chat and to refresh ourselves after the long run...

The view from the top is indeed breathtaking.

While talking with Maggie, Anisa attempted to Come up with the perfect pickup line, but failed the interaction. So now she's Embarrassed and feeling awkward.

To Be Continued...

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Friday, Spring 5, Year 1 - Anisa wakes up to an overall Stressed mood as her Need to Move meter is in the orange. As a result of her low Need meters in both Food and Need to Move, her cooking Peanut Butter Toast does not progress the Food skill meter.

We enjoy seeing Anisa cook and eat her Peanut Butter Toast.

Today is a free off-day for Anisa, so we focus on getting her Need to Move meter up at the Premium Gym. We do some runs on the treadmill and then some weight lifting.

At a nearby Beach we find a buried treasure chest. We also pop by the Public Library to do some studying and learning of skills.

We also pop by the local Diner next door called Chez Maurice, where they serve burgers, hotdogs and poutine. We eat a burger and grab a poutine serving to-go.

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In the early hours of Thursday, Spring 4, Year 1, we change our Work Schedule back to 5pm to 10pm, but keep the Tue, Thu and Sat working days, since Anisa is a Night Owl and performs better at night.

The New Paper informs us that there is a Treasure Hunt going on around the Castle Plaza. Although I'm not sure how that is going to work. We'll go there with Anisa and keep our eyes peeled.

Meanwhile, we make our first Egg Sandwich, even though Anisa's not Level 3 in the Cooking skill yet, which means a 15% chance of fire. We get a cute animation of Anisa frying the eggs and buttering up the bread. :3

We head to the Castle Plaza, but there's no Treasure Hunt and Anisa can't place down her guitar in the Park to play. So we settled for the next best thing, completing the "Play Piano in the Castle Plaza for 4 hours" quest that glasses chick gave. And then, play some hopscotch while we're waiting.

We head into Susan's General Store to finish the quest with glasses chick. And since we're there, Anisa also picks up some random new cooking recipes from the Recipe Book at the store.

Since Anisa's performance as a Barista is good today, we get a Job Upgrade point to spend. We choose to Upgrade Anisa's Job Rank to Rank 2, which increases her pay per day by +10 paradimes.

The end of Day 4 and the beginning of Day 5, we choose the Social Pack and get the the bonus of deepening Anisa's Romantic Interest for Maggie by +1 Level.

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It's the morning of Wednesday, Spring 3, Year 1, and Anisa takes her first shower since getting on the train to come to her new life in Melino.

She also makes some Hazelnut Spread Toast again, which I mistakenly called Nutella Toast the other day. And she's able to cook it (Level 2) without any chance of burning down the kitchen for this dish. Although Egg Sandwich (Level 3) is another story.

Today's Anisa's day-off, so we have her take the bus to the Community Center (bottom picture), which happens to drop her off opposite a view of the Communal Graveyard/Mausoleum.

I don't like the UI for donating to the Community Center and the Museum. I feel that there should be more visual feedback on what donation bundles you are completing by selecting the current items in your inventory, or what your potential donation score is for the Musuem Donation Progress when you select the current items in your inventory.

The Museum Shop looks beautiful, while the Museum exhibition displays look empty for now, because we have yet to fill it with our donations...

There's a lady with a quest marker near the Community Center, so Anisa speaks with her. Turns out she wants us to play good piano at the Castle Plaza. Anisa plays Für Elise, although badly, pressing single note keys, although our Music Skill is 3 or 4. So that should count for something right?

It's evening, and we decide to check the Request Board to see if there are any quests we want to take. We have just one, about buying plants at Bloom which we've already done on Monday. So we skip it for now.

Anisa shows up at the Astronomy Club's meeting place at the Park behind her house, and runs into Maggie. Turns out, Maggie is an Astronomer by profession, so this little get-together was organised by her.

Anisa decides to flirt a little, by Talking about Romantic Song, which lands successfully with Maggie and puts Anisa in a slightly Flirty mood...

Our Personality Profile levels up to Level 3, and Anisa gains a Vibe unlock - "Need to Move", which is a tangible "need meter" under the Needs Panel. So now, Anisa needs to keep moving on top of her regular needs.

Anisa gains Maggie Vaughan as a potential Love Interest, and performs another successful flirt by talking about having romantic thoughts when listening to music.

It's the end of the day for Day 3, going into Day 4. And we end off the day with the Sun Pack which gives us a 30% job performance bonus for 24 hours for tomorrow (Thursday).