[ Sims 2 Stories ]
Amber is Green by inclination. She asked for a small, neat house with her own computer, and modest clothes. She got a job in journalism and hoped one day to have her own green magazine publishing business.
Her house was fitted out with a windmill and also a solar panel, and as a result her first bill was actually a refund of 140.
A burglar came and stole her windmill (! where did he put it?).
There was a major fight with the police officer, who won, and Amber got insurance for the stolen item for §672. Since it had cost §1680 in the first place, she was not amused.
The following morning, unable to sleep, she attempted to repair her bin - and got a major electric shock from it. "Nooo - this can't be happening!"
She collapsed in despair.
But as the day went on, she felt better and even managed to struggle off to work. By the following day, she felt fine, and when dhe did a little sewing on her old treadle sewing machine, she found she really enjoyed that.
Soon she was able to get both the windmill replaced and a good burglar alarm system installed. She hacked the system a little so that the burglar would receive a severe lightning shock as well as the police being alerted. Unfortunately this didn't amuse her neighbour, Bren Beldam, who also got a shock from it.
The rubbish bin also electrified the repair woman. Amber swore it must be haunted. She got promoted to Fact Checker, and thought she probably ought to have a computer at home.
Stray dogs kept coming in and rolling in her flowerbeds, or eating the flowers. She would have to do something about that too...
This strange chap kept turning up everywhere... she talked to him and he made little sense.
"What do you mean? An African or European swallow?"
"Huh? I-- I don't know that! Auuuuuuuugh!"
"How do you know so much about swallows?"
"Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know."
"You're a king?"
She didn't let him into the house.
Growing in confidence, she started to do her hair slightly differently, treated herself to simple earrings and new glasses. Occasionally she thought she might like to be married, but - "Meh. I haven't met the right person yet."
By this time, Amber's ambitions had changed. She wanted to be a Media Magnate, or to write some bestsellers. She made it to Obituary Writer, but didn't like that much, and she finally got to Horoscope Writer. Now there was a job she could really get into.
She did enjoy company at times, and took to visiting the local pool hall.
On one of her infrequent days off, she met and fell hopelessly in love with David Davidoff. He was significantly older than her though.
And then something strange happened. A friend from work, Juan Reamon, asked if he could set her up a blind date, with a friend, Taylor Ying. She agreed, out of curiosity... and she had three bolts for Taylor as well. Taylor was a little younger than she was, but charming and apparently adored her.
After a few quite intense dates with Taylor, he disappeared. She couldn't telephone him, and nobody seemed to know where she could find him.
After a while, she started to spend time with David Davidoff, and they were married, and actually very happy.
She got promoted to Sports Columnist. And then got pregnant.
David developed a little skill in gardening, and got struck by lightening. "I'm not sure that lightening rod is supposed to work that way. have you still got the instruction leaflet?" he asked after the third time.
Amber looked puzzled. "No, I don't think so. Maybe we need to build you a greenhouse to protect you."
To be continued
Amber is of course a self-Sim from MATY, available here.