Hello everyone! Welcome back to Fuchs That!, my Trailer Park Challenge! Generally speaking, I don’t go around making my sims’ lives more complicated. But this is a Trailer Park Challenge, where teh dramaz is very much a bonus. Last time, our classy lady Goochie Fuchs married Adrian Landchild, had a baby named Armani, and ran into her cousin Calista at the wedding.

After Calista explained her landlord’s completely unreasonable ideas about how much rent should be paid when, Goochie and Adrian invited her to move in with them. Family is family, after all.

I have a personal rule that any townie I encounter named Fuchs is related to this family, and should be added to the household. That should increase teh dramaz nicely.

Like Goochie, Calista is a Romance Sim. She is a Taurus, and like most Taureans, she has a lazy streak (3 Active). She is also quite stable, but largely middle-of-the-pack (5 Neat, 5 Outgoing, 4 Nice), except for her astrologically-mandated tendencies towards overindulgence and a need for quality toys (8 Playful).

Calista likes men who dress in formal wear and wear glasses, as long as they don’t also wear hats. Calista also likes to chug straight from the tap (I think I have three pictures like this), and gets along quite well with Adrian. I mean, they have negative chemistry and all, but they have pleasant conversations and laugh at each other’s jokes and such.

Challenge creator fuzzyspork said that it was A-OK to add Calista to the family as long as I removed any financial advantage accrued by doing so. I added Calista via the Tombstone Life & Death, and she brought no money at all. Adrian brought some money to the household, though, and after the mandatory purchases, the household acquired a fancy telescope.* Calista loves to spy on the neighbors, and is also the designated telescope slapper for the hood, which I find hilarious.

*Because the only thing better than illegitimate babies is illegitimate GREEN babies, that’s why.

Speaking of babies, Armani isn’t one anymore. She grew up nicely, I think, and that hair could have been made for her.

Adrian has been providing most of the childcare recently, since Goochie’s boss has been taking an interest in her. This could be an excellent boost to Goochie’s career.

You may recognize Goochie’s boss as Kiyoshi Rusewicz from Sun Sun, Moon & Tamara. If you don’t recognize him, you should read the story he comes from, so you do. It’s available on my LiveJournal for the low low price of completely free, so don’t delay! [/shameless shelf-promotion]

Goochie is out late a lot, sure, but she always checks on Armani when she gets home.

GOOCHIE: Aw, aren’t you just a li’l angel when you’re asleep? Mommy loves ya, kiddo, an’ she’s workin’ to be sure you get everythin’ you need to grow up right. (kisses Armani’s forehead)

I don’t know that I’d necessary call what Goochie’s doing “working,” though.

KIYOSHI: So, what would you say to a little date, you and me, right here, right now.

I’m also not sure that what Goochie’s doing is allowed by her employment manual.

Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s not kosher in any employee handbook…

I mean, sure, Goochie’s a willing participant and all, but it’s still kind of Not Cool.

Still, nobody’s getting hurt, and it’s very much in the spirit of the challenge, so… Changing the subject!

CALISTA: Armani is getting’ big now, in’t she?GOOCHIE: Yup.CALISTA: You know what she needs? (decisively) A dog. Kids an’ dogs go together like chocolate an’ pickles.GOOCHIE: Chocolate an’ pickles don’t go together at all.CALISTA: I don’ care. I’m gettin’ her a dog anyhow.

So off Calista went to the Sunshine Animal Sanctuary to buy a dog. There were so many cute dogs there, it was hard to know which to pick.

It didn’t matter, though, since the shelter doesn’t just give animals away – they charge a small fee to cover the cost of shots and spaying or neutering.

Even after Calista did her very best freestyling for like three hours, she didn’t make enough to cover the cost of a dog. On the bright side, someone did tip her $5.

Okay, so it was $5 to “shut up and go away,” but $5 is $5.

In the end Calista went to Cheap Plastic Crap after Goochie got paid, and spent her cousin’s money on a semi-doofus of a dog. He has had no shots at all and is fully operational, but everyone knows that stuff is overrated anyway.

It wasn’t until after Dexter joined the family that I remembered that all dogs are supposed to be adopted via the pet adoption service. Something went wrong with pet adoption in my Mac game and it would crash and corrupt if I used the pet adoption service, so I got out of the habit of using it.

If I promise to sin no more, do you think I might be forgiven? Especially since I did remember to put in a covered porch for the dog, leaving just $4 in the bank?

When money gets tight, though, tensions get high.

ARMANI: Mama! Mama! Mama! Mani wan awk! Wan awk! Ep, Mama, ep Mani awk!GOOCHIE: What th’ system crash are you goin’ on about?ARMANI: Awk Mama! Ep Mani awk! Wan awk! Wan wan WAN AWK!

GOOCHIE (yells): Will you stop yelling’ like that! I do not work an’ work an’ work for this family for everyone to yell at me! An’ to yell gibberish, no less! Can’t you at least yell at me in Simlish?ARMANI: (wails)

ADRIAN: It’s okay, sweetie. Mama’s just tired.GOOCHIE: She is not.ADRIAN: Yes she is. Mama’s tired, and sometimes when you get cranky. Let’s walk now, okay?ARMANI: Awk! Mani awk!GOOCHIE (mutters, to herself): ‘At’s right, I’m tired. I’m tireda people takin’ me for granned an’ not payin’ attention to me an’ not makin’ me feel special an’ all.

GOOCHIE (mutters, to herself) (V.O.): An’ I know just howta make m’self feel better, too.

GOOCHIE: Thank you fer comin’ over on such short notice, Mr. Rusewicz.KIYOSHI: Not a problem, Goochie. You said you needed help with something urgent?GOOCHIE: Ooooh, Mr. Rusewicz, I knew I could count on you.

GOOCHIE: Ooooh, Mr. RUSEWICZ!

If it happens in the car, nobody notices. You get a little pick-me-up, and nobody knows any different. And what’s wrong with that?

But actions have consequences, even if nobody knows about said actions, and sometimes those consequences are very noticeable indeed.

On which note, I will leave you. Until next time, Happy Simming!