Bad News, Good News

For those of you who are still following this blog...

Good news is, I'm back! Bad news is, the appocalypse hood got deleted. Good news is, I'm starting a new hood for a new challenge, and this time, I won't disappear! Honest!

Anyways... Sorry about disappearing. I'm back, and hope you enjoy the new story that will be put up.

Generation 1: Back Home!

Guess we'll jump right into this one...



Congratz, Tom!

Thanks!

Wow, college is BORING to blog...

I'm just exited to go back home and found my Legacy!

Tom? There's something I need to tell you. This isn't exactly a Legacy Challenge.

It's not?

Nope. It's...



Hold that thought.



Great, Tom. Wait, what?! Where's all the pictures of you maxing out all ten skills?!

I guess they got lost.

NOOOOO!!!!!! CURSE YOU, FRAPS!

(I lost many pics, including Tom maxing all ten skills and of him joining the secret society! NOOOOO!!!!)

Oh well, can I just have my Gradduation Ceremony?

Sure, Tom.

















Bye Tom!



Well, that was a short update! Sorry about that, but I lost some pictures. Anyways, I just caught up to my playing, so until next time... Bye!

Generation 1: College, Skilling, and So Much More!

Welcome back to Apocalypse Badlands!



Wow, Tom! What an overachiever!



You only now got home from your final exam and ALREADY getting your dormmates to work on your term paper!

Thanks.

Sure thing, Tom.



I see you have decided to take up painting?

Yep. Can't have enough of those skills.

Good boy, Tom.



As a reward, have another aspiration perk! Hmm, slower hygine decay... THAT will come in handy until someone becomes Chief of Staff!

Huh?

Don't worry your little head about it yet, Tom. You'll have more than enough of that when you move back home, believe me...



Ah! A portrait! Good job, Tom!

Of course. I want those bonus points for our Legacy Challenge!

CRASH!

Right.... By the way, do you think if we break the fourth wall enough, our contractor who fixes it will give us a discount?



Ohh, nice drawing, Tom!



Wow! Congratulations!

Yay! A maxed skill!

Don't forget you maxed Logic, too! I just didn't take a picture.

How CAN I forget? The image of that chessboard is permanently etched in the back of my retinas!



Working on body now?



That oughta do the trick! Any second now....



There it is!

Max body!

So you can travel to community lots as an elder! Great!

What? Why would I need 10 body points for that?

Oh, no reason...



Good job, Tom!



I always knew you had it in you...





Who are you?

RANDOM GIRL: Oh, I'm...

Let me rephrase that: Why are you in Tom's bed?

Who's bed?

Sigh. Tom! Start locking your doors!



I'm busy!

Great! The one Sim who looks like he might get all skills maxed before adulthood, and his lifetime want is unachievable!

Why unachieveable? All I want is to reach the top of Journalism.

But Tom, Journalism is unimportant! I need you for Science!

Why?

You'll understand soon enough, Tom...



Great job, Tom!



And nice on that, too. But why is Shelly outside in her underwear?

Because I'm cool like that.

OK, Shelly.



Whoa! It's snowing!

That's not snow, Tom. It's toxic ash.

What? Don't be silly!

OK, Tom. But when you start to wonder why your friends back home stopped calling you, make sure you don't ask me. I might just tell you.



Well, this seems like a good place to stop, folks! Goodbye!

Generation 1: The Good Old Days

NOTE: My speech, due to human error, is both black and brown. I don't have the time to fix it on this post, but future posts will have all my speech in brown. Also, Cyan is non-human sounds, such as the crash of the fourth wall breaking.

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Welcome to Apocalypse Badlands!

TOM: Apocalypse?! What Apocalypse?!

Nothing, Tom. Everything is OK.

Who are you anyways? I've been hearing your voice ever since I arrived at University.

Tom, do you mind? I haven't introduced you yet and you already broke the fourth wall.

What? No! I haven't broken the fourth wall! As far as the readers know....

CRASH

There it goes....

As far as they know, I consider you an illusion.

Tom, shut up and let me introduce you.



This is Tom. He's the classic founder Sim: Unskilled, lonely, and a knowledge Sim.



Being an overachiever, he decides to major in Mathematics.

Actually, you are making me do it. I want to major in Drama.

Shut up, Tom. OK, why don't you claim a room?



OHH!! This one has a desk!

And room for a double bed if we sell it, he he.



Doing your essay already?

Yep.

Shouldn't you build a few skills first so you get the fulle benefit?

Whoops...



Better.



Whoa, Tom? Who's this?

It's Sheile. We were playing chess together, then she annoyed me while I was learning to cook, and then we became best friends.

Odd... Anyways, Sheile? I'm calling her Shelly. And what's with the hair?

Don't worry, she'll change it when we graduate.

Ehh, I'm not so sure about that....

What?

Nothing.



Nice, Tom.



Shelly? What are you doing?

Nothing.

Well, you better stop, or you're Zombie Food.

Zombie? What zombie?

Oh, you'll see....



What happened here?

Well...

Never mind. I don't want to know.



Finally finishing your essay in the CORRECT way?

Yep.



Will you marry me?



No!

Watch it! As soon as someone unlocks Adventurer and Natural Science, you have a meeting with the Cow Plant!

Huh?

Never mind.



Aww, so sad...



Why me?!

RALPH: Chill, man.



Oh boy... You two made up already?



I'm outa here.



Tom! Good news! I got you some Lifetime Aspiration thingys!

Thanks! But what's the alien skill for?

In case your relationship with Shelly fails. Always plan ahead, Tom...







Guess you won't need those aliens after all...





Tom, I am SO proud of you.





That may be a bad idea, Tom...



You don't want to annoy anyone...





Oh well, he'll be back...





Toldja.



Great job, Tom!

Thanks!

And we'll continue this next time! So long!