ISBI Spouse Poll

8. Of Hobbies and Hobnobbing

When we last left the Zyquyx family, they had thrown some parties that bore several acquaintances, or was that bored several acquaintances? Still in search of winning friends and influencing people (to marry their children, please!), Zaq and Bebe headed out on the town while their kids were in school.

Arugula was having none of her parents’ matchmaking efforts and brought a friend home with her to stalk Asiago.

Asiago got wise to crusher girl and went from school straight to an almost friend’s house. However, he felt it was more important to read than to socialize.

Meanwhile, Zaq and Bebe met some scary people at the pool. Nobody seemed perfectly insane enough to bring home to meet the kids.

But when they got home…

Zaq found it Arugula’s friend to be worth considering. Asiago would rather pay attention to the TV.

Loneliness-loving Arugula went outside to do her homework near the sprinklers. I guess that makes for a good excuse: “No, it’s really a four and not a nine, Ms. Schoolmarm, but you can’t tell cause it got wet.” No, wait, that would make too much sense for her. Never mind.

As days went by, Bebe still worried about her children’s love lives and asked Zaq to do something about it.

Zaq thought that repairing a neighbor’s shower would be helpful. Not sure how, but hey, money is good. There’s never much of it around the Zyquyx household. And look! He’s actually dressed kind of appropriately for shower repair!

Bebe was so relieved that Zaq was doing something that she felt free to frolic in the sprinklers.

And that’s Bebe on the sprinklers, ladies and gentlemen. Doesn’t she make the greatest faces?

So I decided it was time for me to intervene and tell Zaq to throw another party. So he did, and all the guests stared at him.

One of them (waaaay in the background) was even impressed that he had made lobster for the party guests!

Anyone see any likely prospects for Asiago? The town doesn’t seem to have much in the way of young men for Arugula at this point. Might have to seed it…

So, Asiago and Arugula returned to other, less social, pastimes.

Have you every had a sim autonomously brush their teeth before? I don’t think I had until now. And she’s not even neat or neurotic!

So the next day, Zaq took the family to the art gallery. It was so eventful that this was the only picture I took.

Back home again, Bebe decided that they had been spending waaaay too much money on all this social and culture stuff, so she turned the lights off in the living room.

But right after that, lo and behold:

Two money trees! Yay! And onions and peppers and tomatoes and French grapes and other stuff, but money trees! Bills will be paid! Meals will be eaten! Their own stuff will be had! By them, not by the Repo Man!

Ahem. Yes. Now, where was I? Oh, yes. Now from the family member we haven’t heard from yet.

Mr. Guitar sits alone in the dark. Well, alone except for the flies. Ick.

Where is Asiago, who had once taken an interest in poor Mr. G?

Unsuccessfully trying to impress a girl by wiping his nose on his hand. Do not, I repeat, do not break into “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” after this!

He does seem to go home with girls pretty often after school. They just don’t pay any attention to him once he’s there.

Okay, so being in the yard does qualify for making curfew, and he is playing chess, which is good, but poor Mr. Guitar is still all alone…

…because Arugula is exhausted and perilously close to falling asleep on the floor…

… and Zaq and Bebe are making their own music.

Tune in next time as insanity takes it on the road. Yes, time to travel!

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7. Of Parties and Posturing

Welcome back to the crazy bus! You’re just in time to see Asiago and Arugula off to school.

Arugula discovered that she was not fond of school and its consequences, like homework…

…so she consoled herself with a juice box and gave her cheeks a good workout while she was at it. Take it easy there, Arugula! The juice isn’t going anywhere!

Then she went outside and watched her big brother dance. By himself. Except with his mustache.

And then their father came up and complimented Asiago on his cleverness, driving Arugula back inside to have a nice argument with herself.

Arugula is obviously destined for great things.

She did get to play quite a bit of chess with her mom, while Asiago and Zaq had a refreshing chat in the sprinklers.

And then the Zyquyx family had a party.

It involved such popular activities as door blocking, guest mocking, and bathroom flocking.

And while Asiago showed off his groovy moves to the tunes outside, Arugula fled to the bathroom.

Because it was her birthday, and the party was for her. So of course she aged up alone by the porcelain chair.

And promptly went to bed in Asiago’s bed again. That has apparently become her birthday ritual. At least she didn’t pass out!

Turns out Zaq and Bebe weren’t paying much attention to their guests, either!

Asiago was left to entertain all the guests, and it looks like he didn’t have time to do his homework before bed. Of all times and places to decide to start it! Hmmm, wonder if he’ll go to school or not?

Yay, he did! Late, but he did go.

With the kids out of the house, Zaq took Bebe out too. He loved her so much that he took her to the most wonderfulest ever place she could go.

Bookworm, meet books. Lots and lots of books!

Meanwhile, Zaq is befriending the last of his coworkers and then checking out townsfolk to marry his progeny off to.

That’s right, Zaq. Ain’t no papa too proud to beg!

Arugula had an opportunity pop up that involved going to the science lab for extra credit or something, and I wanted to see if Zaq could take her on a tour to satisfy the opportunity. It didn’t, and from the looks of it, it didn’t satisfy Arugula either.

In other news, the bedroom wars continued, and Asiago wanted to know what smells.

Now that both kids were teens, it was time to introduce a new item into the house. Are you ready? Might want to get out of the way; there might be a stampede! Okay, here we go!

Now you’d think that they’d all come running, right? Ha! I could post this same picture and it would apply for days. Poor little guitar. See it sitting in the background all forlorn while Bebe tells Asiago about the wonders of books?

Zaq always had more fun cooking, anyway. Showoff!

Arugula went home with a friend (look! a friend!) after school, who told her all about the cute boy on the bus, and Arugula was amused to find out that she was talking about her brother!

She thinks romance is cute, even when it’s her parents!

Arugula started taking more of an interest in fitness.

And then she decided to follow her mother’s advice and sit down with a good book. Her mother had always told her the greatest treasures of the world were in books.

But then her brother and her mother joined her. And Arugula noticed that there were no gold coins at the end of her book. She had read it and was not any richer. She was not amused.

Arugula impolitely informed her mother that she had had it with this books are treasures business.

Poor Bebe cried. It was awful.

And Arugula just stood there, saying boohoo with her hand puppet.

Then, satisfied that she had told her mother off like a good teenaged girl, she went off to clean the toilet. That girl is determined to switch directions faster than a weathervane in a hurricane!

In other happy news, someone is not so lonely anymore…

Can it be? Is someone going to make friends with Mr. Guitar?

Come on, Asiago, you can do it!

Yessss!!!! Finally! Let’s all sing along now.

They’re coming to take me away, haha.

They’re coming to take me away, heehee!

To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time, ho ho ha ha!

Tune in next time for a lot of socializing in an attempt to create romantic interests for the gen 2!

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ISBI Career Poll

6. Of Gallivanting and Ghosts

Zaq decided that it was high time he took his family out to gallivant around town. To address various wants to visit the art gallery, the gym, and what-have-you, off went Zaq with Bebe and Asiago in tow. Arugula was otherwise occupied.

I was curious to see whether they would decide to actually work out at the gym, or maybe at least meet some of the townspeople.  Bebe made me happy by jumping on the treadmill.

Asiago, on the other hand, tried a weird blend of yoga and marsim arts.  In the bathroom.

And while these Olympic workouts were going on, Arugula was entertaining a school friend at home. See how entertained they look?

Yeah. Okay.

So to up the fun quotient, it’s time to throw a party. A birthday party, in fact. Who’s getting older?

Yes, Zaq is entering elderhood. ~sniff~ He’s not passing the torch just yet, because neither of his children is a YA yet. This is good, because he hasn’t yet topped his career and reached his LTW. See how happy for him his kids are?

Or maybe they’re both bucking for the torchholder position.

Anyway, Zaq became an elder and worried that he might not make it to Five-Star Chef status.  So, he invited over his boss to ask for a promotion. Of course, he had to make a bit of small talk first…

… and it seemed to be going well. Until – hey, where’s that music coming from?

Arrrrrrgh. Really, you couldn’t wait just five more minutes? And now everyone comes running to get bad Grimmy moodlets.

Seeing the big bad smoky cloaky beast did not have a good effect on Arugula. She beat it to the bathroom for a self-chat session until she was interrupted by a phone call from a school friend. Yay friend! Arugula kept doing a weird foot shuffle thing, kind of twisting her toe in and alternating feet. Not sure what was up with that.

So Zaq had to go to work, and he threw himself into it with all he had, making the craziest entrees he knew how. And lo and behold, he became a Five-Star Chef! And promptly came home and cried to Bebe.

Here is Zaq with his spiffy new fridge of non-spoilage that hopefully will keep his family in fire-free leftovers for a long time.

And life went on, with the kids going to school and Bebe playing chess.

Zaq still had some flirty moments with Bebe.

In the evening, Zaq played catch with Arugula to increase her fun and their relationship.

Meanwhile, Asiago had a big idea.

What was it? Something so big, so unheard of, that he called Arugula to come and join him.

Yes, they’re staring at the galaxy mobile. Again. They do this at least once a day. I think they think there are little aliens hiding in there.

Zaq was still moping around a lot about the death of his old boss, so Bebe had to comfort and console him a lot. Or maybe he was faking it because he wanted her to pay attention to him instead of to the books or the chess table.

I thought maybe Zaq’s boss’s tombstone would be at the cemetery, so I sent him off to look for it so he could mourn and decrease his bad moodlets.

A little side trip outside turned up a few special seeds. Wonder how long it will take to mature them?

Zaq looked at every tombstone in the cemetery until he found and cried over the one he was looking for. Then he amused himself by playing catch with a fire ghost and having a chat with a little girl who had drowned. He invited her over to play with Arugula sometime.

Arugula did not properly appreciate this when he told her about it. All she kept saying was how awful it was that he went to the cemetery without her when she had been wanted to go there for ages. I am not sure I want to know just what she plans to do there.

Tune in next time for teenagers, dancing, parties, and other chaos.

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5. Of Arugula and Aging

When last we left the Zyquyx family, Arugula was threatening to cause the first point deduction of this ISBI. You’ll be happy to know that she did make it to the bathroom before needing a change of shorts. You may also be glad I chose not to include a picture of her WC moment. Instead, here’s what she did soon after!

Yes, of her own free will, probably spurred on by guilt over scaring me with her almost accident, she went to the block table and spent time building towers.

She has also shown a fondness for the chess table, especially at night. That’s Zaq Daddy in the background working in the garden.

Not to be outdone, Asiago has rediscovered his easel. He seems to lean toward light colors.

Arugula usually gets up in time to take care of one of her worst needs (usually whatever is second worst, for some strange reason) before catching the bus to school. Her older brother already has achieved A student status, so Arugula has decided to make sure she’s in good with mom and dad as well.

Asiago tried to one-up his sister by discovering the easim bake oven. Note that Arugula is telling their dad that it’s not fair that Asiago plays with all the cool toys.

Zaq and Bebe have in fact been surrounded by toys lately. Zaq is glad to get into bed beside Bebe even if he’s still wearing his scarf and beret. Maybe it will protect his lovely hair from alien mind probes while he sleeps.

The next day a snazzy car came to take Zaq to work…

… which left the other three at home. Asiago read, Bebe read (shocking, I know!), and Arugula’s throat seemed to be having a nasty encounter with her hands.

Soon, though, before Zaq got home, it was time to get out the party horns.

Whose birthday was it? I give you…

… an elderly Bebe and her teenage son Asiago. And his mustache.

He is not especially amused. Can you guess why?

Arugula has gone to sleep in his bed, leaving her pink and brown bedroom for him.

Arugula got up on the wrong side of the bed the next morning.

Her father decided to cheer her up with a nice ghost story. In the bathroom.

Arugula didn’t know what to think of her parents.

Little loner Arugula would rather contemplate her solitude than hang out with her family.

Asiago either forgave Arugula for stealing his bed or wanted to restake his claim to it by making it up even though she was the one who slept in it.

Bebe seemed impressed. Maybe aided by the fact that Asiago is charismatic now? I’m hoping it will help him make friends, even if I can’t send him to take a class or tell him to read a book.

Arugula, not so impressed.

Now, as promised, the poll results. The question was, “Is it fair to select a work or school tone for non-controlled sims?”

Five of you said, “Yes, absolutely!”

Three of you said, “No! Never!”

One of you said, “Yes, but only social ones.”

What I have decided to do with this is allow myself to pick one tone per sim per age. For example, when Asiago first goes to high school, now that he’s a teen, I can choose a tone, but then I can never change it. For an adult with a job, I can choose a tone once during the young adult phase, and once during the adult phase. This will be complicated by the fact that tones such as “hang out with co-workers” and “slack off” continue from day to day, while those that can be completed, such as “do late homework” or “meet new co-workers” will revert to the basic tone after completion. I hope my choice seems reasonable to you. Thanks for participating! I plan to put up another poll sometime next week.

Tune in next time for more attitude, oddity, and insanity!

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4. Of Boyhood and Booklearning

Welcome back! I am happy to announce (well, not as happy as Bebe is) that her labor pains are over, and Zaq and Bebe are the proud parents of a baby girl!

Arugula Zyquyx is an insane loner (only got to pick one trait, and that had to be insane!) who likes cookies and spice brown. Or maybe she just likes brown spice cookies. Anyway…

Don’t worry about Asiago being neglected. Even though he’s no longer the youngest, he still gets read to plenty. Bebe is true to her bookworm nature, and Zaq took the tyke to the library, where he read him almost all the remaining toddler books before sleepiness and crying set in. Fortunately, home is less than a block away!

The little fellow did at least get enough time to himself to go potty. Go with your instincts, Asiago! The potty is your friend!

After all, sometimes daddy had to go to work.

Even though he ends most shifts looking rather miffed. He also cooks at home a lot…

… when Bebe isn’t scrubbing all the available counter space. Sorry Zaq. You’ll thank her later!

He finally managed to get some hamburgers cooked for the hungry policefolk. You’d think the opportunity would ask for doughnuts, wouldn’t you? Maybe they knew Zaq was insane, so they asked for something uncommon.

But where’s Arugula been all this time?

Whoops! She grew up! To make up for the appalling lack of baby shots of her (I assure you she wasn’t left to starve in her crib, but she is a loner), here is a family shot! The two tots are busily skilling of their own free will (Asiago has just finished a book, I think), Zaq is steeling himself to clean the icky poo potty, and Bebe is wondering just how she got herself into this mess and would anyone notice if she snuck off to the library.

Speaking of the library…

… this is the only shot I got of Arugula’s trip to storytime there. Zaq read her a few books before she got desperately tired. It’s hard to coordinate green meter moments when you can only control one member of the household.

And here’s another shot of Arugula as a toddler. Daddy loves her.

We interrupt this story to bring you a super-excited Asiago. Yay! Woo! He’s a boy! And now, since I got to pick a trait, he’s a genius! Hopefully, this will help him keep his grades up – and keep me from losing points for flunking out.

Our boy genius likes to play chess in the sun, but remember, he has the soul of an artist, too. I’m hoping he’ll paint a Simmy Simmy Night for me sometime.

He also likes a good game of tag with his mom and even interrupted her playtime in the sprinklers one day to tell her she was it.

Asiago and Bebe get along great! They’re always playing or chatting or something.

I just love his running boots.

Even in this shot of Zaq teaching Arugula to walk, you can see Asiago and Bebe in the background blathering on to each other about something.

Asiago had a little bit of trouble at school. The other kids teased him for being overdressed.

So he decided that maybe just playing chess until all hours was the best way to learn.

After beating his invisible opponent, he celebrated with an entire carton of ice cream. He did not share with the I.O. even though he begged pitifully.

In addition to late night ice cream noshes, the tiny tile table is also the scene of romantic dinners, er, well, dinners. And much hand-clapping whenever autumn salad is served.

Although most of this chapter has been about Asiago, in closing we have a scene with Arugula. She grew up to be a child, and what is the first act of her childhood?

Yes, Arugula needs to pee.

I mean she really needs to pee. Surely this cherub won’t be the cause of the Zyquyx family’s first negative points, will she? Tune in next time to find out!

Until then, please look for the tiny little link in the upper right that says, “Take my survey.” Click it! You know you want to…

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3. Of Bebe and Babies

Wondering what Bebe does all day? Here’s a glimpse of some of her favorite activities.

She plays, she cleans, but what she does most is read. I can’t believe I don’t have 28 pictures of her with her nose in a book here. Better reading than setting the place on fire or something, but why can’t she read the skilling books I put in her inventory instead of re-reading Where’s Bella for the ninth time?

Anyway, when we last left Zaq and Bebe, they were showering hearts all over the bedroom. Was there a lullaby?

Oh yes!  Zaq was very pleased about this little development. So pleased, in fact, that he stopped talking to himself long enough to talk to the baby in Bebe’s belly.

Zaq was apparently distracted at work, and the microwave conspired with the metal forks to electrocute him.  Or maybe he was electrocuted by a bearnaise?

So he needed to invite his boss over to apologize for the burned spots on the ceiling of the kitchen.

She was amused and all but not enough to give him a promotion. And he was so close to a full meter! Why oh why?

Even when Zaq explained his dream of wearing the big puffy hat, she was unimpressed. Bah! But you can see Bebe feeling the effects of her pregnancy in the background. She spent a large part of the next day playing chess.

She got really hungry, and I was afraid things were going to go very badly. Finally, she got up and went to eat some cereal, even though there was some lovely spaghetti in the fridge.

Meanwhile, Zaq finally got his promotion at work. I think that’s the pastry chef outfit. He didn’t grant any interviews, though. He had to hurry home…

… to take Bebe to the hospital! Welcome, Baby Asiago!

Now seems a good time to explain my naming theme for this ISBI. I’m going to name the kids according to the torch holder’s lifetime wish. Zaq’s LTW is to be a Five-Star Chef, so his kids will have culinary names. This strategy was inspired by Rad’s Dayes of our Lives legacy, in which the children are named according to a specific trait of one of their parents.

So, anyway, say hi to Asiago! I got to pick his traits! He is insane (of course) and artistic, and his favorite color is white.

I added a nursery, a master bedroom, and another bathroom to the house. Zaq’s doing pretty well as a chef.

He’s learned a lot of recipes, too. Here is a platter of crepes he made to take to work for an opportunity. He learned the recipe from a guy in France when he thought he was getting over Bebe. Heh.

All kinds of people like Zaq’s food and come to hang out at the Bistro. See?

The blue and green families both have kids, so maybe there will be a colorful Zyquyx mate down the road.

Back at the family home, Bebe holds Asiago and wonders, “My stars! What have I gotten myself into?”

But apparently she’s not too bothered by it.

And here we go again! Isn’t that sweet, she’s vomiting in Zaq’s favorite color!

Here’s proof that Bebe can take care of a child of her own free will. And further proof that she is expecting again.

Yes, that’s Asiago as a toddler. Woo!

Everybody say awwwwwwwwww.

So where is Zaq? He’s at work, or actually leaving work, doing one of his dances again. And getting freaked out by another bookworm.

A second later he changed into his promotion uniform and rolled a want to quit his job. Sorry, Zaq. Frown all you want – you’re staying. I may not be able to control anyone else, but you? You will obey. Now go home and spend some time with your son.

So Zaq obeyed and went to teach Asiago how to talk, so he can share conspiracy theories with him.

And we’ll leave you with Bebe sounding the baby alert. What will it be? Boy? Girl? Twins? Triplets? Alien frog baby? Tune in next time to find out.

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2. Of Courting and Cavorting

Welcome back to the world of insanity! Zaq’s first week in Sunset Valley had his career and his garden off to a good start, but his love life was sadly lacking. This week, Zaq attacked that lack. He started off by visiting some of his neighbors.

The house was occupied by an odd couple and their young adult daughter, who instantly won Zaq’s stomach (or liver or heart or whatever) with her interest in cooking.

Her name was Bebe, but could he win this Hart? Zaq stayed until Gus showed him how the door worked and hadn’t made much progress.

The next day was a work day, and Zaq followed his shift up with chats with all the ladies, just in case Bebe baby didn’t work out.

He managed to exchange a couple of recipes as well. Woo! Agnes the Grump Crump is his boss now – how’s that for cool?

But when Zaq got home, he had a lovey dovey idea.

He went to visit the Harts, but Bebe wasn’t there. Gus and Dorie weren’t exactly the greatest hosts, either.

Fortunately, Bebe agreed to come over and see him when he called later.

Zaq had a moment of panic, but then he managed to have a good visit with his guest, and when she left they had become friends.

Later in the week, he met her downtown and let the alien flashlight in the sky work its romantic magic.

When he told her of the flaming heart pillow dance and she giggled and smiled, he knew what he would do the next day.

He popped the question. And she popped his happy balloon. She said no. Apparently she thought she had lived with enough insane people already.

So Zaq went to France to mend his broken heart.

What? He had a work opportunity to get some kind of grapes and take to work. Never mind that he couldn’t find them ANYWHERE. Four different kinds, but not the ones he needed. Grrrr. Ahem. Anyway…

Zaq tried to become a nature boy, pitching a tent and eating fruit. He also tried to lose himself in the tombs and did a pretty fair job of it. He didn’t manage to complete his adventure mission, but he got a lot of loot and stuff to fund future house expansions. Aaaand back home he went.

But he hadn’t been able to forget Bebe, despite her parents’ most fervent wishes. And he decided that the dating rituals leading up to the whole ring exchangementification and flaming heart pillow dance must be more important than he thought. So he made sure they were really bestest friends and romantic interests.

And going steady. And then they kissed good night. After he went home and went to bed and dreamed of salad and fish and beds and other wonderful stuff, he had a visitor. In non-flattering horizontal stripes.

And what did the burglar decide to take? Not the bed, ’cause he was in it. Thankfully, not the refrigerator or stove. But I’m really impressed by the burglar’s magical infinite bag.

It holds a palm tree.

I want a bag like that.

Zaq just wants the burglar to go away. Like now-ish.

So the next day Zaq got another promotion and did his aerobic promotion dance again. I wish I could post video with sound here, because it really would crack you up. Maybe I’ll have him learn how to make ambrosia and keep him around forever, going through all the careers so he can keep doing that dance. Or not.

Freshly promoted Zaq went off to the library to study, because after this he’s going to have other demands on his time. When he got home, he invited a certain someone over.

Although the expression on her face this time was less positive, she finally gave in and accepted that her fate was to be surrounded by insanity for the rest of her life.

They had the ring exchangification right then and there, and Bebe became part of the Zyquyx family. You may now throw confetti. Or blow bubbles, if you’d like to be environmentally friendly. Or if you just like bubbles.

Bebe gave the cutest little hands-over-heart happy sigh when she walked in and saw Zaq. She’s not a hopeless romantic, so I guess it was because she is good and in love. Awwwwww.

Bebe is good, a genius, technophobic (Ack!), a bookworm, and frugal. And she will never be controlled by me, per the rules. I will look in on her condition from time to time, to satisfy my curiosity and see how Zaq or a future torch holder may be able to help out, such as serving a meal if she’s hungry or giving her a hug if she’s lonely. And I’m allowed to buy her a lth reward if she racks up enough points.

We’ll leave Zaq and Bebe to their homebound honeymoon now. Tune in next time to find out if the lullaby played!

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1. Of Insanity and Inception

Meet Zaq Zyquyx. He doesn’t know it yet, but he will soon beget a long line of exquisitely insane sims.

He is insane, a natural cook, family-oriented, handy, and has a green thumb. His favorites are pop music, autumn salad, and the color aqua. His life’s dream is to become a Five-Star Chef. (Hey, even insane sims have to eat, so he might as well get the career perk never-go-nasty-green-smelly fridge and stock it with food for his progeny!)

He lives in a unique little cottage which will grow when he can afford it. It’s just a block from downtown. Say it with me, folks: location location location!

Zaq’s first order of business (after having an enlightening conversation with himself) was to stroll down to the Bistro, take a cooking class, and use his brilliant conspiracy theories and creative use of aqua to convince the chef to give him a job.

He met River McIrish, a young adult (I’ve run the neighborhood up a week or two), and they chatted for a while.

Yes, they look like they’re hitting it off, but appearances can be deceiving. Their relationship meter stayed maddeningly close to neutral.

Zaq then headed off to the Science Center for a twilight gardening class, and of course he dressed for the occasion. Nothing says organic like compost in your cummerbund. The scenery was quite lovely, though.

He planted a few seeds and decided it was high time to appease the rumbling beast in his belly. Autumn salad, coming up!

And so Zaq’s days slipped into something of a routine of working, gardening, meeting the neighbors, studying, and throwing up.

Wait – what? Nope, no alien abductions or hacks here. Apparently just part of the charm of insanity. He hadn’t eaten any spoiled food. The belly beast just decided to give back a little. Who knew?

Zaq’s favorite pastime is lying on his bed watching the Cooking Channel. He laughs his head off, especially when the stove catches on fire.

And he likes to be friendly with the townspeople. They don’t all appreciate it.

And eventually, the studying and practicing start paying off. Zaq has a very aerobic promotion dance. I’m sure it does wonders for his biceps and quadriceps.

For now, we’ll leave dear Zaq in his speedos in the garden, sharing the lovely aqua water droplets with his little green leafy friends. Tune in next time to see if Zaq can make a sim friend!

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