A couple of things went wrong at the start, though, and I had to start over using an older save. I lost a bit of progress, but it wasn't too hard to get everybody back on track. And the houses are all empty except for basic kitchens and bathrooms, so there will be a LOT of Sims without beds for the next few weeks.
Not all Sims came out of Porter the way they went in. Some Sims ended up with older careers, and in some cases their age stage was reset.
The whole Winchester population didn't really notice that their timeline was wonky. The only Sim to suffer a minor loss was Ernest Thao, who lost both his puppies.
So it's no wonder that his first wish was to adopt a dog. He wants to be a Canine Companion, and there are way too few dogs on the island.
On the first day of autumn, Ernest adopts a small dog called Violet. He also decides to move to a hut on the beach - dogs love the beach, right?
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The Harrell family have adopted a small dog as well - and of course when their mother has a new pet, Eliza and Eric Sommers have no trouble persuading their father that they need for him to adopt one, too!!
(Christopher is a bit of a sucker for his kids - which his evil little son Eric knows how to take advantage of!)
I have a feeling this is one decision Christopher is going to regret!!
* * *
Meanwhile the Bingsly family have moved into a new home.
* * *
The Harrell family no longer live in Westboro Farm. They actually moved back into the house that Kelsey once owned. It's now back on a cliff, and it has a brand new granny flat in the basement.
The Westboro Farm is now the home of the Westboro family. (Another MSR family from my bin.) Which makes perfect sense.
Walter and his wife have a teenage son.
Walter and his wife have a teenage son.
They also had a baby girl soon after their arrival (she was pregnant when they moved in).
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After the move Ernest and Esther adopt another little dog. And another one, and another one... Ernest just had a tough time choosing, there were so many little dogs in the shelter this time!
The pet adoption social worker isn't very good at his job. While he was explaining to Esther that she had to give Scout a good home, poor Scout was all the way at the top of the hill - he hadn't even bothered to carry her down when he came to the door! (If you look very closely, you can see Scout's plumbob all the way at the top of the hill, right in front of the row of buckthorn trees.)
So now they have four little dogs: Violet, Gatsby, Floyd and Scout. And they do love running on the beach, just like Ernest predicted.
Esther has been raking leaves, so Floyd is staying closer to home for now - chasing the squirrels.
(And yes, cousin Eugenia is at it again: Richard now has an evil doll!)
Ernest is trying to make friends with the new inhabitants - not that he likes Waldo Bingsly so much (in fact, they don't get along at all), but the Bingslys have a dog.
Since they moved into their new home, they were also joined by their son Jason.
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Meanwhile elsewhere in town Yi Quan Kim came out of Porter as an Adult instead of an Elder. (He shouldn't have been an Elder in the first place, so apparently Porter undid whatever glitch aged him in the previous game...)
Here is Yi Quan leaving his brother Huan Chao's party:
Yi Quan doesn't quite understand why, but today he feels surprisingly invigorated and younger than ever. He decides to make a few lifestyle changes, starting with - of course - getting a dog to take with him when he goes fishing.
(I spotted the dog while Ernest was adopting little ones, and fell in love with his markings. I thought he'd make a good family pet for the main Kim family, but changed my mind when I saw the newly invigorated Yi Quan leave his brother's home. I think the dog suits him better than it does the over-busy household of his younger brother.)
There's still a tiny zombie problem in town every so often.
