It almost fit, it really did! Yet, alas and alack, more subdivisions.

The story took over the challenge likely at its inception so I'm not going to stress too much about keeping the updates orderly, so long as I'm playing the rotations.
And I'm not going to stress at all about prising a few hundred characters from wherever they may be spared just to make it fit.

Stuff happened. Loads. If you're interested in finding out what-the-stuff, please read on!

( The Beech is Back (or These Beeches Aint Loyal: Part Two...A) )

Prior to this round I'd never seen anyone but Goldie do this. Once. Suddenly spring arrives and Valentine and Candy are juggling fools.

Now, on with Part Two.

( Harts-a-Juggle )

(This was my Part Two teaser pic, and I guess it still is regardless of what I call these divisions. On with the rest...)

( These Beeches Aint Loyal...(Part One: B) )

It's Spring! And Widespot kind of already ran on woohoo; who's woohooing whom, who used to, who wants to...So it should
come as no surprise if the spring fever spreads around here like an epidemic! Without further adieu, here goes Round 3.


Actually, now there's a little further adieu. I really, really didn't want to further subdivide this but I cannot devote another minute to trimming the fat from the html or figuring out what other scenes I can cut. Yes, it's wordy. Isn't it always? But I arranged and wrote it as one "Part One" so it still is to me. The cut-off's pretty arbitrary, I just found the halfway mark. And now:
( These Beeches Aint Loyal...(Part One: A) )

*I'm sleepy, so I'm going to go attend to that, but subpart B (sheesh) will probably be up before anyone has even seen A.*

Daytona don't know who that Rich Mann thinks he is to be acting like he's got the say so to wrap up the year.
She's the HBIC (Head Beech in Charge) 'round here.  She gets the final word.  And she's gonna do it comin' at you from the past.  Top that.



( No ghosts, actually. It wasn't even Christmas (cuz I did that round already)... )

Hey there, Virgie...y'okay? You...wanna talk about it? Maybe? Okay then, you go on ahead and wake that llama. You wake that llama good!
Show 'em a Beech is always boss. (I'll be here when you're ready.)


This round was a long time in the making but here we go, BaCC Info:

Residents: Beech (4), Hart (5), Land (5), Mann (3), Jr. Mann (6), Ottomas (8), Weiss (5), and Newson (6).
Community Lots: The Makeout Spot, Forest Lake, Forest Lake Park/Camp (Daytona), Municipal Clearings (Daytona), The Dugout (Valentine), The Barleycorn Farm Shop (Ottomas), Woodworks Furniture (Penny), and new this round are the Widespot Post Office (Daytona) and Round Barn General Store (Junior & Mary).


Sim Multiplier: 3 Population:126
Treasury: Since I shortened my seasons I had to alter tax collection to suit, what would have been $14750 for a full week's worth of taxation became $6390 for the winter. Not bad. (Funnily enough the Mann and Junior Mann households had to contribute the same amount despite being in different tax brackets because the Juniors have acquired twice as many mouths to feed.) I haven't yet decided how I will scale some of the other rules for unlocking stuff to keep apace but it doesn't matter right now, they (I) didn't unlock a damn thing.

No fires, no burglaries, no illnesses. Still. (Food poisoning doesn't count, it's not contagious.)
Furious sims: Not that it matters since the law career was already unlocked but I think Lana is still furious from Round One. Everyone else is less agitated over whatever they were mad about but she's clinging tightly to that grudge. I have to say that considering how Rich dumped her and why she's kind of got a right to that one.

Overachievers: 8 (Rich, Skye, Homer, Beulah, Scot, Sandy, Virginia, plus Georgia Newson)
Underachievers: 3 (Candy, Dixie, and now Ginger Newson)
Babies who haven't toddler-ified yet don't count and all other new arrivals are of 'average' motivation.




And under the cut a bunch of pics that I liked but had no other use for plus bonus (superfluous) commentary. Cuz.

( Outtakes: The HeartFarting Edition )