Fanon:Strangetown Shuffle

This is an ongoing Neighborhood story featuring the standard Maxis characters of Strangetown. The University is La Fiesta Tech.

In the beginning...
Johnny Smith heads off to college.

Nervous Subject has gotten back in touch with his mother, Olive Spectre, and moved in to her house. He is thrilled to leave the Beakers.

What the Beakers have done to Nervous is discovered and publicized. They leave town and are never heard from again.

The Spectre Family...
Olive is pleased as punch to have her son living with her, and retires to spend more time with him. Ophelia is preparing for college, studying up on whatever she can get her hands on. Her secondary Knowledge aspiration. She's ready to leave home, and while she and her aunt don't have the best relationship, she's grateful for everything Olive did for her after her parents died. She gives her the gift of a beautiful, mature Laganaphyllis Simnovorii, which unfortunately eats Nervous before Ophelia can even get out the door. Oops...

Olive swallows her pride and calls her ex boyfriend, the Grim Reaper. He cuts her a deal and for $8,312 he returns Nervous with a few minor adjustments. He's now completely neat, playful, and nice. Still very lazy though.

The Desert Dormitory
Johnny Smith, Ophelia Nigmos, Stella Terrano, William Williamson, Klara Vonderstein, Blossom Moonbeam

College for Johnny Smith is like a dream. For the first time, he's meeting people his own age who understand where he's coming from as a young alien in a human world. The minute he lays eyes on Stella with her pearly green skin and black eyes like a deep abyss, he knew he was staring into the rest of his life.

Ophelia Nigmos does not grow up well, despite going to college giving her a platinum aspiration. It also doesn't help that Johnny is already there, and practically ignores her in favor of Stella Terrano. She can't figure it out, it's like everything they had together completely disappeared! It's not fair! She WILL get him for this...

William Williamson developed an instant dislike for Klara Vonderstein, and an instant attraction to Blossom Moonbeam. Blossom doesn't much like the way he teases Klara, but she's so flattered by his attention it's a little difficult to care too much.

Pollination Technician #9 (PT9) was nice enough to visit his son at the dorm right away. Johnny barely acknowledged his presence, but Ophelia took one look at him and got what she determined to be the best idea she's ever had.

The end of the first Freshman term arrived, Stella and Johnny both had a 4.0. Ophelia was forced to acknowledge her focus on her social life had taken a toll when she ended the term with a 3.5. It didn't change much though, her plan was in motion. Soon enough, Johnny Smith would wish he had never met her.

Stella Terrano is a Knowledge sim, and Johnny was disappointed with how little attention he could get from her sometimes, but he relented. He wanted to show her they could have a relationship and still keep their grades up. He waited until they had finished their final, and told her this proves they are not shortchanging their education, so what is the harm if they get engaged, as long as they wait until after college to get married? Johnny had such a convincing argument, Stella couldn't say no. And besides, she loved Johnny. She was sure they could work it out.