It's A Small World After All - Part One

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Hi everyone! Welcome to Part One of It's A Small World, a 'you suck at parenting' challenge. When we last saw France, he'd just discovered that the Sim Blender magic potion he'd stolen from England wasn't a love potion, but a de-aging one. Leaving him with seven small nations to deal with.



Ohmygawd, just look at all those toddlers swarming. Where to start?


Well, France may as well make a start on the toddler skills before his mood tanks. So in a show of complete favouritism, England goes first.

OK, it was because he was the closest.


What? What? What?


No really, game, he doesn't have a job. He's two. Two year olds don't have jobs.


Really, France? +1000 for sitting him on the pot? Well you're not likely to fulfil any other wants in the next week, enjoy that while you can.


Everyone: Stairs are hard. D:


Switzerland is next on the potty, but there's no more aspiration points. Which is a shame because France could really use some magic glowing milk to make this faster.
France: I've learned my lesson. No more magic liquids allowed in this house.
Are you sure? The milk really is-
France: NO MORE.


Iggy gets a new outfit and promptly sticks his hands through it in order to play with shapes.


Yet more potty training. But the bladders are getting fuller, which makes emptying them take longer. Can France manage one more before the rest of the toddlers start leaking?


No. He can't.
THE NEGLECTED ONES: We are stinky and sleepy! Help!



THE CHOSEN ONES: Oh what a wonderful world!
This is the first time I've ever seen the 'huggle' interaction and OMG SO CUUUTE!


Seychelles huggles everyone. It's adorable.


This, however, is not.


Fears. Rejected for woohoo, rejected for date, bad conversation with England. LOVING YOUR PRIORITIES THERE, FRANCE! Also, check out the fun bar. That ain't gonna improve for the next three days.



But who cares about France's fun when the toddlers are happy and playing and skilling?


Oh France. Never change.
Scratch that. Change. Into clothes, please.


Oh it will, will it? WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.
I forgot to take a screencap, but the carpool did indeed show up and sit outside for an hour before giving up and going away.


So despite France's best efforts, no-one was any closer to learning any toddler skills and the only breaks he got were to eat, pee and sleep. Ain't parenting a blast?! So he decided to invite these random guys inside in the hope that they'd autonomously help out with the brats.


Why, it looks like France's cunning plan is working!


HE IS TWO. HE HAS NO JOB. HIS JOB IS EATING CRAYONS TO SEE WHAT COLOUR POOP HAPPENS.
Also note how France's fun has not changed since the last screencap, haha.


Ugh, you're shitting me, two more days of this? Well, at least France has his townie slaves to help-


Get out, you mooch.


America: MINE.
England: NU-UH! I LICKED IT, IT'S MINE NOW.
LET THE BATTLE COMMENCE.



America: Haha, I win, you lose. Looooser, loooooser, England is a looooooser!
England: *wibble*


France: I HAVEN'T HAD FUN IN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS!


France: Mon deiu! I had the most horrible nightmare! I tried to drug several nations and accidentally turned them all into toddlers and spent the next three days trying to keep them alive on half a night's sleep, surviving on instant meals and struggling to see through the thick green haze of my armpit stench!


Hey, it could be worse. At least they can't navigate spiral stairs.
Liechtenstein: Yay, smelly water!
Seychelles: Hand over the bottle and no-one gets hurt.
Canada: the walls are closing in on me!
France: Oh my god, shut up already.


No, really, there's no need.


France desperately needed to sleep, so once again, he roped in a random townie.
Liechtenstein: Look at my adorable face. How could you say no to a face like this? You know you wanna make this face happy by getting me a bottle.


Oh thank the heavens.



Yes, France is totally growing everyone up with cake RIGHT NOW. Sure, everyone's miserable and not a single toddler skill has been learnt, but childhood comes with bladder control and the ability to use a bed! So, because he's awake and closest, America goes first.


And America becomes one with-wait, wrong challenge.


I am so stunned and surprised that he grew up badly. Stunned and surprised, I say.


First thing he does is play on the fridge. Because it's not like there's an entire playground outside or anything.


Meanwhile Denmark swings by to steal the newspaper. Arsehole.



Switzerland next. He doesn't age up any better.








The bad birthday continues for England and Canada.


Meanwhile America discovers the beach. Also shut up, social worker, she'll get cake.



SHE IS EATING. RIGHT NOW. CAKE IN HER MOUTH. SHUT UP. Poor Liechtenstein though, she's had the worst birthday so far.


Meanwhile a much less scary England makes himself my favourite by autonomously cleaning the carpet of bottles.


England: Oh no, he's been abducted by aliens! Vroom!
Switzerland: Do you ever get the feeling that we're being played with by a giant in the sky and we're it's dolls and this is it's dollhouse? And that giant's being played with by an even bigger giant?
England: That's just stupid.
France's bottom: *photobombs*


England: You know what else is stupid? YOUR FACE. Now give me back my Bella doll!


LET THEM EAT CAKE.


Oh! How very useful, especially as France just spent most of the cash on cake.


Have some full frontal, my treat!
France: Can't I wish for beauty instead? Or just a clean house? Please don't make me clean any more, please please please!


Yep, the sheer volume of curdling bottles has sent France round the twist.


A quick pep talk and France is back on birthday duty.



Still no improvement.



And then America shoots her.


Yay, sky cash! I'm making France save the other two wishes for emergencies though.


Final birthday.


Yeah, yeah, like I haven't heard that before.


I find this rather unfair as they were still toddlers when the schoolday started.


Ugh, shut up. There's mountains of cake, Canada was still two this morning and America does not need MORE attention.


I'm sure one day, when he grows up, he'll be devastated by that news. Until next time!

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[kezwick.livejournal.com]

Oh the France fanservice! O///O

Also in regards to England, WTF Child Labour Laws!?

[sushigal007.livejournal.com]

France's pyjamas, underwear and swimwear are all naked, so there's lots of flashing going on. XD IT IS GLORIOUS!
And Victorian England made me boggle. I kept expecting it to realise he was too young and stop with the pop-ups, but no. I'm kind of sad he didn't actually toddle out to the carpool. That would've been hilarious.

[doomlizard.livejournal.com]

That looks... awful. I want to try this with fem!China in Sims 3, but now I'm not so sure.

[sushigal007.livejournal.com]

Haha, go on, I dare you! But I've no idea how difficult raising children in TS3 is, so you could try with fewer children perhaps? It does get a little easier once they're children. :D

[doomlizard.livejournal.com]

I think it's pretty similar to Sims 2. My only experience raising sims was with just ONE toddler and an extended life span. She got all her skills done and had an extra day of whining at her mother and uncle.

[sushigal007.livejournal.com]

I've had a few toddlers now, but most of them only ever get their skills with the help of smart milk and France just didn't have the points for it. It'll be fun to see what happens if you do decide to give it a try.

[strokingpenis.livejournal.com]

This is hilarous and you've made my morning. Please keep up with the updates.

If only Sims3 had more/better Hetalia sims. :c

[sushigal007.livejournal.com]

*grins*
Glad you liked it! I gotta admit, the lack of CC (plus things like the Pets patch playing havoc) is one of the things putting me off TS3, even if my computer could run it.
(Also I cackled like a twelve year old boy at your username.)

[disownmereturns.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, that's a nightmare! X'D I'd use maxmotives if that happened but this is way amusing ^^; Also, I didn't know toddlers could huggle! dkgjhdfjg Does huggling need an expansion pack = 3=

[sushigal007.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, adorable huggling came with Apartment Life. It's totally the cutest thing ever. :D

[pi-bouvier.livejournal.com]

srsly. how did you do all this? XD I can't get it done.. I tried it the 3th time and.. they got taken away by the social worker AGAIN. xD hum. not good, I guess. XDD
okay. now. 4th try! >D

really nicely done, btw! <33
it made me all laugh so much >u

[sushigal007.livejournal.com]

With difficulty! I mostly concentrated on feeding them as it always seems to be hunger that gets them in my game. So I had a fridge upstairs and one downstairs and I usually cancelled the 'get bottle' action whenever France grabbed one, which meant he put it down on the floor for the toddlers to get. Pet beds were great just for making sure their comfort didn't get too low and their energy rose quicker. Pet food can also be used to feed toddlers, although I never ended up using it in my game. Random walk-by's got greeted in the hope they'd help a little bit. France's needs were almost completely sacrificed to do the toddler stage though. Sleep (in a very nice bed so the energy rose quicker) was cancelled as soon as it hit green. He never showered or had fun and ate nothing but instant meals. I only let him pee because it made less mess! And, of course, I aged them all up with cake as soon as I could.

[pi-bouvier.livejournal.com]

ah, well, yeah.. that sounds much like my 4th try.. xD
one small difference was that the first person walking by Sweden's house (yeah, I started with Sweden) was Finland so I.. kind of seduced him to stay over night for.. 4 or 5 days so he could alaways take a look after the kids... until I could make him move in xD
but I didn't know this thing with the pet beds! oAo~
Have to try this! >u< yeah I saw the toddlers eating pet food once or twice in other families oAo

[sushigal007.livejournal.com]

I.. kind of seduced him to stay over night for.. 4 or 5 days so he could alaways take a look after the kids

Oh wow, lol, that's perfect! XD
Yeah, pet food and pet beds are a lifesaver. Toddlers can feed themselves and sleep! OK, so if they fall asleep in pet beds, you can't get them out like you can with cribs, and pet food probably isn't the best thing they could eat, but it's good enough for the social worker.