Sports star, 76, dies in house fire

by Steve Rider, Autumn 2018
Retired hall of famer, Pascal Lachance, died last night in a fire at his home in Exeter. The fire is thought to be caused by a pot left burning on the stove and is not thought to be suspicious. No one else in the house was harmed.

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Don't you know

Round 22: Summer 2016

Nick's last update/last update + wedding mini-update/Jesse's last update/

Nick's next update/next update

Pascal Lachance is 74, Mina is 66, Abigail Carmody is 33, Jesse is 31 and Nick Moretti is 13.

Narrated by Nick Moretti

You'd think my grandparents were the newlyweds around here! I can't believe I witnessed my grandfather grabbing my grandmother's butt.

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The Carmody-Lachance wedding

Round 22: Winter 2015
Jesse Carmody is 30, Abigail Lachance is 32

It's the morning of Jesse and Abigail's wedding and as she looks out the window over Jesse's shoulder, Abigail is starting to regret their choice of a winter wedding.

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Supernova

Round 21: Spring 2014

Nicholas's last update/last update/Nicholas's next update/next update

Pascal Lachance is 72, Mina is 64, Abigail is 31 and Nicholas Moretti is 11.
(Jonas is 36, Tatiana is 31, Dominic is 4, Audrey is 2, Caleb is 32, Cara is 25 and Jesse is 29)

Narrated by Abigail Lachance

Things have - finally - been going well for me lately! Jesse proposed to me, after being together for 4 years and I've been walking around on Cloud 9!

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Like a rolling stone

Round 20: Winter 2012

Nicholas's last update/last update/Nicholas's next update/next update

Pascal Lachance is 70, Mina is 62, Abigail is 29 and Nicholas Moretti is 9.
(Jesse is 27)

Narrated by Abigail Lachance

Lately at night, I go out after everyone's asleep and look at the stars with Dad's telescope instead. I don't understand everything I'm seeing like he does, but it has some sort of calming effect on me anyway. It's either this or lay in bed wide awake, worrying about Caleb and Jesse. I'm not in love with Caleb any more but there's something there, I know. Maybe it's guilt, maybe it's because we have Nicky or maybe I just miss him. Jesse's getting impatient with me, I can tell. I need to figure all this out before we get serious.

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Timebomb

Round 19: Autumn 2010

Mina and Pascal's last update/Abigail and Caleb's last update

next update/Caleb's next update

Pascal Lachance is 68, Mina is 60, Caleb Moretti is 28, Abigail is 27 and Nicholas is 7.
(Jonas is 32, Tatiana is 27, Jesse Carmody is 25, Evan is 21 and Dominic is 3 months old)

Narrated by Abigail Lachance

Things have been a little awkward here lately, ever since I met Jesse. Or at least it feels that way to me. I don't know if Caleb actually suspects anything. I want to tell him about Jesse but not until I figure out what I'm going to do.

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Baby goes to eleven

Round 18: University

(Tatiana, David, Kirstin, Abigail, Caleb)

Last update: Tatiana, David and Kirstin/Caleb and Abigail

Next updates: Caleb and Abigail/Tatiana/David and Kirstin

David, Kirstin and Abigail have just started their junior year and are still living at Moretti Hall. Tatiana is somewhat bored and lonely, being separated from Jonas once again.

David and Tatiana are both working hard to graduate. There are more term papers and assignments and a lot more preparation to do before them.

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There's a place

Round 18: Days 86-90

Last update: Jonas/Pascal and Mina

Next update: Jonas/Pascal and Mina

Narrated by Jonas Lachance

One of the nights soon after I got back from college, we shared the first family dinner we'd had in a while.

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This one's mine

Round 17: College
Caleb and Abigail

Abigail's last update/Caleb's last update/next update

Narrated by Abigail Lachance

I was planning to take Nicholas to college with me and live alone but Caleb, even though he's not enrolling, decided to come with me and get a job to help out. So this is how our mornings go right now. I get up and tend to the baby.

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Sleeping where I want

Round 17: Days 81-85

last update/next update

Narrated by Abigail Lachance

So the homework has been piling up and I really can't be bothered to do it. At breakfast the other day, I told Dad I was thinking about forgetting college and just going right out and getting a job.

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Hot gossip

Round 16: Days 76-80

last update/next update/Jonas's next update

Jonas starts out his weekend with a date with his girlfriend Tatiana at the aquatic centre.

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Don't stop me now

Round 15: Days 71-75

last update/next update

Narrated by Mina Lachance

Since Abigail started school, I've had extra time on my hands, which I've been using to check out some other men in town.

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Overdrive

Round 14: Days 66-70

last update/next update

Narrated by Pascal Lachance

Well, it was lucky we had so much money in savings because the landlord has recently started charging a rather hefty deposit on any furnishings in the apartment when you move in. It cost us about $17,000 to move into our new place in Exeter and it was only the kitchen and bathroom that had anything at all in it!

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Try not to breathe

Round 13: Days 61-65

last update/next update

Narrated by Mina Lachance

Look how big Jonas is! Our baby boy just turned 1!

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Sister saviour

Round 13: Days 61-65

last update/next update

By the age of 8, Trent Kirby had insisted on taking over full responsibility of the Kirby farm's crops, which were previously the domain of his dad, Brandon.

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Spring rain

Round 12: Days 56-60

Last update: Pascal/Mina

Next update

Not long after she and Pascal had moved in together, Mina decided she needed a holiday. It had been so hot in Exeter recently and the beach was not as appealing as it might normally be, so it was off to the mountains instead.

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You just don't do it for me, friend

Round 11: College (Ben, Caterina, Filippo, Mina)

Last update: Ben/Caterina and Filippo/Mina

Next update:Filippo/Ben and Caterina/Mina

Instead of living in the dorms, Ben Nihill and his girlfriend, Caterina Moretti opted to pool their scholarship money and rent a little house on campus.

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Rise

Round 11: Days 51-55

Last update/next update

Pascal was yet another victim of Exeter's facelift, as his apartment building was also due to be demolished.

He was a little annoyed at having to move, seeing he hadn't really lived in his last place that long but he found he liked his new apartment much more than his old one anyway, even if it was a little bit smaller.

He spent his first afternoon fielding phone calls from his sisters. Where they planning on picking up where Emmy left off? Pascal certainly hopes not.

The next morning, Pascal decided to venture out of his unit and meet the neighbours. He managed to briefly meet the girl next door but she was just rushing out the door to work. Pascal sometimes forgot that not everyone had work schedules as forgiving as his. Since he was promoted to assistant coach, he'd had 3 days off in the middle of the week.

He needed some new clothes anyway, so he headed to H&M, hoping to find some more flexibly employed people.

He met this lumberjack girl, whose name he didn't quite catch and things end where they usually end with Pascal.

Back at home, one of his neighbours, Sky Hightower, has arrived home from work, just in time to be bombarded with Pascal's flirting.

Sky didn't take much convincing. They were alone in the lobby, so they woohooed right there on the couch.

Virginia Watkins had become a bit obsessed with Pascal of late. She would drop by at all hours and hang around outside his door or in the lobby until he came out to greet her.

Pascal had no intention of getting serious with Virginia but inviting her into his bed every time she dropped by probably gave her somewhat of a mixed message.

It was a good thing Pascal was due at work on Friday morning. He got himself into a lot less trouble there. He had been a bit discouraged there lately. He was trying to get promoted but so far, he didn't have the right amount of charisma.

After work that day, Pascal struck up a conversation with an elderly man outside his building. The man's name was Tobin and he worked in some sort of scientific job. He heard about Pascal's interest in Science and offered him a job as Project Leader. It would have been quite the opportunity for Pascal, seeing jobs like that were usually only available to Sims who'd been to college. It just wasn't right for him right now though, so he politely declined.

Pascal had other things on his mind anyway, because he'd invited Mina over for a home-cooked dinner.

Pascal cooked the soup, while Mina got in the way.

He had planned on asking Mina to marry him and was so nervous he couldn't concentrate on a thing she was saying to him. So he decided to get it out of the way and ask.

He had nothing to worry about in the end, because she said yes!

They stayed up talking and dancing all night and surprisingly, for two Romance Sims, didn't even woohoo. Mina finally went home at a quarter to 3 in the morning, while Pascal dragged himself into bed. He had to be up in a few hours for work!

Notes:

• Sims and that couch woohoo. Good lord...

• I've recently decided that some career tracks will be available only to college-educated Sims. Of course, Uni has four careers like that but I've never been happy that you can apparently become a lawyer, teacher or doctor without a degree but you need one to become an actor. Whatever, EAxis. That's different in my hood now. The following careers will now require a college degree:

Architecture
Education
Intelligence
Journalism
Law
Medicine
Natural Science
Oceanography
Politics
Science

Any Sims who don't go to college but get an LTW to enter one of these careers will have to settle. Not everyone gets to work in their dream career, so some of my Sims won't get to either.

• I wanted to roll up something more interesting for Pascal's wants, so I had to fulfill his long-time want to get engaged to Mina. It was a want for her too, so she got a nice 5000 or 8000 point boost, whatever it is.

Hammering the cramps

Round 11: Days 51-55

last update/next update

Vivienne and Joseph were living in a one bedroom townhouse when they learned they were expecting a child. They obviously had to move, so they bought a little house on Queen's Bay Road, right next door to Lukas and Raffaella Novak.

It was perfect for them and there was even space in the backyard for Joseph to start growing some tomatoes.

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Once in a lifetime

Round 11: Days 51-55

last update/next update

The round didn't start out well for Brandon and Leontine. Mold had been discovered in the walls and had destroyed much of their furniture. They had to move out temporarily and rebuy most of their furniture.

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