Stories / Lakeview Prosperity #2 - Round 1, Benson
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Here is my second prosperity family, the Bensons, headed by pleasure sim Ray.

The Bensons, elder Ray, child Austin and toddler Taylor, have moved to Lakeview Village. The childrens' parents have mysteriously disappeared, so Ray is left to care for his grandchildren.

Here is my second prosperity family, the Bensons, headed by pleasure sim Ray.

The Bensons, elder Ray, child Austin and toddler Taylor, have moved to Lakeview Village. The childrens' parents have mysteriously disappeared, so Ray is left to care for his grandchildren.
 One of the neighbours, Rosalie Karakos welcomes the family, and takes a shine to Austin. One of the local gearheads, Christian Love, is also there to greet the family. He gets on well with Ray, and promises to let everyone else know what a cool guy he is.

Ray has reached the time of his life where he had hoped to retire, and lead a life of pleasure. He could happily spend his days juggling mugs if he had his choice. As it is, he's left with two young children, who are certainly a handful. Ray figures he'd better do the right thing, and teach Taylor how to walk.

With no income, Ray gets himself a part time job in the culinary career track.
 Luckily Austin is a huge help. He's happy to do some cleaning, and also loves playing with his younger brother. Exhausted most of the time, Ray tends to use the 'activity table as babysitter' method of childrearing. Taylor in particular takes a shine to the blocks. He shows such an early inclination towards tinkering, that the local mechanics club offers him membership, even though he's only a toddler! Things are tough for Ray though. With his time spent looking after the children, he is unable to pursue his own interests, and can barely take care of his own needs. He's so miserable, he wakes up with nightmares.
 Austin would like some help with his homework, but Ray is too crabby. Austin muddles through as best as he can. It's hard to get good marks this way.
 The boys have an electronic car which Ray constantly trips over. He decides to give that newfangled machine a shot. To his surprise, he discovers he loves it, and spends much of his time watching the car zip around the loungeroom. With a bit of R&R, and a promotion at work, Ray is in a much better mood. He helps Austin out with his study. Austin can now complete his homework much more quickly, and his grades begin to improve at school. Rosalie is keen to become friends, and calls up Ray often. It's been a lot of hard work, but Ray has finally potty trained Taylor, and taught him how to walk!
 Being a shy 'un, Taylor doesn't want a birthday party. Ray is normally the type to throw a party for any minor occasion, but he's too exhausted to care. He orders a cake, and the boys have a late night celebration of Taylor's growing up well. Ray discovers the good ole bubble blowing, and purchases a machine, which now takes up much of the lounge. Ray spends much of his time giggling and floating away.

Unfortunately, so does the nanny, Kendall Lawson. She spends much of her time floating, instead of caring for the kids.

With more time to himself now that Taylor is older, Ray decides to do something productive with his time, and studies Lifelong Happiness. The combination of these techniques with the bubbles is blissful. Taylor takes to school better than Austin does. He gets an A+ quickly, and also makes 1st percussion chair in the school band.

A bit more of the jock than Taylor, Austin discovers how much he loves sports. He convinces his brother to spend some of their saturday morning tossing a football. Ray spends his Saturday on a date with Jill Smith, a member of the gardening club he met at the shops. He takes her out to Marco's Dining to share a lovely meal.
 There's some swing music playing, so Ray leads Jill to the dancefloor. During the course of the date, a crush develops. It's a dream date! Meanwhile, Austin would like a pet. There's not much spare money to buy or adopt one, but Austin is determined. He meets a stray dog Asta. A few treats, and she's running into the house, ready for some belly scratches.

After a while, Asta runs off, but Austin hopes that she will return soon. With Ray not being a terribly hands on carer, the kids are often left to their own devices. Even when the nanny is there while Ray's at work, she doesn't spend much time with them. That's okay. The boys love spending time drawing, and like having the run of the house to themselves. Ray invites Nancy Shaw, the host from Marco's, over on Saturday night after work. They stay up into the wee hours blowing bubbles. As always, the best ideas emerge when floating. Ray is annoyed that in spite of a promotion, his wages for his part time job are so low, that they don't even cover the nanny's fees. He talks with Nancy about his love of restaurants, and she suggests he begins writing Restaurant Guides professionally! Ray is stoked with this idea. Much better than working at the fast food drive-through. Keen on his sports, Austin convinces the family to go to the Rec Centre. The boys shoot some hoops...
 ... and skate themselves silly. It may have been a bubble induced idea, but Ray is taken with the idea of writing restaurant guides. He sits down in front of the computer, and writes away. Ray also subscribes to the Cuisine magazine, so that he can do a bit of background research. Not keen on the idea of quitting his day job right away, he calls into work pretending to be sick. Fortunately his boss buys it.

Even more fortunately, the publishers buy the restaurant guide. The reviewers really aren't that thrilled with it, and royalties aren't that high compratively, but Ray doesn't care. He has earned much more money than he can at his part time job, has more fun doing so, and can work from home, so he doesn't have to pay for the nanny.
 To celebrate, he hosts a party, and invites Nancy and Rosalie over. It's a great party, but he's not too sure about Nancy. He'll probably keep the acquaintance, as it's handy to be friends with the restaurant host, but the chemistry isn't really the best between them.

Lakeview Prosperity #2 - Round 1, Benson

May 26, 2011 by asmodel
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