Hi Simblr, It's My Birthday Today! Virgo Supremacy! I Decided To Share One Of My Favorite Recolors I've

hi simblr, it's my birthday today! virgo supremacy! I decided to share one of my favorite recolors i've ever made (finally!!!). I sticker-ed up the City Living keyboard and added some other fun swatches. There is a functional version for use with the City Living EP, and a non functional deco version for both the floor and the wall! More info + download below the cut!

DETAILS:

This is a recolor of the keyboard that came with City Living, and the deco mesh separated by @pixlmonster. Unfortunately this means CL is required, I'm sorry! I was hoping the deco versions would work without CL but they do not. Mesh by pixlmonster is included.

There are 19 swatches. The first 6 are the more unique sticker-ed swatches, and some of my personal favorites. Swatches 7-11 are more patterned recolors, and the last 8 swatches are from @pictureamoebae's fluoro-pop collection. Sometimes you just need a neon pink keyboard, y'know?

You can see an unedited in game photo of all swatches right here (part one, part two, part three)

Custom thumbnails for the first swatch.

You can download a merged .package with the functional + deco versions, and they also come separated if you'd prefer to pick and choose.

CREDIT:

Thank you to pixlmonster for the liberated keyboard mesh and pictureamoebae for the fluoro-pop collection palette!

I'll be super honest: It's been a year since I first initially started this project and I didn't do a great job recording where I got all of the stickers used. I apologize. Some of them were in game assets already, found via petaluhsims' sticker sheets. Some were found via google/freepik and some came from other places that I'm sure I'm forgetting. I made the parental advisory + seattle grunge stickers on the first swatch myself. Simlish fonts were found via franzillasims' font masterpost. Thanks so much to all of the original sticker/pattern creators, all credit goes to them. I just compiled a bunch of stuff together.

thanks to sam @m0ckest for testing <3

here's an ugly GIF of all the swatches! I tried so hard to make it look better but alas. I have completely forgotten the art of GIF making. I still wanted to include it so y'all could see all of the swatches somewhat easily!

DL:

MERGED: SFS / MF

INDIVIDUAL: SFS / MF

Dina could feel her heart jump into her throat at the change in Cassie's tone, and the change in the conversation all together. This felt...different. She had come out to hang out with her friends but, it was almost starting to feel like she was on a date. Dina couldn't remember the last time she had actually been on a date, but holding Cassie's hands didn't feel like friendship to her and, the more puzzling thing was that it actually felt....right to her.

"Cassie.", Dina said, pulling her hands away from her friend, shifting on the bench as she cleared her throat. "Are you and Malcolm..."

"Malcolm is my friend.", Cassie said, letting out a soft sigh as she pushed her hair back behind her ear. "But, yes....Malcolm is my fiancé. The rumors are true. We're going to be married next month at this old church in Henford-on-Bagley where his parents were married. It's all done. It's been arranged since we were children."

Dina didn't know whether to be happy that she had figured it out, or if she should be sad that Cassie indeed was getting married. She thought she would be upset that she wouldn't have a chance to marry into the Landgraab family, but that wasn't what hurt her. She didn't want to lose Cassie, and that realization hit her hard; taking her breath away as she clutched her chest.

"I know you've got it in your head that you can marry Malcolm and all your problems will go away, but I would give up and move on, Di. Malcolm is not what you think he is and he wouldn't make you happy.", Cassie said, scrunching her fingers together as she stood up. "And at the end of the day, you deserve to be happy. We all do."

Dina felt like all her plans were falling apart, but she didn't know if that was a bad thing. Maybe this was the way things were supposed to turn out. If she couldn't get what she wanted from Malcolm, there had to be someone else out there. There had to be a way.

"Come on. I'll walk you home.", Cassie said, reaching out to offer Dina her hand again. Dina smiled, and took it, lost deep in her own thoughts as she let Cassie lead the way.

She really could follow her forever.

"How can you say that?", Cassie asked, as she motioned towards the giant meteorite in front of them. "Where di that come from then?"

"Who knows, but even if it did come from Sixam, " Dina replied, shrugging her shoulders, "I don't think aliens from another planet brought it here. It probably fell from the sky. Like a shooting star."

"You're probably right. The meteor activity around Oasis Springs is crazy! That's why you guys have that science lab here. I want to work there one day. That's why I came here. I'm trying to get an internship.", Cassie confessed, motioning towards the bench near them so that they could sit down.

"An internship? Why would you need to work?", Dina asked incredulously, finding it ridiculous that someone with as much as money as Cassandra Goth would even think about having a job. "If I was you, I would be planning to enjoy life after high school."

Cassie's brows furrowed as she went to push up her glasses on the bridge of her nose. "You guys don't have a lot of money, do you?"

Dina bit her bottom lip as she began to wring her hands. "No.", she said softly, shaking her head. "My mother works as a substitute teacher, and moonlights at a club. Up until recently, I had a job as a barista, and Nina was working as a nanny. We've all had to work to keep up with the house. After Papa left....things ran really tight."

Dina didn't know why she was talking to Cassie about any of this stuff. She had never really even admitted that her family wasn't wealthy. They lived in a big house; they brought clothing that was brand named and expensive. They lived above their means and they wanted that to continue. That was the whole reason Dina wanted to get in good with Malcolm; she wanted to marry rich and not have to worry about money for the rest of her life.

"I'm sorry. Are you...going to college?", Cassie asked, the nervousness in her voice as she asked Dina about her future was apparent to even Dina.

"Yes. I am. I don't know what for, but I have really good grades. I've always pushed myself for that.", she explained, picking at her clothing and avoiding looking at Cassie. "I know that I come off as this dumb blonde that doesn't know anything, but....it's all just an act."

"You don't have to be that way.", Cassie encouraged, reaching over to take her new friend's hand. "And, I think, you could probably do anything you set your mind too. You would be a lot happier if you would just be yourself. I promise you that."

Dina didn't really know what to think about everything Cassie was saying to her, and she also didn't like the way that it made her feel. She knew who she was, and she was content in the role that she had carved out for herself in life.

"It's getting dark. Why don't we head outside? You should be able to see the meteor shower from here!". Cassie said as she pulled her to her feet and drug her towards the front doors and outside.

"I could follow her around for the rest of my life.", Dina thought to herself, quickly pushing the thought to the back of her mind.

Malcolm laughed, but not a joyful laugh. There was a malicious edge to it; as thought what Dina had said was completely ridiculous.

"Do you think either of us would have ever had a choice in the matter?", He asked as he rose from the picnic bench and began making his way slowly towards her. "My life has been decided for me ever since my elder brother decided that he wanted to abandon his family and fortune to chase his own selfish desires. The minute he rejected the arrangement between Cassie and him all those years ago, I knew it would fall on my shoulders to fill."

Dina had always heard the rumors that there was an elder Landgraab brother that had changed his name and had been disinherited from the family fortune, but she had never known that it was true. She had only thought it was a rumor. And furthermore, to learn that it had been this elder brother that had originally been arranged to marry Cassie, someone who was likely much younger than him at the time, made her sick to her stomach. It was as though the Goth's and the Landgraabs were stuck in medieval times, and it didn't sit right with Dina. Dina might not have believed in love, but to be robbed of ever finding it for herself? Cassie must have been going through hell.

"It's not the 1800s. Arranged marriages are a thing of the past.", Dina said incredulously, crossing her arms as she began to back away from Malcolm. She didn't like how he was approaching her and she was trying her best to keep her backdoor towards her; in case she had to run inside to escape Malcolm's infamous temper.

"Not when you're rich, sweetheart. How do you think the rich stay rich? We don't marry those that have less money than us. We marry to gain more assets. The Goth's control Willow Creek, and we control Oasis Springs. If we were to merge our families together, we would have both towns in our grasp. And my mother will not stop until we have secured our future.", he replied, an almost defeated tone to his voice as his hand reached out to grab hold of her elbow. He pulled her body towards him, securing her in place so that she couldn't escape.

Dina felt her cheeks flushed as his words whispered in her ear. It was true. She had always wanted Malcolm Landgraab, but not for who he was. But, here he was, offering to make an arrangement with her, and she wasn't sure that she could turn him down. She didn't want to make an enemy out of the Landgraabs; especially if she was trying to make a name for herself in this town.

"I have plenty to offer you, Malcolm.". Dina said softly, as his hands began to travel over her body.

"I can see that.", he said, chuckling as he released her, stepping away. "We can discuss this later. Just remember what I said. If you do anything to ruin Cassie's reputation before the engagement is announced, I will ruin you. Understand?"

She nodded her head, feeling her heart beating in her chest as he slunk his way off to the gate without saying a word.

ok i tried these edit fat morphs and i have some thoughts! they can all be summed up as ARF ARF ARRRRRF RRR RRRR ARGFHH RR RRGG BARK BARK HRRR HRRR BARK BARK

20 YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIMS 2 September 14, 2004, dev. Maxis