It seemed like only a week ago when I was finishing my degree, but now here I am - the newest investigative reporter of the Apocalyptic Gazette.
My needs at the moment are modest, and it as well that it is so, for the WRN visits me twice as often as humans. They say it is because I am very productive. I say it is racism. But I am gradually expanding my bunker to have a new floor underneath it; I hope to place cribs and other beds for my eventual cubs.
GAZ NOTE: Yeah, 2 promotions in a week is nothing to brag about - when I'm really playing optimally I aim for 3. But it is difficult to consistently do this without being able to ask for promotions; however, if I use the weekend productively to interview Sims and then give them bad reviews I should be in good shape to get to level 9 by the end of the second week.
One trick with werewolves - if you're not sleeping, you should always be in werewolf form. Not only is there a modest moodlet, but much more importantly if you are in human form and your mood drops, the sim will drop whatever they are doing and transform. Best to be in werewolf form already so that doesn't happen - of course, not when you're sleeping though, because werewolves only get 50% energy recovery.
As it happens I timed this nicely - the Friday is my first full moon since returning from Uni (I have it set to a 10 day cycle), which means I'll have plenty of time to recover energy.
I progressed rapidly, my unflinching willingness to write bad reports of everyone I interviewed serving me well; with my natural charm I could quickly convince anyone to consent to an interview - I even threw in a couple of jokes - and then once I knew their deepest secrets, I published them. It's true that I lost a lot of friends this way, but they are after all merely humans, and the paper sales went through the rood. I think I must have paid for diamond studded swimming pools for the WRN during this time, with all the savings they took from me, but I was able to squirrel away a little to gradually construct a lower floor to the bunker. I also became very adept at fixing the useless typewriter they gave me - the College of Reusing Advanced Publishers honoured me as an Electrician because of it.
I missed the screen shots - both of them - but at the end of the second week Buffy is an Editor-in-Chief (Journalism 9) with a basically full job bar - she cannot possibly miss the last promotion - and she also got the Comedian challenge. "Comedian?" you ask, "but Politics prevents Funny!" It does - but it does not restrict Tell Joke, which Charismatic Sims get early. I throw in a couple of jokes for each new Sim I meet, and you get to 100 eventually that way.
The next important goal is to get some sort of writing income going so that she can give up work after lifting Journalism. I start off with a few children's books, as they have a pretty good profit per page. You could reasonably argue that masterpieces would be better, as they would give bonus points, but you only get 6 payments no matter what. Since I lose all my cash every Monday forever, it is better to have lots of moderately profitable books than a few very profitable books - and besides, there are only 10 points available there, I have plenty of time to get those points.
Years passed as if they were but days, and in what seemed only a couple of weeks since graduation, I was now the star new anchor of Apocalyptic Gazette And Other Media. My editorial on the need for the world to come together was very well received - labour unions, libraries, and knowledge centres began to come together. It was time for me to start looking for a father for my cubs.
Journalism lifted. I grab the Acclaimed Author LTR (since she also fulfilled her LTW, and there's nothing else she can spend it on). Next chapter, we'll start the process of bringing in the next generation.
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