Bluewater Village - Intro

 
Bluewater Village

Population: 9 Families
Career Focus: Business Owners, Adventurer, Thriving Bohemian Interest.
Seasons: Autumn/Winter/Spring/Summer

 

Your classic seaside town, Bluewater Village lures you in with its beach and swallows you whole in its independent tea rooms, arcades, old fashioned sweet stores, gift shops, clubs, and an ever growing variety of other shops. Most people who actually live in town own their own business, or live above it. It isn’t the kind of town you commute out of, not when there’s only one road (country lane) out of town that’s already choking with traffic. 

 

 

Like most seaside towns it has an extremely popular railway connection. The bridge just past Bluewater Village’s railway station, passing close to the sheer cliff-face with a view of the water and lighthouse, was voted one of Sim Nation’s most beautiful bridges in Build Mode Monthly. 

 

 

However, beneath the veneer of tourism, Bluewater Village has a muddy history. The numerous sharp rocks standing vigil over the beach, as well as the intimidating cliffs, meant it was never going to be suitable as a large port. For some smaller vessels, however, with an experienced crew who knew the water and the seas like the back of their hands, who were accustomed to sudden maneuvers… it was a haven. The pirate ships alone could navigate in and out of the bay with ease. Though today it tries to hide its history beneath ice-cream parlors, everybody knows Bluewater Village used to be a hub for pirates. Though Bluewater is remembered today for the work of the Landgraab family and its rich community of independent businesses, local legends insist that pirates still lurk in the caves around the cliffs. Or, if not pirates, then surely their ghosts. 

 

 

Pirate activity, thought to be on the decline, has spiked again recently. Belladonna Cove, always quick to undermine the hub of independent, family-run businesses and promote big chains (Or so Bluewater locals say…) has been pointing the blame at the town. Bluewater Village finds itself caught between its past and its present of legitimate business.

Teatherton Family Bios

 

Alexandra Teatherton

Personality: Gemini, 4 / 7 / 7 / 3 / 4, Fitness Hobby

Aspiration / Secondary: Popularity / Knowledge (Wants to EXPLORE!)

LTW: Be The Best Pirate Ever Damnit

Degree: History
 

Alex couldn’t take living a lie anymore, and it all came out a little… explosively. Now she’s living the life she always dreamed of, and her dearest value is that these days she’s always authentic and honest. (Honest to a fault of rudeness some, who don’t know her intentions, would say.) She’s never felt so free. The seas are her backyard, she’s revitalizing Bluewater Village’s legendary old pirate scene, and on top of all that she might just ‘get the girl’. Perfect, right?

 

So why does she flinch when the telephone rings?

 

Ramirez Family Bios

 

What’s a sim to do when they’ve climbed the class ladder up to the sophisticated hills of Bluewater Village, and settled themselves firmly on a border between the upper crust and the wannabes? Scratch and claw your way over that border and bury the dead body of your wannabe past in the back garden, obviously. When they’re not bringing home the money and buying as much pretentious llamadung as they can for the house, Checo and Lisa are often found focusing their attention on Tessa. She’s the next generation after all, set to build on the foundation they lay. So of course she needs admission to private school.

 

Lisa Ramirez

Personality: Capricorn, 7/2/2/6/8, Tinkering Hobby

Aspiration/Secondary: Knowledge/Fortune

LTW: Become Chief of Staff

Degree: Biology

It’s not that Lisa doesn’t like the furniture shop, it has funded her exquisite taste in decor with almost minimal effort, but… she didn’t get that biology degree for kicks, and she doesn’t exactly live for working the shop floor while Checo restocks and fumbles with the cash register. Why does she have to sell to the customers? She’s the one who gets nervous around people. Now that she’s needed less around the shop and home, she’s excited to get her career off the ground. She only hopes that her role in the shop becomes even more obsolete when Tessa grows up to take her place on the team. Checo will be fine, it’s not like he ever really has time for her these days…

 

Checo Ramirez

Personality: Aquarius, 3/6/5/4/6, Arts Hobby

Aspiration/Secondary: Fortune/Family

LTW: Become Business Tycoon

Degree: Economics

Checo is obsessed with the furniture store, and still that’s an improvement over how conjoined he used to be with the damn place. Since Tessa was born she’s been his number one concern. A loving father and a dutiful mentor, Checo is grateful to have such an enthusiastic heir to his foundations. Personally though, he’s sensitive about his place in society, self-conscious about being ‘self-made’, and self-critical to a fault. If he’s not advancing he’s not happy. His fixation on his business, money, and how people look at him has slowly been driving a wedge between him and Lisa.

 

Tessa Ramirez

Personality: Aries, 5/7/5/4/4, Music Hobby

A musical and business prodigy in the making, Tessa is a little… too aware of her potential. Her parents’ big aspirations, their praise, the tutoring they paid for, as well as the perks and pitfalls of being an only child, have matured her quickly. She’s smart, capable, and has somehow managed to give off the aura of a successful CEO before graduating elementary school. Children are exhausting. At least her dad adores her. She knows kids aren't supposed to have a favourite parent, but she has a complex ranking of her parents complete with charts. Checo has been number 1 since the day she started keeping it.