The population is declining

Out of 24 (regularly played) households in Pleasantview, I’ve killed off four, and of a further 6 households in Pleasantview’s Bluewater village, I’ve killed off another two (including the Kims).

The Goth house is empty for the first time.

I locked the bathroom just before Varulf joined his mother.  I thought he may as well stay there.

They laughed at each other falling asleep standing up.

Varulf’s wife, Janette, left with one of the twins, Mahogany.  She headed to the Dongles in Bluewater village.  The Dongles were elderly spinsters who specialise in “orphans”.

Meanwhile, Blanca was being ignored.

The repo man came…

One down, three to go…

Varulf was the next to go and then his father, Lucius.

That left Blanca alone…

but not for long.

Unfortunately, while Janette was drowning in the Dongles’ pool, the Dongle sisters didn’t take good enough care of Mahogany who was taken away by the social worker anyway.  Damn.

Other households were killed by a combination of starvation, fire and drowning and a couple of death by flies.

In Bluewater village I had a girl dive in the pool (there was no ladder).  With no interference on my part, everyone else followed.

So the pool had the girl and two adults (including Janette’s father) plus two passers by, one of whom had just been given the family dog.  I’ll have to rescue her another time.

Also killed off was Dwight Pleasant and his wife (who happened to be Janette’s sister).

Although the Pleasant and Goth family homes are now empty, that’s not the end of the line.  Other Pleasant and Goth branches survive but effectively they end here.

Postscript:

The Goth twins were adopted by Cedar Greenwood but they drowned in the pool.  Cedar also drowned.  His widow moved out.  As well as Cynthia and Robert Kim (who died in a fire) their son and grandson, Justin and Jason, drowned in a pool.  Widow, Melisande, moved back to the Huntingdon family home.

I’ve now got the active households to a more manageable 22.