1. Welcome to Day 4 of Will Stark’s Bachelor Challenge!
It’s been quite longer than I expected since my last update, so I’m going to turn it over to SimLily, Arthur, and Sabriel to catch us
up:

2. “Hello, everyone! It’s been an unexpected six—no, more than that—months since we last discussed Will’s progress in his Bachelor
Challenge. I kind of got caught up with stuff in our home universe.”
“Don’t talk about our home universe,” Sabriel said from the background.
“I’m not. I’m talking about this one. And you’re going to be talking about this one, too. I’ll need your help to recap the first three
days of the challenge.”

3. The first photo went up on the screen.
“Rhapsody Bohemian went home first,” Lily explained. “I sPll don’t get how she could possibly have a score of negaPve two.”
“Because she’s an incurable opPmist. Will’s pessimism might be curable, but as long as that goes on, Dee is just going to irritate
Will. It’s too bad,” Arthur said. “She might have been good for him.”

4. “WE GOT MARIELLE KICKED OFF!” Sabriel cheered. “We rule.”
“We didn’t really get her kicked off,” Lily pointed out. “Her own sense of enPtlement and her addicPon to the karaoke machine
were what did her in.”
“I’d sPll like to think it was us.” Sabriel sighed. “We at least had success against one Romance Sim with personality issues.”

5. “I thought Faye had a good chance at first,” Arthur said. “And I thought she was cool.”
“So did I. But aXer hosPliPes between her and Lilah escalated to full‐blown fighPng, I don’t think she wanted to be there
anymore.” Lily smiled. “You think Faye and Lilah are ever going to have the makeout session that they so clearly want to have?”
“Maybe. Depends on whether they can stop with the slapping,” Arthur said.

6. “Now, I’m going to do a run‐down of the four remaining bachelore]es, in order of lowest to highest scores,” Lily said.
“Sara Jones has the lowest score of the remaining bachelore]es. She spent the first day and a half playing catch with her fellow
bachelore]es, but started showing some interest in Will. Is it enough to stay in the game?

7. “Lilah Whedon only has a few points on Sara right now. She was one of the early frontrunners, but her feud with Faye has taken
her eyes off the prize. In addiPon, her zodiac sign is incompaPble with Will’s, which may be posing problems.

8. “Lulu Buccaneer has surprisingly jumped into second place aXer nearly being eliminated on Day 2. There’s never been any doubt
that she likes Will. However, their relaPonship score has always been higher on her end than his—and his end is the one that
counts.

9. “Finally, Elaine Goodytwoshoes has been in the lead ever since this challenge started. She is the only remaining three‐bolter, and
she’s had a good stalking strategy since the beginning. True love seems to be in her grasp—but the course of true love never did
run smooth. Is this going to be an excepPon?”

10. Lily looked around. “I think we’re ready to get started with Day 4. Unless any of you have anything to add?”
“I do,” Arthur said. “I’d like to start planning the post‐challenge party. There is going to be one, right?”

11. “Go for it. There should probably be a rocking party once this is over, and I don’t think either of us want to plan it. Right,
Sabriel?”
“Not me. This is up your alley, Arthur.”
“Great! Into the challenge!”

12. Sara appears to be swooning at the thought that she actually made it to the hot tub today.

13. Joining her are Lulu and Elaine, who don’t seem to like talking about spatulas any more than Sara does. Sorry, Will. You’re going
to have to come up with another Pme‐honored BC innuendo to discuss with these ladies.

14. “We can talk about sexy lamps.”

15. “Hey! You splashed me!” Will exclaimed. “You said you wouldn’t do that again!”
Elaine shrugged. “Hot tub. Playful points.”
“Right. I’m going to get you one of these days.”

16. “I guess he doesn’t care about sexy lamps, either.”

17. But there’s one thing Will always likes to talk about: kissing.

18. Meanwhile, Lilah can’t beat up Faye, so she eats some more. Somebody always bulks up in a BC because of all the turkey, and this
Pme, it’s her.

19. CONFESSIONAL!!1! from Lilah
I’m totally flashing everyone, aren’t I? Not that I mind that.

20. “I just derailed the conversaPon, didn’t I?”

21. “Apparently everyone gets immortality in Sara’s Apocalypse,” Lulu said. “I know in Sierra Plains, some people are immortal—like
me—but most aren’t.”

22. “InteresPng,” Will said. “Where I’m from, almost no one is immortal, except the townies and Simselves.” He stared off at the door
to the house for a moment. “Elaine, please tell me I’m not the only one in this hot tub who’s going to die?”

23. “I don’t know if I can help you there,” Elaine said. “The legacy that I’m from is almost over, so I’ll probably stay alive, too.”

24. If this had been the Apocalypse, Will probably would have brooded for a while over receiving this news. Instead, he brightened
up. “Got to enjoy living where I am, then,” he said. “One way I can think of that.”
“What?”

25. “Kissing!”

26. Lulu kicked off the post‐hot tub part of the compePPon with the first heardart.

27. Today, Lulu’s strategy involves gossiping about the compePPon to try to make herself look be]er:
“Did you hear about Lilah? She lost a fight, and she got fat!”
“Shut up. Shut up!”
“It’s true. You’ve seen her.”

28. Next was a game of punch you, punch me. I’m pre]y sure it took a lot of coercion before Elaine chose a platonic acPvity.

29. But Lulu hadn’t given up on her stalking. What’s more, she remembered that the official acPvity of the Stark family is pillow
fighPng.

30. Next up is a water balloon fight. In Winterfell, this is kind of suicidal. In Pleasantview, it’s not a problem.

31. But it might be kind of suicidal to play with Lulu. She seems to be trying to decapitate Will at every single game they play.

32. CONFESSIONAL!!1! from Sara:
Part of my swimsuit seems to be missing.
Sorry? Wasn’t thinking when I picked swimsuits?

33. Meanwhile, Elaine seems to have figured out that she’s hot. Good for her. You don’t need anyone to tell you that you’re pre]y.

34. Will tells her that anyway.

35. Lulu does not look amused by Will’s preference for Elaine.

36. Sara’s Popularity Sim is sPll showing as she carries on her conversaPon with Lulu comparing their respecPve apocalypses.

37. As for Lilah, she really isn’t herself, as proven by her total shock over catching Lulu showering. Yes, Lilah, the shower is for naked
Pme. Besides, seeing Lulu naked can’t be that traumaPc.

38. Lulu was first for interest‐sharing.
“Sexy lamps?”

39. “I’m a genie in a bo]le, baby…”

40. “Haha, I never thought I’d hear that song again. Have you been sleeping all right? I know I’m a mess if I don’t get my sleep.
You’ve all seen me higng up the coffee machine.”

41. “I have actually. AcPve points. They’re a great thing.”

42. Elaine is wondering if Will and Lulu are done talking yet.

43. But poor Lulu’s sPll worried about her place in the compePPon.

44. “Spatulas?”
Will, you were just shot down over that in the hot tub.

45. “I love spatulas. You can cook all kind of things with them!”

46. “Wait. I think that’s the first Pme someone hasn’t run away when I’ve told a spatula joke.”

47. “It’s kind of cute that you keep bringing them up,” Elaine said. “Besides, you know I like talking about food.”

48. Meanwhile, Lulu and Lilah had retreated to the library and confessional room.
“What can be so shocking about that?” Lilah remarked. “It’s not even one of the romance novels.”
“It’s Marielle’s un‐redacted confessional diary.” Lulu stared at it. “I had no idea that she was so messed up.”

49. Will conPnued his earlier discussion of food with Sara.
“All this ice cream talk is sounding really good. Want to give it a try once this challenge is over?”

50. “Sounds great!” Sara said. “I’d love to give it a try. It sounds great, and I’ve never had ice cream before. I guess now I could,
since my niece’s jerk of a husband liXed Culinary.”
“It’s great to get that out of the way, isn’t it?”

51. “It is,” Sara said. “Though I haven’t had to worry about them since I liXed mine. One of the perils of heirship.”

52. “True. We’ve only just reached the point where it’s safe to move out,” Will said. “My uncle got out of the house not too long
ago.”

53. When Will walked into the library to share interests with Lilah, he probably was not earning any points by heardarPng Elaine.

54. “Sexy lamps?” Will started, using the same opening that he had with Lulu.

55. “NO. I AM NOT INTERESTED IN LAMPS.” Lilah ended the conversaPon.

56. “Wow. What did I do wrong?” Will mu]ered.

57. I can’t blame Lilah for being cranky, though. AXer all this talk, she is sPll a virgin in this hood aXer four whole days.

58. CONFESSIONAL!!1! from Elaine:
I wonder how Rhapsody is doing? We would probably be good friends in some neighborhood or other.
Random confessional is random, but also accurate.

59. CONFESSIONAL!!1! from Lulu:
I had this odd dream where Will was a teddy bear and everyone else was one of those dolls from the li@le Will Lloyd Wright
dollhouses. I was sBll a human, though. I think. Anyway, that’s enough fussing over what that could possibly mean. It’s almost
Bme for flirBng.

60. CONFESSIONAL!!1! from Will:
Why do we have a chess set in this house? No one’s ever played chess on it. Is it flirBng Bme yet?

61. It was. AXer a sweet talk with Lulu, the two of them both got crush hearts for the other.

62. The next flirt was higng on Lulu. Whatever Will said, Lulu seemed to find it amusing.

63. Will was also disappointed at the low‐level tender kiss, but it’s best to save the higher‐level interacPons for later so that you can
actually build up to something.

64. Next up: Elaine. She started off with higher‐level interacPons because she had already accepted lower‐level ones.

65. Caresses can be a li]le risky, but Elaine accepts.

66. AXer kissing, they didn’t really want to say goodbye, but it was Pme for the next bachelore]e.

67. Will tried to brush Lilah’s hair out from where it was glitching through her face, but she pushed his hand away.

68. “Really? I’m the only guy—the only person in the mulPverse you’re not interested in?”
“Maybe I’d be interested. But this is all just a li]le too much monogamy for me,” Lilah said.

69. “What do you mean? We’re all Romance—well, except for Sara. I don’t need to get married. I just want to have fun.”

70. “I get having fun. If you wanted to just jump into the hot tub, I’d be up for that.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. But this isn’t fun.”

71. “Why not?” Will asked, reaching out to touch Lilah. “It could be.”
“No. It’s not.” She pushed him away. “It’s flirPng with everyone twice and kissing everybody once and jumping through one hoop
aXer another with this darn challenge. It’s trying to pretend you’re the only a]racPve person in this whole house. I think if you
want woohoo with somebody, you should just do it.”

72. “So this is it for you?” Will looked away from Lilah.
“Yeah.”

73. Will had some trouble gegng that encounter off his mind when Sara came in for flirPng.

74. But, like Elaine and Lulu, Sara did actually want to sPck around in the challenge.
“I know it didn’t seem like I was that into it for the first couple of days,” she said, “but I like you.”

75. More crush hearts aXer their kiss!

76. When Will and Sara came downstairs for brunch, the other three bachelore]es were all talking about Lilah.
“Is that true that she told you she wanted out?” Lulu asked.

77. “Yeah. Lilah’s going home today. Except if you’ve changed your mind,” Will said to her.

78. “No. I haven’t.” Lilah smiled. “But if you want a good Pme, call me. That goes for any of you.”

79. Day 4 scores:
Elaine: 147 (100/47, friends & crush)
Lulu: 137 (100/37, friends & crush)
Sara: 108 (75/33, friends & crush)
Lilah: 66 (33/33)