An Odd Apocalypse *Updated June 1*

[B. Scirocco]

After a long hiatus, I felt inspired to get back into really playing again, even if it meant adding a new challenge to the list and bumping it to the top.
I'd thought of doing an Apocalypse challenge before I ever got the Sims 2, but after reading several other people's completed stories, was pretty intimidated by the task. However, I found a simpler version called the Space Oddity challenge here among the Sims 2 challenge rulesets. I made some changes to the rules, inspired by the Apoca-Borg, to make it more challenging and more like the original Apocalypse. Because it's between the Space Oddity and Apocalypse challenges, it's an Odd Apocalypse.

Here are the rules, for reference:

With that in mind, here's the tale of the Davis family.
Part One: Settling in and Slacking Off
Part Two: Failure to Plan Means Planning to Fail