Valicertine's Day Everyone

I'm holding off on the "happy" because, well, it wasn't really -- I once again spent more time than I would have liked cleaning my room (thanks to getting a late start and getting interrupted a few times -- ended up taking from 11 AM to 3:15 PM, though that was with a break for lunch shortly after 1 PM); my parents were having a hard time with the taxes this morning which didn't do much for anyone's moods; and Dad ended up having a really bad day with his stomach and intestines and whatnot -- he couldn't eat dinner tonight, and ended up throwing up bile later on. *sighs* Not a good time at all. But I managed to fit in a few Valicer-related things:

I. I wore my Valicer hoodie for a decent portion of the day, with one of my Valice shirts underneath it for maximum Valentine's Day power

II. My Victor Luvs Alice (N Smiler) queue went up without incident, and I enjoyed looking at my Valicertines and bonus image again

III. I rewatched a couple of my old Sims 4 videos featuring the Chill Valicer trio -- specifically, the one I took of Victor hosting a seance, and the one where Smiler was telling Victor and Alice a story during their Chestnut Ridge SimCity Founding trip

IV. I watched a trio of short clips of their respective canons tonight -- Alice complaining to Cheshire that he'd better not bully her as she was very much on edge after first arriving back in Wonderland in Alice: Madness Returns (with him retorting, "Purrfect -- when you're not on edge, you're taking up too much space"); Victor apologizing to Emily right before the piano duet in Corpse Bride (cutting off right before he explained how the day had not gone at all according to plan); and an unused commercial spot for The Smiler coaster (simply highlighting how the 14-inversion coaster was now finally open -- possibly it was designed for one of the earlier opening dates, not the actual one)

V. And I reread some Valicer fanfic -- notably, two of my Valicer In The Dark short stories, and two of my Modern AU short stories

So that was all right. But I'm going to have to add in the other main accomplishment of the day -- playing some more Fallout: New Vegas and taking down the Powder Gangers -- tomorrow, because It's 2:14 AM here and I am SO FUCKING TIRED. *facepalm* So I'm dragging myself to bed. Watch this space! EDIT: 2/15/2026: Back again, here's the write-up of the Adventures Of Courier Victor:

Fallout: New Vegas: I may have gotten to it much later than I wanted due to how long it took me to clean my damn room (and then I had to pause for a few minutes right at the start to deal with some cuts opening up on my fingers thanks to how dry and cold it’s been, which was a pain in the ass), but I did get back to the adventures of Courier Victor today, and I did have him fight the Powder Gangers! A little, anyway – here’s how things went:

A) I picked up with Victor just outside Ringo’s gas station hideout, preparing to talk to him and kick off the fight against the Powder Gangers – but, before he did that, I had him head down the road to the Prospector’s Saloon again to see if Sunny Smiles was there. Reason? I was curious to see if Victor could somehow “report back” to her about the progress on the optional quest objectives – like, say “Trudy’s agreed to help us” or “I convinced Chet to lend everyone some leather armor.” Sadly, there wasn’t, though Sunny did at least have a nice quest-specific conversation intro line when Victor went to talk to her – “I'll keep an eye out for the Powder Gangers and meet up with you and Ringo when the time comes.” So Victor at least knew she was doing her part! *thumbs up* And while there was no way to talk more about the quest with her, I was able to have Victor broach another topic – namely, the fact that he was a little short on caps, and would appreciate it if she told him if there was any work to be had in town. She admitted there wasn’t, but then added, “But if you're up for a little scavenging, there's always the schoolhouse. Most of what's in there is junk, but there's this old safe that even Easy Pete wasn't able to crack with dynamite. If you want to take a shot at it, take these” –

And handed Victor a free Locksmith’s Reader (aka the lockpicking skill magazine) and some bobby pins (I believe four? I didn’t see the exact number, but that would line up with how many bobby pins Victor ended up having at the end of his adventures)! Nice! Though Victor was a little confused at first, judging by his dialogue options – “A magazine on locksmiths?” Sunny explained that, if the lock proved too hard for him, reading that could give him the edge he needed to crack it – and when he asked about the bobby pins, explained that they were for picking the lock itself – “Be careful, though – put too much pressure on them and they'll snap.” Victor was quite grateful and said that he’d take a look once he got a chance, and Sunny sent him on his way with “Always happy to help someone down on their luck” –

And a note, basically summarizing everything they just talked about and what she gave him to help him out. Much like how Victor got a note from Trudy about fixing her radio after offering to take a look at it. I guess this is the game’s way of helping the player keep track of stuff they might want to do but which doesn’t have an official quest attached? *shrug* All right then.

( I mean, these always get long, what do you expect? )

*nods* There we go. Hopefully the next time I play I can get the write-up done in one day!