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DISCLAIMER: I do not own MySims. All rights go to their respective owners.

I absolutely love Buddy. Best, MySims character, ever.

DING!

...DING DING!

...DING DING DING DING!

"Okay, hold on! I'm coming!" Buddy tripped over himself getting into the elevator.

On the other side on the lower floor, a young male sim looked rather nervous, shuffling his hands.

"Hiya, Sam." The hotel's bellhop noted the worried look in his eyes. "Something wrong, pal?"

"Buddy, I'm so glad to see you! There's an emergency in my old hometown that requires my talents. I've asked Rosalyn to take my place while I'm gone for the day, but she's going to be busy dealing paperwork the whole time. You're the only other sim I can trust to do this. Will you help me?"

"Huh...gee, pal, I'd love to, but I don't know how. I mean, you're the only one in MyTown who knows how to use those essence powers."

"Don't worry: Marlon gave me a book of spells as a reward for fixing his castle the other day. There's a spell in it that will temporarily transfer some of my powers to you."

"Will it work?"

Samuel pulled out the spell book from his backpack, and started flipping through the pages. When he found the right one, he read it out loud: "...Hocus Pocus, Alacazam. Abracadabra, ZIM ZOOM BAM!" Samuel recited dramatically, finishing by pointing at Buddy.

"...Nothing happened." Suddenly, blue, green, and orange sparkles surrounded him, before he was briefly enveloped in a white flashing light.

Satisfied, Samuel smiled and folded his arms.

"Wow." Buddy looked down at his hands. "Does this mean I have powers now?"

"Try them out."

After some focusing (and a brief re-decorating montage), the hotel was made to look just like a spaceship!

"Woah," Buddy looked around, amazed. "I did it!"

"Now, if you run out of essences, all you have to do is collect some more. The actions that come with them afterwards are pretty straightforward: you can find them at the bottom of the screen."

"Er, what screen?"

"Never mind. I have to go. I'll be back by tomorrow morning. Thanks for taking this on in such short notice."

"Sure thing, pal! Good luck!"

Essence builder for a day...I can take that on. How hard could it be? Buddy thought. Well, sure as heck he was about to find out!

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Samuel was originally Sam, a "genderless" sim because he was based off of the player, which could be either male or female. I've changed it so that he's male. You'll see why later.