Rumours were flying around fast, as was speculation for what caused the sudden temperature increase in Oasis Springs, as well as the sudden temperature decrease in Forgotten Hollow. Every forum, chat room or research website stated that it was the result of a new season tester. All any Sim could talk about were the temperature rises and falls that happened so suddenly, and what their theories were as to why this was going on like this all of sudden.
Every Sim in every world knew this was happening, as the News radio station and the Sim Daily News TV Channel were talking about it, going to the lengths of calling it suspicious supernatural activities, and telling Sims to stay indoors with their families and not go outside or to work or school until the situation that Simanity was in was confirmed to be safe enough to remotely step on their front doorstep.
Days went by and slowly curled into weeks, and weeks became months, but months didn't become years with no news,quite so soon as every Sim thought it was. Finally, it was Simtember the 3rd, and news had just broken of an impromptu rainstorm in Windenburg, and a blizzard in Forgotten Hollow, as well as miscellaneous rain showers in Magnolia Promenade and San Myshuno. The speculation, of course, was soon no more, as Simanity was experiencing what was dubbed 'weather' and, of course, 'seasons', which were happening naturally, without any need for Alien interference or any machine.
Months went slowly by as Sims were still forbidden from going a metre from their houses, but were allowed outdoors in their backyards, as a compromise. The situation was still not safe enough for Sims to go to the marketplaces, so Simgov were knocking on doors with bags of groceries for each household so the Sims in each household were able to cook some food and avoid death from starvation. Every Sim rose slowly out of bed each day, knowing that they would be unable to go to work, go clubbing, go to a public swimming pool, a spa or even a cafe in Newcrest for a romantic date, because Simgov had classed this situation as 'near fatal', and that was a big step.The most recent time a situation was classed 'near fatal' was when Goth Manor almost fully burnt down a few years ago, and even then, Cassandra and Alexander helped their family extinguish the flames, it had been a few days of work, the Goths temporarily moved to Brindleton Bay, their Manor was refurbished, renovated, and restored to it's former glory, while things slowly went back to the way they were before the fire happened, and all the Goth family was alive and well.
Sims from all over the Worlds discussed all possibilities of the potential 'seasons', but all Sims came to the same conclusion, and that was that in whatever world a Sim lived in, the 'weather' in said world would be a little bit, but still distinguishably, different. The toddlers, teens and children of Oasis Springs were happily playing under the sprinklers, the families of Forgotten Hollow were having ten-generation snowball fights, and small families with their first child in San Myshuno were stamping their rainboots in rain puddles. Willow Creek families were also experiencing this, except by diving into piles of leaves and doing a family harvest that had been done since great-great-great-great-great grandmother Goth was born.