Apr. 27th, 2020 12:57 pm
Chapter 5.1: Awkward Turtle
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avaricesims Welcome back to the Legend legacy! In the last chapter we finally wrapped up Generation 4 with the announcement Neith would be our Generation 5 heiress. Can you believe we're over halfway through this legacy? This is the farthest I've ever gotten in any legacy. It's only taken four years so far.
Darrel and Sekhmet would like to open this chapter by announcing, via synchronised singing, that Winterfest has rolled around again!
Neith: Cleopatra, what's with the wailing?
Cleopatra: don't look at me, that was your oldest sister.
We interrupt your usual programming for a very important announcement. On the morning of Winterfest, Rohe grew up! And wait just one second...are those pink eyes...?
They are! They can be inherited! Rohe grows up very very very cute, with an already apparent mixture of her parent's genetics. Also, she's a Spellcaster! I didn't know anything about the game pack so I didn't know they could inherit the Spellcaster occult status. Darrel had the strong bloodline trait, too, so wee Rohe has ancient bloodline because apparently a human mother doesn't matter, only the Spellcaster bloodline is important. She also rolled Independent for her toddler trait. So we have a tiny, very powerful witch on our hands! On the one hand I am so sad I won't get to play her, but on the other I really, really don't want to do spellcasters at this point, so I feel like my decision of Neith was the right one.
Okay, we can get back to Winterfest now that we have a cute toddler to participate. You will be relieved to note that Sekhmet's boobs are no longer in danger of swallowing everything in their vicinity.
Darrel was once again responsible for the cooking, and I was once again responsible for amusing myself having my Sims gift each other random shit already in their inventories. Bruno received a common dirt frog from Sekhmet. Sekhmet received a common plumbing upgrade part from Bruno. Merry Winterfest!
This year we got a different bloke dressed up as Father Winter, and he was a severe downgrade on Clement from last year. He made a beeline for the shower after appearing by the fireplace.
He then dressed like a regular old man instead of Father Winter, which pissed Bruno right off as he really wanted to ask for a better present than a frog.
The only option Bruno had was to fight him for presents, which he did and won. The rest of the family had no options related to Father Winter at all. Luckily they still managed to fulfill the rest of the objectives and that was enough for a good Winterfest.
Rohe is sad because Father Winter was a fraud and she got given peanut butter and jelly instead of ham dinner. Rude.
Makes a pretty good airplane though.
Then, once released fromtoddler prison the highchair, she stumbled upon a giant pile of presents she was very impressed by.
Gratuitous cute toddler in her jimjams opening a Winterfest present.
Then Darrel finally met his daughter and read her to sleep at the end of Winterfest night. Precious.
Neith: you know, Mum, given I'm the heiress this chapter sure is heavy on Sekhmet and her family.
I know, I know. I really did have a hard time picking this time around so Sekhmet is kind of the star of this chapter. I promise Neith will get her time too though.
Sekhmet: welcome home from work, baby. Speaking of babies, I'm pregnant again!
Darrel: what?! Don't you know how upsetting and traumatising this whole process is for ME? I was barely able to bring myself to meet our first daughter like four hours ago!
Sekhmet is undeterred, and Rohe is so cute, why wouldn't you want another?
I mean, look at her. Also can confirm, the red hair inheritance seems to mean any of the three red shades. Rohe here has the lightest, Sekhmet has the middle tone, and Loki had the darkest.
And lest you think motherhood has led Sekhmet to forget about her cat, nope - every whim she rolls is related to Cleopatra.
Rohe is universally adored in this house. Bruno pitches in on granddad duty a lot, despite not being any biological relation to Rohe.
Okay okay, back to our heiress. Note that Neith has been exercising a lot and has really slimmed down. She's still deliciously curvy, and she's looking amazing now in my opinion.
Gah just look how insanely pretty she is. Eric asked her on a date to Chez Llama and naturally I couldn't refuse.
He couldn't take his eyes off her.
Lovely eyes they are, too. I am very fond of your genetics, Mr Watanabe, very fond indeed.
Would you just look at lovely Neith - from wild parties in her youth, to sophisticated dinners and red wine in young adulthood.
In between playing tonsil hockey with his girlfriend, Eric agreed to join the household, which has once again burgeoned to over eight Sims if you include Cleopatra and Sekhmet's pregnancy. So even though he DID agree in game, it took a bit of MC wrangling to make actually happen, and he didn't bring any money. Boo. Overall, though, a very successful date!
Eric still loves the outdoors and is a bro, and his YA trait was apparently Family-Oriented. So really, he's a tip top choice for Generation 5 spouse! He had the Good Vampire aspiration and there is NO WAY that is happening, so I exerted controller privileges and changed it to Freelance Botanist. This is one I already completed with Gaia so it's not really cheating, and it fits his love of the outdoors. I also signed him up to the Gardener career path.
Back home...
Aliens: Bruno, you are now mere days away from your elderhood. We shall make one more attempt at impregnation while you are still in peak physical condition.
GAH. That makes four abductions of Bruno. No other Sim was ever abducted more than once!
In saner and less mpreg fanfic news, Neith and Eric stole off to be on their own at a cute cafe in Windenberg. They were chatting flirtily by the fireplace and all was going nicely...
Until this random lady butted in and ruined the cute vibe of their conversation. It was New Year's by this time, so after some quick toasting, they moved downstairs.
And were getting all steamy once more, only for ANOTHER Sim to butt into their conversation, turning it from suggestive to very awkward.
Fine. Whatever. I gave up on the idea of a romantic cafe proposal. Where could they go for some privacy? Bastet got engaged at Island Bluffs, so I didn't want to send them there. However, the chalet they once partied at as teenagers is very large and usually not busy! I sent them ALL THE WAY to the back, where I didn't realise but it's actually set up for a wedding...
Only for this absolute random to follow them all the way down there and butt into their conversation. By this point I was apoplectic with rage and had Neith perform her only mean interaction of her life, and ask this stupid woman to fuck off.
EA, it's a giant pain in the arse that romantic conversations turn awkward if someone joins in. I get that this is realistic and would be fine with it, but STOP MAKING EVERY OTHER SIM ON THE LOT IRRESISTIBLY DRAWN TO THE CONVERSATION.
Ahem. Back to Neith and Eric, who are finally alone in this gorgeous frozen winter wonderland.
With the awkwardness removed, Eric is soon sweeping Neith off her feet. Literally.
And even though the weather is gloomy and the lighting a little grey, this seems perfect for Neith - our gloomy heiress - as Eric proposes.
She says yes, naturally. A legacy heiress needs a legacy spouse!
They are a delightful couple <3
And they get home just in time to join the rest of the family, including a very pregnant Sekhmet, for the New Year's Eve countdown.
New year! Guys, if you buy no other expansion pack, buy seasons. The weather adds such a core element of realism to the game, it's just so much more interesting than the endless summer of pre-Seasons. And the holidays are a lot of fun - just enough of a challenge to be worth it without being overwhelming.
Rohe: ah, my furry nemesis in the fight for my mother's affection and attention.
Loki: don't sweat it kid, I'm everyone's favourite.
Loki swung by and met his granddaughter!
And then he asked Bruno out on a date to Chez Llama, and even though Chez Llama appears to be the only place my Sims want to go, I could hardly say no to that, could I?
Bruno: *stomach glowing weirdly* I don't feel so good.
Me: *groaning* Goddamnit, they got you this time.
Bruno: Got me? Not sure what you mean. Let's go, Loki!
Just sitting down at a table with his very much in-denial husband was enough to get Loki flirty.
Though he had to take a quick break to haunt the screen, which can be seen floating gently behind his empty chair if you look closely. This caused Bruno to be "startled by a ghost" which...oh, honey. We definitely don't keep you around for your brains, do we?
Aliens: fortunately we don't need those, just his excellent physical genetics and a constitution well-suited to carrying our forcibly-implanted spawn.
Yeah yeah, stop gloating.
Startled-ness aside, Bruno is delighted to get his hands back on Loki, and they end the night with the confusing combination of relationships of deceased spouse, sweethearts, and boyfriends. Okay then.
After Bruno's date, I am back in the household only just in time for Sekhmet's birth - there's no time for the hospital, no doubt to Rohe's everlasting horror.
Then Sekhmet put the baby down, waddled for the bathroom, peed herself three feet from the toilet (no, I'm not joking), and Eric autonomously swooped in to feed the new arrival. Family-oriented Sim for the win!
Meet baby Arohirohi, Aro for short. Who is another girl. Is my game borked? That's seven girls in a row, not even considering all the girls born to extended Legend family members. Anyway, Aro is named for the Maori Goddess of mirages and shimmering heat, and we'd better start having boys soon because there are far fewer Maori goddesses than gods and naming could become a problem for Neith's children.
I'm not going to lie, I considered keeping Sekhmet and Darrel around until Aro became a toddler, just to see what she looks like and if she's a spellcaster too. But really, it was time to move them on - it can be a surprise one day in the future. So Sekhmet gathered her family...
...and made the call to Gemma Charm, Darrel's sister who still lives in the family home in Glimmerbrook. Where better for at least one young witch to grow up? Gemma is now married with a baby but there was still space for Sekhmet, Darrel, Rohe, Aro, and of course Cleopatra to join them.
On the plus side, I found the babies in these charming fairy-like cribs when Sekhmet and family arrived. On the downside, while Gemma's baby was safely ensconced in a bedroom, Aro was zapped all the way to the very edge of an entirely different lot. Do you see those very faint lights in the distance? That is the house she SHOULD have been transported to. Sekhmet can walk all the way down here to care for her, but with Sekhmet and Darrel's tenuous grasp of freewill, I am no longer confident this child will survive to toddlerhood.
Oh well! You roll the dice and hope, I suppose.
And that brings us to the end of another chapter. Our heiress got engaged, Bruno was abducted AGAIN and this time is with child, and Sekhmet finally moved out with her two daughters and her cat, to live in relative peace in sparedom. We're down to just four Sims in the family again, which is a nice break, though no doubt another alien baby will spice things back up again. Tune in next time to see how Bruno copes!
Darrel and Sekhmet would like to open this chapter by announcing, via synchronised singing, that Winterfest has rolled around again!
Neith: Cleopatra, what's with the wailing?
Cleopatra: don't look at me, that was your oldest sister.
We interrupt your usual programming for a very important announcement. On the morning of Winterfest, Rohe grew up! And wait just one second...are those pink eyes...?
They are! They can be inherited! Rohe grows up very very very cute, with an already apparent mixture of her parent's genetics. Also, she's a Spellcaster! I didn't know anything about the game pack so I didn't know they could inherit the Spellcaster occult status. Darrel had the strong bloodline trait, too, so wee Rohe has ancient bloodline because apparently a human mother doesn't matter, only the Spellcaster bloodline is important. She also rolled Independent for her toddler trait. So we have a tiny, very powerful witch on our hands! On the one hand I am so sad I won't get to play her, but on the other I really, really don't want to do spellcasters at this point, so I feel like my decision of Neith was the right one.
Okay, we can get back to Winterfest now that we have a cute toddler to participate. You will be relieved to note that Sekhmet's boobs are no longer in danger of swallowing everything in their vicinity.
Darrel was once again responsible for the cooking, and I was once again responsible for amusing myself having my Sims gift each other random shit already in their inventories. Bruno received a common dirt frog from Sekhmet. Sekhmet received a common plumbing upgrade part from Bruno. Merry Winterfest!
This year we got a different bloke dressed up as Father Winter, and he was a severe downgrade on Clement from last year. He made a beeline for the shower after appearing by the fireplace.
He then dressed like a regular old man instead of Father Winter, which pissed Bruno right off as he really wanted to ask for a better present than a frog.
The only option Bruno had was to fight him for presents, which he did and won. The rest of the family had no options related to Father Winter at all. Luckily they still managed to fulfill the rest of the objectives and that was enough for a good Winterfest.
Rohe is sad because Father Winter was a fraud and she got given peanut butter and jelly instead of ham dinner. Rude.
Makes a pretty good airplane though.
Then, once released from
Gratuitous cute toddler in her jimjams opening a Winterfest present.
Then Darrel finally met his daughter and read her to sleep at the end of Winterfest night. Precious.
Neith: you know, Mum, given I'm the heiress this chapter sure is heavy on Sekhmet and her family.
I know, I know. I really did have a hard time picking this time around so Sekhmet is kind of the star of this chapter. I promise Neith will get her time too though.
Sekhmet: welcome home from work, baby. Speaking of babies, I'm pregnant again!
Darrel: what?! Don't you know how upsetting and traumatising this whole process is for ME? I was barely able to bring myself to meet our first daughter like four hours ago!
Sekhmet is undeterred, and Rohe is so cute, why wouldn't you want another?
I mean, look at her. Also can confirm, the red hair inheritance seems to mean any of the three red shades. Rohe here has the lightest, Sekhmet has the middle tone, and Loki had the darkest.
And lest you think motherhood has led Sekhmet to forget about her cat, nope - every whim she rolls is related to Cleopatra.
Rohe is universally adored in this house. Bruno pitches in on granddad duty a lot, despite not being any biological relation to Rohe.
Okay okay, back to our heiress. Note that Neith has been exercising a lot and has really slimmed down. She's still deliciously curvy, and she's looking amazing now in my opinion.
Gah just look how insanely pretty she is. Eric asked her on a date to Chez Llama and naturally I couldn't refuse.
He couldn't take his eyes off her.
Lovely eyes they are, too. I am very fond of your genetics, Mr Watanabe, very fond indeed.
Would you just look at lovely Neith - from wild parties in her youth, to sophisticated dinners and red wine in young adulthood.
In between playing tonsil hockey with his girlfriend, Eric agreed to join the household, which has once again burgeoned to over eight Sims if you include Cleopatra and Sekhmet's pregnancy. So even though he DID agree in game, it took a bit of MC wrangling to make actually happen, and he didn't bring any money. Boo. Overall, though, a very successful date!
Eric still loves the outdoors and is a bro, and his YA trait was apparently Family-Oriented. So really, he's a tip top choice for Generation 5 spouse! He had the Good Vampire aspiration and there is NO WAY that is happening, so I exerted controller privileges and changed it to Freelance Botanist. This is one I already completed with Gaia so it's not really cheating, and it fits his love of the outdoors. I also signed him up to the Gardener career path.
Back home...
Aliens: Bruno, you are now mere days away from your elderhood. We shall make one more attempt at impregnation while you are still in peak physical condition.
GAH. That makes four abductions of Bruno. No other Sim was ever abducted more than once!
In saner and less mpreg fanfic news, Neith and Eric stole off to be on their own at a cute cafe in Windenberg. They were chatting flirtily by the fireplace and all was going nicely...
Until this random lady butted in and ruined the cute vibe of their conversation. It was New Year's by this time, so after some quick toasting, they moved downstairs.
And were getting all steamy once more, only for ANOTHER Sim to butt into their conversation, turning it from suggestive to very awkward.
Fine. Whatever. I gave up on the idea of a romantic cafe proposal. Where could they go for some privacy? Bastet got engaged at Island Bluffs, so I didn't want to send them there. However, the chalet they once partied at as teenagers is very large and usually not busy! I sent them ALL THE WAY to the back, where I didn't realise but it's actually set up for a wedding...
Only for this absolute random to follow them all the way down there and butt into their conversation. By this point I was apoplectic with rage and had Neith perform her only mean interaction of her life, and ask this stupid woman to fuck off.
EA, it's a giant pain in the arse that romantic conversations turn awkward if someone joins in. I get that this is realistic and would be fine with it, but STOP MAKING EVERY OTHER SIM ON THE LOT IRRESISTIBLY DRAWN TO THE CONVERSATION.
Ahem. Back to Neith and Eric, who are finally alone in this gorgeous frozen winter wonderland.
With the awkwardness removed, Eric is soon sweeping Neith off her feet. Literally.
And even though the weather is gloomy and the lighting a little grey, this seems perfect for Neith - our gloomy heiress - as Eric proposes.
She says yes, naturally. A legacy heiress needs a legacy spouse!
They are a delightful couple <3
And they get home just in time to join the rest of the family, including a very pregnant Sekhmet, for the New Year's Eve countdown.
New year! Guys, if you buy no other expansion pack, buy seasons. The weather adds such a core element of realism to the game, it's just so much more interesting than the endless summer of pre-Seasons. And the holidays are a lot of fun - just enough of a challenge to be worth it without being overwhelming.
Rohe: ah, my furry nemesis in the fight for my mother's affection and attention.
Loki: don't sweat it kid, I'm everyone's favourite.
Loki swung by and met his granddaughter!
And then he asked Bruno out on a date to Chez Llama, and even though Chez Llama appears to be the only place my Sims want to go, I could hardly say no to that, could I?
Bruno: *stomach glowing weirdly* I don't feel so good.
Me: *groaning* Goddamnit, they got you this time.
Bruno: Got me? Not sure what you mean. Let's go, Loki!
Just sitting down at a table with his very much in-denial husband was enough to get Loki flirty.
Though he had to take a quick break to haunt the screen, which can be seen floating gently behind his empty chair if you look closely. This caused Bruno to be "startled by a ghost" which...oh, honey. We definitely don't keep you around for your brains, do we?
Aliens: fortunately we don't need those, just his excellent physical genetics and a constitution well-suited to carrying our forcibly-implanted spawn.
Yeah yeah, stop gloating.
Startled-ness aside, Bruno is delighted to get his hands back on Loki, and they end the night with the confusing combination of relationships of deceased spouse, sweethearts, and boyfriends. Okay then.
After Bruno's date, I am back in the household only just in time for Sekhmet's birth - there's no time for the hospital, no doubt to Rohe's everlasting horror.
Then Sekhmet put the baby down, waddled for the bathroom, peed herself three feet from the toilet (no, I'm not joking), and Eric autonomously swooped in to feed the new arrival. Family-oriented Sim for the win!
Meet baby Arohirohi, Aro for short. Who is another girl. Is my game borked? That's seven girls in a row, not even considering all the girls born to extended Legend family members. Anyway, Aro is named for the Maori Goddess of mirages and shimmering heat, and we'd better start having boys soon because there are far fewer Maori goddesses than gods and naming could become a problem for Neith's children.
I'm not going to lie, I considered keeping Sekhmet and Darrel around until Aro became a toddler, just to see what she looks like and if she's a spellcaster too. But really, it was time to move them on - it can be a surprise one day in the future. So Sekhmet gathered her family...
...and made the call to Gemma Charm, Darrel's sister who still lives in the family home in Glimmerbrook. Where better for at least one young witch to grow up? Gemma is now married with a baby but there was still space for Sekhmet, Darrel, Rohe, Aro, and of course Cleopatra to join them.
On the plus side, I found the babies in these charming fairy-like cribs when Sekhmet and family arrived. On the downside, while Gemma's baby was safely ensconced in a bedroom, Aro was zapped all the way to the very edge of an entirely different lot. Do you see those very faint lights in the distance? That is the house she SHOULD have been transported to. Sekhmet can walk all the way down here to care for her, but with Sekhmet and Darrel's tenuous grasp of freewill, I am no longer confident this child will survive to toddlerhood.
Oh well! You roll the dice and hope, I suppose.
And that brings us to the end of another chapter. Our heiress got engaged, Bruno was abducted AGAIN and this time is with child, and Sekhmet finally moved out with her two daughters and her cat, to live in relative peace in sparedom. We're down to just four Sims in the family again, which is a nice break, though no doubt another alien baby will spice things back up again. Tune in next time to see how Bruno copes!