"What'll you do for $20?"
"Twenty simoleons?? What?"
"It's all I got, baby. Oh, wait, I might have a couple bucks in change scattered in my car, and since we're probably doin' it there anyway..........."
"I am not a hooker, Leslie!"
"Military discount?"
Welcome back to the BCWYWF legacy! The first baby of the seventh generation has made her debut in classy, Sims fashion.
Meet Belladonna Valinor, named after the mother of Bilbo Baggins. Bella is a musical couch potato who likes R&B music, the color yellow, and firecracker shrimp.
"Dad? What are you doing?"
"I'm making a video of my new granddaughter's birth! Smile!"
"Aren't you supposed to be working?"
"Probably. Now make a peace sign!"
Last chapter saw Elros return from University and hook back up with Kaitlyn. All the animals in the house are dead (cue Hallelujah chorus). Elros finally agreed to marry Kait in lieu of getting another horse.
The butler, Laquita, hasn't quit in an irritated flounce.
"Why are you always underfoot? I can't so much as stand up from the kitchen table without you hovering over me like one of the flies we used to have!"
"Um, it's part of the job description, Ma'am. I live here on the property, and as soon as something is dirty, my room moodlet sensor goes off and blares in my ear until it's cleaned up. If you didn't want someone cleaning promptly than perhaps a maid service would suit you better?"
"Oh BLAH BLAH BLAH!! I don't care what you've got blaring in your ear, quit stalking me!!"
Yet. She hasn't quit YET.
"You know, Kait? After seeing you push Bella out like freakin' rock star, I've made a decision. Instead of us getting married, you can get a new horse!"
"Wait, what? Really? I, uh, well.........."
"LOL!! I'm just messin' with ya'! Marry me?"
"OMG!! YES! You jerk!!"
Really, Kait? You sure? I mean, I know he's cute and all, but he really ought to come with a warning label.
"Bye Dad! See you around!"
"Where are you going?"
"My new house! I'm moving out!"
Chaining her to the easel pays off!
I imagine Gayle was not invited.
Why?
"I'm a father now. I have a baby to take care of!"
Both of your parents are still alive.
"............................. Alright, fine. I've got relationships to nuture, and that guitar isn't going to play itself, you know."
"Yeah, I mean, I really like it there and all, but y'all are expecting me to, like, take on the manager job, ordering books and all that. and get all serious about working in a bookstore. And, honestly, commitment is just not my thing..................Yes, I know that.....................................okay. Bye!!"
Whoa! Red hair! Have we ever had red hair in this legacy? *checks* No! We've had red sims but no red hair. Awesome! Way to set the bar, Bella!
"I try."
Bella's parents have a quickie kitchen wedding, probably before Elros changes his mind.
"Can you say 'ring', Bella? Daddy gave Mommy a nice ring, which will hopefully keep her happy."
"Wing!"
"Why is Laquita putting Bella to bed? It's the middle of the morning! She's not even tired."
Laquita: "What? This isn't an ISBI?"
Oh my lord, woman. Do not try my patience like this.
"Hi, I'm looking for a Steve Texas. I think we went to school together but he's not listed anywhere...........Yeah, I really want to play Gnubb with him.............It's a game, you try to knock little figures over in a particular order..............Really? There is no Steve Texas? Weird. Okay, thanks. I must have his name wrong."
I deleted this wish without penalty as Steve Texas does not exist in Elros' contacts, and does not show up in the town population list. I think Elros knew him at University but he's not even available to chat with "long distance". So, no dice.
Oh, and Kait is pregnant again. How pregnant?
This pregnant. Meet Bungo Valinor, named after the father of Bilbo Baggins. Bungo is a couch potato who sleeps like a rock. I managed to forget to get a screenshot of his other stats. Like a simming rock star.
"Hey cutie, how's about you and me go for a little stroll out by the graves? I'm happy to show you my stones. Heh-heh. Get it? Stones? Like gravestones? It's a joke."
"Yeah, that does it. I'm outta here."
Thanks Finny, you flirty horndog.
And so Laquita snuck out in the middle of the night, never to return. At least that's what I'm theorizing. This is the last picture of her. She was here at night, then gone in the morning. No announcement, no flounce, no error notification. She shows up on Elros' friend list, but she's not listed in the household, nor is she anywhere to be found. She simply vanished.
Hopefully she's living it up on a beach somewhere and didn't sleepwalk off the cliff.
"Good riddance. I couldn't stand seeing that girl all up in my business all the time."
You're the one who wanted to hire her!
"I want a lot of silly things. Take Jacques, here."
Make blue babies, Iddie!!
"Hee-hee, my brother getting big! I hide in here wif da toys!"
He got his mother's hair! No blondes so far. I'm shocked.
Why not? We'll see how long this lasts.
"Man, these video games are wearing me out! Mind if I sleep in your empty bed out back?"
No! It's the middle of the night! Fix whatever you were hired to fix and GTFO!
"What? I'm not here to fix anything. I'm Miranda, Elros' cousin. I stopped by for a visit."
Oh. Must be in the music career. Carry on then.
"Oooo, you're a sketch artist, Elros? Draw me!!"
"Okay Grandpa, go pose."
"I call this one, 'My apple! It's Gone!!"
"*snicker* My grandson's an idiot. I hope you glitch and ruin the picture!"
And so Elros did.
Luckily Beren stuck around, so they tried again.
"This one is 'Look! Sky Orcs!!'"
"That's great, Grandpa. Hold still, I'm almost done."
"What do you think?"
"I love it! It looks just like me!"
"Cool!"
I decided to delete this so I could lock in the "Master Guitar Skill" wish. All the parents wish for it and I'm tired of all the kids being geniuses. It can skip a generation for a few points.
"So, Kait's pregnant again?"
"Yup. We want a big family."
"I'd rather have pets."
"We know, Mom."
Not even a picture of Kait pregnant this time. Oh well. Here's Daisy Valinor, named for both Frodo's cousin Daisy Boffin, and Samwise's daughter, Daisy Gamgee.
Our Daisy is a grumpy, light sleeper, who like the color red, rap music, and grilled cheese.
I don't remember if I changed Aileen's name. I have "Rename Newborns" activated in SP, but if there's more than one baby, only the first name change tends to show up in the notifications. We'll find out.
I took this since he wished to travel to China. I don't know when we're going to get around to it, but I didn't want to forget about the opportunity.
The game must have decided that it had had quite enough of Kait not going to work, since she went back the day after Daisy was born.
"Fine with me! I'm going stir-crazy in this house. I haven't been promoted in
"So, are you new to the hospital?"
"No, I just came off maternity leave."
"Oh! That's nice. I wish I could leave. I wish I could do anything other than drive this car to the hospital and back day after day."
"..................uh huh."
"WAAAAHHHH!! I want the block toy! Bun won't share!"
You don't need anymore logic skill, Bun does. Play with something else.
"I DON'T WANT TO!! I WANT THE BLOCK TOY!"
Fine. Sit there and sob.
"Now see what you did? You made Grammy die!"
She's not dying.
"Hey, I was still sleeping!"
Oh bugger.
"Man, I was having the best dream about the time machine!"
"Wait, she died in her sleep? That's..................really boring. What about gnubb? The hot tub? What happened to you guys? You used to have standards."
"Hey! My wife is dying here, buddy! Show some respect!"
"Fine. Fine. Let's just get on with it."
"Wait, I'm not going to die in my sleep, am I?"
"Oh for crying out loud, Elros!"
Jacques: "This death is so romantic! May I soon be as lucky!"
Grim: "Ah, I do love it when sims beg!"
"I love my job! Even the slow days are truly gratifying to my non-existent soul."
It's getting crowded out by the gnubb.
Uh, Jacques?
"What? It's customary to wear a special mourning outfit after the death of a loved one."
I don't think that really counts as an "outfit".
"That's not what stylist says."
Daisy is a super cute toddler with reddish-brown hair. No blondes at all so far, I can't believe it.
"What the hell, Mellie?? You left EVERYTHING to your useless bum of a son, and nothing to ME?"
"Don't think I'm going to forget this, MELIAN. I'm going to carry this to the grave!!"
That'll show her. Why is Samwise here, yelling at Mellie's headstone?
Same reason anyone is here ever, birthday!! Belladonna's, to be specific.
"Get that camera the hell out of my face!!"
She rolled "mean-spirited", like her Granny Yavanna before her.
Well that didn't last long.
"They wanted me to, like, carry heavy equipment and stuff. Who's got time for that?"
*honk honk* ................................ *honk honk* ...................................... *HOOOOOONK*
Forget it man, he's not coming.
So the good news is cousin Gayle has moved on from bumping uglies with Gerald, her father's cousin. The bad news is......................
She's moved on to her father's other cousin. Her father is Dior, Mellie's older brother. Sam is Otho's oldest. Yavanna is Sam's grandmother and Gayle's great-grandmother. This town has been hanging in there, but I'm starting to wonder if a fresh game file is in order, or I might want to force some emigration in Edit Town and bring in some fresh blood. There's a LOT of inbreeding going on.
Ew.
"HEY! My slutty blue cousin STOLE my unrelated man! What the hell am I supposed to do??"
Yeah, I certainly couldn't have Iddie dating her mother's cousin. I like to leave the grossness to those outside the immediate family whenever possible.
Speaking of Iddie, I spotted her and Glen at the park.
This is Aileen. The name change must not take for multiples as I definitely did not name her that.
And this is Randall. He's purple! I guess Iddie's kids got all the blonde genes this generation. I can't tell if Aileen has the pointy ears, but I am pleased that Randall does.
It's Bungo's birthday! And, yes, Elros threw a party. Only actives seem to come to cakings anymore. All other sims are a bunch of a lazy mooches.
Bella: "And I wish I were one of them."
Yes, Kait's pregnant again. Told you all she's gonna be doing is pushing out babies.
Cute! Bungo is now a genius because his stupid father wished for it and I forgot that I'm trying to delete those wishes now. Argh!
Elros achieves half of his lifetime wish, and chooses yet another career path. This is going to go nowhere as it's not a skill he needs.
"But you can't beat the hours!!"
*sigh*
That evening little Mungo is born. Mungo is the father of Bungo Baggins, and the grandfather of Bilbo.
Our little Mungo is a perceptive, friendly guy who inherited his Great-Great Aunt Celebrian's skin condition.
"Three, Cate! I've got THREE little brothers and sisters. It's insane, I'm telling you. Screaming all the time, toddler potties that perpetually STINK, and I have to eat cereal three meals a day because, for some reason, no one has time to cook!!"
"Wow, Bella! That's rough! At least they aren't going to be around forever, like my family!"
Cate is the daughter of Leslie, the fairy that Beren tracked down as a child. Leslie is definitely no longer the only supernatural in town. He's got Cate, and a son who's name I've forgotten, who are both fairies.
Purple guy: "Why, that's ME! I'm Leslie's son!"
Yeah, yeah, great. I still don't remember your name. Also featured, Elros and his cousin, Jorge, who is Jacques' nephew. You can tell, they look a lot alike.
Elros spends a fair amount of time at the park working on his charisma skill. It's taking forever.
"Dude, did you hear? My cousin Gayle, that my sister's husband dumped so he could go out with my sister, dumped one of my mom's cousins to start dating ANOTHER one of my mom's cousins. My mom's FIRST cousins! And now they are having a baby! How twisted is that?"
"Gross, man. I don't know if you should be gossiping about that."
Elros doesn't give a fuck, he has no real sense of boundaries.
I just can't with you people.
"Don't you think you ought to fix my ears?"
I should, but I think I'll skip it in favor of forgetting all about it and not noticing anything at all off until you're a teenager, and then just decide that they're fine as is and not give a shit one way or the other.
"Okay."
I like you Bungo.
"Mungo."
Yeah I'm going to fuck those two names up all over this generation.
"Please, Cate? PLEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAASE?????"
"Hmmm, I don't know. I don't give it out to just ANYbody, you know."
"I'll be really careful with it, I PROMISE!!"
The kids hang out with Cate quite a bit. I know there's other kids around their age, but she's the one they see the most.
"Alright, here you go, Bun."
"Ooooo, sparkly!"
"What do I do with it?"
"Heh-heh. If I told you, it'd ruin the surprise."
Ugh! This is what happens when you have a sim who plays guitar all the time. He constantly wishes to "jam with" other sims, and then rolls this wish when someone does jam. This is the first one I've been forced to lock in for Elros.
"Hmmm, how about Marian? I've known her forever."
Go for it.
"Hey Marian, wanna be in a band?"
"With you?"
"Well, yeah!"
"Eh, why not? It's not like you'll actually do anything with it."
Truth. I haven't had to lock in any of those wishes, so far.
He's so hipster douche!
Coming up next chapter, so how many kids are Elros and Kait going to have? Will Elros surprise me by staying faithful to Kait? Will we get yet another butler? Tune in to find out!
Points
Each child: +4 (Bella, Bungo, Daisy, and Mungo)
Completed Opportunities: +2
Deleted Wishes: -5
Previous Score: +217
Current Score: +218
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