*BANG BANG* "This is freakin' awesome!!" *BANG BANG BANG* "OW!!"
Guess who got an inventing table?
He got his own little workstation off the side of the house, complete with emergency shower. I, also, locked the gate so no one messes with his stuff, hogs his shower, and/or sets themselves on fire when I'm not paying attention.
Hey, Look! It's Feanor!
"At least my Daddy pays attention to me."
Will: "It's so nice for us to all eat dinner together, for once. We should take a picture."
Alty: "Only four chairs around the table? I see how it is. FINE. I don't want to eat with you people anyway."
Luthien: "Don't feel bad, Alty! Feanor isn't here, either."
Alty: "Who?"
"So I noticed that you've got some kind of lab or something in the yard, Finny. What'cha been doing?"
"Nothing really, just making things out of odds and ends I found at the dump."
"We have a dump? Why haven't I been there? Where is this place?"
"It's way over on the other side of town, by the shop that sells elixirs and other magical stuff."
"The shop that sells what now?"
"You need to get out more, Dad. Somewhere besides the park for a protest."
Alty: "Don't mind me, just sitting here, eating, by MYSELF."
Martyrdom does not look good on you, Alty.
"It's my birthday!!"
"I'll be outside getting frustrated with the xylophone."
"Why didn't I get a party?"
Well, for starters, you didn't wish for one. And, of equal importance, I didn't care to throw yet another party.
"*sigh* I guess no party means no one sees me in this absurd outfit. So that's good."
Yeah, we're gonna fix that straightaway.
I fixed his clothes. His nose is all wonky. It's at the more extreme end of the slider and I think the wrinkles make it look a lot worse. Sorry dude.
"Is it too late to have a midlife crisis?"
We don't have that EP.
"I may have one anyway."
You try that, old man. See how it works out for you.
"Oh shit! My ass is on fire!!"
Inventing is going well. He's made several widgets so far. The emergency shower has been totally worth it.
He even made a harvester!
Which must be in cahoots with the Amityville Dollhouse as it's trying to eat his face.
"Mah creation ih tying to till me!!"
Speaking of, the dollhouse continues its reign of terror. Well, it terrorizes me, at any rate.
Alty is having her own toy issues.
"Where's my stick? I threw it and it disappeared!"
Don't look up.
"Ow! What the hell!"
Moron.
Finny's birthday!!
Finny: "Okay people, my little brother is playing the xylophone and it's not completely glitched out. SO WHAT! It's my BIRTHDAY so y'all need to get over here."
Will: "Oh Finny, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
Sorry? For what?
Really, Will? Right now? You had all day to die and you pick the moment your son is blowing out his birthday candles?
Feanor: "Sorry, bro! Between the naked alien in the hot tub, and Papa dropping dead, your birthday is gonna really suck."
"Oh dear, poor Finny. This really is terrible timing."
Alty: "Well, I was gonna finish my homework before belatedly cheering for Finny, then bitching because there's no cake left, but I guess I'll watch my father kick the bucket instead."
"No Will! I'm not ready for you to go, yet! You were supposed to wait until I'm no longer the heir and the Simgod lets us woohoo all we want!"
Grim can't land himself on the right side of a wall to save his soul.
"I don't have a soul! And who dies outside? How gauche."
Meanwhile, over by the cake,
Oh good lawd!!
I'm gonna get back to you, Finny.
"Yeah, yeah, you and everybody else."
"Ermehgerd!! Someone is, like, DYING at a BIRTHDAY party! Isn't that, like, totally illegal or something?"
No, Shanda dear, but we are going to be discussing that shirt later.
"I don't want to drag this out, Grim. I'm ready to go."
"Can we be done mourning yet? There's cake."
Alty: "*sob* This isn't how I wanted to get a chair at the table!"
SO. MUCH. BETTER.
"Art is for losers and nutters."
That's what happens when you blow out candles and your father dies. You hate art.
Now that her Papa is gone, Alty settles for hanging out with her boyfriend in the hot tub. And much relief is felt by all.
"So, when we finally move in together, we're not living HERE, right?"
Tool.
The next morning is a momentous occasion.
Boo Yah!!!
As much as I liked Will, which as sims go, wasn't that much, we're gonna pass on this one.
First thing Fin does after achieving his LTW is to take care of that athletic opportunity he got last chapter.
Dude, that's your athletic outfit?
"Sure, what's wrong with it?"
He's not insane, I swear. Must be the old age. I changed his everyday and his sleep outfits, I never even checked his athletic.
That evening Finny meets his old school friend, Georgina (I think, I didn't record it for some reason), at the diner.
They sealed the deal. LOL! Nice one, champ.
"Shut up!! I'm new at this!"
*sigh* Alright, let's get this circus started.
"Hi, Sunset Valley Animal Shelter? I'd like to adopt a cat........... Oh, any age. It doesn't matter. ....... Great! ........... Altariel Valinor ....... yup, get used to it because you're gonna be hearing from me a LOT over the next few days."
Meet "Socks", the first of waaaay too many pets this house is going to accumulate. He's an elder. I figured we're not going to have him that long anyway, so might as well give an old cat a new home.
Dude, what are you doing?
"I don't like this ball of yarn. It's acrylic, ACRYLIC!! Can you believe that? I mean, spring for some real wool."
"Alright, in you go!!"
What happened?
"I tink iz tuck!"
Apparently the pet toys didn't want the kids toys getting all the attention, so they're borked too. Spot picked up the ball of yarn and can't put it down. When I click on it to make him put it down, he resets.
"Hey!! Bitch! Over here!"
What's up, Fea?
"I grew up, not that you noticed."
Excuse me, I do believe that is a piece of birthday cake in front of you.
"And it was a total waste of money, seeing has it didn't earn me any more face time."
Someone grew up frugal, and a bit bitter.
So now that Fin is an elder and he's accomplished his LTW, I'm letting the next heir take over. Here's Fin's Happiness Points count for the score.
Not too shabby for the founder!
So who is heir? I'm sure you can guess.
"What the hell are you looking at? You KNOW it's not me. Now go away, I'm reading."
Hey Finny, you're heir! Congratulations!
"Yeah, yeah, great. Okay butterfly, it's alright, just hold still....."
"Gotcha!! Hee-hee, it tickles!!"
So Finrod is the new heir, and his wish is my command. Make 'em good, Finny.
This is not a problem. This, however, ......
Are you fucking kidding me? What is UP with all the animal LTWs? What ever happened to the good, old-fashioned "Creature Robot Crossbreeder", or "World Renowned Surgeon" that all the kids in my games seem to roll? Ark Builder? Really?
Damn, I thought I was gonna be up to my armpits in animals with just Alty's LTW. Now hers seems so quaint.
"EYELESS CLOWNS!!! EYELESS CLOWNS ARE FUCKING EVIL!! DOWN WITH EYELESS CLOWNS!!"
One of his favorite things to do when I'm not controlling his every move.
Socks: "Mmmmmm, lobster."
Let's see, nobody's naked, nobody's dying, we've got massive stink clouds but, hey, nothing's perfect. Okay Luthien, go for it.
"I'm a loser."
Well, when's the last time you showered?
"I didn't have time. That gnubb isn't going to play itself all night. There's a ruckus in the living room, by the way."
*sigh* At least it's a birth ruckus and not a death ruckus. The green chick going into labor is Sarah Jane, the daughter of Zaphod Beeblebrox and Captain Jack Harkness. I had Fin take her to the hospital so he could get the nice little baby moodlet.
I moved Luthien out into a little house in town.
She got a job as a photographer.
This is Maya, pet number two.
"You will be mine, oversized chew toy!!!"
"So what is this place? It's kind of small and ............ pink."
"Don't know, just got here myself."
"They are awfully big and clunky ......... and green"
Blue.
"They're green."
Alright, they are kind of turquoise, but they are NOT green.
"Woooooaaaaah!! Best TVs ever!!"
"Wait guys, wait for me!!"
All the little critters Finny catches go in the backyard. I'm just trying to keep everyone alive and out of my sims' pockets long enough for Finny to get his LTW."
You get some, girl!
"Man, I don't know why Finny can't do this."
Like I said, just trying to keep everyone alive. Thank god for the collection helper, it's been a life saver. Finny's finding all the small critters he needs very quickly.
This is Piper the dog. I'm keeping all of their shelter names, I just can't be bothered.
And this is Trooper, the first horse I've ever adopted in this game. I saved the horses for very last, since I'm hoping to not have them for very long.
At least he's sort of cute.
Our last animal, who's name I've forgotten because I didn't get a screenshot, and it doesn't really matter anyway.
So here you go, the whole damned circus. Two of every. freakin', thing.
Altariel got her LTW. Finny didn't.
After some googling it seems that the Ark LTW is very similar to the golddigger one in that sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, with no real rhyme or reason as to why it works when it does and doesn't work when it doesn't.
So rather than continue to dick around, I got him a new one.
Ghosthunter it is!!
The next issue is, what to do with all these animals. The little ones were easy, I just sold them all. I tried putting one of the horses up for adoption in game.
"Yes, I don't know what I was thinking. Yes, I know................ look is someone gonna come and get this horse or not? ................ whatever, asshole ...................... yeah, same to you, and your mother!!"
Trooper: "Wait, which horse? Me or .................... the other one?"
Horse Who Shall Not Be Named: "Fine, I didn't want to live here anyway."
Piper: "But....but he's my favorite!"
The adoption thing took forever, way longer than I care to wait. So all the other pets were placed with families in Edit Town. Lucky Luthien got Trooper. Maya stayed in the house. She's my favorite, plus I wanted to leave Alty a pet to move out with when she goes.
"Ah yes! Power! THE POWER!!!"
"I'm still a dog? Well that's bullshit."
Disappointed Maya is disappointed.
"Okay Maya, let's go for a walk so I can get my wish fulfilled."
"I don't WANT to go this way!"
"I want to go look at the big balloon in the sky!!"
"Actually, nevermind. We can go this way."
"What the HELL is wrong with this dog?"
Maya and Alty spent several sim hours glitching back and forth on the same stretch of sidewalk. At least Alty got her wish.
Boring but doable, kind of like Feanor.
"WHAT??"
Nothing.
"Beds are bad! Sleep on the ground!! Beds are bad!! Sleep on the ground!!"
Bed: Is unfazed by the crazy old man rant.
"I'm pretty sure my grades don't need much improving, not to mention they didn't let me touch ANYTHING. I'd have had a much more productive afternoon at home."
Wah, wah. Points, Finny! Eyes on the prize here.
Oh, how I hate this wish.
"Nice horsie. Very nice horsie. Let's just get to know each other so I can pet you."
"Nope, not happening ugly, human-like thing."
"I am never going to get this wish."
"Officer, this blue Spock-eared human is harassing me!"
"In the car, kid. Harassing the wildlife is a serious offense in Sunset Valley. I'll have to release you to the custody of your parents."
Finny: "I'll be back."
"Harassing the wildlife? I'm shocked at you, Finny! I raised you better than that!"
"I'm sorry, Dad. I can't help it. I really want to pet a horse."
"Then go pet Trooper, your sister's horse. At least he's a pet and not one of the wild horses of Sunset Valley."
"The wish says WILD horse, Dad. Gawd!"
Finn finished a portrait of Maya and hung it in the bedroom.
This happens all the time. Finny wants to meet/talk to various sims and I haven't a clue who they are.
*sigh* Alright. Let's go find her.
I think her father (Leighton) must be in law enforcement.
"This is the Sekemoto house, kid. Should I stay?"
"No, that's alright, thanks."
"Why am I coming back outside? I just got home."
"Um, Hi. I'm Finrod, we go to school together?"
Fan-fucking-tastic.
Sure. He's single and ready to mingle. Why not?
"YES!! A date with a hot, young man! Finally my life is looking up again!"
Houston, we have a slight problem.
"Um.......you are not as advertised."
"Heh heh, it's called "The Avatar Glitch". I aged up to elderhood, but my avatar glitched and hasn't caught up, yet. It's brilliant!!"
Fin: "Oh well, a date is a date! This will still be fun!"
Old Lady: "Excuse me, can you help me? I'm looking for someone."
Old lady: "I'm supposed to meet a young man named Barney Nraas-Stinson here, we are supposed to go on a date. Have you seen him?"
Fin: "Hmmm, this is not going as planned. I need to have a think."
Barney: "You must be looking for my SON, Barney Jr. That cad, he's always inviting out beautiful women, such as yourself, then standing them up. Might I take you out to dinner instead?"
Fin: "I feel like death on the inside."
No Fin, no dying yet. I'm still very fond of you.
"Look Barney, you seem nice and everything but, I don't think this is going to work out. When I go out on a date, I prefer that my date and I be the only people on it, know what I mean?"
"Seriously? Not even with two chicks? Bro, we haven't got much time left. You gotta live a little."
"Time. Hmmmmm. I wonder how much time I've got left to deal with this shit."
No, Fin, nooooo!!
Barney: "Ted, buddy! How's about you and met at the Bistro in 15? It's gonna be legen ..... wait for it ..... "
Fin went home.
"I'm telling you, Maya. I'm too old for this dating nonsense. You will not believe the evening I just had."
"You went out on a date with Barney Stinson, what did you expect? The man gives pigs a bad name."
Meanwhile, Finny keeps rolling the wishes.
Who the everloving fuck is Sedrick? Jesus, Finny. Where do you even get these people's names?
I tried my usual "focus" trick using master controller.
Except the fucker wasn't there. He's not anyone Finny has ever formally met.
Nor does he even exist in town. What the fuck, game?
I'm not going to waste time having Finny chase down a Sim that the game can't even find. So I deleted the wish without penalty.
Finally, a sim whom I at least know who the hell it is. Elvin is Alty's boyfriend. Problem is he and Finny have really no relationship whatsoever. Luckily he's already coming over for a party.
And this is not him. They look similar, but this is Elmer. He's kind of cute.
Elmer: "Wait, what? Who?"
Luthien: "God, I'm so glad I moved out of this trashy dump. All this graffiti, Dad really made this place look like a crackhouse."
Fin: "I wonder how many poor trees gave their lives to give us this fence. It just breaks my heart."
"*sigh* Dad staring into space, Alty can't pry herself away from Gnubb, and some old creep oogling my naked sister in the hottub. Yup, it's my birthday alright."
Poor Feanor.
"I wish to have SOMETHING good happen in my life."
Well, your sister got dressed, that's something.
"Happy Birthday, Fea!! Looks like green is your lucky color!!"
"Pffft, whatever."
I chose "lucky" for him. I thought it would work well for a wanna-be chess legend.
"We'll see."
He's such a peach!
So Finny can't group up with Elvin while he's at the party, so I waited for him to leave before having Finny call him.
Grrrrrr.
So I had Alty invite him over on her brother's behalf.
"Hey, Elvin! Now that you're here in person, do you wanna hang out?"
So the boys hung out, gossiped about Alty, talked fashion, hair, blowing shit up, you know. Guy stuff.
Ding ding! We have a winner!
Another day, another party.
Shanda and Elvin: "Your hot tub's broken."
Fin: "Yeah, I have no idea how that happened. I think the horse did it."
Alty: "YES!!! A broken hot tub means everyone will come and cheer for my caking!"
Finny: "You know, I can probably fix that."
Mmmmm, no.
"I wish to be even edgier than my crazy father!"
Thorton: "I wonder if they have a tub in the house?"
Dammit, Thorton, I know how much you love that thing but you need to be polite and get your old ass out here and cheer!!
Since Alty already accomplished her LTW, I rolled her trait. She is now avant garde. Of course she is.
"Man, Luthien was not kidding about the state of this house!"
Shanda; "Um, is that animal allowed in the house? I thought they had to stay outside."
Fin: "That was your dad's rule, something about 'noisy fuckers'. But since he kicked it, the dog can do what she wants."
Girl in green dress: "Hey disembodied head, your hot tub is broken."
Disembodied head: *gives no fucks*
It's time to move Alty out, but I've no intention of leaving her happiness up to story progression.
"Hey Elvin, I see you grew up, too! I've got something to ask you."
"I've accomplished almost everything in life that I've wanted to already. All that's left is to get married and pump out more pointy-eared babies. You in?"
"OH MY GOD YES!!"
"Before you answer your phone, let's get married Elvin, right here and right now."
"In the yard?"
"You have a better idea?"
"Nope, let's go for it."
So the high school sweethearts tied the knot by the cake table in the front yard.
"Hi, Sunset Valley Real Estate? I'm looking for a new house. Nothing too big, I'm thinking quaint but rustic...................Awesome!"
"Wait, why do I have to go?"
Because you're Alty's dog and I'm over the pet thing. Now get in the car.
They moved into a cute log cabin.
"Are you sure it isn't haunted?"
"It needs some outside lights."
It may need a little work.
It's small, but it's all theirs.
That's it for this chapter. Coming up, Finny graduates and gets to work on his LTW. And hopefully gets started on generation three.
Points
Heirs: +1 (Finny)
LTW Heir: +25 (Fin)
Spare/Spouse LTW: +10 (Alty)
Children:
Every $100,000:
100,000 Happiness Points (heir): +5
Skipped/Failed Opportunities: -1
Fulfilled Opportunities: +3
Deleted Locked In Wishes:
Accidental Deaths:
Social Worker Visits:
Previous Total: +4
New Total: +48
