Longhollow, Week 5
For one nekkid butt, female nipples, and teenagers getting it on. *rolls eyes*
S'been a while since I took a pic of Jill making pet bricks so...Here's how Jill spent her Monday morning/afternoon:
Still not a badge in sight, alas. And here's what Rupert did when he came home from school:
See, he really is a Knowledge Sim. Knowledge. Not Romance. Really! I swear! Although in this case he was studying Cooking, and I suspect he was doing so merely for the purposes of being able to impress the chicks with his gourmet capabilities...
"Ooooh, you read my mind."
Yep. And let me tell you, there's really not much in there.
"Pfft. Fuck off."
I love you, too.
Later, Rupert presided over Kirby's toddlerization:
Turns out he's a Scorpio, and his stats are:
Neat: 8
Outgoing: 7
Active: 10
Playful: 0
Nice: 0
Ouch! He's gonna be a real charmer. But at least he got The Nose.
And here's more of Ben's exciting vampire night life: Browsing the web for Tinkering...
...except that he seems to be looking at sporting equipment? Well, whatever! It must have been really absorbing because he did it ALL. NIGHT. LONG.
Uh, Ben? ...Ben? ....BEN?!
"What?!"
Wouldn't you like to do something else now?
"No. Leave me alone."
Great. Now he's going all obsessive on me... At least he snapped out of it when Kirby woke up, enough to play with him:
...and toss him on the potty before he had to coffin-dive.
Unlike his half-siblings, who as toddlers both beelined straight for the rabbit toy with their 10 Outgoing points each, Kirby definitely prefers the block-sorting toy:
Which I guess is appropriate for an uber-serious kid. He played with that toy all day, even, until Rupert came home from school and tossed him on the potty before tossing him in his crib. And speaking of potty-training, behold Rupert's epic potty-training face:
Derp.
"Y'know what? F--"
I know, I know. 'Fuck off.'
Joy, meanwhile, came home from school and called up Orlando Bertino to make best friends with him. And then later, when Ben arose, I was busy micromanaging Rupert while he micromanaged Kirby. Didn't even see Jill sneak off upstairs until suddenly...I hear baby chimes? WTF? Man, she really does think the Undeadness is hot! But...seriously? A baby? I mean, although Ben's currently immortal and locked at 8 days from elder, Jill's just five days away from elder.
Um, way to go, Ben?
"HAH! Whaddaya know, my swimmers still work!"
Good for them, darling!
"Yeah. Fruitful. Multiply. All that shit."
Yep, you get a get a big old gold star, beloved.
Unfortunately, I don't think Jill was as happy with the whole deal...
"Dammit, I'm too old for this shit," I heard her mutter as she retched.
She took it easy for the rest of the day, and I can't say as I blame her, especially given what happened to her last pregnancy, which she miscarried. The most strenuous thing she did was order and receive groceries. That, and barf. Three times, poor thing. She had it easy when she was pregnant with Rupert and then Joy, but now that she's older, it ain't so easy anymore. Exhausted, she went to bed early.
But not before Joy grew up. She rolled Family/Popularity for her aspirations, with an LTW to graduate three children from college. She's straight with an ideal family size of -- Oy! -- nine. In between popping out babies, she'll be a business owner, so she'll get the grocery story for the "town," such as it is. And, after her "teen makeover," she looked like this:
She looks just like her mother, really, only blonde. Very, very blonde. A little later, Jill woke up long enough to shower and pop:
...and then she headed right back to bed.
Meanwhile, even vampires play peek-a-boo autonomously:
And once Kirby was in bed for the night, Ben's choice of entertainment for the night...?
Movies. And TV. But mostly movies. And, for variety, a bit more obsessive web browsing for Tinkering. And you thought being a vampire was all exciting and sexy. But then Jill woke up early for some reason, and that gave Ben...Well, something else to do, speaking of sexy:
Yep, they may be old marrieds and they might have a different couch now than the one they spent a lot of quality time on in their youth, but they still got it!
Spring arrived overnight -- Which may explain Ben and Jill's early morning friskiness -- and both Rupert and Joy rolled up flirting wants. I sense trouble on the horizon... Hell, Joy's even got a "Go Steady" want already. The girl doesn't fool around, apparently.
Meanwhile, just before he needed his coffin, Ben succeeded in potty training Kirby:
Joy gave herself a quick check-out before leaving for school:
And then when she got home, since she's got those flirt and go steady wants...I had her invite over her best friend Orlando Bertino to see what might develop. And what developed was...
And...
All autonomously. Kids these days! They move fast! The "Go Steady" want went away momentarily, but then it reappeared, this time in the form of wanting to go steady with Orlando, specifically. And who I am to refuse? He's kinda cute...and he accepted. And then:
Well, like brother, like sister, I guess. At least there were no baby chimes. And really, it was a day of firsts for Joy. Like, her first werewolf transformation and burning her first attempt at a meal, within minutes of each other:
I don't know what the hell Jill's so happy about, though... Unless she was happy that this was coming:
Nothing exciting happened for the rest of the "freewilling werewolves" night. Just lots of chatting, a bit of howling, and some flirting/hugging/smooching between Ben and Jill. I've got boring werewolves, it seems.
The next day, after school, it was Rupert's turn to invite someone over. And guess who he invited over? He had a flirt want, so:
And then they...played kicky bag? And chatted? And congratulated each other so constantly that it was highly amusing? And...that was it?
WTF, Lover Boy?
"Meh, I'm like off to college tomorrow, where there'll be a lot more chicks. Marsha was fun that one time, when I was bored, but I gotta keep my options open, y'know?"
Cad. You better not let her hear you say that.
"Hey, I'm not stupid, you know! I mean, look at all my fucking skill points."
Yup, you can sit on your ass with the best of them, little man.
"Ah, fuck off. I gotta say bye to Marsha."
Meanwhile, Kirby grew up into jammies that are as green as he is:
He wanted "electronic entertainment," so I granted his wish by buying the household a game console. He also wanted a lemonade stand, so he got that, too.
And Joy got a call from Orlando, which apparently made her a very happy naked girl:
"I've got a boyfriend, I've got a boyfriend! And soon I'll have a ring. And then I'll have a wedding. A really big, obnoxious wedding. And I'll even make Rupert come to it because he hates that sort of thing unless there's chicks. And then I'll have a baby. Hey, maybe I'm even making a baby right now! But I don't think so...Sadface! I'll have one soon, though! And I'll have the cutest little store ever, too! And a baby. Did I mention having a baby...?"
Uh, yeah...Let's exit this head, pronto...
So! Speaking of college for Rupert, here's what he managed to rack up during his teenhood:
Which is not a bad haul at all.
Ben woke up hungry that evening, so he went out to snack on a passing elderly social townie, whom he managed to neither kill nor vampirate, so I guess he's getting the hang of the whole deal. And as a thank you for snacking on her, his meal...gave him a present? Yup. A plasma TV. Which means that Rupert gets the old TV for his future residence.
Annnnnnd now that it's spring and the snow is gone, it's time for Ben to sow, sow, sow! In the dark, of course:
And then, a little later, it's Babby Time! And this time it's a...
Named Rudolph. (And no, I didn't deliberately pick a similar name to Rupert. I use an online name generator to name all my pixel babies.) And look!
A freckly green-eyed redhead! WA-HOOOOOOO! And no, he doesn't have a red nose. ;))
Meanwhile, by the time Ben finished sowing and watering, he was freezing his ass off. But he knows a good way to warm up:
Jill will be an elder in 2 days now, so no more surprise babies. At least, not THAT way... But obviously they can still have fun together.
The next morning, the elder siblings chatted and watched a bit of TV together...
...but soon it was time for Rupert to head off to Brainania University:
We'll catch up with him next time.
In the meantime, Joy entertained Kirby for a while...
...but then rolled up another flirt want, so...Who ya gonna call? Orlando! So there was this:
...and then this:
*headdesk* And then Joy made sandwiches for everyone of sandwich-eating age before Orlando went home:
Dig Kirby's fetching fuschia hoodie! And, speaking of Kirby, he had a want for a friend, bless his heart, so he did some online chatting with Chandler Platz.
"Kf usuj si suhhns," he said...I think?...as he typed.
What was that, dearest?
"Kf usuj si suhhns!" he repeated a bit more insistently.
What?
"KF USUJ SI SUHHNS!" he yelled, very emphatically.
Um, little dude? You're gonna have to learn how to speak English. Or Simlish. Or, you know, SOMETHING that isn't...whatever that is that you're speaking.
"Aj hagbu shi skufsh," he said, sighing and shaking his head in deep pity.
Which, you know, probably means something like "You're a flipping idiot." Well, hopefully this communication barrier will go away...sometime...
In the meantime, since she doesn't have her own baby yet, Joy loved on her littlest brother:
...and then put him to bed.
Not much else happened for the rest of the night. Jill and Joy hung out and watched TV. Joy broke the computer, but managed to fix it without electrocuting herself. Ben tended to his weed. Kirby had a bath and went to bed. And Rupert called to talk to his old man, which was kind of sweet of the little bastard. And then Ben watched movies/TV all night. Again.
The next morning, Joy broke the shower, too:
She's apparently very good at breaking things.
And Kirby discovered the joys of jumping rope:
He earned a Body point doing that and then later spied on non-existent neighbors and called and made friends with Chandler Platz. I guess Chandler can speak his language. Maybe they're from the same planet. Whatever. He also got to test drive the lemonade stand and managed to make a couple of sales:
And then Jill rolled up a want to be friends with Orlando Bertino, I guess sensing what's looming on the horizon for him and Joy. So after making and serving the cereal breakfast that Kirby wanted, Joy called him up and invited him over again and Jill went to...uh, work:
Yep, there's nothing like being interrogated by your naked future mother-in-law, eh, Orlando? Oh right! He can't hear me... Anyway, the friending accomplished, Orlando hung out with Joy for a while and they managed not to go to bed together before he left.
When 6PM rolled around, Jill became an Elder. Sandy Bruty and Ivy Copur aged up with her. And after her elder makeover, she looked like this:
And that was it for remotely exciting happenings this week.
Next time: We're off to see what Rupert gets up to at college. And what he gets up to is...Well, a lot, actually. And most of it's troublesome.