Father Peet is Surrounded by Orphans!
This combines Kids for Diversity with a semi-ISBI challenge. If you don't know, Kids for Diversity is a method of sim-creation where you make them as a child, and you don't! peek! at the adult version till you're done. I did six kids for this and I think they turned out pretty awesome! Then I did an ISBI-type thing with them (not a real ISBI because I am a dirty cheater, but hey, I tried). The kids' download links are at the end!
On the outskirts of Pleasantview, Our Lady of Boolprop is home to one priest and the six orphans in his charge.
Father Peet loves his little flock, though they scarcely pay attention to his sermons.
If he looks familiar, it's because he's a classic Pixel Trade face: dothesmustle's Nathan Peet.
And like the original, he still has certain, shall we say, needs. Though we needn't dwell on that. *cough*
Let's meet the orphans...
Otto Nugget, who is alternately gleeful and woebegone.
Teeka McSquish, beating out E.C. Curious for Effing Cuteness.
Pam Jammy, my attempt at a sad little waif-like face (she's not wearing makeup, those dark circles are natural).
Whistlepig Didgeridoo, squinty and obsessively neat.
Skizzy Staccato. I was trying for a slightly crazy look and dramatic nose.
Taco Bob - a sweet alien hybrid who, like Prince or Cher, has no last name.
This is pretty much the first thing that happened. Thankfully the kids were at school.
Foreshadowing?
No real harm done - the gifts are hardly scorched. Bonus, the fire retardant can double as fake snow.
Though they are orphans, the children are happy with their little lot in life.
Reasonably happy, anyway.
That cheered Pam Jammy up...
But someone else has been a naughty little sim!
Some do better in school than others, and they all have their little dramas.
Poor Father Peet has to catch a few winks whenever he can.
Perhaps the local nanny service can help.
(I have no idea what Taco Bob thinks he's doing there.)
The orphans' reactions range from stunned disbelief to philosophical acceptance.
Father Peet fears that he'll lose the children, so he covers up the terrible incident.
Father Peet can't call for another nanny - it will just start an investigation into the last one's fate. But here's an idea! Enlist a random sim walking by, and get her to take over the nannying. There's even a spare uniform she can use.
The new nanny is my thinly veiled way of offering up Mantis Pockets, the result of a CAS breeding experiment that I liked well enough to save. Her ancestry includes quite a lot from one of gheez's sims, the very cute Freyan Easy, along with some Capp blood.
Nanny Pockets has a stern approach to child-rearing.
"You ARE all potty-trained, aren't you?"
Truth be told, they need a firmer hand. There is only so much Father Peet can do. Making six kids do their homework every day is pretty much impossible.
The pop-ups become all too common.
They're still a happy little family...
...but the act is beginning to wear thin. Cliques form among some of the orphans, while others feel left out.
Anxieties sharpen, and there is even some bullying.
A certain do-gooder from the community takes it upon herself to check up on the childrens' welfare.
Asking questions when Father Peet isn't around.
Nobody knows what tipped her off to begin with.
"It's not a safe environment, I'm telling you!"
But revenge is a possible motive. Mary-Sue might have minded her own business if Father Peet had respected the sanctity of the confessional.
Tsk tsk, Father Peet. You know how gossip gets around. Loose lips sink ships, and orphanages too.
He took the statue of Our Lady of Boolprop! :O
I blame the economy. :(
Another night, all are snug in their beds... what's that glow on the floor?
This time, even the fire retardant fake snow cannot bring cheer to this sad scene. :(
Mary-Sue is still on the case. She even goes through their trash.
Otto Nugget thinks, "If I stand really still, she won't see me..."
"Easy-bake muffins are not a substitute for good nutrition!"
(Though I admit, that's the only way the kids have hung on this long...)
Looks like she's got the goods on Father Peet now! O_o
Let's face it. One sim just can't meet the needs of six children.
And nobody even pretends to listen to the sermons anymore.
"That's because the sermons are TERRIBLE!"
I dunno, I think it's time for a last bit of fun...
I mean, there hasn't been nearly enough pyromania in this yet.
"We're the favorites! Are you jealous?"
"...Yes."
"Look, no hands!"
So angry about the burglary.
FIRE. FIRE FIRE FIRE.
Early the next morning...
Her arrival plucks all the children out of their beds, to stand rooted to the ground.
Look at Nanny Pockets! It's like she wanted this. >:(
The children can't move; they are under the Social Worker's thrall. Helpless as they witness Father Peet argue with the implacable official.
Pam Jammy's eyes go blank with terror.
One by one the Social Worker leads them out.
"Father Peet is a very bad man. Say it."
"Father Peet is a very bad man," Otto Nugget repeats woodenly.
But when she gets to Pam Jammy, she meets resistance! Pammy runs back to the top of the stairs and refuses to budge.
Only to be teleported out to the van! The Social Worker has such powers as mortals can only dream of. She cuts to the chase after that, and teleports all the remaining children.
"But... but I made them pancakes! See! I do feed them!"
Too little too late, Father Peet. :(
All that's left is the sobbing.
"Pam Jammy, I think I'll miss you most of all."
Okay, I admit it. I quit without saving, went back and maxmotived them all. And I aged them all up to adult for pics. But as downloads, they are still children, and you can adopt them!
LINK TO DOWNLOAD FOLDER
There may be a teeny bit of CC on the kids; I thought I cleaned 'em up but I might have missed something. Mantis Pockets has CC hair and some makeup on. Needless to say, Mantis is packaged as an elder. The kids are packaged as kids.
Otto Nugget
As an adult, and with a little makeunder...
Looking good, Otto!
Pam Jammy Van Damme
Still waif-like, and her face has gone all pointy, but she's not bad at all. I think she has slight elf ears under her hair, too.
Skizzy Staccato
LOL, nice nightgown.
She actually has brown hair; the red ponytails were an attempt to give her some individuality as a child. With a makeover she's actually quite lovely, even glamorous.
Whistlepig Didgeridoo
Wow! He turned out rather hot! I thought he was doomed to be squinty and nerdy all his life. But he's quite nice looking. No pun intended on the uniform and the Pig in his name (I only now thought of that). I think he has slightly pointy ears too, I'm not sure.
Teeka McSquish and Taco Bob
They bonded so closely, I thought they should age up together.
Teeka's still effing cute, though her features are a bit close together (which gives her a case of fivehead). Here, with maybe a bit too much makeover...
...I accidentally recreated Sally Field as Gidget! O_o
Taco Bob's makeunder...
Yeah! *fist pump* Look at that profile! He's awesome. He's based off the Maxis PT that's a Caliente ancestor, by the way.
Last but not least...
Mantis Pockets
She's not really a strict old nanny (and a narc), she just plays one on TV!
Here's everyone together.
"Love you, Pammy!"
"Love you too, Daddy!"
I'm a sucker for a happy ending.
Once again -- LINK TO DOWNLOAD FOLDER
The End?
Not quite yet!
BONUS! OMG!
So fairly early on, Father Peet called Nina Caliente up (don't judge! even a priest has needs). The beds are all singles, so I thought they would just flirt around and maybe make out on the sofa in Father Peet's office. But they headed out to the graveyard instead.
...What are you sims doing? O_o
It turns out, the nanny grave was cloned off a hot tub!
Because it's so sexy to make out while standing on a frozen corpse...
...or have woohoo on top of one. :O
"...Did we really just do that?"
"We will never speak of this again."
I KNOW, RIGHT? I had to share these, but OMG.
Okay, that's really the end. Thanks for reading and enjoy the kids!