Laurince Legacy, Generation 17.4!
Last time, Penelope continued to date people in order to get closer to her LTW of 20 loves. Her daughter, Qistina, gleefully joined in. Penelope was also pregnant, and soon gave birth to QUADRUPLETS: Quistis, Quý, Queenie, and Qo'nos. The laundry room was converted into a second nursery. Everyone (including the still pregnant Parvati) was put on birth control, and the quads became toddlers. Quincy and Quimby became children. Parvati gave birth to the FINAL BABY OF GENERATION Q, a girl, Quark.
Quentin became a teen and rolled Fortune/Family. Quark became a toddler. Then, there was another day full of birthdays. First off, Quint (Pleasure/GC) and Quinn (Double Popularity) became teens. Then, the quadruplets, Quistis, Quý, Queenie, and Qo'nos, became kids. Qistina and Qitarah got moved the hell out of the house, to Uni, in order to free up some housespace so the kids all could have beds. Highest sim count on lot: 19.
First of all, I call bullshit on Parvati having an interest in anything remotely classified as "culinary."
I kind feel bad for the fact that I literally decorated the converted laundry room like a converted laundry room, but Queenie and Qo'nos don't seem to mind their bedroom.
Ah, Penelope, responsible mother of six--nope, can't finish that sentence with a straight face.
Granted, the way her siblings and inlaws are going at it in the front law makes her look downright shy...
So, what are you guys up to?
Playing. But you're too old to get it.
Whatever.
Quinn's kind of stuck in the middle here, all the other girls in the family are either way older or way younger than she is.
At this point, I wondered what Quint would be talking about "in the whole world" for...little did I know, I would soon find out he was talking about the person he hated the most in the whole world...
(FORESHADOWING, OOH!)
Why, yes, Penelope, you can has Garden Club dude that got your mother in trouble for flirting.
Normally, I see throws like Derin's coming from one sim trying to hit the other with the ball. But, in this case, you can see Quentin yelling, "I want you to throw the ball at me as hard as you can," a la Fight Club.
Oh, Quinn, a bit early in your life to turn to the comforting teat of booze, ain't it?
So I wonder if Derin's all blasé about Penelope's promiscuity and Quinn boozing it up because he's used to his family being a trainwreck, or if he's just written off the branches of Orchid's offspring that he didn't father himself.
Norah's slowly, but surely making it up the Adventurer career ladder.
What did Qo'nos ever do to you, Quimby?
Later on, it so happens that another one of my sims has found a love in "Sports"--when sports means beaning another human being with a projectile.
What can I say, I'm an athlete at heart.
...Quý. *facepalm*
So I was thinking, since your mom had so many more babies than I did, that maybe I could think of you as one of my babies sometimes.
...Aunt Parvati, you'd actually pay attention to me.
Exactly!
...thanks, but no thanks.
I guess Queenie missed the memo on both pajamas and smustling.
Dear God, Quentin, stop perving on your uncle's wife.
Orchid continues to encourage Parvati's delusions...
Quark still exists. It's just that, after eleven other toddlers this generation, it's kinda old hat.
Normally, I wouldn't feel too scoldy of Penelope for doing her typical thing, but I feel a little bad that she's doing it right where her kids catch the bus in the morning.
To be honest, I forget which one this is, #16 or 17, probably.
She's still at it when the kids arrive back home, just with someone else.
Queenie, Qo'nos, I don't know why your mother is such a broken human being, but I bet it has something to do with Orchid being her mother and a psycho being her father.
It's great when twins come as a matched set with no effort, isn't it?
Qitarah isn't even fazed by her mother's behavior, anymore. She's here for, what else, a birthday celebration!
Pistachio and Gala are also here...Qistina is mysteriously absent. My money is on a frat party or making a sex tape or a combination of the two.
I'm calling it now, Parvati and Saul's kids are going to be the runaway winners in the hotness contest.
...that was a quick decision, Quark.
Aaaaand because I really don't want to do another bed shuffle, Quentin's off to Uni slightly early, like his cousins before him.
Since Pen actually threw the party, she's got a lot of good memories jumping in here at once. I don't think she and Brody fell in love here, though.
And this is what Parvati and Peter do all damn night. Between his LTW and the fact that Parvati's leftovers feed th household, they're both essentially boring permaplat adults.
However, one important household member isn't permaplat, so I had Derin ask Orchid on a date to help get his aspiration up. He's been rather happy, he deserves to have a platinum gravestone when his time comes.
Everytime I add a new member to the household and they enter the portrait as a teen, Qitarah's arms get all CREEPIFIED and WEIRD.
YA!Quentin. Hot, no?
I'm gonna be sad when Derin goes. Orchid actually settled down for him!
Too bad, Parvati, you are all on birth control now.
This hunk is a bonus! Penelope invited over an acquaintance she'd been working on, and this guy tagged along.
...this was going to be love #18 or 19. So his random buddy might be the one to tip us over the edge.
Hi kids, hope you had a good day at school!
...are all of them yours?
Oh no. All of the girls, yes, but only one of the boys.
Ah, only QUADRUPLETS, I'm sure that won't scare him off.
Somehow, I don't think it was the nature magazine that Qo'nos was really paying attention to!
Peter's children continue to be boring. Quint's all on about the honor roll or scholarship or zzzz...zzzzz.....
NO STAY AWAY FROM ORCHID
...oh.
Well, I'll give Derin this: No one can say he didn't go out happy.
Though this is a little depressing: I don't care how your family ties work, game, but Derin is definitely Quentin's grandpa! What the hell...you're Parvati's father... T_T
Quimby's just worried about how Grandma's going to take it, and Qo'nos is torn up the most. See, Derin was Qo'nos's grandpa, too. :(
Basically, there are twelve concurrent things going on in any room of this house at any given time.
Welp, Quark doesn't want to play rock paper scissors with her uncle.
In case you forgot that Quinn is a popularity sim...she certainly hasn't.
They may be half of a set of quads, but Quý and Quistis strick me as rather twin-like.
Another birthday gathering, and Noah Deline's walkby has shown us that while Qistina is not down with the family being completely inbred with the Delines, Qitarah is in.
Aren't you going to go sing "Happy Birthday," Quint?
...dude, every day is someone's birthday, and they certainly aren't going to miss me. Besides, Queenie's story isn't over.
We're reading about SPACE!
Time for Quimby and Quincy to become teens!
Quimby rolled Family/Romance. Given the environment he's grown up in, it makes a startling amount of sense.
Holy crap!
I'm amazed at this LTW, because I was reasonably certain the LTWsanity hack was supposed to curb the wants like this when a neighborhood was old. This is my original Veronaville, still, so I'm...shocked.
Straight.
Quincy has rolled double Family, so no secondary for him.
He ended up with the same LTW as his father, Saul.
He's bi, though, so he's got a few options in the area of romance.
So, I hate to say it, but I think Quimby's going to be the heartbreaker of this pair.
But don't worry, not only does Quincy have that nice lovable, dopey look to him, I assure you he'll grow into his chin like every other child of Parvati/Saul.
Somehow, Quint and Quinn decided that they hated each other. It honestly makes me a little sad, because every other subset of siblings in this household gives options, but these two only have each other.
Love the amount of family resemblence in this set.
So, when I'm older, I'll want to play games with boys? But I like sports, so I play with them now...
...not exactly the type of games I mean, Quý...
QISTINA. I don't care if you are a dead ringer for Paris Hilton, stop trying to ruin your sister.
All I'm saying is that you're lucky that your birthday party was fabulous and only yours. I'll have to share all of my birthdays with a horrible asshole.
Quinn. D:
This is actually the precise moment these two became enemies. I swear, they didn't even interact here, except to glare, wave, and generate lots of minuses and enemy smilies.
I think the proclivity they both have to just noogie everyone in sight might have something to do with the issues that have with each other.
Vanessa, Geordi Laurince's wife, came home fro work with Saul. Her "athletic wear" is an old, old outfit that I've been meaning to recolor into a good Tifa Lockheart costume for years.
I did it! Despite having 18 other sims in the household at times, lovemod in my hacks folder, I still got Penelope up to 20 simultaneous loves. I will say that having some of the perks from FT helped. Smooth Talk alone simply saved so much time.
Her new LTW is surprisingly non-slutty. I'll let her check for culinary jobs until she hits elder, but it's so not a priority.
HAHAHAHAHAHA, no.
No, Quincy, you can't noogie Queenie, she is learning her life's motivation!
It's rather endearing. Quimby and Quincy both spend tons of time autonomously with their parents. Unlike, well, everybody else in this family.
Pistachio was just walking by, so Orchid ended up instructing him in gaming, of all things. The girl Quimby is talking to is named Alena, but despite some boltage, they didn't really hit it off.
I decided to try to keep these two from each others' throats...
...the calming meditative aspect of yoga helped Quint discover he's totally into fitness!
Let me tell you, SCARIEST FALSE ALARM EVER, right here.
Orchid's pretty aimless. The grandchildren are mostly self-sufficient, her husband's passed, she doesn't have a huge drive to seek out anyone else. She doesn't have to eat, sleep. She chills all day and just plays chess and works in the garden.
Quý spies, with her little eye...
...Mommy boozing it up at six in the morning! She wasn't even up all night dating some dude, for once.
Persephone still finds the time to randomly drop in on us. <3
It's good to know that in her old age, Orchid retains the same amount of dignity she's always had.
Saul tops his career. It's unfortunate that's not his LTW, now, isn't it?
I figure it'd be nice to let all (million zillion) kids meet at least one person to date, now that Penelope's days of having to constantly date everybody are over.
Quinn's setup with this chap, Dustin, who seems to be into older women. Much older women.
He doesn't seem to think much of Quinn's underage drinking, either.
Quimby gets a blind date with a random blonde townie.
She's...been around for awhile, if she knew Blane...or even Hannah.
Hopefully none of the teens get the bright idea to take their dates to the hot tub.
What could you possibly say about Derin, besides "not my real grandpa"?!
That's...a little disturbing.
You got that right.
It'll be even more disturbing once Quimby learns she's a lesbian.
Despite being disapproving of Quinn's habits in general, Dustin finds that he can tolerate a lot of things when she's got such a pretty face.
Quinn's got her first kiss, finally.
Norah here, now she's good to go--now that she's a Space Pirate, she's perma-plat!
I manage to pause in time to get crazy pics EVERY time there's a lightning strike.
I suppose I really need to invest in some lightning rods, consideringhow often those couple of palm trees get struck by lightning and catch on fire.
Oh, I totally wasn't lying about the Quimby's date being a lesbian part. I'm only mad because he paid five grand, that tier of payment should completely eliminate the gals that aren't into dudes.
Taking pity on him, I use the magic crystal ball. Apparently, the music and dance guru? Totally into guys.
And Quimby's finally got his first kiss.
With Quentin off to college, apparently one of Parvati's sons had to take up the "creep on Norah" banner. That's not the creepiest part of this picture...that would be Norah's skin's horrifying lack of nipples.
About damn time I got a lamp. Orchid's only been constantly maxed in two hobbies for like fifteen sim years.
Quinn pliés while I get Quint a magic crystal ball date. This gal has been seen before, briefly, as I commented on her coloring being way similar to Orchid's.
Yeah, well, I really don't have a reason to wish for you to be irresistable now, do I?
Quincy's got a good match in this guy...who used to have a lighter pixie skin, so don't be too surprised if we call on him in a later update and I've fixed that.
Quint...moves quickly.
This level of supportive parental supervision is a little odd, Parvati.
Aw, first kisses are much easier, if you're a dude, when your date is actually into dudes.
Time for the quads to become teenagers! :D
Quý is Pleasure/Knowledge, one of those combos that makes a lot more sense than it initially sounds.
Does she like biology, or does she want to watch her enemies get eaten by cowplants? I think she's too nice for it not to be the former.
I swear, I had a GC drought for years, and now I'm drowning in them.
I hate this LTW.
Popularity/Family for Quistis.
But a family friendly celebrity. Like Donnie Osmond.
CHEEEEEEEESE *shakes fist*
Someone wants to follow in her mother's shoes, literally. It's cute.
The quads ended up all being straight.
Here's Quý. I'm sorry that I forgot I gave Qistina the same hairstyle as a teen, but I think it suits Quý pretty well, and it's not like her sister's wearing her hair that way anymore.
The Quinn/Quint feud came to a head when Quinn attacked her brother.
Quistis has to keep her glasses, because her namesake should've kept hers all the time, too. Oh, and the outfit might look a little buttoned-up from here, but she is Penelope's daughter...
Queenie's going to spend adulthood bonding with older sis Qitarah and wondering how they ended up bein the normal ones.
Nice to see that Quincy thinks throwing one's sibling through a counter is overkill.
Qo'nos...I really want to wash my hands of him, because GODDAMN GRILLED CHEESE ARGH
Quint's not upset that he's moving to Uni. He's upset that he'll be living in the same dorm as his sister. Look, duder, if you're not sharing a suite with her, it'll only be through my bountiful mercy.
HOW THE HELL ARE YOU HERE, GALA?!
You'd think Quý was the one thrown into a counter by her pose here.
Ah, Quistis is her mother's child in a myriad of ways.
Speaking of Penelope, when I showed her wants earlier, that Woohoo with 20 People wasn't a mistake. She managed to make the jailbait clerk fall in love with her without sexing him up, so now she's rectifying that mistake...
Ah, yes, rarely do I see such unbridled hatred outside of ISBIs...
I honestly think Quinn's a good parental blend. My main knock on her is I'm getting so sick of those eyes.
Quint, on the other hand, is just his father with bigger hair and no sideburns.
It's good to see that quads actually socializing out of their bedroom pairs.
Well, Quý's got chemistry with none other than ~RADOVAN LOVE~.
T-T I am disappoint
My uncle's kids are twins, and they hate each other!
Qo'nos doesn't need your fancy prepared GC...
He can produce his own at will.
How this is going to help Queenie's goal of being a prima ballerina, nobody knows.
I am just imagining Penelope calling out pointers from across the room.
It's okay, Mom, I got this.
Norah the Space Pirate is off to work while Parvati and Saul continue to play favorites with the twins.
...well, that's Penelope and a third of her kids, now.
Queenie actually wanted to get a job, so I let her. She's a blogger, like that requires leaving the house or qualifies you as a ~real journalist~.
Hint: I'm blogging right now from my bed. This update is SERIOUS BUSINESS, guys.
First kiss in the bag for Quý.
Oh, and Quistis finally fulfills the want to max Creativity that she's had locked since she was a toddler.
Quark still exists. Now, I will explain. I pay plenty of attention to Quark. I like Quark just fine, unlike some late accident babies. She just doesn't do much worthy of pictures.
The rest of Quark's family overheated by spending several hours on the driveway in the summer sun, so I sent them all to the swimming pool.
And that's how I learned that Quincy and Quimby have a kinship that Quinn and Quint will never be able to attain.
Quý's knowledge side has her rolling skill wants nonstop. So, while she's being all nerdy, the other quads just kinda hang out in the library in their spare time.
I can't believe I ate one of those damn sandwiches.
Now, I'm beginning to like them...
...and this is how Parvati managed to ruin my only son, Peter!
Aw, Quý, how are you ever going to learn the best chess tricks from a grand master, if you have to constantly resort to cheating? (I'm leaning back towards her LTW being an actual LTW of "acquire cowplant.")
Quý sucks at cheating, since Orchid's just like "Oh, my beginner granddaughter must've changed her mind on whether to move her pawn one or two spaces on the first move."
Way to cheat, Quý!
Qo'nos gets set up with this cute lady...
...half of the quads are upstairs agnozing over homework...
...and Queenie's got her own blind date, who's really meh looking.
The last kid's becoming a teenager, FINALLY.
Pleasure/Romance...must've come from growing up around Penelope and all her kids.
Quark's into girls, so maybe her brother's old first date might have a shot.
...it could be worse. It could be 20 simultaneous loves.
Quark's pretty stunning. She also decided to class up the joint by growing up into that dress, so I let her keep it.
Aaaand Qo'nos got his first kiss.
Now, my game crashed around 7:30pm the day Quark aged up, so I had to replay two days, there were a few added details that happened differently. The first being Queenie got a promotion and became an overachiever where she hadn't, before.
Quistis decided that her aunt's husband was slammin'...
Qo'nos autonomously banged his date in his mother's bed...
These two were oblivious to Quistis's drooling...
And, since I gave Queenie's relationship a little extra boost since she was at work when her date originally happened, they ended up jumping in bed together autonomously, too.
Quark, by the way, could easily have a third aspiration of popularity. She loves her cell phone.
Parvati is not as lenient about cheating as Grandma Orchid, apparently.
With five kids moved out to Uni, the Laurinces can finally begin to reclaim their spare rooms. Quistis has wanted a pottery wheel since she hit teen, for some goddamn reason...
One of the other girls wanted a makeover chair, so there it sits. Unused.
You're supposed to get to know each other before you hope into bed...not that Queenie's had the best of role models in that area.
Now that Quark's older, her brothers seem to include her in a lot more activities.
Funny how my most stable/sane set of parents produced the most screwed up siblings in this generation, huh?
Penelope greeted this guy just in case Quistis would be interested.
As you can see, she'd rather launch some crude innuendo at Saul. Her obsession.
Yeah, Saul's a ginger with maxed-out charisma. I don't see her getting over this.
Going by the magic crystal ball, Shirtless here is a good match for her.
And, for Quark, one of the adults' work buddies is a good match.
Your sister is in love with my dad?! You're joking, right?
...oh yes, hilarious joke.
This is not adequate.
Stop trying to break the fourth wall.
Quark's date is going a little bit better...
Quistis soon abandons her date to ply Saul with compliments.
...it's good you can find some humor in the situation, I guess, Quark?
Dear god, do not tell me you are thinking about sex after the last conversation you had was with your jailbait niece.
Quark gets her first kiss, at least!
Oh, for Christ's sake, Quistis. He's a FAMILY SIM.
Since she is Penelope's daughter, I allowed her one opportunity. Saul has an undies turn-on, so I let her change and had her try to flirt with him.
Not interested in breaking up his family, or doing creepifying things with his sister-in-law's daughter.
Quimby and Quincy are off to college, too!
Radovan was here to see Quý, but somehow that ended with him banging Orchid in the backyard. Honey, I know you must be lonely without Derin around, but I thought that might be a hilarious reason to call up Oren, not an opportunity to involve another GENERATION in your partner-swapping...
By the end of this update, Quý had eight points in every single skill. And she did it happily.
Feast your eyes upon YA!Quimby. Can't regret the Parvati/Saul union now.
And here's YA!Quincy. Definitely hot, a little bit more generically so than Quimby, IMHO, but he turned out nice. He even grew into his chin!
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- Sorry, this took me awhile to write, for some reason. I actually have the entire next Randolph update played, as of now.
- My current favorites of the whole bunch are Quinn, Quimby, and Quark, but I'm definitely going to just throw them into a copy of the Bork dorm and let them run wild and not pick an heir til Uni is done. Mark my words, though, SINGLE HEIR this gen. You can feel free to cheer for a favorite, but I'm not polling this gen.
- GoS is doing its secret santa thing, if you are so interested, the sign-ups are still happening, I think.
- In keeping with the Randolph update times, I will definitely have Gen 8 up for download before I post their next update. They've been packed up for ages, I just have to get all their stats.
- Last time I checked, the Gen 4 Bork Heir poll was running pretty closely between two front-runners, AND I'm going to be playing them next, so speak now or forever hold your peace. (I don't usually warn for these, but I don't usually get back to a family so quickly.)