Laurince Legacy, Generation 19.1!
Last time, we were continuing the Laurince-Randolph merge with Gens 18-10 experiencing college together. All of the Randolph kids had paired themselves off with a Laurince: Aeolus/Roxy, Asteria/Reno, Nike/Rex, Psyche/Robert, Thanatos/Ruth, and Triton/Raine. However, not all of the pairings were based on the person found most attractive, but the person found first. So, while Psyche may have been quite infatuated with Robert, that didn't stop her from flirting heavily with his triplet sibling Reeve. And Ruth, who spent the entire last update swooning over her boyfriend Thanatos's identical twin, Triton, decided it was high time to bang Triton in the phone booth--much to Thanatos's ire.
Despite Triton's cheating, there were dual wants/fears for engagement rolled, and he and Raine became the second engaged couple of the group. Ruth decided the best followup to constantly apologizing for cheating on Thanatos with his brother would be to cheat on him with his half-brother, Aeolus. Luckily, this time she wasn't caught--and I needed to marry off six of Quimby's kids, so I had to keep her relationship intact. Reno and Asteria just talked about grilled cheese a lot, then got engaged, but this made them the second most normal couple--after Rex and Nike, of course. Soon after, Robert and Psyche got engaged. Then Raine graduated, and since she was incredibly ahead of her siblings by being the only one that gave a shit about school, I decided to make that the cut-off for the end of Uni. Everyone graduated, and Aeolus/Roxy and Thanatos/Ruth got engaged to tie up loose ends.
I was planning to end the update there, but I decided to go ahead and have a sextuple wedding! The massive wedding went off without a hitch, unless you count only seven of twelve sims getting in the honeymoon limo a hitch. Quimby's LTW was fulfilled, and officially, no one got accidentally pregnant, a minor miracle in my game. I declared Raine and Triton the official heir couple, and Raine ran to the hottub to bang her new husband instead of posing for a pretty returning home shot. She was quickly impregnated, Triton got a job, and we got reminded that I went batshit crazy near the end of last gen and let elder Saul marry his dead wife's niece, Quistis, and they had a toddler child named Ron. Quimby's topping his current job was magically his new LTW, and he came home with a promotion and a second LTW. Then Evangelina turned into an elder.
I either need to make more concise recaps, or do shorter updates.
...who am I kidding, this one's over 200 pictures.
L-R: half of Ron, Evangelina, Quistis, Saul, Raine, Triton
FRONT AND CENTER: Quimby
Raine's LTW is to top the Gamer career, so we're up and job searching since it's a new day.
SO TEMPTED
Maybe after LTW.
Looks like they trade off on the synthesizer, which makes last update with Quistis excitedly watching Saul extra sweet, I think.
Raine leads a pretty charmed existence, because that was a quick job hunt.
As I'm about to send her off to work...
She pops, and I'm so distracted by the fact that this is the second currently procreating female I managed to put in that non-morphed top mesh, by the time she's changed into something acceptable, she'd be too late for that first day for it to be worth it.
You think someone whose goal in life was to see six offspring married would be more excited by this development.
Quimby's not on the pottery wheel for once, but all that means is Quistis and Raine are warring over who gets it. Quistis was closer.
Don't give me that look.
You wanted to do this, too.
Aw, thanks for calling, but I've been married for awhile now.
Shirtless would've been a much better true love for you in the long run, Quistis, dear.
Pregnancy is bringing out the latent GC sub in Raine.
Aren't you worried this will be a bit greasy for someone in your condition?
Dad, I know Mom managed to have all of us kids in only three pregnancies, but were you in a coma during them, or something?
Two adorable old dudes smustling!
...maybe pouting is just Raine's intense-non-dancing-hobby face?
Perfect plate on the first try, though. I think Raine stole one of her sibling's lucky seven-leaf clover a long, long time ago.
Triton is ~an artist~. His choice of career isn't super important, except I think there are a lot of sims that made it into that career. His first work friend is Gen 8 spare, Hazel.
And she gets to enjoy some birthday cake!
Because I didn't get enough of that growing up.
Oh, that's right, you were a member of my first ten kid generation, weren't you?
Well, Quistis is enjoying this enough for everyone, I hope, since this is her only child.
OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE
I HAVE IMPECCABLE TIMING
THERE CERTAINLY IS ONE PECKER IN THIS PICTURE, GRIM
When I fed Saul enough juice to see his youngest son hit his toddler years, I wasn't expecting the hourglass to run out at the precise instant Ron stopped being a toddler.
At least already-deceased Saul can appreciate that the timing was just good enough to keep Ron from growing up badly.
No one should be too surprised. Ron's going to be barely older than his niece's children.
He really was a family man, though. That's sweet.
Please, be tactful about this, Triton, as bizarre as it must seem.
This picture paused my update writing for a long time. I'm pretty sure I took it because Raine was upset, but...she doesn't quite look it here, does she?
Look guys, he's dead, but he's really happy his youngest son grew up well.
Bye, bye Saul.
Speaking of Ron, here he is as a child.
I suppose that's one way to handle your grief, darlin'.
Definitely more healthy than Quimby's reaction. Dude, I let your dad live a stupid long time already. I've been regretting and regretting it.
It's bittersweet, but at least these two still have each other.
Oh, Ron...you're younger than all of your father's grandchildren, but I'm sorry you miss him.
Time for Raine to wallow with unhealthy coping...
...while Quimby gets down to the life-affirming.
BTW, neither one of you are living unnaturally long lives. Just naturally long ones.
This bad idea of mine was never going to end well.
I made foooood~
It's great. Thanks, honey.
What do you think, Hazel?
Awesome. My "dad" used to make us grilled cheese all the time when I was little.
So, may I suggest something better for your next meal, Quis? I hear eggs are quite the perfect little morsel.
...really, you two? I think you might be getting the bed wet.
I GET THE PICTURE
I'll never let anyone marry their aunt/uncle's partner after said aunt/uncle has died of old age again!
Hey, Quy, your sister's a bit depressed, why don't you--
Huh, she just ran across the street. I wonder why?
Sooooon.
Look, Raine, love, I think that last night? Hazel? Was lying.
Quimby's still got the mack act down.
Evangelina's a bit distracted by gazing at what her in-laws looked like back when they were young and hot.
Her husband eventually gets her attention, though. :)
Sorry, Raine, I am too lazy to micromanage your eating and your skilling. Have some eggplant juice.
~awkward interruption by Quimby's ridiculously younger half-brother~
*clappy hands* A promotion AND Kiki!
Kiki was one of the two Gen 11 double heirs--obviously, not the one that produced Gen 12 (or she'd be dead now).
WHY IS THERE LOBSTER EVANGELINA?!
WHY
I wanted lobster.
All that effort for one plate of lobster. I don't get it.
Best be keeping your hands off Triton, no matter how adorable he may be.
Are you going to be the synthesizer jammer now that Saul's gone?
Quistis is quickly making it to the top of her career.
Hopefully the fact she started late in the game won't hurt her any...
...because she's now an elder. Uh...that's past the limit of what I deem acceptable for elders that aren't...Penelope or something.
So, I don't know if I can adequately explain this without drawing a huge picture, but Quistis has managed to re-inherit the old "incredible shrinking Laurince elder jaw" because her father was the son of a Gen 3 spare.
Oh well, at least she grew up well and will be around awhile, for Ron.
What happened to my mommy?!
It's just cosmetic changes, really, I promise!
Also, is the skintone funny or is the mapping on this shirt a little off?
Don't depress me any more, Quistis. It's not my fault you wanted to get with someone about 35-40 years older than you!
I just...don't know why no one else cared about making dean's list in college...
Raine, with the most bizarre pillow talk ever. Honey, your siblings and your husband's siblings were too busy fucking each other and being nuts to actually do schoolwork, remember?
You guys are just rubbing your togetherness in Quistis's face now, aren't you?
Raine uses her maternity leave as an excuse to play in the bathtub.
GUESS EVANGELINA THINKS THAT'S BULLSHIT
Why did she have to yell at me when I feel so bad?
Thanks, Evangelina, if she'd stayed in the bathroom, we could've started this generation with a nice cliché.
So, what'll it be?
We've got a boy, with brown hair, and recessive eyes from Marty Fletcher, Mnemosyne Randolph's husband. Saul Laurince II. :3
Raine went all the way out into the lawn to hand Saul II to Quistis while she had another baby. (I think Evangelina had gone to work between yelling at Raine and Raine completing the process of childbirth.)
It's a girl, Sadie, also with brown hair. She's got a set of recessive eyes that I'm pretty sure came from Orchid Laurince's husband Derin Skye originally. So we've got some shining recessive genetics in here, despite the relatively pale brunette children.
Quistis decided to be a bitch about her cousin's daugher/late husband's granddaughter's labor, and ignored poor Saul II. HE'S NAMED AFTER YOUR BELOVED, BITCH.
Oh well, Raine wins at everything, I'm sure she can get twins off the lawn, fed, and bedded in no time.
...just don't ask her to change a diaper?
What the hell? How can you be a knowledge sim and have twins and reasonably be afraid of diapers?
FABULOUS!
So...even though you're not pregnant any more, you still love Grilled Cheese?
A part of me always has, silly!
Blame her Grandma Parvati.
Oh, if only getting your pre-baby body back IRL was as easy as it is in the sims.
So, I didn't do this...
...Triton did this, I'm sure.
More babies?
Shit, it's not like you're having any more.
I just would think being one of nine would make Raine more sensible.
Raine is quite fertile, maybe we'll knock out the remaining four kids in one go!
Another day, another Triton promotion.
Raine finally went to work, and instantly got promoted. CHARMED LIFE.
And the whole infant business?
Already over. Woo.
Sadie...
...Saul.
I can't wait til they're all married and the hell out of here.
Uh, Raine...
So, Sadie's got Triton's little XD eyes and some puffy hair (since she grew up into a less-cute puffy hair).
And Saul II kept his lighter brown hair, and you can see he's got an interesting XD variation...they're still smallish, but they're wider open. It's interesting how many separate little traits are inheritable.
I think Sadie's surprised someone managed to get her on a toilet that fast. Hey, the Laurinces aren't an ISBI. You will learn how to get yourself to a toilet ASAP in this house.
The thought of multiple toddlers has Evangelina pre-caffeinating.
Um...Quistis? Your LTW is to top your career, perhaps you might want to hold off on retirement a little while?
Grandpa Quimby!
...I think you caught the flu just to spite me.
I have tried to give you your biggest hopes and dreams, just because I ignore ONE WHIM for the bigger picture...
Quimby needed a new hobby, so now it's...teaching his grandson to say "grandpa," apparently.
Pregnancy #2 is progressing nicely.
I finally got Saul buried AND Noelle Deline-Laurince's grave respawned. So here is 16 generations of graves.
Don't worry, I have room for the whole alphabet. I was apparently prescient when it came to laying out the original graveyard, back when I only intended for the Laurinces to run til Gen 10.
Since Raine's back on maternity leave, she's doing some toddler teaching of her own.
You are officially quarantined to your bedroom.
Sadie's mobile!
Now it's time to teach Saul a nursery rhyme.
I like to think the mailman isn't yelling at Hayden for stealing the Laurinces' old paper; more that he's yelling at him because he can't yell at Grace anymore for hijacking his sperm, so one of Grace's other kids has to suffice.
Triton's happy to juice if it means he skips yet another grilled cheese meal.
Babies again?!
It's the circle of life, Pamela. The only way it stops is if you become part of it yourself. Remember Griff?
I don't know why there's so much Sadie spam, except I'd just retextured that hair and it's making her look especially adorable.
Ron's still here. He hasn't rolled up too many wants involving Saul II or Sadie, but I don't know if the game recognizes grand-nephews and nieces.
oh shit, I just realized what some future implications might be right this second as I write this...
I think that's the last point she needs for that final promotion...
...so I killed two birds with one stone.
What sounds good? Starts with the word "grill"...
We get it, Raine.
Continuing on the nursery rhyme. Not because Saul is stupid, more because both toddlers and pregnant ladies have short attention spans.
I can't remember if Ron wanted body points or not, but he is adorable in his track suit.
Toddler training multitasking~
Gotta get Saul walking, and Sadie's going to strangle Kermit in the meantime.
I hope she's not taunting her twin that she's free to play with ALL THE TOYS because she can walk already.
MOAR PROMOTION
Finally.
Wait, Quimby didn't finish teaching Saul how to talk? Fucking slacker.
Um, Triton, a little more interaction with the children you desperately wanted might be nice?
Sadie's thrilled at the prospect.
I spoke too soon.
It's not that I'm not happy being a grandma, it's just...I have nine children. So you don't have to have all of the grandkids yourself.
Believe me, Mom, I don't enjoy being as big as a beachball, either. I'm hoping I can have four in one go like you this time, and be done with it
So...close...
Aren't you glad I didn't let you quit now?
:D
Bye, Aunt Evang, time for school!
...you can't be that happy Ron's left for the day. He's practically invisible.
I made Raine go to work, because I'd like her to actually get somewhere in her career.
I think they've just about learned everything, so now they've become skilling monsters. Truly Raine's children.
Another promotion, and this time, we've got Karana with us.
Gotta stay in shape for those roles!
Part of me wants them to be good friends, and another part of me is afraid because that sort of thing rarely ends well in my game.
Oh good, talk smack about Evangelina, awesome.
I don't know why Quistis called Evangelina weird...pot, kettle, black...
Go back to studying, Triton, and let the old broads have their fun.
QUIMBY, STOP RUBBING QUISTIS'S FACE IN HER LONELINESS
Raine's a bit too busy to go to bed, sleep clock.
I clicked random, I promise, but we got one baby. This time, I went back to the Randolph naming theme and picked out an S mythology name. So here's a boy named Silenus with blonde hair and the same recessive eyes Sadie inherited from Derin Skye-Laurince.
AWESOME!
Yeah, yeah, we still need three more to satisfy Triton for good.
I think the fridge was finally running out of Grilled Cheese leftovers, so Quimby made one of the newer downloaded breakfasts I put in my game.
Ron is thrilled to not get cold grilled cheese for the 8000th time.
I wonder if Silenus wants any egg?
Honey, I think he's got a little while to go before solid food.
But eggs are only half solid when they're sunny-side up, Triton!
We know Raine's not dumb, so I'm beginning to think she's got part of Parvati's nonsensibility as her sense of humor.
Quistis finally has her Bronze pottery badge.
You two are totally frenemies, aren't you?
Congratulations on having such a nice, long marriage.
See? Quistis does think it's an accomplishment, but Evangelina never wanted to get married. Totally backhanded compliment!
Raine really liked that breakfast, apparently.
So, where did those kids get those eyes from?
Whoops, I'm pretty sure Derin doesn't have a portrait because Orchid had a bazillion babydaddies...
Onto other means of skilling...
...the twins are also socializing the only way they can in my game.
Yay, Triton. I'm gonna have to start thinking about what his next career should be...
Yeah, Quimby, I agree it's good to see that Quistis will finally deign to touch one of the babies, given that Raine is going to keep having them.
Birthday time again!
Raine got home from another promotion just in time!
Child!Sadie.
Uh...do they have to do that here? Now?
It's about the only way to keep Evangelina sane, honestly. Everywhere and all the time.
And here's child!Saul II.
Cake was not enough, I guess.
And then immediately to the barre. Sadie had the first night as a child ON SPEED going on.
Saul II, in true Saul fashion, has found the synthesizer.
I guess it's about time to get the next baby started, isn't it?
*sigh* Really? TWICE? You're slipping, guys.
Ron: really likes sports and can't wait to be a teenager.
Guess what? He finally has something in common with the twins. Now that they're big enough to go outside and stuff.
And Ron looks so happy. :3
Raine? Less happy.
I think my mommy's gonna have a baby again?
Really? Cool!
You won't think that when you're old enough to babysit, Ron.
...I don't want to have morning sickness again. I want to learn how to make ham and egg on toast.
Raine, honey, when you're not nauseous? You fry some ham, fry an egg, put it on some toast, and fucking eat it.
At least it's not directly in front of Quistis or Ron.
...sports only? That's a little specific, Ron.
I can't even keep Grilled Cheese down!
Epic morning sickness this time, it seems.
Sadie, I don't think this is helping your mother!!
I don't even KNOW why I capped this. It's way too fucking cliche.
Guess what, guys? Evangelina and Quimby have basically had so much sex, Evangelina's perma-plat now!
On the other hand, Raine's led such a charmed life, she's already perma-plat, too.
That's just fucking ridiculous.
To be fair, Quistis? You kinda preferred leaving her and/or her twin lying out on the front lawn to holding them as infants. That might be why Sadie's reluctant for the hugging.
Holy shit, why are all these people here? I guess I decided to have a birthday party?
Quý, Reeve, Ruther, Richter, Reno, Penelope, Queenie, Qistina
Quinn.........Qo'nos
Evangelina's pissed. I guess there isn't room for her to dry hump Quimby with all the people in the kitchen.
The best face, Raine.
And then, once I have six kids, I want them all to get married!
Queenie, why are you listening to Triton's insanity?
Ohhhh...yeah, I totally wanted to have a blowout because it was Ron's birthday too. I wanted to do something nice for him.
Remember when I mentioned at the beginning of Gen 18's uni run why Richter wasn't going to go for any of the Randolph ladies? Because his two turn-ons are apparently blonde hair and Laurincest?
GOD FUCKING DAMMIT
I think Quý is smirking because she had the sense to pick a spare that is younger than her, so she can never end up in the same situation as Quistis.
So here's Silenus! Looks like no XD eyes (but since the Randolphs are technically over, I don't care so much), but he is still adorable, and I'm loving that he's got blonde hair.
Ronniekins!
He's Knowledge/Popularity. Saul was a Knowledge sim and Quistis is a Popularity sim.
...Saul was a Mad Scientist. I'm getting verklempt, guys.
And in not too much longer, Ron'll get to move out and go to college! And have so! much! fun!
I'd rather Ron not have the same sort of fun you had in college, Reno. It just made my head hurt.
...okay, so Ron might have a lot of fun in college? Depends on the dormies, I suppose. I don't think Quincy had too much luck, despite attracting a lot of people.
I decided to go full-on tribute and gave Ron his father's haircut. And the rest of him suitable popularity/nerdy.
Quimby looks a bit disconcerted. What did you expect, dude, that your littlest brother wasn't going to resemble your dad at all, ever?
Queenie, are you still listening to Triton's fantasies of fathering a full basketball team?
You were friends with my dad, right? So we can be great friends, too!
Uh, Ron? I know Penelope isn't really the maternal type, but she is still your grandmother...
...on Quistis's side...
...that's why this shit is so confusing.
Which is why you two need to knock this shit off.
Oh, I remember your mother dancing like that. Sad thing is, people were apparently paying her to teach them how to do that.
Good idea, Triton, spending time with your children instead of telling everybody about your plans to have all of the children ever.
Shot of Quinn. Just 'cause.
LOOK, QUISTIS, SADIE DOESN'T WANT A FUCKING HUG
Like you need more aspiration points, bitch.
(This is Raine maxing her last skill point. Yep, didn't even need this giant goal to get to that permaplat earlier.)
Shot of Raine. Just 'cause.
Baby #4...and possibly 5-6, who knows? I don't! Raine's still pregnant, which made for a couple of interesting hair preview shots the other day.
Don't worry, Silenus is learning all the things, too.
Now he can terrorize the household!
Thank god Raine's on the talking job. Since Quimby can't manage it, apparently.
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That's it for now, guys! I apologize for the long wait, it just...didn't want to get written for the longest time. At least it was a long update? And I wanted to link the Randolph Readers' Choice results post to this one, but it's late and I haven't written it yet. So that means if there are any last minute votes left, get them in now. You've had months, guys. Months. But now you get a few more days. Lucky you. I'd like to get a few more votes in, too, right now the number is juuuust small enough that there might be some unfortunate ties.