pixel_trade! Featuring Gen 5 spouse,
raemia's Helle Almassy.
Last time, Helle discovered the refrigerator...was a good place to find juggling equipment. Syn became a cute toddler. Zisa hooked up with Furbolg Magicakes. Astrid came over, demonstrated she was still crazy. Helle almost had a miscarriage, unsurprisingly. Finally, Helle gave birth. To triplets: sons Hermóðr and Höðr, and daughter Hretha. Syn grew up poorly into a child, then Thor and Helle decided to try for another baby. The triplets became toddlers, and Höðr grew up into his father's 'fro.
And, somehow, it was crazier than it sounds but we had no ISBI stat changes!
We'll begin today's update with Helle demonstrating her failure to feed anybody.
It's great when you've got multiple neglected toddlers, isn't it?
Fuck no.
It's not my fault you wanted to marry the crazy, Thor.
Syn's happily showing us that she doesn't take after her mother...she enjoys food!
I can't wait to make lots of BFFs at school!
I can't wait for Helle to actually take a bite of that pancake.
Thor's pretty much on his own when it comes to caring for the triplets. He can't even change all their diapers before they become occupied with something else.
...too bad he can't put a diaper on his wife.
This has probably been a long time coming.
Hopefully he can help Helle with her obvious eating disorder, while he's at it.
So, even though Helle has wet herself before, this time sent her into a cycle of depression.
However, with the triplets all dry and fed, Thor's taking some well-deserved (and needed) downtime. And you all get to see his final ~outfit of the day~ in its full glory.
If only these buggers continue to be so happy and satisfied...it'd be nice to not have warring siblings, after Thor's siblings Váli and Vör from last gen.
Thor's fierce self needs to gain some more skill points if he's ever going to get a promotion...which I'd like him to have, since our weekly challenges often exhaust all the family's money.
Hi, Nyx!
Gotta get Syn's homework taken care of, too.
You might not be entertained that your puddle of piss is still there, and you're standing in it--but I am.
Zisa, I don't think those times you spent in space are appropriate table conversation.
Mama, change!
Why would I do that?
To be fair, Hretha, your mother can't take care of her own bladder needs properly.
I hope this next one isn't anything like Syn...
...Syn's relatively happy and well adjusted. I know your family was a bit messed up, Helle, but jeez...
Zisa has had actual horrible shit go down in her life, and she's still kind enough to take care of the babies...
I'd ask Höðr what he expected, but he's like one-and-a-half...
So, Syn's into sports...
...it's hard to capture, but she and Helle were just taking turns throwing the balls at each others' faces.
Oh, good, Helle's got something in common with one of the tots. Or, she's got the attention span of one. Same difference.
At least they'll be well-skilled?
...oh. This better not--
--oh, dammit. :( How frustrating. Helle's so bad at taking care of anyone's needs, least of all her own, but this pregnancy was almost over. This has the terrible distinction of being the first miscarriage in the whole legacy.
...and her sanity, not having quite recovered, is well back in the shitter.
You know, I don't think this guy is helping.
As much as Helle has been driving me up the wall, I will give her props in this one case: unlike any other ISBI spouse I've ever had, she does seem to realize where her husband sleeps and that she'd like to be next to him.
She doesn't use her bed all of the time, mind you, but she does actually use it.
Not that it does her much good when she's this depressed. ...which is kind of a problem.
If she lost the baby because she never sleeps or eats, being too depressed to eat or sleep isn't going to keep Helle herself alive, either.
Oh, don't be confused. Helle didn't make this, I woke Thor up, and he did.
And I was conflicted...as a Fortune sim, going to work might make Helle happy. But she was barely alive, so it was the worst possible idea.
BY THE WAY, new challenge time.
...we're killing people. And generating hostile ghosts. I--I want to mention something here. If you read the Randolphs and remember all the uncontrollable pregnant spouse issues from them, they were all exacerbated by ghosts. Ghosts, up to this point, haven't been messing with Helle at all.
GODDAMMIT.
Go to bed, Helle. please
Or Thor might actually need to start thinking about getting another wife.
Funny. Do sims usually change into outerwear to go to the carpool?
...oh.
Look, it's the nanny! Thor's got work today...so we won't kill her until he gets home for the day.
If I remembered whether or not Zisa worked today, though, we might've been able to spare the poor woman. She's been all right...probably considering I murdered her predecessor for pissing off...I think it was Hyperion Randolph.
Zisa, was all set to change Hretha's diaper...
...but got interrupted. Hey, I don't think the nanny could sense that we were going to kill her...right?
GUYS
I THINK SHE KNOWS
Well, the
pixel_trade townie (
quellasims's Harper Brockel) is immune to our challenge. Mailbitch, however...
...isn't.
BEST UPDATE EVER
No one asked you, Grim!
I'm not feeling the mood of this update...
So, I'm not feeling the mood of this update...
There's a dead body on the lawn, and Zisa's making a snowman, and it ought to be hilarious.
There's a dead body on the lawn, and Zisa's making a snowman, and it ought to be hilarious!
But it's just...weird. And somber.
Word.
Sorry that my toddler spam hasn't been as enthusiastically delivered as sometimes--this update was more fun to play than it is to write about, I guess? The triplets are all cute and adorable, etc.
Why is this woman being so lazy?
We don't pay you to bitch, nanny!
Besides, Zisa had to work! So there! :P
...I don't think she's thrilled that she skipped work. Moreso that she still got paid. Hopefully this + a good night's day's sleep will help get Helle back on track!
...is this on track or not?
This picture of double win is such a stark contrast to...oh, anything Helle does.
Though Helle is invested in Syn's success again. Yay. Maybe she'll help take care of the triplets, now!
Oh, and it's time to murder the nanny now that we've dismissed her.
No one will notice the graves underneath that giant neighborhood shrubbery!
Y'know, Thor, maybe it's time to try the other side of the fence. Lulach Bean Sidhe (
scarred_id) here's got similar coloring to Helle, and, who knows, maybe he knows how to eat?
...Thor's too busy completing that snowman, isn't he?
Hey, not something you see too often...
...Helle voluntarily eating.
So, with the return of Helle's good spirits and a possible of her returning competance, let's try for baby again. Surely, this can only end well!
No no no, be quiet, I'll wake Thor up, your mother is finally asleep at night for once--
SPOILER: Helle got out of bed.
Also, this is about where I started mentally calling her Gigi. If you don't know why this is a big problem, you might want to go check out the Randolph Gen 6 updates. The parallelism is not lost on me.
While Zisa may be a permaplat uncontrollable, she is still ecstatic when we eat the leftover Grilled Cheese she left in the refrigerator.
Helle? That sure as hell ain't eating.
While I'm glad you enjoy your husband's company, bb, I'd be more happy if you enjoyed more than the thought of food.
Some of the copious ~triplet group shots~ are to just show off that they are almost constantly in one another's presence. Hopefully, they'll grow up to be great friends! ...please...
I know you're a Visionary, Zis, but you don't have to obsess over art, dear.
I am the best Grilled Cheese painter ever!
...oh. Wrong obsession.
I'm amazed it took this long for one of them to try and consume a rancid bottle! Poor Hretha did the honors.
Simultaneously, Hermóðr decided to be the first puddle-splashing little shit!
Helle and I are making the same face right now. Her--because she gets to go to work. Me--because whatever autonomous needs-fulfilling happens to sims off-lot at work or school? Is easily twenty times better than anything that could happen if Helle was left to her own devices.
Oh, paper girl. You were saved from the weekly challenge yesterday, because we had too many papers. Unfortunately, we haven't called a nanny yet, but you're already here today...
...and that's when the pretty paper girl got hit by a freak hailstorm.
Syn's a bit depressed by the corpse, whereas Zisa's just going, "Damn, not another one."
Thor actually rolled up an appropriate fear! Luckily, dear, your old Professor flame from college is safe from muderfest...if nothing else, because it's now over.
...I'm afraid to see the ghosts.
And the new nanny is happy to meet her new employer--I wonder why?
You're not as cute as last nanny, but you're interesting looking. Given the fates of the 'hood's last two...I'm hoping I won't have to kill you.
DAMMIT NANNY
MAYBE PICK THEM UP, PUT THEM IN THE KITCHEN, THEN FEED THEM?
AND Hermóðr needs a change!
Apparently, so does Höðr, if we can trust the judgment of Crazy Great-Aunt Astrid.
NOT YOU TOO, HRETHA
Zisa, continuing to be competant granny, changes Höðr and then plays with him.
Astrid? Probably cycling between Myshuno and sobbing about sandwiches. The usual.
Speaking of the usual, Helle's pregnant again. Let's cross our fingers that this time will be better.
WHY ARE YOU AND YOUR CHARGES OUTSIDE AGAIN?
Luckily, she brought Hermóðr inside, and Helle's better mood has continued. This might be her first positive interaction with one of her younger brood!
Holy shit, Helle! Autonomous potty training? I love the new Helle.
Hey, it's not my first go-round at motherhood.
...maybe not technically, but...
Bronwyn Darwin (
stakeit_uk) drops by to ensure the game generates a new paper kid in the morning.
We've gotta keep up on Syn's schoolwork, since she's going to have three siblings vying for that kind of attention soon!
IMMINENTLY SOON...
One cake, because I want Helle to eat cake, but only one, because I don't want pregnant Helle watching multiple birthdays. Hretha gets it, because she was closest to Thor at 6pm.
Hermóðr grows up...meh. Better than I expected!
Somehow, Freyja snuck in for some cake!
Wow, so-so is so much better than bad. Now let's cross our fingers for Hretha...
Here's kiddie Hermóðr. Maybe it's the skin and eyes, but he looks a lot like Thor to me.
Meanwhile, I cut off most of Höðr's hair...and he's also got Thor's brows, but different eyeshape and mouth to Hermóðr.
This just in: in the Bork household, growing up "well" is apparently defined as "not growing up badly."
Helle, why are you so surprised when you saw his identically aged-sister growing up before your very eyes?
Also, where's your fucking cake?
Here's Hretha! Obviously doesn't have Thor's brows.
I think all the kids so far are adorable, don't you?
Wow, Syn's decided to become the responsible older sibling. Now she's definitely going to roll an aspiration at odds with this when she hits teen, isn't she?
Seriously, Helle, you already noticed this!
Thor's got a final body point to earn, but it's hard to say if Helle's attraction here is her husband or the exercise bike.
Syn's decided to play on the swingset. I love it when kids actually find--
Be careful, Astrid. Somehow Höðr's overcome his mother's crazy. I don't want you ruining him with yours.
Well, whether it be love of Thor or the exercise bike, if they're both in the room, Helle remembers it's hers.
Less destructive bathroom playtime...I approve!
--the swingset! Hermóðr's joined his sister!
Holy crap, here comes Höðr...that's almost all of them.
IT'S WONDERFUL :3
OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE, LIBBY, GO AND RUIN EVERYTHING
I...what did I just see? What did I just do?
T_T
So, exhausted, smelly, probably starving...time for the second trimester. *headdesk*
Another sporty sim.
So, if you are exhausted, smelly, starving, and beginning to show, what is it time to do?
NO
Even Thor's like, "How about sleep? Shower? Midnight snack?"
...another one?
So, I make Thor stop his workout to call Helle to a hastily prepared meal...which she then passes out in. We're on the highway to the danger zone, aren't we? Except not in a fun way like the song.
Shut up, Astrid! No one asked you to eat the "let's save Helle and her unborn child's life" meal!
Meanwhile, Helle's looking for new ways to fail...she is so freaking depressed that a paranormal encounter made her wet herself, she can't sleep!
Every. Single. Kid.
Just go the fuck to sleep, Helle. Please. Please.
Yes! Maybe all you needed was the strong, loving arms of your husband!
...it's like 2am, why are you still awake?
...Helle, if you didn't care about smelling before, perhaps this could have waited until, I don't know, YOU SLEPT?
Zisa, please, tell your daughter-in-law about the magical drug ~CAFFEINE~.
Isn't that bad for the bab--
You shut your whore mouth and pour that pot down Helle's throat!
Phew, back in bed...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Welp, guess it's time to bring juggling back.
...I'm gonna go rock back and forth in the corner.
This is too similar to how we ended last update. ...except last time, NO ISBI stats had changed.
Guys, I'm beginning to think Thor will have to be satisfied with merely reaching his first LTW. Six kids? May not ever happen.
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ISBI STAT TIME~
Torch-Holders(founders/heirs): 5
Perma-Plat Sims: 6
Shrink Visits: 8
Social Bunny Visits: 1
Fires: 1
Self-Wettings: 22
Pass-Outs: 28
Fights: 26
Deaths: 10
Social Worker Visits: 0
Alien Abductions: 7
Miscarriages: 1
College Dropouts: 5
So, this time around, all these stats were changed solely by HELLE, except for one. The deaths. I fear we may not be so lucky in the future...