Picklesworth Spare Mini-Update 6
Got another one o' these to share! Because I'm trying to age up the Gen. 5 kids at the same time.
We begin this update with a shot of artistique, seen through a tinted glass window. Peek into the world of elder Sims as they put their lives on display, living in a transparent, public world. It's... some sort of statement about loss of privacy in the 21st century or something of the sort, I'm sure.
"Bunks are for Skunks" does not sound like something kid Sims should be singing. We are a WHOLESOME and APPROPRIATE music camp, thank you!
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Well... WHAT KIND OF PARENTS BOO THEIR OWN KIDS ANYWAY? THEY SHOULD ALL BE FIRED. FROM PARENTING.
Lalita: *SPIRAL OF DESPAIR*
Ahahaha. There goes her dream of becoming a Rock Star. I didn't realize until recently that elders can only apply for the same job levels as teens. ALSO, ALSO: I'm playing the 2 elder spare houses as semi-ISBIs on fast-forward and then I just snap pictures. I dun wanna play 4 houses + the main legacy house in real time, so the elders get the... hilarious results treatment?
Lalita: You're leaving me with complete autonomy!? WHAT AM I GONNA DO NOW WITHOUT A JOB!?
I'll find you something! Meanwhile, you get to do all the lovely things you want at home, with no pressure from me!
Look at JJ! I leave him alone all day and he checks his e-mail every 5 minutes! Actually JJ stop, the Nigerian prince will not return your messages.
Also this. I'm starting to think I could never do a full ISBI without tearing out chunks of hair in the process. And I like my hair, I do not want to see it harmed. :<
Anne-Marie: GOD I'M SO LONELY. HOW DO I TALK TO THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE
They're... down... stairs. Criminy, I knew Sims were hopeless but man, that's a whole new level of fail.
Social Bunny: Hey. Hey, look. Look! Looook!
Lalita: *Tinkle*
Well, that was a quick house visit.
I've never had a house with two mad rabbits in it! I'm uh... not sure that's an accomplishment.
Pink Social Bunny: Yo. I'm here to talk to the other lonely one.
Blue Social Bunny: NOOOOO I WAS DOING SO WELL BY MYSELF
Thankfully, Lalita and Anne-Marie had the good sense to finally interact with each other, seeing as they've been COUSIN BFFS FOR GODDAMN YEARS. So everything went back to normal.
Except for the fires. Those were also rather frequent (from microwaving ramen good golly miss molly you people have 3 cooking poiiiiintsssssssss ).
The other elder spare house downtown is doing a much better job at this ISBI thing. It's all casual exercise and cultural improvement up in here! FIERCE.
Celeste: C'mon! Show me you can still punch like a badass!
Gareth: I may be old, but my fists are as hard as newly set concrete!
That's not exactly... eh. Whatever.
John-Bob even dropped by to visit his siblings/cousin! Just goes to show he's heard of the fires and breakdowns in the other spare house, so he's only visiting the relatives he likes. Or maybe it's because they have a piano.
Although 3 days in a row is starting to look a little suspicious. GO HOME, JOHN-BOB.
They even skill without me prompting them to! And it's not like the other house doesn't have skilling items. Different family dynamic? Illogical you Sims are.
OK, so they do get their fair share of failcake.
How's that frozen overlay, buddy?
Gareth: Shut up and move on to the next house.
Ooooh, good idea! We gots babies to grow!
Nicola has been left in the *snort*capable*lololol* hands of the nanny. Looks like she's not doing too bad of a job?
Nicola: IT'S BEEN THREE HOURS I WANNA BE IN MY CRIIIIIIIB
Oh, Nanny. I was hoping you would prove my expectations wrong. Why do you insist on feeding my disappointment? :T
Daddy to the rescue!
No, I do not gush over pixel love. Never. Never. >___> Don't you judge meeeee
Teaching Nicola how to walk and talk was easy as... well, I don't bake pies so I dunno how easy that is. Easy as turning on a light switch! WOOHOO! My expectations are obviously low.
Of course, there's also time for some hanky panky. Some fishing in the pond. Some monkey-weasel popping. Eh? Eh?
I know, I'm terrible.
Felicia: Don't forget Chelle! :D
I kinda have a love-hate thing with parrots. They're cute and all, but I used to live in an apartment where they kept a bunch of parrots in the lobby garden. Living on the 6th floor meant that you could hear them shrieking 24/7, and man did they shriek. You got used to it, but still. Bloody parrots.
Nicola: WHEEEEEEE
You wiggly bundle of cute, you! I'm gonna be a party pooper and put an end to all this, though.
Because it's birthday time! I present to you buttery cake as compensation.
Nicola: *GASP* Did I grow up into a fairy!?
Unless this game somehow warped itself into The Sims 3 Supernatural, I'm not sure how that's possible. TO THE CLOSET WITH YOU!
It's really hard to distinguish any Picklesworth features. The pouty lips could well be from her great-grandmother Blanche who somehow spread that around to all the descendants. But she's pretty much a mini-David.
EEEEEEH she brings a cousin home after her first day of school! Hi Dario! We promise not to keep you long! :D
Dario: My house is just across the street, you know.
SSSSSH THAT'S NOT THE POINT
Nicola: Do you like games? I LOOOVE GAMES! OMG GAMES ARE MY LIFE. GAMING IS THE REASON I BREATHE!
30 seconds later...
Nicola: EEEK no I didn't mean play catch!
Dario: TOO LATE SUCKAH
He takes his throwing arm after his mother. DUCK FOR YOUR LIFE, NICOLA
Nicola: AAAIIIIEEEEEE
Ooooof! Right in the stonework. That's gonna leave a mark.
Dario: This is how we bond in this family!
D'ohoho... You little shit, you. ^_^
It ended up with both of them smacking the ball in each other's faces multiple times. Children, stahp! You'll destroy all the work I've done giving you beautiful faces!
Eeeeh! They still ended up becoming BFFs in one afternoon! And this just reminded me how nice it is to play single-child houses. I wanna stay in here forever. ;___;
But alas, we have to move on to the triplet terror house. It has begun.
Geoff!: Look! A water playbowl thingie.
Colin: Oooh, lemme see!
I don't even care anymore. AHA. AHAHAHAHAHAHA.
I temporarily placed a fridge on the second floor because I don't want to have to lug three toddlers up and down the stairs every time they're hungry. IT IS A SPARE HOUSE I AM ALLOWED TO CHEAT.
I've also given up any pretence of trying to teach them all their toddlerrific skills apart from potty training. Ain't no time, my friends. Ain't no time for this business.
Mario: I haven't slept in three days... >___<
Don't blame me! Blame your triple action sperm!
There are still some cute moments in between all of the exhaustion.
Colin: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Welp. Moment broken. *Pours glass of wine*
And now I must leave them with the nanny. EEEEP
Diana: This is nice and all but I was hoping for potty time?
No! Crap-filled diapers for you, missy!
Mario, he has already soiled himself. This is a futile quest! :(
FINALLY.
Geoff certainly has LIPS his mother's nose. The eyes are also big LIPS and definitely hers LIPS and obviously the skin is LIPS green. I'd say he's LIPS the most Picklesworth-looking of LIPS them all.
...Lips.
Sooooo I was wrong. Colin does have black hair, it's just that the shade he had as a toddler had some very light brown hi-lites. And by God, if he isn't a perfect copy of Mario, down to the slim lips.
I think Diana's a more even mix, with her dad's lips and eye colour, but her mom's nose and eye shape.
Final verdict: All three are so different and adorable. I LOVE IT
I left one cake there so they could snarf down some of it when they got home from school. I'm so happy the triplet toddler terror is over! T___T
Oh, it totally is a family tradition! Hee hee hee.
Geoff: Not the lips! NOT THE LIPS!
Diana: Who cares about catch? I'm surfing off a mountain! HARDCOOORRRRRE
By-the-by, Genevieve is a web designer, well on her way to becoming a Professional Party Guest like her dad.
This is the 21st century. Celebrity gossip is what fuels half of the Internet (lookin' at you, ONTD).
I'm not ashamed to say that I typed in both websites out of curiosity. Turns out ALlamaInEveryHome.com redirects you to a TS2 mini-site where you can play a virtual sticker decorating game featuring llamas. I NEVER KNEW
The other website is another TS2 mini-site with a game where you gotta piss off your colleagues. I AM THE LAST PERSON TO DISCOVER THESE, I'M SURE
We end this update with Mario bringing Anne-Marie home from work.
Mario: Look! I can do the family gesture too! :D
I haven't played the main house in a while but I did re-do their house. I'll get around to playing them soon!