The Fennell Legacy: Generation 4: Chapter 1
In our last episode: Patricia studied hard and graduated from college having made the Dean's List every semester, Rich had his heart trampled on by the infamous Opal and Leslie became best friends with Russet's girlfriend Violetta.
... but now we're back in the main household and the only child to return to the nest is our heir, Patricia. Bijou stayed up all night pretending to fish, anxious for her daughter's homecoming. Her pretending to fish actually yielded her a bass, however.
Gallagher couldn't sleep either. He made no pretences at all and actually waited out front for Patricia to arrive. He wasn't without his own entertainment, though. Papoose, a cute blue spotted stray dog he'd never seen before, came by to play with him. This is the first time I've seen Papoose at the Fennell home since Generation One! All strays bed down in the Kibble Of Life factory, you know...
The moment soon arrived, and after a tearful homecoming (on Gallagher's part - he's such a softie!) Patricia made a beeline for her newly decorated bedroom to look for a start in the paranormal career. So far she's had absolutely no luck, but she didn't study all those years in college to take just any job! The Fennells have well over $100,000 in the bank, so she can afford to wait as long as it takes....
Vada: I make this look good!
I've personally never seen a goth girl in a maid outfit and big stompy Demonia boots fishing, but she's right, she makes it look damned good...
As soon as her youngest siblings and Bijou had left for school, Patricia made the call she'd been planning for some time. She knew her dad would understand, but her mother? Forget about it! Patricia was sure after all these years that Bijou's "late bloomer" line was a crock. Waiting for the right guy to knock on the door could mean she would wait forever - he sure hadn't showed up yet!
Patricia: "Do you know of any guys who don't have a problem with alien eyes? I'd prefer a brunette, especially if he has freckles, but to tell you the truth I'll be happy with somebody who likes me the way I am...."
Matchmaker: *eyes clothes* "..... do you have any money?"
Patricia: "Of course. How's $5000 sound?"
Matchmaker: *eyes light up* "Splendid! I'll need that upfront. Now let me consult my crystal ball..."
Matchmaker: "Ahh, yes. I see a dark, handsome stranger. An old world gentleman. Courtly manners. Considerate, kind, family oriented.... and sensitive. Oooh, what's this? This one has a troubled past! He was hurt deeply by the only woman he ever loved. New on the market, too. He has seen the other side and come back to tell the tale...."
Patricia: "He sounds perfect!"
It's Arden from my New Bedlam Asylum! I squee'd so hard, especially when I saw that they're 3 bolters!
Matchmaker: "The ball never lies..."
Matchmaker: "Tell your friends! I'm the only matchmaker in the phone book!"
Ahh, blind dates. There is always so much "getting to know you" involved, but somehow I think Arden likes what he sees.
Patricia: *busts a move*
Gallagher: "She gets it from me, you know...."
Gallium: I'd like to get it from you...
Patricia: "... and she just made for the photobooth with some other guy? Ugh, I would never do that! Everybody knows death isn't the end. There's always a chance of resurrection! I would never do that to anybody!"
Seriously, I think Gallgher was filled with a bunch of paternal curiousity. He kept wandering out to check on the progress of the date.
Gallagher: Pillow fighting is an excellent sign!
I know. Pillow fighting is the equivalent of a friendship ring in this day and age, at least in Legacyville....
Arden: I do believe this might be the virtuous woman I've dreamed of....
Gawww!
... at this point, I was already dreaming of the babies....
Arden: "For me? Whatever can it be?"
Patricia: "Open it up, silly...."
Arden: "A flat screen television set! My goodness! I don't believe I've ever seen television..."
Yeah, he's still a little "confused" but after all, he was never cured, just released... Patricia's psychology major should help to straighten him out some in time, right?
Seriously, Gallagher, you need to stop! The date is going fine!
Gallagher: Mmm, it's so long since a woman has touched me.... I wonder....
For those who don't remember, Gallagher's LTW was to graduate 3 children from college. He has a new one now that it's been fulfilled. Have 20 Simultaneous Lovers! Well, and who can blame him? The guy's at peak midlife crisis age, his wife hasn't made love to him in around 10 years and won't let him use the telescope anymore, even though she knows he wants more children! You can't blame a guy, now, can you....?
... and we all know what pillow fighting means....
Bijou: "My goodness, aren't you a handsome young man! Did you and Patricia meet in college?"
Arden: "Uhhh... of course."
Good boy.
Gallagher has had little trouble in convincing Gallium to be his first mistress...
Dark picture is dark.
Carrie: "I'm so proud! That boy a chip off the old block, all right. I always knew he'd see that monogamy was for suckers someday!"
Poor neglected youngest child of ten. Nobody ever helps Des with his homework or plays with him...
Oh yes, Bijou is indeed a hypocrite. Gallagher can't use the telescope, but she can use it whenever the fancy takes her. I'm sure she'd tell us that she needs the logic for work, which is partially true, but she has the special education bookcase, so how is that fair?
I neglect Des a lot, but he really is adorable! Like many a Fennell before him, he's taken a shine to the ballet barre.
Seducing your mistress in your teenage daughter's bedroom? Stay classy, Gallagher!
Lulu and Riley do still exist. I've neglected them too. Lulu is quite fond of Patricia's new bedroom and nowadays can often be found napping on her bed...
Yup, first affair is in full swing....
Patricia: "I'm so glad you were the first man I ever kissed...."
Arden: "I was? Awww..."
Random fact: Patricia didn't get the first kiss with hearts and such, because her very first kiss was an end of date kiss. How depressing is that?
... still, I console myself with the fact that she is crazy about the guy it was with.....
Gallagher: "Babe, aren't you tired of hearing me sing yet? My throat is getting kinda sore..."
Gallium: "Sing for me, damnit!"
Demanding mistress is demanding.
All in all, though, she does care about Gallagher. And that night, sequestered in the bathroom away from prying eyes, she finally admitted that he's stolen her heart.
Simultaneous Lovers: 2/20 (because obviously, Bijou is 1/20)
Vada: "Are they made from real girl scouts...?"
What's this? Bijou throws Gallagher a bone after like, 13 years? Somehow, I don't think that's gonna tip the scales, Bijou...
Nope. Gallagher went to scope the Married But Flirting chatroom immediately afterwards.
Gallagher: "Ooh, this book is full of fascinating information... Why have I never read it before?"
I had my suspicions, but here it is. After all these years.
Gallagher's One True Hobby = Tinkering.
See, Riley and Lulu still exist. Riley is still the pointiest dog ever born. Yup.
Arden: "What a magnificent hound! Is she yours?"
Patricia: "Yup. That's Lulu."
Arden: *plans to take her on a traditional fox hunt someday*
Since getting a part time job in the criminal career, Vada has quickly climbed to the top. Her ambition doesn't end with herself, however. She's also been busy teaching Riley to shake so that he too can be promoted. And still gets straight A's. I don't know how she does it!
Arden and Patricia's romance is not a thing to be rushed. The two are so innocent and neither one wanted to jump in to anything before they were sure.
Gallagher, on the other hand.... well, he's already decided to make Lady by Kiara his next conquest...
After a lengthy courtship, Arden finally told Patricia the three little words she's been waiting her whole life to hear...
Des: "Don't go away - our transaction is almost complete. There's plenty of Milhouse lemonade to go around!"
Vada: "Ooh, I could build an army of robots to do my bidding...."
Vada's One True Hobby = Tinkering.
After a long day's work pimping lemonade, it was finally time for Des to enter the age of acne and hormones.
Des' Stats:
Aspiration = Romance/Family
Orientation = Straight
LTW = Woohoo With 20 Different Sims
Turn Ons = Creative + Good At Cleaning
Turn Off = Red Hair
Oh, and in case anybody's wondering what I plan for Patricia regarding the Gen. 4 task.... she is fascinated with the idea of being stolen away by the fairies like her dad was. She spends much time at the telescope. This works out quite well with her courting Arden, as it turns out he works nights.
Yup, another dark pictures is very dark.
Vada, like many teenage girls, likes to keep in shape.
No, Gallagher and Gallium have not woohoo'd yet. Gallium just decided to make herself at home and sleep in his and Bijou's marital bed. What's a guy to do but climb in. Luckily for Bijou, she was already asleep in Patricia's bed (having seen her own bed taken by a random visiting stranger - very rude!) long before Gallagher joined Gallium...
The Fennell's food garden is still going strong. Gallagher and Bijou both have bronze gardening badges and now they're giving the youngest two a chance to catch up with them. All their food is sparkly with goodness nowadays.
Des makes ballet look like the manliest of pursuits, does he not?
Gallagher: "I know you saw Gallium and I coming out of my bedroom this morning, Vada. Look, I can't help but like Gallium. All my babies are grown up, I don't have a profession or any ambition to enter the workforce at my age. Your mom... well, she... hasn't been meeting my needs... and she wants me to be somebody I'm not...do you understand? Oh god, please don't tell her!"
Vada: "Relax! I've always known Bijou's not my mom. It's not like she and I have ever really been friends either, dad. She's a nice lady, but if she'd had her way I would never have even been born! Do whatever you want. I won't tell."
Lady: *bes a window stalker*
Arden: "You want to ask me? Really? Well, I suppose we live in liberated times where a woman can ask the man instead of the traditional way... apparently..."
Patricia: *dies of anticipation* ".... and....."
Arden: "Yes! Of course, yes!"
Lady: If he lets me go I'll fall and impale myself on the dance sphere spikes! Oh god, don't let him drop me!
Yes, any girl would feel more comfortable kissing a little away further from possibly being impaled by spikes, Gallagher. Make a note of it.
Patricia cooked up a nice barbecue lunch for Arden. After all, no man should go to the alter on an empty stomach. At least, not in the sims. It could cause heartbreak.
Patricia: "We should totally try to fertilize my eggs right after the wedding, don't you think?"
Arden: Omg yay! She wants to have my babies!
A beautiful day for a wedding, don't you think? Sure, Lilliana showed up in a bridal gown in an attempt to outshine the bride. Sure, Lady is standing directly in front of the bride's father so that he can't see and isn't in any of the pictures. Sure, Patricia's choice of formalwear isn't all that formal, but she's not a flashy dresser. Anyhow, here comes the groom....
Patricia: *heartfarts* "You look so dashing in your formalwear!"
Patricia: "I promise to love you not just until death do us part, but for all time, because we both know that love doesn't end with death."
Arden: *melts*
May I introduce the bride and groom, Mr and Mrs Fennell? May their love stand the test of time.
Let the deflowering commence!
Even though it was the first time for both of them, there were plenty of fireworks and bells ringing. Yup, bells. Generation 5 is on the way!
Gallagher: "You looked so beautiful in your formalwear today. I love you, Lady..."
Lady: "Awww, I love you too. You and your magic fingers..."
Simultaneous Lovers: 3/20
Gallagher: "Ahh, so there's the blushing bride. I saw a whole lot of unpleasantness in the bathroom this morning. Guess Arden's little rockets found their mark, am I right?"
Arden: How crass!
Patricia: "Eww, dad! But yes, you're right."
Gallagher is already working on Lilliana to be his next conquest. Who can blame him? That girl is smokin' hot!
Patricia doesn't have the heart to tell Bijou what's going on right under her nose, though. Instead, she's keeping her company and the two have become study buddies.
Des is very popular. At least, with the Fennells' dogs.
Cornbread, group of female townies and a pregnant woman. Why, it must be a baby shower!
Gallagher seems to have murder in his eyes, though. Perhaps he doesn't like Adalita any more than his neighbour Moonbeam does.... nobody seems to like her....
Ahh, yes, Arden's stats. I'm sure there are several of you who have wondered just what kind of boy he is, am I right?
Arden Fennell
Personality = Virgo 9, 2, 6, 3, 5
Aspiration = Family/Knowledge
LTW = Graduate 3 Children From College
Current Occupation = Criminal - Bagman
Turn Ons = Makeup + Good At Cleaning
Turn Off = Vampirism
One True Hobby = Unknown
He also brought $11,000 to the union. Which amused me no end, because what with Patricia effectively paying $5000 for him, he's paid for himself!
Des loves being a rich brat. It pretty much means that whenever he wants, he can take his mom's car and go buy useless junk. He's vain, too. After buying his gadgets, he spent hours in the changing rooms practicing romance in the mirror.
Things between Gallagher and Lilliana are moving along swimmingly....
What's this? Nanny Helena and no children in the house? Oh, there's a reason. Patricia is trying to butter her up with delicious barbecued catfish and friendly conversation. After all, now that she's expecting, she knows that someday she'll have to hire her. Sure, she's unemployed now but that dream job could come along any day! If Helena thinks well of her, perhaps she'll be nice to her children....
Des: Damnit, how do you make sims naked? I wanna see her boobs!
Gallagher: "You are more beautiful than any fairy queen I've ever met. And I've met two!"
Lilliana: "Awwww...."
Gallagher finally got old! He makes a rather dashing elder, wouldn't you say?
Des: "Bees. Don't move. Bees. Shit. What do I do? Bees....."
Lilliana: "I wish Bijou and I could be friends. Then maybe I could move in and we could have a nice polygamist marriage. Bijou and I would be the best of friends and the happiest of sisterwives."
Don't get any ideas, Gallagher. I am done letting you breed.
Won't be long now until Patricia's baby is done baking....
And look at Gallagher strut!
Simultaneous Lovers: 4/20
Des: "Would you mind moving? I can't see the girls in bikinis!"
Vada: *gigglesnort* "Who cares? They're plastic barbie sluts anyway..."
One would think that Arden wouldn't be a big fan of Gallagher, what with his recent philandering. However, Arden understands better than anybody else does. When a wife won't perform her wifely duties, sometimes for years at a time, a man can be forgiven for taking a mistress or two. Men have needs, after all.
Note: The opinions stated by characters in this story in no way reflect the opinions of the writer. Although the writer would like to state that there is no point being married if you're not getting any.
Arden enjoys many gentlemanly pursuits, such as birdwatching. He's a real birdwatching nut, actually...
Arden: "My god! It's true! The anger I've felt is gone! This book has changed my life!"
Patricia: "I'm glad you're enjoying anger management, babe. You should read the fire safety one next..."
Prim: "Uhh, no thankyou. I barely know you...."
I've seen you talking to people about how hot he is, Prim. He'll get you to do it sooner or later....
Patricia: *primal scream!*
I think this may actually be the first Fennell to be born in the bathroom. I'm not 100% sure on that, but let's just say it's true because I'm too lazy to go through every chapter of every generation to check.
It's a boy! Meet Geoff. Arden's hair, Patricia's eyes and a geneticized skintone. Yup, the first Fennell not to have black hair. The bathroom thing might not be true, but that is.
Patricia: "Mmmm, I love that new baby smell..."
Gallagher finally has a baby to take care of! Which is what he lives for, as you all know. Geoff really seems to have taken to him as well. And Patricia gets to sleep uninterrupted while Gallagher fawns over his first grandchild....
Credits:
Gallium belongs to xie_belle.
Liv Chambers belongs to rhiannon_alexis.
Lady belongs to Kiara.
Harlow belongs to rhiannon_alexis.
All Faerie Townies are made-over clones of Almighty Hat's "Stolen By Fairies" PTs.