The Storms Legacy - 8.2
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WARNING: Strong language, sexual themes, sad passings by, bizarre antics
OH MY STARS, MY FRIENDS! It's been a long while. I've been super busy with my latest show. It's called Hamlet II: Better than the Original, and it's brilliantly funny. Here's the company's Facebook page if you feel like stalking us. I know almost none of you can actually go to the show, but you'll find all sorts of fun publicity stunts on there. Anyway, sims. Sims. You want to know what's going on with the Storms, don't you? :D
Last Time: Storm On Over My Rainbow continued their mildly popular band gigs. Georgia (simmypulsey) found out she was pregnant again and had a girl named Lorelei. Jed-the-Butler was slightly inappropriate with her, so Nicolai gave him teh talk. Yakeeb-the-Genie and Zoya had shenanigans. Seneca aged into a toddler. Winter threw a bachelor party for the unwilling Nicolai, but Otto (cpowellscircus) toasted for him. Lettie had two kittens, Howell and Hermione, so Buttercup went to live with Tersa. ;.; Nicolai and Georgia got hitched and were blessed by the unicorn they saw on prom night. Zoya got old, retired, and planted Omni plants. Nicolai accomplished his lifetime wish and invited the unicorn, Delphi to live with us. Lorelei aged to a hybrid toddler.
Onward!
We begin this update with Georgia (simmypulsey) leaving work early to pop into her latest pregnancy.
Meanwhile, Zoya is getting ready to make a certain potion. You see, Nicolai has been glitching in and out of hybridism since he accomplished his lifetime wish. I don't know why, but I've decided I don't want him to be a hybrid anymore because game bugs =/= conducive to fun gameplay.
Zoya: One vampire cure coming up!
Zoya: Here is your vampire cure, son! There's no need to use it until you're ready, but I wanted you to have the option. I'm not getting any younger and I didn't want to leave you without it.
Nicolai: It's sweet of you to think of me, Mom. But now is a time as good as any to cure my vampirism.
Yet part of Nicolai was still hesitant. He was born a vampire and it was hard to imagine not being one. No more super strength, stamina, and speed. No more mind reading powers. No more...well, that's really it for hybrids since Nicki looks like a normal human. But as he watched his horses out in the sun, he realized how much happier he'd be if he didn't need to worry about spontaneously combusting whenever he spent time with the animals he loved.
Nicolai: Also, it will make my wife very happy!
Nicolai: But oh my stars, what if it hurts?!
You'll be fine, love, just chug-a-lug.
Nicolai: Oh baby, does it burn!
Nicolai: That's how we roll in the shire!
Georgia: Here you go, baby bluebird! Go maternal instincts!
Georgia: Hey Nicki!
Nicolai: Georgie! You're just in time to find out...I took a vampirism cure today. So there's no going back now.
Georgia: Oh Nicki! I'm so glad! I never wanted to pressure you into it, but I'm really happy you made this decision for family. Luckily none of our children seem to have been born with the disease. So far, anyway.
Nicolai: What do you mean "so far"?
Georgia: Did you notice I came home early today?
Nicolai: I noticed you were a little early. Are you all right? You're not sick again, are you?
Georgia: Nope! I'm on maternity leave again! We're pregnant!
Nicolai: You know what this means, right?
Georgia: What?
Nicolai: I get to give you some of my famous massages again.
Nicolai: Oh gods, this is the best spaghetti in the entire world.
Georgia: You would think so, you haven't had any food in days.
Lorelei: What is this thing of which you speak? I find myself toddler-articulate already.
Zoya: I must be patient with their developing brains.
Lorelei: My developing brain wants pureed hamburgers!
Seneca: Grandma! I'm fussy!
Zoya: Must. Be patient.
And then something terrible happened. :(
Grim Reaper: Come on now. That's a good boy.
Kimo died. His canine family sadly watched.
As did his people family. And me. In fact, I had a really, really hard time with this. It involved a lot of pausing and crying.
Otto (cpowellscircus): Fare well, old boy.
Grim Reaper: Get the stick, Kimo! Onward to beautiful green meadows for eternity!
It was all a bit much for poor Georgia.
To get us away from the sad, let's look at a cute picture of Seneca.
Seneca: Bunny!
Now we all feel better.
Tybalt: Here snakey snakey snakey...
Snake: !
It was quite a fight. For some reason. -.- C'mon, Tybalt, you can do better than that!
Tybalt: I gots you a present!
Nicolai: Thank you for the present, Tybalt. I'm sure the snake is... delicious.
Tybalt: You've been looking a little scrawny lately so I have to hunt for you.
GAH! Kimo looks kind of scary now. ;.;
Jed ran away from the house screaming like a baby when he saw the Grim Reaper, so the Storms hired a new butler named Dorian.
Nicolai: WHO'S A GIANT MONSTER?!
Seneca: OMGeez, where?!
Aw, happy parent-child bonding moments. Adorable.
Georgia: ...Grandpa is from a strange alien world in another dimension and his people are slowly populating our planet with adorable plush people...
Lorelei: PLUSH!
Georgia: There we go, that's my adorable plush baby!
Nicolai: Dad? What's going on?
Otto: I'm not sure, but I think the Laganaphyllis Simnovorii ate one of our gardeners.
And this time cow plant did not spit him out.
Nicolai: Oh, the humanity!
The gravestone has a dinner plate and silverware on it. :3 Oh, EA.
Nicolai took a moment to write thank-you notes for the beautiful wedding gifts.
Nicolai: Dear Parker, thank-you for the posters. It was nice to hear from you...
Zoe diligently watches the babies when they are playing in the yard. You'd think it was because of her own maternal instincts, but she's so persnickety and mean, I wouldn't be surprised if she was making sure the kids were staying out of her territory.
Georgia and her baby bump~
Partaking in her favorite preggo activity - pretending to drown in a bubble bath.
Georgia: Heehee. There's some adrenaline for you, baby.
You're a strange Coward sim, Georgia.
Otto continues to kick ass on all the instruments.
Otto: Yep! Just enough for our final gig.
Final gig?
It's true. Storm On Over My Rainbow had one more gig before one of the founding members, Tara (Ariz), passed away this update.
Tara: Play it again, Sam.
Henrik: It's Hank, but I'll let it go once.
They sure look happy. The Band never made it to the big time, but they were popular enough in their small town. ♥
And we have some new Storms interested in music. Observe.
Lorelei: Omnomnom!
Zoe: Wants in this window?!
That's Zoya's and Otto's room, Zoe.
Zoe: What's in this window?! I want to see!
Zoe: I want to seeeeeee. :(
Lorelei: It looks like candy but you're telling me it's not candy?
Seneca: Well, yeah, why would a sound minded adult give us an actual gingerbread house to play with?
Lorelei: But it's tasty!
Seneca: Really?
Lorelei: Duh!
Zoya: Refreshing!
So...yeah. Milk from the Laganaphyllis Simnovorii works like ambrosia. Zoya will be living a little bit longer than she otherwise would have lived.
Georgia: My baby hasn't kicked today! Is he asleep?! Wake up, baby!
Nicolai: I think she's just asleep, Georgia.
Georgia: Are you sure?! He's usually up by now-
Nicolai: Maybe you need to relax and she'll wake up. Want to go for a walk in the park?
Georgia: A walk does sound nice.
Nicolai was still a little sad about Kimo.
Nicolai: Maybe we should get another puppy...
Georgia: Um...Nicki? I think the baby is awake.
Nicolai: Oh gods, are you in labor?!
Georgia: Yes, but this is my third time, so it's not as bad as before-
William: I can drive you guys in my taxi-
Nicolai: NOW IS NOT THE TIME, WILL, MY WIFE IS IN LABOR!
Georgia: Nicki! Chill out!
Georgia: Ooof. A taxi would be good about now.
Later Georgia came home with October Storms.
And Nicolai wasn't far behind with Elendil Storms. Twin boys, yippy skippy.
With a new set of twins in the house, the parents have to make sure the older children are getting plenty of attention, so Nicolai gives Seneca extra love.
Perhaps it's because he's the most easy going child...
Lorelei: Someone! Anyone! Get me out of here!
The twins are fussy enough for a whole household of babies.
Otto: Sheesh! C'mon, Toby, settle down for Grandpa. Please?
The dulcet sound of baby crying has driven Zoya outside to harass the world.
Zoya: I'll get you next time, world. Next. Time.
Click to viewBecause it's one of my favorite, underrated animations in this game, that's why!
What's better than one snuggly kitty?
Two snuggly kitties!
Lettie: *purr purr* *purr purr*
Howell: Momma snuggles. ♥
Daddy cat is being rather un-snuggly elsewhere. Quite the opposite actually.
Tybalt: Here birdy birdy birdy...
Bluebird: !
TYBALT! NAUGHTY CAT!
You are going to be in so much trouble if Georgia finds out you're hunting her bluebird.
For now she's too busy working off that baby weight by doing one-handed pull-ups. All that drill running she needs to do at work.
It's Seneca's birthday!
~*sparkle motion*~
Not bad, Seneca, not bad. ♥
Meet child!Seneca. Originally I thought he was a clone of Nicolai, but after taking another look at his father at this age, I can see his nose is different. How different remains to be seen. He rolled Party Animal for his third trait.
The dogs are excited to have a new Child to play with them. It seems Seneca is less so.
A mysterious distant relative that I've never heard of sent October...this guy. His name is Ripply. Hello, Ripply. Glad you could join us. Now please stop blocking Toby into the cribs. I think his parents really want to feed him.
Zoya: Otto...did you notice? One of those plush alien dolls showed up in Toby's inventory.
Otto: I did notice that.
Zoya: What should we do?
Otto: Wait I suppose. If it is an alien from my dimension, the most we can do is hope October bonds with it and it can come to life.
Nicolai: You want to hear this story again?! But I've read this Jimmy Sprocket story at least three times already-
Seneca: Please Dad?! The China adventure is the best Jimmy story ever!
Nicolai: How about I read your favorite part and move on to another book? Like this part, when Jimmy must race down a tunnel before a giant bolder crushes him-
Seneca: That's Indiana Jones, Dad.
Nicolai: It's an archetype that will be used for all eternity, son.
Nicolai: Have a good adventure tonight, Seneca. ♥
Pierre the French gnome found a new favorite perch.
Nicolai: I wouldn't get to cozy if I were you, gnome.
Seneca awoke the next morning with a business venture in mind.
Seneca: It's all well and good being part of a filthily rich family, but I want to make it on my own. I think I'll go into business selling muffins. People like muffins.
Zoya: That they do.
Seneca: By the way, Grandma, I'm related to almost everyone that lives in Hidden Springs at this point. How come we don't own the town?
Zoya: That would be a good way to get rid of our money. I'll look into it, Seneca dear.
Seneca decides to peruse the baking report. He discovered vanilla baked goods were in high demand and that most people in Hidden Springs hated chocolate.
Seneca: I do not understand these people.
Seneca: ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ Lalala / Making delicious muffins / Lalala / Singin' what I'm doin' ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬
?: What kind of muffins?
Seneca: Oh. Hey, new kid.
?: I have a name, you know. It's Hinto. (randuhh)
Seneca: Whatever you say, new kid. And for your information, they are vanilla muffins. Very rare at the moment.
Hinto: The smell awesome!
Seneca: You have to pay if you want some.
Hinto: How much?
Seneca: Well...since they're vanilla and everything...normally I'd say §8, but since you're the new kid, §10.
Hinto: Awesome, you're giving me a hard time! That must mean we're friends!
Seneca: If we're friends, can you either buy a muffin or find someone who will? Vanilla muffins are best fresh!
Howell: What are you doing?!
Hermione: Stalking the plush-smelling one! I saw him with delicious things!
Howell: Delicious things?!
Kittens and people food, or how-every-cat-reacts-when-they-see-me-with-a-fork.
At first I thought Delphi was mad at the Omni plant, she looked so fierce!
Turns out she was blessing the growing plants. ♥
I wasn't sure how she could get in and out of the garden until she teleported.
Gardener: Vast ball of light nearby? Seems legit.
Across the garden, the boys were having their birthdays! Here is little October...
...and here is Elendil. ♥
October has the same coloring as Seneca, but his facial structure is closer to Georgia than Nicolai. Aside from his eye shape and hair color, everything else is Georgia. Except, of course, for those pointed ears. ♥ He was born with the Athletic and Virtuoso traits.
Elendil is completely a clone of his mother. He has Nicolai's skin tone and Zoya's eye color, but if I age him up and switch genders, he is completely Georgia. I normally wouldn't do that, but I was so positive he was a clone that I had to make sure. XD So yes. clone!Elendil was born with the Easily Impressed and Heavy Sleeper traits, and he is the only child in this generation that is not an IF/vampire/hybrid/thing.
Not a big turn out for the twins' birthday. Seneca was too busy with his muffins.
Seneca: Hmm, maybe I will have to rely on the family fortune to support my lifestyle...
Zoya and Otto were combating cabin fever by walking Penelope and Zoe.
At least Dorian was around to feed them.
October: There is a lot of butter in this soup.
Elendil: Is it any good?
October: I wouldn't want to eat it everyday, but it isn't bad...
Ele does not feel the same way.
Elendil: Ugh, gross! Get me down from here!
Eventually their parents got back involoved.
Georgia: Okay, I'm used to running drills, so I expect you to be disciplined about learning to talk. Got it, soldier?
October: !
Georgia: I should take your silence as what?
Nicolai: Can you say "Horsey?" If you can't, that's okay, we can try something easier. No pressure.
Elendil: Can we take another break then? I want to play with Lorelei.
Now that they were toddlers and relatively more independent, the boys were a lot less fussy. Especially October, who had a new best friend in Ripply.
Elendil: Can I play with Ripply, Toby?
October: Only if you don't touch him.
Elendil: But-
October: Better yet, you can just watch me play with him.
IFs interfere with twin bonding, that's for sure.
Nicolai's reaction to Ripply wasn't what I would call overjoyed.
Nicolai: Another alien? Are people going to think my son is crazy for talking to it?! Sigh.
Tybalt: Meh. They smell the same.
Even though October is only a quarter plush-alien-thing, he got the genes. He and Ripply will have that in common.
Noooo! Not again. D:
Georgia: She showed her affection by biting people, but we love her.
Grim Reaper: She'll be okay. She'll run in eternally green fields just like all the other dogs.
Zoya: Goodbye, Zoe. *sob*
Otto: Our first friend from Hidden Springs. Sad.
Penelope: :(
Seneca: Grandpa, why did Zoe have to die?
Otto: Well, she was very old-
Seneca: But Grandpa, you're very old.
Otto: Well...um...hmm. Well, we all have to die when we're old. But we keep the ones we love close to our hearts forever.
These three are the only ones completely unaffected by death in the house.
The circle of life continues!
Nicolai: Smoke ol' boy, you're still as handsome a stallion as ever! How does it feel to be retired?
Zoya: It's a very basic biological process, Toby. Just let your sympathetic and parasympathetic systems do what they do.
October: Erm. Okay, Grandma.
October: Oh that's what she meant!
Seneca: Nothing but cereal in the house! Good thing I made these wholesome vanilla muffins!
Yes. As it turns out, Dorian in the only butler in the history of ever to not cook a single meal. A refrigerator that is usually full of moodlet giving leftovers stands empty.
Dorian prefers cleaning to cooking, obviously.
Dorian: Why did I accept a position on a #$%& ranch?!
Seneca: ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ Lalala / Building castles in the sand / Lalala / Singin' what I'm doin' ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬
Nicolai: Is there a draft in here?! I don't want my kids to get sick! Do you feel a draft? Dad? Do you feel a draft?
Otto: There's no draft, Nick. The kids are fine.
~spam of October because oh my stars he's so adorable. ♥
Nicolai isn't the only sim in the house that is afraid of everything.
Georgia: I'm not sure how I feel about you tiny kittens running around in the huge yard with horses galloping everywhere.
Howell: Yes. Obviously we need a bigger yard. Or anther yard.
It's Lorelei's birthday!
They are growing so fast! D:
Georgia: Hooray! Our children are becoming independent!
Nicolai: Right on!
~*sparkle motion part deuxième partie*~
Lorelei: Tada!
Right. child!Lorelei Storms and her obvious hybridism. Not quite a clone of her mother because of her eye shape and color, lucky for her. ♥ She rolled Artistic for her third trait.
And that's all I've got. Until next time, my lovelies! Hopefully it won't be so long between updates anymore. ♥
Hinto Amitola credit goes to randuhh
Nim Loth credit goes to simsahead
Jasper Goth credit goes to everydayimsmustlin
Ember Cosmo credit goes to scorpiosims
Bryce and Georgia Tempo credit goes to simmypulsey
Jack Wood and Trista Way credit goes to simnels
Alisa Lancifray credit goes to simply-sims
Otto Pritchard credit goes to cpowellscircus
Sumiya Kindcadd-Baker credit goes to gossamersims
Tara Sommers credit goes to Ariz
Thanks for reading! ♥