The Spritas 2.4
Last time, Sarah and Cedric finally remembered to get married. Sarah had another child, little Donna. The twins existed. Cedric was abducted by aliens, and then Sarah became pregnant again, so now we have two pregnant parents.
We'll start this update with a little birthday. It's Donna's birthday, in fact.
Zoe is the only person who turns up.
Cedric is busy "popping" in the bedroom.
He looks less happy about it than Sarah usually does.
Cedric: Well, OF COURSE! Do you know what this means? It means I haven't spent enough time on that exercise bike!
Me: ...
Anyway, here's Donna! She, too, is adorable! Looks like she's the only one of the kids so far to have received Sarah's nose, and the only kid so far with Sarah's black hair. Iiiiiinteresting.
Zoe: Happy birthday, Donna! Have some tickles!
Donna: :D :D :D
Cedric: Now, now, that's quite enough. Donna needs a bath.
Zoe: -_-
Donna: BUT DADDY I DIDN'T WANT A BATH
Jamie, on the other hand, missed the birthday because he was too busy painting.
Cedric: Tickles!
Donna: I don't want tickles from you! I WANT TICKLES FROM ZOE!!
Zoe: Hi, Donna!
Donna: OMG OMG ZOEEEEEEEEEEEE
Tragically, Zoe had to go to school. Donna decided to play with her blocks.
Oops.
You're enjoying this, aren't you?
You too, Rimmer? YOU GUYS ARE IN ON THIS TOGETHER!
Oh man, Repo Man. You are one evil guy. You just stole the counter that was unusable anyway because it was in a corner!
Repo Man: Wait! Wait! I'm not done yet!
What's this? The outdoor lamp that's quite redundant due to an identical lamp on the other side of the two-tile porch? You're stealing that? HOW WILL WE EVER SURVIVE?!
Repo Man: Shut up D: *drives away, sobbing to himself*
Neither Cedric nor Donna really care about the missing counter or lamp. Instead, Cedric decides to potty train Donna.
This expression is kind of weird. Is she happy? Is she upset? Is she ambivalent? Is she trying to maintain a stiff upper lip? Who knows?
This, though, is definitely sadness. Why does drawing make you so sad, Donna?
Zoe: MUM! DAD! MUM! DAD! MUUUUM! DAAAAD! I GOT AN A+! WAKE UP AND ADMIRE IT!
Zoe. Both your parents are pregnant. Their energy levels are both in the red. I know you're excited about your A+, but you're going to have to cheer to Donna or something. Your parents are too tired. I'm sorry.
Jamie: MUM! DAD! MUUUUUUM! DAAAAAAAAD! I got an A+ too! CHEER ME!
Sarah: *yaaaaaaawn* What is it?
Jamie: Never mind. :(
Zoe indulges in her favourite activity: spying on the neighbours.
What? Rimmer, you've already stolen the newspaper once today. What do you think there is left to steal?
The mouldy newspaper? Yeah, we're definitely going to miss that! Smeghead.
Meanwhile, Cedric causes the first fire in this entire legacy, trying to make grilled cheese sandwiches.
Zoe: OMG OMG OMG HEEEEEEEELP
Not to worry! Alien Fireman to the rescue!
And he saves the day!
Donna: Do it again! Do it again! :D
How about we don't, Donna?
How did such an inferno inspire Cedric to make chips and dip platters?!
Zoe is a good little girl who does all her homework.
Donna: Oh no! This block doesn't fit!
Donna: I must chew it into shape. *nom nom nom*
Zoe: I'm gonna get revenge on the planet which kidnapped my daddy. >:D
Cedric continues to be a dedicated father, despite his pregnancy and consequently plummeting motives.
Sarah: *vomit*
Sarah: Oh, what? Pregnant again?
Me: I thought you liked babies...
Sarah: Yeah, but not THIS MANY!
Donna: HELP I STINK
Essentially, the very idea of cleanliness in this house has become laughable. Half the plumbing is broken or clogged. The older kids are only surviving thanks to leftovers.
Zoe: Do you think our parents are having too many babies?
Jamie: YES!!!
Somehow, I think Sarah's adjusting to the idea of adding yet another baby to the house...
If you want the title of cleaning ninja, Jamie, you have to EARN IT!
Cedric: Say "bottle"!
Donna: Bottle!
Cedric: Say "chair"!
Donna: Chair!
Cedric: Say "daddy"!
Donna: *silence*
Cedric: =(
Jamie does his homework at the absolute last minute. That is, as the schoolbus is waiting for him. He sort of reminds me... of me...
SMEGHEAD
Oh yes! Oh yes! What is this, you ask? Someone in the house can finally cook something that's not toaster pastry!
Whoo! Go Zoe!
Zoe: I love school! :D :D :D
Jamie: I pretend to love school... :D :D :D
HOORAY
Donna is first!
Here she is as a child.
With so many kids in the house and insufficient funds to further build the second floor, we have to resort to bunkbeds in the children's bedroom.
No, Jamie is not doing the macarena! He's trying to shoo his dad out of the bathroom.
Cedric: Um, excuse me? I bought this house and I'll stand in the bathroom if I want to! >:O
Time for Jamie to grow up!
Here he is as a teen! He rolled Popularity. Well, actually, secretly, I didn't roll it, because I didn't have any dice. I just chose an aspiration I really dislike, because I figured that was practically the same as rolling anyway. I did roll his secondary aspiration, though, and that was Fortune.
Zoe gets an actual birthday cake because everyone else got hungry.
And here she is! She "rolled" Fortune, but please refer back to what I wrote about rolling for Jamie, and apply it here. I rolled her secondary aspiration, and she got Popularity. I refused to deal with two Popularity/Fortune combos, though, so I cheated and made her a Knowledge secondary. (In line with her One True Hobby, which she's obsessed with.)
Cedric: OMG! My teenage daughter's cleaning up!
Zoe: Congratulations on being my best friend, bro!
Zoe: Hey, mum, I don't think I ever thanked you for teaching me how to do my homework all those years ago. I really appreciated it.
Donna: Mmmm... cake...
Then Zoe searches for constellations in the skies. She does this because her true passion in life is Science.
Cedric: I'm really gonna have to work harder to lose all this weight I've mysteriously put on...
Me: Yeah, okay, Cedric...
STOP! It's baby time!
Cedric: Hello, little guy!
Donna: NO NO NO I CANNOT LOOK
Meet Adric! He's named after one of my most hated Doctor Who companions, but that's because I couldn't think of any other male alien companions. (Later I remembered Turlough, but you know...)
Donna: WHYYY?! Don't you know it's already going to be hard enough to be heir, considering I'm the third-born and all? Why add more competition?
Me: Well, you know Adric is actually ineligible for heir. He's not related to the founder...
Donna: Oh, that's okay then. :)
Then she spies on the neighbours. Interesting how the neighbours never come around to shove around the kids, isn't it?
Jamie: GUYS, GUYS! There's a new baby in the house!
Jamie: Wake uuuuuup, Zoe! *prod prod*
Then Jamie goes to school.
As does Zoe. (And Donna, but apparently I decided she didn't get a picture.)
Cedric: So... I just... somehow... had a baby.
Even alien babies don't go without Cedric's love and affection.
Cedric: BELLY KISSES!
Adric: YAAAAAAY
Sarah ignores the new addition to the household, preferring instead to paint.
Cedric: Must... work off... baby fat...
Well, like Zoe would sabotage her perfect record in ~science class~...
Hooray!
Um, cool.
D'you think you could give Zoe a chance to get home first?
Zoe: That was one great day!
Jamie: Must... work off... weight... other kids... won't like me...
I don't know whether it's Zoe or just the eyes, but she makes some funny faces while doing her homework.
Homework done, Zoe decides to play The Sims. Just like the rest of us.
Jamie's now fit!
Donna: What is this? I only got a C+!
Jamie shows off his heir credentials by feeding Adric.
Zoe: I wonder how much money I would make if I sold the solution to this puzzle...
Donna: Zoe! Zoe! Play red hands with me!
Zoe: Okay... :D
Donna: Zoe! Zoe! Can you teach me how to be smart like you?
Zoe: Sure!
And so she does.
It's Adric's birthday!
Jamie: REYUKEKUERUT BIRTHDAY SO BORING
Sarah (thinks): Stop complaining, whiner.
Adric (thinks): Yeah, whiner. You're ruining my birthday!
~conveniently placed confetti cliffhanger~
No, just joking. This is Adric!
Adric has no nose. How does he smell? Terrible. Regardless, he is SUPER CUTE.
Adric: ZOE ZOE PAY ME ATTENTION
Zoe: Aww. Hey there, little guy.
Jamie: STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TODDLER I AM BORED WHAT DO I DO?!?!
Adric: MUMMY MUMMY PAY ME ATTENTION
Sarah: Well, I'm not your mummy, but hello anyway!
Adric: SQUEE ATTENTION :D
It comes down to Sarah to potty-train the little one.
Zoe: WHOO! You go, mum! Potty train that little one!
Zoe: Now, if I'm going to sell the solution to this puzzle, I'd better work it out...
Meanwhile, Jamie and Donna play football. Sort of.
Donna: WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO? Knock off my head?
Jamie: Me?
Zoe: I am very smart.
She spends much of her evening stargazing. Not with the telescope this time, just sitting out on the back porch and staring at the sky.
And whistling. Man, that girl knows how to entertain herself.
Unlike Jamie.
Jamie: EYRUEYUIS BORED HELP ME SOMEONE
He doesn't actually find the exercise bike entertaining in the slightest, so I have no idea why he's obsessed with it.
Adric: Nom nom nom... tasty!
Don't feel bad for him. His hunger bar was in the green.
Adric: *vomit*
Zoe: Hey, Adric! Let's play a game!
Adric: *vomiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit*
Adric: Hahaha
Zoe: Aww, you're so cute. :3
The teenage years are where Zoe's nine nice points are really shining through, I reckon.
Adric: ZOE ZOE ZOE ZOE GIVE ME ATTENTION
... Or maybe she just remembers what it's like to be a whiny toddler?
Oh yes. Zoe is one A-grade big sister.
Zoe: Now it's time to use your potty, little guy!
Zoe (to self): I'm young and pretty! I should be out enjoying myself, not looking after Adric! Where's his parents?
Well... here's one of them, giving birth. That is, to what is HOPEFULLY the VERY LAST BABY of this generation.
Donna: OMG
Donna: IT'S ANOTHER BABY
I think his name is Harry! If it's not Harry, it's Steven, but I'm pretty sure it's Harry.
Jamie: HELL NO! I WON'T GO! (to school)
Me: Well, that's just too bad. You don't get a choice in the matter.
Adric: I WANNA GO DOWN THE STAAAAAAAAIRS
Adric, if you went down those stairs, Rimmer Dork would only steal you.
After all, he steals everything else on the front lawn.
Jamie: Muahaha! You may have made me go to school, but you will NEVER make me learn! >:D
Final notes
I've chosen who the generation two heir will be, so no heir poll, sorry! I chose the kid who actually had chemistry with somebody. For some reason, 4/5 kids had no chemistry with anyone. Well, they may have had one bolt with one person, but one bolt's just not going to cut it, I'm afraid. So I did that, and now generation three is finally about to be born in my game. Finally!
We'll start this update with a little birthday. It's Donna's birthday, in fact.
Zoe is the only person who turns up.
Cedric is busy "popping" in the bedroom.
He looks less happy about it than Sarah usually does.
Cedric: Well, OF COURSE! Do you know what this means? It means I haven't spent enough time on that exercise bike!
Me: ...
Anyway, here's Donna! She, too, is adorable! Looks like she's the only one of the kids so far to have received Sarah's nose, and the only kid so far with Sarah's black hair. Iiiiiinteresting.
Zoe: Happy birthday, Donna! Have some tickles!
Donna: :D :D :D
Cedric: Now, now, that's quite enough. Donna needs a bath.
Zoe: -_-
Donna: BUT DADDY I DIDN'T WANT A BATH
Jamie, on the other hand, missed the birthday because he was too busy painting.
Cedric: Tickles!
Donna: I don't want tickles from you! I WANT TICKLES FROM ZOE!!
Zoe: Hi, Donna!
Donna: OMG OMG ZOEEEEEEEEEEEE
Tragically, Zoe had to go to school. Donna decided to play with her blocks.
Oops.
You're enjoying this, aren't you?
You too, Rimmer? YOU GUYS ARE IN ON THIS TOGETHER!
Oh man, Repo Man. You are one evil guy. You just stole the counter that was unusable anyway because it was in a corner!
Repo Man: Wait! Wait! I'm not done yet!
What's this? The outdoor lamp that's quite redundant due to an identical lamp on the other side of the two-tile porch? You're stealing that? HOW WILL WE EVER SURVIVE?!
Repo Man: Shut up D: *drives away, sobbing to himself*
Neither Cedric nor Donna really care about the missing counter or lamp. Instead, Cedric decides to potty train Donna.
This expression is kind of weird. Is she happy? Is she upset? Is she ambivalent? Is she trying to maintain a stiff upper lip? Who knows?
This, though, is definitely sadness. Why does drawing make you so sad, Donna?
Zoe: MUM! DAD! MUM! DAD! MUUUUM! DAAAAD! I GOT AN A+! WAKE UP AND ADMIRE IT!
Zoe. Both your parents are pregnant. Their energy levels are both in the red. I know you're excited about your A+, but you're going to have to cheer to Donna or something. Your parents are too tired. I'm sorry.
Jamie: MUM! DAD! MUUUUUUM! DAAAAAAAAD! I got an A+ too! CHEER ME!
Sarah: *yaaaaaaawn* What is it?
Jamie: Never mind. :(
Zoe indulges in her favourite activity: spying on the neighbours.
What? Rimmer, you've already stolen the newspaper once today. What do you think there is left to steal?
The mouldy newspaper? Yeah, we're definitely going to miss that! Smeghead.
Meanwhile, Cedric causes the first fire in this entire legacy, trying to make grilled cheese sandwiches.
Zoe: OMG OMG OMG HEEEEEEEELP
Not to worry! Alien Fireman to the rescue!
And he saves the day!
Donna: Do it again! Do it again! :D
How about we don't, Donna?
How did such an inferno inspire Cedric to make chips and dip platters?!
Zoe is a good little girl who does all her homework.
Donna: Oh no! This block doesn't fit!
Donna: I must chew it into shape. *nom nom nom*
Zoe: I'm gonna get revenge on the planet which kidnapped my daddy. >:D
Cedric continues to be a dedicated father, despite his pregnancy and consequently plummeting motives.
Sarah: *vomit*
Sarah: Oh, what? Pregnant again?
Me: I thought you liked babies...
Sarah: Yeah, but not THIS MANY!
Donna: HELP I STINK
Essentially, the very idea of cleanliness in this house has become laughable. Half the plumbing is broken or clogged. The older kids are only surviving thanks to leftovers.
Zoe: Do you think our parents are having too many babies?
Jamie: YES!!!
Somehow, I think Sarah's adjusting to the idea of adding yet another baby to the house...
If you want the title of cleaning ninja, Jamie, you have to EARN IT!
Cedric: Say "bottle"!
Donna: Bottle!
Cedric: Say "chair"!
Donna: Chair!
Cedric: Say "daddy"!
Donna: *silence*
Cedric: =(
Jamie does his homework at the absolute last minute. That is, as the schoolbus is waiting for him. He sort of reminds me... of me...
SMEGHEAD
Oh yes! Oh yes! What is this, you ask? Someone in the house can finally cook something that's not toaster pastry!
Whoo! Go Zoe!
Zoe: I love school! :D :D :D
Jamie: I pretend to love school... :D :D :D
HOORAY
Donna is first!
Here she is as a child.
With so many kids in the house and insufficient funds to further build the second floor, we have to resort to bunkbeds in the children's bedroom.
No, Jamie is not doing the macarena! He's trying to shoo his dad out of the bathroom.
Cedric: Um, excuse me? I bought this house and I'll stand in the bathroom if I want to! >:O
Time for Jamie to grow up!
Here he is as a teen! He rolled Popularity. Well, actually, secretly, I didn't roll it, because I didn't have any dice. I just chose an aspiration I really dislike, because I figured that was practically the same as rolling anyway. I did roll his secondary aspiration, though, and that was Fortune.
Zoe gets an actual birthday cake because everyone else got hungry.
And here she is! She "rolled" Fortune, but please refer back to what I wrote about rolling for Jamie, and apply it here. I rolled her secondary aspiration, and she got Popularity. I refused to deal with two Popularity/Fortune combos, though, so I cheated and made her a Knowledge secondary. (In line with her One True Hobby, which she's obsessed with.)
Cedric: OMG! My teenage daughter's cleaning up!
Zoe: Congratulations on being my best friend, bro!
Zoe: Hey, mum, I don't think I ever thanked you for teaching me how to do my homework all those years ago. I really appreciated it.
Donna: Mmmm... cake...
Then Zoe searches for constellations in the skies. She does this because her true passion in life is Science.
Cedric: I'm really gonna have to work harder to lose all this weight I've mysteriously put on...
Me: Yeah, okay, Cedric...
STOP! It's baby time!
Cedric: Hello, little guy!
Donna: NO NO NO I CANNOT LOOK
Meet Adric! He's named after one of my most hated Doctor Who companions, but that's because I couldn't think of any other male alien companions. (Later I remembered Turlough, but you know...)
Donna: WHYYY?! Don't you know it's already going to be hard enough to be heir, considering I'm the third-born and all? Why add more competition?
Me: Well, you know Adric is actually ineligible for heir. He's not related to the founder...
Donna: Oh, that's okay then. :)
Then she spies on the neighbours. Interesting how the neighbours never come around to shove around the kids, isn't it?
Jamie: GUYS, GUYS! There's a new baby in the house!
Jamie: Wake uuuuuup, Zoe! *prod prod*
Then Jamie goes to school.
As does Zoe. (And Donna, but apparently I decided she didn't get a picture.)
Cedric: So... I just... somehow... had a baby.
Even alien babies don't go without Cedric's love and affection.
Cedric: BELLY KISSES!
Adric: YAAAAAAY
Sarah ignores the new addition to the household, preferring instead to paint.
Cedric: Must... work off... baby fat...
Well, like Zoe would sabotage her perfect record in ~science class~...
Hooray!
Um, cool.
D'you think you could give Zoe a chance to get home first?
Zoe: That was one great day!
Jamie: Must... work off... weight... other kids... won't like me...
I don't know whether it's Zoe or just the eyes, but she makes some funny faces while doing her homework.
Homework done, Zoe decides to play The Sims. Just like the rest of us.
Jamie's now fit!
Donna: What is this? I only got a C+!
Jamie shows off his heir credentials by feeding Adric.
Zoe: I wonder how much money I would make if I sold the solution to this puzzle...
Donna: Zoe! Zoe! Play red hands with me!
Zoe: Okay... :D
Donna: Zoe! Zoe! Can you teach me how to be smart like you?
Zoe: Sure!
And so she does.
It's Adric's birthday!
Jamie: REYUKEKUERUT BIRTHDAY SO BORING
Sarah (thinks): Stop complaining, whiner.
Adric (thinks): Yeah, whiner. You're ruining my birthday!
~conveniently placed confetti cliffhanger~
No, just joking. This is Adric!
Adric has no nose. How does he smell? Terrible. Regardless, he is SUPER CUTE.
Adric: ZOE ZOE PAY ME ATTENTION
Zoe: Aww. Hey there, little guy.
Jamie: STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TODDLER I AM BORED WHAT DO I DO?!?!
Adric: MUMMY MUMMY PAY ME ATTENTION
Sarah: Well, I'm not your mummy, but hello anyway!
Adric: SQUEE ATTENTION :D
It comes down to Sarah to potty-train the little one.
Zoe: WHOO! You go, mum! Potty train that little one!
Zoe: Now, if I'm going to sell the solution to this puzzle, I'd better work it out...
Meanwhile, Jamie and Donna play football. Sort of.
Donna: WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO? Knock off my head?
Jamie: Me?
Zoe: I am very smart.
She spends much of her evening stargazing. Not with the telescope this time, just sitting out on the back porch and staring at the sky.
And whistling. Man, that girl knows how to entertain herself.
Unlike Jamie.
Jamie: EYRUEYUIS BORED HELP ME SOMEONE
He doesn't actually find the exercise bike entertaining in the slightest, so I have no idea why he's obsessed with it.
Adric: Nom nom nom... tasty!
Don't feel bad for him. His hunger bar was in the green.
Adric: *vomit*
Zoe: Hey, Adric! Let's play a game!
Adric: *vomiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit*
Adric: Hahaha
Zoe: Aww, you're so cute. :3
The teenage years are where Zoe's nine nice points are really shining through, I reckon.
Adric: ZOE ZOE ZOE ZOE GIVE ME ATTENTION
... Or maybe she just remembers what it's like to be a whiny toddler?
Oh yes. Zoe is one A-grade big sister.
Zoe: Now it's time to use your potty, little guy!
Zoe (to self): I'm young and pretty! I should be out enjoying myself, not looking after Adric! Where's his parents?
Well... here's one of them, giving birth. That is, to what is HOPEFULLY the VERY LAST BABY of this generation.
Donna: OMG
Donna: IT'S ANOTHER BABY
I think his name is Harry! If it's not Harry, it's Steven, but I'm pretty sure it's Harry.
Jamie: HELL NO! I WON'T GO! (to school)
Me: Well, that's just too bad. You don't get a choice in the matter.
Adric: I WANNA GO DOWN THE STAAAAAAAAIRS
Adric, if you went down those stairs, Rimmer Dork would only steal you.
After all, he steals everything else on the front lawn.
Jamie: Muahaha! You may have made me go to school, but you will NEVER make me learn! >:D
Final notes
I've chosen who the generation two heir will be, so no heir poll, sorry! I chose the kid who actually had chemistry with somebody. For some reason, 4/5 kids had no chemistry with anyone. Well, they may have had one bolt with one person, but one bolt's just not going to cut it, I'm afraid. So I did that, and now generation three is finally about to be born in my game. Finally!