Morgan Legacy [2.2]: Family Unplanning
Heya! I squeaked past Real Life for a bit to finally update the Morgans! It took a recent simsecret to remind me that the last update was... a whole eight months ago!! Terrible! I'm sitting on quite a few Morgan pictures so I'll try to get the writing done in a more timely manner. (Do I start off every update with an apology now? I should go into public relations.) The previous update was quite a doozy (and if you're lost, you should give it a read): the universe's hatred for Adelaide reached a critical point, resulting in Mother Nature smiting both Adelaide (aijux) and fiance Hyperion (quinctia). Adelaide finally got her act together and conquered the Hailpocoalypse, built a meager shack, and gave birth to daughter Hope.
Quick refresher: every sim week I begin a scenario/challenge inspired by soap opera plots, most of which aren't shamelessly taken from the Mega List of Mini Challenges! While this week's challenge isn't as immediately painful as, say, blowing up the family house, the fact that Adelaide is pregnant again means that there's going to be four new children around at the minimum. HELP.
Even worse, the one kid we already have spends most of her day screaming, fucking around, and conveniently forgetting to go to school. Maybe being steamrolled by a horde of babies will make her change her mind?
HAHAHAHA IN YOUR FACE, CHALLENGE!! But it's a moot point, since I have to adopt them, no matter what. :( Well, since the fam is ~too poor~ at the moment to grab the first kid, it's time to make some dough!
Hyperion: Look, I can't tell you why, but I am COMPELLED TO GET MORE CHILDREN. I EVEN DUG LIKE A MILLION HOLES IN THE GROUND TOO
...Buuuut despite making Hyperion dig holes all day and repeatedly harassing calling up the adoption agency, I'm nowhere close to having the adoption fee.
Of course, no one complains once I sell the fridge and the toilet to reach the required amount. Who needs those anyway?
Hi, Adelaide!! How've you been, girl?
Adelaide: I'm tired and cranky and sad and lonely and poor and hungry and--
Fascinating!
Adelaide: --OH! And pregnant. Forgot about that one. Wheeeeeeeeeeee...
Overcome by motherly joy!
If you looked outside and saw your fiance(e) passed out on the pavement, would you A: go outside to help or B: DGAF and make a booty call on the phone? Hyperion is picking the winner's choice.
Hyperion really, really wanted to have Tweety (simsarenotfood) come over, so here she is! You may remember her sucking face with Hyperion before he moved in with Ady.
Tweety: hiiiiii hyperion eeeeeeee *HUFFS DELICIOUS MANSCENT*
LOL. Don't even care.
Tweety: Your dad and I are like the very best friends! One day you'll get your own best friend that you can see and have fun with and possibly trade sexual favors with!
HAHAHAHA I DON'T THINK SO, HOMEWRECKER
Hope: Mom! I'm tired and angry and this dumb lady keeps trying to pick up my dad!!
Due to the adoption agency forcing me to hoard money, everyone gets the share THE ONE BED for a few nights. Hope's new ~sneaky tactic is to throw a fit and wake her mom up, thereby giving her time to steal Adelaide's spot in bed.
Of course, Ady just goes straight back to sleep anyway. Since when does she ever wake up for screaming children?
Hope: Figures.
Hope, can you do something other than be a general nuisance? I adore her but she gets into EVERYTHING. Go make some friends or something!
Hope: Okay, I changed my mind about you. Can we be friends now?
Tweety: NOPE SORRY, I DON'T TAKE BAGGAGE WITH MY FWBS
It's okay, Hope. The fridge will never leave you!
Good morning, and welcome to ADOPTION HELL 2012! Adelaide gets a new kid every day for three days straight. You can bet that I'm just thrilled about this!
Hyperion: I wonder how much she would sell for on the black market.
Ugh, "special day" is right. Bring on the toddlers!
Toddler number one: Squeak by thegranddewru!
And boy, what a cutie!! I love her little nose and her big ears. Of course, since the adopted kids aren't eligible for heirship, the most they can do in this legacy is look cute and be entertaining.
However, Squeak soon discovers that everything is not sunshine and rainbows at the "stable household" she was sent to my ass it is. Even nature tries to get the hell out of this place!
Also: food? What's that? Must have something to do with The Fridge That Mysteriously Disappears When Mommy and Daddy Are Broke.
Squeak: Change me? :(
Adelaide: WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU! WELP LOOKS LIKE I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO GO BACK TO SLEEP
At least Hope has pity on her. She knows what it's like to be an unhappy, smelly child...
Squeak: What is my life?
BAWWW. POOR BABY. D: It's her little tiny mousy face that gets me, I swear!
Squeak: Don't think I'll forget about that diaper you never changed.
Please don't grow up and plot the murder of your parents? Please?
Allaya (slyndsey): THIS POOR CHILD
I can't even spare a few bucks for a toddler blanket, so Squeak has the extra pleasure of sleeping on the ground. It turns out that sad children are a tourist attraction or something in Primrose Grive, because everyone wants to come over and make boo-boo-wah faces at her.
The next kid we're getting is Aaron (xbeccyx), who has a cheeky little toothy grin. Considering that the adoption lady could look twenty feet over to her left and see sad, hungry children sprawled out on the ground, it's a miracle that I even got a second kid.
Squeak: WAAAAHHHHHH I'M SITTING AROUND WITH DEVILED EGGS UP MY ASS
Another adoption agency success story in the making, I'm sure!
When it comes to Aaron, Hyperion is totally biased - those two became fast buds and Hyperion drops everything to play with the little guy. Needless to say, Hope and Squeak aren't taking this too well.
NOOOOOO. Is it that time already? :(
Actually, considering my track record with multiples, the game is pretty nice to me this time! There's only a boy, named Ridley...
...and a girl, Nan. Like Hope, they're both light as hell for no reason. At least Ridley got Hyperion's brown eyes!
Hope: Oh god, there's MORE??!
Poor girl. Her house basically functions as a clown car for children.
Aaron: Can I get a bottle or what?
Adelaide: That depends, can I throw you into a dirt hole first?
Oh Ady, you drive a hard bargain.
Due to my incessant digging, the front yard is covered with weeds and broken water lines, but where's the harm in that? Walking past them is like having a free shower!
Oh look, our other permanent lawn ornaments!
FINALLY. Our very last toddler, Rua (huning). No more annoying adoption shenanigans! I have to say though, the one upside to this week's challenge is getting to have more PT sims around the family.
Apparently a few people in the neighborhood heard about the latest addition to the Morgan hell house, 'cause Su-Jeong (sneebsey) dropped by to check out the action.
Galaxy (dorkasaur_sims) also shows up, looking outrageously comfy in that outfit!
Su-Jeong: Hey there kiddo, what's up?
Hope: UM, NO. Don't try to hook up with my dad. I'M ONTO YOU.
Su-Jeong: And then she was like, accusing me of checking out her dad!
You still could, you know! Go after Tweety's sloppy seconds!
Hyperion and Aaron's honeymoon period went by in a flash, because now he can barely stand to be around the kid. It definitely sucks because Aaron is the one baby that Hyperion actually attempts to take care of.
I don't blame him, because the amount of screaming whiny children is at catastrophic levels.
Squeak: BARF
The social services are being VERY generous to this house. :I
Rua: Hugs! HUGS!! ♥
Even though it's tough having yet another mouth to feed, Rua is a little piece of joy in the house. She's a big sweetie-butt and she LOVES hugs.
When the toddlers get basically ignored by Hyperion and Adelaide, they all group together outside and hug it out. I LOVE IT! It's just so cute!
Since I don't have to hoard money for the adoption agency anymore, I'm free to finally spend it on house renovations. As you can see, the outside awning is gone and replaced with an actual bedroom!!
Okay, it's not much of a room, but at least there's a proper roof over their heads this time.
Rua: Does this mean we get cribs too?
HAHAHAHAHA! You're cute. Actually, you're getting some even better!
A nanny! And who would be a better choice than Bekah (simpurity)? She's had so many babies in VDSLs that she must be a total champ at childcare!
She's already a complete baby fiend. If she can manage not to pee herself, she'll be in the top 1% of nannies!
Nan: UGH WHY'S THIS BABY ALL UP IN MY GRILL
Yes, your twin is definitely invading your personal space while he's busy laying around on the floor and drooling on himself. What a jerk.
So you'd think that Adelaide would be HAPPY to get an actual bedroom again, but instead she keeps on... freaking out about herself?? Now she actually sleeps worse inside than she did outside. Maybe she secretly yearns to go back to the old 'soggy cupcakes and hailstorms' days.
Hope: Look, mom! I put on my happy face today!
Adelaide: SNORE
Oh my god, this place is a LANDFILL. You can really see the damage from having so many babies in such a short period of time. Nothing ever manages to stay clean! I've basically resigned to letting the house stay as a stinky green fume pit.
UGGHHHH. And let me tell you, the twins don't help any. Vomit. EVERYWHERE.
Bekah: EVEN HER VOMITING IS PRECIOUS, WHAT A CUTE WITTLE BABY!
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Anyway, later that night, THE BEST THING EVER HAPPENS. And no, it's not Hyperion managing not to get fired again! although that's also a miracle
ADY FOUND A MOTHERFUCKING TREASURE CHEST!!! And a rooster. BUT ALSO A TREASURE CHEST AHHHHHHHH!!!
Adelaide: Oooh! Oooh! BREAK IT DOWN! WHO'S THE MAN?!
Selling this chest for 5,000 bucks may not seem like a lot, but right now it's like winning the lottery. Adelaide is one step closer to being a rich lady again! But first: new additions to the house and a new challenge, all in the next update!
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I have SO many pics (both Almassy and Morgan) to edit and commentate on and it's a lot to do. It's been a little quiet around here due to me being busy but I'll try to bust out some updates sooner than later. Thanks for reading, and I'll see you next time!
(i haven't written a morgan update in so long that i'm nervous about this one?? i don't even know. read: I AM WEIRD)