Entry for maxis-taste dare 31
It's a very late one, I'm afraid, but I hope you all enjoy it anyway.
Meet Brandon Broke and his toddler daughter Belle.
And here's Brandon's other daughter, Dusty.
Brandon's neighbour Darrell Dreamer popped over to chat, but Brandon wasn't interested.
Brandon: What is this strange sensation? Surely I can't be pregnant, I've never even met aliens.
Brandon: BLARF.
Looks like Brandon's dead wife, Skipper, left something for you. Enjoy! ♥
No time to dwell on that, there's potty training to be done.
Darrell stuck around while Brandon ran off to throw up and decided to hog the ballet barre.
Brandon: Eek, there's a hole in my stomach!
Ah, the downside of 'wear any clothes during pregnancy' mods.
Dusty's a great big sister, helping to teach Belle to talk.
Dusty's boyfriend came over to visit. Poor Angelo, that nose looks even funkier on him now than it ever did when he was Angela.
Dusty wanted to get into private school, so she invited the headmaster over. I was expecting him to accept her when the score hit 90, but nope, looks like it had to go above 90 for that to happen.
Then she tried to sneak out to celebrate and got caught. XD
Next day, the toddler training continues.
And not a moment too soon!
Brandon takes time out from napping and teaches Dusty to study. This pregnancy's hitting him hard, he's always exhausted.
Then she sneaks out again. Brandon didn't catch her that time.
Darrell: You know Nina Caliente? I hear she and her sister were supposed to be guys, but the Creator couldn't think of decent names for them and decided not to bother and hoped nobody would notice.
Brandon: Wow, how very lazy.
Shut up.
Brandon: THE PAIN!
Darrell: OH SHIT WHAT DO I DO?!
NOBODY PANIC! UNLESS IT'S QUADS!
Brandon: D:
It's all right, it's just one. A baby boy named Connor.
Ohmygosh, I have never seen that want before, but that's so cute!
Obviously I had to indulge her.
Dusty: Who's the cutest baby brother in the whole wide world? Yes you are! You are!
This puppy came over to play fetch. I think Brandon must have thrown the stick a bit too far because they never came back.
Darrell came over to see how Brandon was dealing with the birth.
Brandon: I'd like to thank you for being there for me. Maybe over a coffee?
Darrell: Oh, well, gosh, I'd like that!
Brandon wants to be a good role model to his children, so he got a job in the police. Part of me wonders if it's because he really wants to serve and protect the public, or if he wants to make sure Dusty never gets in trouble doing her job.
Dusty: Just in case it's the first, I'd better make sure I can outrun my dad.
Brandon: I GOT PROMOTED!
Belle: I GOT AN A+!
TURN AROUND!
Moving onwards, it's time for Connor to grow up.
Brandon: I can't. He's pooped.
So... deal with it? And stop staring at me like that, you're creeping me out.
Brandon: Yeah, no, I hate nappies. I'm going back to bed. See ya!
Hey! Come back!
But Brandon really was too tired to carry on, so Dusty took over.
And then Connor fell asleep too. ¬_¬ SO. After a quick nap, Dusty picked him out of the crib and threw him in the air.
Aww, he's a little cutie.
Connor and Brandon were having a little insomnia, so Brandon taught him to talk.
And walk.
The next day, Brandon took Darrell out for that coffee. Which soon morphed into a pillow fight.
Which then morphed into smoochies.
A quick food break to give their lips energy for more snogging.
They needed it.
Darrell: The coast is clear.
These two have a little too much energy!
Oh you want that, do you? Let's see what Darrell thinks about that first, shall we?
Darrell: YES PLEASE.
Well. How can I argue with that?
All together now: awwwwwwwwwww.
MEANWHILE. I decided it was high time Dusty took some time off from taking care of her little siblings, so she took her boyfriend and his brother out to the roller rink to hang out. This was a bad idea, because this is a hood where I've made no attempt to patch up their relationship.
Liam: *HATE. ANGELO. FOREVER*
Angelo: We're twins, I can tell when you're thinking that.
Dusty: Nothing to do with me.
And then Danielle Pleasant comes wandering by.
Danielle: *is beautiful*
Danielle: WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT IN PUBLIC, YOU LITTLE ASSHOLE?
Let's ignore the UnPleasants for now and check out Diara Dreamer, because she is GORGEOUS!
Congratulations to Dusty.
Brandon and Darrell decided to wait until Connor was a child before tying the knot so he could attend the wedding too. (OK, it was all me, but play along!) So, it's birthday time!
And he's a handsome little guy.
Wedding time! I could've sworn this was a premade game lot, and thought about including the makeover in this month's theme, but I can't find it on the Wiki. It was a small makeover anyway, just to make weddings possible.
Darrell took off her sunglasses just for today. And once again, the Unsavoury Charlatan gatecrashed the big day. He behaved himself, so he was allowed to stay.
Haha, what?!
Brandon: Such riches!
She's nearly as poor as you are!
Brandon: She has a house!
Good point. And they will all live there, happily ever after.
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And just because I enjoy them, have some wedding party photos.
Darrell: You'd better behave yourself or I'll throw you out on your arse.
Unsavory Charlatan: Me? I'm behaving impeccably, dear madam.
A toast! I quickly got rid of the toasting set though, when the group kept walking out of their photo poses to go and drink.
Kisses and cake.
And to round off, so photos for the family album.
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Well, I thoroughly enjoyed this dare. I genderswapped some of the characters in an Anygame, using these instructions. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be, so now I'm seriously contemplating making an entire genderswapped uberhood. Which would also allow me to use meetme2theriver's Viper Canyon subhood. But even if I don't succumb to temptation, I will carry on playing the Dreamer-Broke household in Pleasantview, just for funsies.