Laurince Legacy, Generation 17.1!
Last time, Generation 16 started Uni. I mixed up Max and Marko Laurince, and they all invited over Gala to join the fraternity. I rolled for secondary aspirations for the older kids, but Penelope rolled pure Romance and Persephone rolled pure Family. Pansy, on the other hand, got a twist of Grilled Cheese, and Peter rolled a fitting Romance sub. Pansy fell in love with her teen boytoy, Brody. Peter went on the prowl, and I discovered he had some of his high chemistry with a beloved spare, Norah Deline. Parvati invited lots of people over for sports parties, including her boyfriend Saul. Persephone continued to have daddy issues all over the place, and she got engaged to her boyfriend, Anatolius. Pansy and Pistachio got engrossed enough in the ~world of dance~ that they made their way to a hobby lot, where Pansy won a smustle contest over the one-note hobby leader. Penelope's romancing included dormies, a fireman, and the newly-hired male maid. She fell in love with the first Derin Laurince (not to be confused by the kids' father/stepfather, Derin Laurince nee Skye), and also became pregnant by him. The kids all moved to the frathouse, where placeholder Gala picked up a Popularity subaspiration.
Final note: This update? Is totally momentaiguy's fault for putting the idea into my head.
So, this is definitely Max, not Marko, who was a dormie last update and is still spinning the disc at the beginning of this update. Not that anyone out there probably cares but me, but I just thought I'd mention that I had it wrong for the entire last update.
...I must not have ever moused over him for that entire amount of play time.
The family has just devolved into some Grilled Cheese craziness. You think there'd be one person less inclined to put up with Pansy or Parvati's insanity.
I'd feel worse about Gala latching onto some other girl's man, except that other girl is Olivia, and she's also involved with this man's twin brother.
Pansy's the first to discover that I'd moved all the aspiration objects (bo-ring!) out of the rarely-seen third floor to make room for some more fun things.
Penelope's discovering something else, I think...
...that she is only moderately better at the birth control thing than her mother was.
She's the only sim of mine who's ever had morning sickness into the second trimester. That's special!
After Peter's mack-a-thon last update, I guess this isn't so surprising.
I still have never figured out why Inteen Uni pregnancies delete the nudity blur for the pregnant sim. It's a big load of WUT.
Liquid diet while the cheesier sisters are eating you-know-what?
Penelope's got a date!
Hi, Pen--umph
Keep walking, Gala, keep walking.
I don't know how Pen can stand being around that guy all the time. He never wears a shirt!
...says the guy that just went to an exam in his post-coital swim trunks.
Well, I guess since we're best friends and all...
Penelope isn't quite as skilled as her mother at getting her partners into bed, but her LTW means we're in it for the long haul, anyway.
Ew. That's Penelope's bed, guys!
Aw, despite earlier bribery, the maid doesn't want to go on a date with Penelope! It's time for some circumvention.
I'm glad you wanted to hang out. Now, do you want me to hang it all out?
Uh...I really don't think that would be appropriate, given our positions, Penelope.
But, I...oh, fine. Just take this as a token of my affection.
Look, Pen, maybe he's just not that into pregnant chicks. It could be worse, I remember your mother met a real weirdo...
Gala's close to graduating, so I decided on a look to replace the one she's had for ages and ages.
Pansy's pouting that I told her to go sew when she wanted to go sew.
Don't you just love the beginning of a new day, Penelope?
Sure, another day, another guy to make out with...
Flirting on the job, Penelope? That's so devious. I like it...
Peter greets Norah a little passionately. Max looks on in jealousy, probably because the future I promised with him and his brother tag-teaming Olivia Laurince is just a far-future glimmer, as they're the next scheduled placeholders after Gala.
Norah's over Neville, and fully wanting to make a lifetime commitment to his grandson. Only not-creepy in the Sims!
Peter, despite his promiscuous streak, is in LURV.
What better way to celebrate their love for one another than by getting it on in a badly-painted ricer on the front lawn?
Um...I don't know what's more mind-boggling here, Peter's almost instant infidelity, or Gala's insistance that arm-warmers "are too" appropriate swimwear accessories.
Peter? Your girlfriend's on the phone!
...I guess he's busy?
Penelope's invited the maid over...I'm not sure what happened prior to this, given their differing states of dress...but she is being awfully adorable in order to win him over to the dark side.
Ah, morning deliciousness!
Parvati's a morning person. It's disgusting.
Did you have a grilled cheese this morning?
I have a grilled cheese every morning!
Do you ever talk about anything else?!
Peter greets a walk-by, Diana Laurince (of course!), because it turns out they have chemistry.
Hey, aren't you the guy that's boffing the head of the fraternity?
Oh, that's a mutually beneficial arrangement that is going to end soon, as she's graduating.
Gala is right behind you, Peter.
At this rate, I don't think any of them are ever going to graduate.
Hey, Pete, if you're going to hook up with this one, at least make sure Gala's not in the same room. I like to keep the peace around here.
I like how the youngest are just oblivious living around their sluttier siblings. Persephone's conspicuously absent for a reason--she doesn't want to socialize like this.
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO TURN INTO PLANTSIMS
I guess everybody's going to get ensnared by either Peter or Penelope at this rate, though.
They'll cheer anything, won't they?
Tell me something I didn't already know, game! *rimshot*
And the dream team's clueless conquests continue to be clueless.
Well, on the downside, Pansy's just a clone of her father, Derin. On the plus side, it makes her completely ogle-able.
Congratulations, Gala! You get to go from eternal YA-dom at Sim State to eternal adulthood in Veronaville!
And, before Gala moves out, she invites Max and his twin Marko to live in the frathouse as the new placeholders.
When you hack through your sims' early years, sometimes oddities happen. I still don't know how the hell Gala's LTW was this. I blame Parvati, Pansy, and Pistachio's conversations rotting her brain.
Adulthood, finally!
Well, it looks like Peter's finally made the decision to settle down with Norah, in a roundabout way.
Why is he graduating? Well, playing two of my three legacies in Uni simultaneously was tiring. Plus, despite having two Fortune sims, NONE OF THEM CARED ABOUT SCHOOL.
The next few slides are about laughing at transition outfits. Starting with Mr. Nutty Professor over here.
Next up is Gothy McBondagePants.
No one back home will realize Penelope's about to burst forth with child, because that dress will have blinded them.
Persephone's actually toned her style down a bit...
Pistachio takes a moment to imply he's sick of green, which is unfortunate, with his re-plant-simming imminently looming.
And Parvati's the last to transition, into something completely normal, which is so unlike her.
Just a brief bit of evidence that Pistachio was, upon re-entry to Veronaville, turned back to his natural state.
Now, it's time to see who is heir! Before the big reveal, I will say this: I reserve the right to move out extras at any time.
Here's Parvati! Turned back into her brightly-attired self!
Wow, Penelope, too! I can never decide if the light blonde is washing her out too much, so we went back to a blue hairdo, bluey-purple HMX.
Um. I had trouble making a decision. And he's got Norah!
So, yeah. If the house gets too full, or any crazy shenanigans get to be too much, I'm definitely moving someone out. And, though I've included double heirs on the family tree in the past, I'm thinking whoever generates the Generation 17 heir is the only one getting identified as heir and having kids as Generation 17 on the tree.
Hey, Parvati? I...I think it might be time.
Ooh, Pen, I think you're right.
I missed getting the morning paper everyday.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!
So, as last update's popup informed us, Penelope was expecting natural twins, which I let her have.
The first up is a girl with blonde hair, default brown eyes, and a light skintone. Her name is Qistina.
Her sister, Qitarah, has blonde hair, default dark blue eyes, and a tan skintone. She's also already wishing she was being held by her Aunt Parvati. I don't know, Qitarah, you've only barely met your Aunt Parvati.
(Gen Q was already going to be a stretch for names. WHY DID I TRIPLE HEIR?! Qistina and Qitarah are Arabic names, according to the baby name site I used to assist myself.)
I heard some shouting, and--twins, Penelope?!
Oh, look, Dad, I'm an auntie!
I am going to be SUPAH AUNTIE!
Peter, stop macking on random walk-bys!
Orchid, new grandmother!
...guess her instincts told her that her husband was shirtless in the front yard.
HAHAHAHAHA. It always cracks me up when a parent pawns off their kids in the portrait.
Penelope's on a phonecall with some conquest or other. I made over the orangey "teen" bedroom, as I thought each heir deserved their own bedroom with adequate bedspace for romance.
HE WAS BORN THAT WAY, DERIN
HE'S ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BABY
Parvati got the "master suite" with the upstairs balcony. It used to be black, but how on earth could PARVATI have a grayscale bedroom?
And I figured Peter deserved a redecorated room, too...this is the room that used to be all teal and stuff.
This is what Parvati does while she's waiting for her boyfriend to drop by.
At least she's a little bit more focused on Saul once he actually shows up. Hi, Norah!
Saul's a Family sim, who just rolled a Knowledge sub.
...he wants to graduate 3 kids from college. I only was going to let each heir have two kids. T____T
I'm so glad you're here. I don't know how Pen tolerates it, but all Parvati talks about is the next time she gets to make a meal, or when my nieces are going to eat their first grilled cheese.
Peter is so thrilled, he got Norah into the hottub before I could even ask her to move in. -_-
So, Saul-y, do you like your sandwich?
Of course I do, sweetie.
...are you two for real?
Oh, they're for real, Penelope.
Why even bother bringing $7? Just, like, go to the store and bring a nice pie and apologetic smile, instead.
In order to fear getting rejected in proposing, Peter would have had to want to propose, deep down.
...right?
Oh dear lord, a Family sub. I'm going to get oopsed at some point, aren't I? (Ignoring the fact that the two Gen 17 babies are already an oops in themselves.)
Since Parvati is so eager and her boyfriend is a Family sim, I let them be the first sanctioned reproducers.
Penelope strikes me as a very active woman, so I had her get a job as a dancer. She's apparently looking forward to working off the baby weight.
Well, I'd like every dance I do make the audience want to have sex with me.
...if that's what they want.
Orchid's getting closer to her second LTW...
What's going on?
Unfortunately, you're so close to the next stage of life...
...BLAM, you're an elder. A leafy elder.
A slight adjustment, and Orchid's still hot. The only bad thing about this transition is that it enforces the reality that Orchid is going to die.
Orchid's, like, one of my favorite sims ever. T___T
I love being an auntie! It's, like, parenting practice for free.
Haha, makes me wish I was an auntie, Parvati.
You're gonna marry Peter, right? That makes you their auntie, too!
So, Norah happily pitches in taking care of the twins while Penelope is at work. However, what's that lurking...
...okay, guys, he's with Parvati, y'all know he had to be looney tunes, too, right?
Speaking of looney tunes, look who's popped up in Penelope's magic crystal ball selection?
...in case you've forgotten, the redhead with the BF smiley and the heart is her sister Persephone's father Mortimer. The highlighted dude here, Arlan? Peter's father.
Norah and Parvati have absolutely nothing common. What do you look for in a woman, Saul?!
To be honest, I'm not even fazed by this, I'm just wondering if I or she have the balls to go after Derin, to complete the trifecta of her half-siblings fathers. Even if he is the only one currently still in a relationship with her mother.
I don't feel too bad about Arlan being messed around with--he's a Romance sim that has no illusions of a steady relationship forming with anyone in this family.
There is something very, very wrong with you, Penelope.
I'm going to regret pulling out all the stops to get Norah back into a legacy, aren't I?
(Norah's off to her first day in the Adventurer career, as her LTW is to be a Space Pirate.)
This is Parvati's nightgown. Yes, she most definitely picked it out herself. I had nothing to do with it.
Saul already had a job as a scientist. I see no reason to change this up.
Huh. While Nature isn't Orchid's OTH, it's the one she's got the highest enthusiasm in, for obvious reasons, so I find it really interesting how much Penelope is taking after her mother.
Well, not completely. This is Penelope. Lecturing.
Lecturing the infants for being poopy.
And, for those of you who always wondered who would wear heels with a bathing suit? Penelope Laurince. Absolutely.
You know, Orchid never cared about changing her kids' diapers.
You know, Parvati, I know you like the babies and all, but they are Pen's responsibility.
I know, Pete! I'm doing the practice run with her kids so I won't screw anything up once my baby is born!
Hugs for mommies!
Uh, thanks, Parvati.
I'm going to be a mommy, too, Mommy!
I actually think that this will be a happy baby, as long as s/he isn't lactose intolerant.
Oh goddamn, just a family SUB will make them do this? (Hi, Kiki!)
So, I know this might sound a little weird, but since you're in the neighborhood, want to drop in? I'm getting married today, and you're family, in a way.
Peter, by his own daughter's definition of family, you should be trying to screw him right now!
Anyway, wedding guests! Persephone, and then some drama-potential: Gala, and Peter's father, Arlan.
*cocks head* Oh no, don't tell me that those college relationships were a front to hide the most horrible Laurincest ever?
It's cool, guys. Oren's just here for the buffet.
Peter and Norah are having a dusk ceremony.
All very nice and traditional, everyone held their peace, even Gala.
So, um, it's a little odd we haven't met before, and now you're my father-in-law!
...have you met Orchid?
Maybe Arlan's down with Penelope because he thinks he's somehow getting back at Orchid? Too bad we're talking about Orchid and Penelope. They've shared a dude on the very same day.
Saulie?
...wha?
Well, everybody's already here, and we're going to have a baby soonish, so maybe we should take advantage of the decorations and buffet and get married now?
...uh...
*Parvati bats eyelashes*
...sure?
Wait, did the invitations say anything about this being a double wedding?
...it is Parvati...
Do you take me to be your lawful wedded wife, in toastiness and cheesiness, as long as we both shall live?
Aw....
To make this day even more full of goings-on, it's time for the twins' first birthday! While their grandpa is there (chowing down), grandma and step-grandpa will be doing the honors.
:D
Seriously, Orchid stopped being a real Romance sim ages ago.
I'm always glad when their bladders are full enough to get some early toilet-training in.
I'm married, Stach!
I know, congrats, sis!
This is Qitarah.
And Qistina. She's a little odd in that her skintone makes her look like a twenty-five-year-old toddler.
Grandparents get going on the nursery rhyme teachings, since Orchid wants this so badly.
Derin is now an anime character! O_O
...yeah, so I guess he just thought of me as his pre-graduation diversion...
Niiice, Gala, right next to his father, too. Norah doesn't hear, because she's off to her honeymoon.
Penelope has started a trend. She leaves for work in the most ridiculous uniforms, gets promoted, and then leaves the stupid thing at home and comes back in her street clothes.
These two are off on a honeymoon, too, even though it's not even their wedding party (officially).
Aaaaaand, we're back! Norah has taken advantage of an InTeen flavor pack that I just added in when I grabbed FT hacks. Yep, Norah got pregnant via "Risky Honeymoon."
Why's Arlan back again? Well, Penelope needs simultaneous LOVES, just woohoo isn't good enough for her. I'm telling you, she's seeking revenge on her mother.
She does still have room to make friends with her new sister-in-law, though.
And this is why there are so many heirs. THEY ARE ALL SO ENDEARING.
...well, okay, Penelope isn't always endearing.
Well, I suppose meeting Puck Summerdream is better than meeting bees.
Having taken his sister's talk of "practice parenting" to heart, Peter tries teaching Qistina to talk, in hopes that it'll make the task easier with his future child.
Why are you mainlining coffee, Pen, up all night again?
With your dad.
...is that, like, the new "your mom" or something?
Oh, Peter.
I like the double-bowtie effect we've got going on, here.
Persephone has taken to randomly coming over, borrowing the internet, pinball machine, television, whatever.
It's like I have three-and-a-half heirs now!
Norah got promoted! Despite being in pregnancy stage: pukey!
Parvati pops again while painting one of the heir portraits.
Oh, look, Qitarah found a very precisely placed activity table! (This is in a 1-deep, 3-tile wide nook and it's accessable from all sides. I rock.)
I would say it's a bit early to know something like that, but before the end of toddlerhood, both her and Qistina were rolling wants to earn their seventh and eighth creativity points, so...
Again, I like your philosophy on ugly work uniforms, Penelope.
Norah now finds herself in the pregnancy stage: horny.
Baby wants a sandwich!
...this doesn't worry you, Mom?
Hasn't she always been like this?
...you have a point.
This is a new conquest, Barney. I must say, I have to thank "How I Met Your Mother," because the name Barney now makes me think of a womanizing Neil Patrick Harris instead of a purple dinosaur or Flintstones character. Otherwise, this next bit might have been a little disturbing.
Imagine if I captioned this with something like:
"Leggo of my Fruity Pebbles!"
...I'm sorry.
First pop for Norah.
Shirtless is over, because Penelope and he still haven't fallen in love.
...I thought it'd be a little bit more drawn-out than that.
Seriously?
It's because he never ever wears a shirt, isn't it?
Heir portraits! Again, I may only keep one of them up on the wall. If I do that, then I might hang up Saul or Norah's portraits, if their spouse produces the next heir.
The girls have two favorite things: drawing, and that yellow car. They occasionally like the xylophone, but mainly when the table is filled up with used paper.
So, I've been using all sorts of different cheeses for sandwiches lately. I have a feeling Baby is a gourmet. Does that make sense, Persephone?
...about as much as anything else you say, Parv.
So THAT'S how Persephone can stand to "talk about grilled cheese"!
He's still here because I want the Dream Date boost so Penelope can continue on dating men and dancing with very, very little sleeping.
Seriously, aren't they a little young to already be drawing distinct pictures of various animals?
Another guy over, Penelope? Don't tell me this isn't even the same one as last night.
Nope, that was your dad.
Stop being immature, Pen!
Dad, you're going to teach Baby to throw a football, right?
If they want!
That's particularly hideous, and impractical for ballroom dancing.
Don't worry, I'll leave it there.
Well, it's nice to know that Peter's attracted to his wife, pregnant or no. Considering his philandering from before.
Hi, I'd just like to tell everybody that Baby is ready to say hello!
It's a boy, Quentin, with brown hair, an S3-ish sort of skintone, and...I'm pretty sure he doesn't have eyes. Which makes me wonder if Derin actually has eyes, or those are just on his skintone. >_<
Saul needed to skill up, Orchid likes to play chess, Derin's apparently a little paranoid. Actually, living in this household, I don't really blame him. Though Saul's like the one man on earth Orchid finds completely unattractive.
Haha, good girl. I think it's hilarious that she keeps getting promoted because her promiscuity gives her giant mood boosts every day before she leaves for work.
Oh, it's the Uni maid man again!
Thanks for the dessert, Derin.
Don't you think it's about time you tried calling me "Dad," Persephone?
OHMYGOD Hallmark moment!
On a possibility scale of 1 to 10, I think you're sitting at about -50, dude.
One man falls in love while another man LEAVES TRIBUTE TO THE SEX GODDESS PENELOPE.
Oh, there's no need to worry about me getting pregnant. I've only ever had an accident one time, and I'm pretty sure my sister Parvati would gleefully help with any kid in this house as long as she could make them sandwiches, so I'm set.
On to the female part of the household that might actually have some sane parenting...
Aw, I didn't know that once toddlers knew the rhyme they could sing it all by themselves. Aw, yay for autonomous entertainment. It means I can neglect all age ranges of sims equally.
Penelope is a BEAST at bug-collecting. She collected five in like ten seconds, and has never gotten chased by bees.
Is it normal to end up awake all night because your baby is kicking you in the spine?
...yep, and pelvis, and rib cage, and let me tell you, I am so glad I never had twins like Penelope.
Derin. Stop stalking, Orchid's not going to "go lez" now.
Oh, maybe they're just having the chess match of the century over there.
Penelope, I know you get "epic lulz" at the thought of stringing men along, given your LTW, but somehow I think they'll figure it out pretty quickly if you start asking them all to marry you.
Oh, it took Peter ages, but he finally got an Entertainment job, putting him on the road to his own LTW.
Penelope proudly displays her bug-catching accomplishments above the place where she manages all her other accomplishments.
Now that Orchid's reached her second LTW, I can agree she's a Visionary, but I'm not sure I want to know what it is she's actually a Visionary of.
Love with Barney!
Derin's finally an elder, and we see his broken face in all its glory. I thought I'd fixed him, too, but I see I have another task in SimPE set out for me.
Quentin also had a birthday. In between snuggles, Parvati's begun to sneak him bites of her sandwiches.
If he can chew, he can have Grilled Cheese!
...if you say so.
Good job! I hope your job is fulfilling, cause I still don't know about letting you have two more kids. (He's already rolled the want to have another kid. EEEP.)
MOAR BIRTHDAYS
Qistina and Qitarah become children.
Here's Qistina. I used some facial makeup to adjust her creepily aged look. I think she's got Penelope/Orchid/Neville's eyeshape, but I don't know if I place the rest of her face.
Qitarah's got a different nose than her sister, but I'll be damned if I know which was from which parent at this point.
I guess Orchid's next desired accomplishment is to become a rock star?
But then, who will babysit?
Saul, you are aware that your wife doesn't actually have a job, right?
Why on earth would you eat cake when there is lots of grilled cheeses in the refrigerator?
...Parvati seems a little stressed. Is she pregnant again?
NO
This is as nice of a makeover shot of Quentin you're going to get until I manage to give the poor boy some eyeballs.
Qitarah's still grabbing the ol' favorite, yellow car.
Yep, Penelope's moved onto the dude that must've broken into the house during her childhood. Nothing else explains the relationship existing, or its current postively-ambivalent level.
Plié, Qistina, plié!
Thanks, Arlan! (That piano on the deck was Barney's gift, that I forgot to stick in Penelope's inventory until this shot.)
How can you get mad and interrupt the date, Shirtless?! You were here to leave an OFFERING TO THE SEX GODDESS?!
Ah shit, I don't know if that relationship is even worth repairing. :(
Oh that's right, Norah still needs to give birth!
We've got twins. I think this is the boy, Quint, with red hair, those damn Enayla eyes, and an S3-y skintone.
And a girl, Quinn, with brown hair, those damn eyes, and what appears to be Norah's skintone.
Unless I mixed it up and Quinn's got the red hair and Quint's got the brown.
And we leave you with a shot of the last time we're ever going to have 12 sims fit into the portrait. And poor Qitarah is left off, at that!
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- I still don't know what the hell I was thinking.
- If you missed the little note earlier, I did put Generation 16 up at Love a Laurince, if you're interested.
- Oh, and don't get your hopes up, I'm not naming a sim after myself. :P