Laurince Legacy, Generation 7.3!
The girls, immediately after they finished their birthday cake, ran up to the deck to play catch by the gentle glow of the cowplant and direct phoneline to Hades.
Their mother? Too busy watching sports to watch her kids. Lucky for THEM, I keep the cowplant gate locked.
You'll notice in this update that they've all finally realized that there's a telescope on the lot. It's been on the front porch since I built the house, but I don't think anyone has touched it before now, except Emmy.
Who's spending too much time dreaming on the past to look out and dream of the stars.
When Eliza looks this excited? It doesn't bode well.
I didn't see where the ball nailed him, but Flint's probably lucky he wasn't planning on having any more children, anyway.
Of course, that doesn't stop them from making sure they're still in practice. Often.
Emmy and Oly don't hop into bed anymore, though. They just feel and grab wherever they damn well please. I suppose since it is their house...
Gloria, I don't think your aunt Abby is going to be reading you a story now.
Reading is important, but your hunger bar is near empty and you can actually have a sit-down meal with most of your family for once!
Emmy will always be my dancing queen!
All right. We had a reprieve with Gen 6, apparently, but we've bred the neat points back into the family. (I guess this is what happens when the family tree doesn't fork.) At any rate, this is the only household where the kids need to be told to leave the chores for the maid. I'd rather they eat breakfast and bathe before school.
I don't know, Gwen, why are you having a toy party in someone else's bedroom? I'll give you one thing, at least you're not still in your pajamas two minutes before the bus is due.
Ferris is so amazed it's snowing in springtime that he sticks his face THROUGH GLASS. ow.
Abby brings home this delicious hunk of boy from school! (Ignore the odd hair, I had some default replacements that were slightly-off hued.)
THAT'S NOT HOW YOU ATTRACT A MAN, ABBERS
...or maybe it is. Also, Eliza had just been waiting for a snowball fight, no doubt wanting to pummel another guy's manhood into oblivion with projectiles.
Oh, go play with that ponce of a cousin you just HAD to bring home, Gwen. (That would be Fawn's son, Gabriel.)
I don't think this is what he had in mind when he asked you to tutor him after school, Abby. She's not interested in him. It's not a total loss, though...
...since Grace is going to be a teenager in a matter of minutes! And it looks like Abby's finally realized that she's playing second fiddle to her nephew and nieces. Say, where ARE Grace's parents, anyway? Ferris is at work...
...yeah, I wasn't surprised to find this, either.
HI!
...hi.
I rolled a fun aspiration! Romance!
Right, fun. What's your LTW?
20 simultaneous loves! That'll be fun, right?
What's with the shirt? You can see most of my breasts with this neckline.
Look, I've got lovemod in. We're not going to have any instantaneous falling in love, so you're going to have to attract everything possible, to up your odds.
Ew, he's got brown hair, I'm not going to have to touch him, am I?
I'll just let Abby have him.
I think that's what he's afraid of...
No one is going to grade you at going to the bathroom. Get on the pot and go, Gwen.
I suppose this is the best time to mention it. Remember how Ferris had two outgoing? Grace has got one. She can't even dance in her own living room without having a panic attack. This romance thing'll go well, don't you think?
We're gonna have to kickstart it. Maybe one successful match-up will help her along her way.
I have her give the matchmaker 3 grand, which is usually the sweet spot. Deszo is a little goofy looking, but he isn't ugly. Plus she's got a thing for blondes.
Sorry Ms. Army Coworker, but I probably should cut back on redheaded and dark-skinned spouses, since all the women I've married into the family have had one of those two traits.
Back to the date...Deszo isn't picky, so this match-up might work out for us!
It's impossible to do this date thing with ten playable sims in the household, so I send Gracie to a community lot.
She's such a failure at social interaction. He wanted to sing a duet, I didn't look closely at her fear...I thought it was a fear of being rejected for singing. OOPS.
Just because I want to have a good time with lots of men before I settle down, doesn't mean that I want to touch any fuggos with dark hair!
Beggars probably shouldn't be choosers, Grace.
The date is successful, and she does manage to wrangle a first kiss out of him. Of course, I'd like to see how she does with a date she didn't have to pay for. That waitress doesn't seem so happy for her, though, does she?
I had Grace stick around to get some guys' phone numbers, and the waitress just "happened" to drop a tray of salad on her head.
Skating didn't work out so well for her, despite having enough body points to get a scholarship.
So this guy...funny looking, but if she's going to have 20 people strung along at once, they won't all be winners, right? They both find each other attractive, so this should be--
Of course he isn't going to be into your flirting if you do it with closed body language, staring at the floor! Hey, there's a blonde behind you.
He's got a bizarre hat fetish though, so Gracie didn't even hold his attention long enough to strike out.
I doubt we'll get anywhere near a serious attempt at Grace's LTW, but it won't work with so many sims around. Sending Abby to college won't help much, but it will help a little. Besides, the kids'll be there to join her soon enough.
While none of the kids are going to be as awesome as Flint (or even Ferris), I do try to have them gain enough points in a few skills, so they can go to college all well-rounded and stuff.
This is the closest thing to a family meal they've ever had.
Whoa, is Ferris finally upset with the whole "sharing a girlfriend with his brother" thing?
Not at all. He just still hates nudity.
Don't worry baby, we'll have our time in the morning!
Eliza looks so nice when she smiles, doesn't she? It's how she fools everyone!
And they did have a quickie before work the next morning, FYI. Notice how Eliza's in her underwear for this one?
I hadn't seen this action before. Grace was just watching Gwen play.
This is where I started to really like Gloria. Even though the kids are all OCD, this was the look she gave right before mopping the floor after Emmy unclogged the toilet. She recognizes she has a compulsion and she is unhappy!
Oh my little sisters are so cute...and playing house with dollies is even cuter. I can't wait til I--
Hold up, little miss 20 simultaneous loves! How are you ever going to be the picture of perfect domesticity?
Swim in the pool? But what if Eliza sees me in my swim trunks?
She's seen a great deal more than that, buster! Besides, you're the one who LIKES TO SWIM!
Grace tries calling up the guy with the blond curly hair after school, but the conversation quickly takes a turn for the weird.
What do you mean, Robin Laurince is hot? First of all, she's my great-grandma! Second of all, she was always faithful to my great-grandpa! Third of all, she's dead!
Eliza gets promoted to general, and all of the adults are now perma-plat. I hope the popularity sims lose a few thirty friends or so. I'm sick of not being able to use the phone between 4 and 8 because of all the people calling in.
I really need to make more use of the camera reward!
But I figured with the pinup posters still left up in that room from when Flint was a teenager, perhaps there should be a place for the woman he's in an incestuous triad for! Also, at this point I realized something. Not only are Flint and Ferris Eliza's bitch...I'm also Eliza's bitch.
Ferris uses the telescope for the first time in his life. All his skills are maxed. His fun bar is full. WHATEVER
Grace greets the paperboy. Sure, he's kinda cross-eyed and a little funny looking but... (Okay, he makes her GAG. Dark hair. Dammit.)
Well, Eliza discovered the telescope. And I think I discovered why Juliette Capp showed up to bitch at Emmy that one time.
Months ago, when I gave her that halter top, I had no idea it would end up being so appropriate!
I am SO happy to meet someone I can fuck up--is that your hand on my TIT, bitch?
Ms. Capp ran off before Eliza had the chance to duke it out with her, unfortunately. We'll have to continue this later.
I was just thinking of playing the field for awhile, trying out everything and everyone before settling down and going steady with a boy. So, do you think I'm hot?
The maid is just amazed that after all this time, it's Grace coming after him. He also ran off, before Grace tried to buy her way into his pants with tips.
So I fall back on the matchmaker again. Hell, it's the only thing that's worked so far. She drops a professor, but he's NOT an elder, and he's blonde. Should work out.
They're both attracted to each other, supposedly, but all of her interactions that aren't perfectly tame (like talking or telling a joke) fail. GRACE FAILS, OKAY?!
Gloria, it's not fun to make fun of your cousin Garret just because he's fug and not aging on the schedule he should be!
So, you have a lot of friends Daddy Flint! You must have screwed some of them, right? How did you meet people you can screw?
Grace, this conversation is extremely inappropriate. You should ask your grandma about this sort of thing, she's the one with three baby-daddies.
Ferris is back on the telescope, agai--oh shit.
I HAVE NEVER HAD A SIM ABDUCTED EVER. This is so not in my plans. D:
BRING BACK MY DADDY HOW CAN I GET BY WITH ONLY ONE DADDY!!!
Shut up, Gloria. Emmy's actually happy Ferris "met aliens," but she's also evil a knowledge sim.
Oh my god, Ferris!
Guess what, Farrah, we're going to be parents again! As soon as my brother gets back from being inseminated.
Before they could go back to sleep, the kids all had to make their beds again. (And Gloria went up to make her parents'.)
Flint and Eliza comfort each other. Emmy's just jealous.
I've been using that damn thing for years, and all that's gotten me is a slap from that uppity Juliette Capp!
They did have him back around 1:30am, they were polite aliens!
...to a certain point.
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Let's look on the bright side, here. Your father has been wanting another grandkid ever since Gracie was born!
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
...so, until Ferris got sucked up and knocked up, I was going to end this update with the triplets' aging into teens. That will be next time, instead. Next time...possibly green baby...will any of the triplets roll suitable aspirations? Will Grace manage to get ONE love? (Forget 20.)
...I've never rerolled an asp in college, but I'm banking on rerolling Grace's. She seems like such a FAMILY sim.