Laurince Legacy, Generation 13.2!
Last time, Gen 12 got cheated through college because Leeta got herself knocked up and was the only one out of Freshman year. Oh yeah, and she was heir. I am NOT ashamed! She moved back home and married her baby-daddy, the ever-present Daryl Grey. Who was thrilled to finally be out of college after what amounts to several hundred years in sim-time. Kiki and her husband Felix got moved out into immortality. After the honeymoon, Leeta gave birth to QUADRUPLETS: Mara, Marle, Mir, and Miriam. The shock of this, plus a lightning-struck tree, put Daryl into aspiration failure! The quads were soon toddlers. On that same day, Macy died and Kashyyyk and Johanneke became elders. Rosie seemed a bit out of sorts due to her loneliness (robots get lonely?), but the magic crystal ball offered NO ONE. Luckily for Rosie, Link was up for a date with his childhood robot best friend...which soon became more as they wanted to get engaged to each other.
Okay, I am so. OVER. the flame manties. (Yes, I did change them after this. :P)
Statement: I am trying to turn this computer device off, but you are in my way, Leeta.
Hang on a sec, I think I just found myself a science job finally!
You can turn the computer off now, Rosie, I'm off to work!
Yep, she found the job right at the time she should leave for it. I had her take the car.
Query: Is it not abnormal to start a new position thirty seconds after one applies for it?
Mir is adorable, but he looks just like his grandpa. :/
He's content with his horse, though, while his sisters vie for attention.
Have I mentioned yet how glad I was this wasn't an ISBI family? QUADS. Ugh.
I got them toilet trained in record time, though!
Take out all your frustrations on the punching bag! RAWR
Query: Do most humans believe they can learn the process of cooking from a television show?
I don't know, Rosie, I've mastered cooking, myself. I'm just tuning in because sometimes they catch on fire!
Miriam has poor Kermit T. Frog shrieking a soundless scream of pain. :(
Rosie, I thought you found your one-and-only! (Albeit creepily.)
Statement: Having found one's companion does not necessarily mean one has completely fulfilled one's social motive.
Oh...if I were you, I'd chat with Alan, too!
I see you two canoodling in the nursery! I know it's not all about sex with you two.
Well holy hell, that was fast. I'd almost not be mad about the wait for your career, if Daryl wasn't still looking for a job in his own path. D:
Leeta's coworker has nice genes, but somehow looks creepy with the combination he's got.
I didn't know reminiscing about your wedding reception made for good pillow talk.
I think Hollie's gotten bolder now that she got her very own starring role in a SimSecret.
I get afraid that Jo will get the urge to cheat with random men in the house, but I suppose after all this time, I should know that's not how she is.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO YOUR CHILD?!
Mir totally got him back, though, so it's all good. (And look at the distance we got on that puke!)
You should've waited a few more minutes, Daryl, and none of that would've been possible.
Obviously, Mir had a locked want for a Batman shirt.
I would like you all to keep in mind that this is what Marle would look like, if she'd gotten alien eyes like her siblings (or if I let her wear contacts).
Mara and her eyebrows.
Marle. Who had to keep her eyes, but got to have an octopus necklace, at least.
Mir, Kashyyyk's long-lost twin (see icon).
Miriam, who may also look slightly clone-y, but who definitely has Daryl's nose.
School? Keep talking about it. It's Friday night, so you won't be going for awhile.
Mara seems a bit excited that she can finally reach the phone.
...she also runs everywhere like a bat out of hell. How did she get up here? Who knows?
If we have any more kids, our family tree will be this big!
Look, if I'm not worried about you being in the family tree as a genetic contributor three times Darryl, there's no need to worry about the potential size of it. Leeta's not Grace.
You don't have to drink so earnestly in front of the youngins!
And my robot finally has become perma-plat instead of perma-ontheedgeofaspirationfailure!
Since Servos don't have career outfits, I manually change Rosie into her Rock God outfit, do you think she likes it?
Statement: All those who said that a robot would not know how to rock have been proven wrong.
I'd feel bad for Jo, but she did start it.
Maybe it's not a good idea to try and interrupt your parents' fevered groping on the front lawn, Mara.
Mommy? Daddy?
Mmph--Daryl? I think Mara wants something.
Well, if I knew it was so silly, I wouldn't have stopped him.
Hey, this is approaching good parenting.
Then what the hell do you call this?
Being as it's Rosie, "living vicariously."
Query: You may have heard of me? Rosie the Rock Robot?
What? Robots can't rock!
I beg to differ.
What do you say you and I break out some handcuffs tonight?
Don't do it, Leeta!
LOOK AT THAT FACE, IT'S TERRIFYING
Uh...look, Daryl. There's something we have to talk about.
Just because you haven't found a good way to be the criminal you want to be yet, doesn't mean that you can take out your desire for deviance on me all the time. The children are getting old enough to notice and ask questions!
Speaking of the children,
FACEPLANT!
What the hell was that?
Miriam pulls the best faces.
BOO, you suck!
...she could be nicer about it. I think I have carpet burn.
I'd almost feel sorry for Marle if this hadn't happened because she just had to show off!
At least in this family, there's always another sibling.
Is everyone in this family part alien? How disgusting.
PRESENTING THE XENOPHOBIC PAPERBOY~
I know how to cheer you up and give your day some purpose. Let's put the kids in private school!
Ha, ha, Leeta, awesome joke!
Leeta? Wasn't joking.
But with the whole day ahead of them before the very important dinner, they had time for a quickie.
A quickie impregnation. What? I wanted a boy who wasn't a clone.
Mara is disappointed that Marle is a lot more talented at fishing than she is.
...still clumsy, though. There's always that.
Well, that certainly didn't take long.
HELLO TOWNIE I DON'T REMEMBER MAKING
Don't eat too much, or you'll get fat.
I haven't eaten more than you have, chubbs!
Kids, be nice to one another. We have plenty of ways to exercise if you want to be healthy.
Kashyyyk and Johanneke decide to get it on in Mara's bed. Eww.
Miriam, how? I've never had a case of heatstroke in my game before.
Gardener, get your ass over here and help! It was so traumatizing, I couldn't figure out a way to douse her for the longest time.
It was just hot outside. Mara was about to drop, too.
So all the kids got herded into the pool.
I had Rosie prepare a lobster dinner in advance, but she left to go to work either in the middle of it or after she finished, and it disappeared. I was worried about not having enough food--this was supposed to be group meal #2. :/
Well, I can see we're getting along swimmingly. I don't know if the headmaster is angry about how Daryl looks in those jeans, or the fact that he's managed to have such widespread progeny through the years.
He warms up to Leeta. I think.
So, Mrs. Laurince. :D How nice to see that you are interested in providing your children with a quality education. :D
Hand-eye coordination! :D Very important thing for children to hone. :D Are those drinks? :D
Tequila sunrise? :D Those are my favorite! :D How did you know? :D
Keep in mind, every actual interaction (with anyone) has led to negative relationship scores at this point.
My hot wife would make anyone friendlier!
...except the :D Headmaster.
That old coot so showed up already drunk, didn't he?
I can neither confirm nor deny, Mara.
Kashyyyk tries a different approach.
I don't fall for this inflated grading bullshit. I doubt the lot of them will be acing every class, so if they do, I will be very suspicious. I'm half-alien, you know, we have a keen sense for this sort of thing.
And that's how you win the headmaster scenario without any schmooze points! Possibly negative ones!
I was so hoping that Mir would fall on his face here.
Alas...it was not meant to be.
Statement: I have returned home from my first day as a ROCK GOD ROBOT.
Query: Would you like to have a date event to celebrate this momentous occasion?
But I hadn't even TOLD Rosie that I was planning that she could move out after she became perma-plat!
Didn't you two just do this this morning?
Something is just...fitting about a machine wanting to get it on in a machine.
And, after the date is over, Rosie has a tete-a-tete with the washing machine.
Clarification: This machine is the clothes dryer. It is a wonderful listener.
I figure a few generations of servitude has earned Rosie some funds for a decent house for her new life with Link, so she scribbles off some checks.
I honestly don't know what Mir could have done to cause Mara to HIDE IN THE NURSERY to play with toys. He's not overtly nasty or anything.
FUCKING FINALLY!
Daryl gets a job in the criminal career path.
I'm thrilled at how you feel for your wife, but she was kind of making a turkey to sate the hungry family, here. Four kids. They all need food.
So, while I never play vampires, (or haven't yet), I do make sure there are a few roaming the neighborhoods. However, it was a bit of a surprise to see this one strolling down the street at 11am. Especially when she stopped to have a conversation with Mir!
I am concerned!
You are not the only one!
Oh. It's just the second trimester beginning.
See, I told you a lot of food makes you get big!
You could've at least given that the decency of a sotto whisper, young man!
Okay, Mir has a point here. Miriam and Daryl are blocking his view of the television.
I knew we were missing a couple of family members!
How was grandpa born? Uh, well, a long time ago, your great-grandpa Julian was spending a lot of time on his telescope. And an alien rocketship came to visit him because he...err...loved the stars so much. And then he and the aliens loved each other very much...and nine months later, your grandpa was born!
Who was the mommy?
Look, honey, aliens have advanced science that simple humans like you and I cannot understand.
Mommy is pregnant. Who was pregnant with grandpa?
...your great-grandpa.
I don't--
Your mother is the scientist. Ask her.
Having a well-pleased servo for once, I take her off chores and have her set me up with some pictures of the children.
The girls~
And Mir, next to his grandpa.
Kashyyyk, by the way, has taken to gazing at all the portraits (13 gen's worth!) and expressing dis/approval. He's a fan of Cora, but she was a Romance sim. She also got impregnated by his son-in-law, but we'll keep that fact from him.
I know a secret! Rosie will be moving out soon.
But...who will clean the house?
Buck up, kids, we'll just hire back a maid again. It'll be nice to have the choice to have cheap showers instead of tub combos, because cheap showers don't make maids go berzerk.
It was at this point that I noticed Daryl being a weee bit stalkerish.
I could've sworn they had two bolts. This doesn't even make sense, among their four turn-ons, there's only one that applies, Daryl's turned on by fitness. I wouldn't think the other factors could bring it up this far.
I don't see a fountain, Link. Are you trying to break my lot?
Answer: Yes! (Finally, the fountain popped up on the back porch, but fountain water in the corner of the lot freaked me out!)
Mir...is it really a good idea for you to continue any sort of communication with the undead?
They have been kids for ages, but here's their first day of school!
That private school won't know what hit them.
And soon there will be another one!
Daryl comes home from a late "shift" with a promotion. After this long wait, he means business.
I know that I've mentioned that I'm trying to be more hands-off, but these kids want to skill constantly. Sometimes they roll wants for specific skills! I don't know if they are all nerds, or they just want to please their parents, the nerds.
Yes, that is Daryl getting a second promotion in the same day, thanks for asking.
Leeta makes ONE turkey and now that's all anyone in the whole house wants to eat. (Granted, it was fall, so maybe they have a sim-thanksgiving?)
Look. Vampires are not TRENDY. Vampires do not ~SPARKLE~. (That's witches.) I don't think that it would be good for you to associate with a woman 500 years older than you!
Labor time!
Meet...Nearly Headless Nick! Wait, you mean this is still generation M? What a disappointment.
Okay, this is Mal (for Captain Mal Reynolds, RAWR). Johanneke's eyes, Daryl's blonde hair, and a medium-dark skintone. FYI, I decided I'd reroll until I got a skin that none of the quads had (since two had alien and two had Daryl's), but that didn't change gender or my name choice.
So, you have more kids than I do, now, Daryl.
Come on, the quads put me more than over the top! Now, I think you may have more grandkids than I do, but I still have you beat on great-grandkids...
...what?
...nevermind.
Now the carpool is going to be awkward. Great job, Daryl!
Leeta, having maxed her skills, her job, and finished having children, now sets her goal on learning how to make every food ever. Not pictured: already-fulfilled want to learn to make TOASTER PASTRIES. :D
Just in case any of you thought that the pink-shirt cult was dead, it is very much still alive. Actually, I may just age this one up.
Mara is a rebel. She's not stargazing, she's spying on her neighbors in the dark.
You know, you all have a yard. You don't have to play catch in the driveway and flowerbeds.
Mad Scientist gear...I like how Leeta rocks her wedding ring on her robot hand!
While this concerns me, I am happy to report the first non-Jenna-fratbicycle induced case of flu in this legacy in a long, long time. Granted, I still don't think we're quite rid of our own personal Typhoid Mary.
Say goodbye, Rosie!
Statement: Goodbye, Rosie!
Query: Wait, what?
With the checks, they've got this house bought and furnished with only minimal mortgage bushes. It was already plunked down in the hood, but it might be a wee bit big for their needs.
I was also relieved to see that Rosie kept her looks even as a visitor to Link's lot. It made the wedding a lot less complicated.
I may be a Family sim, but I don't have to be happy that my baby brother is marrying the family 'bot.
Aw, but it'll make them BOTH happy, Leeloo! :(
Kiki and Gala seem to be put out that they're both wearing the same dress.
Kashyyyk, Johanneke, Leeta, and Daryl ALL made a beeline for the pool. I've never seen them autonomously use their own pool. Are you TRYING to ruin things?
At least Rosie will be happy!
RUINING THE MOMENT, GUYS
Holy crap, I guess I didn't need to have Rosie front any money. I don't know that she deserves like 10% of the household, but they certainly aren't going to miss it at this point. Hmm....
Immediately after the ceremony...
Honey, where are you going?
Statement: Our guests will be hungry. I'm going to bake a pie.
Aw, at least Jo looks proud. However, if Daryl infects the entire twelfth GENERATION while they are no longer in the main house to be played much, I will be pissed.
This is such a bizarre subversion of Stepford wife. She's a robot, doing this all of her free will.
Of course, they must celebrate like all couples~ Actually, I love this house for them. There's a giant closet that is perfect to store her servo stuff, like the recharging station.
This is what we get for letting the people "welcoming them to the neighborhood" stay for the party.
Is that dude really with a robot?
Not just any robot, ROCK GOD ROSIE ROBOT, GET IT RIGHT.
Did the chauffeur just lock all the doors and windows on us?
Suggestion: If you'd like, I could interface with the limo and undo his supposed safety precautions?
No. Though I'm glad knowing that you can.
Query: How did I do it? You are a scientist, Leeta, and you don't know?
Explanation: I did not use a syringe, quote-unquote turkey baster, or spatula. I took every precaution to make a clean implantation.
Statement: No.
Query: Surely you do not think that my body capable of sustaining life with in it?
Clarification: I am just a steel chassis, held together by various forms of metal wire, and encased in a very flexible and shiny alloy. This body cannot provide a growing embryo or fetus with the nutrients it depends on.
I imagined that Rosie, rocking as she is, would eventually want to go into quiet semi-retirement to spend time with her family. I put some benches in her garage and it hit me that there was some decent space in her house for a home business.
She's in the confectionary business, but may branch out into flowers, too.
Pitch: Buy some Rosie's Chocolates! Our business motto is "Made with love...by a robot!"
That's...certainly creative.
That might not be the only thing that Rosie made with love (by a robot), but it's time to go back to the main house for now.
Huh. Johanneke seems to know something that I don't think even Link has realized yet. And how come she never wanted any grandkids from Leeta and Daryl?
I can't wait for our birthday! We'll finally be able to go out and have fun. Maybe I'll be able to see Rita again!
Hmm...we got this maid back. Hopefully she isn't still harboring any strong feelings for Kashyyyk after all these years.
I just want to know when I'm going to have a bust? I am practically a woman, Mom!
You're still merely a tween, Miriam. And if you keep making those faces, we're all gonna forget how pretty you actually are.
I did not know making salmon for the first time would be so satisfying.
Mal's first birthday. *crosses fingers for normal sized eyes*
...crap.
I'll give it to the little guy...so far he seems to be pulling off the look a bit better than Marle has.
WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY ROMANCE SIM?!
Johanneke obviously disapproves of Romance spouses who are made to be monogamous. Tough cookies.
Mal's a little spoiled, being a single birth. After the quads, this is practically like being an only child.
Awwwww.
Uh oh. I think Pamela's recognized Mir's resemblence to Kashyyyk. This cannot bode well.
Especially since his hormones will soon be raging.
I never thought I'd see Kashyyyk disapproving of PDA. It's not like they haven't been married for ages now, you old coot!
They seem pretty content with their birthday.
On the plus side, Marle is growing into her looks. On the minus side, she might just be a human-gened version of Kashyyyk's face. :/
Not as close as poor Mir, who looks like there might be a slight touch of something different. But the likeness is still disappointing.
Mara is a very, very refreshing look until you realize that she's got all of Daryl's face traits.
Aaaaand I didn't get a faceshot of Miriam somehow. Which is even stupider when you consider that she's the only good mix of parents, face-wise.
Marle's LTW is also a strike against her, me having just done that rather tedious thing with Hephaestus Randolph.
They all rolled hetero.
And these two are still as big of nerds as they were as children. Not very surprising, given their aspirations.
Marle is busy...learning other things.
I. LOVE. COFFEE.
I think that Mal got Daryl's CHIN.
I don't know if that will save the heirship from Miriam or not. :/
Better shot of Miriam next time, I swear! I really, really need to breed Griff's face out of the legacy if it's the last thing I do. I'll even go with Mara over another clone.
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Yes, Link IS pregnant with his and Rosie's baby. I don't know what it will look like, but I won't let it inherit the robot skintone, because that doesn't make any sense.