Heartbreak

"Are you alright? You've been acting really weird ever since you came out of the bathroom."

"I really don't want to talk about it. I'm fine."

"Are you sure? You won't open your eyes."

"I may never open them again."

There are things that happened last chapter that we shall speak of. Violet reached the top of the firefighting career. Generation six was born in the form of little Midnight Hoggle. Violet and Ricky got married. Seven and  Dewy got old, and Seven became the Emperor of Evil and, thusly, the first non-torchholder to achieve his LTW.

Then there was something that we will never speak of again, especially Ricky.

"So did Yoda tell you?"

"She told me nothing, I've heard nothing, we are not going to talk about the nothing."

"Silly face?"

"Heck yeah, silly face!!"

"Heh-heh, you guys are funny!"

Why is it always you, Biggie?

"It's not my fault! He's starving. Look!!"

That is not why he's fainting.

"I'm pregnant, again."

"I recognize the sheep."

"I can't believe I have to go on maternity leave, again."

"Can't you live at the firehouse anyway?"

"Don't I wish."

"Hey everybody! Nice party, Vi!!"

"You all got the cheering thing, right? I can watch the game with Uncle Oscar?"

Hey Midnight, no derping until after you grow up. No room for overachievers in the Shit House!! That's right, Jordan, I'm lookin' at you.

"Like now?"

Perfect.

Post makeover. Midnight got to roll her trait, so she's easily impressed, loves the cold, and like many family members before her, has the artist gene.

Spinach: "What kind of party is this, Violet? There is nothing to do here. You have the one, crappy tv and that's it!!"

"Sorry Spinach, you could go outside and get some fresh air. I think Barney just went into the backyard, why don't you see if he'll play catch or something?"

"Wow! You're right, Barney! I could do this for hours."

"So what's going on with you and Grandpa, Granddad? Seems like you two aren't speaking to each other a whole lot."

"Wow! You really do just disappear into the wall, don't you?"

"Granddad!!"

"I'm serious. I can see a few splashes of rainbow, but other than that you're invisible.

"You're not going to answer my question, are you?"

"What question?"

*sigh* Mountain Dew!!!

"It's not my fault. Seven hardly goes to work anymore and stays up all night. He messed my sleep schedule all up so I don't get to work on time."

He's also sleeping through the times he gets paged into work. On the day I got the notification, he had made it to the police station for the last hour of his shift. Not enough to get himself out of the red. And Seven's (non)work schedule doesn't help anything.

"*derp* Something's not right, here."

I let Violet go to the firehouse to shower and catch up on her reality show viewing. Now she's headed to the hospital.

Another girl! This is Panther Hoggle. She rolled "excitable" and "loves the outdoors" for her traits.

It was right around here that I noticed that things were not quite kosher with Seven and other household members.

"Fuck you, asshole!! Just cause you're Vi's father doesn't mean you get to be a complete dick!!"

Ricky, hon, I know he's old, but you don't stand Frosty's chance in hell.

"Littlebitch says 'Ow'?"

"Owwwwwwwwww!!!!!"

No chance at.all.

And why is Dewy sleeping in the kids' bed?  I bent the rules and clicked over to Seven to investigate.

Well, someone's made some enemies during his Emperor of Evil reign. Seven and Ricky have never gotten along super well, but I had no idea things had deteriorated so badly with Mt. Dew.

Meanwhile, after midnight-lower-case-m,

"Hello? Anyone here?"

Everyone is asleep or at work, almost.

Hey Midnight-capital-M, there's someone at the door!

"Not now, I'm learnin' about how babies are born. 'Sides, I'm not supposed to answer the door this late."

"Hmmmm, it appears that there are creatures under the stones. Curious."

Alien dude examined the graves for a bit, looked in the windows a bit more, then left. I was hoping Ricky would get kidnapped, but no such luck. He's asleep.

A few hours later, the alien leaves and Seven comes home.

Fearing that Dewy refusing to share a bed with Seven would lead to much failure, I sold the double bed and gave them two singles.

Seven decides that in between them is the perfect place to pass out.

He wakes up in order to start shit with Dewy.

"What the hell happened to our bed? Why are there two beds instead of one? Was this your idea?"

"I can't do this anymore, Seven. I saw you. I saw you on the footage from our raid of the warehouse up by the lake. Not only are you a part of it, you're in charge! I just know it."

"So?? You've always known that I work at the warehouse!"

"That's before I found out what it is! My own husband, the head of a gang of criminal thugs! I still can't believe it."

"Well maybe you'll believe this!!"

"What do you think you are doing?? You can't just kiss me and make this right, Seven! You're a criminal! A criminal!! I'm the head of the secret police! You don't see a problem, here?"

"So what are you going to do? Arrest me?"

"And that's my problem. I SHOULD arrest you. That's my job. But how can I? You're my husband! So I don't know, Seven. What DO I do? You tell me."

"Hey y'all!! What you bitches fightin' about? Anything good?"

"Zzz zzz zz whazzat? Who's yelling? Is it morning? Did the school bus come?"

Later that day, Seven tries again.

"I said no!! You need to give me some space!"

"Aw come on! You love me!!"

"That's just it."

"I don't know anymore."

"I just don't know."

Seven still didn't give up.

"SEVEN!!! I'm serious, CUT IT THE HELL OUT!! I'm getting sick of this!! You are not listening to me at ALL!! LEAVE.ME.ALONE!!!"

....................................

"Fine. Got it. Sorry."

And that was the end of it. They stayed married, but neither of them made any further attempt to salvage their relationship.

Panther becomes a toddler.

"Hey! Vi and her wimpy ass husband can get in there!"

It's their bedroom.

"Why do you make it so difficult for me to go to bed?"

"I know! I KNOW!!"

Poor guy's having a terrible couple of weeks.

"And now the baby won't stop crying."

"I don't wanna watch Cwiminah Mines. I wanna eat!!!"

"It's a beautiful day, sweetie! Why don't you go and do something else besides watch tv?"

"Sir, yes SIR!!"

"*sigh* You got that from your granddad, didn't you?"

"Yes, I see you Chip. You're cute, too!! Don't worry, I can watch you guys until way after my bedtime."

And when, past her bedtime, she pries herself away from the rodents..........

"Hey hon! You still up? How about a game of catch?"

"In the bushes? No thanks! Good night, Granddad."

"Wanna play catch?"

"No. And fuck off."

Vi is incubating number three.

"I'm never going to rescue 30 sims."

We knew going into it that that LTW is a long shot.

"What the???"

The firehouse exists on a kind of weak spot between dimensions.

"So I'm getting covered in Void stuff."

I don't think it's anything you need to worry about.

"What if the Doctor reverses the rift and I get sucked in?"

Just play with the blocks so your mother can get shit done. Besides, if anyone is going to get sucked back into the Void, it's your granddad.

"The fuck? I don't even get to sleep?"

"Seven Hoggle, your time has ....... dude, you gotta turn around around, I'm not talking to your back."

"Nope."

So where are Dewy and Ricky while this is going down?

"Yeah!! Now this is fun!!"

It didn't seem to bother Seven.

"Guys, watch this!! Watch!!!"

So long Seven. Not gonna lie, I'm looking forward to people being able to go to bed at a decent hour. And no one trying to put the toddlers back in their cribs at 10am.

Coming up next chapter, we meet baby number three, there's birthdays, failures, Barney has to step up, only sort of against his will, and my simself is an idiot.

Points

You may roll for a trait for a sim: +15 (Midnight and Panther)

Fight: -5 (Ricky and Seven)

Passout: -5 (Seven)

A Sim gets fired: -10 (Okay, Dewy just got demoted, but I feel like we should lose points for that)

Previous Score:  +178

Current Score: +173