"So, what do I do with it?"
You can put Violet in her crib, for starters. Now wait a minute, there's something I have to do.
The dice determined that Generation 5 shall be purple! Little Violet, who is our "instant baby" via NRAAS MasterController as I lack cc male maternity clothes and the desire to obtain them. Violet is brave and clumsy. You don't get to roll traits for instant babies but I imagine it's random all the same.
Last chapter the Shithouse ISBI came back after a long hiatus. The triplets finally grew up, Yoda and Hulkie were moved out, and Mt. Dew, aka Dewy, became torchholder. He met and moved in Seven Maroon, a library sim put into town just for him. They are the parents of Violet.
Oh, and both Pinky and Bubbie died, with Bubbie holding out the longest, finally kicking it at 112. They both haunt the house and yard with their mother, and our founder, Sky.
"Awwww, you're so cute, Violet!!"
"Grandma just loves you!!!"
"But she's feeling the urge to leave."
"You can take Violet with you, Mom."
"Nah."
"We're still gonna do it, right?"
"Hell yeah."
"I strongly advise you to upgrade your tv. These lower end models are nice if you can't afford anything better, but they are not built to last."
"Really? Why is that?"
"Well..blahblahblahblahblah going to stand around and talk to you for hours blahblahblahblahblah not fixing the tv blahblahblahblah"
Thank goodness for Seven, otherwise we'd have no one to distract the hired help since Bubbie died.
The tv did eventually get fixed.
"Hey!! I want to work out!! When the hell did it get so crowded here?"
Okay, Bubbie, you never worked out in life, why are you doing it now?
"To bug the shit out of mom."
Per his wish, Dewy and Seven get engaged.
Dawwwww!!!
Yay, Pickle!!
Okay, brief player's note here. This marks the changeover point from when I stopped playing this file all those months ago, and when I picked it back up again a month or so ago. During the hiatus I got a new laptop. This is important for two reasons: 1) Less lag means fewer failures, and 2) For reasons still undetermined, I cannot get the game to look good in windowed mode, and if I quit the game in windowed mode (or it crashes) I cannot load it again without completely clearing cookies and caches, which is a pain.
So I play in fullscreen most of the time, in which I cannot take screenshots. I can switch to windowed mode for screenshots, but I can't do it while a pop-up is in place, I have to clear it first. So there will still be screenshots for notifications, and just about everything else, but pop-ups (opportunities, phone calls, dates, etc) can no longer be screenshot unless I happen to be in windowed mode capturing something else. Sorry about that, but that's how it's got to be for now.
Oh, and one more thing.
I got Seasons!! Cross your fingers that no one freezes/burns to death!
"It's the weirdest thing, Mom. Apparently I invited all these people to a party here today and I have no idea why! I hate parties!"
"It is Violet's birthday so I suppose that could be it, but we almost never throw parties for toddler birth........ Mom? Uh, Mom? Are you okay?"
So I got the "Mt. Dew's party will be starting soon...." notification, and I could not remember why he threw a party. There's no real way to check. I had him make the call months ago on the old laptop, so I'm completely baffled. It is Violet's birthday, so I figured it must be a birthday party for her.
Apparently everyone else forgot as well.
"Biggie, why are all these people here, in our bedroom? I want to woohoo but this is too big of an audience, even for me."
That's Jacqueline, holding Violet, Yoda doing the foot tap thing at her, Pickle wondering what happened to her dad's hair, Pepto next to Pickle, and Tara (teehee) also foot tapping. I have no idea why everyone congregated in the bedroom. Also, it's Dewy and Seven's bedroom now, Jordan, not yours.
"Whatever. I want to woohoo, make all these people go away!"
Tara: "Hey!! Jacquie and I were going to woohoo here! Go read in the other room, Yoda!!"
Jacqueline: "Damn, she didn't even take her shoes off!"
"Y'all are nasty. Nobody is going to be woohooing. It's a baby's birthday party, for heaven's sake!"
I'm with you.
People did extricate themselves from the bedroom to come cheer. Except Sunshine, who just had to stand center stage and stare in the exact opposite direction. What the hell, Sunny?
"Those horns are drowning out the piano! I cannot believe Biggie and my cousin are being SO rude!"
Awww, she's adorable!!
So it was shortly after Violet became a toddler that I glanced at Dewy's moodlets, with one in particular catching my attention.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! That's right! They got engaged right before I quit playing last time. It's their wedding party! Also explains why everyone is in their formal wear for a baby's birthday.
DEWY!! SEVEN!! Get over here! Y'all gotta get married or everyone's going to hate this party!
"Okay, but ....... we got a puddle over here."
*sigh*
"Hey! And another one over here!!"
"Bye boys! I gotta go to work! Have a nice ceremony!!"
So Dewy and Seven get married, with the smell of old man pee, the sound of a kitchen fountain flooding the house, and the mother of one of the grooms deciding that the dead are more exciting than her son's wedding.
"I was told that this was a birthday party. I stayed for that."
I SUCK, OKAY!!
"*SOB!!!!* It's so BEAUTIFUL!!"
Pickle: "Who is this lady?"
That's Celeste. She's supposed to be fixing the sink.
At every sim wedding party I've ever thrown, someone gets stuck in a cheering + rice-throwing loop. Why is this important?
"Why do I have to fix the sink? I hired someone for this!! It's my wedding day!!"
"What is wrong with this woman?"
"Yaaaay! Congratulations!! A beautiful wedding!!"
"The wedding ended hours ago, lady!"
"Who's the new bitch, and why is she getting rice all over the floor?"
And the best part?
"Yaaaay!! Someone else did my job but I'm still going to charge you fifty simoleons!! Yaaayy!!!!"
In other news,
I guess he realized that the warehouse wasn't going to make him a chef?
Sky: "Oops! Crap, again?"
Bubbie: "Dammit Mom!!"
"Mom broke the fucking tv!! Make that weird bitch over there stop making a mess and FIX IT!!"
That's not how the world works right now, Bub.
"WTF???"
"You betta not be charging for overtime, Celeste! Le Boss is gonna be hearin' from me 'bout this!"
"Yaaaayyy!!!!!!"
Biggie: "Hmmmm, maybe when Jordan's done painting we can woohoo in Dewy's bed again."
Seven: "Maybe Dewy and I will woohoo in Mom and Dad's bed!"
Biggie: "What? No!! That's our bed!!"
Dewy and Jordan: "NOBODY is woohooing!! Some of us have got other shit to do!!"
Biggie: "Uh, Jordan?"
I know right? So unlike her.
One evening, when Seven didn't have to work, Dewy and Seven decided to check out the summer festival.
With all the stuff to do, Dewy decides, in spite of not being at all hungry, to get a pulled-pork sandwich. Don't you want to eat some hotdogs and win us some food?
"Nah, Seven's got it."
Seven lost to a child.
"Oh god, I'm gonna hurl."
Kid: "Is that it? Are there any more hot dogs?"
They did get a cute greeting card picture.
"I want to put the baby down and let her play but this lady is freakin' me out."
Just ignore the strange lady, like I do.
"..................................................................... I'm sorry but I really can't."
*sigh* The dads will be home in a couple of minutes.
What'cha doin', Sunny?
"Oh, nothing. Just going to go live with a bunch of people I barely know and who aren't related to me in any way."
Oooookay.
Little Christy: "Dey won't wet me in."
She's moving in with her new husband, Jaime, who is the non-ghost offspring of one of the town ghosts. Sunny and Jaime are moving in with his father, who has remarried and has two new children with his new wife, thus the toddler in the yard.
"Or, you know, that."
And to make it extra fun, the father of the new wife is Leland, aka Pickle's dead husband. So technically Sunny's father-in-law is married to Pickle's step-daughter.
And that's today's episode of "As Aurora Skies Turns".
It lasted about one day.
"Jaime's father has two toddlers! TWO!! Ain't no way I'm livin' with that shit."
Meanwhile, back at the Shithouse,
What's wrong, Violet?
"This toy is broken!!"
Yeah, it's that kind of place.
Look at Dewy!! He got promoted and now he's an actual cop!!
"You sold my car."
Yeah, but
"It wasn't even worth anything and you sold it."
You guys aren't supposed to have nice things.
"It wasn't worth any money and now I have to take a cab everywhere!"
Yep, that's kind of the point.
"Why is she still here? I can't even paint. I just get hit in the face with rice!"
I thought for sure that Celeste would be gone when I restarted the game, but she's hanging in there.
"Reset her or something!!"
Look, it's supposed to be a shitty house, it says so right in the name. And what is shittier than incessant cheering, and rice all over the floor?
"Ooooo, are we watching tv? Forget that busted toy that still manages to teach me stuff. I'm gonna watch tv with Grandma and not learn a thing!"
Yoda!! You going to stop in and say hey?
"Are you kidding? I'm going to keep looking at the street so I don't accidentally make eye contact."
Once they get out, they never want to go back.
"My house has a hot tub AND a dishwasher. Oh, and showerS, as in more than one, that not only get me clean in record time, but run actual hot water. I didn't know there was such a thing when I was a kid."
"FUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!"
I'm not saying I blame anybody for never looking back.
"Why is this lady hitting me with stuff? I just wanna watch tv."
"Well, I WAS going to take the trash out, but two steps from the can I have changed my mind."
"OHMYGODWHATWASTHAT????"
What was what?
"I have no idea but I think I may have just pooped myself."
"Heh-heh. Didja' see that, rice lady? Right through the door!!"
"What the hell? Why are there two repair trucks? Don't tell me they are finally doing something with this crackhouse that's been here forever."
"I have no idea, lady. I do know that I've been alive less than one minute and I already have regrets."
You'll get to meet the newest member of generation five next chapter.
Points
Every Child Born: +1 (Violet)
Pee Fails: -5 (Biggie)
Previous Score: +125
Current Score: +121
