The MacAvoy ISBI. Generation 3.1!

[tigeranne]

Last time on The MacAvoys... EVERYONE DIED!



Okay, so not everyone died, but Jennifer and both her brothers did, after sweet old Duncan turned into a hellbeast ghost. So if you've got ethical objections to reading legacies where the most fundamental rules, such as no quitting without saving, are broken, you probably shouldn't read this. If you're a corrupted person with no such qualms, this is the story of what COULD have been.




The first thing I did after quitting, was to build a cemetary to ship the graves off to. So long, ghosts.


That does not mean that peace immediately returned to the household. Nope, not as long as Blakeney 2.0 is around. (What is his name again? I seriously need to look it up! OK, his name is Callan.)


Heather: I'm feeling gloom and doom.


Desk sergeant. Wow, how exiting...




Yes, you're hungry. I get the message!


Well, that didn't take long! I hope her replacement as desk sergeant has a long, red beard and is grumpy. ;)


Figures. Well, let's order some grub before someone ends up like poor Nathan from the asylum. In the mean time, we have leftovers.


Jennifer: Mom, you're totally my hero! You're such a strong woman, making way for yourself in a man's world. And at the same time you used to keep track of a house full of morons, and kept us all alive and almost sane. I wish to be just like you!

Brice: Yeah, maybe without the favourism, and dropping your firstborn on its head...

I think Brice may be a little bitter about having usurped the position of stupidest in school, and being on the receiving end of Mrs. Hawkesworth's wrath every day.


And then Lonzo died. He narrowly escaped the special cell with animated pictures of all his victims.


He didn't favour Brice much. Probably because he was retired during most of his childhood, and never had any use for him in his sympathy-mongering donation schemes.


Heather was the most upset of his children. After how insensitive he was about both his sons dying in the official version of things, I guess they didn't have the best relationship with him. I don't think Helena cared much at all, either.


And while his brother merged with the wooden door, in an attempt to be one with nature without actually going out, Jonathan started feeling stretchy.


He looks almost exactly the same as an adult.


Not bad, Jon. Not bad at all. :D


Mitch: Something wrong, lady?

Jennifer: My Dad just died.

Mitch: Oh. In that case, could you pay the extra $20 he short-changed me last year?


Elvira: Careful, dog. I've got claws, and I know how to use them!


There is a food dish under all the snow. Really.


Awww, Lulu. :(


Then Jen started having a delayed reaction to everything that had happened recently. It was time to cheer her up.


So I had her invite Curtis over. That improved her mood drastically.


Let's just have some spam of them building a relationship.




Weirdly enough, he kind of reminds me of a guy one of my friends likes, and he doesn't really look anything like him. o.O


Awwww, I'm glad that the smooch she gave Chester didn't count. :P


Now it's luuuuuuuuv.


Be a good father-figure to Brice. :P


Jennifer's mood got so good that she could safely binge on the elixir.


Guess we're going to have another generation with GREAT genetic diversity! At least Curtis' features are rather different from the classic MacAvoy-look.


Awww, they're such a cute couple. I never really approved of Helena and Lonzo, despite the pretty children they made, so this is a real improvement.


Curtis has a more altruistic career than his predecessor as well. (Yeah, he's one of those good doctors.)


Nothing's changed on the pet front.


Poor Leo. Callan's such a bully!


And then poor, old Cole died. So long, old buddy.


Jen popped the question to Curtis the moment he came home from work.


Um, I need more replacements for formal wear.


Heather skipped her sister's wedding in favour of taking out the trash. It was definitely not a petty act of defiance, brought on by jealousy and hurt feelings. Also, check out the butler's formal hair! 0.o


Heather: If I had been heir, I'd have had at least three children already, and they'd all have learned all their skills and earned A+ in school every day. I'd also loved them all the same, no matter if they were heir or not!

Jennifer: That sounds nice, sis.


You know what a picture like this means!


Bun is baking!


Jennifer: So, I don't really know much about raising babies, but I think maybe we shouldn't bring up our kids the way Heather, the boys and me were. Mom was at work all day, and Dad used to make us stand on the sidewalk dressed like Oliver Twist and sing sad 19th century ballads. It got awkward at school a few times.


Jennifer: Okay, baby. Mom's going out catching crooks, and you'll just have to come along. Pay close attention to who are good guys and bad guys!


Jonathan got a job. I use a number generator to pick which one to take, and it turned out to be the culinary track. Good luck, Jon. And stay away from the smoking wreck of the burger machine.


Well, I figure a llama isn't likely to scream in sympathy because the owner is injured. Let's see if anything's wrong with it.


:-/ The sherpa probably needed that money more than the Macs do. At least Curtis made the right decision.


Butlers are so useful! :D


Jennifer: Sorry, Quinten. I really need the mechanic skills.


I'll let you all guess the punchline to the joke he's telling Vena and Brice. BTW, looks like Vena's been demoted from Captain Hero. :-/


I love Leonard! He's such a weird cat!


Vena: Are you sure that your dad didn't bury his loot somewhere in the garden? I think you should get a metal detector.

Jennifer: If I found anything, I'd have to turn it in, though.

Vena: Oh yes, of course!


Leonard: OMMM NOMMZ They lied to us! This is muuuuuch better than kibble!

Elvira: Ssssshhhh! They're coming! Look innocent!


Jennifer: Ooh, my baby just gained arms and legs!

(Well, I have enough anatomical knowledge to know that human babies have all their limbs by the time the first trimester ends, but I imagine Sim babies suddenly having them sprouting out from the torso. :P)


Jonathan: I wish Kendall was here!

Was she ever his nanny? I can't actually remember. She may have to come back, though. Apart from Quinten, and Helena who's out all day, none of the present family are safe to trust with a baby.


Without her poor sister and dumb, old husband around, Helena seems to prefer the company of the pets.


Jennifer: Maybe I should adopt a baby that Heather could raise. She may stop being angry with me.

I somehow don't think so... However, I can't say no to anything Jennifer wants, with very few exceptions. So if she ever rolls the want to adopt, it will happen.


Callan is sort of cute. I wish he wasn't such a ghastly thug.


Jennifer: Wow! Now it's got eyes as well!

Yeah, Jennifer kind of spend health class drawing... anatomical studies, instead of paying attention.


In order to keep Jen happy, I fulfilled lots of random wants, like getting a fruit tree.


Elvira is popular. :) Well, among family members who aren't Callan.


Heather and Brice: OH PLEASE HELP US WE'RE IDIOTS AND WE SET FIRE TO THE FOOOOOD!!!!!

Quinten: Oh for goodness' snake!


Callan, you mongrel!


Time for another helpless baby to manhandle!


Hello, there! Please welcome Simon to the legacy. Like I predicted, he's got brown eyes and hair. There wasn't much else to inherit. His skin is slightly pinker than his mother's, but he's still a very pale child.


And this is what's going through the Family Sim's mind immediately after having her first nooboo.


Jennifer: I'm a mommy?!


Jennifer: You're a real baby! I almost can't believe it.


Everyday life returned soon enough for Jen. She could barely interact with her son, since the morons she lives with queued up to harass him. (And I have NoBabyHarassment, but they still want to feed the babies.) So she started the daunting task of bathing the big fluffball that is Callan.


Several gallons of water can be contained in that fur.


Brice: You're going to grow up to be juuuuust like me, and then I will be someone's role model. Ha ha ha!


Wheee!


Jennifer: I want to have at least three babies, so how about we start on number two?

Curtis: Sounds okay to me. :D


It's always one baby. Can't one of my Sims have natural twins for once?


And no one will EVERRR go to a film marathon again!


Elvira wasn't coming back, so I had Jen report her missing.


Brice: FOREVER ALONE! TAKE THAT, TRASH CAN!


Yes, bring Elvira home, please!


Hello, bell-boy from a hotel in a foreign country. Where is the cat?


I had Jen talk to him, to see if there was such an interaction as "Ask for pet back", but no.


Curtis: There are certain things in life you just can't learn from reading about it in a textbook. You've got to have intuition, the guts to bend the rules, the wisdom to know when to do it...

Everyone else: OM NOM FOOD.


Jennifer: What are you saying, baby? You have cravings for 60-year-old strawberry cake? Good thing we have some in the fridge!


Okay! Brice seemed to be a teen for a hundred years. :P Let's grow the baby up right away!


Simon's birthday didn't go off without a hitch.

Jennifer: I'm going to put you safely on the ground, so you won't grow up hating your little sibling in case they become heir instead of you.


Yep, just like her mother, she popped during her oldest kid's birthday.


BOOIIIINGG!


We interrupt the birthday party with the latest news from the pet corner:

*GRRRR* *FRRRZZZZT!* SNARRRRRLLLL*


Alright, new attempt.


Wow, he's Brice in re-run. I think he may have his dad's eyes, though.


Well done! :)


Heather: LOL, I'm pregnant too! Take that, Jen!

Poor Heather. She didn't even take sex-ed.


I started to realise that Elvira wouldn't be back unless I cheated.


I tried to get her to have kittens with Leo before she got too old, but Jen didn't have a good enough relationship with her to persuade her to do it.




Playing with her didn't really do the trick, but I love the animations.


Then Lulu went to Rainbow Bridge, with Callan and Leo trying to make the other one join her on the trip. It all got a bit too much for poor Jonathan.


I'm surprised they noticed.


I'm seriously concidering putting Callan up for adoption, or making him a stray.


Now, if it had been Weedy up there, those guys in the bogeys, whatever that is, had been ground meat. But Helena's got higher moral standards than that.


Good job!


I think it helped that he finally started attending school, in his Junior year.


And he brought a classmate home. Huzza, a teplate-townie to mess with! :D


I kind of like how she came out, even if it's all presets.


Jennifer: Pink dust! It's a giiirl! She'll be heir!


Simon: Mom has forgotten meeeee!


Jonathan: Hey, Mom? I think Brice's been shrunk back to babyhood. Is this some technology you use in the Army, or has the aliens been here?


I wasn't too chuffed when I saw that the puppy was listed as agressive. But whatever. He can beat up Callan. Maybe the cats will be left in peace as the dogs murder each other.


No, Jen hadn't forgotten him. Time for some skilling!


And this is Jen's potty face.


Training got interrupted by Quinten, who came to play peek-a-boo.


ORLY now?


Brice: MOOOOOOOOM! I'M INTELLIGENT! *runs into tree*


Brice: Look, Simon! You have to become smart like me!

Jennifer: Glad I'm not the one who raised him.




Well, he can walk, and got mostly potty trained. Profit!


Hooray, he's well taken care of! Isn't he?


Quinten: Um, hello? I'm trying to feed Simon, but someone's dropped a dog-house on his head. Could you guys help me move it, so he can get his supper?


And then Brice's teenaged nightmare was over. I think he looks a lot like his grandfather, with a bit of Lonzo mixed in.


That's too bad. Brice was better cared for than Jon.


Nooboo delivery time!


It's a girl! And that means she's in the lead for heir, unless she turns out very, very ugly. Meet Nikki!

That's all for now, folks! The next time you see the Macs, they'll be living in a new computer! The DVD-drive on this one is shot. And for those waiting for a Magpie update, it's coming! :)

Comments

[nentarisims.livejournal.com]

I seem to be a totally corrupted person, so let's enjoy the show. :D

Aww, how adorable. I had never seen the claws thought bubble before!

Oh dear, I can't decide whether the image of Simon in the dog house is hilarious or terrifying.

[tigerannesims2.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're corrupted, so you'll keep following the exploits of this terrible family! :)

It was the first time I saw that thought-bubble too. Not sure what it actually means, but since her mortal enemy Callan was nearby it was easy to assume she pondered sharpening her claws on him.

Poor Simon. He passed out before he could even crawl into the dog house for a nap.

[alittlestrange.livejournal.com]

Too bad Duncan had to sabotage your ISBI, but I'm glad you're continuing it anyway. What were your ghosts doing out during the day anyway?

Crime didn't pay much in Lonzo's case, did it? He hardly had any money to pass on to his relatives.

Yay Curtis! He and Jen make a cute couple, and we'll go ahead and pretend he's not one of those cheated-my-way-through-med-school-only-in-it-for-the-money doctors. :D I also really love that Jennifer is out to undo the evil her father may have perpetrated, like Keely undid her grandfather Alan's empire. (Alan, I still can't believe YOU were a bad guy!)

I really hate the female formal wear. I have only one or two wedding-type gowns that don't look like something a reformed hooker would wear, so I'm pretending they're being handed down through the generations.

I like what you did with that townie! She came out very unique. And I LOLed at Simon passing out through the doghouse. Expert! Can't wait to see what Nikki looks like!

[tigerannesims2.livejournal.com]

The ghosts were waving goodbye, because I was sending them off to the new graveyard I made for them. Not sure if it's a hack I have or a game function, but I discovered that I could just click on the tombstones, select "Move this grave", and choose a lot to send them to.

I think Vena is right, and Lonzo buried his loot. Jennifer will have to get a metal detector and go treasure hunting. Then she will build a shelter for orphan kittens and puppies. :P

Curtis is a good guy, I'm sure of it. :)

Eh, Alan probably wasn't all that bad of a crook. He seemed very nice. It will be harder for your Duckling decendants to undo the evil of Kevin...

Weedy didn't even look like a reformed hooker during her wedding. Jen's dress at least was floor-length. And Heather's had huge transparent panels. x(

Thank you! I like how she came out, too. She wasn't slidered at all, just got a random selection of features that happily went well together. I think both mouth and eyes are from the Lela-template, though.

I really hope Nikki is a good mix of her parents. Jen and Curtis have relatively different facial shapes, so there is a slight chance she could grow up looking awkward. I'm not sure what a female Curtis would look like, I didn't check in BS. It would be fun to have a generation of children that didn't have "MacAvoy" stamped across their foreheads.