The Magpie Prettacy - Generation 3.3!
Jun. 29th, 2014 03:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Yes, where were we? Last time, Louise had her first two children, a boy named Sharkey and a daughter named Editha. Old Rowland experienced his second youth, and got engaged to his longtime three-bolter, Helena. Yes, that Helena, Isabel and Alfie's oldest sister, previous Torch Holder of the MacAvoys. No, they will not have babies. It was really hot, and everyone had loads of heat-strokes. Ettie and Molly perved over each other's fathers. Rowland beat the snot out of Isabel. Helena gave them a huge DJ-booth, that they had to build a whole new building for. It made butler Ethan a very happy man. Mary Elizabeth got old. The Fortune Teller dropped off a new Genie-lamp, so she got to wish for Peace of Mind in her old age. Sharkey was neglected, and lay passed out on the lawn a lot. Bartholomew became a teen and rolled Family like his father. Editha turned out to be a clone of Louise. Sinjin died. There were promotions. Yes, that about covers it.
Disclaimer: I was slightly drunk while I wrote parts of this.
Let's start with another overlooked picture. :) Milena thinks Rowland is really hot, apparently.
I love how the Magpie-face looks on kids. Editha is probably the last one to have it in full, though. At least in this neighbourhood. And yay, I finally put a CC outfit on a toddler.
Whatever you do, Reuben, don't let Hyacinth bother Richard at the meeting!
Ha ha, that was how Isabel got that promotion as well. I wonder if she and Mary Elizabeth are training a nephew each to follow in their footsteps.
I think he needs to lose the braids.
That's level 8. He's getting there. :)
Right! He works with Harry. I'm sure Molly won't mind him dropping by.
Yes, that's a good place to hide from the merciless summer heat: The hot-tub!
I think this is her happy face.
That's level 7, I think?
The words "Winter is coming" have never been as comforting.
No, they're not natural twins. I cheated. But she did make them the old-fashioned way.
No, that's not the dogs fighting...
Poor Reuben never gets used to the violence. This family used to be so harmonious. Lacking in empathy and tact, yes, but harmoniously lacking in empathy and tact.
Agh, Blakeney. He's probably come to steal food and pick a fight.
And the first sibling-brawl of the Legacy goes to Burton's kids. I knew Francie wouldn't handle the Fortune Aspiration very well.
So much for Hipster pacifism.
Alfie: And the man in the back said "Everyone attack!"...
Louise: Congratulations on still being able to beat up people, grandpa!
Rowland: I'm not actually your... Yeah, I'm pretty cool like that!
Weedy: Pffff, humans are too picky. Fish needs to ripen a bit for the flavour to really set in!
Meh. It will come back as soon as she gets on the killer-bike again.
The dogs got old. :( Alfie didn't.
Take him out to lunch, have a friendly chat where you tell him what a good boss he's been. Buying stuff for his kids just seems sneaky.
Oh, and she had no charisma points left. Well done, Mary Elizabeth. What a splendid way to end a rocky career!
But there's still Reuben to make a mess of things. I don't think it's a good idea to go for more than the 25%.
He didn't really need the extra money, but at least he made the right decision.
Weedy's definitely moving up the ranks. She's level 9! :)
Bartholomew: *worryworryworryworryworry*
Oh look who dropped by! The universally hated Melody Tinker. I gave her a small make-over, and I like her now. She didn't start any crap either. Maybe she's like Marsha Bruenig, who never causes any trouble in my game either.
Barth kind of liked her.
He liked her a lot.
This picture has no point.
The twins are growing.
Look at this! Dogs who don't fight!
Oh, Weedy... x)
Okay, this is Weedy. She's not a stickler for laws and rules, especially when they're written by pesky Humans. But at this point, the most important thing for her is that she gets to stay with her beloved whales. If she breaks the rules, she may lose her job over it and the whales won't even have her there to look out for them. She may get in some sort of trouble by letting the legislation pass as well, but she won't have done anything illegal. No, she'll just have to let it pass.
That really doesn't matter. The family can more than afford it. She kept her job. :D
Score! Now everything she sells will pay better! Maybe she won't be in constant Aspiration fail.
Speaking of fail, Sharkey does it at school.
Speaking of school...
Her Dad's career is coming along too.
Neale's getting old. :-/ And neither him or Francie are in great Aspiration.
There. That's the most important skill taught!
This is a very popular bed, for some reason.
To teach the little Troll-pups about life in the wild, they sat up a little camp with everything they need for a very comfortable wild existence. The building in the back is the "party shack", where I put in the DJ booth. The second floor is a crafting room, and there are two small bedrooms for the twins when they get older. Yeah, they'll be sleeping out of the main house, but at least they'll be inside.
Speaking of the twins... *POP*
Looking tough, Burton!
I have had this chance card before, but not with the Magpies, I think. Since I'm not a fan of all the sueing stuff, let's settle.
*sigh* At least it was only one.
Molly: Our school is hot hot hot! Yooour school is not not not!
Yeah, that was a great decision.
Aww, she's growing up already!
Very cheerful jammies.
They're not symbolic of her state of mind, at least.
*sigh* I'm not even going to bother with private school this generation.
The weird thing is not that the bed is transparent. That's because it's highlighted or something. But why is she sleeping with her clothes on?
Editha: Bleeerk.
Kate: Ommmm nommmz, I like them extra crispy!
She needs to get used to her true lifestyle while she's still young, and while it's still fairly mild. :P
Twin time!
Francine & Sharkey: THE MIRACLE OF BIRTH!
Ettie: Oh no, my little sister is about to pass two human beings. That's gotta hurt!
Mary Elizabeth: I don't care about people anymore.
You know you've got a Sim with Grilled Cheese Aspiration when...
BTW, this is the family panel.
Alright! Here's the first one. It's a girl with red hair, green eyes and probably Gus' skintone. She got handed off to the nearest Family Sim.
Winnifred Peggy! We'll call her Peggy for short.
Time for number two.
They look identical from a distance, but Abigale's got brown eyes.
Everyone else: THE MIRACLE OF BIRRRRRTH!
Mary Elizabeth: Mehhhh. More kids to spend money on. But due to my Eternal Happiness I don't really care.
Mary Elizabeth: If I imprint my values on Peggy while she's very young, maybe she'll grow up to have some actual ambition.
Gus... No.
And his wife would have his head if he voted against letting the cute little birdies have a safe home, so that's also a no-brainer.
Cool, now he won't have to skill for those.
Then Edna headed out on a date... But first a few announcements:
The kids are no longer Mrs. Swiller's least favourite.
Molly: Like my mother... urrrr, sister always says "They can't keep such a powerful mind down!"
Judge, huh? I thought that would be in the Law career, but whatever. Level eight, I think.
I downloaded a bunch of Fresh Prince's cars. The truck they had didn't have very good interiors, so I replaced it with this one.
Edna: Blah blah blah! I don't want to hear about your boring research!
Ouch.
Aww, look you guys. He's really shy.
Despite the bad start to the date, they managed to have some photos taken.
He's one of those who make the greatest faces.
Edna: Let's make your wish come true, shall we?
I'm kind of a bad Sim-dictator, ain't I? I let the girls have a lovelife, and try to get their Aspiration meters up so I can keep them young, while the boys have to grow old unloved and unfulfilled. x)
Islands in the stream
That is what we are
No one in between
How can we be wrong
Sail away with me
To another world
And we'll rely on each other, ah ha
From one lover to another, ah ha
Yes, I was brought up by parents who liked both Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, so sue me. x)
Whatshisname: Oh Edna...
Edna: Oh Whatsyourname...
Um... That's not your date, man.
That could probably happen.
Problems, Molly?
Michelle? But she works with Weedy on the ocean research boat. Don't tell me she works in the furnishings warehouse, too?
Sidewalk Guy returned to leave flowers for Edna. And if SimPE would just open, maybe I could find out what his actual name is!
Timothy, that's it. Thank you for finally complying, SimPE!
The plants are coming along beautifully.
Then it was Molly's turn to have some fun. And I need to put more diffent hair styles on Timothy and... what is Molly's BF's name again? Harold.
It's finally WUW!
Hi, Helena.
Molly: Soooo, Harry... I'm basically denied the right to ever get married, because I'm not allowed to move out of the house, and we can't fit any more people in. But I've talked to my Elders, and they agree that I need to make this thing more official and stable, so...
Molly: Harold Towney, do you want to become my Fiancé?
Harold: GASP!
Harold: Oh Molly... This ring is not half as beautiful as you, but it will remind me of your shining eyes when I'm alone in long, dark, lonesome nights in my Townie-dump!
Molly: Hee hee hee, let's not tell Louise that we "jumped on her bed"...
Meanwhile, Francine's not having a great teenhood.
Francine: I'm poor! And I'm surrounded by rednecks who don't understand art! And I can't afford to buy the new iPod! And I don't have a boyfriend. In fact I don't have any friends! And nobody understands me! And...
Alfie: Let it gooo. Let it goooooooo...
Francine: Oooowaaah, I've got that wobbly feeling again! The one I had at Louise's wedding!
Crap, I forgot it was her birthday.
Francine: MONNNY! I WANTSES IT!
Awww, let's wish her a happy birthday.
Doktor Kopfschmertzen: There, there, Fraulein. Tell mich all about Ihre deprieved Kinderhood!
I'm ignoring Gus too much. Well, here he is, getting hugged by his kid coming home from his show. They're still stuck on level one as stand-up comedians.
Oh, if it was Francie's birthday earlier, then...
...it's Neale's as well. He got old before his mother. O.o
Well, time he got a more mature look, then. He looks like such a redneck like that I can't stop sniggering.
Yeeeaaah, things kind of got naughty.
I KNEW IT!
In order to get her out of her blues, or reds as it was, I sent her to write a masterpiece novel. It was about aliens and ghosts and questionmarks. And something else I've forgot.
Privacy has never really existed in this house.
Editha: We're not getting any more babies now, are we? It was really fun at first, but now I'm kinda tired of them, and I wish we could get a kitten instead. Or two kittens.
Burton: Oh, there will be many, many babies in this house.
Weedy: So what exactly is your act about? Do you sing and stuff?
Gus: Yeah, we sing. Or rather, I sing and Neale plunks on a banjo. Then I tell jokes that Neale doesn't get, and that makes the audience laugh even more.
Gus: We may get on TV some day. There was this talent scout in the audience one day, and he said our act was refreshing and genuine, and that if he didn't know any better he'd have thought we really looked like this.
Neale: Yeah, he was kinda rude...
Weedy: That's soo cool! We may be on TV too, because Louise thinks she may need to go on one of those Nanny-shows where they teach you to raise kids better. The whole family's going to be famous. It's going to be soooo great for Alfie's political career!
Weedy: And next time someone has a baby, we can start our own reality show about our unique life. And we can show how people from outside struggle to adapt to our ways at first, but then they start getting it and become a better person and all that!
Neale: Yeah, we'll be like... role models and stuff! And people will join our cause. I always knew that our art would one day touch a lot of people!
Gus: Do these sandwiches taste funny?
Oh, right. Helena came by. I will admit that I tried to do something incredibly naughty. See, I tried to get her pregnant by having Rowland "try for baby". It would shake things up a bit at her place. But I couldn't get the option. Either Helena's close to elderhood, or you simply can't impregnate women like that without a mod.
Okay, that's green light for aging the girls up.
Moment of Troooooof! Is one of these the next heir?
Ha ha, Louise's face looks awesome from that angle. This is Peggy, by the way. After blowing out the candles, Louise put her on the ground, and I had to try again.
This time Thaddeus got the honour of launching her into orbit. As you can see, Francine and Barth had been fighting again.
Thaddeus: I'm her Daddy, right? She looks like me, and they said on TV that kids usually look like their parents.
Molly: And this guy went to a private school... I have an enormous job to do. :(
Thaddeus: Ten, nine, eight...
Thaddeus: ...three, two, ZERO! Houston, we have a problem!
Helena: Thad, that's not how you say it.
Mary Elizabeth: I don't envy the kids growing up in this family. Oh wait...
Okay. She's got the same combination of features as Sharkey. So if Abigale's not a better mix of her parents, Peggy and Sharkey will compete about the heirship. Whoever gets Chester or Mallory in love with them first wins.
Francine: MONNNNNNNNNNNNNEY!
Peggy's personality. She's a lot like Editha.
Yes, Rowland. We know you think Helena is hot. Let's try growing Abbie up, shall we?
As you can see, that took a couple of takes as well, since it was Rowland who finally flung her into space. But look at that! She's got the Magpie eyes, but everything else is Gus. Abigale is heir!!!
She's a Taurus. :D Looks like a very balanced personality.
Here's Peggy, passed out in the doghouse on her first night as an individiual.
And here's Abbie, tucked safely in her bed. Aww, Magpies... showing favourism already. <3
Looks like they're discussing The Gus and Neale Show over breakfast.
That means Kate is the only young dog left.
I love these shirts TheRaven made. Abbie's got one that says iPood. I was going to take a picture of them placed nicely on the lawn together, but then someone came to pick Abbie up.
And someone would be this ghostly Frankenstein thing who stepped in for Ethan, since he was a bit partied out that day.
Okay, folks. That's all. The Magpie Prettacy will return... suddenly.
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Date: 2014-06-29 07:45 pm (UTC)I think it was my DVD drive that died. x) But it was probably TS3 that killed it, not the Magpies.