The MacAvoy ISBI - Generation 4.6!

[tigeranne]

So, last time... Wesley grew up and lost his sanity. Let's see how his adulthood unfolds, how Annabelle copes with her newfound inner darkness, and who will be the 5th Torch Holder of the MacAvoy ISBI.




Wesley: Deeeeeeeeeerrrrp...

Lora and Fred: Our son's mentally compromised, LOL!


Tallie looks like she's had a bit too much, already. Lora took Wesley to the Tikki Tacky, to see if he could interact a bit, and learn to have teh funs. If he's got chemistry with some of my playables, I'll have them date him when I play their households.


No. This is not how you do a night on the town. When you go out with your MOM, you kinda pretend you're not related, etc.


Oh, wow... These two should be BFFFFFs.


Wesley liked Milena, but she's already married to a total loser. I don't think she wants to have another one on the side.


Wesley: I don't know how to do the funs! If I don't learn, I'll be miserable 5ever, like my late aunt!

Milena: Yes, I know that feeling. You know what cheers me up, every time? Spying on my neighbours! You should totally get a telescope.

(Milena is from my first "ISBI", the Athertons.)


Here's Lela Duckling (from alittlestrange's Duckling Prettacy). She seems to like this awful community lot, for some reason.


And she has the hots for Eyebrow Man Gilbert. 0.o


Milena: Diaper Man is totalz real!


Wesley: Mom, can I join? The other kids don't want to play with me, so I want to hang with you guys.


We have a new Donna. I hate the Pleasure Aspiration for uncontrollables.


Sadie, what are you doing? You're not the Heir, why are you being all competent all of a sudden? Do you want me to second-guess my choice???


Ah, phew. She's still an ISBI kid.


Wesley wants that job, because they have a bathroom there.


Lora's finally reached the badass-stage of her career.


Aaand Emerald is all grown.


She looks a lot like Kendrick. :)


Yes, do that homework! Do it goood! You're meant to be the next Torch Holder, we can't have you failing.


Lora's sooo close to reaching her LTW. She only needs a few measly skill points.


Fred: So you see, if you were the Heir, we'd be expecting a lot more from you. You'd have to get top marks at school, you'd be expected to learn to cook a few different meals, clean the bathrooms regularly...

Sadie: Is that really all there's to it?


Fred: Alice's been training to take over as the head of the household since she was a pre-schooler. She's been dilligently learning skills. It's not going to be easy for you to catch up to where she is now. We have deviced a rescue plan for you, since we can't let Alice watch her twin go to seed. Please let it go, Sadie.

Sadie: But I want a fighting chance of the Heirship. If you've got a rescue planned for me, then you can just transfer that to Alice instead, right?

Alright, alright... Sadie's now a candidate for Torch Holder. :-/ I really wanted it to be Alice, because she's a better mix of her parents, while Sadie looks really similar to Lora. However, looks can't be the deciding factor here. I should pick the one who shows most recillience.


The three male cats were getting on in years, so it was time for another kitten. Yeah, 5 cats is no big deal! I chose another female, partly because she had blue eyes like the legendary Elvira. She's also aggressive, but I'll take my chances.


Wesley's off to work, where they'll force-feed him and make him use the toilet.


This doesn't look to good! Has Annabelle finally snapped, and they're coming to take her away, haha?


Neh. One was Lora's carpool, the other was there to drop off little Elvira the Second.


Rosa Lee Cullen, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, I know it's supposed to be "Rosalie", but Narrator has only watched the movies and spelled it phonetically.


Nawww! Please be as awesome as Elvira the First was!


Sadie: I'm cracking under all this pressure!


Hi there, new Townie I haven't seen before.


Ellie's this little food vacuum cleaner. Her tiny thimble-sized stomach must contain a portal to another dimention, where the kibble disappears to. So, kind of like real cats.


Wesley got his Dad's old shirt, so maybe some of Fred's swag will rub off on him.


Yeah, I know. Annabelle has been the unfortunate child of this generation. There's always one, although it's hard to say who had it worst between Donna and Nikkie.


This picture has no purpose other than making you happy. :D


Sadie forgot to go to school, so Lora delivered her personally. If she's going to be in the Heir-race, she can't be allowed to be a delinquent anymore.


Sadie's doing better, but Alice seems incapable of finishing her homework.


This just in: Lora is awesome.


Annabelle: My coming of age... I can finally run off and join my pack.


Annabelle: I hope they won't hold it against me that two assassins and a PREP attended my transition...


Speaking of "prep", eh.


As expected, then. :(


What? Isn't she going to have a breakdown? No? In that case, we'd better get on it with feeding Fred and Donny Wesley.


Annabelle: I'm totally gorgeous.

Rosa Lee: Your make-up doesn't really go with your clothes.


And then, realization hit.

Annabelle: I DIDN'T BECOME A WOLF, AND NOW I HAVE TO BECOME OLD LIKE AUNT DONNA AND AUNT NIKKI!


At least she shouldn't have to wear questionable Maxis clothing. Not when there's overgrown teenager wear in my CC folder. (To be honest, I dressed that way LONG into my 20s.)


Wesley: It's fun to stay at the WHYY EM CEE AYYYY..!


Alice: I'm the Heir - yeah, really! - and I have the worst grades any kid in this family's ever had in high school!


Alice: What if I grow up in Aspiration Failure?

That's scarily possible. She's Knowledge, so she probably has wants related to school results.


Wesley: I think we should get a dog.

No. Just no. Dogs have never caused the Macs anything but problems. Cats are love and happiness.


Conclusion: That toilet is 50cm too far away for Sims to reach it in time.


Annabelle: Yes, I peed that puddle. Okay? Can you all please leave now, so I can mop it up along with what used to be my self image?


She gets a job, so she can make darkly funny jokes about her life.


It's come to this, huh?


Sadie: Mrs. Hawkesworth looked so disgusted while she ate the chalkboard sponge!


Awww, Kendrick.


Poor Alice tries to blend in with the walls in disappointment and shame.


Jacob: I would say that your chances of becoming the next Torch Holder are moving upwards.

Sadie: Yeah, I think so too!

While she definitely hasn't won yet, at least the competition is in a very exciting phase.


Whoo!


Emmett: LOLHI.


I almost can't wait until they grow up, and actually start wearing clothes once more. One will be the new TH, and the other moves on to another adventure, so these two will both be controllables. Annabelle and poor, desperate Wesley will have to scramble by on the few moments of happiness they can gain between updates, when they're able to roam the neighbourhood. (Going by that logic, though, Donna was out a lot more than twice in her life.)


That's the best way of getting scratched. Lots of kittens are terrified of heights.


Lee Lewis: She's sooo hot when she kisses her husband!

Jerry Lee Lewis is apparently on the SWAT as well as being a plumber/electrician. Jack-of-all-trades, indeed.


Lee: You know that Alice-girl who hangs out here all the time?

Lora: Yeah!


Lee: She has a D- average. LOL!

Lora: Bwahahaha!

Fred: *Feels strangely apathetic*


Lora: Sadie, don't stuff your face. Mommy's cooking something really nice today.


Lora: Alice, I know you're hungry, but please try not to backwash in the juice.


Alice: Oh wow, Mom. This is not the usual breakfast! What's the occasion?

Lora: Graduation! This is your last day of school. We're growing you up on Sunday.

Alice: Really?! I don't have to see Mrs. Hawkesworth ever again?


Last breakfast before sending the kids off to school. It's the end of an era for the Macs.


It's also the end of Ellie's time as a kitten.


This is what adult Ellie looks like. I didn't expect her to be another seal-point, like Elvira I and Lonnie, but I thought she'd have kept her blue eyes. She's a real surprise.


Then of course this happened! I thought "Oh well. You knew what you were doing when you adopted two agressive queens." But as it would turn out, neither Emmy or Ellie were involved in the spat.


It was Gordon and Indiana.


Ellie was in the kitchen, helping herself to the spoilt breakfast.


Oh. Alice brought home Alice, and is apparently still sucking at school.


Just though you might want to see my version of Alice Cullen. She's always described as a "pixie", so went and made her a bit elfin. I couldn't bear to make the Cullen girls as cartoony as the guys.


She likes cats, apparently. That makes me forgive her for being a sparklepire. (And no, I didn't make them actual vampires, nor sparkly. I needed them to be able to be out in the sun, and I haven't got the foggiest where to find a skin that actually sparkles. Skins with painted-on sparkles would probably look dreadful.)


They're just playing, FYI. :)


Indiana does this thing where he stands around howling, then looks around with a confused expression for a while. He's a really weird cat.


Gordon wanted some more screentime, I assumed, so here's a random picture of Gordon.


Alice: I'm gonna be smart, so I can take over the running of this dysfunctional house!


Wesley's gotten up to the same level in career as Cindrana, who's a controllable, so that's not too shabby.


Cindrana: I wish I lived in a house as successful and harmonious as this!

This is Cindrana. She's married to Ryan Starbloom, and Narrator has made her life a living nightmare. Are you proud of yourself, Narrator? Huh? Are you???


Cindrana: I wish I could have a cat, but I have to take care of my hormonal twin teens, a baby and my braindead husband.


Why are people suddenly getting trapped in that room? I think I need to fence it off, so they can't get too close.


Annabelle brought a friend home from work. Hi there, Gus! Something bothering you?


Gus: MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW HAS NO RIGHT TO INTERFERE WITH MY DISCIPLINING OF MY OWN SON!

Right. For those who don't remember - and I don't blame you - Gus and his son Sharkey absolutely despise each other. They punch it out on a nearly daily basis. Sharkey's wife, Francine (Daughter of Isabel MacAvoy, from Gen2, and Burton Magpie), is a strongwilled woman, who isn't going to stand idly by and watch her husband getting pummeled. She's thrown herself head first into the feud, and has kicked Gus' bum a couple of times.


Annabelle: I'll trade with you, Cindie. Over at your place, at least you guys have a theoretical chance of turning out alright.

Cindrana: I think I'd rather take my chances here, to be honest. But I'd have to bring my baby, though.

Cindrana's not going anywhere. The twins need to have at least one functional parent, and Aylatani (who despite her face is probably the most normal of the entire bunch) has just been saddled with her husband's anachronistic love-child.


I don't think I've ever seen Fred hearting over any other woman.


Some kind soul made a healthy breakfast.


I love how detailed Bienchen's open-faced sandwiches are. Makes you crave a nice, juicy tomato with cream cheese and salt & pepper, doesn't it?


Wesley: In the Navyyyy... You will sail the seven seas...


Annabelle: Oh no, I'm Aunt Donna!


Rowland:
Turn the lights down
At the steak-house
Here we are now
In potatos


They're so sweet together. Fred seems to have a while left, and I hope that's true.


Rowland:
Help the stupid
They're contagious
Here we are now
In containers
Yeah...


Alice: You're cute. I'm not legal yet, but I will be tomorrow. And then I'll be actively looking for a serious BF.

Tyler: Okay. Maybe I see you tomorrow, then.


I don't know what I'd do if an Heir decided they wanted to pursue Ernest the Reformer.


Sadie's got a bent for the dark side.


Lora: Alice, I think that's your long-lost Uncle Simon.


Lora: You probably don't recognize me, since I was still in elementary school when the Aliens abducted you, but I believe I'm your youngest sister. Actually, I'm your only sister.


This is Aubrey Darell, also known as the girl who wasn't Ginny Weasley. She's one of my new townies. Carlene is meant to be her sister. They're sort of supporting characters in a story that's living in the back of my head, where they're the school mates of the main characters.


*SIGH* Oh, Wesley...


Alice, stop it. You're resembling Bella.


Simon: You're welcome over at my place, any time. Despite what you might have heard, we're a really nice family. I have a beautiful wife and a little daughter called Lilo, and I'd love you to meet them.

Wesley: Can I live with you permanently, Uncle Simon? Please?

Simon: We'll see. There may be other options, too.


Lora owns at bowling.


She took goofy pictures with Wesley, just in case he had a want of having his picture taken.


Toby Bruenig: I'm not really a weather man. Where did you get that idea?


Lora needs two more friends for the next promotion, so I had her getting back in touch with her mother. They only chatted briefly, before Lora hung up. I'll have to invite her over to the Magpie house, and have Jennifer and Helena interact with her.



Sadie's slightly better off.


Sadie: This triple chocolate mousse is delicious, Mom. I just want to snarff it all down, but at the same time I want to savour every spoonful, just as I do with these last few moments where I have a chance of being Heir.

Alice: I don't want any chocolate. My stomach is in knots.

Okay, so here's what I have decided. If one of them has a nervous breakdown at the cake, and the other one doesn't, then the one who manages to compose themselves is the Torch Holder. If both or none of them have a breakdown, then Alice will be the Torch Holder as planned. These odds favour Alice, but she needs it now.


Hooray! Lora has gotten Perma-Plat! That means she can safely be released back into the wild!


Alice has one last teenage tantrum, while Lora uses her final chance to load up on youth potion. JFYI, Lora will be an elder in 198 days. She should see the end of this ISBI.




Sadie tries to score a few last-minute points by birthday dinner.


It's Gordon's birthday, too. He and Kendrick were around when the twins were toddlers, so they're probably around 20 years old.


This will be the last time the family, as we have known them, will eat together. One of them is leaving forever after tonight.


Fred: I'm OOOOOLD! My kids are growing up and leaving the house!

Lora: I'm just gonna read the TV program, darling, and we'll have one last date before I lose my sanity.


Sadie pumpkin... I don't think your family is actually hungry anymore.


And this is where we leave Lora, blissfully happy with her twu wuw of 25 years, because she fell asleep and missed her kids' coming of age. I could have woken her up, but it was time to use the girls' teen commands to have them blow out the candles.


Sadie: I'm pretty sure there are too many candles on this cake.


Sadie: Well, okay. I've just got to keep it together. Deep breaths.


Sadie: YAY! I'm all grown up!


But is she going to lose her marbles? No, apparently not. It's up to Alice, now.


She's really similar to Lora, but she's got Fred's eyes. Her hairstyle doesn't really flatter her longish face anymore, so she'll need a make-over.


Alice: I'm so nervous! If I can manage to keep my head level, then this is all mine. But if I don't... *gulp*


Okay, that's an awful outfit.


Yeah, I expected nothing better.


Oh no...

Alice: Bwlbwlbwlbwlbwlbwlbwl...


Alice, talk to us!

Alice: BWLBWLBWLBWLBWLBWLBWLLLLL!!1


Alice: YEEEEEEEEEHAAAW!


Okay, that settles it, then. Sadie is the new Torch Holder, and will provide the loving support and guidance Generation 6 will sorely need. Alice leaves her childhood home, in search of something better.


This is Sadie's personality. Told you she seemed low on nice-points. Then again, Weedy has none, and she's never given me any trouble, so I guess it's okay.

That's all from the MacAvoys for now, but despair not. I've got enough material for at least three, maybe four, episodes of the Stargloops and their tragecy. The first of them may be up tomorrow.