The Magpie Prettacy - Generation 2.2!

[tigeranne]

Last time, our founder Douglas died from old age on his youngest daughter's teen birthday. Elys managed to forgive Sinjin, and the two of them got hitched ankle-deep in the vegetable garden. Weedy met Alfie McAvoy, and rescued him from a lifetime of moronic suffering. At the start of this update, both heiresses are pregnant, and the expectations are high!




Allyn: Oh, how will this end? Douglas was the one who kept the kids in check, I don't have his authority because I'm too nice! And now there will be small children around that needs to be potty-trained and learn logic skills and... D:


These two have a lot in common. They're the runts of their respective families, raised more by their elder siblings than by their parents. Mary's already lost her father, and Isabel will probably lose her mother before she's an adult. In such a situation it's good to have a friend who understands how you feel.


Hai guise? Not Ur bed! *sigh* Weedy and Alfie's bedroom was the entrance to Elys' flat. I had to use some of it to build a hallway.


Oh crap! I was trying to have Rowland hurry up and drink elixir before his aspiration dropped below gold, but it did just that as he was pouring the drink! He got 3 days older instead. :(


Allyn: What if she has twins? How will we cope with the responsibility? *worry*


Rowland: Nah, I definitely don't think you're carrying the next Mary Elizabeth. This is a little Sinjin junior!

Elys: Don't say that! My baby will be all Troll!


Elys: Rowland, I know you're very handsome and all... but this day is not about you! Show some interest in your son?


Burton: I wish... to become a monster!


He rolled Family! That's great! He will be very helpful. It's also very good that he's not into red hair, so he won't be attracted to any of his cousin's children or something creepy. There is currently not a single Magpie who's not a carrier for ginger.


As traumatized and misadjusted as he was during his childhood, he sure grew up well.


Who's this lady, and when did I download that dress she's wearing?


Oh, hi Douglas. That didn't take long!


Mary Elizabeth: *yawn* Oh, hi Dad... !!! *GASP!*


Mary Elizabeth: Mooom? Can I sleep in your bed tonight?


Douglas: OOOGABOOOGABOOOOOO!

Burton: EEEEEEEeeep!


Burton: Oh no, I've seen a ghost! Now I'll never be normal! And why are my feet so warm?


Weedy: Uh, I feel kinda explodey!


POP!


Burton: I don't think Mom's fit to go to work today.


Douglas: OOOOOGA! BOOOGA!

Burton: I'm less scared of you when there are other people around.


Douglas' grave was originally in a mausoleum on a foundation. That seems to work for other people, but not for me. So then I dug a moat and made a ghost island for him to run around on.


Alfie: Score! That's like the best telescope you can get!

Well... despite my inherent dislike for the idea of m-preg, I can't help wanting a green Magpie.


Alfie: You know my sister, Helena?

Rowland: Yeah, she thinks I'm hot!


Alfie: She peed herself once, when she was like 16!

Rowland and Alfie: BWAHAHAHA!


A little exchange of gossip must have gotten Rowland in a better mood. At least he managed to get his days back.


Yeah, they wanted another puppy, and I thought why not get a female so they can have puppies some time... Her name is Avis. Thank you name generator.


Elys: Oh, owwww! I think I've swallowed a sofa that wants to come out again!


Elys: OWWWWWOWWWWWWOWWWWWWWWHHHHHHRRRRNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGHHH!


We interrupt Elys' labour pains to bring you an important message. Alfie has had a promotion!


A little girl! She's got Sinjin's skintone and eyes, but Elys' hair.


Ettie... I like that name!


And Pat got old. :(


Rowland: Hey, congratulations on that time you didn't get married!

Sinjin: Thanks, man!


Sinjin: Too bad I got messed up in it anyway...




Ha ha, the puppies are so tiny!


Nothing can keep Douglas in, it seems.


Sinjin: Oh, Brenda, you naughty girl! Run away with you? You know I would. But my wife is so pretty, I can't bear to leave her! Oh, don't cry, Brenda! You have a special place in my heart.


Following is some spam of Elys being a great mother.


Ettie: Hee heee! Your nose tickles!


Elys: Of course you're a real Troll. Don't listen to Uncle Rowland. He always thinks he knows everything!


Weedy: How can they smustle like that, when there is pizza? Could have used some guacamole and marshmallow fluff, though. *cravings*


Burton: Look, Mom! That essay I wrote about witnessing Uncle Alfie's birth got an A+!!!


A Troll who writes reviews? You're not getting any sugar-coating there, 10 nice-points or not. It's not kind to deceive your readers.




Rowland: Yeah, I really have the ability to sense if the baby is a troll. Trust me.

Weedy: Skeptical.


Rowland: *gasp!* He says he looks just like me!

Weedy: It's a she.


First attempt at making Burton over. Not really his style.


And then suddely Allyn got old in an explosion of confetti. Nice of Fronie to give her the awful red tracksuit.


When I made Allyn over right after she moved in, her boho-style was mostly meant to reflect that she was broke and shopped at goodwill, while pretending to just be hip. But after having dressed like that all her life, she probably wouldn't be comfortable with finding a new style now, so she became an old hippie.


Uh, you guys? Not your baby.


Weedy: GUYS? My water broke..!


She was right about it being a girl.

Weedy: Hmmm, she looks suspiciously human, but it's hard to tell with babies.


She's got red hair, Alfie's eyes, and the same Trapping-skin as Burton.


Her name's Molly.


Mary Elisabeth: Helena is toters hot!

Elys: She's SO overrated!


Wrong kid, Sinjin.


Elys has the right one downstairs. She's still a good mother.


O HAI! Look who's come to visit!


Rowland: That father of hers is not a good influence. She needs to spend more time around her own kind!


And with no warning, Joe exploded.


He's an American Akita. I was hoping for something weird.


Hey, your parents are over. They'll be thrilled to know you're doing so well!


Elliott: So... You've got a pretty good life here, son. Looks like you've gotten over your childhood, and everything.


Alfie: Mom, it's not make-up! It's Guyliner! All the manly men wear it!


Ettie's birfday! What will she look like?


A surprisingly normal child, actually. Spoiler, Ettie's not heir!

Elys: I am disappoint.


Here are her personality stats, by the way.


Who cares if she's a little too human. The dogs certainly don't.


This is just a charming little snapshot from their everyday life, when it's not too messed up.


Elys was not about to abandon her daughter just because she was the wrong species.


Elys: Sinjin, I love our kid and all... how would you like another?

Sinjin: Uh... sure!


Elliott: My my, son! Your wife is a total fox!


Weedy: Alfie, make him go away before I get rude.

Alfie: Goodnight, Dad!


Don't forget your husband!


Yeah, two kids are not enough!


Rose: When did I have another baby? I can't remember being pregnant, but she looks just like me!


Weedy: So when is it normal for babies to stop using a dummy? I know Dad always said it was okay if they stopped before they were were twenty, but the human baby-book I read said they should be ready to let go of it around two. Who should I listen to?

Elys: I'd trust Dad to know what's right for Troll-babies.


Hi there, Isabel. :)


Burton had the usual want of having his first kiss, so I thought why not. Pretty sure Isabel had the same one.


She really liked him, so I thought they could be life-long sweethearts.


That's a seriously fast first kiss! I think the only Sim I've had who has gotten there faster is a TS3 Sim called Brianna.


This is Brianna.


I think I need to build a Morris-safe place to put the telescopes.


Okay, so she should have had a diaper change, but I was curious to see how bad she was.


Yeah, the picture is pretty dark. But wow, that's one seriously grumpy-looking toddler. She looks very similar to Burton. Based on just these two, she would have had to be heir after all. However, I judged that both her and Ettie were too normal for Generation 3.


And she's her dad's daughter for sure!


Awwww, look! Isn't she a darling?


Yep, more babies on the way!


Ha ha, Ettie has no lower jaw at all!


That's probably because her cousin got more than her share.


Avis is apparently part Collie. This is more the sort of quirkiness I want in their dogs.


This was one of those times when I couldn't resist taking the stupidest option. I really wanted to see what would happen, and Alfie getting fired would be worth it.


Well, the population deserves to know what sort of people they have elected.


Rose was still under the impression that Molly was hers. She didn't even mind sitting in her used diaper.


Mary Elizabeth: Guuuuuuys! I got an A+!!!

Yeah, she barely knows who's her mother. (That's Elys' bed.)


Sinjin: YAY! YOU GO GIRL!!!

At least the rest of her family are supportive.


Then suddenly Avis and Joe decided that their puppyhood friendship was a thing of the past, and clashed together fighting.


Joe lost, despite Weedy and Remington cheering for him.


And then they ran off and played together. 0.o


Doing goooood!




Weedy was also a pretty good mom.


And Rowland continued taking care of his niece.


A little discussion about what sort of toys are best for children's mental developement?


Rowland: Alfie, we're both sensitive guys raised by manly men. We need to talk about our feelings!


Congratulations, Alfie! I think that's their first fire.


Rowland: My wrinkles aren't developing fast enough! It hurts my troll-cred, and those moronic humans on the Internet are going to think I've got too much privilege to worry!


Speaking of privilege and power...


Oh, and then there was Sinjin... He can't mess up that repair twice in a row, can he?


Oh yes, he could.


:'(


The first attempt at growing Ettie up ended with her passing out on the ground. Looks like nobody realized she needed a bottle and a nap, rather than a bath and peek-a-boo.


And with her daughter unconscious and starved on the lawn outside, Elys went into labour.


A boy this time. :) He can marry Mallory if he gets ugly enough! He's got Sinjin's skintone and eyes, and his grandmother's red hair.


I couldn't name him after the dog! His name's Neale.


Two hours later...


It's a girl! With red hair, of course! :D She's got Weedy's skintone and her grandmother Fronie's eyes!


Edna! That name will fit her well when she's an old, cranky troll crone!


Okay, take two...




I won't exactly say she's beautiful, but the only thing she inherited from her mother is the lower jaw.


Molly got aged up a day early, just to free up a crib and make her more self-sufficient.


As a child she looked a bit like a really evil frog.


Next time you leave that screw-driver alone!


And BTW...




We've got some really obedient children here!


Meanwhile, the new babies received the serious end of the Second-Born Treatment.


This picture was taken almost 24 hours after Edna was born. Guess what? She had spent the entire time in the same spot Weedy left her in! Apparently she had ended up in a position it was hard to retrieve her from, because when I sent her parents to get her, the action got cancelled several times.


Weedy: Wow... I can like... see her puff up again.


Stupid dogs!


Ah, it was just Avis letting pesky Alegra know whose turf it was.




This is eerily reminiscent of a certain cousin. Looks like it was the same thing for dinner that day, as well! I assume the Magpie children don't like Penne Napoli.


Sweet! Let's grow them up!


Here's Neale! He's definitely got the Magpie beak, and the lack of chin. I wish he'd had one more feature from them, preferrably the eyes.


Nice, playful and neat.


Aaaand Edna! She's really similar to her sister, but a little worse off. Definitely not heir, though.

Drats! I was so sure Elys was going to have an awful kid right away, and then go back and focus on her LTW. Weedy and Alfie are the family Sims, they were the ones meant to have 3+ kids. x( But seriously, the children they already have are really the worst they could possibly do. Considering Elys, who has no normal features what so ever, had a mostly normal daughter, Weedy has a good chance of producing an Alfie-clone. I didn't want that. Elys would just have to get pregnant again!


Oh, and Edna's stats. Everyone in the family seems to be either Aries or Capricorn. O.o At least she's friendly.


To prepare for the incoming stampede, I used most of their funds to expand the house to double size. There wasn't much money left for furniture, though. x(

Next time we're going back to the MacAvoys, and see how they cope with one ghostly kid, one angry kid, a bored teenager and a criminal elf.

Comments

[alittlestrange.livejournal.com]

Wow, you haven't seen a labor face until you've seen an Elys labor face. And Rowland's sleeping face is just...scary.

It's strange that Doug keeps getting in the house anyway. I assume you didn't have stairs on your mausoleum. My ghosts make their very first appearances in the house, even though I've moved their urns into the mausoleum. Then all subsequent appearances are confined to the mausoleum. Those are the ones who died inside the house, that is. The ones who died outside never show up in the house. Anyway, that's odd.

I like the kids, but we definitely need more heir candidates! Every generation you look for that one outstanding candidate, the perfect blend of parents that doesn't lose too much of the family's looks too fast. And then if you're me, you have to cheat him/her into existence. D: I can't wait to see MOAR KIDS.

[tigerannesims2.livejournal.com]

You're definitely on to something... wait and see. >:D Poor Elys, let's just say she'll have to bucket down the elixir for decades. I hope I can keep her in platinum. A genie lamp would be great about now.

Doug actually died outside. The mausoleum didn't have stairs, just a small platform in front where the ghosts could make appearances. Didn't stop Doug. The moat was pretty deep with no land bridge. Didn't stop Doug. At the present time he's stopped trying to kill Burton, although he did nearly give a visiting townie a heart attack. If he gets too problematic I'll probably have to build a catacombe underground. I've heard that stops them, although...

Yeah, the ones with the trademark eye-stalks cant close their eyes completely. I have to say, Grace's birthing-face was also pretty epic! :D

[simlili.livejournal.com]

Like Alittlestrange, I'm in awe of Douglas' ghostly abilities, I have always heard that surrounding the tomb with water was ghostproof, but maybe that's not true for ghosts of trolls. I didn't know about the foundations, though. I have a family whose ghosts never showed, which I'm not happy about, but I did try to build some kind of family vault (i.e. tombstones on foundations with decoration), that must be why I don't see them. I've already found the tombstones turned in the morning, so probably the ghosts only floated above those few foundations and I missed them.
Anyway! I love the names your generator is giving you! And glad Molly is still in the race for heir at this point. Sinjin unsurprisingly plagued the family with his face template. I know it's irrational and that's not how templates work, but I stay away of his face because it always kills the competition in my game, all the kids always inherit those plump lips :(

[tigerannesims2.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll never marry Sinjin into a prettacy again! :P I'm still stumped as to why Douglas is such an escape artist. Maybe if I build a new mausoleum, and put his bed in it, he'll be happy.