1.22: Barely-legal loophole

     Oh, how badly I wanted to see sparkles back in the beginning of this disaster. How ironic that I'm seeing them now.
      Anyway, pretty little fairy, it's high time your parents got married:

No party. They don't deserve it.

     Aw, Jesse! Why do you have to be so gosh darn cute?! Every time I get mad, you do something that makes it just a little bit better. Still. Keep it in your pants, man. Wait. I'm leaving you guys soon anyway. Hell, breed like freaking rabbits if you want. Just don't expect any help from me!

     At least this go-round I have 3 teenagers that can help out. They have 3 snow days in a row. Each one, I get fifty billion annoying messages saying so-and-so is late for school. School's not in session, dummy!

At this point in gameplay, I'm done for the day. So, I decide to go sneak peak at the triplets in CAS:

May. I don't know why her wings aren't showing up, but CAS does say she's a fairy. BTW, I didn't pick any of these hairstyles.

June. Like Sid, she has Jesse's hair color and Erin's eyes. I like how her chin isn't too big.

Julio. 1st child with black hair. (I consider Natalie's to be a dark brown like Bryce's.) He's cute. He'd be even cuter without that stupid hat haha.

Maybe they'll appear in other stories...
I'm going to put them up for download.

     Life continues in the crazy house. I don't even bother building a new bedroom.
     This is constant noise. Either someone's phone is ringing or a baby is crying. Then there's Zeus presiding over his court at every available moment, creating that medieval chiming music that I used to find charming.

     Ah yes. The plan. I have, to my belief, discovered a barely-legal loophole.
     I want Natalie to move in with Bryce. A teen cannot move on her own. I'm sure there's a mod somewhere that he or she can, but I'm still feeling burned from getting woohooer. I haven't removed it, but I wish I'd really paid attention to what I was doing when I was slapping together my desired settings.
     K, so, teens can't move on their own. I could have Bryce move out and then pull Natalie out from the edit town screen, but that would ditch her wishes, right? I can't switch households to make Bryce the main household because that totally destroys the legacy line. After all, Erin is still the main deal at this point. Like I said, this is planning.
    In essence, what's the issue? Well, Natalie, especially when she becomes heir, cannot do anything that would get rid of her saved wishes. Ding! Her saved wishes. What if she has none? muahahahahahahaha!!!

    I have to clear her of her wishes. The biggest one and hardest one to accomplish: best friends with dear old Dad. She's had this one forever. It's especially difficult now because he doesn't live with her anymore. Plus, when she gets out of school, she only has a few hours before Bryce leaves for work. I work hard at it.
     By the way, Bryce, your house is still a huge mess. I do buy him a bed since I think I left him with none. It's even a double bed in case he wants to woohoo. I'm so nice.

    IT HAPPENS! Erin finishes her LTW! Phew!
    Natalie wakes up the next morning feeling like the whole world watches her.

1.21: Siri chooses the next heir

     Zeus (bald now when he presides over court for some reason) probably misses the old house. Me too, kid. Me too. Sure, I could move Bryce out via town mode and into something new and then move the family back to the house, but at this point, I'm so mad that I decide to pick the heir right now. I'm going to focus on Erin finishing her LTW. I don't care if the heir is a child.
     Question is: which one? I'm not picking the new baby because I don't want to wait that long. Even if he or she is a fairy.
      I think about the kids' most-likely LTW's, and I narrow it down to two: Natalie and Sid. Natalie would be lots of fun because I've never finished all the tombs and such from the vacation expack. With her extra-long lifespan, I stand a chance. If nothing else, when the 3rd gen begins, I could make another save a freeplay and finish them just to see what it's like. Sid will pick one of the romance ones. That'll be fun. Plus, he's going to get a cat, and I don't often play with cats. Sure, there's Miley, but how long has it been since Miley's even been seen in SWNT? She's still around, but she's always off doing her own thing (typically sleeping on Lynne's porch). The romance thing could be fun. He could be like the uber-Donovan, ultimate ladies' man. I've seen him aged up, and he's adorable. Natalie is gorgeous. It's SO HARD to choose!

Anyway, age up time:

     Idiot me throws a party. At least this way, Bryce is there.
     I didn't get a made-over pic of Michelle, but you'll see her later. I gave her the workaholic trait.

I get Robert the ambitious trait. It's a good one for someone wanting to rule the world.

     Her features soften a little when she ages to YA. I give her the flirty trait.

     Uh, Jesse, you're a little late.

     Yes. The worst house ever created. I don't even care to make the exterior match.

     The back.
     Then some stuff happens that doesn't actually happen, like Natalie's first kiss due to Jesse placing a love charm on her and her wishing to go to the park. It never actually happened because the game crashed.

     Uh...Brainwave! Erin is a bookworm! She can get charisma skill faster by reading! All I need are two more charisma levels and her LTW is done!

     After much back and forth in my head and internal debate, I ask Siri to flip a coin. Heads, Natalie; tails, Sid. At first the blasted coin lands on its side. Really, Siri? I ask again.
     Heads. Natalie is the next heir.

     Erin goes into labor!

     They drive this time. Here we go!
     Love how Erin is thinking of her LTW at this point. Yes, you're very close.

     It's a girl! I name her June. Just because.
     Then....
     It's a girl! WTH? Jesse's pic disappears off the panel. I know I can still get to it using the spacebar, but that's going to get annoying. Hm. A sister for June. I name her May.
     Then...
      It's a boy! Holy f---ing sh--! Erin's portrait goes. What do I name a boy, brother of June and May? Ummmm.... Julio!
      I'm so mad, almost as mad as I was when I had to move them. Let's just say this mad goes on top of my other mad.

     That's IT! I've HAD IT! I can't DO triplets again! Oh, and guess what? May is a fairy. June and Julio are witches. Also, May is going to be pretty. Still. I'm not waiting.
     It's now when I go digging into my settings to find what caused this mess.
     Fertility LTR: NEVER again.
     I want away from this family, but Natalie has tons and tons of days in her teen years. I start hatching a plan.....

1.20: That THING happens

    Ah, twenty chapters into the wishacy. I didn't think I'd survive this long, that's why I didn't make this thing yet another tab in Random Simming. I didn't think I'd be able to make it through Erin popping out babies left and right once she finally started having them. Five kids all under the child age. It was awful! I'm never using the fertility LTR in a wishacy again. EVER. What I'm about to tell you is further reason why.
     So, I'm very happy that the twins are children and the triplets will soon age to teen. I debate throwing a party, but the house is a disaster from the bachelor party the night before. Most of the house is tired. No one really got any sleep. In fact, their awake meters are all in the orange or red. Why won't they go to bed? I keep telling them to.
     Why? Because as soon as they stand next to their bed, the 'go to bed' interaction vanishes. It doesn't matter which bed.
     I reset the sims. Didn't fix it. I reset the lot itself. Didn't fix it. I sold all the beds and bought new ones. Nope.
     I look up the problem online. It's a bug. In order to fix said bug, I must move the family out in 'edit town' mode and then move them back in. Uh....I CAN'T DO THAT because it would destroy the wishes and therefore destroy the legacy. What do I do?

     I don't want to do this: I decide that the only thing I have left to try and stay within the rules is to move them to a new lot in town via the telephone interaction. I've grown to love this simple house and its big yard.
     But I have to do something. So, I pack up the important valuables.

Stupid bug.

     Sigh. I have Jesse pull out his phone and get the move started. I ponder why the little yellow warning sign shows up in the family doodah before I even switch anyone over to the "new" household. Huh. Interesting.
     Wait a second....It won't let me move everybody over. What the?
     "You can't move over any more sims because one sim is pregnant, and that counts as two."
     Say what?! WTF? I have the max family size set to 8, just like normal. How can a sim get pregnant if the household is already maxed out?
     Well, there's a little, bitty line in the woohooer mod that basically says that a sim can get pregnant even in a full household. It just won't show the pregnancy.
     HOW LONG HAS ERIN BEEN IN THE FIRST STAGES OF PREGNANCY?!?!?!?!?!?!

     With utmost regret, I leave Bryce behind. I am so pissed off. My biggest hope is that Erin isn't actually preggers and that the game is screwing with me. They all load up into the firetruck.

     Oh yeah, I couldn't move them to an actual house because the large amount of money they had was only that way if they sold everything in the move. They couldn't because Bryce stayed behind. They have about 50k, but that's not enough for all the houses I put down.

     Before I do another thing, I test to see if the bug is gone.
     Yeah, Erin is thinking baby bottles. #*^$ you, Erin.

     The bug is gone at least. Still, they need a house, and I dislike very much building houses.

     I go into 'edit town' mode and plop down some simpler houses from the game inventory. They're going to need more than just the tiny ones, so I put down some that I think would be great! It's now that I notice they don't have enough money.
     I reluctantly go back to the empty lot they moved to, knowing I have to get over it and build a house. Then...I remember something! Blueprint mode! 50k should get them something decent, right?

     I consider myself to be a creative person. It's not that I can't design a house; it's that I don't like to. This is what I created with the blueprint doodah.
     This is... the crappiest house ever created! It doesn't help that I'm too lazy to go and create a central hallway. It's functional. I'll give it that.
     Erin craves cookies. $&*#!

     Erin, I am so hating you right now. Here I thought I was done with babies for a while.
     *pulls hair out*
     Well, at least the family size is already 7. At least it won't be multiples. One baby. That'll be easier. Hey, maybe this time it'll be a fairy!
     One baby... Rrrrriiiiiggghhtt. Sure. All except that... at this point, I hadn't discovered that little bit in woohooer that allows household to exceed the maximum under certain circumstances...

1.19: The cutest

     Zeus pronounces his dominion over all, king of the gods. Surely, it is he who shall be picked as heir.

     Bryce humors him.

     Then he gets bored. Robert comes downstairs dressed as a knight, wanting to play. After all, he doesn't have but a few days left of childhood.

     Michelle comes downstairs and challenges Zeus. After all, it is she that is the oldest! She is the smartest! She's the only one with rare violet eyes!
     Zeus changes his pronouncement to pointing out that he is firstborn of his father. Plus, he believes he is the cutest.

     Sid doesn't care. He takes advantage of the break in the weather to go fishing, feeling inexplicably drawn to the water.

     Jesse wishes to throw a bachelor party. I forget to choose 'throw party at' and instead just pick 'throw party.' So, it's happening at the house. Oh well.
     The dancers show up, but Jesse only has eyes for Erin. The whole time. It's like they're invisible to him!

     Even when they stand right in front of him, all he can talk about is how happy he is that Erin said yes.

     Bryce doesn't mind watching the dancers, especially the one named Sparkles Sanchez. The second he gets home from work, the attraction thingy pipes up for the two of them.
     The two 'little royals' are most interested in the stereo like they've never seen one before. There's a reason for that! Noise! The same songs fifty billion times!

     The other dancer, I forgot to write down her name because I really intended for Bryce to go and talk to Sparkles, is the one to really interact with Bryce.

     Sparkles stays inside and talks to Zeus. (behind the refrigerator--bad pic) They don't care they're blocking the dishwasher.

     Something's up with the welcome mat. I'm like, 'why do they hate it?'
     Then I realize that, somehow, it'd gotten burned when someone burped fire after eating some curry dish. I replace it.

     Since people couldn't get to the dishwasher earlier, they used the sink, which, of course, breaks. Someone brought their cat, and the feline plays in the water. Reminds me of my cat and her strange-for-a-cat fascination with water.

    Oh, here's Sparkles with Bryce. Dunno if he really liked that pillow fight.

    The triplets' birthday dawns dark and snowy. In fact, school gets cancelled because the city lacks resources to plow the snow away, not to mention how it'd be impassible minutes later. So, no school.
    The kitchen is a disaster. No one wants to fix the sink or clear away the dirty dishes. Oh, but they'll mop the floor. Yeah. That makes sense.
     Then, that THING happens.