Merrick Legacy, 5.1
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napoleonherselfHuh. Maybe I should finally get this post up before I spend the weekend playing the copy of Saints Row 2 that someone at work so kindly lent me. Murderous rampages :D :D :D
General warning: sometimes I swear.
Last time: Generation 4 of the Merrick family enjoyed college, with all its books and naked people. I made them all go on dates, and Aldo annoyed me by having a fresh combo of personality points, dark skin, AND a three-bolt sweetie with S4 skin and an interesting face... but incredibly boring facial features. It was pretty early on that I decided that the delightfully derpy Adrian would become heir. Meanwhile, Toby talked to invisible people, Kurt got stalked by dormies, Drew was... uh... kind of boring, apparently... and everyone wound up proposing to someone they wuved. Also Kurt and Toby got knocked up. Then Adrian came back to the ancestral manse to start the next generation!
This time:
All right, let's do this thing.
Boom! Kaylynn!
Blam! Merricks!
Ker-pow! More Merricks, most of whom I never set formalwear for!
Some formation Smustling...
And standing under a rose-bedecked arch with a lovely woman in a... black dress? Huh. Odd choice, K.
It's a wedding!
And so, as the happy couple pledges their... love...
...to each other...
...
Kurt is a creeper. Maybe he's been taking lessons from his husband Forrest?
Actually, I just put the arch backwards way back when I built the wedding area in generation 3. Michael never used it in gen 4 because he never got married. Now Adrian's using it and I'm discovering my mistake.
Everyone: Yay! Something is happening on the other side of these trees possibly! [clap clap clap]
Kaylynn: Hey, do you hear something on the other side of those trees?
Adrian: Mmmphgm.
I forgot to buy a cake, so no getting to see if Adrian is a smusher.
Dang. Some other not-established-legacy household probably could've used all that money.
For the record, Kaylynn? Apparently very eager to get going on her honeymoon.
She comes back pregnant, because of ACR. Then the next three days are pretty boring because I just have her and Adrian skill. Kaylynn even goes to work while pregnant, because she's a Fortune sim and will go insane if she can't make moneys.
And I redecorate the heir bedroom, of course. It's in red for Adrian and orange for Kaylynn, who was wearing orange as a dormie so why not. Even though she ran around in her llama cultist blazer most of the time.
After three days, it's baby time, and...
um
wut
Good thing we have three adults to hold those three babies.
Left to right: Doc Boy, with the Merrick purple eyes and brown hair; Lyman, with Adrian's mom Daisy's blue eyes and brown hair; and Arlene, the one girl, with Kaylynn's gray eyes and more brown hair. I wish there wasn't so much pale skin here, but it's interesting that each triplet got one of the three inheritable eye colors that their parents had to offer.
For some reason, Grandma Daisy shows up, in a bikini, to stare at her grandchildren for a while. Which is... cute, I guess? Let's assume cute.
Also! The Other Haffa Changing Table does not play well with the Radiance lighting system. In that it turns your babies into Black Baby Beel.
Whichever baby this was: DABU.
Oh my god you guys house with three babies D: D: D:
Although Michael is apparently having the time of his life. He keeps rolling one want after another to teach the kids stuff once they hit toddler -- this is what his wants panel looks like AFTER I let him teach Arlene to talk and potty.
Also? Toddler dance party.
I haven't really shown Kaylynn, not even after making her over, which is sort of sad for her. However, I can promise you that she's definitely been welcomed to the Merrick family in the most exciting way possible.
You're one of us now! :D
I also haven't done much screenshotting of the toddlers because, well, they're toddlers. They play with their toys and yell for attention and need to be taught how to pee in a bucket. Also, I think the boys are faceclones of each other.
Kaylynn: FUCK GHOSTS :D :D :D
Adrian: Yes, dear.
Kaylynn: :D
Adrian: I like omelettes. :3
Kaylynn: Seriously, dude. Ghosts blow.
Adrian: . o O ( Eggies are tasty. )
Kaylynn: And the next time I see one of those undead bastards, I'm gonna...
Adrian: . o O ( Tasty with peppers an' tomatoes an' onions... )
Kaylynn: ...well, I'm not sure what I'll do, actually. I mean, they're already dead.
Adrian: . o O ( Oooh! And cheese! )
Kaylynn: I just really don't like ghosts. :(
Adrian: Nummy num cheese!
Oh, and good news you guys!
Lyman and Doc Boy aren't faceclones!
It's actually Doc Boy and Arlene.
*headdesk*
Lyman has his dad's mouth and his mom's nose; the others have their mom's mouth and their dad's nose. And Lyman has a different jaw, but I'm not sure whose is whose there.
And they all have brown hair, which means any one of 'em could have the recessive blonde that's been passed down since Titania founded this whole shebang. Doc Boy also has Titania's eyes, and Arlene could potentially have them in her recessive slot. Lyman's a special snowflake there, too -- since he's displaying Adrian's maternal-side blue, he can't have Adrian's paternal-side purple.
ghost!jerkface Derek: Um, hello! Who cares about Adrian's dumb little brats when I AM MISSING MY SHIRT!
Huh, so you are.
ghost!jerkface Derek: And the afterlife is pretty fuckin' cold, for your information.
ghost!jerkface Derek: FIND MY SHIRT OR I WILL CUT YOU.
Yikes.
It takes me a couple of real-life days to figure out what happened to his shirt. I do already know at this point that my pollination technicians appear to have gone on vacation -- alien impregnation isn't happening at all, not even when I force it with cheats -- and some (but not all) sims I dumped into the SavedSims folder aren't showing up in the Sim Bin in-game.
*gasp* A Sims 2 game? Slowly but surely becoming unstable and glitchy for no apparent reason, and without any particular change aside from normal gameplay? THAT'S UNPOSSIBLE!
Sarcasm aside, jerkface Derek woke Kaylynn up like 25679327842 times that night, presumably because he blamed her for his missing shirt. DUDE IT WAS NOT HER FAULT GAH.
As Michael nears the end of his days, it becomes apparent that he doesn't get on well with either his grandson Doc Boy...
Doc Boy: Lol! Flowers are so lame, old man!
...or his other grandson Lyman.
Lyman: WHAT I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LIKE MONEY
Lyman: D8
Doc Boy: Heh. Flowers.
But he and Arlene are besties, and as soon as I realized/remembered that kids could get in the photobooth, I decided that he would satisfy his "take a photo" wish with her. And now the photo hangs over her bed.
Arlene: I'm gonna see who used the guitar, k grandpa?
Michael: That's nice, kiddo. Gramps will be with you soon as he finishes pissing himself in terror.
The ghosts are really getting kind of ridiculous.
And speaking of ghosts...
One fine night around 5:50, Michael goes out to play the drums that have mysteriously appeared in the backyard. Arlene approves of this.
Then Arlene dances as Michael continues to play.
For hours.
At last, Michael's elderly bladder can take no more, and he gets up. I prepare myself to say goodbye -- he's survived the 6:00 age-transition turnover by over five hours, but his lifebar is still full, and I know he won't be seeing the sun come up tomorrow.
Then he... walks calmly to the toilet.
And after he's done in there, he sits in his room for a while.
Then, at 1:00, he gets up to tuck in one of the kids. Except Grim finally shows up instead, totally ruining what could have been pretty much the d'aww-ing-est moment ever.
Michael: Hey skullface, you maybe wanna back up off me with them damn bony fingers? Unless you want me to feed them to you. Because I swear I'll do it.
Death: LOOK, JUST TAKE THE SUITCASE AND THE DRINK, ALL RIGHT? I DIDN'T COME HERE LOOKING FOR A FIGHT.
And then Michael realizes that he is going to a place where there are both scantily-clad girls and booze.
Michael: Giggity.
Michael: This isn't actually my suitcase, but whatever!
Michael: o/~ Ohhh, I'm gonna get drunk, and I'm gonna get laid... o/~
Michael was very popular in the community.
Death: UGH, FINALLY. I'M OUT OF HERE. GET THE LIGHTS, WILL YOU, GLADYS?
Hula zombie: Sure thing, boss! [click]
And that's all. The house is silent now. The whole family slept through Michael's death; they won't even have a chance to react until they wake up in the morning.
The next day, Adrian goes to work, and for some reason finds it somewhat difficult! Maybe it's, oh, I dunno, HE WOKE UP TO FIND HIS DAD'S COLD CORPSEY ASHES THAT MORNING.
But nobody cares.
Adrian: A-derrrp :(
I know, sweetie. I'm sorry.
Adrian: Oh, no, and I wound up coming home at the same time as Kaylynn... this is so embarrassing...
Adrian: OH COME ON!
Dang, that is some awkward timing.
Adrian: Kaylynn I don't know what to doooo I hope you still love me even though I'm a faaaailure :( :( :(
Good news, everyone! Adrian found something to do.
He went right over to the hot tub as soon as he was done pouting. It'd be cute if it wasn't so desperate.
That night is triplet birthday tiemz! Doc Boy's a little slow.
Arlene, LTW to marry off six kids...
Lyman, LTW to top the medical career just like his dad wants to...
Doc Boy, LTW to become a criminal mastermind like great-grandpa jerkface Derek.
The kids all reroll wants, and while this entry in Lyman's panel is familiar...
...this one is not. Come on, Lyman! You weren't enemies with grandpa! Wanting to see his ghost is just creepy. (I still locked it.)
After all, ghosts are a frequent sight around these parts. Doc Boy got scared twice his first night as a teen, and his bed isn't even in their upstairs stomping grounds.
Oh, come on! I fixed your shirt! Why won't you stop whining for at least a night now that I've fixed your shirt?
Michael's doing it now too. :(
I am completely tired of all the same old dating options from the last four generations, so I age up a half-dozen townie children into teens, and then have the Merrick youngsters check them out. Turns out that makes everyone gay. Whoops.
Aaaaand then my computer overheats and shuts down and the aging-up never happened (plus I lose a hilarious picture of ghost!jerkface Derek yelling about being lonely while two of the Merrick kids are on dates right behind him). At least now that I'm finally forced to get around to dusting out all my vents, I get to enjoy the experience of NOT having the cooling fan running on high 24/7, including when I get up in the morning and the computer hasn't been touched in eight hours.
But don't worry, I age the townie kids up again and all the Merrick kids are still gay. (Actually Arlene and Lyman are bi, but whatever. They're still HOMMASEKSHULS MABEL GET MAH GUN.)
And that's as good a time to stop as any! Tune in next time, when I try to figure out who would make the best heir. Two of the kids are faceclones of each other, so potential spouses will definitely be major deciding factors.
Next time: once again, possibly the gen 2 spares update, if I can ever get around to webifying the pictures. Or more gen 5. I have another update played already. With the heir STILL completely undecided.
Previous entries:
Preamble + 1.1
2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5
3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | House tour
4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4
Preamble + 1.1
2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5
3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | House tour
4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4
General warning: sometimes I swear.
Last time: Generation 4 of the Merrick family enjoyed college, with all its books and naked people. I made them all go on dates, and Aldo annoyed me by having a fresh combo of personality points, dark skin, AND a three-bolt sweetie with S4 skin and an interesting face... but incredibly boring facial features. It was pretty early on that I decided that the delightfully derpy Adrian would become heir. Meanwhile, Toby talked to invisible people, Kurt got stalked by dormies, Drew was... uh... kind of boring, apparently... and everyone wound up proposing to someone they wuved. Also Kurt and Toby got knocked up. Then Adrian came back to the ancestral manse to start the next generation!
This time:
All right, let's do this thing.
Boom! Kaylynn!
Blam! Merricks!
Ker-pow! More Merricks, most of whom I never set formalwear for!
Some formation Smustling...
And standing under a rose-bedecked arch with a lovely woman in a... black dress? Huh. Odd choice, K.
It's a wedding!
And so, as the happy couple pledges their... love...
...to each other...
...
Kurt is a creeper. Maybe he's been taking lessons from his husband Forrest?
Actually, I just put the arch backwards way back when I built the wedding area in generation 3. Michael never used it in gen 4 because he never got married. Now Adrian's using it and I'm discovering my mistake.
Everyone: Yay! Something is happening on the other side of these trees possibly! [clap clap clap]
Kaylynn: Hey, do you hear something on the other side of those trees?
Adrian: Mmmphgm.
I forgot to buy a cake, so no getting to see if Adrian is a smusher.
Dang. Some other not-established-legacy household probably could've used all that money.
For the record, Kaylynn? Apparently very eager to get going on her honeymoon.
She comes back pregnant, because of ACR. Then the next three days are pretty boring because I just have her and Adrian skill. Kaylynn even goes to work while pregnant, because she's a Fortune sim and will go insane if she can't make moneys.
And I redecorate the heir bedroom, of course. It's in red for Adrian and orange for Kaylynn, who was wearing orange as a dormie so why not. Even though she ran around in her llama cultist blazer most of the time.
After three days, it's baby time, and...
um
wut
Good thing we have three adults to hold those three babies.
Left to right: Doc Boy, with the Merrick purple eyes and brown hair; Lyman, with Adrian's mom Daisy's blue eyes and brown hair; and Arlene, the one girl, with Kaylynn's gray eyes and more brown hair. I wish there wasn't so much pale skin here, but it's interesting that each triplet got one of the three inheritable eye colors that their parents had to offer.
For some reason, Grandma Daisy shows up, in a bikini, to stare at her grandchildren for a while. Which is... cute, I guess? Let's assume cute.
Also! The Other Haffa Changing Table does not play well with the Radiance lighting system. In that it turns your babies into Black Baby Beel.
Whichever baby this was: DABU.
Oh my god you guys house with three babies D: D: D:
Although Michael is apparently having the time of his life. He keeps rolling one want after another to teach the kids stuff once they hit toddler -- this is what his wants panel looks like AFTER I let him teach Arlene to talk and potty.
Also? Toddler dance party.
I haven't really shown Kaylynn, not even after making her over, which is sort of sad for her. However, I can promise you that she's definitely been welcomed to the Merrick family in the most exciting way possible.
You're one of us now! :D
I also haven't done much screenshotting of the toddlers because, well, they're toddlers. They play with their toys and yell for attention and need to be taught how to pee in a bucket. Also, I think the boys are faceclones of each other.
Kaylynn: FUCK GHOSTS :D :D :D
Adrian: Yes, dear.
Kaylynn: :D
Adrian: I like omelettes. :3
Kaylynn: Seriously, dude. Ghosts blow.
Adrian: . o O ( Eggies are tasty. )
Kaylynn: And the next time I see one of those undead bastards, I'm gonna...
Adrian: . o O ( Tasty with peppers an' tomatoes an' onions... )
Kaylynn: ...well, I'm not sure what I'll do, actually. I mean, they're already dead.
Adrian: . o O ( Oooh! And cheese! )
Kaylynn: I just really don't like ghosts. :(
Adrian: Nummy num cheese!
Oh, and good news you guys!
Lyman and Doc Boy aren't faceclones!
It's actually Doc Boy and Arlene.
*headdesk*
Lyman has his dad's mouth and his mom's nose; the others have their mom's mouth and their dad's nose. And Lyman has a different jaw, but I'm not sure whose is whose there.
And they all have brown hair, which means any one of 'em could have the recessive blonde that's been passed down since Titania founded this whole shebang. Doc Boy also has Titania's eyes, and Arlene could potentially have them in her recessive slot. Lyman's a special snowflake there, too -- since he's displaying Adrian's maternal-side blue, he can't have Adrian's paternal-side purple.
ghost!jerkface Derek: Um, hello! Who cares about Adrian's dumb little brats when I AM MISSING MY SHIRT!
Huh, so you are.
ghost!jerkface Derek: And the afterlife is pretty fuckin' cold, for your information.
ghost!jerkface Derek: FIND MY SHIRT OR I WILL CUT YOU.
Yikes.
It takes me a couple of real-life days to figure out what happened to his shirt. I do already know at this point that my pollination technicians appear to have gone on vacation -- alien impregnation isn't happening at all, not even when I force it with cheats -- and some (but not all) sims I dumped into the SavedSims folder aren't showing up in the Sim Bin in-game.
*gasp* A Sims 2 game? Slowly but surely becoming unstable and glitchy for no apparent reason, and without any particular change aside from normal gameplay? THAT'S UNPOSSIBLE!
Sarcasm aside, jerkface Derek woke Kaylynn up like 25679327842 times that night, presumably because he blamed her for his missing shirt. DUDE IT WAS NOT HER FAULT GAH.
As Michael nears the end of his days, it becomes apparent that he doesn't get on well with either his grandson Doc Boy...
Doc Boy: Lol! Flowers are so lame, old man!
...or his other grandson Lyman.
Lyman: WHAT I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LIKE MONEY
Lyman: D8
Doc Boy: Heh. Flowers.
But he and Arlene are besties, and as soon as I realized/remembered that kids could get in the photobooth, I decided that he would satisfy his "take a photo" wish with her. And now the photo hangs over her bed.
Arlene: I'm gonna see who used the guitar, k grandpa?
Michael: That's nice, kiddo. Gramps will be with you soon as he finishes pissing himself in terror.
The ghosts are really getting kind of ridiculous.
And speaking of ghosts...
One fine night around 5:50, Michael goes out to play the drums that have mysteriously appeared in the backyard. Arlene approves of this.
Then Arlene dances as Michael continues to play.
For hours.
At last, Michael's elderly bladder can take no more, and he gets up. I prepare myself to say goodbye -- he's survived the 6:00 age-transition turnover by over five hours, but his lifebar is still full, and I know he won't be seeing the sun come up tomorrow.
Then he... walks calmly to the toilet.
And after he's done in there, he sits in his room for a while.
Then, at 1:00, he gets up to tuck in one of the kids. Except Grim finally shows up instead, totally ruining what could have been pretty much the d'aww-ing-est moment ever.
Michael: Hey skullface, you maybe wanna back up off me with them damn bony fingers? Unless you want me to feed them to you. Because I swear I'll do it.
Death: LOOK, JUST TAKE THE SUITCASE AND THE DRINK, ALL RIGHT? I DIDN'T COME HERE LOOKING FOR A FIGHT.
And then Michael realizes that he is going to a place where there are both scantily-clad girls and booze.
Michael: Giggity.
Michael: This isn't actually my suitcase, but whatever!
Michael: o/~ Ohhh, I'm gonna get drunk, and I'm gonna get laid... o/~
Michael was very popular in the community.
Death: UGH, FINALLY. I'M OUT OF HERE. GET THE LIGHTS, WILL YOU, GLADYS?
Hula zombie: Sure thing, boss! [click]
And that's all. The house is silent now. The whole family slept through Michael's death; they won't even have a chance to react until they wake up in the morning.
The next day, Adrian goes to work, and for some reason finds it somewhat difficult! Maybe it's, oh, I dunno, HE WOKE UP TO FIND HIS DAD'S COLD CORPSEY ASHES THAT MORNING.
But nobody cares.
Adrian: A-derrrp :(
I know, sweetie. I'm sorry.
Adrian: Oh, no, and I wound up coming home at the same time as Kaylynn... this is so embarrassing...
Adrian: OH COME ON!
Dang, that is some awkward timing.
Adrian: Kaylynn I don't know what to doooo I hope you still love me even though I'm a faaaailure :( :( :(
Good news, everyone! Adrian found something to do.
He went right over to the hot tub as soon as he was done pouting. It'd be cute if it wasn't so desperate.
That night is triplet birthday tiemz! Doc Boy's a little slow.
Arlene, LTW to marry off six kids...
Lyman, LTW to top the medical career just like his dad wants to...
Doc Boy, LTW to become a criminal mastermind like great-grandpa jerkface Derek.
The kids all reroll wants, and while this entry in Lyman's panel is familiar...
...this one is not. Come on, Lyman! You weren't enemies with grandpa! Wanting to see his ghost is just creepy. (I still locked it.)
After all, ghosts are a frequent sight around these parts. Doc Boy got scared twice his first night as a teen, and his bed isn't even in their upstairs stomping grounds.
Oh, come on! I fixed your shirt! Why won't you stop whining for at least a night now that I've fixed your shirt?
Michael's doing it now too. :(
I am completely tired of all the same old dating options from the last four generations, so I age up a half-dozen townie children into teens, and then have the Merrick youngsters check them out. Turns out that makes everyone gay. Whoops.
Aaaaand then my computer overheats and shuts down and the aging-up never happened (plus I lose a hilarious picture of ghost!jerkface Derek yelling about being lonely while two of the Merrick kids are on dates right behind him). At least now that I'm finally forced to get around to dusting out all my vents, I get to enjoy the experience of NOT having the cooling fan running on high 24/7, including when I get up in the morning and the computer hasn't been touched in eight hours.
But don't worry, I age the townie kids up again and all the Merrick kids are still gay. (Actually Arlene and Lyman are bi, but whatever. They're still HOMMASEKSHULS MABEL GET MAH GUN.)
And that's as good a time to stop as any! Tune in next time, when I try to figure out who would make the best heir. Two of the kids are faceclones of each other, so potential spouses will definitely be major deciding factors.
Next time: once again, possibly the gen 2 spares update, if I can ever get around to webifying the pictures. Or more gen 5. I have another update played already. With the heir STILL completely undecided.
