Jonas finally finished checking all the artifacts they dug up and I think the collection is complete.
The last one he finished was the relic that turns people in to skeletons...
... I had to check it out.
Finally, Lukas aged up, and he doesn't have the alien skintone, so if he's the heir the alien skintone will be no more (unless there's future abductions).
Sad news. After playing with his toddler daughter and woohing in a wardrobe with his wife, Jonas Garner became hysterical and died of laughing.
It was a bit of a surprise, hence the fact I only managed one quick screenshot. Ariana did plead but the Reaper said 'nope'. Although there is a Risky Woohoo percent, I'm positive Ariana is not in the family way (the same settings allow for a test and it also says 'nope' - phew!).
Not keeping an eye on Lukas' needs since he's a child and can more or less take care of himself... Big Mistake. Sim Social workers spirited him out of the house and the sim god (me) aided by MCC, rescued him from a random adoption and popped him in with his aunts and uncles. Ariana transferred half her cash to him, so they had to move to a cheaper home.
Grabbed this trailer off the gallery (I can't remember the name of the creator) and changed the colour scheme outside and gutted the inside to squeeze in another bedroom.
Ariana went for a steam at the local spa, and, this is the first time I've done this with a solo sim, she got a bit hot and bothered.
Although why she ran out of the sauna to die is beyond me!
Her urn stayed put until I could have Nyla retrieve it.
After a night in the trailer on her own,
Nyla decided to move. Ariana left her a fair few simoleans.
Nyla has moved into this house. It's barely furnished and pretty sizeable. She has the aspiration to become a master vampire, it's on hold until she can ask someone to turn her (I think she has to be a YA).
Caleb came (as he always does in Forgotten Hollow)
As did this gentleman... Who is his Dad/Grandad? Answers on a postcard...
Yes, it's spawn of Vlad, I love his green eyebrows!
edit - Just took a peek in manage worlds and his name is Luke Straud and he's Vlad's Grandson (Grandma unknown, I guess she's been culled). His mother was Jasmin Straud (died of old age and her other half has been culled too) and he has a half brother, Rogelio Straud who is married to Christin Straud (No idea who her parents are, but her siblings are Heckings!) and they have no kids together (yet) but Rogelio has Jean Piper (m) and Kori Straud (f). Luke is married to Lillie Straud and they have two daughters Stacey and Kelsi. They are living with the Vatore family (not sure why) and although Lilith is still footloose and fancy free, Caleb is married to Mizuki, a fellow vampire and they no children, but Caleb has a daughter, mother unknown, but she wasn't a vampire because Tracey isn't.
The roofing drove me crazy but there's two bedrooms (If they ever get furnished) in the attic space and a bathroom. It doesn't help I really hate the roof not disappearing when I'm looking at a particular room so it's several pieces. Half gable (I think that's what its called) on the sides, up to wall height and then a full gable on top of the walls, adjusted to make it look like one roof, and I can't even think about the pain of the half hipped bit to the side. Sufficed to say there's an awful lot of separate roofing pieces!
Nyla managed to get to an A grade thanks to all her homework and projects.
Lukas aged up and Mathias died of old age.
As soon as she aged to YA, Nyla lost no time in persuading her vampire friend, Dylan Forrester, to turn her.
I have no plans for him to be anything more than friends and he's kinda served his purpose now!
It took a few days but Nyla finally became a vampire.
Normal form.
Dark form (after some makeup and clothing editing, jogging bottoms, jumper, gloves and sunglasses really didn't do it for me!).
and decided to take Nyla to Selvadorada. Only doing archeology and exploring at night was a pain!
But, she got to the temple before daybreak!
She also got the personal sun blessing, thankfully it didn't fry her, whether that's by design, or mod conflict!
Also at one point the only deactivation that would work meant she had to be inspired, thankfully, she was (eventually, had to stay until the next night and have her stargaze). I haven't had it forced that the mood pad was the only way to progress before.
She finished the temple and headed home (frying slightly on the way!)
When she got home, I had her work on archaeology...
and piece together some relics. Sadly due to her blessing she had to test them on Patella.
Posting off novels when the sun is still out... bad idea!
Watson is still a bit vampire bamboozled...
Nyla invited Sai over (Watson's husband)
and worked her vampy magic on him...
...until his elderly heart gave out (much like poor old Patella).
Grim still isn't having any flirting, the black undies did nothing...
Somehow Watson found out (I like to think Nyla told him, but I guess it's those psychic sims again) and he had a bit of a breakdown,
and managed to starve himself to death. I just stopped directing him to do stuff, autonomy was on but he just kept peeing himself and passing out and then he died!
I just read through all of your updates! I am loving this! I’m kind of shocked by how often your sims throw drama your way...dying and falling pregnant - it is kind of awesome to read and follow their story.
Its because I don't pay enough attention to them, if I properly pay attention they rarely die. I will admit that most of Nyla's dead food has been on purpose though! As for pregnancy, I have an MCC module set for Risky Woohoo, so I rarely have to try for baby, it just happens
Wade
and
Erica
have aged up and are definitely not Vampires (darn!).
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...Very well!
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They've had twins,
Felipe
and Jayme.
Ariana and Jonas have welcomed Lukas Garner.
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Jonas finally finished checking all the artifacts they dug up and I think the collection is complete.
The last one he finished was the relic that turns people in to skeletons...
... I had to check it out.
Finally, Lukas aged up, and he doesn't have the alien skintone, so if he's the heir the alien skintone will be no more (unless there's future abductions).
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Nyla Garner was born.
Felipe
and Jayme aged up.
and Nyla aged to toddler.
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It was a bit of a surprise, hence the fact I only managed one quick screenshot. Ariana did plead but the Reaper said 'nope'. Although there is a Risky Woohoo percent, I'm positive Ariana is not in the family way (the same settings allow for a test and it also says 'nope' - phew!).
Edit - Lukas aged up
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Grabbed this trailer off the gallery (I can't remember the name of the creator) and changed the colour scheme outside and gutted the inside to squeeze in another bedroom.
edit- and Nyla aged up.
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Felipe
and Lukas aged up.
So Nyla had a mini makeover.
Her and Ariana are enjoying their new home.
They went out for Nyla's Birthday
Nyla aged up into a teen and has taken an interest in vampires.
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and is sneaking out to the local Vampire Club.
Where she creepily bumped into her Dad's ghost...
...and various vampires.
Ariana went for a steam at the local spa, and, this is the first time I've done this with a solo sim, she got a bit hot and bothered.
Although why she ran out of the sauna to die is beyond me!
Her urn stayed put until I could have Nyla retrieve it.
After a night in the trailer on her own,
Nyla decided to move. Ariana left her a fair few simoleans.
Nyla has moved into this house. It's barely furnished and pretty sizeable. She has the aspiration to become a master vampire, it's on hold until she can ask someone to turn her (I think she has to be a YA).
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Caleb came (as he always does in Forgotten Hollow)
As did this gentleman... Who is his Dad/Grandad? Answers on a postcard...
Yes, it's spawn of Vlad, I love his green eyebrows!
edit - Just took a peek in manage worlds and his name is Luke Straud and he's Vlad's Grandson (Grandma unknown, I guess she's been culled). His mother was Jasmin Straud (died of old age and her other half has been culled too) and he has a half brother, Rogelio Straud who is married to Christin Straud (No idea who her parents are, but her siblings are Heckings!) and they have no kids together (yet) but Rogelio has Jean Piper (m) and Kori Straud (f). Luke is married to Lillie Straud and they have two daughters Stacey and Kelsi. They are living with the Vatore family (not sure why) and although Lilith is still footloose and fancy free, Caleb is married to Mizuki, a fellow vampire and they no children, but Caleb has a daughter, mother unknown, but she wasn't a vampire because Tracey isn't.
Phew, it's like Eastenders or something!
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Nyla is still trying to befriend a vampire so she can get vamped once she's a YA.
She went to the vampire club again too, but there's a lack of vampire patrons!
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The roofing drove me crazy but there's two bedrooms (If they ever get furnished) in the attic space and a bathroom. It doesn't help I really hate the roof not disappearing when I'm looking at a particular room so it's several pieces. Half gable (I think that's what its called) on the sides, up to wall height and then a full gable on top of the walls, adjusted to make it look like one roof, and I can't even think about the pain of the half hipped bit to the side. Sufficed to say there's an awful lot of separate roofing pieces!
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Lukas aged up and Mathias died of old age.
As soon as she aged to YA, Nyla lost no time in persuading her vampire friend, Dylan Forrester, to turn her.
I have no plans for him to be anything more than friends and he's kinda served his purpose now!
It took a few days but Nyla finally became a vampire.
Normal form.
Dark form (after some makeup and clothing editing, jogging bottoms, jumper, gloves and sunglasses really didn't do it for me!).
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Since she needs a regular source of food, Nyla went to Vlad's (the club) to see who she could find.
She bumped into Patella Osso (Her mam was also Patella Osso and her dad is Humerus Osso, both skeletons).
and decided she'd do. She lured her home and pounced!
Patella awoke to find she'd been locked into her new 'home'. Nyla now had food handy!
It appears even Vampires can catch a cold (or whatever this is)
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She fought the poor woman three times to complete the step!
She's also starting to use her 'food' to satisfy her 'fun' need too.
but she's still 'food' too...
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Felipe
and Jayme
and decided to take Nyla to Selvadorada. Only doing archeology and exploring at night was a pain!
But, she got to the temple before daybreak!
She also got the personal sun blessing, thankfully it didn't fry her, whether that's by design, or mod conflict!
Also at one point the only deactivation that would work meant she had to be inspired, thankfully, she was (eventually, had to stay until the next night and have her stargaze). I haven't had it forced that the mood pad was the only way to progress before.
She finished the temple and headed home (frying slightly on the way!)
When she got home, I had her work on archaeology...
and piece together some relics. Sadly due to her blessing she had to test them on Patella.
Apparently its a sneezing curse!
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and they've had a daughter Elisa Rocca.
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Nyla didn't really seem to care, she just tried flirting with Grim.
Nyla went out to pick up a new source of food and bumped into Watson Acharya, husband of Sai Acharya and great grandson of Vlad.
She decided to put him sneakily to sleep
Before bringing back to his new home, where her flirty vampire doodad did the rest.
and now she has a source of food handy!
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Watson is still a bit vampire bamboozled...
Nyla invited Sai over (Watson's husband)
and worked her vampy magic on him...
...until his elderly heart gave out (much like poor old Patella).
Grim still isn't having any flirting, the black undies did nothing...
Somehow Watson found out (I like to think Nyla told him, but I guess it's those psychic sims again) and he had a bit of a breakdown,
and managed to starve himself to death. I just stopped directing him to do stuff, autonomy was on but he just kept peeing himself and passing out and then he died!
So Nyla is without food ... again!
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Elisa to child,
and Taylor to a toddler.
Nyla bamboozled Isaac O'Neill,
and he found himself in the basement accommodation (dungeon).
She left no time filling up her fun,
and thirst bars!
It seems even Vampires can succumb to Risky Woohoo!
It was twins,
Wade Garner,
and
Erica Garner.
From what I can see now they've aged to toddler, neither of them are Vampires, although Wade certainly has his mother's colouring!
edit- the family TREE certainly seems to be growing!
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Wade
and
Erica
have aged up and are definitely not Vampires (darn!).
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Erica has drawn lots of pictures for her bedroom wall,
Played a lot of chess (mostly with Nyla)
and even experimented a fair bit. Its the first time ever a sim hasn't started a blaze with the science table!
Sadly Isaac died, of old age this time, in the fake garden in the basement (Only room outside his 'cell' he had access to).
I think Nyla will probably forego a captive food source for a while!
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Elisa Rocca and
Taylor Rocca aged up, I must have just caught Taylor because...
He aged to teen shortly after I noticed he was a child!
Erica and Wade were next to age up.
Erica is doing a custom aspiration of Homesteading by justjones over at Mod the Sims..
She's working on Gardening
and Fishing.
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and there have been a fair few age ups.
Taylor Rocca,
Elisa Rocca,
Who has married Kolton Rocca (took her name)
Then Wade Garner,
and Erica Garner,
Who has taken an early inheritance (Nyla is still very much alive undead.) and has moved into a large cabin style home in Brindleton Bay.
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