When Daisy woke up, I had her do some more work on her athletic skill.
Meanwhile, I had Ariana do some more paintings. She is 105 days old currently.
I also decided that Lily needed to learn the athletic skill, as it is one of her traits, just like her mother.
Then it was time for Daisy to work in the garden. She is just $2000 shy of reaching the top of the gardener career.
Harlan decided to help Rose learn chess. She got the first couple skill points and he is about halfway through the skill.
Then I sent Daisy on a jog around town for a while, with the brain enhancing power enabled. It came from the PlantSim mod.
Upon returning home, I had Daisy start to teach Lily how to drive. I'll have to buy a fourth car soon so that Lily has her own.
Just a random picture of some descendants protesting at City Hall.
I had sent Ariana to the Bistro for an opportunity, but it was her time to pass away and she left early. I got a notification saying she failed the opportunity.
Harlan and Lily zoomed to the Bistro as fast as they could, and they happened to get there in time to see Ariana beg the Reaper. However, he refused, and she died for good.
Even though they were upset, I had them watch the cooking channel to get their minds off Ariana's death.
***I messed around too much last night and only ended up playing one day before going to bed. I plan on playing more tonight.
***Not changing the name of the story thread, but I've only got Goth's living in the house now so updates are changing to the Goth family.
To start this update, I waited for everyone to get ready then sent Harlan to the cake. He is now an Adult and has a midlife crisis. This is his second time hitting this life stage, and it'll also be his last. He's basically lived two lifetimes.
Afterwards, Daisy took Lily to practice driving again. This time, she completed her training and she can now drive a car. Speaking of which, my Corvette went missing so not sure who took it. Still have the Silverado and Camaro though.
Rose watched some TV for a bit, I believe it was the kids channel.
Harlan needed to throw a party for an opportunity, so I decided to have him dance for a bit until they got there. I wanted the partygoers out in the kitchen since it is the biggest open area other than outside.
Daisy talked with Sheena a bit at the party. She and the other family members actually spent time with a lot of family.
I had sent Rose over to Dwight's house to visit relatives. However, she spent most of the time playing tag with him until this happened. Looks like his head is caught in the fence.
An aerial view of the partygoers dancing.
When the party had ended, Daisy went to work in the garden.
I had Lily work with the chemistry table some. She hasn't got them all yet.
Daisy did some more exercising in an attempt to reach the top of the skill.
Harlan wanted a little loving so he and Daisy ended up kissing, and woohooing.
Daisy had a low social meter for some reason, so I had her chat with her hologram creature.
In the morning, the family ate pancakes for breakfast.
Both Harlan and Daisy had wishes related to athletics so that is what they started out with after breakfast. Daisy was very close to getting athletics finished.
They went on a date after Daisy finished in the garden. I never really have Sims windsurf so decided to have them do that.
Daisy asked her distant relative, Alex Langerak, out to the beach. However, he said no so she ended up calling Brannon Naquin instead. I was going off the guys she already showed interest in.
They did their homework together and about that time, I heard Harlan and Daisy stop windsurfing.
Lily had a wish to learn guitar, so she took it out in the kitchen to learn to play. Luckily, her time on the xylophone as a toddler paid off and she started out at level 2.
Either later that night, or early the next morning, Lily worked more on her athletic skill.
For some reason while she was playing chess, Daisy looked at the wall.
Rose had a wish to preside over the Royal Court, and since it was easy, I granted that wish. She's only staying in the household until she gets married later on but it'll help her if I get her some rewards.
Daisy went to the park since it was one of her wishes, and I had her chat with some of the townies there. To be honest, it's mostly descendants of Emily that are still left, but a lot of them are distant cousins now. This woman's name is Beth (Sekemoto) Gaffney, and she is married to a pudding face that the game generated. She is the granddaughter of Sam Sekemoto and Rain (Forest-Sekemoto) Langerak. Her mother is the daughter of Christen Bunch, so this does make her a distant relative of Daisy's. (I have to thank my FamilyEcho tree for this one, I use it to reference how someone is related so I can keep track).
Daisy felt a bit more comfortable with skating, so she got a wish to do a spin.
Rose and Lily are both good at doing their homework autonomously.
Daisy still needs to reach the top of the logic skill to complete her LTW, so I had her challenge Harlan to a few games of chess.
For the first time in her life, Lily photosynthesized outside.
Lily invited Brannon over again and he said yes so they hung out for a bit in the front yard. If they end up together, his name might slightly get altered to Brandon. However, either way, I got rid of his old haircut and slightly edited his face.
Then, I had them start to flirt a bit and Brannon seemed very receptive to it. It led to Lily pressing her luck and giving him a kiss.
I sent them over to one of the pools in town to swim, when I realized that Brannon was wearing a diving suit.
Lily saw that Troy Langerak was at the pool so she went to talk with him. He is Dwight's son.
Then it was time for Rose to age up. I was getting tired at this point, so I didn't give her a makeover yet.
@Brandontaylor
It looks like Daisy and Harlan are having fun windsurfing!
Nice to see that decendants of the Bunches and the Sekemotos are still around!
The flower girls are looking good, so is Brannon. I can see why you would change his name to Brandon
Does plantsims have longer lifespans than normal sims?
@ZhakiraP Yeah, they did seem to be having fun.
I believe it is just Goth's, Langerak's, Bunches, and Sekemoto's left in the world now. Probably would have been more if I would have stopped aging for the first week or so to let other Sims have babies. Think when I do the move after generation 10, I'll pause aging for a week so that townies have more time to start families.
Yeah, I associate Brannon more as a last name than I do a first name for a few reasons.
No, Plantsims live the same lifespan as regular Sims. However, Daisy previously wished for a longer life from a genie, so she has a double lifespan now.
Thanks for the comments! Be on the lookout for more coming up in a bit.
Here is Rose after her makeover. I didn't touch her genetics at all, so her face is 100% identical to her mothers. However, I gave her a different hairstyle and makeup to so it should help make them look a bit different.
Brannon (haven't officially renamed him to Brandon yet) was still at the house, and he didn't join the birthday party. Instead, he did his homework. It seems funny to see so much green hair at the table.
Then, since Rose is now a teenager, I decided that Harlan would be the one to teach her to drive. She wasn't as lucky as her sister because she had to learn to drive in this big truck.
Daisy stayed home for the day again so she could continue with the logic skill. I may have to have her throw a protest to get the skill building moodlet, or there are other ways to help.
Lily gave Brannon one of her flower kisses, and he was happy about it. Then she asked him to go steady and he accepted.
The following morning, Lily was trying to learn the cooking skill. I might just send her to classes on a weekend day so that she gets several skills.
Harlan and Daisy had tried for baby a few times after Rose was born, and I happened to realize there were two seeds I hadn't used. I had her plant them a few days prior and it was time to harvest them. Daisy harvested a girl she named Ivy (after Poison Ivy from Batman, which I plan on basing this Ivy), and Harlan harvested another girl named Holly. For both girls, I used the parent who didn't pick them and used MC to transfer a bit of their genetics into the kids as well. This way, they won't be clones of their parents, or their sisters.
Daisy went to the park for a bit, just to enjoy the nice day. There, she ran into Beth (Sekemoto) Gaffney and they had a nice little chat while Jaimee played by their feet. Beth might get a makeover today when I play as I feel she needs a little tweaking in clothing, makeup, and hair if I feel like it.
The two friends took a picture together to remember this moment. I think this picture is cute.
Before she said goodbye, Daisy played with Jaimee a bit.
Daisy thought since it was such as nice day that she would photosynthesize at the park. However, this dog got confused about what he was seeing.
Then to close out this update, it was time for the teens to go to prom. Lily almost forgot about it, so I clicked on the limo to have her go. Unfortunately, it messed up Rose so I had to send her separately. Lily met up with Brannon there and was crowned Prom Queen, while Rose went alone. I'll see about hooking her up when I play tonight. I also got a notification that Brannon had aged up to young adult while at prom, so I better check in with him to see if he needs new clothes and hair.
Harlan got up and took care of one of the babies. I can't remember if it's Holly or Ivy.
Lily need to raise her fun meter some, so I had her play some chess.
Daisy worked some more in her garden in an attempt to get some perfect plants. I'm not sure what day she planted life fruit, but I know that I got a seed somehow. I didn't even know that I had it until I looked in inventory.
Lily invited Brandon (I changed his name) over to hang out. She asked him if he'd move in with her and he said he would. However, Harlan and Daisy said they would have to sleep in different beds.
After moving in, I found out Brandon had a romantic interest: Janis Langerak. I sent him to one of the parks to break things off with her. Needless to say, she wasn't very happy about it, but Brandon smoothed things over and they are still good friends.
Afterwards, I sent him to the park to see if there was a Potent Cure Elixir to make him a normal Sim. However, I didn't find one, so I'm debating whether to keep him as a fairy or not. I'm almost thinking I'll just keep him as a fairy.
Harlan and Brandon are the only ones who have to eat in the home. Sometimes, the Plantsim ladies do eat, even though they don't have to.
The two eldest daughters decided to play chess together. Lily also chatted with Rose about trying to find a boyfriend for her. Lily knows a guy who might be someone Rose would like, so Lily promises to give him a call soon.
Thought I could use a couple elixirs to get Daisy's last logic skill point, but they increased other skills instead.
Brandon wanted to get to know the family, so he decided to chat with Rose.
The "twins" had their birthday and immediately went to play with the dollhouse together. I need to edit Ivy's hair, was trying to go for a darker redhead since I named her Ivy. Pamela Isley (aka Poison Ivy) is a redhead, and I was going to slightly base this Ivy off the comic character.
Goth Family Update, Days 230 thru Days 233 continued
Lily was to her word and suggested that Alex Langerak take his sights off her, and to see if he had anything common with Rose instead. Luckily, they did hit it off and slowly worked up a relationship. On the other hand, he had 0 days left to age up and after he left, he became a young adult, and started dating someone. Looks like Rose will have to look elsewhere.
Harlan and Daisy took their children down to the kitchen and started to teach them how to walk.
Brandon decided to help them out by taking Rose driving.
Lily decided to play her guitar, and the option to make learning charisma and guitar her LTW came up. I went ahead and accepted that one, maybe I'll have Lily start a band with Rose playing keyboard. Not sure about the bass yet, but I think maybe Brandon for the drums.
More working in the garden for Daisy. I think I'll add some alchemy ingredients next.
I granted as many wishes for Brandon as I could, one of which was to learn a recipe. That was an easy one, others were visiting the festival, among other things.
Brandon is an angler, but the job he really wants is a stylist. Since I don't want him to be a stylist, he joined the angler career instead. He got wishes for that job, after the stylist one.
Then he used his fairy aura of soothing for a while as he exercised in front of the TV, shortly after this picture. I had more to post, but I accidentally killed Daisy so I deleted that. Also, my game crashed shortly after I resurrected her, so that was another reason. Day 234 will be different and Daisy won't have died since I found out what done it. With a mod, Plantsims can cause plants to grow faster, but it uses a bit of their hydration. I didn't realize this, and I accidentally used it one too many times. Let's just say that was a nightmare Harlan had and move on.
Daisy continued her work in the garden. She has a longer lifespan still due to a genie wish so she'll be around a while but since Lily has the Green Thumb trait, she can take over when Daisy is gone.
Harlan had another opportunity to exercise for 4 hours to get celebrity points. I want them to have high celebrity status for now, so I went ahead and done it. Eventually, I'll get rid of the celebrity status but not sure what town or generation I'll do that. In the background, the older daughters play chess again.
Brandon joined in as well, with the same opportunity. He used the aura that helps with athleticism, logic, etc. to help himself and Harlan. It also helped the girls as they played chess.
Upstairs a bit later, Harlan and Daisy helped the "twins" learn how to talk. They technically aren't twins but since they were born on the same day, they may as well be.
Since Brandon is in the angler career, I thought I'd get him started on it. He caught several fish, which I later sold to get him his first promotion.
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Brandon doesn't have the childish trait, but he wanted a trampoline for some reason. Wish granted.
The girls came back from school so I made sure they got their homework done before I let them do anything else.
Daisy still had one more person to get interested in the Bistro, so she ran across the street to the Israel household and got that finished.
Harlan and Brandon got to know each other a bit better over supper. The ladies were off doing other stuff and did not join the men.
Harlan got invited to a party so I sent everyone else to bed so I could focus on him at the party. He took an invigorating elixir to help him stay up longer, the last one I had. He caught up with one of Daisy's relatives, Jenna Langerak.
He also caught up with Dwight Langerak. Dwight and Rain just recently had another baby named Tyler. They already have a son named Troy.
@Brandontaylor
I thought Brandon was Dwight for some reason.
Anyway he is looking good!
The twins are cute!
Too bad about that Langerak guy for Rose, hearts and everything.
The speed of your lifespan settings are making my head spin
@ZhakiraP They are pretty similar in hairstyles. However, Dwight is living in another household now.
Thanks! He gets some of his good looks from his mother, Carrie (Langerak) Naquin.
Thank you, I'm hoping they grow up to be pretty young ladies.
Yeah, I know. I found some other potential spouses for her but not working out the best at the moment.
I kind of think I'm going to lengthen them a bit when I start the new town at generation 10/11. At least add 10 days to the lifespan to make it 100 or so. From the looks of things, I think fairies are the next occult state I'm doing, since Brandon is one.
Thanks for the comments! Getting ready to post a bit more next.
Daisy still has her little holographic creature, Shonna. It helps her out when she needs to talk to someone quickly. Probably going to get a dragon though when I get Dragon Valley.
Downstairs, the girls played another round of chess. Each of them are getting skilled in it.
Daisy got the opportunity for more celebrity points so I decided to take it.
Brandon helped the twins learn to use the potty, even though they don't need to. It's just so I can pick their traits.
The paparazzi lady wants to keep using the trampoline so I put it in the inventory after I got her off it.
Brandon had an opportunity to meet a celebrity that some of you may remember. Michael Langerak is Ariana's younger brother and he is now an elder. Brandon didn't have enough celebrity status to chat with him, but he easily fixed that by name dropping Daisy, talking about the family wealth, and bragging about his fishing skill.
It was either lunch or supper so I decided to have someone make some salad. The fridge is getting full of tomatoes now so the salad has a nice quality to it.
Harlan and Daisy took a turn at playing chess and Daisy finally hit level 9 of logic. She got a bit of a start on her last skill point.
The family hired a maid to help take care of the house because there is so much going on. I randomized her face so she isn't a pudding face.
This is the last time that Lily had to do homework. She didn't really have to if I didn't want to, but I didn't want to hurt her grade.
I'd almost forgot I was having her work with the chemical table, so I had her do that.
Rose asked one of her classmates out on a friendly outing. I believe he is Brett Goth, but I may have mixed his name up with another one I tried. And yes, she invited him to the family cemetery.
Things at the chemistry table did not work out as planned, so I had to send Lily to the shower. She hasn't learned any beneficial ones yet.
***The second part will be posted next. Only had 28 screenshots so I broke the update down into 14 for each post.
I got a bit busy with things so Harlan and Daisy hadn't had much time together. I decide to have them woohoo since it had been a bit.
Lily went to the park for a while with Brandon. She is getting pretty skilled at the guitar, but Brandon was brand new to the drums. Rose came by later and joined them on keyboard.
After a while, Brandon and Harlan were getting hungry. Harlan was at a party so I sent him over to eat. Lily just made herself a snow cone, as did Rose.
Daisy was working on another opportunity so she was doing the chatting part of it.
The following morning, Harlan decided to make some pancakes. Unfortunately, other Sims usually did the cooking so he ended up burning them. I'm not sure why, he has a decent cooking skill and the house has the highest appliances.
Daisy continued teaching the girls how to use the potty.
She then had a bit of a chat with the maid. Her name is Kay Cox.
It was time for Lily to age up to young adult. Brandon is inappropriate so he makes fun of anyone when they age up.
They young girls got a block table to play at. I got it since I knew it would help them build up a relationship.
Here is Lily after her makeover. I wasn't sure on the hair but I decided to keep it. Afterwards, the family celebrated by eating cake.
Lily looks like she is getting mad at Rose about exercise, but she is actually just enthused about it.
She was happy to finally be able to kiss Brandon again, something she hadn't been able to for several updates.
She also was happy because she and Brandon could finally woohoo, something she enjoyed.
***Haven't officially closed the poll yet, but it looks like Moonlight Falls is the next destination for the family. I believe that fairies will be the starting generation there, but might change depending on who Lily's descendants marry. We are still on generation 6 at the moment, so we have a bit before generation 10 moves there. I think generation 10 will find someone to marry there.
For breakfast, the family ate some pancakes that Harlan had made. This time, he did not burn them.
Lily got a call saying that Pierre Langerak wanted to go on a date with her. Lily said yes, but only because she thought Rose might like him instead. Rose took her cue and just happened to show up. Lily played guitar while Rose chatted with Pierre.
After a bit of talking, it was clear that they were attracted to one another. The only bad thing is that he has the insane trait.
Ivy and Holly played with the blocks table. I've decided that Ivy isn't going to be based on Poison Ivy anymore, but is still named after her.
Brandon is unemployed, mostly so he can learn to play drums. He's still got 90 days before he even ages to Adult, so he has a while anyway. The family is already rich, though, so I'm not too worried if he never gets a job.
Rose shared her first kiss with Pierre, but then it was time for him to head to work. At least I can safely say that Rose should be set for when the time comes to move her out.
Seems that Lily always has to chat about athletics. There are other things she could discuss with her sister.
Rose has been practicing her piano skills as well. I heard her playing "I've Been Working on The Railroad" and "Three Blind Mice."
I want Brandon to lose the Naquin last name so the family will stay Goth's. I ended up having Lily propose to him and she'll be the one to initiate the wedding as well. It'll be nice because I can tie my Goth's into the Moonlight Falls ones by saying Harlan's line are distant relatives to the ones there.
Lily needed watered, so what better way than to have her fiance join her?
Only Harlan and Brandon ate supper, and shortly after, I gave Harlan hardly hungry. There is almost no need for food in the house at the moment.
Lastly, Lily, Rose, and Brandon had a jam session for a few hours before bed. The next day was a Sunday, so there was no hurry to get to bed other than the toddlers needed put to bed.
Brandon was one of the first ones up, so he ate breakfast on his own.
Then it was time for the twins birthdays.
I dressed them up in similar outfits, although one is in pajamas at the moment.
The birthdays took a while for some reason, so I ended up just letting everyone eat. Harlan was getting hungry finally after I gave him Hardly Hungry.
Rose wanted a karaoke machine, so I put one in her room. I took it out later, but kept it so they can use it again.
Holly and Ivy sat and watched TV for a while.
For some reason, Beth Gaffney was standing on the front porch. If you remember, she was the lady that Daisy took a selfie with in my profile pic. However, I edited Beth to be sort of a modern vampire lady, and changed her name to Elizabeth.
Before bed, Harlan sang a song with his daughter while Brandon booed them.
Brandon was the only one who needed to eat, and he was also the first up. He played drums after eating his breakfast, he plans to drum in Lily's band.
Harlan talked with Rose as soon as she woke up. They are pretty close, but maybe not a full relationship bar.
Downstairs, Lily decided to play chess with Holly. The twins will at least have a few skill points in logic by the time they leave the house.
Nearby, Ivy decided she wanted to play video games instead of learning a skill.
Daisy decided to randomly take a selfie with Rose, and I really like their facial expressions in this one.
I had thought that I'd finished with Rose's driving skill, but I actually hadn't. I had Harlan help her get her license.
Lily went to city hall to officially register in the band career. I don't know how far she'll get in it, but it's more for fun than it is for money. She got a phone call on her way home, and it must've been a good one because she didn't look mad.
Brandon wanted to gain in athletics so he decided to use his aura to help with it. It also helped Daisy and Rose with their logic skill. At this point, Daisy still hadn't reached level 10 yet, so she hadn't finished her LTW either.
Brandon and Lily decided to go on a date to the Bistro. When they were done, Lily saw an incomplete snowman so she decided to make it a complete one. John Langerak happened to be there, he is Lily's uncle. Brandon needed to chat with him to complete an opportunity so it worked out perfectly.
The following morning, I decided everyone should eat breakfast together. I figured they should at least once or twice a week.
Harlan needed to chat with 3 Sims to finish an opportunity, so I saw there were several deceased members of the family who had came back for the night. Here, Harlan chats with Emily Jones, the whole reason this family even exists.
Lastly for this part of the update, Daisy bought a skill booster elixir in the hopes it'd help with her logic. However, it boosted another skill instead.
Both Harlan and Daisy had reasons why they needed to exercise, so I set them up to do so for as long as they needed to.
Lily invited Elizabeth Gaffney over so she could get to know her. With Elizabeth being a vampire, she'll be around awhile. There is a good possibility of me trying to marry her into the family somehow.
However, Harlan hated her as soon as he saw her. He could deal with witches and werewolves, but he wasn't the biggest fan of fairies or vampires. I remember I had fun trying to get him to befriend Brandon. I don't know why, but he probably should have the Supernatural Skeptic trait.
Lily had a jam session with Brandon. At the time, Rose wasn't available to back them up with the keyboard.
Rose invited Pierre over and they spent some time together. I don't remember, but I believe I was trying to get them to be in a steady relationship but he had to leave too early or something.
That following morning, Daisy went back to playing chess. Still didn't have the last skill point at the time the picture was taken, though she may have gotten it by the time I had her quit. I can't remember now since it has been a bit since I took these screenshots.
When she did stop, she spent a bit of time with Harlan.
Holly decided that she wanted to paint a picture so I left her alone to do so. I don't know if she'll go far in it, but it's something for her to do.
Daisy had forgotten to practice martial arts, so she talked Harlan through the first skill point so she could spar with him. This means that between the picture of her playing chess and this one, she had completed her logic skill.
Brandon and Lily are really enjoying their extended engagement. I just had to wait for the right time to try and have one. It was winter at the time so they couldn't have it outdoors.
Lastly for part 2, Ivy and Holly were just getting ready to play tag.
***One more update for tonight, but if I have any screenshots left, I'll save them for later.
Rose tried to invite Pierre over, but he wouldn't come over. Instead, I ended up sending her over to his house and they chatted there, until it was time for him to go to work. Luckily, his father showed up right about that time so Rose stayed and chatted with him.
After a few minutes time, Pierre came back from work and Rose finally got to ask him to go steady.
Then at one point in my last play session, it was time for Rose to become a Young Adult. Of course, when a Plantsim ages, they always go back to these clothes. I don't know how much you can tell, but she has the same exact face as Daisy.
For her makeover, I did a few subtle changes to her sliders to make her a bit different from Daisy. I believe I gave her a darker eye color too, just to make her a bit unique.
Pierre had stayed with the family for the night so he got to enjoy the party as well, although you can't see him very well.
Lily played some more guitar to try and build that skill up.
However, I decided to clean out the kitchen so I could throw a wedding for her and Brandon. The twins and Rose are all getting closer to being able to move out, so I decided now was a good time.
Then, some family members and guest had a jam session. Brandon's drums went invisible for some reason but I fixed it later.
Afterwards, the family went to the Bistro to eat while I put the kitchen back together the way it was. I took a picture with my smartphone so I would remember how it was set up.
Lastly, Lily and Brandon showered together since they both needed to. Of course, we know what they were doing in there.
***Last part of these several days, next update after will be from last nights play session.
Harlan spent a little bit of time watching TV in the morning.
Daisy didn't come downstairs when she woke up and instead read a book.
When Brandon got up, I sent him to get some breakfast since he was hungry. He's like 90 days away from being an adult now so he'll outlive Lily. However, she might use some methods to live longer just so they can stay together.
Lily went downstairs to play some chess. It was still winter so she couldn't really do anything outside.
Rose had a wish to make a snow angel so I sent her outside to make one before sending her back in.
Holly had a wish to skate so I sent her off to do that.
The other family members also went to the park with her, but they didn't make any money for the band.
Daisy decided to try out the snowboard thing and she did pretty good.
Pierre happened to be on the front steps when he aged up. He needs a makeover but I'll get to it soon. He's not living in the house with the family anyway, and since Rose is a young adult now, I moved her into her own house.
Daisy's social bar was getting pretty low so I had her chat with her sprite.
When Lily came downstairs, she complimented her mother on her looks then they just chatted about random stuff.
Holly decided to paint another painting, this one gained the family $6.
Once everyone woke up, everybody but Harlan went to the diner for breakfast. Behind Brandon's wings is his grandmother, Rain Langerak. She is getting closer to being an elder but she probably won't hit it for several weeks.
Harlan had a wish to use the martial arts dummy so I put it out long enough for him to use it.
When Daisy got back home, she and Harlan took a steamy shower together.
Lily and Brandon practiced their instruments.
Meanwhile, Daisy exercised for 6 hours straight for a wish.
The twins played chess together. One of them didn't even have any logic skill when I thought they did, but both do now.
Harlan went to a party where he chatted with a distant relative of his. However, the guy kept neglecting to feed his toddler.
John Langerak was at the party and a random named Deidre gave him flowers. I thought he was still with Carly but maybe I'm wrong.
Dwight was also at the party so Harlan went to chat with him and gave him a hug.
I tried the divide by 0 thing on Daisy, not knowing what would happen. Guess I won't be doing that again.
Lastly, I sent everyone to bed but had Brandon get something to eat. However, he forgot to eat his supper so I had to wake him up to eat.
***Got too tired to finish the day last night so this is only part of it. I'll play the rest of it tonight.
The main focus of this day was to celebrate several birthdays, so I had Daisy go first. I pretty much dressed her the way she was, but not 100% with all outfits.
Then it was time for Ivy to age up to teenager. I think she turned out well.
Last but not least, Holly aged up. I just used MC to copy Ivy's clothes over to her, then colored them differently so they aren't the same. Then the family ate cake before i shut things down.
Brandon Goth had a wish to play drums in the park so I sent him there. It might look cold due to the melting snow, but it was in the 40's and raining. I sent him elsewhere when it started to rain.
After the birthday party from part 1 of this day, I guess Daisy must have wanted to burn off the birthday cake. I don't remember if it was for an opportunity, but it was either that or a wish.
One of the twins practiced driving with Lily. However, I cannot tell you which girl it is now, especially since I can't make them out in the picture.
Goth Family, Days 247 and 248 Part 1
The following morning, the whole family watched TV together. It was a Monday, so I was trying to get everyone's fun bar up before they headed to work and school.
Brandon and Lily got a little romantic with the house being almost empty. Afterwards, they headed to the park to play as a band.
Harlan had an opportunity to steal campaign money, which he had resisted until this moment. I didn't know how the chances of getting fired were set, so I decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, he did get fired and he started freaking out about it. However, it's not like the family needs more money and he was about to retire anyway.
And since he got fired, I decided to have him streak through the grass of City Hall. No one even paid attention to him and he never did get in trouble.
Harlan: Hey, Daisy? Guess what.
Daisy: What?
Harlan: (whispers in her ear) I got fired!
Daisy: Lol, who cares?
Afterwards, Harlan spent some time chatting with Daisy's uncle Michael.
Then it was time for his second age up to elder. I had control over him this time, though, so I made him over to be similar to his younger counterpart.
The family ate cake afterwards to celebrate.
Lastly, the girls did their homework before it was time to go to bed.
***An update or two will be posted tomorrow and then I'm all caught up.
It was early in the morning when Daisy went out to check the mail. It was time for bills again, and they usually are somewhere around a couple thousand.
Upstairs, Brandon decided to do the chattering teeth prank on Harlan. It did not go over well with him, and he ended up yelling at Brandon.
When Daisy had finished getting the mail, she went out to the garden to work. Winter had ended recently so it was time to start taking care of it again.
Brandon and Lily went upstairs to woohoo. They aren't quite ready to have children yet so they make sure they are careful.
Being fired or retired means one has time to do things they normally didn't have time for. Playing video games is one of them.
I sent Daisy out to fish for fun, but I know that she'd get some fish I could use for fertilizer.
Lily randomly decided to play her guitar in the front room. However, I had something else I wanted her to do so I stopped her after taking the picture.
Daisy and Brandon, though, were practicing their instruments together. I don't remember, but Lily might have joined them later.
The twins had came back from school so I set them up to do homework together. Brandon was hungry, so he had some cake for a snack.
Lily went to a party (which actually probably explains the reason she wasn't practicing with her husband and mother) and this little girl was being neglected. Lily felt sorry for her and fed her a bottle.
Elizabeth was at the party, and Lily did acknowledge her but not for long. I saw someone else there so I decided right then and there to say hello.
L4U-Rn was the one I wanted to say hello to, and I convinced her to come back to live with the family. It was easy to get her to break up with Toaster, but I only did this because I kind of miss L4U-Rn. I might make a little "story" for her in future updates, but I'm trying to figure out how I'll do it.
She had a lot of ITF things in her inventory so I sold some of them, and kept a couple.
After getting all charged up, I had her do some painting. My idea is to make her a master painter so she can build up some money for the family. I might not really have my Sims work so that they can focus on family, although at least one Sim will have a job. And I also don't know how long L4U-Rn is staying, but I plan on having her around at least for the Moonlight Falls move.
***Found out that PlantSims will have babies with their spouse if you aren't playing them. I got a message saying Rose and Pierre are having a child soon.
A few hours after the last update ended, Daisy woke up to chat with L4U-Rn. They were basically just getting acquainted.
Harlan and Brandon ate their breakfast together. They are at least friends, even if Harlan isn't the biggest fan of fairies.
Daisy was gardening pretty early, and it looks even earlier since I put in a Brntwaffles lighting mod in not long ago.
L4U-Rn painted a picture while everyone was getting ready. She only has chips in that let her clean or learn skills, she doesn't really have any that make her more like a Sim.
Harlan was having a random conversation with Lily, but it looks like he was complimenting her on something.
Shortly after, Lily decided to do some exercising. A bit later, Brandon ended up joining her.
When he had finished, he started to chat with L4U-Rn.
Harlan and Daisy went on a small date, but they only did some dancing.
A paparazzo was hanging around and I wanted to irritate her a bit, so I had Brandon prank her.
Lily had a wish to have a pillow fight with the Plumbot, so I granted it. It's one of the easier ones to grant.
Either Harlan or Daisy wanted to spar, and it wasn't working when they were at home, so I had them do it in the park. Then, they played horseshoes for a bit before I sent them home.
Ivy came home from school but Holly stayed for an opportunity. I had Ivy do her homework right when she hit the lot boundaries, so she picked a spot under the tree to do homework. She also had a wish to photosynthesize so I granted that one.
Brandon is getting a bit too much with his pranking, and Lily is getting tired of it. She loves the man, but enough is enough. Even I am getting tired of him making his family mad, but I don't mind if he does it to non-household members.
Lastly, Harlan and Daisy ended their date night with woohoo. Not long ago, one of them had a wish for another baby, but I declined it. They already have four together, and Harlan has six children all together. However, his children with his ex are dead now, only his grandkids from them remain.
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When Daisy woke up, I had her do some more work on her athletic skill.
Meanwhile, I had Ariana do some more paintings. She is 105 days old currently.
I also decided that Lily needed to learn the athletic skill, as it is one of her traits, just like her mother.
Then it was time for Daisy to work in the garden. She is just $2000 shy of reaching the top of the gardener career.
Harlan decided to help Rose learn chess. She got the first couple skill points and he is about halfway through the skill.
Then I sent Daisy on a jog around town for a while, with the brain enhancing power enabled. It came from the PlantSim mod.
Upon returning home, I had Daisy start to teach Lily how to drive. I'll have to buy a fourth car soon so that Lily has her own.
Just a random picture of some descendants protesting at City Hall.
I had sent Ariana to the Bistro for an opportunity, but it was her time to pass away and she left early. I got a notification saying she failed the opportunity.
Harlan and Lily zoomed to the Bistro as fast as they could, and they happened to get there in time to see Ariana beg the Reaper. However, he refused, and she died for good.
Even though they were upset, I had them watch the cooking channel to get their minds off Ariana's death.
***I messed around too much last night and only ended up playing one day before going to bed. I plan on playing more tonight.
***Not changing the name of the story thread, but I've only got Goth's living in the house now so updates are changing to the Goth family.
To start this update, I waited for everyone to get ready then sent Harlan to the cake. He is now an Adult and has a midlife crisis. This is his second time hitting this life stage, and it'll also be his last. He's basically lived two lifetimes.
Afterwards, Daisy took Lily to practice driving again. This time, she completed her training and she can now drive a car. Speaking of which, my Corvette went missing so not sure who took it. Still have the Silverado and Camaro though.
Rose watched some TV for a bit, I believe it was the kids channel.
Harlan needed to throw a party for an opportunity, so I decided to have him dance for a bit until they got there. I wanted the partygoers out in the kitchen since it is the biggest open area other than outside.
Daisy talked with Sheena a bit at the party. She and the other family members actually spent time with a lot of family.
I had sent Rose over to Dwight's house to visit relatives. However, she spent most of the time playing tag with him until this happened. Looks like his head is caught in the fence.
An aerial view of the partygoers dancing.
When the party had ended, Daisy went to work in the garden.
I had Lily work with the chemistry table some. She hasn't got them all yet.
Daisy did some more exercising in an attempt to reach the top of the skill.
Harlan wanted a little loving so he and Daisy ended up kissing, and woohooing.
Daisy had a low social meter for some reason, so I had her chat with her hologram creature.
In the morning, the family ate pancakes for breakfast.
Both Harlan and Daisy had wishes related to athletics so that is what they started out with after breakfast. Daisy was very close to getting athletics finished.
They went on a date after Daisy finished in the garden. I never really have Sims windsurf so decided to have them do that.
Daisy asked her distant relative, Alex Langerak, out to the beach. However, he said no so she ended up calling Brannon Naquin instead. I was going off the guys she already showed interest in.
They did their homework together and about that time, I heard Harlan and Daisy stop windsurfing.
Lily had a wish to learn guitar, so she took it out in the kitchen to learn to play. Luckily, her time on the xylophone as a toddler paid off and she started out at level 2.
Either later that night, or early the next morning, Lily worked more on her athletic skill.
For some reason while she was playing chess, Daisy looked at the wall.
Rose had a wish to preside over the Royal Court, and since it was easy, I granted that wish. She's only staying in the household until she gets married later on but it'll help her if I get her some rewards.
Daisy went to the park since it was one of her wishes, and I had her chat with some of the townies there. To be honest, it's mostly descendants of Emily that are still left, but a lot of them are distant cousins now. This woman's name is Beth (Sekemoto) Gaffney, and she is married to a pudding face that the game generated. She is the granddaughter of Sam Sekemoto and Rain (Forest-Sekemoto) Langerak. Her mother is the daughter of Christen Bunch, so this does make her a distant relative of Daisy's. (I have to thank my FamilyEcho tree for this one, I use it to reference how someone is related so I can keep track).
Daisy felt a bit more comfortable with skating, so she got a wish to do a spin.
Rose and Lily are both good at doing their homework autonomously.
Daisy still needs to reach the top of the logic skill to complete her LTW, so I had her challenge Harlan to a few games of chess.
For the first time in her life, Lily photosynthesized outside.
Lily invited Brannon over again and he said yes so they hung out for a bit in the front yard. If they end up together, his name might slightly get altered to Brandon. However, either way, I got rid of his old haircut and slightly edited his face.
Then, I had them start to flirt a bit and Brannon seemed very receptive to it. It led to Lily pressing her luck and giving him a kiss.
I sent them over to one of the pools in town to swim, when I realized that Brannon was wearing a diving suit.
Lily saw that Troy Langerak was at the pool so she went to talk with him. He is Dwight's son.
Then it was time for Rose to age up. I was getting tired at this point, so I didn't give her a makeover yet.
It looks like Daisy and Harlan are having fun windsurfing!
Nice to see that decendants of the Bunches and the Sekemotos are still around!
The flower girls are looking good, so is Brannon. I can see why you would change his name to Brandon
Does plantsims have longer lifespans than normal sims?
I believe it is just Goth's, Langerak's, Bunches, and Sekemoto's left in the world now. Probably would have been more if I would have stopped aging for the first week or so to let other Sims have babies. Think when I do the move after generation 10, I'll pause aging for a week so that townies have more time to start families.
Yeah, I associate Brannon more as a last name than I do a first name for a few reasons.
No, Plantsims live the same lifespan as regular Sims. However, Daisy previously wished for a longer life from a genie, so she has a double lifespan now.
Thanks for the comments! Be on the lookout for more coming up in a bit.
Here is Rose after her makeover. I didn't touch her genetics at all, so her face is 100% identical to her mothers. However, I gave her a different hairstyle and makeup to so it should help make them look a bit different.
Brannon (haven't officially renamed him to Brandon yet) was still at the house, and he didn't join the birthday party. Instead, he did his homework. It seems funny to see so much green hair at the table.
Then, since Rose is now a teenager, I decided that Harlan would be the one to teach her to drive. She wasn't as lucky as her sister because she had to learn to drive in this big truck.
Daisy stayed home for the day again so she could continue with the logic skill. I may have to have her throw a protest to get the skill building moodlet, or there are other ways to help.
Lily gave Brannon one of her flower kisses, and he was happy about it. Then she asked him to go steady and he accepted.
The following morning, Lily was trying to learn the cooking skill. I might just send her to classes on a weekend day so that she gets several skills.
Harlan and Daisy had tried for baby a few times after Rose was born, and I happened to realize there were two seeds I hadn't used. I had her plant them a few days prior and it was time to harvest them. Daisy harvested a girl she named Ivy (after Poison Ivy from Batman, which I plan on basing this Ivy), and Harlan harvested another girl named Holly. For both girls, I used the parent who didn't pick them and used MC to transfer a bit of their genetics into the kids as well. This way, they won't be clones of their parents, or their sisters.
Daisy went to the park for a bit, just to enjoy the nice day. There, she ran into Beth (Sekemoto) Gaffney and they had a nice little chat while Jaimee played by their feet. Beth might get a makeover today when I play as I feel she needs a little tweaking in clothing, makeup, and hair if I feel like it.
The two friends took a picture together to remember this moment. I think this picture is cute.
Before she said goodbye, Daisy played with Jaimee a bit.
Daisy thought since it was such as nice day that she would photosynthesize at the park. However, this dog got confused about what he was seeing.
Then to close out this update, it was time for the teens to go to prom. Lily almost forgot about it, so I clicked on the limo to have her go. Unfortunately, it messed up Rose so I had to send her separately. Lily met up with Brannon there and was crowned Prom Queen, while Rose went alone. I'll see about hooking her up when I play tonight. I also got a notification that Brannon had aged up to young adult while at prom, so I better check in with him to see if he needs new clothes and hair.
Harlan got up and took care of one of the babies. I can't remember if it's Holly or Ivy.
Lily need to raise her fun meter some, so I had her play some chess.
Daisy worked some more in her garden in an attempt to get some perfect plants. I'm not sure what day she planted life fruit, but I know that I got a seed somehow. I didn't even know that I had it until I looked in inventory.
Lily invited Brandon (I changed his name) over to hang out. She asked him if he'd move in with her and he said he would. However, Harlan and Daisy said they would have to sleep in different beds.
After moving in, I found out Brandon had a romantic interest: Janis Langerak. I sent him to one of the parks to break things off with her. Needless to say, she wasn't very happy about it, but Brandon smoothed things over and they are still good friends.
Afterwards, I sent him to the park to see if there was a Potent Cure Elixir to make him a normal Sim. However, I didn't find one, so I'm debating whether to keep him as a fairy or not. I'm almost thinking I'll just keep him as a fairy.
Harlan and Brandon are the only ones who have to eat in the home. Sometimes, the Plantsim ladies do eat, even though they don't have to.
The two eldest daughters decided to play chess together. Lily also chatted with Rose about trying to find a boyfriend for her. Lily knows a guy who might be someone Rose would like, so Lily promises to give him a call soon.
Thought I could use a couple elixirs to get Daisy's last logic skill point, but they increased other skills instead.
Brandon wanted to get to know the family, so he decided to chat with Rose.
The "twins" had their birthday and immediately went to play with the dollhouse together. I need to edit Ivy's hair, was trying to go for a darker redhead since I named her Ivy. Pamela Isley (aka Poison Ivy) is a redhead, and I was going to slightly base this Ivy off the comic character.
***Part two coming up next.
Lily was to her word and suggested that Alex Langerak take his sights off her, and to see if he had anything common with Rose instead. Luckily, they did hit it off and slowly worked up a relationship. On the other hand, he had 0 days left to age up and after he left, he became a young adult, and started dating someone. Looks like Rose will have to look elsewhere.
Harlan and Daisy took their children down to the kitchen and started to teach them how to walk.
Brandon decided to help them out by taking Rose driving.
Lily decided to play her guitar, and the option to make learning charisma and guitar her LTW came up. I went ahead and accepted that one, maybe I'll have Lily start a band with Rose playing keyboard. Not sure about the bass yet, but I think maybe Brandon for the drums.
More working in the garden for Daisy. I think I'll add some alchemy ingredients next.
I granted as many wishes for Brandon as I could, one of which was to learn a recipe. That was an easy one, others were visiting the festival, among other things.
Brandon is an angler, but the job he really wants is a stylist. Since I don't want him to be a stylist, he joined the angler career instead. He got wishes for that job, after the stylist one.
Then he used his fairy aura of soothing for a while as he exercised in front of the TV, shortly after this picture. I had more to post, but I accidentally killed Daisy so I deleted that. Also, my game crashed shortly after I resurrected her, so that was another reason. Day 234 will be different and Daisy won't have died since I found out what done it. With a mod, Plantsims can cause plants to grow faster, but it uses a bit of their hydration. I didn't realize this, and I accidentally used it one too many times. Let's just say that was a nightmare Harlan had and move on.
Daisy continued her work in the garden. She has a longer lifespan still due to a genie wish so she'll be around a while but since Lily has the Green Thumb trait, she can take over when Daisy is gone.
Harlan had another opportunity to exercise for 4 hours to get celebrity points. I want them to have high celebrity status for now, so I went ahead and done it. Eventually, I'll get rid of the celebrity status but not sure what town or generation I'll do that. In the background, the older daughters play chess again.
Brandon joined in as well, with the same opportunity. He used the aura that helps with athleticism, logic, etc. to help himself and Harlan. It also helped the girls as they played chess.
Upstairs a bit later, Harlan and Daisy helped the "twins" learn how to talk. They technically aren't twins but since they were born on the same day, they may as well be.
Since Brandon is in the angler career, I thought I'd get him started on it. He caught several fish, which I later sold to get him his first promotion.
Brandon doesn't have the childish trait, but he wanted a trampoline for some reason. Wish granted.
The girls came back from school so I made sure they got their homework done before I let them do anything else.
Daisy still had one more person to get interested in the Bistro, so she ran across the street to the Israel household and got that finished.
Harlan and Brandon got to know each other a bit better over supper. The ladies were off doing other stuff and did not join the men.
Harlan got invited to a party so I sent everyone else to bed so I could focus on him at the party. He took an invigorating elixir to help him stay up longer, the last one I had. He caught up with one of Daisy's relatives, Jenna Langerak.
He also caught up with Dwight Langerak. Dwight and Rain just recently had another baby named Tyler. They already have a son named Troy.
I thought Brandon was Dwight for some reason.
Anyway he is looking good!
The twins are cute!
Too bad about that Langerak guy for Rose, hearts and everything.
The speed of your lifespan settings are making my head spin
Thanks! He gets some of his good looks from his mother, Carrie (Langerak) Naquin.
Thank you, I'm hoping they grow up to be pretty young ladies.
Yeah, I know. I found some other potential spouses for her but not working out the best at the moment.
I kind of think I'm going to lengthen them a bit when I start the new town at generation 10/11. At least add 10 days to the lifespan to make it 100 or so. From the looks of things, I think fairies are the next occult state I'm doing, since Brandon is one.
Thanks for the comments! Getting ready to post a bit more next.
Daisy still has her little holographic creature, Shonna. It helps her out when she needs to talk to someone quickly. Probably going to get a dragon though when I get Dragon Valley.
Downstairs, the girls played another round of chess. Each of them are getting skilled in it.
Daisy got the opportunity for more celebrity points so I decided to take it.
Brandon helped the twins learn to use the potty, even though they don't need to. It's just so I can pick their traits.
The paparazzi lady wants to keep using the trampoline so I put it in the inventory after I got her off it.
Brandon had an opportunity to meet a celebrity that some of you may remember. Michael Langerak is Ariana's younger brother and he is now an elder. Brandon didn't have enough celebrity status to chat with him, but he easily fixed that by name dropping Daisy, talking about the family wealth, and bragging about his fishing skill.
It was either lunch or supper so I decided to have someone make some salad. The fridge is getting full of tomatoes now so the salad has a nice quality to it.
Harlan and Daisy took a turn at playing chess and Daisy finally hit level 9 of logic. She got a bit of a start on her last skill point.
The family hired a maid to help take care of the house because there is so much going on. I randomized her face so she isn't a pudding face.
This is the last time that Lily had to do homework. She didn't really have to if I didn't want to, but I didn't want to hurt her grade.
I'd almost forgot I was having her work with the chemical table, so I had her do that.
Rose asked one of her classmates out on a friendly outing. I believe he is Brett Goth, but I may have mixed his name up with another one I tried. And yes, she invited him to the family cemetery.
Things at the chemistry table did not work out as planned, so I had to send Lily to the shower. She hasn't learned any beneficial ones yet.
***The second part will be posted next. Only had 28 screenshots so I broke the update down into 14 for each post.
I got a bit busy with things so Harlan and Daisy hadn't had much time together. I decide to have them woohoo since it had been a bit.
Lily went to the park for a while with Brandon. She is getting pretty skilled at the guitar, but Brandon was brand new to the drums. Rose came by later and joined them on keyboard.
After a while, Brandon and Harlan were getting hungry. Harlan was at a party so I sent him over to eat. Lily just made herself a snow cone, as did Rose.
Daisy was working on another opportunity so she was doing the chatting part of it.
The following morning, Harlan decided to make some pancakes. Unfortunately, other Sims usually did the cooking so he ended up burning them. I'm not sure why, he has a decent cooking skill and the house has the highest appliances.
Daisy continued teaching the girls how to use the potty.
She then had a bit of a chat with the maid. Her name is Kay Cox.
It was time for Lily to age up to young adult. Brandon is inappropriate so he makes fun of anyone when they age up.
They young girls got a block table to play at. I got it since I knew it would help them build up a relationship.
Here is Lily after her makeover. I wasn't sure on the hair but I decided to keep it. Afterwards, the family celebrated by eating cake.
Lily looks like she is getting mad at Rose about exercise, but she is actually just enthused about it.
She was happy to finally be able to kiss Brandon again, something she hadn't been able to for several updates.
She also was happy because she and Brandon could finally woohoo, something she enjoyed.
***Haven't officially closed the poll yet, but it looks like Moonlight Falls is the next destination for the family. I believe that fairies will be the starting generation there, but might change depending on who Lily's descendants marry. We are still on generation 6 at the moment, so we have a bit before generation 10 moves there. I think generation 10 will find someone to marry there.
For breakfast, the family ate some pancakes that Harlan had made. This time, he did not burn them.
Lily got a call saying that Pierre Langerak wanted to go on a date with her. Lily said yes, but only because she thought Rose might like him instead. Rose took her cue and just happened to show up. Lily played guitar while Rose chatted with Pierre.
After a bit of talking, it was clear that they were attracted to one another. The only bad thing is that he has the insane trait.
Ivy and Holly played with the blocks table. I've decided that Ivy isn't going to be based on Poison Ivy anymore, but is still named after her.
Brandon is unemployed, mostly so he can learn to play drums. He's still got 90 days before he even ages to Adult, so he has a while anyway. The family is already rich, though, so I'm not too worried if he never gets a job.
Rose shared her first kiss with Pierre, but then it was time for him to head to work. At least I can safely say that Rose should be set for when the time comes to move her out.
Seems that Lily always has to chat about athletics. There are other things she could discuss with her sister.
Rose has been practicing her piano skills as well. I heard her playing "I've Been Working on The Railroad" and "Three Blind Mice."
I want Brandon to lose the Naquin last name so the family will stay Goth's. I ended up having Lily propose to him and she'll be the one to initiate the wedding as well. It'll be nice because I can tie my Goth's into the Moonlight Falls ones by saying Harlan's line are distant relatives to the ones there.
Lily needed watered, so what better way than to have her fiance join her?
Only Harlan and Brandon ate supper, and shortly after, I gave Harlan hardly hungry. There is almost no need for food in the house at the moment.
Lastly, Lily, Rose, and Brandon had a jam session for a few hours before bed. The next day was a Sunday, so there was no hurry to get to bed other than the toddlers needed put to bed.
Brandon was one of the first ones up, so he ate breakfast on his own.
Then it was time for the twins birthdays.
I dressed them up in similar outfits, although one is in pajamas at the moment.
The birthdays took a while for some reason, so I ended up just letting everyone eat. Harlan was getting hungry finally after I gave him Hardly Hungry.
Rose wanted a karaoke machine, so I put one in her room. I took it out later, but kept it so they can use it again.
Holly and Ivy sat and watched TV for a while.
For some reason, Beth Gaffney was standing on the front porch. If you remember, she was the lady that Daisy took a selfie with in my profile pic. However, I edited Beth to be sort of a modern vampire lady, and changed her name to Elizabeth.
Before bed, Harlan sang a song with his daughter while Brandon booed them.
Brandon was the only one who needed to eat, and he was also the first up. He played drums after eating his breakfast, he plans to drum in Lily's band.
Harlan talked with Rose as soon as she woke up. They are pretty close, but maybe not a full relationship bar.
Downstairs, Lily decided to play chess with Holly. The twins will at least have a few skill points in logic by the time they leave the house.
Nearby, Ivy decided she wanted to play video games instead of learning a skill.
Daisy decided to randomly take a selfie with Rose, and I really like their facial expressions in this one.
I had thought that I'd finished with Rose's driving skill, but I actually hadn't. I had Harlan help her get her license.
Lily went to city hall to officially register in the band career. I don't know how far she'll get in it, but it's more for fun than it is for money. She got a phone call on her way home, and it must've been a good one because she didn't look mad.
Brandon wanted to gain in athletics so he decided to use his aura to help with it. It also helped Daisy and Rose with their logic skill. At this point, Daisy still hadn't reached level 10 yet, so she hadn't finished her LTW either.
Brandon and Lily decided to go on a date to the Bistro. When they were done, Lily saw an incomplete snowman so she decided to make it a complete one. John Langerak happened to be there, he is Lily's uncle. Brandon needed to chat with him to complete an opportunity so it worked out perfectly.
The following morning, I decided everyone should eat breakfast together. I figured they should at least once or twice a week.
Harlan needed to chat with 3 Sims to finish an opportunity, so I saw there were several deceased members of the family who had came back for the night. Here, Harlan chats with Emily Jones, the whole reason this family even exists.
Lastly for this part of the update, Daisy bought a skill booster elixir in the hopes it'd help with her logic. However, it boosted another skill instead.
Both Harlan and Daisy had reasons why they needed to exercise, so I set them up to do so for as long as they needed to.
Lily invited Elizabeth Gaffney over so she could get to know her. With Elizabeth being a vampire, she'll be around awhile. There is a good possibility of me trying to marry her into the family somehow.
However, Harlan hated her as soon as he saw her. He could deal with witches and werewolves, but he wasn't the biggest fan of fairies or vampires. I remember I had fun trying to get him to befriend Brandon. I don't know why, but he probably should have the Supernatural Skeptic trait.
Lily had a jam session with Brandon. At the time, Rose wasn't available to back them up with the keyboard.
Rose invited Pierre over and they spent some time together. I don't remember, but I believe I was trying to get them to be in a steady relationship but he had to leave too early or something.
That following morning, Daisy went back to playing chess. Still didn't have the last skill point at the time the picture was taken, though she may have gotten it by the time I had her quit. I can't remember now since it has been a bit since I took these screenshots.
When she did stop, she spent a bit of time with Harlan.
Holly decided that she wanted to paint a picture so I left her alone to do so. I don't know if she'll go far in it, but it's something for her to do.
Daisy had forgotten to practice martial arts, so she talked Harlan through the first skill point so she could spar with him. This means that between the picture of her playing chess and this one, she had completed her logic skill.
Brandon and Lily are really enjoying their extended engagement. I just had to wait for the right time to try and have one. It was winter at the time so they couldn't have it outdoors.
Lastly for part 2, Ivy and Holly were just getting ready to play tag.
***One more update for tonight, but if I have any screenshots left, I'll save them for later.
Rose tried to invite Pierre over, but he wouldn't come over. Instead, I ended up sending her over to his house and they chatted there, until it was time for him to go to work. Luckily, his father showed up right about that time so Rose stayed and chatted with him.
After a few minutes time, Pierre came back from work and Rose finally got to ask him to go steady.
Then at one point in my last play session, it was time for Rose to become a Young Adult. Of course, when a Plantsim ages, they always go back to these clothes. I don't know how much you can tell, but she has the same exact face as Daisy.
For her makeover, I did a few subtle changes to her sliders to make her a bit different from Daisy. I believe I gave her a darker eye color too, just to make her a bit unique.
Pierre had stayed with the family for the night so he got to enjoy the party as well, although you can't see him very well.
Lily played some more guitar to try and build that skill up.
However, I decided to clean out the kitchen so I could throw a wedding for her and Brandon. The twins and Rose are all getting closer to being able to move out, so I decided now was a good time.
Then, some family members and guest had a jam session. Brandon's drums went invisible for some reason but I fixed it later.
Afterwards, the family went to the Bistro to eat while I put the kitchen back together the way it was. I took a picture with my smartphone so I would remember how it was set up.
Lastly, Lily and Brandon showered together since they both needed to. Of course, we know what they were doing in there.
***Last part of these several days, next update after will be from last nights play session.
Harlan spent a little bit of time watching TV in the morning.
Daisy didn't come downstairs when she woke up and instead read a book.
When Brandon got up, I sent him to get some breakfast since he was hungry. He's like 90 days away from being an adult now so he'll outlive Lily. However, she might use some methods to live longer just so they can stay together.
Lily went downstairs to play some chess. It was still winter so she couldn't really do anything outside.
Rose had a wish to make a snow angel so I sent her outside to make one before sending her back in.
Holly had a wish to skate so I sent her off to do that.
The other family members also went to the park with her, but they didn't make any money for the band.
Daisy decided to try out the snowboard thing and she did pretty good.
Pierre happened to be on the front steps when he aged up. He needs a makeover but I'll get to it soon. He's not living in the house with the family anyway, and since Rose is a young adult now, I moved her into her own house.
Daisy's social bar was getting pretty low so I had her chat with her sprite.
When Lily came downstairs, she complimented her mother on her looks then they just chatted about random stuff.
Holly decided to paint another painting, this one gained the family $6.
Once everyone woke up, everybody but Harlan went to the diner for breakfast. Behind Brandon's wings is his grandmother, Rain Langerak. She is getting closer to being an elder but she probably won't hit it for several weeks.
Harlan had a wish to use the martial arts dummy so I put it out long enough for him to use it.
When Daisy got back home, she and Harlan took a steamy shower together.
Lily and Brandon practiced their instruments.
Meanwhile, Daisy exercised for 6 hours straight for a wish.
The twins played chess together. One of them didn't even have any logic skill when I thought they did, but both do now.
Harlan went to a party where he chatted with a distant relative of his. However, the guy kept neglecting to feed his toddler.
John Langerak was at the party and a random named Deidre gave him flowers. I thought he was still with Carly but maybe I'm wrong.
Dwight was also at the party so Harlan went to chat with him and gave him a hug.
I tried the divide by 0 thing on Daisy, not knowing what would happen. Guess I won't be doing that again.
Lastly, I sent everyone to bed but had Brandon get something to eat. However, he forgot to eat his supper so I had to wake him up to eat.
***Got too tired to finish the day last night so this is only part of it. I'll play the rest of it tonight.
The main focus of this day was to celebrate several birthdays, so I had Daisy go first. I pretty much dressed her the way she was, but not 100% with all outfits.
Then it was time for Ivy to age up to teenager. I think she turned out well.
Last but not least, Holly aged up. I just used MC to copy Ivy's clothes over to her, then colored them differently so they aren't the same. Then the family ate cake before i shut things down.
Brandon Goth had a wish to play drums in the park so I sent him there. It might look cold due to the melting snow, but it was in the 40's and raining. I sent him elsewhere when it started to rain.
After the birthday party from part 1 of this day, I guess Daisy must have wanted to burn off the birthday cake. I don't remember if it was for an opportunity, but it was either that or a wish.
One of the twins practiced driving with Lily. However, I cannot tell you which girl it is now, especially since I can't make them out in the picture.
Goth Family, Days 247 and 248 Part 1
The following morning, the whole family watched TV together. It was a Monday, so I was trying to get everyone's fun bar up before they headed to work and school.
Brandon and Lily got a little romantic with the house being almost empty. Afterwards, they headed to the park to play as a band.
Harlan had an opportunity to steal campaign money, which he had resisted until this moment. I didn't know how the chances of getting fired were set, so I decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, he did get fired and he started freaking out about it. However, it's not like the family needs more money and he was about to retire anyway.
And since he got fired, I decided to have him streak through the grass of City Hall. No one even paid attention to him and he never did get in trouble.
Harlan: Hey, Daisy? Guess what.
Daisy: What?
Harlan: (whispers in her ear) I got fired!
Daisy: Lol, who cares?
Afterwards, Harlan spent some time chatting with Daisy's uncle Michael.
Then it was time for his second age up to elder. I had control over him this time, though, so I made him over to be similar to his younger counterpart.
The family ate cake afterwards to celebrate.
Lastly, the girls did their homework before it was time to go to bed.
***An update or two will be posted tomorrow and then I'm all caught up.
It was early in the morning when Daisy went out to check the mail. It was time for bills again, and they usually are somewhere around a couple thousand.
Upstairs, Brandon decided to do the chattering teeth prank on Harlan. It did not go over well with him, and he ended up yelling at Brandon.
When Daisy had finished getting the mail, she went out to the garden to work. Winter had ended recently so it was time to start taking care of it again.
Brandon and Lily went upstairs to woohoo. They aren't quite ready to have children yet so they make sure they are careful.
Being fired or retired means one has time to do things they normally didn't have time for. Playing video games is one of them.
I sent Daisy out to fish for fun, but I know that she'd get some fish I could use for fertilizer.
Lily randomly decided to play her guitar in the front room. However, I had something else I wanted her to do so I stopped her after taking the picture.
Daisy and Brandon, though, were practicing their instruments together. I don't remember, but Lily might have joined them later.
The twins had came back from school so I set them up to do homework together. Brandon was hungry, so he had some cake for a snack.
Lily went to a party (which actually probably explains the reason she wasn't practicing with her husband and mother) and this little girl was being neglected. Lily felt sorry for her and fed her a bottle.
Elizabeth was at the party, and Lily did acknowledge her but not for long. I saw someone else there so I decided right then and there to say hello.
L4U-Rn was the one I wanted to say hello to, and I convinced her to come back to live with the family. It was easy to get her to break up with Toaster, but I only did this because I kind of miss L4U-Rn. I might make a little "story" for her in future updates, but I'm trying to figure out how I'll do it.
She had a lot of ITF things in her inventory so I sold some of them, and kept a couple.
After getting all charged up, I had her do some painting. My idea is to make her a master painter so she can build up some money for the family. I might not really have my Sims work so that they can focus on family, although at least one Sim will have a job. And I also don't know how long L4U-Rn is staying, but I plan on having her around at least for the Moonlight Falls move.
***Found out that PlantSims will have babies with their spouse if you aren't playing them. I got a message saying Rose and Pierre are having a child soon.
A few hours after the last update ended, Daisy woke up to chat with L4U-Rn. They were basically just getting acquainted.
Harlan and Brandon ate their breakfast together. They are at least friends, even if Harlan isn't the biggest fan of fairies.
Daisy was gardening pretty early, and it looks even earlier since I put in a Brntwaffles lighting mod in not long ago.
L4U-Rn painted a picture while everyone was getting ready. She only has chips in that let her clean or learn skills, she doesn't really have any that make her more like a Sim.
Harlan was having a random conversation with Lily, but it looks like he was complimenting her on something.
Shortly after, Lily decided to do some exercising. A bit later, Brandon ended up joining her.
When he had finished, he started to chat with L4U-Rn.
Harlan and Daisy went on a small date, but they only did some dancing.
A paparazzo was hanging around and I wanted to irritate her a bit, so I had Brandon prank her.
Lily had a wish to have a pillow fight with the Plumbot, so I granted it. It's one of the easier ones to grant.
Either Harlan or Daisy wanted to spar, and it wasn't working when they were at home, so I had them do it in the park. Then, they played horseshoes for a bit before I sent them home.
Ivy came home from school but Holly stayed for an opportunity. I had Ivy do her homework right when she hit the lot boundaries, so she picked a spot under the tree to do homework. She also had a wish to photosynthesize so I granted that one.
Brandon is getting a bit too much with his pranking, and Lily is getting tired of it. She loves the man, but enough is enough. Even I am getting tired of him making his family mad, but I don't mind if he does it to non-household members.
Lastly, Harlan and Daisy ended their date night with woohoo. Not long ago, one of them had a wish for another baby, but I declined it. They already have four together, and Harlan has six children all together. However, his children with his ex are dead now, only his grandkids from them remain.