Sunday, August 14, 2011
Oh No!!
My Sims 3 Legacy is on temporary hold, due to the untimely demise of my my dear and beloved computer. I believe all is saved on my trusty external hard drive, but I will be unable to post any updates to my story until I can afford a new computer.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Generation 4's Rolls!
So we are coming to the end of Generation 4 as the main focus of our story (don't worry I'm sure you will see Elijah and Paris around for a while, they are only adults still!) It seems a good time to see what the rolls were....
Generation 4
A. Marital Structure (roll 1-17)-Updated on 6/03/2011 to allow player choice for biological and/or adopted children
17)Second Chance: Your heir must have two partners over the course of his/her generation.
Of course we know that Elijah married first his high school sweetheart, adorable Blair who gave birth to Elijah's first born son, Blake. He later married Paris, a live in Nanny hired by his father stealing Malachi and Elijah's heart.
B. Number of Children – 4
Blake the son of Blair and Elijah
Then born to Paris and Elijah there was:
Dawson was born next, and while little is told about him in the story, he was a delightful child, he rarely caused any problems, wasn't ever moody, and in general flew quietly under the radar
Bella was the next born, their honeymoon baby girl born premature and not expected to live became everyone's little darling
Faith was born last, and she, like Dawson tended to fly under the radar, with a love of sports and all things sports orientated. Dawson and Faith were very close and still are very close friends.
C. Primary Income (Roll between 1 and 20)Using Snacksims Career Rolls
Non-Standard Career – Roll on chart C2 to determine which. If you have ambitions, you may join the jobs offered through the town hall(such as painter, sculptor, writer, etc).
4) Author – Write books and live off of royalties. Elijah has done quite well for himself writing books about the enviroment.
D. Secondary Income (Roll between 1 and 15) Partner 1
3-9) Non-Standard Career – Roll on chart C2 to determine which.
8) Freelance Photographer – Sell photos you take. Re-roll if you don’t have world adventures.
This was Blair's passion!
D. Secondary Income Partner 2
1-10) Standard Career – Roll on chart C1 to determine which.
15) Movies (Film Star) Paris didn't start her film career until after Bella went to school, so she still isn't very far in it.
E. Generation Goal (Roll between 1 and 14)
7) Living Green - This was surprising pretty easy to do, of course the garden had to be planted and that was a huge part of it, and they dug out a pond and stocked it with fish so they could have their own supply of fish. The worst part of this challenge was probably the dang bikes, took them so long to go everywhere! As far as no new furniture, this was pretty easy, I rarely sell furniture when I redecorate, I usually just put it in the families inventory (their attic if you will) so their attic was filled with treasures that they could redo for a new look! The park they built was the same one Paris and Elijah were married in, it cost them a little over 60,000 to build it pretty well emptying the family funds!
4) No Strangers – You may not call any service sims to the lot. This includes pizza delivery sims and babysitters; if both of your sims have to work, tough! Ok so I failed this one, once at the end, forgot and let Elijah order pizza for Hope's birthday party, but since Bella was a young adult and the new heir, perhaps it wasn't a failure?
All in all this generation was definitely an interesting one, and provided me with lots of story leads...Generation 5 has been rolled, and as usual I will share those results when Generation 6 reaches young adulthood!
Generation 4
A. Marital Structure (roll 1-17)-Updated on 6/03/2011 to allow player choice for biological and/or adopted children
17)Second Chance: Your heir must have two partners over the course of his/her generation.
Of course we know that Elijah married first his high school sweetheart, adorable Blair who gave birth to Elijah's first born son, Blake. He later married Paris, a live in Nanny hired by his father stealing Malachi and Elijah's heart.
B. Number of Children – 4
Blake the son of Blair and Elijah
Then born to Paris and Elijah there was:
Dawson was born next, and while little is told about him in the story, he was a delightful child, he rarely caused any problems, wasn't ever moody, and in general flew quietly under the radar
Bella was the next born, their honeymoon baby girl born premature and not expected to live became everyone's little darling
Faith was born last, and she, like Dawson tended to fly under the radar, with a love of sports and all things sports orientated. Dawson and Faith were very close and still are very close friends.
C. Primary Income (Roll between 1 and 20)Using Snacksims Career Rolls
Non-Standard Career – Roll on chart C2 to determine which. If you have ambitions, you may join the jobs offered through the town hall(such as painter, sculptor, writer, etc).
4) Author – Write books and live off of royalties. Elijah has done quite well for himself writing books about the enviroment.
D. Secondary Income (Roll between 1 and 15) Partner 1
3-9) Non-Standard Career – Roll on chart C2 to determine which.
8) Freelance Photographer – Sell photos you take. Re-roll if you don’t have world adventures.
This was Blair's passion!
D. Secondary Income Partner 2
1-10) Standard Career – Roll on chart C1 to determine which.
15) Movies (Film Star) Paris didn't start her film career until after Bella went to school, so she still isn't very far in it.
E. Generation Goal (Roll between 1 and 14)
7) Living Green - This was surprising pretty easy to do, of course the garden had to be planted and that was a huge part of it, and they dug out a pond and stocked it with fish so they could have their own supply of fish. The worst part of this challenge was probably the dang bikes, took them so long to go everywhere! As far as no new furniture, this was pretty easy, I rarely sell furniture when I redecorate, I usually just put it in the families inventory (their attic if you will) so their attic was filled with treasures that they could redo for a new look! The park they built was the same one Paris and Elijah were married in, it cost them a little over 60,000 to build it pretty well emptying the family funds!
4) No Strangers – You may not call any service sims to the lot. This includes pizza delivery sims and babysitters; if both of your sims have to work, tough! Ok so I failed this one, once at the end, forgot and let Elijah order pizza for Hope's birthday party, but since Bella was a young adult and the new heir, perhaps it wasn't a failure?
All in all this generation was definitely an interesting one, and provided me with lots of story leads...Generation 5 has been rolled, and as usual I will share those results when Generation 6 reaches young adulthood!
Chapter 24
They brought his granddaughter, Hope home two days after she was born. Elijah had set up the bassinet and changing table in Bella's room to make things as easy for her as possible. Watching her lay her daughter down in the same bassinet he had once lain in was indescribable.
Had it been a few years later in different circumstances he was certain the lump in his throat would be pure joy, but it wasn't, it was fear and sadness for his daughter and what her future held.
As he watched his daughter and granddaughter, he knew that the road ahead wasn't going to be easy for them, he hoped they could help make it easier, but Elijah knew that no one could guarantee a smooth ride.
It took Bella months to recover from the birth, not just physically, but mentally as well. It seemed a part of her died in that delivery room and Elijah wondered if it would ever come back again. Something in his gut told him it was gone forever.
They had offered to switch her to an online high school program to make things easier, but she refused, saying the last thing she needed was to hide away in the house. Elijah had thought she was probably right. He didn't realize that meant she would never be home.
Hope was turning two, and her mother was missing the birthday party, Elijah sighed as he looked down at his little granddaughter, worried about her mother. Bella was out of control, and Elijah didn't know what to do about it.
She was out all hours of the night with different men. He couldn't even say boys, although men didn't seem to fit well either, they were never her age, always much older. He knew what they wanted, and it seemed his daughter was giving it out like candy.
She rarely saw her baby girl, leaving Hope's care up to her grandparents. They were raising their granddaughter, while her mother partied and played, ignoring all responsibilities. Elijah knew she was hurting, he knew she was acting out, but nothing seemed to make any difference. She skipped counselling appointments, refused to listen to anything her parents had to say, she began skipping school, Elijah had smelled liquor on her breath numerous times when she had come stumbling in late, she had even been arrested twice for underage drinking and breaking curfew.
Elijah began to wonder if maybe they were causing her more harm then helping her, maybe it was time to set down some rules for his baby girl. He waited up for her to come that evening after putting his granddaughter to bed. When Bella finally breezed in the door it was well past two in the morning, and she found her dad waiting for her.
"We need to talk Bella, things can't go on like this." Elijah hoped he was doing the right thing, hoped his sweet baby girl was still in there underneath all of the hurt and anger. "You chose to keep Hope, Bella, you had other options, we gave you options, but you wanted to keep her. I know it's hard, I know it's harder then you imagined it would be, but that doesn't make what you are doing ok. You never even spend any time with her."
Bella started to interrupt and Elijah silenced her with a look, "No, you are going to listen to what I have to say this time Bella. You are going to start raising your daughter, you can't keep hiding from it, it doesn't work, trust me, I did it for too long myself. I know you are hurting, and that's what the counselling is for. That brings us to the next thing, you will go to your counselling sessions every week. You will bring up your grades, and you will quit skipping school. You will be home every night after school to care for your child, and on weekends you will not stay out past midnight. If you want to go out on the weekends, your mother and I will watch Hope, but only if you have went to your counselling, haven't skipped any classes, have been home every night, kept away from the booze, and have all passing grades in your classes. Otherwise you are out of luck. Oh and one more thing, if you get pregnant again because of what you are doing now, you will move out and support yourself, so maybe you should reconsider what you have been up to with those men."
He took a deep breath and waited for the backlash, he could see how angry Bella was, and knew she would have plenty to say. "Well then I guess you better just kick me out Daddy, I'm sorry I missed birthday party, but I had to go talk to someone, I'm pregnant and I had to tell the father. Now what daddy, are you going to just kick us both out?"
Elijah was floored, he didn't know what to do, could he really kick out his own flesh and blood, was it what was best, she was barely 18. "Bella, your mom and I love you very much, and if we could take back what happened to you, we would, in a heart beat, but we can't. You are on a dangerous path of self destruction. I don't know what is going to happen now Bella, but what I said before, the rules I set, they apply, if you want to live here you will respect them, if you don't like them, then you are free to move."
"You can't treat me like a little girl daddy! I'm a woman now, you can't make me stay home I can do what I want to do! I'm not your little girl anymore!" Bella stormed out of the room, and with those final words she sealed her fate. Elijah knew they couldn't just stand by anymore paying her way through life.
It took Bella months to recover from the birth, not just physically, but mentally as well. It seemed a part of her died in that delivery room and Elijah wondered if it would ever come back again. Something in his gut told him it was gone forever.
They had offered to switch her to an online high school program to make things easier, but she refused, saying the last thing she needed was to hide away in the house. Elijah had thought she was probably right. He didn't realize that meant she would never be home.
Hope was turning two, and her mother was missing the birthday party, Elijah sighed as he looked down at his little granddaughter, worried about her mother. Bella was out of control, and Elijah didn't know what to do about it.
She was out all hours of the night with different men. He couldn't even say boys, although men didn't seem to fit well either, they were never her age, always much older. He knew what they wanted, and it seemed his daughter was giving it out like candy.
She rarely saw her baby girl, leaving Hope's care up to her grandparents. They were raising their granddaughter, while her mother partied and played, ignoring all responsibilities. Elijah knew she was hurting, he knew she was acting out, but nothing seemed to make any difference. She skipped counselling appointments, refused to listen to anything her parents had to say, she began skipping school, Elijah had smelled liquor on her breath numerous times when she had come stumbling in late, she had even been arrested twice for underage drinking and breaking curfew.
Elijah began to wonder if maybe they were causing her more harm then helping her, maybe it was time to set down some rules for his baby girl. He waited up for her to come that evening after putting his granddaughter to bed. When Bella finally breezed in the door it was well past two in the morning, and she found her dad waiting for her.
"We need to talk Bella, things can't go on like this." Elijah hoped he was doing the right thing, hoped his sweet baby girl was still in there underneath all of the hurt and anger. "You chose to keep Hope, Bella, you had other options, we gave you options, but you wanted to keep her. I know it's hard, I know it's harder then you imagined it would be, but that doesn't make what you are doing ok. You never even spend any time with her."
Bella started to interrupt and Elijah silenced her with a look, "No, you are going to listen to what I have to say this time Bella. You are going to start raising your daughter, you can't keep hiding from it, it doesn't work, trust me, I did it for too long myself. I know you are hurting, and that's what the counselling is for. That brings us to the next thing, you will go to your counselling sessions every week. You will bring up your grades, and you will quit skipping school. You will be home every night after school to care for your child, and on weekends you will not stay out past midnight. If you want to go out on the weekends, your mother and I will watch Hope, but only if you have went to your counselling, haven't skipped any classes, have been home every night, kept away from the booze, and have all passing grades in your classes. Otherwise you are out of luck. Oh and one more thing, if you get pregnant again because of what you are doing now, you will move out and support yourself, so maybe you should reconsider what you have been up to with those men."
He took a deep breath and waited for the backlash, he could see how angry Bella was, and knew she would have plenty to say. "Well then I guess you better just kick me out Daddy, I'm sorry I missed birthday party, but I had to go talk to someone, I'm pregnant and I had to tell the father. Now what daddy, are you going to just kick us both out?"
Elijah was floored, he didn't know what to do, could he really kick out his own flesh and blood, was it what was best, she was barely 18. "Bella, your mom and I love you very much, and if we could take back what happened to you, we would, in a heart beat, but we can't. You are on a dangerous path of self destruction. I don't know what is going to happen now Bella, but what I said before, the rules I set, they apply, if you want to live here you will respect them, if you don't like them, then you are free to move."
"You can't treat me like a little girl daddy! I'm a woman now, you can't make me stay home I can do what I want to do! I'm not your little girl anymore!" Bella stormed out of the room, and with those final words she sealed her fate. Elijah knew they couldn't just stand by anymore paying her way through life.
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