Chapter 1.5 | Chapter 2.1

A brief recap of the rules for this generation:

This is the last chapter of our first generation, as we’re just waiting for Skyor to grow up to teen so we can become murderers. Erm. I mean, so we can kill off his parents and have him move out. Poor Utali has no idea that she’s feeding her nemesis.

I guess it never gets easier, having babies, does it, Utali? .. Wonder if the twins moving out could have changed how many babies we get??

… Welcome to the madhouse, Tiago. You truly are brave to have arrived here!

And on that note – he was a single. Thank goodness!

Ryorg stops by to say hi. Although, it looks like he’s yelling at his Mom. (He’s not, though, I assure you.)

Thunderstorm! Run! Everyone inside as fast as possible!!

Paku takes a bath.. and … what on EARTH are you wearing, Paku?!?! This is actually the second time I’ve seen him in this get-up after taking a bath. I just didn’t take a picture the first time. I thought it was a fluke. LOL. Guess not.

Aww.. Ok, Aden. You’re excused from fishing duty if you look like that. LOL.

Yup. We’re expecting another one. Skyor is filthy, but soldiering on in the fishing marathon… and completely unconcerned that Dad is celebrating their eighth pregnancy. (Yikes!) .. There was room in the house, so I had to try again – the rules state to repopulate the planet. So that’s what we’re doing! LOL.

I figured “Brave” sounded like Inquisitive would be a good bet for a trait. So I picked his trait.

Welcome to the world of walking around, buddy! It’s a big world.. start exploring!

Proof that he did get his goal done before he’s gone. (Morbid, but hey, it’s why I took the picture.)

… And while I was thinking about it…

… Here’s the other one.

Since it told us last night that it was Skyor’s birthday.. I figure forcing Paku to stay out in a thunderstorm would just be poetic. Unfortunately, while he does get struck with lightning… he also never gets hit the second time. Which is just tough luck. I wanted to see what that would look like…

Sorry, Paku. Rules say I gotta kill you. And, well, the Cowplants were ready – so your time is up.

The wake begins. Everyone is miserable, and I love how Grim is completely unaware that he’s brought a handheld computer to the Stone Age. Way to go, break the immersion, Grimmy.

Grim congratulating the fat and happy Cowplant that did it’s duty.

Ok, so this interaction popped up and I couldn’t resist. Definitely one of the creepiest Sim-Photos I’ve ever taken. LOL! (Also.. Grim was flirty… what’s up with that?!)

Um… Utali, no, I don’t think spraying Grim will get rid of him. (Yeah, I know it’s for the monster, but it looks like it’s for Grim!!!)

Skyor gets his appointed trait and aspiration…

And… welcome to teenage-hood. With your weird arms. And big feet and hands. At least he doesn’t look like he has a fat lip like Ryorg did. I put him in a shirt because – let’s be completely honest – no way was I looking at that skinny pair of ribs for the next entire generation.

Unfortunately, if you were paying attention, this is NOT the end of Gen 1. We still have a nooboo on the way, and need to kill off Utali. .. So….

Here we go again, girlie.

Okay, so it seemed appropriate.

That’s One…

Awww… they have no idea what’s coming. I feel horrible. Sorta. But I really want to get to the next generation!!

Bye, Utali!! Down the hatch you go! Grim arrives, takes care of business, and the sun starts to come up.

At this point, Generation’s over. But we have some unfinished business. The kids can’t go with Skyor, and they can’t stay alone. Oh, and our heir is absolutely exhausted. We let him tuck everyone into bed and take a good long nap.

Then we invite Arjuna over – one, to tell her the bad news.. and two.. well to tell her the bad news. She’s now a mom to five kids. On her own. I have to wonder if she’s crying for her Mom here, or herself…

Okay, so I have to admit, Skyor’s face isn’t horrible. It’s kinda growing on me. Plus, he almost looks like he’s giving me a sidelines wink.

We move Arjuna in and take care of the last bit of business….

“Here, sis, you can have the life essences. I have a feeling you may need them. And I only have to take the ashes with me. The potions feel … cheaty.” Er, wait. did I have Skyor say that? .. Hrm. Yep. Okay then. (So yes, Skyor has both his parents’ urns in his pocket, some Taro root from his mom’s garden for his trip – because that seemed the most portable and useful of the foodstuffs we have in the garden – and one last thing. A Cowplant Berry that Aden, his brother caught during these last few days fishing. Because you just never know. LOL!)

Then, I take stock. Skyor is STILL in the red energy wise. So I give up and let him go to bed.

Here’s when I REALLY start feeling bad for Arjuna. Myra is a screamer – and she’s got two toddlers plus two kids to look after, as well. I am so glad I’m not her!! *Guilty look*

Okay, so I wasn’t paying attention. And she tried to kill herself. I quickly put a stop to it, have Skyor make breakfast for everyone, and feed the other Cowplant before disaster can strike.

Okay, buddy.. time to go. I almost take all the funds, then feel bad. And give Arjuna back 5k so she can feed the kiddos. LOL!

… And I’ll leave you with this.

Yep, that’s all of them. 0.o .. What was I thinking?!

Chapter 1.5 | Chapter 2.1

Chapter 1.4 | Chapter 1.6

A brief recap of the rules for this generation:

First off: yep, we’ve pretty much finished with the goals. Second: That’s our heir above, trying to talk to the monster under his bed. And the skirt to the left is his mom going to spray a monster in the other room. LOL.

Proof that Skyor managed to “tame” the monster. While his sister continues to wail about the monster that Mom is there to spray.

And the race from last time is decided. The twins get to leave before the baby arrives.

Great. Yusu’s upper arms look like a skeleton, too. And those hands are huge. Same as Ryorg. I don’t think the future looks too bright for our heir’s looks, here.

I swear, I rolled those traits, not picked them… I’m sorta glad she’s moving out!

And – somehow, despite the looks of her brothers – she’s gorgeous. Maybe I should have picked a female heir…

The now-traditional meeting with the parents before moving out. Poor Yusu looks miserable about it, while Arjuna is clearly celebrating her freedom. (Despite having missed her birthday cake… evil sims are strange.)

Then, we move the two of them out to the Key Point lot that I put my stone age beach hut on… and take the parents over to wish them well. Arjuna still seems to be thrilled.

I kinda feel bad for poor Yusu – he’s going to have to put up with Arjuna when it’s just the two of them.

Skyor decides to try his hand at inventing something…

… But he appears to be hung up on the fact that he’s a star. LOL, Ok, sorry, I couldn’t resist.

Skyor and Daphne are completely oblivious to their Mom’s pain…

.. Because it’s that time again.

I’m really running out of descriptor ideas, here, guys.

Um… Paku, dude.. you’re a bit late. Your wife has already given birth, fed and changed the baby and is outside. But I appreciate the thought. I’m sure she does, too?

Daphne seems to spend a lot of time with Aden – more so than the rest of the kids, that’s for sure.

Skyor chatting it up with Cthulhu again.

… Here we go again … (at least the baby isn’t screaming this time!)

Skyor, again proving that he’s correctly named as “the Ruthless” – this time he’s yelling at the cowplant. For what, I don’t know. Perhaps it’s just foreshadowing.

Hey, Aden, buddy.. where exactly are you going? (He spent a good two hours of sim-time literally just running up and down the beach. I have no idea why.)

Hooray. Another toddler! And.. Clingy. … joy?

What a cutie-pie, though. For a moment, I almost rethink my choice of heir.

Aden! .. Music Lover, huh? I hope you like drums?

I’m not sure what that goofy look on his face is for, though. Perhaps it’s because he knows he’ll probably look silly as a teen/adult.

Yusu stops over, and Skyor immediately monopolizes his time. Clearly he misses having his big brother around.

Dad, teaching the kids a little bit of fishing. Skyor seems to be picking it up pretty well.

Mom’s got little Shalna in the pool autonomously. And, yes, it’s summer again – so it’s at least appropriate timing.

Have I mentioned lately how much I love the Sulani atmosphere? I’m going to miss it when we move on!

A whole flock (wait, is it flock?… nope. it’s a “colony”) of bats descend on Utali. I have to think that they came through the window. I love that Shalna is completely unconcerned about it.

Er… Skyor. You’re supposed to be fishing. What are you doing out in the water instead? You can’t catch fish that way!!

I played this all in one session, and planned on finishing the chapter in one post, but as you can see… I have far too many pictures for one update. In other words, you’ll just have to wait until tomorrow’s update.

Chapter 1.4 | Chapter 1.6

House 011 Chapter 6 < | > House 012 Chapter 1

Our last check of our house goals:

House 011 Building Goals:
2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons (k)
*Include a designated party space
House 011 Generational Goals:
Complete the Master Mixologist Aspiration
Achieve Level 10 of the Mixologist branch of the Culinary Career
Craft Each one of the following potions:
Confident, Energized, Flirty, Focused, Happy, and Inspired
Raise the heir to Young Adult age and give them the Mean trait (teenage)

.. And we’re back for the second part of the last two weeks. And the generation wrap-up, of course.

We start with Ariana finding the Karaoke Machine. And she’s BAD. My hubby, who sits at his desk next to mine, begs me to fast forward through it, but I’m laughing too hard.

The other thing we’re starting with – the twins’ birthday.

Again – no job for her, she’s a Drifter spare.. but interesting rolls all the same.

I have to say, in looks, she’s probably my favorite from this family.

Go Derek! Your turn! (And who left their Fruit Loops on the counter!!??)

Congrats on teen, there, Derek!

He looks quite proud of himself. Deservedly so.

Hey. Excuse me… girl, there’s food in the fridge. PUT. THE. KNIVES. DOWN.

Sigh. What did I just say? I mean… really. Guys… There’s no reason to cook!!

Trevor Rambler stops by with a gift, and Blaze is actually home, so we invite him in this time. He gives us a Carved Guitar. Umm… thanks? Nobody’s ever used the regular guitar we have.. LOL. Not going to be putting the carved one out. But we’ll keep it. For a memento.

It’s New Years Day, and I find these two toasting to themselves in the office. How cute. *grin* They sure have a lot to be proud of. They made a great family!

I have Blaze and Lyric spend some last bonding time together, because she’s getting really close to age-up now. I try to figure out how to set this as a positive memory.. but I give up because I have too many screenshots in the folder to figure out where this one is. LOL. Perhaps I ought to archive some….

This … whatever that is… is what they seem so proud at having made. LOL. Silly Sims.

New Year’s Eve dinner. At least some of them found the table. And – since it was so cold outside, I made them all a nice warm bowl of Clam Chowder. Apparently the popcorn was better, though.

… !!  The entire family autonomously ends up celebrating together. Don’t think I’ve had another family do that. There’s always one who gets “lost” on the way to the party. Nice, guys!

Since it’s New Year’s… I figure they can have one last woohoo.. even if Blaze runs the risk of possibly dying from exertion. We’re close enough to the “end” now, anyway. I also have just gotten a message about Blaze’s time coming to an end, anyway. So Lyric better hurry up and age already.

… WHY is Blaze sparkling??  Little whitish then green stars. I’ve NEVER seen that happen before?? I watch in consternation for a while, but luckily it goes away. I have no idea what it was, and he had no moodlets that would have explained it. Anyone else ever seen this??

Uh-oh. Lyla’s down. And that position seems really painful for the neck… oww.

The next day, everyone rotates in and around the hot tub for some reason while Blaze is at work. I watch for a while, and then decide I ought to take a screenshot, because it’s kinda funny. Also amusing: the fact that Lyric has the same swimsuit as her mama in a different color. I don’t like the melon color on her, so I’ll change that, but It’ll let her keep that suit.

Blaze… really. A Strawberry. On his last day of work. Too funny! (At least it wasn’t a dirty dish!)

Guys.. You do realize you’re completely ignoring your mother’s birthday in the other corner of the screenshot??

… See?

Ariana complains about her back, the twins continue to ignore the world.. and Lyric stomps by on her way to her cake.

Did I say cake?? Yep. Yes, I did. Blaze is making Lyric her last meal at home, too.

Congrats, Lyric!!! And congrats me, of course! Because this was the last goal I had left – getting Lyric to Young Adult.

… What a mess of traits she has. I have no idea what is in store for her, because I’m playing spoiler-free. I haven’t even peeked at the next house’s rules. That being said… time to wrap up this house.

The house value. I think I managed to get there… LOL

The points Blaze has left. I didn’t do any other aspirations on him, he just didn’t really need to. So we didn’t.

His status at work. He managed to get another promotion after getting to the top of his career, even though I had him call off with vacation days a couple times since his level 10 promotion.

Blaze’s skill-set.

And the Traits Panel. As you can see, we cut his age bar very close!

The final household and the funds we have. Also, the effect of that darn “Sunny Aspect” lot trait. I hate it. I really do. I am SO tired of energized sims!!

I did remember to upload the final house (I cleaned it up a little bit first) under the #drifterchallenge tag. So it’s there if anyone is interested.

Hooray! House 11 is FINALLY done. One more house and I’m at the halfway point of Drifter. I’m so excited to get started on the next house, but I’ll hold off until it’s time to play this family again. (Which is in a day or two. Have two other saves to play first.) You, however, will only have to wait through tomorrow, since these guys are getting posted every other day during July! See you next time!

House 011 Chapter 6 < | > House 012 Chapter 1

Chapter 1.3 | Chapter 1.5

A brief recap of the rules for this generation:

Welcome back to the Stone Age! We are still inundated with kids, and: as a reminder, we still have one on the way. I say one – because that’s all the space we have in the house, so I know this baby will be a single!

We start with Arjuna beating up on other people’s sand castles. Typical Evil sim. Then… almost before I get the game off pause..

Aden joins the house. And, being worried about getting that last point and a half in Parenting, I have Utali spam interactions with the baby when she’s not gardening. It’s *incredibly* boring, so I don’t bother taking pictures.

Here is, however.. proof that it works. By the time Aden is ready for his birthday, Utali has maxed out the parenting skill. One more goal complete!

Yes, I gave him the Charmer trait to go with his name. No, I am not sorry.

He’s also incredibly cute. Here he is playing with his sister.

Toddler hugs! I swear, this wasn’t directed by me!

About this time, I realize I must start thinking about how the founder-sims will die when the heir gets to teen, since that’s one of the rule requirements. After some consideration, it occurs to me that probably the easiest way will be to take them “out” by Cowplant. I already have the one, so if I can fish up another berry – I should be able to complete this horrible task easily and fairly quickly.

So, I send Paku out to fish up his doom.

Less than five minutes later – and probably 1000 simoleons worth of fish later.. he comes up with a berry. We immediately plant it.. and begin the dicey-ness that is having two Cowplants.

… At least the kids can’t be eaten. Because Arjuna spends most her time out here, I swear.

BEES! Poor Paku ends up stung and sore. I feel really bad for him. (Also: make note of his arms. Or come back and look at them later. When posting this – I noted where his son’s skinny arms come from. You’ll see..)

Yusu doesn’t make it to bed on time. Oops. Bad Watcher.

Poor Utali is forced to garden pretty much constantly, trying to get her skill to max.

But, finally, we succeed.. which means that the only thing I have left to do is age up our heir. In other words, I could potentially had Ryorg, the first born, be the heir and I would have “made it” in time. But with as weird as the save was being about counting the plants getting evolved (to get most of them to count, I had to go into build mode, put them in the family inventory then take them back out and go into live mode again. very annoying.) … I wasn’t going to bet on getting things done in time.

And… the gauntlet has been thrown. Now I just have to keep the sims – and the cowplants – alive until the right time. Something I’m not great at doing (the cowplants part, at least, they always die on me.)

Awww.. brotherly love!

Skyor is making a sand castle, on his own. He seems like he’s pretty good at it for just being a toddler! LOL.

More creepy Crawlies. Sorry, Arjuna!

Our first Cowplant incident. Eeks. Now I really am going to have to keep Paku away from them.

This was the moment I realized I had watched Skyor age himself up, given him his trait and his makeover.. and then forgotten to take any screenshots of said events. Well, at least you can now see what our heir looks like. He got his Outgoing trait, and is complaining to his Dad in this photo.

Somehow the pony toy has changed hands, but I guess that’s okay. The twins’ birthday is coming up, anyway. And Arjuna has been too busy with the cowplant to worry about her old pony. Also of note: Aden proves that sims can pout in their sleep. Look at that bottom lip.. lol!

Playtime with daddy.

Yes, I know gardening is annoying.. but you still must take care of your pets, there, Utali!

Family dinner time. Only this time..

They’re all being stalked! LOL It looked like Aden was trying to be a shark and sneak up on them to attack or something. I couldn’t resist.

Our eldest spins himself up upon waking up. Also, sometime during the night, I was informed that Social Services could take him away soon if he didn’t get his grades up. I was not aware that was an issue. I’m not sure why I didn’t think of it – but after some research, there are a few ways around it. 1. Download MCCC and have the kids “quit” school. 2. Cheat them up a grade level so it’s not a problem. (Use the careers.promote gradeschool cheat) 3. have them take their vacation days they get (3 of them) towards the end of their school days while you wait for them to age up. 4. Wait and hope they age up before they get taken. I went with a combination of 3 and 4.. and Ryorg is now a teen and ready to be kicked out on his own. However…

… This was the result of aging up. HAHAHAHAHA!! I found the missing link between apes and humans! *dies laughing* Ok ok.. I’m alright. Really. Thank goodness I didn’t pick him as heir. And this is me – hoping Skyor doesn’t get the same genetic arms!!

Ryorg, chatting with Mom before he leaves. In my head, I have this whole story playing out about him saying he’s old enough and wants to be on his own, blah blah.

Dad joins in on the conversation, then I have him move out.

I use the Caldera Lot I have listed on the rules page for his home, and then have his parents come visit him to “get him settled in.”

Mom gives him a big hug. As Moms are wont to do, of course. Ryorg is still upset about his forgotten birthday.. but somehow the story in my head is that he’s already regretting his decision.

Dad cheers him up, telling him he’s got a great home and that he will do fine. He gives him a few last fishing pointers, and Utali and Paku head home to their house full of kids. Of note: this is only the second time they’ve left their lot the entire game. The first was to try to get the plants to make a cowplant in their very first spring in Willow Creek, but the plants didn’t grow in time, and I don’t think I took any pictures. I actually do have the Beach and the Pool lots I built in the world, I just haven’t used them.. mostly because I didn’t make any other Stone Age sims, and the improperly-dressed townies would be too jarring. So I just avoided them and stayed home. It’s not like they haven’t had enough to do…

Utali wakes up and instead of feeding the plant like I told her to, she goes and takes a cake. Sigh. Bad Utali.

Ryorg stops by the next day, and his brothers rush out to greet him, probably peppering him with questions about being the “man” of his own household.

Yeah, I know – it looks like she’s drowning. She’s not. She’s laughing Maniacally. Silly Evil Sim.

Skyor looks on in horror as his mom finds out she’s pregnant.. again.. while she’s in the middle of a conversation with him.

Awww. Paku really is a great Dad.

ACK! Utali got poisoned by a spider bite again!! While she’s pregnant. This can’t be good.

…. I have no idea where they came from, but there’s suddenly a ton of butterflies flying around the lot. They’re only there for a split second.. and then they’re gone. But at least I got a screenshot of one of them.

Dinner time again – and proof that Utali survived her poisoning.

Our sweet little Daphne ages up into the Neat trait. Looks like I know who will be cleaning up from now on!

That’s her – on the right. I let her keep her braids.

If I didn’t know any better, I would think Utali was carrying at least twins. But there’s only one spot in the house… for now. The twins’ age bar is sparkling.. so I don’t know which will happen first. Them aging up and leaving.. or Utali giving birth. We’ll just have to wait and see!!

Chapter 1.3 | Chapter 1.5

House 011 Chapter 5 < | > House 011 Chapter 7

First, we check on our goals so we don’t forget:

House 011 Building Goals:
2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons (k)
*Include a designated party space
House 011 Generational Goals:
Complete the Master Mixologist Aspiration
Achieve Level 10 of the Mixologist branch of the Culinary Career
Craft Each one of the following potions:
Confident, Energized, Flirty, Focused, Happy, and Inspired
Raise the heir to Young Adult age and give them the Mean trait

.. Which means that, yes.. we’re basically done. We just have two miserable weeks with nothing to do except watch the sims. So, with that in mind.. I’m going to fast forward through it, and hope I don’t get too many pictures for one post.

We start off with Blaze being completely lost on what to do now that I’m not micromanaging his every second. He finally decides dinner standing up in the kitchen works best. Er. My bad. It was breakfast. Then he ran off to work.

Everyone else has a dance party. Except for Lyla, who was, I think, sleeping in still.

Poor Ariana. You think she has any idea that mopping is NOT going to help in this situation?

Happy Birthday, Lyric!!

Have your “mean” trait that you need for the challenge…. Yuck. At least she got one of the knowledge aspirations, she’ll learn whatever skills she needs in the next generation faster.  (I still haven’t looked ahead – so I’m flying completely blind, here.)

She’s not bad looking. If a little tubby. But that’s pretty irrelevant to prettiness. That hair looks good on her! (Not sure about that top, though…)

Lyric, learning her skills for an “A” … and handily tricking her dad into letting her swap the pieces around. She still loses the game, though. Poor Lyric. She tried.

Told you the hot tub works. And Ariana’s weird outfit? Is apparently a swimsuit. *cringe*

The kids, doing homework, while the parents make a run for it. Nobody wants to help them with the homework, eh?

The next day’s homework party works out much better. And Blaze even decides to help out.

Lyric really tries to put her mind into the game this time, although she still loses. They’re fairly evenly matched, so it’s not because Blaze is better at Logic. Maybe Lyric is just really bad at Chess. LOL. She finally gets her last skill point, though. So we don’t have to torture her anymore.

Oh, Derek. *frown* Poor lil’ guy! This is what happens in a “Sunny Aspect” home when you don’t force the kids to go to bed on time.

AHHHH!!! They’re back!! My least favorite holiday. LOL. We feed one a pie and sell them ASAP. Then we decorate the house for Fall, and I think it looks awesome:

Can’t tell I really like this house, can you?

Italian meatballs for dinner. Doesn’t sound like a bad idea.

Lyric apparently likes stand-up comedy, too. To go with her horror film appreciation.. If I see her watching youtube videos, I’ll have to wonder if she’s my son’s Sim-counterpart. They’d have the same taste in TV…

The kids come home from school the next day – although Derek doesn’t look like he had a good day. Deirdre completely ignores her twin cursing… and Lyric.. is checking her phone. Typical teen.

However, on the good news – we got some more A students in the house!

Yup, it’s Spooky Day – and we all know that fairy one is my favorite outfit. We give her a “treat”.

With that face, you’d think this teen would have gotten a “trick” – but she didn’t. I swear, it was a “treat”!

We discover Lyric likes piercings. Good to know. I can comply there! We’ll see which one she has the most of on her auto outfits, and let her keep that one when she grows up.

Boba Fett. We give him a “trick” just because. Both Blaze and he crack up laughing about it afterwards.

Dinner! With everyone except Lyric. I think she was sleeping.

Happy Birthday, buddy!

I’m definitely going to miss you when we switch houses, old man. *frown* .. He’s been a good heir.

And – another birthday… (once she got home from school, of course).

Lyla totally got the better traits. And obviously, since I can’t control her, no career – I just thought it was funny that her rolled career fit her traits so well.

… Interesting. She looks nothing like her sister. And I’m not a fan of the haircut. I’m tempted to go into CAS and give her back her braids, but I refrain.

Another dinner with missing sims.. but the food actually looks tasty, somehow. I forget what it was called… Cioppino, maybe?

The house gets all dolled up for Winter-time, and looks amazing.

Time to decorate the tree… although Lyric looks like she’s going to “tap out” early.

I know, I know, it’s Winterfest. But homework wasn’t done the night before, so you might as well do it now!

Yup, you two, too. No slackers in this house!

A grand Meal of Ham dinner for everyone – and look, everyone actually made it!!

Presents! … Nothing particularly interesting, other than the fact that everyone got something she or he actually liked. Which was unusual.

Um… thanks for the teapot?

Left to his own devices most of the time, Blaze is the first to find the Karaoke Machine. He’s not half bad. More or less.

Um… Ariana, why do you look so confused. You’re playing with a KID’s toy.

The next morning, the service people show up in the middle of a blizzard and can barely find the house.

Ariana, in her great wisdom.. decides to take a nap outside in the hot tub in the middle of said blizzard. *rolls eyes* Way to go, silly.

Oh – And – Spoiler: I did get too many pictures. So you’ll have to wait until the next post to see the wrap-up of this generation. Sorry. *smile*

House 011 Chapter 5 < | > House 011 Chapter 7

Chapter 1.2 | Chapter 1.4

A brief recap of the rules for this generation:

And here we are, back in the torture chamber that is the Stone Age. I go to load up the game.. and again cringe at the masses of kids. Then I cheer myself on. I got this. You’ll see. *wink*

Also, as soon as I load in – Paku is out taking a shower in the thunderstorm.. and the lady right next to him gets hit by lightning. Yet another close call! Time to get back inside!

The storm ends – so we send Paku and Utali out to make more babies. We hope. Maybe they’ll even be twins so I can get a full house and not have to worry about pregnant sims for a while.

.. And the storm starts right back up, while poor Ryorg was trying to get a waterfall shower. He runs for home.

.. And then proceeds to invent a teapot. What a good boy! LOL.

Oops. I forgot to watch Paku’s stats. Man down!

Apparently that Try for Baby was successful, by the way.

I pronounce this like Skjor, by the way. mostly silent j. He’s apparently not that ruthless, because he rolled “silly”. He’s also currently my choice for heir – unless I can’t get the goals done on time, but I *think* I have time.

And here’s our potential heir. What a sweetie.

Turns out that creepy crawlies does, in fact, hit the kids too. Darn. I was hoping they were immune.

It’s finally time. That jumble of wood there is going to be a bathtub. Eventually. I think.

There’s one twin.. Loves art? What? paintings on cave walls? Hm. *thinking*

And that’s two. Just what I needed. An evil kid in the house. Sigh. However, of note: both twins somehow got Happy Toddler, even though I *didn’t* get happy toddler on one of the twins in my modern-day Drifter yesterday. How does that work?

And here’s the twins after their Stone Age makeovers. They’re pretty cute!

This is only funny, because poor Utali is so very far away from her next birthday. And it’s not going to get much closer if we don’t start chilling out with the pregnancies!

Ta-da!! We have a bathtub. And he even managed to make the “poor” version that looks more ancient than the regular one. Nicely done, Paku.

Skyor is adorable. How can anything that cute be “the Ruthless”?

“AHHH! Pixelated Bats!!” At least, it said they were supposed to be bats. Looks like smudges to me.

Skyor playing with Dad. Wonder what they’re making?

Um… a tribal gnome? Dunno.. but Skyor immediately starts Monster Stomping it.

I have Paku join in, and he does so with a huge roar. It was hilarious.

When I took this, I thought for some reason it was Ryorg out there fishing.. but nope, it’s not. It’s Yusu.

Working on that Parenting skill. It’s getting there – slowly.

A hug for Yusu, because he got scared of the monster under the bed.

Yet another thunderstorm. With two lightning strikes in view. Scary stuff!

Boy, when it’s storming, that bush looks awfully far away, doesn’t it, Utali?! Spoiler: She makes it there and back.

Utali rejoices that she doesn’t have to forego baths just because she’s too pregnant to make it to the waterfall.

While the kids are holding a pow-wow about the state of the stinky bushes. At least, I think that’s what they’re complaining about. Baby Cowplant looks on passively.

I happily think everyone is safe inside when we get yet another storm.. only to find out our heir has wandered off and is in danger!! Hurry home, little man!

The older kids are all playing in their room – safe.

The storm ends again, and the cowplant is grown up and needs food. So Utali goes to feed it, while Paku completely ignores her.

Later that night… (At least he bothered to parental panic more or less correctly this time.)

Lol.. I’m running out of descriptor ideas….

Skyor gets his first bath. Paku keeps working towards maxing handiness and that toilet they really need. I mean, two bushes just isn’t cutting it anymore with this many sims in the house. Er. Hut.

Daphne is screaming – but we must make more babies, since she wasn’t a twin…. sorry kiddo.

When baby pops sometime the next day, we watch to see what Paku’s reaction is. I expect him to be upset. I mean – I would be…

But – he’s not. He’s thrilled. Okay then.

Oops. She didn’t make it to the bush. Poor Utali. But I laughed so hard at this face.

Some evil sim – here she is, happily playing with her little brother. (I mean, she does get joy in people being miserable, but still.. she is playing with her toddler bro..)

Umm… Utali is poisoned. From a spider bite. It’s at this moment I realize that the Creepy Crawlies Lot Trait is actually physically dangerous – because there’s no antidotes in the Stone Age. We’ll just have to see if she makes it.

I am really not sure why Arjuna is freaking out at the monster – she already made friends with it….

Just because of her name, we fudge the roll (it’s not exactly in the rules, anyway) and give her Angelic.

And she is angelic – at least in looks! What a darling.

I wait to stop the play session until I know Utali will be okay. Because I was actually worried we were going to have to start over the generation from losing her. See you next time!

Chapter 1.2 | Chapter 1.4

Chapter 1.1 | Chapter 1.3

A brief recap of the rules for this generation:

And off we go again. I immediately cringe upon loading the save.. because .. yeah. Three kids. All stuffed into one tiny one room hut. Yikes. Well, here goes nothing.

Run far away, Paku! Get your fishing skill up! Actually, this picture was taken because he maxed fishing.. and got the Angling Ace aspiration all in one fell swoop. That was easy…

Gardening.. is definitely not doing so well. It’s hard to skill up when there’s so many kids always crying!

Omg. I love this kid. He is SOOO cute! Look at that grin!!

Okay. I absolutely had enough of toddlers and their hygiene need. A pool is NOT cutting it – we need that woodworking bathtub. So, I give in and buy a handiness bench. I mean, he’s finished his goals, and his only purpose now is to be around to make babies, right? LOL. That sounds horrible .. don’t judge me too harshly!

He’s outside having fun.. while Utali .. is not having so much fun. Gotta get that Parenting skill up. She’s miserable, though.

Ack! Adorable Ryorg alert! Why do I not use these pools more often?

The twins age up. Arjuna gets Charmer, Yusu gets Angelic. And they’re both way too cute.

See? Yusu loves his triceratops toy.

And Arjuna decides to play inside so we can’t see her very well.. but she’s got a pony toy. (Just for reference, Ryorg’s toy is a butterfly.)

Toddler conference. They both agree the state of the hygiene around here is miserable.

Yikes. That’s a busy hut. And it’s more than a little bit of a disaster, too. Juggling everything in the Stone Age is really quite a challenge!

… Ooops. Paku got hit by lightning while trying to take a shower. We race him inside.. and for lack of anything else to DO inside, I send everyone to bed.

The storm goes away before Utali gets to take her outdoor shower, so she has to run all the way to the waterfall. Poor girl. Although, it’s probably a relief to get away from the hut for a change.

Teaching Ryorg to talk. He’s kinda slacking on his Communication skill, but seems to still be on track to get Happy Toddler.

Dunno how Paku can sleep through all that noise behind him, though. Must be an acquired talent.

When he wakes up, everyone else is asleep, so he takes advantage of the quiet and works on his handiness. I wish gardening was this easy to level…

No wonder she looks overwhelmed. Oh, and did I mention? We’re expecting again. So there’s that, too.

Haha. She looks so loopy in this picture. It’s a good thing sims can’t change traits, or one of hers would be “erratic” by now! That’s the back of a stinky Arjuna, by the way.

Finally! He’s sad about no cake, but he gets Happy Toddler and a decent trait. I’ve already decided he will NOT be the heir.. we have too much still to do.

Ryorg’s first task.. run for a shower. He *really really* needed one. Notice I prioritized shower over Stone Age clothing makeover. LoL. He’s wearing swim trunks.

After a short break – this family can be so stressful sometimes – I decide that there’s no way I’m going to fit a kid’s bed in this tiny hut.. so I expand. This is the new hut.. and they actually have things to do when there’s a lightning storm outside, now. So that’s a huge bonus!

Oooops. Man down! Poor Paku has been burning the candle at both ends .. getting up early and staying up late. But handiness is improving. Not there yet, but definitely improving.

Oh, man. I forgot about the monsters that not having lights will cause. … This is going to be a long challenge. *Laughs wryly*

Hey! You! No roasting marshmallows! They didn’t exist then!

NOW look what you did. (That’s talent, throwing fire from the campfire 20 feet away to the “end table”..) But of course, the firemen are autocalled, and they can’t reach the fire.. so I have to watch the whole family panick for ten minutes straight while the fire burns itself out. Fun.

Fortunately, a heavy rain shower comes by so Utali doesn’t have to waddle all the way to the waterfall. When she’s pregnant, it doesn’t do any good, because she pees herself by the time she gets there and/or home again, so it’s a waste of time. She just stays stinky – like the toddlers.

Gotta say – single most annoying part of this save – the Creepy Crawlies lot trait. At least it doesn’t affect the toddlers (don’t know about the kids yet..)

“Sorry, hun.. I’ll have to panick later. I gotta pee.” (I laughed way too hard at this screenshot.)

Shhh!! The baby’s sleeping! (Trying for Baby yet again… this time more because we need more kids than needing fun.. but hey, whatever works, right?)

Hedging our bets that we can complete a shower before she gets hit by lightning. Spoiler: she makes it.

.. But see that gem in front of the torches?? It was darn close to not making it…

And on this note… time to break off this post. The new baby was a single boy, by the way. He’s named Skyor the Ruthless, and – in my mind – is in the running to be heir. Provided I can get goals done. We’re at level 8 gardening, Paku JUST finally caught a Cowplant seed, and we still need evolved plants. I don’t know why I have so many problems with getting plant quality up since seasons – but I should get it in the springtime. (It just turned winter). Only other thing we need is Parenting at level 10, but that’s also coming along. Halfway through level 7 now. So – not bad. Just need more kids to practice on?? LOL.

Chapter 1.1 | Chapter 1.3

House 011 Chapter 4 < | > House 011 Chapter 6

First, we check on our goals yet again:

House 011 Building Goals:
2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home worth at least $50k Simoleons (k)
*Include a designated party space
House 011 Generational Goals:
Complete the Master Mixologist Aspiration (3/4 done)
Achieve Level 10 of the Mixologist branch of the Culinary Career (lvl 9)
Craft Each one of the following potions:
Confident, Energized, Flirty, Focused, Happy, and Inspired
Raise the heir to Young Adult age and give them the Mean trait

Nothing really changed last week, I was too busy chasing toddlers. So, it’s time to get down to business. We start with Derek getting a sorely needed bath. Blaze doesn’t seem to appreciate the splashing, though.

Ariana, dear, that stuff is for the kids. But I appreciate you actually finding the dining room table!

She misses the “family meal”, though, because a few minutes after she leaves to work on the computer, everyone else shows up.

Except for the toddlers, who eat in the living room. We also seem to have a popcorn bowl issue… lol.

Lyric, don’t think I didn’t see you just destroy that sink. And doesn’t it figure – Blaze is at work so nobody can fix it.

Then I notice that the other bathroom sink is broken, too. No idea who did it.. but at least we still have the kitchen sink.

Wait… what?  Who?

Yup, found him. He’s completely nameless. But apparently was enough to give Blaze a two-day mourning moodlet. Sigh.

Zombies last time.. mummies this time? It seems our heir has a penchant for horror films.

Oh, Master Tinkerer – if only we could invite you in. There’s so much for you to fix!!

Dance party – although Lyla doesn’t seem to be completely happy about it. And the toddlers seem to be missing.

Where are they?… Asleep. Good.

Oh, Lyla, honey, I appreciate the thought, but you’re gonna be there a while…

Well…. we DID have a kitchen sink… Lyric strikes again!

Blaze is down. Trying to get everything taken care of after work was a little too much.

… At least he missed the puddle??

Oh, no. Not again… I still have one toddler and Lyla to get into bed. That dark Sunny Aspect lot trait means I have to put the kids to bed EVERY. NIGHT. Or they don’t sleep.

Sleep replacer. We clearly needed one.

How is it still only Monday?? (Bills arrived)

Um.. Derek.. that’s not really an approved place to eat dinner. But I guess when you’re that hungry, I appreciate you not walking all the way to the living room??

Home from school in a different outfit? We know what that means!

Congrats, Lyric!! (Lyla gets this later in the week, but I’m not concerned enough with the non-heirs to take a picture. LOL. Which just sounds bad.

Blaze is still struggling through to Level 8 Charisma. Still working on 7. This is taking forever!

Conference in the bathroom? LOL.

And a messy dance party..

Lyla is coming home with a B in this photo, but they both RUN in because of a thunderstorm.

Wow, someone actually found the activity table! Way to go, Lyric!

For some reason, Ariana feels the need to work on her non-existent Logic skill. And yes, we’re still struggling through Charisma. But we’re getting closer.

Better get that stereo fixed before they wake up. The whole household will break down if you don’t!

Lunch time with the toddlers. It’s the newest show! *wink*

Finally – it’s that time!

Somehow, we managed to get him to Happy Toddler after all – and he rolled Lazy. Good thing he’s not the heir!

He’s a cutie, though.. even if he does look a bit mischievious.

… Wait.. what?? Again my sims game decides to be weird. I assure you, there’s been a LOT of aging up in this save. Why is it only now getting to this??

Twin # 2… (who doesn’t look the LEAST bit excited to grow up).

At least she got a better trait? .. And no Happy Toddler. Wonder what she was missing.

Deirdre is SO CUTE!! I love that hairstyle. And, Ariana.. what have I said about the popcorn??

We finally have Charisma to level 8 for the promotion. Now we just need Maxed Mixology.

Oh – and since we’re out of toddlers, I get the nursery converted over for the twins. Don’t worry, I didn’t forget the monster lights!

We did it!! Well done, Blaze!

Which means that the aspiration is completed, too.

… And we can start in on making those emotional drinks. (Which drains our bank account – they cost 1000 to make – EACH!)

I swear, I made all of them. He just kept drinking them. And the kids are on TOP of the dishes, so the glasses didn’t stay around.

I actually remember the garden for once. Selling, at least. Now that we need the money again.

Wait.. huh? Er.. okay, Blaze.

The “party area” needed work – now we have a karaoke machine, a guitar, and a microphone. Nobody’s going to use them – but they’re there.

And that deck got a makeover, too. Had to use move objects for the lights, but the hot tub still works. I made sure.

Ariana!! Really?

First of all, that’s the first time I’ve seen her in that outfit. Not sure which one it is, but I don’t like it – looks like she’s walking around naked when I just glance at her. LOL. And second – there’s PLENTY of food in the fridge.. just because Blaze isn’t home does not mean it’s time to try out your non existent cooking skills. (At least it’s a salad?)

A salad that she literally just leaves there and waddles off to the bathroom, instead.

WOO!!! That’s pretty much all our goals done, except for getting Lyric aged up. She’s due to be teen in a couple days – and then those next two weeks are going to be BORING! Perhaps I’ll speed three through them?

And that’s it for this chapter. Everyone’s tucked into bed, and goals are done. I can’t complain! See you next time for some fast aging up. I hope.

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Welcome/Links | Rules | Chapter 1.2

Before I go any farther, I need to introduce our founders:

They are simply housemates at this point. However, that will change.

Anyway: a little bit about this challenge. It’s a modification of the “Through the Ages” challenge by erica180 (linked on the welcome page above). I will be posting the full rules as I get them completely ready, but for today, I’m just posting the first few generations (linked above). The others are in process, but I don’t feel they’re 100% ready to publish yet. Anyway, before I get going, here’s the goals/rules for generation 1:

With all that being said.. I sat down to get to playing. When I started this challenge, I downloaded a neat looking lot, and plopped my new Stone Age sims onto it… never knowing that I had just stepped into a virtual minefield.

To be fair, though, how would I have known that when things started out so normally. A little planting for our garden…

… And Paku starts his “career” as a fisherman. He quickly catches a cowplant berry – which I regret losing. You’ll see why in a moment.

Here’s where things started going horribly wrong. First Utali catches herself on fire…. okay. No worries, she’s just a little singed.

Then, she catches the entire firepit.. on fire. And not just once. As soon as this fire is out, I try to cook again. Only to have the other end table sitting there catch fire and burn to a crisp.

At this point, I’m thoroughly frustrated, and they’re starving and filthy. You can see the evidence of the fires on the ground behind their new stump-chairs.

I send Utali to go clean up, because she needs it…

And have Paku make dinner. Which instantly sets himself, and the campsite on fire.. again. On top of these fires.. they keep having routing failures.. or simply happily clipping their way through oversized rocks. I’ve had enough. I had a save from before I started playing, and I deleted this save and went back to that one. An hour later, calmed down, and with a new, plain ol’ hut I built for them – we get back to playing.

The first thing we do.. is get Utali planting again.

… While Paku.. you guessed it… goes fishing. Spoiler: he doesn’t get a cowplant berry. This time, or the next.. or the next… you get my point.

Originally, I was using the “original” rules, which required one of my sims to learn Wellness. Which made no sense, but I started in on the yoga anyway. Before long, I change up the rules… and no more yoga for prehistoric sims. I delete the Wellness stuff.

Utali cooks a nice…. SAFE… meal. And look, ma, no fires!

They stand around eating it – because – no tables. Stone age. And I’m somehow determined to try to do this without using handiness as a skill. (I wouldn’t recommend it..)

And here’s where the REAL fun starts. Trying for the first nooboo. They get pregnant pretty much right away, although, with no pregnancy tests, I have to wait to find out.

The next few days pass by peacefully. No fires, no mishaps.. and nothing fun to take pictures of, either. I need toddlers, darn-it-all!

Okay.. so a baby will work. Or at least, an incoming one. Ryorg the Wild Child is born. And is, as usual for sims 4.. pretty much a blob stuck in a bassinet. Exciting.

… More exciting.. there’s another nooboo on the way! Paku seems a little worried.

Ryorg ages himself up.. because somehow I completely missed his birthday notice. It’s not the first “forgotten birthday” he’ll have – without ovens, we can’t bake a cake.. so we’ll be waiting for birthdays.

Ryorg playing with blocks with a very pregnant Utali watching over him. Has anyone else noticed that parents no longer actually keep watching?! Oh my gosh, it’s so annoying to me!

This is when I find out that this kiddie pool… does next to nothing for hygiene rating. But I’m still determined to tough it out.

I know THAT face. Nooboo incoming!

… Er…. make that two nooboos. Welcome Arjuna the Quiet (spoiler: she may have been named wrong… ) and her little brother, Yusu the Stoic. I wasn’t expecting twins.. and in complete consternation, I decide this is a good place to take yet another break from these guys. Instead, I go work on the rules some more. And the four generations I originally added… turns into far more. *face in hands* .. Well, if you’re going to do something, I suppose you should do it right, huh?

Welcome/Links | Rules | Chapter 1.2

Heir Poll #1 | Chapter 1.8

I finally got around to counting this up… and here’s our results:

Coty: 9 (5+4)
Tyson: 5 (3+2)
Jaxson 3 (2+1)

So, congrats to Coty!!