Meet the Engles | Chapter 2

Well, hi. Here’s where the story starts, I suppose. Peacefully. But not for long! Also, I apologize for there not being more pictures. The household was so hectic, and I was just getting back the groove of playing, so I was often too occupied to remember to screenshot.

Cassiel and Kaitlyn playing .. this is before I managed to herd all of the toddlers upstairs and “lock” them in with a fence.

… And the potty training begins. It seems never-ending at the beginning!

The kids seem to really like the playroom! And as a bonus, they’re so cute together.

Bath time for Cassiel. I love this interaction.

More potty training.

AWWW That face. I love it, Kaitlyn. Clearly my favorite alien EVER.

We finally see the elusive Adrien playing dolls with Cassiel.

Caught you! Naughty toddler!

More hugging. This time it’s Emely and Adrien.

Dinner time. For everyone except Kaitlyn.

…. And here’s where things go horribly wrong. The maid changed the dryer without cleaning the lint filter. POOF. Then, Melanie was so busy routing to save toddlers, I couldn’t get her there to extinguish the maid in time… so.. here’s the result. Sorry Estrella.

… Grim route-fails and ends up in the fire. Good thing he’s immortal.

The fire just goes on and on. Every time I manage to put it out in one room, it’s spread to another. And now the kids are hungry… and the fridge is ash.

Grim… blithely doing his job while the fire rages on. I keep trying to put it out with Melanie, but SHE ends up on fire and has to put herself out… and I’m unwilling to lose her, too.

Finally, Grim sees the job done.

.. Just barely in time so the social worker isn’t called. This is the stampede we’re left with as the kids run for the food.

For a little bit of income, we advertised for a room-mate, and Paka’A Hua showed up. Strangely, he/she has the same hairstyle as Melanie. Which I found hilarious.

A spare moment to “herself” to talk to Thimble before passing out from another long day of toddler care.

… And this is how I’m keeping everyone fed. Caterers. Thank goodness for Mila Munch!

Wait.. now Melanie’s cooking..?

.. Because it’s THAT time! Emely goes first.. and she doesn’t look happy about it.

Rolling for traits and aspirations.

She grows up adorable, though!

Starting her out right.

Cassiel, trying to get her needs up before it’s her turn for cake. This is also to show that, to let the toddlers downstairs for cake, I had to delete the fencing.

Go Adrien!

Hm. Okay. I guess that works for a Vampire.

.. Love the shirt. Perfect!

… Oops. I’m killing everything in this game, it seems.

Room-mate is cleaning up. Which is awesome, and definitely needed.

Aww.. Melanie. It’s not THAT bad, is it?? (Yes. Yes it is. LOL)

Kaitlyn’s sad about turning into a child.

Cheerful, eh?

…. But skill day cheers her right up. And she’s GORGEOUS!

Love the fact the other kids are all working on homework or skills.

… and here’s because I forgot to screenshot her age-up pop up.

.. She’s adorable. And looks like she’ll have a cat familiar when she grows up!

Since we have no more toddlers, I remodel the toddler bedroom into the master bedroom (so the downstairs one can be used for another room-mate.)

I like the way it turned out.

Colby ages up next, but I didn’t get a shot until afterwards. Maybe he’s gloomy because he’s “just” a human.

Paka’A is trying out the hot tub and the bar, I see.

Now that the kids are all “child” stage, Melanie can actually settle down to parenting and cooking for them.

Roomie being useful and entertaining everyone.

.. And that’s a good place to move on to the next save. See you next time!

Meet the Engles | Chapter 2

This save came about when Realm of Magic came out and I had the bright idea to do a version of a “Supernatural Orphanage”. Which – basically – is a family based on one kid from each occult. At this time, there’s four occults, plus human, so there’s five kids. For some insane reason, I started all the kids out as toddlers… and I only gave them one parent. Why??? Who knows. But I was clearly not thinking straight. I moved them into one of my favorite shells I’ve ever made and started decorating. I ran out of creative energy at about the same time I hit the basement, hence the fact that it’s currently unfurnished. I plan to play them through adulthood – and beyond. I want to follow their families, see how different they all are.

I survived the five toddlers, got them to the child stage.. And then just got overwhelmed with too many challenges, and this is one of the ones that got cut. It will be back.

If you’re interested to see what actually happened with this family, check out this page. They moved to the big screen!

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Welcome to the Engles | Chapter 1

I do plan on random-ing on each age up for the kids, then choosing their career based on the traits they roll.