Chapter 19: Ticket to the Heir Spot

"Curse you, Slot Machine!"

 Kiran is holding his big presidential campaign fundraiser at the casino.

"When I'm leader of the free world, I'll see to it that funding for arts programs is doubled," Kiran promises his brother Darshan, who followed into their mother's career as an art appraiser. Apparently that's been quite lucrative for Darshan, because I just that morning saw a pop up about him buying an A/C Cobra, one of the most expensive CC cars in my game. Of course, he's a genie and can just summon up money, too. Not that they ever did that when I was playing them.

Later, Kiran will promise his power broker brother Suresh to cut corporate taxes.

"Kiran will be leader of the free world, but he'll be in my pocket. I'm King of the Universe, Master of All I Survey!"

Suresh has upgraded himself since he moved out. He's also aged up to Adult now.

"I will demand that wieners be declared the national food!"

Way to flex your power, Suresh.

Back at home, Tamira makes use of the hot tub with her boyfriend Jamie.

"Listen, I have it on good authority that the magic voice is weak for gingers. If you age up well enough, you could be my ticket to the heir spot."

It's shamefully true. Jamie, with his red hair and green eyes, has the power to throw my heir vote out the window. But you have to wish to marry him, Tamira!

Across town, a family watches knives juggling themselves.

As a side note, I have my SP set to allow no one of any age or caste to take jobs in the Showtime careers, and I have no stages or performance clubs in LP. But the game insists on spawning a pudding to perform for tips around town anyway. I guess this one is too ashamed to actually show himself and performs invisibly.

"You can't kill me off if you can't see me! Ha ha!"

Actually, I can. But there's no point, since another pudding would be spawned to take your place.

Kiran wakes up the next morning in mourning for his mother, who died while he was asleep.

"So, quickie before work?"

"Chelsea, my mother just died."

"That's so sad! Do you want to get it on or what?"

Timothy aged up to YA. Not surprisingly,  since he's a virtuoso, he went into the music career.

"I'm cute enough to be Sitara's ticket to the heir spot, right?"

Kairavi has an after school date with Josue.

"My dad has this election in the bag!"

The red head on the left, Alisha Lancaster, is a. The woman Alvaro kissed to earn his dirty cheating bastard reputation, b. Jamie Lancaster's mom (with Donovan Steel, now deceased. She had two kids by him, but they never married or lived together) c. Suchandra's future love interest, after a suitable period of mourning for Darleen. Around 2 days.

(To Gemma, as far as I know, Jamie's dad, Donovan Steel, is not related to Christopher Steel. )

It didn't tale Kairavi anywhere near as long as it took Sitara to get physical with her romantic interest.

"So, woohoo?"

"Chelsea, my mom just died!"

"Ugh, how long is the timer on that stupid mourning moodlet?"

Tamira goes out snake hunting before school the next morning. Her LTW is to catch 20 small critters, which includes insects. Normally, this LTW is so easy that I never take it. But in a wishacy, it's harder, since she can only do it when she wishes for it. So far, she gets about one wish per week, and has caught a total of 6 animals.

"Maybe I can catch a unicorn!"

Unicorns don't count. They also don't exist in Lucky Palms.

"Why not?"

Because I said so. With the help of Register mod.

Kiran has Tuesday off work. So he hangs out on the patio drowning his sorrow with quick drinks.

And fulfilling his wife's wish to skinny dip with him.

"I can make you feel better, you know," Chelsea promises.

Kiran's career progress bar is really high (no, that's not an innuendo about what's going on in the hot tub) and he'll be promoted the next when he's finished his shift. Which will fulfill his LTW to be Leader of the Free World, and thus he'll be ready to pass on the heir torch.

Tamira comes home from school and heads straight for the bar.

"It's my birthday today. I'm going to be a YA!"

Kiran is throwing his most likely to be heir a birthday party. Lourdes shows up sporting the ubiquitous pig tail hairstyle. I quickly change her in CAS.

Yo, Chelsea, guests are starting to arrive. Maybe it's not the best time to choose to skinny dip?

And here's Jamie Lancaster, coming to secure his girlfriend's hold on the heir position. He aged up the night before.

Here are before and after pictures of Jamie in CAS. Everyone ages up in pigtails now. It really as become the hot fashion trend in Lucky Palms.

So, I know I kind of maybe built up expectations about his looks in my comments in the last chapter. Jamie is not the most beautiful male Sim I've ever had or anything, but as I mentioned, I'm weak for gingers. Even gingers whose hair leans more toward brown than true red. And I like his trait set, which includes Inappropriate, Night Owl,  Brooding, and Handy. His LTW is the alchemist one to max Alchemy and use 50 potions. That should be fun.  So, yeah, he has locked Tamira in as heir, though there is the risk she won't ever wish to marry him. But the chances she will wish it are very high, since she's family oriented. You will be mine to play with, Jamie Lancaster!

Suchandra and Suresh are also mourning for Darleen, but they still come to the birthday party.

Darshan's wife Monica is also in mourning for her mother.

"No one here even remembers her!"

That's not true Monica. I'm sure Suchandra remembers your parents woohooing in his bed at one of his early parties in Gen 1. For all we know you were conceived in the same bed as your husband.

"That's more than I wanted to know..."

Grieving and cheering, the party guests gather around the cake.

The Inappropriate Sims point and laugh.

And Tamira becomes a YA, gaining the Flirty trait.

Timothy grabs Sitara in a play for my attention. "Look at us, we'd make a great heir & spouse couple!"

Hey, Tim, nomming on Sitara's forehead wins you no points. Just sayin'

"It's not my fault the animations don't line up!"

"Move along. Nothing to see here," Suchandra photo bombs Tim and Sitara's fail kiss.

"The magic voice just bough me a new double bed," Tamira whispers suggestively in Jamie's ear.

I did just buy her a new bed, and painted Suresh's old bedroom in lilac, her favorite color. But the couple decide to woohoo in her parents' bed instead.

Kairavi and Josue also decide that this is the best room to pillow fight.

Don't stop what you're doing, any of you.

Jamie wonders if this could possibly get any more embarrassing.

Then Kiran comes in to ask Jamie how his day has been. So, that's a yes, this can get more embarrassing.

"My day? Well, I just woohooed with your daughter in your bed in front of one of your teen daughters and her boyfriend."

And, the dark side os the Inappropriate trait comes out as Josue hurls a random insult at Kairavi.

"I can't believe this house. You people woohoo just anywhere, in anyone's bed!"

Kiran and Chelsea's lovey-dovey star watching makes Monica want to puke. (Actually, Monica is pregnant again. I got the pop up this morning.)

That night, Tamira sleeps alone in her new double bed, dreaming about her future. 

You have to do more than dream about it, you have to wish for it. Please. Soon. I'm picking an heir tomorrow.

Next morning, Tamira wishes to play with a snake. So we go find one to play with. That's one more for the LTW.

Don't worry, it's just a garter snake. It's not poisonous.

Ah, the life of the unemployed and wealthy. Tamira rolls wishes to be a firefighter, to join the music career and to be a painter. Since she's a virtuoso, she takes the musician gig. But she still had this whole day off with nothing much to do. She has a wish to jam with Jamie, but he's at work in the science career.

So, skinny dipping with Mom.

You both have perfectly good swim wear, you know.

"You've been a YA for almost a whole day now, Tamira. Why aren't you engaged yet?" Chelsea helpfully nags her daughter.

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 I had been preparing to do an heir vote, so I took CAS pictures of all the girls as YA for that. Now, I'm pretty sure I will be going with Tamira, trusting that she'll bring Jamie into my control anytime now. So, no heir vote. But I might as well share the pictures.

The younger three are actually pretty much identical except for coloring, and take heavily after Chelsea. Tamira takes more after Kiran.