Chapter 25: Ancestor Worship

I'm pretty sure that's not a giant sandworm of Dune.

It could be. This is a desert planet, after all.

Well, sort of, I guess. But even for a desert, Lucky Palms still has too much water to sustain a sandworm based ecosystem.

I still think it's a sandworm.

I think maybe you've been hitting a little too hard on the spice, cat.

(Seriously, why would a cat think about Dune sandworms while doing a 'freak out' interaction?)

Back to our regularly scheduled program, Sitara goes into labor just as her parents are getting ready to woohoo in her bed.

"What did you do to me? I didn't wish for this! I'm in agony!"

I had to ensure the next generation, is all. Jut head over to the hospital and it will all be over soon. You'll never have to do this again. Unless you wish for it.

"Wish for this? Are you crazy?"

Sitara returns from the hospital a few hours later with the girl both she and Tim had wished for. Her name is Lalita, and she's a Natural Cook and Charismatic.

The points Tim got for fulfilling the baby gender wish was enough for him to be able to change his LTW. He now wants to be a Rock Star, which is much easier than being a One Sim Band.

Lalita makes 3 grandchildren total. Kiran is nursing a wish for 5. Kesari has yet to contribute her hare of grandchildren.

Chelsea wished to hire a butler. So, here's Theodore.

You know, I"m pretty sure that woohooing in your butler's bed constitutes as some kind of harassment. At the very least, he might quit on you if you keep fouling his bed.

"Nah. Theo is cool. He won't mind."

"Sir, I couldn't help but notice that my bed was unmade this afternoon...Did you and Madam perchance mess it up?"

"It wasn't us. Maybe the gnomes did it?"

Despite her insistence that she wouldn't ever wish for another child, she and Tim did roll simultaneous Have Baby wishes the day after Lalita was born.

Hey, Theo, dude, I'm pretty sure this isn't part of your job description...

"I'm just making sure they do it in their own bed."

"When you get a little bigger, we'll play toys together, Lalita!"

Yeah, hate to burst your bubble Tim, but the range of child interactions is really limited. There's no playing 'with'. You can play next to each other, that's about it. Sorry.

"Seriously? I can't even play with my kid? EA sucks!"

Yeah, tell me about it.

Sitara gets her baby bump in the same spot where she went into labor before, while sitting at her writing desk. Because, all her other wishes still involve writing, I think now she going for 40 novels or something. She's currently bringing in 24k a week in royalties.

Timothy rolls a wish to increase his gambling skill, so he's off to the casino on his day off. 

I was all a-tinlge with excitement, since this would be my first time actually using the casino stuff.  Will Tim blow the family fortune? Will he become addicted and have to attend gambler's anonymous meetings?

After a few Sim hours watching a bunch of repetitive animations, Tim breaks even. Yay?

Outside, the gnomes appear to be engaged in some form of ancestor worship.

Theo has been very helpful since he was hired, making the beds, clearing plates, taking the bad food out of the fridge...but after a few days I realize that he has some really bad personal hygiene, and is trailing streams of green funk wherever he goes.

Artistic gnome renders. Don't judge me.

So, Chelsea rolls a wish to skinny dip with Theo. I indulge her fancy in the hopes that enough time in the hot tub might help old stinky with his green funk problem. His 'naked' hair kind of surprised me.

"I am a man of mystery."

Kiran got an opportunity where he had to get 10k in campaign contributions. So he headed out to the cafe next door and asked a few people to fund his campaign. And then as soon as he got the 10k, he got the opportunity fail music...I have no idea why. But, oh well. At least I got to get a picture of Suresh as an elder. Kiran and Chelsea will be aging up next time I play.

Pregnant Tamira drops by for a visit. This will be her second child. And with Sitara pregnant, too, Kiran has got his five grandkids wish in the bag.

"I'm on a hygiene strike," Theo explain to Tamira, "I refuse to bathe until your parents stop using my bed as their personal love nest."

"Yeah, good luck with that."

Sitara is way too serious for her mom and older sister. She's reading a book for a work opportunity. She'll be getting a promotion on her next workday, probably, and that will take her to level 10 of her career and fulfill her LTW. And I will be in a position to pick a child as heir. That should be interesting.

Lalita ages up to toddler. Sitara rolls a wish to teach her to walk, but everyone is too tired to do that tonight.

Lalita hasn't learned to talk yet, so she cannot adequately express her disgust at being held prisoner in the cloud of green funk.

Seriously, Theo, take a damn shower sometime will you?

"OMG!OMG!OMG!"

"Mom, it's just labor. Sheesh."

The overjoyed parents (you can tell by Sitara's expression) bring home a son this time. His name is Dhanvin, which means Archer in Sanskrit.