Chapter 20: Anger, Anger, and Exhaustion

"So, is it going to be weird for us, with my mother dating your grandfather?"

"Your mother dates pretty much everyone, Jamie," Tamira shrugs, "You should be more worried about the fact that your mother is the only Sim in Lucky Palms who is on my father's enemy list."

"Your dad hates my mom?" This is news to Jamie.

Tamira nods, "Apparently he saw your mom kissing Kamala's husband Alvaro way back when he was a teen, and he's never gotten over it."

It's true, Kiran loathes Alisha Lancaster. Has a red map tag for her and everything. But he never got mad at Alvaro for that kiss. It's also true that Alisha dates everyone. She was on again, off gain with Jamie's father, Donovan Steel (who also dated everyone), but never settled down with anyone. Surprisingly, she and Donovan had two kids together, Jamie and his sister Athena, and never had kids with anyone else.

Not surprisingly, Tamira rolls lots and lots of wishes about Jamie. Massage, play gnubb, but not that marriage wish I'm waiting for.

And when she's not wishing things about him, she's glomping him autonomously.

Sitara is working on her last book to fulfill her wish to write 5 books. She's mostly been writing drama, but somewhere in there she unlocked the ability to write poetry. So Sitara is now contributing to the universe's supply of poetry written by teenage girls with  her volume of verse entitled Girls Die Like Rough Seashells.

Anger, anger, and exhaustion.

The rain works like a dry window.

Never hustle a flower.

Why does the girl gab?

Skyscrapers grow!

I usually use a random book title generator for my Sim book titles, but for poetry I'm using a random poetry generator and taking one of the lines it spits out for titles. Magic voice loves random generators. Sitara's poem is also a product of random generation.

"So, woohoo nao?" Jamie is already playing the role of my heir spouse perfectly. Though he has yet to move into the household. *pokes Tamira*

"Cool your jets, magic voice. I just aged up yesterday."

Sorry. I have these plans, but I have to wait for you to get Jamie in the household.

"Plans? What plans?"

Uh, you didn't hear that. Carry on.

Kiran ages up that night while eating leftover birthday cake from Tamira's birthday.

Chelsea is next. And, the pigtails make a brief appearance.

Sorry Chelsea, you aren't a middle aged man, that hairstyle is not for you.

Kiran, Leader of the Free World, gets a midlife crisis. Chelsea does not.

"I'm fulfilled by constant woohoo. In fact, I'm going to get some now." Chelsea drags Kiran off to bed.

After their own woohoo, Tamira and Jamie watch the stars together. Then she goes to bed, leaving Jamie to wander around the house in his underwear.

Everyone is asleep. Jamie is skinny dipping in the hot tub.

Tamira wakes up at dawn with a pressing urge to travel with Jamie. It's not a marriage wish, but it works. She can only travel with him if he's part of the household, so she asks him to move in.

By now, Jamie is starving and exhausted. He gets to eat and get in a little sleep before his carpool comes to take him to his science career job. He drops into bed again as soon as he gets home.

Next morning , it's off to China, where Tamira and Jamie wish for absolutely nothing interesting. Tamira pulls out her bass, and Jamie broods for awhile. Eventually, he wishes to go to the market.

Tamira gets hit on by a local. Then she skinny dips in every pool in the marketplace.

Jamie wishes to visited the graveyard. Tamira wishes to go on a date with Jamie. We compromise.

This picture pretty much sums up the excitement of this trip. I ecstatically lock in the first wish to go back home.

Yay! We're back in Lucky Palms!

"Okay, bird, I'm going to stick you in my back pocket now."

When Jamie moved in, I also nabbed one of the four cats living in his house, Magic Lancaster. Magic is apparently invisible. 

He later manifested in physical form after I reset him.

Spooky day festival.

Carlos Tanner and Jamie are thinking appropriately spooky thoughts for this holiday, but the other pie eating contestant thinks it's Love Day.

Tamira wishes to throw a costume party, so they go home to set that up.

"You taste like pie."

"No, you taste like pie."

Just as the party is starting, Jamie and Tamira beeline for her father's bed. Then they stand for a ridiculously long time.

Because, costumes.

Monica shows up in a military costume. Because her hair is a conversion of ME3's Ashley Williams, Alliance Marine and everyone's favorite space racist, I giggle for awhile.

Where is the grimy door?

Never grab a flower.

Death, desolation, and desolation.

Damn, work!

Sitara has aged up to YA, but hasn't given up her poetic muse.

"I'm going to bed. I'm exhausted."

Somebody took a nap last night instead of going to bed, then decided to paint until noon.

Also, this is the first age up pictureI  have of Sitara, in her Mike Meyers mask. Sorry.

Walk quietly like a old driver.

Lights run!

O, death!

Oh, desolation!

O, anger!

And here's our founder, Suchandra, dressed as a hotdog.

So, Tim, are you too sexy to wear a costume?

"Yes, but I'm wearing one anyway. So, where's Sitara?"

Napping.

"Well, wake her up! I want to see how she aged up."

You want to drag her off for woohoo in her parents' bed.

"Yes, please."

Speaking of party woohoo, Tamira and Jamie have snuck off for theirs. In their own bed, even.

Sitara finally wakes up to join the party.

"Hot costume!"

"It's my nightie."

"Still, hot!"

The dead flower quietly gets the car.

Never grab a jackhammer.

Lt. Commander Ash, I mean, Monica, comes in for some cock blocking. Tim positions his head to get a view of Sitara's ass.

Sadly, Tim never does get any at this party. Damn you, Monica!

Hot dog and Cat Girl hop into bed. That's Orlando and Shelly, though for a moment I thought Suchandra was getting some.

Kesari goes off to age up in private.

"It's not like you guys even remembered my birthday was today."

Sorry. Was caught up in Spooky Day stuff.

We'll end this chapter with a picture of Chelsea mongling a plate.

In case you are wondering, she decided to yawn while en route to put this plate in the fridge. 

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Okay, so Big Announcement Time!

I got Dragon Valley, and I really want to play it. Since Jamie's LTW is to do the alchemy thing, I decided it would be fun to move this legacy there to indulge his whim.

After Tamira rolled a wish that worked for getting Jamie in the house, I was ready to go. Except, I also didn't want to lose Sitara and Tim. I had decided I would take Sitara, but getting Tim to come along would mean waiting for Sitara to roll a wish for him to move in, or using Porter to move him to his own place in DV. And then I started thinking about who else I could porter along, and my list was ridiculously long. There are so many Sims here I don't want to lose touch with. And portering them al would just make DV over-populated.

Also, I put  lot of work into fixing up LP, and I hated to just abandon it.

So, a Big Decision was reached. Tamira and Jamie will be portered to DV alone, where they will start their own wishacy.

And Sitara will takeover as the Gen 3 heir of this wishacy.

Which means, I'll be starting yet another blog. I know, crazy. But, I really want to play both towns, and even after choosing Tamira as heir, I still wanted Sitara and Tim, too. (Assuming Sitara eventually does get Tim on a permanent basis.) 

As soon as I get the new blog set up, I'll post a link here.

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.