Generation 4, Chapter 1

Vacha Family


A cute family picture, although I'm not entirely certain why Chervil is the one holding Dragons, instead of Chamomile. Oh well!


It's already time for our young vampire, um, boy to become a toddler. This will give us a clue if Chamy gets to give in to her "romance" ways or if she has to keep popping those kids out for me. ;-)


Dragons Vacha, Aries sign (7/9/5/4/3 ). And sadly, Chamy, hon, he's got your grandfather's lips. So you get to keep birthing 'em, sweetie!
"$*%^@#*!"
Such language! You're a mother now, Chamomile, and you should behave like one!
"I'll show you behavior..."
Um, right, let's move on, shall we?


The obligatory shots of young Dragons learning his skills.


Ah, clothing change for Chamomile! She didn't wear this outfit long. Although I love it, it wasn't quite slutty enough for her, given her rebellious nature at this time in her life.
"Jill, look at our sweet grandson, playing with his toy like that."
"Oh, he's smart enough to be an astronaut when he grows up, Burdock!"
"Baseball! Want baseball!"


As angry as she is with me, Chamy really is an incredible mother. Never afraid of dirty diapers and always having at least one want spun up to teach or play with Dragons.


"If I'm going to have to keep giving birth until you get a genetically pleasing brat, I'm going to go upstairs and play with dad's facial reconstruction machine!"
Okay. But you know that's only a skin-deep change, right? It won't actually change the genetics you'll be passing on to your kids.
"Quiet! It will so make a difference!"


Chamomile looks exceptionally pleased with her new look. I can't say I blame her one bit. She looks quite striking now. :-) Oh and yes, here's Chamy's next outfit. She keeps this one for a while (actually, she's still wearing it in current game-play).


And here's our heiress showing off her new look. I must admit, I wish I looked like that!


Poor Dragons. He looks so sad. Maybe he just got the news he's not going to be the 5th Generation Heir because of his lips. (I really want those huge things OUT of my genetics, if I can swing it at all!)


Chamy is so thrilled that Dragons' first word is "mommy". I'm glad she got to teach him all of his skills like that.


She's so happy, in fact, she runs upstairs and maximizes her Charisma skill! Heh, okay, I doubt it's the same day, but let's just pretend.
"Let's just pretend I'm actually going to do what you want and get knocked up again then too, okay?"
Quiet, chika, or I'll keep you permanently pregnant!
"..."


Jill finished painting Chamomile's Heiress portrait. Since she won't be getting married and her brother moved back to the Legacy lot with her, I'll have a portrait painted of Chervil to hang alongside Chamy's.


Our Portrait Wall as it stands right now. I'm so glad I started doing still life pictures, instead of actual portraits, so I can catch people in poses unique to each one. :-D


Time for a bit more research for your next Borage novel, Jill?
"No, time for a bit of smooching and fooling around with my husband."
*cough* Oh, um, okay, let's just leave you two at it then, shall we?
"Yes, please."
Yup, despite a rather shaky start, when our Diva didn't want to give Burdock the time of day, these two have continuously done these very sweet autonomous actions. I must say, I do good work, pairing my sims up!


Ah, now it's Skylar's turn to produce an heir for me. Poor Chervil, he doesn't look too thrilled, watching Chamomile being turned into a baby-making machine for me.


So he goes upstairs and works out his angst on the poor mechanical dummy. I don't know about you, but I choose to believe he's doing something OTHER than giving that thing a gynecological exam. Especially given how far he's got his arm shoved in there! *shiver*


"Mom, can't you do something about Aeronwy? She's making me get pregnant AGAIN!"
"So use protection, dear."
"I tried, but I suspect she tampered with it. I don't know why, just this sinking feeling I have in the pit of my stomach."
"That's probably just your brother's eggs. You know how he likes to spice them so they're almost inedible."
"No, I'm pretty sure it's Aer's fault."


However, time moves on and it's time for Dragons to turn into a young boy.


"Watch out for the candles, sweetie! They'll hurt your little hand!"


So, obviously, I forgot to take a transition picture of Dragons. And, um, this was the best of the ones I do have of him as a kid. At least he learned like a little wiz, skilling up like mad! So, do you all picture Burdock as saying "Viola!" or "Egads!" here? *giggle*


As you can see, Burdock took over teaching his grandson once he got out of his toddler years. Dragons is a sweet kid, always wanting to do his homework or learn a skill.


Gah! More smoochies??
"You were just congratulating yourself on how well you did pairing us up. Now you're complaining?"
I'm not complaining. But I leave you two alone for two minutes and you're macking on each other!
"And the problem is?"
No problem, but sheesh, try fooling around in the bedroom instead of the bathroom, 'kay?
"Why? It's our master bathroom. The kids don't come in here at all."
Yeah, yeah, whatever.


Burdock may be an old retired fuddy-duddy, but he sure is a limber fuddy-duddy! Hmm, maybe that's why Jill is still so enamoured with him...


Okay, now you're just showing off, Burdock.


"MOOOOOOMMMM!!!! I TOLD YOU AERONWY TAMPERED WITH MY PROTECTION!"
*giggles loudly* Looks like Skylar was successful, eh?
"Don't think I'm not going to find a way to make you pay for this, Aeronwy. Just you wait!"
*pats Chamomile on the head and grins* Do you forget which one of us is the Controller, sweetie?
"Like we haven't figured out ways around you before?"
Hmm, good point... *goes off to Sim-proof her home*


"You've gotta admit, sis, you really are quite beautiful when you're pregnant."
"Don't you start in too, buster! You're just going to give her ideas about keeping me pregnant!"
*grins again*


Chervil, you were just saying how pretty she looks, why do you look so scared?
"Because childbirth can be dangerous! I can't lose my sister!"
Well, you can't have her pregnant and NOT have childbirth. One sort of follows the other, you know?
"Shush up and go get the doctor already!"
There are no doctors in Strangeville.
"What?!? Why is she giving birth here then!"
Because Sim-birth is easy. You've seen her give birth once already, now shush and watch.
"Go find a doctor already!"
Fine, fine. Sorry readers, Chervil is kicking us out to go find a "doctor." Guess we'll have to see if Chamy gives birth to the Heir next chapter.

Generation 3, Chapter 14

Vacha Family


My goodness, Chamomile, you sure have grown up there, haven't you? *cough*slut*cough*
"I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that last bit you said there, Aer?"
Oh, nothing, nothing. I, um, love your dress, Chamy.



Oh yeah, she's 100% a Romance sim. Of course, that means I get to play dress up with her for all the outfits none of my other sims will put on. *giggle* I think she changes clothes twice more before I settle on an outfit for her. :-)


And here's Chervil, all nicely grown up. Mrowr!





"So Chamy, have you heard from Cory? Your dad and I visited her downtown. She and Andrew have such a lovely little home. And I hear they're expecting a child!"
(Sorry, yeah, lame caption to this picture. Just couldn't figure out anything better... *sigh*)


Chervil maxes out his Body skill. He looks so intense there!


And Chamomile maxes out her Cleaning skill. But unlike Chervil, I don't think she's got a serious or intense bone in her body. *cough* Uh... *looks back over her comment, smirks like a little kid and wanders off, not making the comment*


And, slave-driver that I am, I have Chamy immediately invite over Count Nolan and have them renew their acquaintanship. Of course, she thinks she just gets to play...


~Okay, in this novel, I think I'll have him foil a bank robbery. And with all of my time as the head of a criminal organization, I should be able to write this wonderfully!~


"Oy, my bursitis is acting up. I need to stop this workout and go sit down!"
You sound just like your dad did when he became an elder.
"Yeah, but he got a party!"
So would have you. If, you know, I hadn't forgotten today was your birthday. And completely lost track of time. *blush*


Hmm... I don't remember which ghost got Burdock, but obviously someone wished our Knowledge sim a happy birthday!


"razza-frazza fraking stupid controller..."
Chamy? What's the matter?
"What's the matter? I'll tell you what's the matter! You picked that stupid "Try for Baby" option with the Count!"
Well, we need to get Generation 4 on the way, you know.
"Not so quickly we didn't! I thought I was going to get to have some fun and play around for a while here!"
Sorry, hon. The heiress has her duties to perform and all.
"razza-frazza frelling rotten controller..."


And Jill earns, sadly, only $50,000, not $100,000. Oh well!


And she celebrates it by becoming old as well! (Yup, this is all the same day, since she and Burdock share a birthday.)


"Aeronwy! Aeronwy!!"
*yawns* What? What's wrong? It's the middle of the night...
"I don't feel right. What's the matter with me?"
Hmm? Oh. Oh, I see. Um, give it a moment. You'll understand, Chamy.


"Oh my god, I got fat!"
No, hon, you got pregnant.
"Oh, so it'll go away?"
Yeah, in about 9 months. Let's see how you handle pregnancy, eh? Hopefully more like your sister and less like your cousin.


Burdock didn't turn out bad looking at all as an elder, unlike his big brother Basil. However, the first morning he woke up, he had a want spun up for a face lift. Since he was perma-plat, I figured why not. Good way to figure out how this thing works.


Unfortunately, I had to give him a completely new face, because any minor alterations I tried to make to any one portion of his face looked really REALLY bad. But he was quite happy with the results. And to be honest, so are Jill and I. :-)


Speaking of Jill, after a quick shopping trip, she calls work to hand in her retirement notice. I must say, she's one of the prettier elders I've seen. I suspect if I let her dye her hair dark again, you'd be hard-pressed to tell she was an elder (except for the stupid saggy boobs and GIANT hips... why do the elders get such huge hips anyway?). She's got no wrinkles, no bags under her eyes, none of the usual old age signs I've seen with other elder sims. :-)


And our heavily pregnant Chamomile maxes out her Cooking skill on the candy maker.


Chamy, I know you look very happy there, but don't you think you should lose the spiked collar when you're wearing a pink floral maternity outfit?
"But I like my collar. It reminds me that I'm a wild thing and not to be chained down by this whole family business."
Mm-hmm. We'll see.
(And once again, I didn't change her clothes, didn't mix up her pregnancy pictures. Her outfit just randomly changed, like Jill's, I think it was, had done. I think when she puts on or takes off the thinking cap.)


And baby Dragons Vacha(-Perry) was born, while her twin stood there staring at himself in a mirror. Oh and for the record, Chamomile had an extremely easy pregnancy. She ate a little more than usual and sleep a smidge more than usual, but otherwise, she chatted on the phone or worked on her few unmaxxed skills.


Our resident Grand Vampire apparently has S4 skin. And Dragons also has brown hair from his dad. And brown eyes, I suppose could be from either of 'em, since I can't see Nolan's real eye color.


That morning, Burdock retired from his job-of-the-month to be able to spend more time with his grandson. Yes, poor Burdock was my work horse, making sure we got all of the career rewards. Makes skilling up SO much easier!


She may be a Romance sim and has never once spun up a want or even a thought bubble to have kids. But Chamomile's an AWESOME mom. She never spins up a fear of changing diapers. And once her kids have each hit toddler years (nope, she's not done popping 'em out for me, but let's not tell her this yet, 'kay?), she constantly has wants spun up to teach them their skills or teach them to study when they're children or play with them. *sighs* As gorgeous as Arizona is, I think Chamomile is the best mom I've had in my game yet. :-)


"Marylena is safe to invite over. Aeronwy can't get me knocked up if I stick with women for my lovers!"


She really is a fast worker, isn't she. *g*


And while mom is working it, grandma is enjoying having an infant around to spoil, even if he does pull her hair.


Looks like your romance/adventure novel sold quite well there, Jill!
"Yes, Borage is such a well loved character. My editor told me I need to branch out and have him get involved with lots of different scenarios. I've already got some ideas for the next Borage novel."


And a lame closing shot. My first 30 untapped Elixir of Life bottles. Now I just have to remember to delete the darn things so I can start on my next 30.