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Alright, started up in Appalousa plains, because horses.
Bought the crappy starter home right next to the dog park because why not.

First thing my sim wants to do?
Join the military career.
And then changes into her dress on the front lawn without even going into the house first.
Good job.

Wish granted! Went to work and found that Dee was also scrubbing latrines. No idea what the hell they were talking about, but after one day they were already pretty close to being friends on the meter.


"You have excellent form with a toilet brush, m'dear. You must teach me your secrets."

Home! Quit the gig, took on the music career since that will actually work towards my LTW, and while I was debating what to do next my sim decided to change to her bathing suit and jog over to the dog park. Because of course.

Had a fight with her to change into her regular outfit, finally we agreed to disagree and I just let her run around in her formal dress, better than the bathing suit anyway.

Found a lot of the ladies hanging out at the dog park for some reason.
Like they all decided to just stand there.
Without a dog.

So that happened.



Simself decides to talk to Nasa about stars or some s**t, and I scrolled around to see what the other guys were doing.



Got curious about some conversation Katsu and Kyai/Jess were having about chess, even though there's no chess boards in the dog park, and come back to my sim just in time to see her get rejected for a hug from Nasa! ;a; Got the shot right after the negative thingy, but Nasa's a bit disturbed xD


"WHY WON'T YOU LET ME LOVE YOU"



So yea, Nasa immediately booked it, and my sim just stood there talking to herself and didn't even notice. xD

Go home, sleep, wake up, fight to get her out of her bathing suit again, sigh and let her go ahead with the formal dress yet again, buy her a guitar, and she decides to play on the front lawn.


"Let me play you the song of my people 8| *horrible screeching noises*"

I hit fast forward and missed the perfect shot of Mouse running by. He stopped to boo my sim, then kept walking! xD Sent her out to talk to him, only have a few days to hitch off my Founder and make the next generation after all.

SO IT BEGINS.


"I'm just doin' it for the points |D"

Hurhurr about 6 interactions in and I've already discovered 3 traits and asked Mausman on a date. We're off to the bar! She gets out of the cab and then changes into her normal day clothes... now that she's on a date. Obviously. Mouse changes to a tux, for reasons. 8|

And then realize my sim's not wearing shoes. Did I forget the shoes? Did she forget the shoes? D8


"This way you have to carry me if there's a broken beer bottle. Guys like damsels in distress, right?"

I'm about to hit fast forward because staring at a store front sucks when Dee struts up. Exactly at the same time I get this notification. And then he makes THIS FACE.
OMG THIS FACE
ARE YOU OK
DEE, DEE
ARE YOU OK


"Brother don't leave me! ...Or at least leave Marise behind!"



And then he took a few steps back, opened the gate with his... a**? (???)
And just cackled.
For like an hour. (Sim hour, mind you.)


"This gate will always love me, brother! I'll guard it by myself, you'll see!"

Then Nasa strolls up, walks -through- him, and then turns around to stare at him. I am so amused by this I didn't even notice my sim's date was over. I mean, that expression.


"I am undecided if I love you, pity you, or want to kill you. But please, yes, keep staring."

And then Nasa starts talking to him, and he just starts inching closer.


"Do go on~"

And closer.


"Please ignore that I've closed the gate and have blocked off your only means of escape."

Annnnd closer.


"Stars or some s**t, right? Yes, go on. Totally listening, mhm. *pulls out axe from behind his back."

It's about this time that I notice my sim's making an a** of herself and Maus is starting to debate going home. Really has to hit the can I think, and my sim won't stop telling ghost stories. Great.

So I do a flirt interaction to get him interested again and then invite him over.
Perfect.



Get home, a few social interactions on the lawn, trying to keep him from walking into the house and getting the negative moodlet from all the dirty dishes I haven't bothered to clean yet. (oops)

Doesn't work, he ignores her to go pee and I corner him in the dirty bathroom to ply my womanly charms. (ohbby, nothing says I love you like 'plz don't look at my clogged toilet'.)

UGH! interactions are taking too long! At this rate my sim's gonna pass out before we even hit the 'friend' marker, even though he's got the 'romantic interest' label in the friend list. ******** it, I'm going for broke. First kiss, whisper in ear, and BAM straight to 'Woohoo'.

Worked like a charm |D Went from 'acquaintance' to 'good friend' after a game of sheet hockey. Because that's exactly how it works. Invite him to spend the night, and the meter jumped again. Winning 8D

They pass out, he wakes up and then hovers over her side of the bed. Just staring, until my sim woke up. ... And then changed into her bathing suit. This is gonna be an ongoing thing isn't it.


"Hey I just porked you, and I know you're crazy, but the sex was good, so marry me maybe?"

Wheeeee looks like I might have this in the bag after all! I thought this challenge was going to be hard since I only have like... 20 sim days as a Y/A and need to get at least two offspring. I know the first generation's probably the easiest though, but dang!

A shower and some waffles later and I figured I'd propose because he was just doing jumping jacks in the living room anyway. xD


"OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGTHOSEDISHESARESOGROSSBUTOMGOMGOMGASHINYYOUGOTMEASHINY*raepface* >8}"

...Seriously. That last face. What the hell man. WHAT IS THAT EVEN.
But hey, he said yes 8D

Marise and Dum are being cute, Arge started dating Calvin (generic sim), Chex's simself is hilarious, Keris and Dee are expecting! (Maybe that's why Dee made the face, is that child Dee's 8|; )



Alice must hate Boris and adopts a puppy, Kanna starts dating Kiba (yes, from Wolf's Rain, I just randomly threw him in for giggles xD), Cheza's simself continues to be hilarious, Mia and Sakura move out into their own place!

I missed getting a screenie about Mia and Sakura getting married! D8



Keris is apparently hilarious, Alice and Boris are adorable, Cheza continues to amuse, Mia and Sakura are so cute ;-;



Katsu starts dating Kenji (generic sim), Nasa does a thing... I don't even...
Jess/Kyai starts dating Crush (a sim I downloaded from the ISBI blog I was reading. He was just too hilarious), and Arge popped the question to Calvin, who said yes! (You go girl 8D)



Kanna and Kiba split up D8, Bull's exiling herself to get her book done, Marise and Dum are adorable, Arge and Calvin get hitched, and Nasa picks up sloppy seconds Kiba! (oh god xD)

Remember traits and LTW's are rolled, as per ISBI rules, so sorry if you guys draw bad traits D:

After the proposal, I spent two sim days making a little money at my gig in the music industry so I'd have some padding before throwing the wedding party at the house.

Set up the party for three sim hours from the call, cleaned up the house, changed into her formal dress, and then scrolled out to the sidewalk to see who was showing up.

Pan back to the front door to see my sim... not in her dress anymore. Because getting married in a dress is too mainstream.


Oh look, Bull is putting Rain in a sleeper hold.

Back into the dress, greet some guests, and then head towards Maus, let's get this show on the road!


"I would not walk five hundred miles for Yushi,
and I would not walk five hundred more.
The fifteen feet between us is too far as it is."

Gettin' hitched.


"Pssst, I lied. It's not a wedding, why do you think everyone's wearing black?"

Somehow, while they're exchanging rings, Maus changes into his streetwear.
I just...
why.
Why.
Fine, you two and your Russian roulette wardrobes were just meant to be I guess.


"I do... like being comfortable."

Some of the guests clapped, but most seemed surprised that they were here to watch two people get married. Like we snuck it up on them. Or they just didn't even notice. Maus was gonna kiss Rain-sim when Dum tugged on her sleeve and demanded she shove a whole dinner plate into his open mouth.
Not even kidding.


"Excuse me? Uh, congrats, but, you're forgetting the most important thing here.
Food.
Why is it not in my mouth right now? ;-;"

Set my sim to load up the buffet table while I watched the guests. A few had left even before the whole wedding part (I'm lookin' at you, Lolli and Jess), some didn't show, and others had decided to go inside and watch tv.

Marise ran around like she forgot how to people, Nasai started flirting with Dee and he just kind of stood and stared with the same expression from the gate incident, Bull seemed confused by the mailbox, and Yushi wouldn't stop throwing rice. Like, she was still out there throwing rice an hour or two after the wedding part was over and I thought she was stuck until Dum went up to talk to her. (He didn't really get to, she turned to look at him then ran home. He was like 'oh, ok' and went to sit on the couch with Marise and be cute the rest of the night.)

So while I'm cruising, I realize I don't see Maus anywhere anymore.
... or my sim either.

... Oh, they're in bed. While they have guests. Welp, I do need an heir.
Stay classy you two.
Stay classy.

Guests kinda just drifted away and raccoons made short work of what was left of the buffet table that night. Rain woke up not feeling well.


"ARGHFULLLPHHHHBB"

This is what success looks like. 8|
Also, notice her bathing suit. She woke up, decided she needed to vomit, BUT FIRST, CHANGE TO BATHING SUIT.
You know, just in case she had to swim to the bathroom? (??????????)

And where is the proud, new husband with his now knocked up wife?


"I didn't know my hands could do this 8o!"

[Notice the new house layout! I redid the house to be just one floor, and redid it to be more boring, went cheap on the decor for now, but need space for the impending baby and such. Will update as there's money to throw into the house]

Vomit, clean up, cook, eat, try to call Maus to the food, he won't stop painting. Take a nap, wake up, vomit.


"I'M STILL DOING THE THING!!! I... I think... it might be a peach guiz!"

Put away left overs, play guitar, go to bed.
... Maus is still workin' on his freaking peach xD


"I suddenly got better at painting, so why is this taking so long D8"

8 sim hours later, we had a painting of a peach.
It sold for 13 simoleons.
gg Maus

Rain wishes for a telescope, wish granted. Wants to look through the telescope, wish granted.
Wants to... uh.... hm. I don't think that's gonna fit.


"There's something about this long, hard object that just does it for me."



The next day I get a notice that Keris and Dee have had their son, Abdul! (oh god can I change his name please) Within moments of the birth announcement, I got another one saying Dee was busking for a buck. ... I had to see this.


He just looks so pitiful in ripped up clothes.

I guess they didn't have money for baby food? o.o;

All that day my Sim just sits around and incubates, I have her paint most of the day... which she used to color half a whale.
And decided that was enough whale and called it a day. But whoo 9 buck for half-whale.


"It's got a deep meaning, like, ocean deep."


That night I get a notice that Katsu had her baby!
I go out to find her and see she's invited a bunch of the ladies over to meet her new son Peter.

Only... he's not there?
I then noticed that her arm is cradled like she IS holding a baby, and the household says he's there... he's just invisible. Oh, ok.


"Awww, he looks just like his absentee father!"
*cough*as in gone*coughcoughshot*

After that I decided to call it for the chapter, since there were just a ridiculous number of notifications for what else was going on, and my house is boring at the present.

Yushi starts dating the oldest dude in town, Jess and Crush break up, Keris has her son, Nasa hits on an older man.



Katsu and Kenji are expecting, Arge and her man are seen around town, Nasa picks a fight with another woman in the casanova's harem, Jess starts stalking her ex.



Katsu breaks up with Kenji after finding out he's a tool, Cheza talks about the novel she's writing, Jess is being creepy, Nasa starts getting hot and heavy with her other older man in an effort to make the casanova stud a bit jealous. (Her ploy works, Kiba flew off the handle about it.)



Nasa gets in a fight with another girl in the harem after Kiba makes a big show of trying to win her back into his fold, Preggo!Katsu hires a gigalo now that her babydaddy's gone, Nasa goes to the hospital after the fight for nearly drowning in the toilet, Alice's dog has two more puppies (poor Boris).



Kiba (the casanova) tries to pursue Yushi, Jess gets over her ex and picks up a new boytoy, Arge is bored while her husband is at work and has taken to wandering around town with another guy (haven't caught them doing anything yet), Marise and Dum continue to be the cutest couple and never seem to have problems.



The town Tart uses her wiles on Dee (who is spending less and less time at the house now that he has a son... that never stops crying), Kanna picks up Kenji (he's gone through three girls now I think), Yushi gets in trouble from the top girl in Kiba's harem (the girl that dunked Nasa) and Kiba sides with Yushi, Keris gets lonely now that Dee's always gone and hires the gigolo on the cheap.

Welp, due to storyline mods (which is why all this awesome stuff happens to other sims in town) there's also such a thing as getting honeymoon days off work, and maternity/paternity leave.

So my sim has nothing the ******** to do but lounge around and be fat.
I decided this would be perfect for working towards my LTW, the only problem is that Mouse keeps hogging the easel. I swear to god if I don't stand and finish a painting all in one go, he comes over and scraps my sim's work to doodle more peaches or whatever.

So it's become an easel war, where they keep scrapping each other's s**t to paint about half of something and then walk away. (Too bad there's no more half-whales, at least then I'd get nine bucks)

And every time my sim goes to paint?
She changes into her bathing suit. I think she thinks that's what you have to do to use water colors. 8|;


The art from this mod is so adorable though, it adds something like 800 pictures to what your sims can paint.

AND THEN IT HAPPENS.
FINALLY.


Simself: "...I think I have to poop. 8|"
Maus: "Then is this pee all over the bed? D8"

Her water breaks and Maus spazzes while she runs outside and gets in the car. He finally throws on his street clothes and hops into the passenger seat just as Rainsim starts driving herself to the hospital.

That's right, simself drove herself to the hospital while in labor.




Contrast turned up so you can see~

It's at this point that I realize I have no idea what she's wearing. I never made that outfit. She never bought it.

Where the hell did it come from?!

Get to the hospital, run in, and just as the door slams on Maus's butt I get the birth pop up.

Drumroll please!


"Hey, I found this."

Birth: +5

It's a girl!
Welcome to the world, Fox!
Got to 'pick' traits, so I rolled as per ISBI rules and she came up Loner and Light Sleeper.

Since this is my founder's generation, my name theme for the kids will be canines 8D Next gen I'll pick another theme at random from suggestions.

Within a few sim hours of bringing her home, I panned back to my sim to find her doing this.


"*pantpant* I can be a canine tew 8D"

Notice how little Fox just got a pop up saying she's thin. While her mom pretends to be a dog over her crib.
I wouldn't boob from that crazy lady either. Or trust whatever was in a bottle given to me by that.

I am so sorry Fox. orz

*10 minutes later*

Babies are boring.


"Mommy look! I can make sparkles and do the worm all by myself!"
Simself: ... *flips channel*

Forced age up because bleh babies.

Simself rolls wishes to be a good mom and wants to teach Fox all the things, so I start immediately on walking and talking.


"Now repeat after me sweetie: 'But Boss, I need this raise! Please? I'll stay after and do those 'extra' assignments you wanted!'"

A very boring 4 sim days pass. Where is Maussim in all this? Being freakin' incredible. He cleaned the bathroom, the kitchen, pays attention to Fox, and goes to work on time. 8|
It's insane. He also takes care of himself without my sim having to prompt him to do things. This is so easy it's sad so far. I was kind of hoping he'd forget to go to work so my sim could go and he could stay with the kid, so I could work on my musical skill and go socialize. But nawp, he wasn't having it.

Was able to sneak a quickie in and heard the baby chime, so be prepared for the next bundle >D

Fox's birthday rolled in, bring on childhood!


"I hate you all"

Notice how simself would rather be scrubbing a toilet.
Her next trait was rolled and came up Lucky. Huh, all her traits start with L so far.

While cake eating was going down, I went and searched out Katsu's toddler, Peter, since he aged and I was curious to see if invisible baby was still invisible.


Lookit that cutie <3
Shame his deadbeat dad doesn't pay child support.

With Fox's aging, the clock is now ticking for this generation. I'll have to pick a torch holder by the time she hits Y/A, which is in... 22 sim days. Eep! Better start crankin' out the kids and working on the LTW.

Boring chapter was boring, but I had over 40 notifications for sims around town to show off, and that was enough x.x

Nasa goes back to flirting with her guy on the side, Kenji pays child support to Katsu for his son Peter, Lolli does an internet shake down for money, Nasa gets in yet another fight with Sofia, Kiba's harem lead girl.



Jess breaks up with her boy, Dum and Marise continue to be the gold standard of relationship excellence, Arge talks about writing her book, Kanna's been cruising online all night and has the neighbors spooked.



Kiba's fallen hard for Yushi... looks like she's succeeded in taming the casanova, Keris and Dee are preggy again, Jess starts stalking her ex, Kiba gushes about how much he misses Yushi when she's not near him. (Oh man, could it be that the stallion's been tamed?! DOITYUSHI)



Dee's busking for extra dough again... seems to be what he does each time Keris gets pregnant, Bull and Lolli cuss each other out in public (which might just be foreplay or in good fun for those two), Kanna's starting to snuggle up to a new guy, Jess faints when Kiba looks her way.



Arge and her man are still going strong, Kanna and her new squeeze are getting serious, Alice and Boris are adorable, Kenji's falling behind on his child support payments to Katsu.



Yushi's trippin' balls, Alice and Boris are expecting (!!!!!), Cheza starts dating Kenji (she's the 4th simself to pick up this guy), Jess's ex is starting to stalk her.



Dum's been giving Kanna fitness lessons on the side (oh myyy), Kanna breaks up with her boyfriend, Dum and Marise are still adorable, Dum and Marise are expecting their first kid!



Kenji complains about Katsu (in all fairness he owes her like, 2 grand by this point), Cheza moves in with Kenji, Kiba's been ignoring his harem to spend all his time with Yushi... they're spotted out holding hand while walking around town,
with Kiba's attention always elsewhere his harem girls are fighting more and more for the spare scraps of attention... so Nasa is naturally picking fights with the harem lead again.



Kenji bitches about not having enough money and proves he's a waste of space, Arge completes her novel "The Longest Yeti", Nasa's been slowly moving on towards her new sugar daddy and has been spending more time with him, Kanna gets hella lonely and buys a full day and night from the gigolo for more than half a grand o.o;



Nasa's new boy has been trying his damnedest to woo Nasa outta the harem... he might actually succeed, Alice kissed Boris in public and the world swooned~, Keris gives birth to Dee's second son Samir, and
and
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS

Yushi proposed to Kiba!
AND HE SAID YES.

The town casanova's been conquered ladies and gentlemen! CAN I GET A WHOOP WHOOP FOR THE YUSHISEXY?! heart