We've got a very special chapter today: one dedicated almost entirely to all the spares! Lord knows I have enough of them. We need to wrap up loose ends before we can follow Simon to college. Want to know who's on the cover? Want to know what I do with two bonus aliens and who ends up with whom? We're going to jump around quite a bit, so keep up! Read on . . .
And then there were eight. With Kenzie and Simon out of the house, we're down to a normal (if you can ever call the Gregorys that) number. But oh God we are so far away from having a quiet house again.
Celeste: "Wait, we have to keep raising all of these kids? Astra is only a few days into her child stage."
Ugh, I know! Don't remind me. But I want everyone out before I play Simon in college so he can come home to a house ready for him to start a family in and I won't have to go back and forth, which I've heard really messes with the college sim.
Speaking of our heir, he can't stay away from the house for more than one night.
Quick question, Simon. Where did you get a tablet from?
And more importantly . . .
WHO SWIPED LAUREL AND KORI'S PORTRAIT????
I am fuming! This was a bug after Eco Lifestyle that they just fixed where random sims swiped stuff without having kleptomaniac. If I ever find out who did this, they will pay. And you know that when non-controllable sims swipe something, it just disappears forever so I can't even get it back. I'm so mad. It had to be my favorite couple too. >:(
Rowan, now the eldest child in the house, is spending a lot of time over at his master Caleb's house, learning vampire lore and training his skills. I'm playing everyone on either 2 or 3 speed because I don't super care about anyone achieving anything besides living to their birthdays at this point.
Stella: "Not achieving anything? Just my speed!"
She's found her favorite chair to do nothing in again, I see.
Stella and Rowan's birthdays come up together. I managed to get everyone together for it.
Sigh. And Stella immediately runs away to go nap on a bench before the confetti even falls and Rowan becomes a bat because he probably did something crazy, like want to stand two feet to the left. I like how quick it is to move long distances like this but it is super annoying when he does it just to shift position.
Anyway, now that I can access normal CAS again, he finally got his normal form back. He's still a rainbow sherbet vampire in his dark form, but by day he's just our very special Rowan but with fangs and slightly more facial hair now that he's a YA.
Something interesting is that when he became a teen, the game gave him a feminine voice. At first it really bothered me because it was also very high pitched, but then I let it go because I think Rowan transcends gender, and if he says that's his voice, I believe him. But when he became a YA he got a masculine voice back, though it's still very high pitched for that tenor. As I said, there is masculine, feminine, nonbinary and other genders, and then there is ROWAN. He defies categorization.
His final trait is romantic in addition to music lover and cheerful, and he still aspires to be a Master Vampire, although I'm nowhere close to achieving that and don't particularly plan to. Rowan moved out immediately after. We will catch up with him later this chapter.
Stella turned out really pretty! She is lazy and a child of the islands, so she couldn't think of anything better than standard Island Living clothes for pretty much every outfit, because that would take effort. And for the record, that makes her lazy, not me. She wants to be a City Native so I'm not sure if she wants to live in San Myshuno or Sulani.
With my full CAS restored, I finally got a peek at Stella and Astra's disguises. They're . . . fine? Pretty but basic? Astra's disguise has Rafael's eye shape, I think.
Meanwhile, across the region, in Forgotten Hollow, there are new happenings in the mansion of Vladislaus Straud.
Vlad: "Is he looking at me with that stupid face again? I hate that face!"
Haleigh/MeadowThayer found Chloe's other spare sister in her old save. Cheyenne is immortal due to being a vampire, so she was still around at the end of the legacy. Cheyenne is married to Vlad, so they both moved into the big old house, and Chloe moved in with them too after I set her to be Cheyenne's sister with MCCC. They clicked right away, like they remembered being sisters in another game.
On another note, I love this picture so much. The juxtaposition with the reflection is awesome.
Of course, that led to me having two Vlads. And I didn't want to delete my old one, because he had some enmity with various Gregorys and you know I love me some good drama. So my Vlad got some facial reconstruction surgery, a bit of a makeover (now all of his coats are blue instead of black), and he changed his name and some of his traits.
May I introduce to you Vlad's (Cheyenne's Vlad) brother, Bradislaus Claud. He goes by Brad. I laughed for a good five minutes after making him because I am that corny. Seriously, naming the vampire Bradislaus still gets me. No, there's no excuse for me. Brad still has a scar on his cheek from the plastic surgery. Should've paid for the better surgeon. I hope we see them all around later.
Back at the main house, I've been playing on three speed and occasionally making people do homework, and it turns out that makes time pass pretty quickly. Now it is the triplets' YA birthday and also Astra's teen birthday (she's blending in to our cabinets on the left there).
This necessitates triple fist pumps, as is traditional for triplets.Astra: "Happy Birthday, guys!"
Timely as ever. The triplets had already left the room by the time she thought to celebrate. They were quickly separated out in Manage Households. We will also see them later.
Astra is super cute! I love her so much actually. My thought process is that makeup is important tradition for aliens from Sixam, but Stella is too lazy to do it. Astra keeps to the old ways, though.
She wants to be a Computer Whiz and is now both a recycle disciple and a dance machine. Kind of all over the place there.
Once again across town, Adrian of generation five has had his child-stage triplets for forever (his punishment for sneaking them in when I didn't plan to have any of my spares reproduce). However, with our triplets' birthday, these triplets also became YAs. To the left we have Makenzie, who is good, childish, and clumsy and wants to be a Bestselling Author. Mia (middle) is a slob, childish, and paranoid, and aspires to be a Nerd Brain. Makenzie and Mia are face clones but I gave them different eyebrows to differentiate them. I also downloaded a mod that replaces the cheese hair color with this dirty blond one instead for all EA hairs and some CC ones and I gotta say, I like it a lot better. Finally, we have Micah on the right. He wants to be a Mansion Baron and is neat, and he loves both dogs and the outdoors. They will also make an appearance later because when I said I'm wrapping up loose ends, it's not just the current gen that I'm trying to tie together.
More days pass at home and it's finally Stella's birthday. She adds childish to her personality (I feel like I'm getting a lot of childish sims - Stella, Simon, two of Adrian's triplets).
And then, screw it, the next day it's also Astra's birthday because I realized she still had most of her teen stage and I was DONE. Her last trait is noncommittal. Joy.
Eleanor: "You think you're done? I just raised seven kids. I think I deserve a nice long nap!"
Granted.
Stella: "Hey, can I get a nap too?"
Denied.
Instead, newly-YA Astra and Stella move to San Myshuno and get an apartment in the Art District.
Baako Jang: "Oh great, trash."
Astra: "Excuse you?"
*Astra and Stella are just so pleased to be in the lobby that they stare dreamily upwards.* Also, holy heck at Astra's cheekbones!
Baako: "Though these neighbors might still be trash. Just look at the company they keep!
The spirits did not approve of Stella because she has done absolutely nothing to uphold Sulani's culture. She's never even been to Sulani. She's a poser, essentially. Like a weeaboo, but for tropical islands.
Anyway, Astra and Stella have found a calling!
Astra: "Ok, I have the DoS all set up to go on that site. Which one of these famous Pollination Technicians are we cancelling today?"
Stella: "Just a sec! Let me hit post on my expose on SiMedium. Let's do, oh, all of them."
Astra: "Sweet."
Yes, our Nerd Brain Astra is a devious hacker and Bestselling Author Stella is an abrasive blogger, both with a bit of a misguided activist edge. Together, they raise awareness about the plight of unwanted aliens impregnated into elders who die too soon to raise them, and they now campaign haphazardly to ban abduction of elders. What they lack in effectiveness they make up for in conviction.
Astra: "All right, everyone! Thank you for coming to our protest. We're going to get started real soon. It's important that we make our voices heard. No Babies for Elders!"Stella: "Stop Elderly Impregnation!"
Astras: "Keep Abduction for Adults!"
Stella: "Yes, that's the spirit! We want you riled up. We want you mad!" Astra: "No one should ever live as unloved as us. I mean, my family loved me and gave me everything I needed but my dad died and I graduated as a C student who was moved out with toys and elementary school homework still in her inventory."
Stella: "Terrible! Don't let this fate befall others. Today we march on the Spice District to MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD!"
Astra: "But first, we're going to make our voices heard here on the karaoke machine. Get ready for some smooth, soulful tunes coming your way!"Stella: "OoooOooOoOh . . ."
Anaya Jang: "I literally cannot roll my eyes hard enough."
The protest in the area didn't start until the next day so we just crashed Waterside Warble and hung out all night. Eleanor showed up at some point. I'm glad to see she found her correct jacket finally.
Random Man: "Can you believe the youth today? Playing with toy butterflies in a bar of all places?"
Eleanor: "I, uh, that is my sister, sir, and I'm going to have to ask you to speak nicely about her. But yeah, it's weird."
Not so weird that she wouldn't happily duet with the girls, though. They're awful and fulfill all of my expectations.
Owen also showed up at some point and said hi to the girls like the involved non-traditional family guy he is.
I started clubs for both girls while we were waiting. I don't know if anyone remembers but I had a glitch ages and ages ago when GTW first came out that made all of my aliens have normal skin tones, and although new aliens generated after I fixed it whose skins were correct, all of the original aliens still had normal skin tones. And since I have aging off for the neighborhood, they were just running around being all broken. So each girl formed a club of aliens only, brought her club members to the bar, and we fixed their skins with MCCC and a random number generator to determine the color. There were seven aliens that needed fixing. Four were in Astra's Alien Hacktivists, who had activities such as karaoke and programming, and the other three were in Stella's The Pen and the Probe Club, who also did karaoke but otherwise pursue more literary past-times. It's just really satisfying to not have all those aliens popping up with broken skins anymore.
A crowd gathered in the front around Eleanor, including fainting fans. This is hilarious because . . .
. . . Judith Ward, an honest to goodness Global Superstar, was also on the lot but everyone was much more interested in B-Lister Eleanor. Good taste.
Astra: "I wan makea toast to my sissss, El'nor. She's like, rad, and she, like, changed my diapers and thath's pretty rad. Also I wanna toast to thisss shtone cold hottie shtanding next to me. Imma ask for her number. Shhhh. No one tell her, kay?"Eleanor: "Geez, Astra, how many have you had?"
Astra: "How full ish my glass?"
Eleanor: "About half."
Astra: "Then about half. Curshe you alien metab . . . meetabli . . . moblism . . ."
Pink-Haired Stone Cold Hottie: "Take your time, hon. I still want to give you my number because my standards are appallingly low."
Bartender: "What can I get you, ma'am?"
Stella: "I'll take one alien lover to go, if you don't mind."
Bartender: "Gasp, how did you know?"
Stella: "This secret handshake interaction gives it away every time. Amusingly, in-game, I will not know you are an alien until after we are married and have woohooed, earning us an achievement. Frankly, I'm just too lazy to notice things."Bartender: "I find that attractive, for I, too, have appallingly low standards."
Astra: "Good for my sister! Finding an alien to fall in love with."Lonnie the bartender: *glows*
Stella: "This totally normal bartender who is a human sim is so cute!"
Astra: *knocks back like five more drinks, good Lord when will the sun rise*
Here's Lonnie's true form now that he's joined the household. This still did not tip Stella off, somehow. I just started using new default replacement alien eyes that came with bonus genetic sets (at least, I think they're genetic) and apparently Lonnie is a recent addition to the neighborhood, because he got them.
Eleanor is still hanging around and getting in an argument with Kaiden out front when the daytime finally comes. I love when my sims stay in character even when I'm not playing them.
FINALLY it's the protest. Wow, you guys got two whole other people to come to your protest (the guy in the red hat is Lonnie and he's only here because I told him he could bring his drink).
Astra: "Wait, I have an idea."
*idea springs, like Athena, fully formed from Astra's head but in the shape of a gold-covered street performer thanks to the several bottles of 'juice' Astra consumed over the last 18 hours*
Astra: "Man, my head hurts. But never mind! Kind Mr. Landgraab back there has volunteered free doughnuts to everyone joining the movement!"
Stella: "And should the doughnuts run out, don't forget to eat the rich, kids. They too have jelly filling if you're imaginative enough!"
Geoffrey: "Say what now?"
Lonnie: "I can't believe that worked. That Landgraab guy sure booked it though."
Lonnie: "Stella, I know we've known each other for less than 24 hours now, but I am just over the lunar satellite for you. Your hyped-up, misplaced political anger is so attractive. Will you marry me?"Stella: "What a normal human thing to say! But, Lon, you okay? Your fingers are looking a little blue. Oh, not to worry. Of course I'll marry you!"
Stella: "Oh, Lonnie, getting married to a very human bartender in the courtyard of the Spice District during a protest while my sister yells chants at the back of my head is how I always dreamed of my wedding during all those naps I took."Lonnie: "I didn't know you were lazy." *learns her first trait while they're getting married*
Who says this courtship is rushed? *shifty eyes*
Astra: "NO WRINKLED FATHERS! IMPREGNATE THE YOUNG! CONGRATULATIONS, SIS!"
And then Lonnie changes back into his outwear in the middle of his vows. *chef's kiss* Who says there's no such thing as the perfect sim wedding?
Oh, hey, it's Bianca, Faye's old nemesis from the science career who we always used to use the freeze ray on. I never would have pegged you as a supporter of a Gregory cause.
Bianca: "I don't care who started this. I just know there need to be fewer Gregorys running around, and if this is what it takes, sign me up. Plus I got a free t-shirt."
Good ol' Bianca.
Back home after the eventful day, we once again speed through things by inviting Stone Cold Pink Hair, a.k.a. Ada, into the household while she's still only friends with Astra and making her over. No, I'm not skipping any steps. This is just how it's done.
Baako: "I see my request to the city council to restrict residency to humans has once again been returned unopened. Shame."
Astra: "Hey, Ada, I know I got sloppy juiced and tried to flirt with you but threw up in your purse instead, but I just wanted to say it's because you're so damn hot that I was too nervous to flirt the normal way."Ada: "You've got my heart like the dry cleaner has my bag, Astra!"
Astra: "In that case . . ."Ada: "Oh, Astra! I'm crazy about you!"
Astra: "I feel the same, 100%. You're everything I need, forever and ever."
Ada: "Let's be girlfriends!"
Astra: "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down there. I may move you in and make you over in CAS and speed through a relationship with you, but girlfriends? I dunno. That's moving kind of fast."Ada: "Wut."
That damn noncommittal trait. Also, Anaya, didn't your husband just check the mail?
Anaya: "Sigh, since the aliens moved in, he's written so many letters to the city council that they now deliver the returns five times a day."
Astra apologized to Ada and all was forgiven. They drove their relationship up very high.
But they've decided not to use labels for now. They're just going to live together and let things be what they are.
As for Stella, she's to be found after woohooing Lonnie (and finally realizing he's an alien *facepalm*) playing with a doll that Eleanor bought her back in Selvadorada. Childish to the core.
Meanwhile, Astra and Ada's bedroom has some new additions to it, and after all these years, Astra finally gets to satisfy her Recycle Disciple trait by wastefully recycling a bunch of upgrade parts we bought off the computer for this express purpose. That and her homework that, yes, she was still carrying around because who cares.
Ada wants to be a Renaissance Sim, is a dog lover, and is both a maker and another recycle disciple. So she gets started fabricating things with the bits and pieces that Astra is generating. Girlfriends or no, it's a match made in heaven.
Lonnie wants a Big Happy Family and is family-oriented, so I guess he's just staying unfulfilled forever. However, he's also a childish geek, so he is all too pleased to try out Stella's doll while watching over her taking a nap. Another perfect match!
Altogether, I think both couples will have very happy lives here in San Myshuno, so I'm going to leave them to it and move on.
"Today on Triple Threat . . ."
(House is "Ultra Modern VIP Mansion" by CXonor13 on the Gallery)
"Alison aims to be a bodybuilder after merely building a reputation for jokes, funny videos, and slacking off. Can she pull off the ultimate bod before that elite bodybuilding contest she schmoozed her way into?"
Alison: "I think what's meant to happen will happen. It is what it is, you know?"
"Spotted: Logan canoodling with an erratic old family friend of the Gregorys. Will romancing a club member get him on the wrong side of his inheritance?"
Claire: "I really like Logan. I don't care about his family connections. We're destined for each other. I have to go scream at the inside of the refrigerator now."
Logan: "She doesn't know it yet, but I'm going to marry that woman. Just as soon as the diamond I'm earning through a sponsorship of flat plumbbob tea arrives."
"But wait! Jason returns from a celebrity jeweler with a big surprise of his own. Will competing races to matrimony tear the brothers apart?"
"After all, he's rumored to be seeing an eligible bachelorette . . . and may have seen quite a bit of her."
"CUT!"
Alison: "Geez, guys, you're making Triple Threat all about your relationships lately. How are we supposed to sustain the ratings if we're just another shmoopy reality show?"Logan: "But that is the reality!"
Jason: "No one watches reality shows for reality, dummy."
Micah: "Okay, can the talent pipe down already? You guys ready for another take? Makenzie mixed the track for the next scene, which we're gonna film in the driveway. Let's try to get this bit down and then Mia can edit it into the intro."
(Room is from "Modern Del Sol Mansion" by Sparklili on the Gallery)
Yes, the triplets (both the gen. 8 Gregorys and Adrian's gen. 6 extras) have combined forces and now live in Del Sol Valley, in the Pinnacles no less. They're part of an influencer collective known as the Trip House, and they produce short dance videos, garner Simstagram likes by the millions, and have a hit reality show called Triple Threat. It's a good life for a spare. Or a spare's spares, in the case of Adrian's triplets.
Also living with those six are Claire Clements (the camerawoman above), an old club member of the Gregory Helpers and a former housemate of gen. 4's Kori. She met Logan at Simon's birthday party and they've fallen hard.
The other house member is Sadie (in purple, in the back), who was a friend that Rowan kept bringing over to the house in high school. She and Jason hit it off a few times, so they were happy to rekindle their romance as young adults, and she's now part of the production team in the Trip House.
For the spare's spares, it's a good life. They've got private bedrooms in an opulent mansion.
All the need-refreshing they might need, at least while I'm taking pictures.
And plenty of time to pursue, er, hobbies. Mia, you better not be catfishing NASA again.
Mia: "No promises."
Jason and Sadie are indeed a little further along in their relationship than Logan and Claire due to being friends as teens. Sadie wants to be Friend of the World and is Outgoing, Hot-Headed, and Self-Assured (perfect for a reality show!). She's a legacy love that I created really early on, and unlike some of my other original sim creations, I still really adore her look and she needed minimal making over.
On the balcony of their mansion overlooking downtown Del Sol, Jason proposes.
In a light rain, they get married right then and there.
Meanwhile, Logan and Claire are trying out the latest alternative meditation craze that they saw online. Claire wants to be a Joke Star and is erratic, neat, and a goofball, so honestly she could stand to learn some self-regulation.
Although the clouds went over the morning sun, it's a perfect spot in this adorable garden for a proposal.
And they too tie the knot.
As for Alison? Well, there's eight sims in the house now and I'm not eager to overload again. Also I think she's just not really into the romance scene. She has a private gym all to herself now to keep her busy.
And when she's done working out, there's the attached sauna to chill out in. So it's still a good life full of relaxation.
And she needs the relaxation because little do the public suspect, but the ditzy, silly Alison is secretly the mastermind of the Trip House, and her savvy manipulation of the media keeps them afloat in this mansion, living the high life of influencers. The devil works hard but Alison Gregory works harder.
And that's where we'll leave the triplets. I think they did okay for themselves.
Rowan: "Hey, thanks for coming over to my new place in Brindleton Bay, Caleb!"
Caleb: "Wow, this place is intense!"
Rowan: "Oh, this old house? Yeah, I decorated a little. You know, a splash of color here and there. Nothing too excessive."
(House is "The Happy Hippie Farm" by arielle47 on the Gallery)
Rowan: "I know you're got a good thing going with your sister in Forgotten Hollow with all that gray and black, stone and plain plaster, but I've got space here, and I feel like we've gotten close since you turned me. Would you want to move in?"
Caleb: "This is a secret, so don't tell anyone, since you totally can't tell by the fact that I've already been made over, but I had been hoping you'd ask me that and I totally agree!"Rowan: "Really?!"
Both: *squealing* "OH MY GAWD this is so great can you believe it I'm so excited ahhhhhhhh"
You're dorks. Synchronized, but dorks.
Here's Caleb's makeover. I toned down his makeup and the emo-ness of his hair, and then I gave him a much more fun and breezy look to match Rowan's energy. Caleb is (in case you don't already know) a foodie, materialistic, and ambitious, and aspires to be a Good Vampire.
They start out roasting marshmallows that neither of them can eat. Look, it's very aesthetic, okay? Caleb agrees because the fire makes him flirty.
Rowan: "I'm really glad you moved in, Caleb. I really love talking to you, and training with you has been so great. In fact, I was hoping I could show you some moves?"Caleb: "Vampire moves?"
Rowan: "You could say that."
Caleb: "You smooth little bitch."Rowan: "You know it! You're not mad, though?"
Caleb: "Mad that you took so long maybe. Heh."
And so our vampire boys share their first kiss in a cute little corner of their yard.
And then what I would say is their first synchronized happy dance, but they already spent that milestone earlier on good gossip, I guess. This one is to denote that they've become boyfriends. They're so nerdy and I LOVE them.
Eleanor came over and Caleb freaks all the way out over her. Do . . . do my sims really get this excited over B-listers? I mean, I know the Gregorys are like, that family in this town, but really?
Caleb: "Hi Ms. Gregory hi how are you hi I really wanted to introduce myself to you but then I freaked out at the last moment so I'm just going to wave like this and scream okay oh I hope that's okay with you I'm just really--"Eleanor: "Deep breath, Caleb. Rowan, is this your boyfriend you've been so excited about?"
Rowan: "Yeah, isn't he amazing?"
They are enjoying a pet-themed gallery wall I put in a blank corner when a thought occurs.
Caleb: "You know, I've always wanted a pet."
Rowan: "Really? Me too! But like, a bunch. I want my whole family to be pets."
Caleb: "We should be pet fathers together." :)))))
Rowan: "I was hoping you'd say that . . ."
Rowan: "Caleb Vatore, will you do me the honor of being my partner in pet-raising?"
Caleb: "Ohmygawd of course I will, you silly! This ring is to die for, but how did you get it to stay on my finger?"Rowan: "It's made of special ectoplasm you can't phase through, just like your clothes."
Caleb: "You're amazing."
Rowan: "No you're amazing."
Caleb: "No you."
Rowan: "No you are!"
This is probably going to continue for a while, so let's cut away.
Caleb: "Hello, can I help you?"Simon: "I'm here for the wedding. I'm Rowan's best man. You must be the other groom."
Caleb: "That's me! I'm Caleb. It's nice to finally meet you, Simon. I hope you brought the wedding favors that Rowan was hoping for."
Simon: "What kind of best man would I be if I weren't prepared?"
Caleb: "Just kind of an 'okay man' in that case then, I guess." *Caleb laughs hysterically*
Simon: "I see why you two get along so well."
And so, in matching pink tuxedos (even though you can't really tell Caleb's is the same), Rowan and Caleb say their vows, and Simon helpfully blows bubbles.
Eleanor also made it for the wedding. I had some success getting these two to stand near the arch, but you see what Simon thought would be an appropriate activity for the ceremony.
He soon ran off, and as for Eleanor, she just blankly stared at the street for the whole ceremony. Sigh. It's almost like she watched it. Anyway, congrats to Caleb and Rowan Gregory, now husbands!
As they were putting on their rings, Caleb whispered a little special something to Rowan.
Caleb: "I've got a gift inside for you that I think you'll be very interested in."
Rowan: "Oh?"
Rowan: "Oh. My. God. Shut up. Shut up! You did not get me a dog, Caleb! You're the best husband ever! You won't believe this, but I got you something too!"
Caleb: "You got ME a dog? How lucky are we?!"
This is Ziggy, an apricot neutered male miniature poodle who is a sleuth, hairy, and friendly, and has a terribly unfortunate smile but a heart of gold.
And this is Clover, a spayed female pit bull who is a hunter, independent, and a glutton. She is practically the second coming of Sushi, a teeny brown and white pit bull puppy with a cute pink nose who the Gregorys tried to adopt when Cats and Dogs first came out. Unfortunately, the game crashed just then and I never saw Sushi in the menu again, so we adopted the pup that would become Nova for Eleanor, and the rest is history. I like to think Clover is Sushi, just grown up now, and she's found a loving home with Rowan and Caleb.
Rowan is overjoyed to be newly-married and a proud papa to two adorably matching dogs. There's just one more thing that would make his life complete.
So he opens a vet clinic in Brindleton Bay! This is also a benefit to the main family because if we get a pet again, we can bring them here for treatment. I looked for the most colorful vet clinic I could find because I didn't want to do much redecorating, and a lot of vet clinics on the Gallery that look good are not terribly functional, so I had to do some hunting, but I'm pretty happy with this one.
(Clinic is "Pets Clinic 2" by IMMsO on the Gallery slightly modified to fit on this lot)
Rowan dives into vet life and earned six points of vet skill by the time I finished playing him, so he was pretty good at things right off the bat (vampire pun intended). He treats a chilly poodle correctly his very first time!
Eleanor visited (apparently she really was just visiting because she didn't bring an animal), and she was kind enough to clean up all the piles of sick that this kitty in a sweater had been leaving around the clinic on the way to the table. This cat was a vomit machine. It was actually quite impressive - I really didn't think she contained that much volume, so there may have been some breaking of the laws of physics. But since Rowan was the only worker at that time, he couldn't take time to fix this supernatural mess while he was still treating the patient. Thus, we really appreciated Eleanor's help, since our robot vacuum was terribly useless.
Soon, Minerva Charm joined as a second vet and although she was pretty slow and had a bad habit of going for a swim in the inexplicable pool the builder had put out front (why?) whenever she wasn't immediately occupied, she listened well to Rowan and they started to build up a respectable clinic that apparently specializes in treating blue animals. I renamed the clinic "Dr. Rowan's Happy Vet."
Rowan: "Okay, your dog is no longer blue, and I'll send you the bill. I've closed up the clinic so I'm going to go now." *in a cloud of sulfurous, black smoke, Rowan turns into a screeching bat that flies out of the clinic, leaving the guy and his dog alone*
Guy: "But I wanted him to be blue. He just needed his nails trimmed."
Very normal vet visit, this.
And it's back home for Rowan, to live happily ever after with his husband, two dogs, colorful house, and profitable vet clinic. I think he maybe got the best deal out of all of them, even if he doesn't have the biggest house. Which is just as well, because I love Rowan. I hope he'll be content here.
And then we're down to Simon at college, which is where we'll pick up next time. This finally clears my backlog, so next time will be new play! Simon has a full degree to get, as well as hopefully wooing Chloe Hayden successfully this time. Then it'll be back to the house to bring in generation nine of this legacy. It's hard to believe we've made it this far, but there's still plenty of fun to be had yet. Be sure to check back for the continued adventures of the Gregory family, and check in with me at Boolprop in the mean time, where I'll be updating some of my other stories as well (plus updating what I'm playing next - my turn of my joint legacy with my friend Kristina, I Hart Space!, which doesn't get posted on Boolprop). Thanks so much for reading! <3
Rowan: "You could say that."
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