Category: Legacy Challenges

Freya, Gracie & Harrison were first up on Winterfest.   They decided to decorate the tree leaving their parents sleeping.    Adiyta & Eleanor enjoyed their lie-in and made sure they took advantage by staying in their room all morning.    When they eventually headed down the stairs, the kids were opening their presents that were left in the hall beside the record player.   I guess they both forgot about the tree and luckily the kids remembered on the day.

Gracie had got a call from her friend, saying they were heading the jungle resort for the holiday’s. She was invited to join them so Gracie asked Eleanor if she was allowed.  Eleanor said ‘Yes, as long as you promise to phone home regularly.  Member it will be Harrison’s birthday soon’.   Gracie was delighted and called her friend straight away managing to catch them before the left.   The journey was only a few hours, so they were there in no-time at all.   Her friend took her deep into the jungle where they narrowly missed a Jaguar & Bats.   Gracie wasn’t sure about to continuing, but her friend knew of a little hideout where a plane had crashed and all that was left was the remains.   She followed her friend, still a little unsure but had a look around.   This was is it, she found her aspiration in life and realized she loved the archeology surrounding the plane.   She stumbled upon an old bone that been dig up before and wondered about the history surround it.   On their way back to the lodgings, she notices the next & final bus leaving for that day heading back to her hometown.   She still wanted to be around the family during this festive season, so she thanked her friend for inviting her and phoned Eleanor saying that she was heading home again.   She was planning on heading to the library to read all about archeology.

After all the festivities and excitement that day, everyone was getting tired.   Harrison started talking about all his creations with Father Winter when he appeared, that he was rewarded with another art table without asking or demanding another present.   Harrison thanked him and headed to bed.   Eleanor continued to entertain Father Winter in the living room as no-one else was around.

Found out what happened to Aditya, not only did his brother-in-law die but also his sister Diya.  I suppose that’s why he found it easier to hide from everyone.

Freya, going through a mean streak, started shouting at Harrison at the breakfast table.  Not sure what the conversion was about, Harrison was like whatever, I don’t really care and letting her babble on.   He wasn’t the type of person to start arguing or cause friction between anyone.   Freya realized that it wasn’t worth it talking to Harrison and stormed off in a mood.

Harrison went to his scout meeting later and got promoted to Unicorn scout.    He earned himself a little trophy and was told to work on completing another three badges.

Meanwhile at work, Eleanor was still trying to impress her boss completing projects and colleagues when ever she can.   She was now at the pinnacle of her career, running the new restaurant her boss made her manager off.    This afternoon the boss happened to witness her brilliant expertise working together in unison that he was going to help her become the celebrity chef status she deserves.   If she wasn’t so old, she may have considered venturing out on her own.

I had to take a few days break from playing in-between these parts, as I was devastated when happened next.    I was all set for completing another achievement with a career that my Sim died.    Who was it, I hear you all shout … ?

It was the criminal career which can only suggest one thing, DEVLIN.   Normally I would play with good sim’s, but all through this legacy I have been using generator’s for traits, aspirations and even careers to give my gameplay a little more excitement and the basis for this story.

Anyway, back to the story, the Grim Reaper appeared as usual. Eleanor tried to plead with him, but she was too late as the Grim had already read his rights and was in the process of converting Devlin into the Urn.   Although everyone didn’t really like his pranks and bad streaks, they still had the sad moodlets, since he was part of the family and did show his good side occasionally.  Eleanor knew it was time to cure everyone’s sadness, so she released him straight to the netherworld without any hesitation.  I can’t even imagine what he would be like as ghost, so didn’t give him the chance.   Could have possibly been either amusing or annoying gameplay, who knows?  Maybe in future generations we will test it out.

Harrison decided he wasn’t going to his scout meeting but continued to create some sad pictures and eventually complete his childhood aspiration.   Gracie completed her homework and headed out for jog while Freya lounged about after also completing her homework.    I’m not sure what Aditya was doing, must have just kept himself to himself and away from everyone.

 

Freya decided to take the kids ice skating although everyone kept falling.   Harrison stepped of the ice rather quickly, so Freya encouraged him to try again.   They all stayed for about an hour until they decided they had enough and went back home.   Gracie continued to play in the snow in the backyard as she was fed up being in the house all the time.   Aditya found her playing all alone, so he put on is winter boots and headed outside to start rolling a huge ball for the beginnings of a snow-pal.  Gracie tried to start a small one for the head but only get halfway before dad continued.   Gracie found some stones for decorations and went to get an old hat & gloves.   She had a wonderful time playing with Dad in the snow.

Devlin had been busy causing chaos as usual.   He managed to successfully release a virus into the cyberworld which takes control of a PC and breaks it.   He then creates a fake website where you can pay for an engineer to fix it, but no-one arrives.   He somehow manages to make a small profit $693 before the site is taken down and stopped.    He now must be careful that it is not linked back to him before getting arrested.

Since Gracie had so much fun with Dad, Aditya decided that he would also try doing something with Harrison.   It was the beginning of the weekend and still cold outside, so he had to think of something that he was interested in.  Harrison was very artistic, painting and creating small decorations to lie around the house.  Aditya had the perfect idea, spending a day at an art gallery with him.   This became a huge success with a new stronger bond beginning to grow between them.   Harrison couldn’t be happier with his day out and would love to hopefully do it all again soon.

The following morning all the kids were happy entertaining themselves.   Aditya & Eleanor found a little moment together.   I am starting to wonder if Aditya is trying to tell us all something while making sure he spends time with everyone.

It was now time for Gracie to age to a teen, following the same career as Freya for a little extra cash, although this is not the career path she is looking to pursue.

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Aditya starts learning the guitar as little side hobby now that the kids are grown up to keep him amused with his spare time.

Harrison’s first scout meeting appeared the same day as Halloween.    He went to the meeting, while Aditya went to buy some pumpkins for the kids.  Aditya showed Gracie first how to carve using a tiny old table he had in loft.   When Harrison got home, he was quickly shown how to carve his, as they still had to get costumes on for trick ‘n’ treating later.

The kids got ready although the atmosphere looked like they were not enjoying looking silly.   Maybe it was the fact that Eleanor wanted to take a photo of them all dressed, IDK.   Once the sweetie bowl was out and the party started the kids enjoyed themselves.   Halloween was a great success, looking forward to next year.

Eleanor was in the process of tidying up the following day washing the kids costumes listening to music, that she forgot to check the lint tray.    The dryer suddenly set up in flames.   Luckily both Aditya and Devlin heard the alarm and ran to the rescue.    The fire was soon under control and Eleanor survived.     Eleanor went to have a long soak in the bath counting her blessings that she wasn’t badly hurt in the fire.

Their insurance paid out 200 simoleans which didn’t cover the damage from both the washing machine and dryer.   Once Eleanor was able to back to work, her boss promoted her to Executive Chef earning a $1959 bonus.    This couldn’t have come at a better time as now they were able to replace both the washing machine/dryer and continue their lives as normal.

Harrison’s toddler days passed very quickly.   While family life continued, Eleanor totally forgot all about maintaining her herbs in the greenhouse that they all started dying.    She decided that she would give it another try re-planting some the harvestables that she still left had in the pantry.

Spring was upon us once more with harvest-fest starting tomorrow.   The house was decorated for the event while the garden was maintained.   Before Freya aged to a teen, which so happened to be the same day Harrison aged to kid, the kids headed to park on Harvest-fest with their day off.

Freya aged up to a teen joining the retail Employee Career.   She was angry that all the attention went to Harrison that she didn’t join them for the grand meal.   Everyone else on the other hand had a great time.

Freya & Gracie headed to the park in Oasis Springs on Sunday afternoon meeting new friends and having a great time.  When they returned home, dinner was ready.  They asked if they could play on the swings in the backyard before heading to bed later that night.

Devlin continued to make more pranks with friends to cure some boredom.   Not long afterwards he witnessed a fight happening at the Bathe de Rill and as the fight concluded someone died in the pool.   Finally, he managed to complete the ‘Public Enemy’ aspiration.

Eleanor works hard at work trying to take her mind off from not having any more kids.    Her boss notices her achievements and dedication then offers her the incentive to continue with some more tasks that will allow her to run the next restaurant he is planning to open.   Of course, this is Eleanor’s dream job and promises to take his offer, completing any side project she can.

She overheard her colleagues talking about the bowling team they were actively in.  They were about to compete in the final of the competition.   At this point, Eleanor’s stress levels were increasing every day, so she decided that she will spend some time with the kids taking them bowling at their local venue.

A few days later, little Baby Harrison became a toddler.

While Eleanor was in hospital, Freya aged to a child.    She loves school studying hard with her free time having the Whiz Kid aspiration.   As you can see, she also likes the boyish look rocking the old 80’s fashion.

With Freya being a perfect child again, Aditya made plans once again to renovate the house.  The layout situation upstairs needed another bedroom, and the kitchen/dining area was currently the wrong way.    It made sense for the rooms to be swapped with the laundry being accessed through the kitchen and not the dining room.     Eleanor came home and they had some family time surrounding the tele talking over Aditya plans.

Aditya started working, hiring contractors for the more complicated stuff, arranging the house as planned.    Eleanor through this time went back to work and ended up with another promotion to ‘Sous Chef’.   Baby Harrison was surprisingly calm during all the building works even with the loud noises.    Gracie continued to play in the playroom that had recently been added the house by Eleanor.   Freya came from school asking Aditya about being a ninja.   He replied, ‘best to start practicing your hiding places and see if anyone can find you.’

Apologies for the dark pic’s maybe should have switched lights on first.  Basic upstairs layout for top picture, starting with master bedroom top left, going clockwise the family bathroom, Freya & Gracie’s room, Harrison and then Devlin’s room (bottom left).  The other two pictures show kitchen & dining area swapped making the house a little more accessible.   I’m not great at decorating, so builders please bear with me.

Not long after I started playing with new layout, the family cat Snowy died.   Yes, we had a cat, although not mentioned for a while.   Then as if by magic, somehow Gracie caught up with Freya and aged to kid.   Maybe I forgot that I was writing at story at this point, who knows.   It wasn’t planned or cheated it’s the Sims after all.

Aditya got a call from his sister Diya with some bad news.   His mum Anvi had just passed away.   Of course, he was devastated with the news and locked himself away for a few days.

To cheer up Aditya, Eleanor took him to lunch on ‘Night on the Town’ day as they were serving free food and thought he wouldn’t appreciate going clubbing.   She hired a nanny for the day, listening to Adiyta’s problems at the Sunny Side diner and tried providing some solace.   It seemed to do the trick as he left happier than the last few days in his room.

Devlin arranged and started a new club called the ‘Bad Ass Bandits’ competing against the ‘Renegades’ as they refused him entry as teenager.    One of the member’s named ‘Wolfang’ applied with wrong information when joining club.  Devlin had heard through the grapevine that he was also a member of the Renegades.  He immediately kicked him out embarrassing him in front of everyone at the Gym.    The ‘Bad Ass Bandits’ assemble at any Gym location so this made it harder for him not to bump in to any them in the future.    Wolfgang passed the information he learned to the rest of Renegades so a fuel out feud began between the clubs.

As you may have noticed at the Sunny Side diner, Eleanor was considerably bigger than usual.    What I failed to mention is that she was also pregnant at this time and the baby was now long overdue.    She headed to hospital once again where they started procedures to get the kid out as soon as possible.     She phoned Aditya letting him know that Baby Harrison had been born.    Aditya was still upset from losing mum that he said, ‘Oh no, not again and asked Eleanor if she would consider a small operation to avoid any further kids in future’.    As it turned out this is what the doctor mentioned as Harrison’s birth was really close to a fatal situation for both mother and child.   Eleanor said ‘Yes, no problem.  I’ll be in hospital for a few days.   Can you take care of the kids?’.

The summer days continued having barbecues with friends and teaching Freya how to use the slide.   Eleanor was starting to save up and had a little nest-take gathering.   She seen a nice greenhouse in a neighbours garden on the way home from work one-day and decided she would spend some money getting one of her own.    She could see herself growing her own herbs for cooking as she was comfortably progressing in the cooking/gourmet cooking skills.    She ended up with a huge saving as it was sale day down at her local gardening store.   There was still some land spare at the back of the house that could be extended.    The rest of the savings was invested in extending another room around the kitchen and computer/logic room.   This was decorated as a little playroom for the kids.

When Eleanor woke up, on remembered day, she went alone to the graveyard to tidy up her grandparents & parents graves.

Gracie aged up just short of Freya’s Birthday, so Aditya took the kids to the local toddler park where they became good friends as well as sisters.

When the family were all out that afternoon, Devlin thought it would be funny to destroy the kid’s toys.     As expected, no-one was amused on their return and Aditya shouted at Devlin telling him to get out of his sight.    He didn’t want to fight in front of the kids.