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Re: Jax's Immortal Dynasty
« Reply #75 on: March 25, 2018, 04:07:18 AM »
Ohh what a sad chapter, that picture of them all crying is just heartbreaking :(

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Re: Jax's Immortal Dynasty
« Reply #76 on: March 25, 2018, 01:53:29 PM »
--sobs-- Oh man... those pictures of them crying... I shouldn't be crying over pixels, but I totally am!  And the way you handled the afterwards... --more sobbing-- It was all so beautiful and heartbreaking!



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Re: Jax's Immortal Dynasty
« Reply #77 on: March 25, 2018, 05:22:21 PM »
@Shewolf13  @LenaLJ  Next chapters are much happier!
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Chpt 14: Skillz
« Reply #78 on: March 25, 2018, 05:36:33 PM »
The next morning started well. Maverick made sure he was awake in time to have breakfast with Jax so he wouldn’t be alone.

Maverick: You know, I like these fish tacos you make but it is a bit weird eating them for every meal.
Jax: Yeah, it is a bit.

Brendon started grinding his skills in earnest. He needs 6 skills at L8 for his Renaissance Sim Aspiration. We’re nearly there.

Watcher: Whatcha doing?
Brendon: Just chillin and reading really.
Watcher: Oh, I just gave this big spiel about how you’re grinding for skills and here you are just chillin’.


Brendon: Here is this better? I’m writing another book.
Watcher: Much better. Did you ever find the missing one?
Brendon: Nope.
Watcher: Weird.
(Brendon wrote a best seller sad book just after Kourtney died but when we travelled everything in his inventory, including this book disappeared. Weird.)

Everyone’s skilling.

Maverick: Another masterpiece watcher.
Watcher: Hmm, you seem to have a ‘thing’ for that nudey angel… that’s the 3rd one now and they’ve all been masters.
Maverick: You’re not complaining about that are you?


Shea came over and before anyone could talk to her she ran off and ate some cake. I think that’s a sign she wants to be part of this dynasty.

She’ll have to wait a while as she’s a Young Adult now and Brendon’s still just a teen. They’re good friends for now.

Brendon publishes his 10 books.


Maia sacrifices herself for the higher good.


Brendon writes some more books.

I think you’re getting the basic premise here; a lot of skilling is going down.

We did have a fire though, that was a nice break from all the skilling.

Jax: Speak for yourself watcher, I’m not finding this ‘nice’ at all.
Brendon: Hmm me neither.

Maverick and Brendon form a band.

Not really but it would be nice if they could.  Maverick is working on becoming a musical genius basically and Brendon is playing for inspiration.

We have a short fishing trip, more for my sanity than a need for angelfish as at this point we almost have enough for all 8 generations. But it was good timing as another of Mavericks wee tots is there.

Maverick: Wheeee!
Tot: *giggle* More!

Jax reconnects with some old friends and makes sure everything is in order.

Daniel: Yib sims!

What can I say! More skilling


And more skilling…


Fishing


Skilling


Getting tired of it all yet? Brendon sure was…

Brendon: All we do is skill, skill and more skilling. Argh, I’m sick of it!
Dale: I know. *nods*

And just as we all were organized to head off to the park Maia’s days came to an end.

Grim: *Deep breath* Hmmm, man I LOVE the outdoors.
Watcher: Err… umm Grim you’ve got to come and take Maia
Grim: Look I’m just going to stand here for a while, ok? Geez, so bossy.
Watcher: Well, anytime now would be good… (long pause) are you glitched out Grim?


Grim: *Indignant* No, I was just enjoying the ..
Watcher: Outdoors! Yes, we get it..you love the outdoors. *sheesh*
Thank you for everything you did Maia. I’m sorry you died in a puddle of water.

With Maia now gone Grim came inside and stood watching TV and telling jokes. Ikr, it was weird. He didn't even ask how to spell her name.

Jax: You alright handling this Bren? I’ve got some things I’d like to get done.
Brendon: Sure dad, go right ahead.

Three sim hours later…

Grim:..and then there was this time..blah blah blah
Brendon: Aha, hmm…*polite nodding*. Hmm.

By the time Grim eventually leaves it’s too late to go to the park.

Brendon: Oh well, back to skilling I guess.
Jax: Yep.
Watcher: We’ll go to the park tomorrow, maybe, I guess…
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Chpt 15: Gen 2's YA Birthday
« Reply #79 on: March 25, 2018, 05:45:14 PM »

Watcher: Finally!
Brendon: I still don’t see why I have to go to school when I have zero days left till my birthday.
Watcher: *Shrug* It’s the rules.
Brendon: Whatever.
Watcher: Have a good one.
Brendon: As if.

We tidy up and then head off to the park.

Jax: I wonder how many hours I’ve stood here for.
Watcher: Huh? We’ve only just got here!
Jax: No, silly, I mean in total. For my whole life.
Watcher: Ohhh, meh, I dunno.
Jax: *sigh*

While Maverick writes (plays? Composes?) a song on his guitar I stare at the unfortunate body shape of some teens. ☹


And although this lady looks like an elder she is a teen.

My game is being weird. Smh


Watcher: Well now that your age bar is all bubbly I’d like to say so long and thanks for all the fish.
Townie Fisherman: That’s so depressing and disrespectful.
Watcher: Well, she might drop dead here when I am watching someone else and I wouldn’t notice so I thought I’d say it now, while I can.
Cali: Huh? Did you say something watcher?

Another grey-haired teen, probably to keep the 1st one company. *eye roll*


Shea arrived.

Watcher: Hey! Nice of you to come down to the park. Brendon’s still at school.
Shea: That’s ok, I’m not in a hurry.


This little lady is a Goth and one of Mavericks kids.  I’m itching to give her a makeover but that would mean installing Get Together. Still, maybe her teen outfit will be better.

Grim turns up.

Watcher: Talking to yourself there Grim?
Grim: Queen to rook 5…hmm?
Watcher: Shouldn’t you be playing black? Anyway, Cali’s just over there if you’re looking for her.

Brendon arrives home from school and joins us.

Grim: I bet I can beat you in 7 moves.
Brendon: You’re on!


Grim: Gotcha!
Brendon: Not so fast there Mr Reaperman. *Does fancy trick move*


Brendon: Checkmate.
Grim: What?
Brendon: Yep, haven’t done all that skilling for nothing!


Grim: Good game.
Brendon: Thank you.

Some time later Brendon meets some dude who’s all into fitness and stuff and show him his muscles.

Brendon: Booyeah.
Random Dude: oooo, not bad!


And then it’s time for home. And this. Finally!


Happy Young Adult Birthday Brendon! Woo!


First thing Brendon does after aging up is make two very important phone calls. One lands him a career the other…


…brings a very important person around.




Brendon: So, would you like to move in?
Shea: Of course I would!

And that moment when you realize that the person you love, loves you back.




And a make over!


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Re: Jax's Immortal Dynasty
« Reply #80 on: March 25, 2018, 06:17:05 PM »
Yay! Together at last! Love Shea's makeover. That hair is gorgeous on her! Speaking of makeovers . . . oof. No closet! I suppose without all the DLC the outfits townies come up with can't be quite as weird as they would be otherwise but man! That would drive me crazy.
Grim is being very mean, indeed, to take long pauses enjoying the fresh air when he knows you're worried about him glitching! I mean, I know he's not a nice guy, but that's going a little far. Kudos to Brendon for beating him at chess. Serves him right.
Watcher casually directing Grim in Cali's direction made me snort. :) Any time now, girl. Any time.

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Re: Jax's Immortal Dynasty
« Reply #81 on: March 25, 2018, 07:24:46 PM »
Bwahahahaha!  Yeesh Grim XD I can't help but giggle whenever he shows up.  Especially when the Watcher is doing the equivalent of jerking her head toward a certain Sim lol  Love Shea's makeover!  And that shot of Brendan's face is just too awesome!



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Re: Jax's Immortal Dynasty
« Reply #82 on: March 26, 2018, 02:41:36 AM »
Rest in peace, Courtney. Your beauty lives in on your son Brendon!
So much has been going on! I wonder if Cali will figure out some way to photobomb her own death... I will not be jinxing Brendon's wedding, hehe.

Backtracking a bit, hats off to Brendon maxing Babysitter in one day!
I know he started at Level 2 but still, Babysitter requires Playful mood and requires balance!!!
Also, I'm shocked and impressed that Jax's generation has almost enough angelfish for the entire challenge already. That's A LOT of fishing!!!

Looking forward to the transition to Brendon and Shea!


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Re: Jax's Immortal Dynasty
« Reply #83 on: March 26, 2018, 04:32:37 AM »
Brendon is very handsome, and Shea just stunning.
Will we see a lovely nooboo soon?

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Re: Jax's Immortal Dynasty
« Reply #84 on: March 26, 2018, 07:20:03 AM »
So glad I found this, am currently in the process of moving country (UAE to Australia) and it was a very welcome story to read whilst having a well earned cup of tea. I absolutely adore Brendon and can already tell that his nooboos are going to be gorgeous. Will look forward to reading along, but am terrible at constant commenting..  ;) great story Play

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Re: Jax's Immortal Dynasty
« Reply #85 on: March 26, 2018, 05:34:20 PM »
@FrancescaFiori  The townie outfits don't seem too bad but the hair color choices are driving me a bit batty! And yes... Cali...any time soon. *waits and waits* The 'curse' of the Active sim, in situations like this I really hate this trait.

@Shewolf13  I'm a bit of a fan of Grim, as you'll know lol

@oshizu  I meant to check the correct numbers before quitting my game but I think we have around about 87 Angelfish and 70 odd Potions of Youth. 20 or so of those are still in points of the living house members but as they die I pause my game and buy what I can then store them in the roof cavity lol. I've calculated I'll need around 96-ish (of each obv) so seeing as we're still on Gen 2 I think I can say I've nailed this bit. But I won't stop grinding for them until I have more than enough and after that the satisfaction points can just go unspent. Despite me grumping about her Cali has caught a lot of angelfish, so did Maia actually, she caught them consistently whereas Cali catches them in batches. Jax, as he loves the outdoors, also catches angelfish regularly and I've been taking advantage of this as not every fisher-sim is good at catching them. Sometimes, no matter what you do sims just are completely useless at getting angelfish.

@LenaLJ  ty I'm quite partial to Brendon too! Nooboo coming in next chpt, no time to waste here!

@KTK10  Yay! You're here! Thanks for reading. Hope your move goes safely and to plan.  :)
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Chpt 16: Gen 3 is Born
« Reply #86 on: March 26, 2018, 05:46:53 PM »
The next morning Brendon made sure the new house member felt at home and explained to him his role in the Dynasty.

Brendon: ...and so that’s about it really. Oh and skilling every other minute until you die. Yeah, that covers everything I think.
Don: *Stunned* Wow, dang it, I’m actually gonna have to work.

Brendon and Shea were obviously deeply in love.


But every time I tried to get near enough to ask them anything they both shooed me away.

Brendon: Go AWAY watcher!

Anyway, this happened.



Shea: Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, I’m so excited! Arghhh, we’re pregnant!
Brendon: omg that’s so Awesome!
Watcher: What the heck is that curtain doing in the middle of the window? That’s so completely random.

Brendon cracked on with his career and used his charismatic aptitude to bump himself closer to the next promotion before his first shift.

Boss: Sure, have a boost, why not, I mean you’ve never worked a day in your life but I’m sure you’re gonna be great.
Brendon: Cheers!


Shea: Oh, I’ve got such a sore back already watcher!
Watcher: Maybe you should take a nap?


Brendon: Bye bye baby, be good for mommy while I’m at work.
Shea: lol, that’s so cute!

Maverick has taken to whipping out his guitar at any given moment which isn’t a bad thing really.

Jax: That’s sounding awesome now Maverick.
Maverick: Everything I do is awesome, but thanks.

After a quick work out, we all head out so Don can meet some new “friends”.

Jax: Thanks for mentoring me Adrien.
Adrien: NP, that’s what friends are for.
Don: It is?

We arrive together. Maverick works on a new song.


Don meets some new “neighbours”.


Shea waddles to the park.


And Jaxon and Cali fish.

Watcher: Gah if you’re going to be a sad sack I’m just not going to look at you Cali.

That’s better.



Watcher: How are you feeling Shea?
Shea: Great thanks!
Watcher: Keep eating those carrots, we don’t want any surprises in this Dynasty. I have it planned out perfectly.
Shea: I don’t really like carrots…

Brendon comes home with a promotion and meets up with us all at another location. (In game terms the trip to this location happens the next day but you know, for the sake of brevity and all that…)

Brendon: You’re looking more gorgeous every time I lay my eyes on you.
Shea: Aww… *melts*

While Don’s busy making new “friends” everyone else fishes. Of course.


It’s late by the time we all get home, but Brendon makes sure his lovely Shea is comfortable before starting his work requirements.

Shea: Ohhh, that is heaven, right there!
Brendon: I’m inclined to agree with you!
Shea: lol

Brendon writes through the night but it’s worth it as he completes the best selling author aspiration.

Watcher: Congrats!
Brendon: Thanks!

Don spends a lot of his time admiring himself in the mirror, least it improves his charisma. Shea listens to alternative music a lot which is why it looks like she’s standing in the corner.

Don: Woo! I’m hot.
Watcher: Geez, whatever! Enjoy it sunshine ‘cos you’re an elder in a few days.

Shea suddenly starts wanting to tidy everything.

Jax: You don’t need to be doing that Shea, I’ll have a tidy up in a min.
Shea: No, it’s fine. Honestly, I want to.

Sure enough the nooboo was on the way.

Brendon: Arghh… jeeez… gahhh…arhhhh.
Watcher: *sigh*
Shea: Wow, I’m glad you warned me watcher, tbh I didn’t really believe you when you said he’d turn into an incoherent idiot.
Watcher: I know, right. Never mind, he’ll come right soon. Best to just ignore him if you can and concentrate on little nooboo here.


Shea: Ouch.
(Notice my wonderful grasp of the Understatement.)

Welcome little Zander McConnell, Generation 3.

Shea: Thanks Watcher, isn’t he beautiful?
Watcher: He sure is, well done Shea. Very well done indeed.

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Re: Jax's Immortal Dynasty
« Reply #87 on: March 26, 2018, 05:53:22 PM »
Woo, welcome little Zander!  Hehehe, Brendan and Shea are too cute! lol I like how they keep shooing you away XD

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« Reply #88 on: March 26, 2018, 06:14:58 PM »
NOOBOO!! Welcome Zander, I love that name. Shea and Brendon are so cute. Congrats

LOL Don, he never fails to entertain.

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Re: Jax's Immortal Dynasty
« Reply #89 on: March 26, 2018, 06:34:00 PM »
What is that completely random curtain doing in the middle of the window, you ask?
Why, it's been taking lessons from Cali, of course!
Er, why do sims like Cali always get the Active trait? lol

Speaking of Active trait, I imagine the non-commital, romantic Don with his Serial Romantic trait will offer several PoYs.
Has he moved in also to provide genetic diversity in your simverse's gene pool? Just curious. :D

Welcome to the McConnell Dynasty, Zander! With your parents, you just can't help but be a mini-heartbreaker.