Please Graveyard--The Schlick-Wainwright Legacy--Ghost of a Chance

[Rhoxi]

About time to pop these monsters out, haha! Oh gosh, Arienne is such a tender mother.  And Liam does have better features.

[PeregrineTook]

Oh! What a treat! I've been out of town for a bit and this is quite the awesome thing to keep me busy when I don't have a gaming computer to play on! Arienne is just as I expected her to be, but Cara seems to have a little too much freedom... though that's just my observation.

Glad you're back and that I was able to entertain you  :=)
As for Cara having too much freedom, Ari's been distracted by trying to max those skills.  Come on, immortal empress of evil does sound like something she'd want, right?

About time to pop these monsters out, haha! Oh gosh, Arienne is such a tender mother.  And Liam does have better features.

I thought Liam was pretty cool looking, but personality-wise, he is an abrasive jerk to my sweet little evil girl!  He'd flirt and be all lovey and then just storm off complaining about what bad company Ari was or just get all the awkward vibes going all of the sudden.  Hopefully, the girls will only get some nice features from him, not dysfunctional social skills.

[PeregrineTook]

Just realized, I forgot to mention the girls' traits.



Medb is hydrophobic and a virtuoso.
Malificent is also hydrophobic, and much to her mother's chagrin, she's good.

[smartburn]

I must admit that I'm fiendishly delighted that Maleficent acquired the good trait - while I don't particularly like that trait myself, it seemed right that one of them should get it. Muahahahahaha...

[Sherry]

Just realized, I forgot to mention the girls' traits.
Medb is hydrophobic and a virtuoso.
Malificent is also hydrophobic, and much to her mother's chagrin, she's good.

Pfft~ A good maleficent? Are you sure you've named your child correctly? What have come of the evil immortal empress?

You're assuming she's pregnant and not just being fed rotten food.  Arienne did go out of her way to feed her a ghost chili, after all.

Noup. I would not doubt myself for a second until you've proven it's wrong in the next-next update by the nonexistence of the baby of course 

[PeregrineTook]

I must admit that I'm fiendishly delighted that Maleficent acquired the good trait - while I don't particularly like that trait myself, it seemed right that one of them should get it. Muahahahahaha...

Agreed, it somehow seemed delightfully fitting.  I also rarely choose that trait, but the beauty of doing the traits at random is that I get to experience ones I don't tend to use.  Love your name, by the way.  It's like intellectual heartburn.  That seems like it should be a weapon of mass destruction or something.

Pfft~ A good maleficent? Are you sure you've named your child correctly? What have come of the evil immortal empress?
Noup. I would not doubt myself for a second until you've proven it's wrong in the next-next update by the nonexistence of the baby of course 

Well, I'd already gone with the names before I saw the traits.  Now it's simply a wonderfully ironic name  :=)

[PeregrineTook]

Cara:  The conflict was never my fault.  Arienne started it when we were children and has ridiculously held to it.



Cara:  Then, as adults, she stole my husband and has basically made me into her slave. 



Cara:  Well, I'm not without resources of my own.  I decided to take away the thing that meant the most to her:  the legacy.  I tried reaching out to Lucien first. 



Cara:  He found the idea of being unfaithful ridiculous.  Renae is a lucky woman.  Angie is not as lucky. 



Cara:  She and Tipton ended up together more because their siblings were so in love than because of any genuine feelings they had for each other.  They already have a daughter and a second child on the way, but that hasn't kept them from having their many disputes:  several in public.  I suppose I could pity them, but I was more focused on looking for opportunity.



Cara:  The unhappy marriage was simply an invitation in my eyes.



Cara:  And that encounter, while Arienne was distracted with her skill-building, has led to this.



Cara:  Arienne was foolish enough to put me in the legacy household, but I'm clever enough to be brought into the legacy lineage.  My child will be a potential heir, and Watcher willing, my child will beat out hers to be the next heir.

[LivvieLove]

Oh man, is Cara going to be in trouble... I can't believe she would do that to Tipton! Shame! She's no better than Arienne, except that we all are pinned against her because she is the decided enemy of our dear heiress, so that just makes what she does all the worse.
Everything Arienne does, she does out of the pure Evilness that she is, while Cara just seems petty trying to exact her revenge.
I will not vote for this child of hers, no matter how adorable or sweet or whatever they are. Though I get the strong feeling there may be a future love triangle here? I mean, Tipton and Arienne were only half siblings, so I mean... I don't know if the game will recognize their children as direct cousins or what. I suppose it could be worse...

[Sherry]

HA! I know I'm never wrong! 
Cara is pregnant and it's Tipton's

One thing though how come she (Cara) thinks that her child could possibly become a potential heir?
I thought the potential heir would have to be a direct descendant from the current one... unless... you make an exception just for the fun of it Pippin... or is it actually not stated that an heir must be a direct descendant from the current one?

[smartburn]

I can't blame Cara, not one bit - Arienne's a big girl though, and she'll get her revenge. I'm now a little concerned for the welfare of both Cara and Tipton.

Love your name, by the way.  It's like intellectual heartburn.  That seems like it should be a weapon of mass destruction or something.

Why thank you! I'm afraid the true origin is far less interesting, but I'm all about intellectual heartburn. Whatever it is. But I like it. Love it, actually. I'll have to ponder on that.

[PeregrineTook]

Oh man, is Cara going to be in trouble... I can't believe she would do that to Tipton! Shame! She's no better than Arienne, except that we all are pinned against her because she is the decided enemy of our dear heiress, so that just makes what she does all the worse.
Everything Arienne does, she does out of the pure Evilness that she is, while Cara just seems petty trying to exact her revenge.
I will not vote for this child of hers, no matter how adorable or sweet or whatever they are. Though I get the strong feeling there may be a future love triangle here? I mean, Tipton and Arienne were only half siblings, so I mean... I don't know if the game will recognize their children as direct cousins or what. I suppose it could be worse...

It's funny how Cara can do something less evil than all the stuff Arienne's done and we dislike her for it while it seems redeeming when Arienne does it.  Pretty sure the game will recognize all offspring of Tipton and Arienne as cousins.

HA! I know I'm never wrong! 
Cara is pregnant and it's Tipton's
One thing though how come she (Cara) thinks that her child could possibly become a potential heir?
I thought the potential heir would have to be a direct descendant from the current one... unless... you make an exception just for the fun of it Pippin... or is it actually not stated that an heir must be a direct descendant from the current one?

Nope, couldn't fool you  ;=)
Well, the child of Cara and Tipton is directly of the heir family lineage and does live in the legacy household, and yes, I'm pretty much slightly bending the rule for the sake of the story.  By the letter of the law, the heir should be the direct descendant, but by the spirit of the law, it should be  a child of the legacy family and in the current active household, so I'm going spirit on this one.

I can't blame Cara, not one bit - Arienne's a big girl though, and she'll get her revenge. I'm now a little concerned for the welfare of both Cara and Tipton.
Why thank you! I'm afraid the true origin is far less interesting, but I'm all about intellectual heartburn. Whatever it is. But I like it. Love it, actually. I'll have to ponder on that.

Some support for Cara.  How refreshing!  I actually rather like Cara.  If things had been different, I might have had Tipton pursue her, but she was conveniently present and had the hot-headed trait and Arienne needed an arch-rival.
Glad you enjoyed my odd take on your name  :=)

[Sherry]

Well, the child of Cara and Tipton is directly of the heir family lineage and does live in the legacy household, and yes, I'm pretty much slightly bending the rule for the sake of the story.  By the letter of the law, the heir should be the direct descendant, but by the spirit of the law, it should be  a child of the legacy family and in the current active household, so I'm going spirit on this one.

Well, that's also what I liked about legacy. We could always twisted it a bit and it could make stories more interesting.
I also currently playing in DV and planning a legacy(Secretly getting addicted since I started played it last week)
and as weird as it is in my game, Dolan's mod induced child is also green while the non-mod one would usually take a more yellow-ish colour.

Anyway, that's getting totally off topic. What I wanna said is my support for whom would have to wait until the kids got older and developed more in character. And I actually kinda like the way Cara trying to do her revenge

[PeregrineTook]

Pippin:  To begin, let's check in on the siblings.  Renae and Lucien had another adorable nooboo and continue to be incredibly happy together.



Pippin:  Things are not quite so happy with Tipton.  This indiscretion...



Pippin:  Led to Tipton and Angie's divorce, and he is now getting romantic with her younger sister Tameka (seen in the background of that shot).  Angie, in the meantime, got a new house,



Pippin:  and has started a new romance of her own.



Arienne:  Well, Sean Kelly's certainly gotten old.
Pippin:  Be nice.
Arienne:  Oh, I'm not judging.  Liam's older than me.  Not that much older, but still older.
Pippin:  Speaking of your indiscretion with Liam, I guess Devin finally decided to confront you about it?
Arienne:  Yep.  Only took him half a week to figure out that since we still hadn't consumated the marriage it couldn't be his.  He was dumb enough to question my actions, so he's my ex-husband now.  Too bad he couldn't learn his place.  Besides, it opens the door for me to keep my end of the deal about Todd.



Arienne:  Yeeesh, thank goodness I don't need to have babies with that freak show!
Pippin:  St. Ari shows her delightful face again.  And I see the frightened villagers have raised a statue in honor of your saintliness.



Arienne:  Yeah, they never get my horns quite right.
Pippin:  (sigh) Anyway, I see that your skilling is going well.



Arienne:  Yes.  I am quite talented.  However, I may have been a bit too lax in putting my talents towards slave management.



Arienne:  Cara, now that you're done feeding my demon spawn, come over here.  We need to have a chat.
Cara:  Yes, ma'am.



Arienne:  Don't give me that sweet "yes ma'am" garbage.  I could crush you as easily as look at you.  Now, tell me who started that growth in your stomach.
Cara:  That's my business, Ari.  I don't need to tell you that.
Arienne:  Oh, look at the little pretend spine you've grown!  I can almost respect you for having enough courage to stand up to me.  I'll tell you what, go clean all three floors of the addition I had built on to the house and then we'll see if I'm still mad at you when you're finished.
Cara:  Umm...okay...



Pippin:  Addition you had built?
Arienne:  Yep.  A tower.  She depicted me as the wicked witch.  I'm simply living up to my end of that bargain.



Arienne:  And so, she has cast herself *click* in the role of princess, locked away in a tower.  Too bad we're fresh out of handsome princes.
Pippin:  But...what about her child?
Arienne:  Not really my problem.
Pippin:  Well, when someone runs the math in his or her head and figures out that Cara's child hasn't been showing up to school and such, you may end up with the police on your doorstep.
Arienne:  Hmm, given my line of work, that could be unfortunate.  Okay, the brat can leave the tower to go to school, but Cara will remain in the tower until I get bored of her existence and decide to have you delete her mini-fridge.
Pippin:  But...who's going to take care of the children now?



Arienne:  Oh, I had Devin quit his science job and become a self-employed fisherman, so he can work, or not work, whenever I see fit.  He's on full-time diaper duty.  I might even let him call a babysitter so he can sleep now and again.  Well, back to skilling.



Pippin:  So, while Arienne focused on her skilling, Devin cared for the twins, and Cara languished in a tower, a few things changed.



Pippin:  Medb became a beautiful blonde, while Malificent aged up with dark hair.  Both girls seem to resemble their mother.  Meantime, Cara finally gave birth.
Cara:  I shall name him Apollo.
Pippin:  Like the sun god?
Cara:  And more importantly, the god of justice.
Pippin:  Well, that sounds like a confrontational comment.  Let's go check in on those adorable twins.



Pippin:  Young Malificent has a soft spot for the color aqua, hates water, and is generally rather good-natured.
Arienne:  She got that from Liam's side.  I'm extremely disappointed.



Pippin:  She is also almost inseparable from her twin sister, Medb.
Arienne:  See, the goody-goody has dependency issues.  That figures.



Pippin:  Medb doesn't mind her sister's company, likes the color pink, seems frightened by water, and seems to have a natural inclination towards music.
Arienne:  Yes.  That one takes after me.  And the fear of water makes sense since we're wicked witches. 
Pippin:  Fair enough.  Anyway, Devin has been continuing to work on teaching them their toddler skills, but it looks like there's another toddler in the household...



Arienne:  Oh look, her nasty little hairless monkey has aged up.
Pippin:  Yep, and looks rather like his mother, so no clues for you about the father.
Arienne:  I'll figure it out, and then I'll get him, my pretty, and his little dog too.



Arienne:  Fly, my pretty, find the father.
Pippin:  Wait, where'd you find a black armored dragon?
Arienne:  Someone just left it sitting around.  Now stop interrupting my witchy cackling.  AH hahahaha!!

[LivvieLove]

I find Cara and Arienne very amusing to read! I wonder how Apollo will affect this generation... what have you got planned there Pip? Because I have no idea where this is going to go. Obviously I feel a tad bad for Apollo, as he was born entirely out of revenge rather than love, and now he's stuck being punished for his mother's deeds.
Honestly, if I was Arienne, I would use that. He's a moldable child - impressionable. According to Machiavelli, love is a stronger base than fear is in a relationship (especially those of rulers). She could raise him as her own, love him and he would love her, his devotion to her would be unquestionable because he loves her. That would be a very evil thing to do to Cara.
Turning Cara's son against her wouldn't even be that hard, especially if Arienne was there during his toddler years/childhood.

Either way, I'm just curious as to what Arienne is even doing, or what she will do when she finds out it was her brother who let her enemy have a child.
Anyways, maybe you could make a suggestion to Arienne, not that she needs help being evil... She could certainly use some more devoted subjects.

[Rhoxi]

Yes, go Cara! I am now rooting for Cara and Apollo all the way!!