The Seven Seas - An Oceanic Life States Dynasty - RETURNED (3/20)

[Brooke.]

I had a well behaved witch so giving him magic hands was no fuss, poor you 

I really hope fawn stays a mermaid for Caribbean to marry her 

[Lisa46]

Every time you write super-ocean, I laugh. About smustle dancing - you must not have lived through the disco era. About magic hands - I used it once, never again. You can take away a wand, but not hands.

You are correct, I most certainly didn't live through the disco era. I'm still in school! And I'm glad you found it funny, he is one of the most snobbish sims ever. I didn't give him a mirror and now he tries to get to it through several locked doors.

I had a well behaved witch so giving him magic hands was no fuss, poor you 
I really hope fawn stays a mermaid for Caribbean to marry her 

In terms of magic hands, it actually wasn't a problem for Atlantico. He constantly played with magic but never ever did anything remotely bad. Jules fire blasted for a while but he seems to have outgrown it despite the fact that he isn't even growing older.
Let's just say there's a reason Fawn is often mentioned.

[Lisa46]

Week 12

Toddler cuteness!




He is an Artistic sim, so of course he will do painting books. His other skill was xylophone.
Everything happens in one day of toddlerhood, so Jules ages him up and immediately tutors him.



Three days of school make him ready to age up! His op was ballet recital. His life is boring.

Woofemina moves out.



I couldn't resist. I just couldn't.

Painting is also boring.



Zzzzzz....



I don't even know what to say about this Lifeguard Run. It's weird. It is literally a super slow run. How does that help lifeguards?

Atlantico wants more kids. Well, actually his parents want more grandkids. Whatever. So...




Last of all... Atlantico will stay young forever.


But wait! We have to check in with the extended family.




Poor Southern looks a little stressed to be surrounded by four women all the time. And poor Dave is a food merchant.



I don't even know what to say about this.



Ivy is kind of an unfortunate sim. Why? She was so cherubic as a child!



Janette is amazing. 

[Malley]

Congrats on getting such great traits!  Gotta love it when they roll in your favor 

[Lisa46]

I know. I just can't belive he was also a rainboo AND he was a only child. I had similar luck with fourth generation.

[Lisa46]

Week Thirteen

Age up happens on Sunday!



Caribbean's RI is some guy named Elvis Hyde. No joke. He's the only teen at school except for Waylon Wolff, and Caribbean cannot date his uncle. That would be creepy.



Wait, let's just face it. The fact that his mom's older brother is younger than him is disturbing.

Ok. Back to the story. Caribbean pops the visionary LTW, and I figure, why not? I've never tried photography before, but that's fine. This is a dynasty for trying new things!

Photog is ridiculously simple. Architectural eye is relatively easy. Shutternut? It takes forever, and it keeps sidetracking me from the job.
Caribbean: "I just need that one more photo...," she says. "What's the worst that can happen?" she says. "Oh great, now he's missing work."

So this time the job takes me longer then it did last time. Sigh. Oh well.

Not much else happens this week for the story, but for me it's quite busy. Photography, and Shutternut especially, takes a lot of micromanaging. Here are some highlights:

Nectar and Food Shot. My consignment store is currently bugged so Jules had to make some nectar. No one ever said it had to be good though, so it is bad quality.




A party shot. Caribbean threw a nice party for everyone, then serves the nectar.




That's Bridgette, the glitchy aging triplet. Wilhemina has six kids in her home now, one outside of her home.




The werewolf is Pete. The cute pink one is Starla.



I think this one is Anwar?

The garden shots. All the work was done by Cerulean for those.

The A Zoo Shot. I had to adopt another cat and a horse for this. The cat is an adorable one named Kai.



I decided to keep him. He's a male so when this whole dynasty thing is over maybe Shell can mate with him!

The baby animals shot. At the time of this update I haven't quite gotten it yet. It'll be tricky. I'm glad I have the space!

By the way, Caribbean has a coworker - Ty MacDuff!

[Malley]

Thank goodness for Elvis so Caribbean didn't have to date Waylon! 

[Lisa46]

Thank goodness for Elvis so Caribbean didn't have to date Waylon! 

I almost thought I'd need to use a clone drone on him just to get an RI!

[Trip]

Ha, I remember an attempt of mine long ago when the Wolffs were almost the only teens in school, which would have sucked because they were family too. Thank the pudding-face babysitters for once!

The extra Wolff pups are all cute.

[Lisa46]

Ha, I remember an attempt of mine long ago when the Wolffs were almost the only teens in school, which would have sucked because they were family too. Thank the pudding-face babysitters for once!

The extra Wolff pups are all cute.

The Wolffs do not age as werewolves so my guess is they will be around forever - a good thing for later RIs.

I really wish that Dawn, one of the other kids, was the heir. She's gorgeous!

Edited to add a note: The party and some of the kid shots were actually in different weeks.

[Brooke.]

Sometimes NPCs are good for some things    I loved photography, it was the first time I'd tried it but I only went for architectural eye due to laziness.

[Lisa46]

Sometimes NPCs are good for some things    I loved photography, it was the first time I'd tried it but I only went for architectural eye due to laziness.

NPCs can be useful.

Just something ridiculous that happened:

I was curious about the rapid name changing of the homeless townies. Turns out they are marrying rapidly! I opened another game file to check on a couple sims, and noticed some major drama. It is Carmella Hai (currently Hudgins) and she has two boyfriends and a wife. But that's not all - her LTW is heartbreaker and she already has - get this - 7/10! The ones I can figure out - Mira Snypes, Amara Hudgins, Titania Summerdream, and Oakley Bean.
Oberon Summerdream is now Oberon Khomme, having married Abbie Khomme (now dead), Aubrey Oviedo 2nd, Jin Anjali 3rd, and Countess Snypes 4th. His current wife? Megan Rumpp. His last ex wife is Titania Summerdream.
Now here's where it gets way, way too interesting. Titania has been with Suraya, Becky, and Patty Younan, which is kind of creepy. Her other exes are Sylvia and Alice Blanestreet. So, maybe we should edit the details of a midsummer nights dream to make Titania like girls, especially the related kind.

Yes, I just gave you a whole lot of info you never wanted. I'm not sorry.

[Brooke.]

If only original townies would do the same and produce lots of children instead 

[Lisa46]

Week 14

After the job is maxed, Caribbean ages up.



Never seen a neurotic sim dream this before.



Caribbean then woos Fawn, who is still a mermaid. Yay! 



Caribbean: I love you, Fawn.
Fawn: And I love you.





But their love was short lived. She was invited into the home and they waited three days, but he didn't pop the wish. Caribbean and I both spent a few minutes in a Freak Out, then calmed down. He's already got two wishes done. Oh, I didn't mention that. They are Master Photography Skill and Reach Level 10 of the Photography Career. He also popped take a photo worth a huge amount, but it wouldn't register so we skipped it.

Now it's time for the end of photography.

Baby Animals shot. I adopt two of them.



A Bird or whatever it's called. I buy one.




His last one is A Nice Garden, which I haven't achieved. I'm currently talking to the challenge team about that.

He begins painting. It's boring. So... Some interesting shots.

A typical family day:




Pretty Pictures:



And that's the end. Sorry! There isn't really a lot to say about this.

Episode 3 Just for the Heck of it - Zoo Bloopers




And here's Kai and Shell!

[Lisa46]

If only original townies would do the same and produce lots of children instead 

Now wouldn't that be nice. Lack of story progression is so sad.