A Step Back In Time ~ Life States Dynasty (Complete)

[Malley]

Welcome, Vanessa! Congrats to William on completing his requirements too. Nice to see Trigger make an appearance 

[Turoskel]

Trigger makes a few appearances just because he was about a lot, at this point I was still merrily throwing fountain of youth elixirs at everybody but I did let it tail off, married couples I left to grow old, werewolves and vampires I also left as I no longer needed them.

Although part of what prompted me to stop was story progression interfering, it started killing people off or moving them away, shortly after that party where William met Meadow the Lobos family left town, it also burned Max to death not long after that picture was taken. It's favourite pastime seemed to be making people fat then starving them to death, I probably saved Meadow from that sticky end by moving her in.

Thankfully anybody who had been in my house at some point it left totally alone, when Megan moved out I worried about her as the Shallows house had 8 sims in it, prime target for a pruning, but it just moved Kurt in with his girlfriend and left the others alone.

[KRae]

That picture of little William doing his homework is priceless.

[Turoskel]

Yes it is  I realise looking back at these pictures I never sorted his wardrobe out as a kid, so mismatched! still he wasn't wearing it for long.


Generation Four: The Vampire and The Fairy Part One

I was born into a house full of upset and heartbreak, upsets caused by my mother's flirting



And heartbreaks caused by my great aunt's magic.



It was all getting to be a bit much for my poor great grandmother, but she found a solution to the chaos that made the rest of my childhood quite calm and relaxing.



I don't know where they came from, I've never asked, and I hope I never have to go in one but she says it's painless, like sleeping, it certainly helped anyway.



My father and uncle were never in stasis when I was very young, and my great grandparents very rarely but my grandparents were a lot, grandfather enjoyed the solitude of it I think and grandmother said she liked not having to worry about her hydration. But everybody woke up for birthdays.



My mother was in and out of the stasis chambers although she did help me with my skills as a toddler.



But I spent far more time with my father.



Even so I was best friends with them both and once more everybody was there for my birthday.



I had my birthday on a Monday so it was very important I started school on Tuesday with an A, luckily dad was on hand to see that I did.



Aunt Megan stayed with us right through my early childhood, she spent a lot of that time dressed as a robot, I found that a bit odd but maybe it helped her get over her divorce. She did eventually go back home though.



I joined ballet classes at school, it meant I had to come home by bike which I didn't like very much, I preferred the bus as it's all enclosed, I don't know when I first started to hate the outdoors, maybe it was being warned so much about the dangers of being in the sun too long, mother said that one day I would become immortal like her but I knew that wouldn't make me like it any better.



We had a field trip to the mausoleum one day, it was interesting to see where I would be working but also sad to see all the dead people, one grave really stood out to me because I had overheard my great grandparents talking about her, Constance Shelly, apparently she had starved to death, next to her grave was another Susie Broke the inscription said, she had burned in a fire. When we left I spotted my Gran's friend Trigger sitting on the bench outside, poor man, he had lost his sister and now his girlfriend to story progression, perhaps my great grandmother is right to fear it after all.



Of course I was so busy feeling sorry for Trigger it took me a moment to notice there was an actual ghost there too, I wasn't scared though, dad says I take after my grandmother when it comes to bravery.



Among the graves in the mausoleum were a few fairies, mother had said they have the best tasting plasma and it made me very curious about them so I decided to try and find some for myself.



I didn't find any inside the arboretum but I found two when I came out. I didn't know it at the time but Bob and Dimitri were both best friends of my great grandparents. Unfortunately I didn't get to taste any fairy plasma as I was too young but I made sure to make friends with them both, I knew that one day soon I would be old enough and it couldn't hurt to already know a few possible plasma donors.



On my last day of elementary school I had a ballet recital, I was also on the honor roll.



Which meant I got to have cake when we got home.



Everybody says how much I look like mother, but I'm thin like my grandmother, I feel it makes my head look too large but well I guess it could be worse. If I had my way I'd beef up by exercising, I inherited my fathers athletic tendencies but like him I'm not allowed to work out.



After applying for my new job at the cemetery I met Dimitri in the park, he hates the outdoors too so I'm not really sure why we met there. I stayed friends with both Dimitri and Bob after meeting them outside the arboretum that day, I think my great grandmother had hopes I would one day marry one of them, I liked them well enough but marriage? that I wasn't so sure about but I was young still, marriage was the farthest thing from my mind at the time, I just wanted to make friends.



My mother finally maxed her career, she really is a mad scientist in every way now.



Dad quit his job after I came along, he spends much of his time stargazing now, he wants to discover 100 stars which is going to take him a while but he still found time to help me with my grades.



Prom was a bit of a non event for me really, too many fights and rejections so I ended up spending the night dancing with my friend Niki, truthfully she isn't really my type but well it was fun for a while.



Thanks to a book dad got at the consignment store some time ago I learned the basics of martial arts, Uncle Wiley know the basics too having read the book as well, so I challenged him to a sparring match, only my great grandmother stopped us mid way through, she said I was getting too athletic and I was no longer allowed to spar after that.



I spent just a week in high school, after getting on the honor roll all I had to do was get my last promotion at work then I could have my birthday and finally get my first taste of plasma, after cake of course.



It wasn't bad as such but it wasn't as nice as Gran's cooking that's for sure.

[Turoskel]

Generation Four: The Vampire and The Fairy Part Two

I grew up surrounded by music so it's not that surprising I turned out to be a virtuoso like my mother and uncle, I quit my part time job and instead got one at the theatre. It took me no time at all to learn all four instruments.



As much as I hate being outside sometimes I have to so I always carry a supply of sunscreen with me just in case, after signing up at the theatre I met Megan outside, she's still in that bot suit, she wears it almost like a suit of armour now. Her ex husband George has grown old, Gran says it wasn't because he divorced Megan she let him grow old it's that the potions just wont work on him anymore, she doesn't know why but there is nothing she can do for him now.



Ever since I was a little girl I had longed to taste fairy plasma, so it proved quite fortuitous that I just happened to have a thirst at the exact moment a rather flirty fairy started hitting on me.



Poor Don, he didn't really know what came over him.



But for my first attempt at hypnotizing somebody it appeared to work.



Oh yes now I would finally get to taste that scrumptious fairy plasma, or so I thought but in reality I just sort of nibbled him as for some reason I had no fangs, it was all rather embarrassing actually.



Of course growing up meant moving on, needless to say I fell out with Niki, but well it's not as if it ever really went further than a dance at prom, or ever would for that matter. I've seen her about town since and she soon found herself a new girlfriend so I don't feel too bad about dumping her, we both moved on it seems.



After speaking to Niki I called in on Dimitri, he's one of my best friends and happily listened to my grumblings, okay so I may have manipulated his thinking a little but well why be a vampire if you can't do these things, not that it mattered really as he's dating my father's ex Allison.



But I did get to find out what he tasted like now I had my fangs sorted, mum was so right, fairy plasma is by far the best.



There's been a few changes at home, Grandad quit his job in the military to join the music biz and Wiley has joined it too, I had hoped we might be put in the same band but unfortunately not, besides Grandad started two levels above us, I reckon he might have been in this career before in his youth.



Dimitri isn't my only best friend, there's Bob as well, and I've also made friends with Trigger, well the flowers helped, if I'm honest I had a bit of a crush on him but Gran told me not to go there, she has her heart set on me marrying a fairy but she wont push me into it against my will, I think she regrets what happened with her daughters, one divorced and one in a loveless marriage. But Trigger even though he is now a single man is off limits, I don't know why exactly, something to do with his cheekbones or some such nonsense, that woman makes no sense to me at times.



He tastes good though, for a human, or is it mermaid? he changes so often I forget.



I had thought that attending Bob's party might give me the chance to get a bit closer to him, only I barely got to say hello before Megan stuck her cardboard nose in.



So instead I tried to catch a quiet moment with him in the bathroom, but all I got was insults thrown at me, he used to be a nice guy, a good guy, so grandad Dallas said but now Bob's as evil as he is, sure I was upset and offended but to be honest that disgusting toilet was offending me more, this guy is such a slob!



Still there was always Dimitri right?



Why they turned on me now I don't know, we had been friends since I was a little girl and they both knew what I was, maybe they were just too polite to insult a child. But I decided not to dwell on my hurt feelings and instead found peace in meditation.



I long to go to China and enter the tournament, it's my lifetime wish to be a Martial Arts Master but I can't for fear of invalidating my grandmothers athletic skill, I don't even have any proper equipment,  maybe one day when this is all over I shall get my chance but until then this will have to do.

A couple of nights later I got a phone call asking me out on a date, I wasn't too sure what my family would think about this turn of events but things hadn't exactly worked out as far as my other so called friends were concerned and this guy had most definitely shown an interest in the past, and to be honest I liked him.

Rather a lot actually.



Okay so he hadn't got the best track record and maybe he'd let himself go a little in the weight department but sometimes you have to go with your heart and mine was telling me to kiss him. And commitment issues apparently mean nothing when a dynasty heir asks you to go steady at barely any relationship, sometimes the moment just sweeps you along and you merrily go with it, but I did wonder where I fitted in the grand scheme of things for this heartbreaker, agreeing to go steady is one thing as it fits in with his plans but marriage?

Don's not exactly the marrying kind but I thought maybe I could persuade him down the aisle where others had failed, oh and I don't mean any funny vampire type persuasion, just good old fashioned love.



My life seemed to have gone by in a whirl, work was going well and I had done all my requirements apart from a couple of things, maxing my career to get the stereo and becoming an immortal vampire, and I had found a new best friend in Sha Sha Swan, she never judged me for being a vampire unlike some people.



In an ideal world I would have used space rock gems for my seven items, but as I couldn't I needed to come up with something else so I chose to take up photography, lucky for me there were seven willing models in the house, if you are wondering why they are all taken in the garden apart from mother's it's because she didn't want sparkles on her photo, she hates those sparkles.



Don't ask me how I knew Don was cheating, call it instinct maybe, but he never denied it when I accused him.



He tried to patch things up with a bunch of flowers but it was going to take more than that to win me round again.



But our bathroom drama soon got overshadowed by Don's roommate dying outside.



I did my best to comfort him and it must have made him feel better as he started flirting with me again, yet when I tried to give him a shy kiss he pushed me away.



I never realised just how quickly something that had seemed so right could go so horribly wrong, I was sure I would marry this man but now? well now we can't even consider each other friends let alone romantic.

[Turoskel]

Generation Four: The Vampire and The Fairy Part Three

You know I don't think I've ever actually seen what my great aunt looks like, other than her prom picture but she was young then.



She has a new boyfriend now, I wonder if Travis has ever seen her face, and that must be pretty weird kissing cardboard.



Technically Don and I were still together, in so much as we hadn't officially called it off but our relationship had hit rock bottom, and I don't think I could cheat on him if I tried, my luck with men is abysmal, especially the fairy ones.



Bob was sympathetic when I complained about Don but I think he was secretly amused by my humiliation, and then two seconds later he insulted me once more. Remind me again why I'm friends with this guy?



At least my boss is agreeable, such a shame Yuri's a werewolf, and a bit long in the tooth now although Gran could easily sort that out. He did give me a promotion though when I asked meaning just one more to go and I will be ready, but ready for what?



So there I was with my love life slowly going down the drain and the old folks did nothing but rub it all in by smooching in front of me all the time. Why couldn't I find somebody like that who would spin me round and kiss me breathless, so unfair!



But it turned out I already had.



So he's a cheater, but my mum was a cheater and so was my grandfather, people can change, and I'm willing to give him a second chance, more than willing in fact.



I sometimes wonder why Grandad Dallas chose a life of crime over a life in music, his rendition of Flamenco Fever on the electric guitar is amazing, he'd have made a good rock star.



Grandad and Wiley chose that path, they are both lead guitarists now, I went symphonic, not by choice I'll have you know but by necessity, I really wanted to go rock as well.



They arrived at work just as I was leaving having just got my final promotion.



As soon as I got home Gran put my stereo in place, it's actually the only stereo in the house right now, Gran removed all the others and the television to stop me and dad from working out, she put some fancy holographic telly out by the pool and locked the gate, but there's no fear of us using this one as the room has no door.



I just had one thing left to do now and that was become immortal, sorry but even sparkles fail to make the outdoors seem a nice place to be, still at least I can stop using the sunscreen elixirs now and I'll never grow old.



Sadly my finishing my requirements meant I was free to marry, why is that sad? well our house is full so some of my family would have to leave, of course some of us have no choice but to remain so in the end it was decided grandad, Wiley and my mother would move out, they moved across the street into grandad's former home, Gran bought it some time back and made a few alterations, such as turning all the auto lighting fireplaces off, updating the guest room furniture and adding instruments and easels. I'm sad to see them go of course but they are not far away.



There's a good reason Grandad Dallas got to stay and it's not just because my great grandmother is loath to see him leave, somebody needs to take care of the things we can't, I don't really know what Don is capable of doing at the moment where there is very little my great grandfather can't do, one day though even he will have to leave us.



I guess there was no longer any reason for me to not take the plunge and pop the question, It was a nerve wracking moment, would he say yes?



What do you think? of course this means nothing if I can't get him down the aisle, I thought about just marrying him there and then but I decided to take him home first, and I was glad I did as there was something that needed taking care of.



It actually turns out Don isn't so much a cheater as just a bit naughty, in truth I am his first steady relationship, he used to date some lady called Nellie Spenster a long time ago, she's dead but apparently that didn't end their relationship, and then of course there is the other woman Esperanza Morse, did he cheat on me or did he cheat on her with me?  I suppose it doesn't matter now, it's all in the past.



A few days later we got married at the Gazebo, as much as I hate the outdoors I wanted the full works for my wedding, but in hindsight a small family do at home might have been better, I distinctly put formal attire on the invitations yet half the guests turned up in the wrong clothes causing much booing and laughing and holding up the ceremony, I could see Don's patience was starting to wear thin and the last thing I wanted was my hot headed groom to explode in rage.



But eventually they settled down and we finally tied the knot.



I could have had exclusive access but I chose not to, why not let a few townies see that Don was a changed man ready to commit at last, but that decision literally came back to haunt me when one of them died just as she was helping herself to a slice of cake. There was a mass gasp among the guests then several broke into manic laughter, gotta love my extended family and their lack of sympathy.



Before the day began I had pictured it all in my mind, and not once had the Grim Reaper been part of that scene but he was now, this was the worst wedding day ever.



Grim left with the poor unfortunate lady but not before causing two of the guests to faint, Sherman the poor soul is a bit of a coward and passed right out, but he got awoken by the stereo and after complaining about it he turned it off, and of course it broke. Thank god for my great grandfather, in a stroke of pure brilliance he got out his guitar and started to play and with no prompting from my great grandmother might I add, within moments the guests had gathered around him to listen and soon people were dancing together and the party was once more in full flow.

The eagle eyed among you might have spotted a certain cardboard robot standing off to one side, yes even for my wedding Megan wore that bot suit, will I ever get to see her face?



So the wedding day hadn't quite lived up to my expectations but the wedding night left me with a totally different type of expectation.



Dad wants to have at least five grandchildren but I told him he'd have to make do with just the one, especially as Freddie turned out to be just perfect, how could I possibly top that.




Generation Four Stats:

Name: Vanessa Shallow
Life state: Vampire
Traits: Athletic, Brave, Disciplined, Hates The Outdoors, Athletic, Virtuoso
Toddler: Best Friends, Xylophone, Peg box
Child: Ballet Recital, Honor roll
Teen: Honor Roll, Niki Valdez, Lvl 3 cemetery
One Best Friend: Sha Sha Swan (Fairy)
Two Career Rewards: Guitar Certificate, 85g Audio Explosion Stereo (Music Career)
Three Ops: The Set Up, Cat Herding to Music, Audio Study
Four LTRs: Immortal, The Next Big Thing, Professional Slacker, Portal Immunity
Five Wishes: Earn 5,000 From Piano Tips, Master Martial Arts Skill, Master Bass Skill, Master Guitar Skill, Earn 5,000 Simoleons In Tips (Guitar)
Six Skill Challenges: Master Pianist, Money Maker (Piano), Master Drummer, Master Bassist, Master Guitarist, Architectural Eye
Seven Items: Photographs
Travel Days Used: None

[Malley]

Poor Vanessa!  What a terrible wedding day.  But at least her wedding night turned out well 

But Trigger even though he is now a single man is off limits, I don't know why exactly, something to do with his cheekbones or some such nonsense, that woman makes no sense to me at times.

Darn, no Trigger genes    That line made me laugh.

[Turoskel]

I'll admit I was almost tempted with Trigger, he was the first person Vanessa rolled a kiss wish for, Don was second, and he was human a life state not used yet but I'd got my heart set on a vamp/fairy relationship. Initially I had planned a boy as I wanted him to marry Betty Simovitch but she got moved out of town, my only male fairy option at that time was Don and I didn't want him, then Dimitri and Bob got turned into fairies, I was bouncing in my chair when I saw that but of course sims have their own mind and she chose Don out of the three of them, although actually he was fine and didn't get hot headed once with anybody.


Generation Five: The Fairy and The Lost Girl Part One

When I was very small my father would take me out for rides in the stroller, my mother hates the outdoors so she never came with us.



Even at that tender age I had already mastered floating.



By toddlerhood I was pretty much taking care of myself thanks to the fairy castle.



Although some help was appreciated, those pegs are quite tricky but I learnt fast, mother says it's because I'm a disciplined genius but I still learn things nowhere near as fast as she does.



Grandfather helped me with walking, talking and the other business.



And mother helped me grasp the basics of music.



When it came time for school grandfather helped me once more to get my A grade.



I once asked my great grandmother if she had met any aliens in space but she said she hadn't, they come with the seasons and we just have permanent sunshine. I'd love to explore space with the telescope like grandfather but I'm not allowed, just like he isn't allowed to work out, the door to the room with the chess set has been locked and we have a cheap crappy computer now which as a computer whiz I find most annoying so I can't even play chess on that.



After attending my scouts badging ceremony I got to have my birthday early, from an early age it was pretty obvious I would resemble my father, I have my grandmothers blonde hair though.



The weekend after my birthday I went into town, I was looking for a girl I'd seen at school but instead I found somebody else, her name is Jenelle but apart from my mother everybody else at home calls her Anita.



I guess it seems a little strange but according to my grandfather she used to live in town with her family, he met my grandmother at a party her sister Carlotta was hosting, shortly afterwards they left town, then just before I was born she showed up on the street outside our house and just stood there looking lost until Grandma Tracey went out to talk to her, she said her name was Jenelle Lau but Gran knew differently, It would seem she had amnesia and had forgotten everything about her life up to that point.



I don't think she will ever remember her past which is a little sad, but maybe she can still have a great future.



She's very easy to get on with though for somebody who has forgotten everything including her own personality.



I never did find that girl I was looking for but I found a different one at Dogwood Playland, Tomika Anderson.



I may not be a Lothario by name but well I am my fathers son.



I didn't notice we were being watched until after I kissed her, not sure why my grandmother looked so concerned though, it's just a bit of teenage fun after all, we've all had to do it.



Of course it's possible she had other things on her mind entirely, like the fact that she was expecting my new uncle, his names Donell and he's a vampire like mum. Grandfather went back to work after my mother grew up, he's a spy once more, but he still wanted more children. It's a bit odd being nephew to a baby though.



I had my birthday on Thursday and by Wednesday of the following week I was ready to grow up but I decided to wait one more day so I could go to prom, I pretty much wished I hadn't bothered though, Tomika showed up with a date so I was left on my own all night and they lost my prom picture. I did win prom king though so I guess that sort of made it worthwhile.



When prom was over I went home hoping to end the night on a happier note by celebrating my birthday, boy was I wrong, it turned into a disaster when my cake caught fire, my great grandmother risked turning into a fried fish in order to put it out, she really is very brave.



Burnt stinky cake put aside we got another one and tried again, this time with more success.



Next day I found Tomika at the local community garden, she didn't particularly like being dumped but I didn't particularly like being stood up at prom so I guess it makes us even.



Besides there was somebody else I was much more interested in.



Right now I could have really done with a bit of that Lothario charm, talk about an awkward silence.



This was no good and wasn't going to get me anywhere, a nice bouquet helped to break the ice though.



Anita may be lost but I had found Jenelle, and I was going to keep her.

[Turoskel]

Generation Five: The Fairy and The Lost Girl Part Two

You know I thought women liked flowers, they always seem pleased when you give them a bouquet but try to talk to them about the wonders of a daisy or the beauty of a rose and they get bored so fast, although in saying that I've noticed most people aren't interested when I start talking about flowers not just the women.



But at least I could put my knowledge to use, I registered myself as a self employed gardener down at City Hall and thanks to some foresight by my various gardening family members maxed the career pretty much instantly fulfilling a large wish and gaining a trophy at the same time, Grandad Dallas planted most of the money trees in our garden and ever since my family have been stockpiling the money bags waiting for this time.



But I couldn't get away with doing nothing myself I still wished to master the gardening skill and I also wished to grow a perfect life plant. And my fairy magic had improved enough so that I could now bloom my plants.



My graduation was an odd affair, we arrived at City Hall in the middle of a protest about the cost of the space project, not sure my great grandmother was too impressed by this turn of events.



Did I ever mention the fact my grandfather is an Alpha Wolf? it's quite terrifying when he howls, Uncle Wiley just happened to be outside when we emerged and they do so love to play fight.



I don't consider myself a coward but when he transformed I was frightened, so much so I fainted but at least I did it on the pavement and not in the road like that other poor fellow.



But there was some purpose to this protest as we found out when we spotted Megan waving her placard, her heart broken once more by cruel circumstance, why should people like Bob go so hungry that they starve while millions is spent on sending astronauts up in space!



I brought this up with Grandma Tracey but she said it's nothing to do with the astronauts and that my great grandmother spends all her time goofing off at the post exchange not in a space ship, but I wasn't to tell anybody that part. No she said it was that wicked story progression picking off her friends one by one until there wont be any left. She was a little confused by Megan's broken heart after all wasn't she going steady with Travis? just how many romantic entanglements had she got herself into with her naughty spellcasting? I doubt we will ever know.



When we had left the house that morning our overnight guest had also left so I was quite surprised to find her back at the house when I returned, nobody objected to her making herself at home though, she even went and got back into bed and stayed the night once more.



Next morning I decided that there was really no reason Ani........I mean Jenelle couldn't just move in, so I asked her, then I realised there might actually be good reasons why I shouldn't have, after all there is not one but two very flirty men in this house.



I don't think her memory is returning but there are odd little things about her that according to my family seem like the old Anita, she used to be artistic and she does have some painting skill and enjoys painting a lot, she likes Indie music but I don't think that was always the case and she has since decided she likes Autumn Salad where she had no preference when she first moved in.

She was a mermaid once but she has no recollection of that or any scuba diving skill, she really has forgotten it all. I suppose she can't miss her family if she never knew they existed but I still find it sad.



Uncle Donell grew up fast, grandfather is in his element teaching toddlers their skills so wasted no time in helping Donell with his.



Anita, as she has now decided she wants to be called, started working at the science facility shortly after moving in, she wants to be a creature robot cross breeder, I could have got a job there too if I wanted but I prefer just pottering about in the garden.



I grew my perfect life plant and supermaxed gardening so after harvesting seven life fruit I put them in place along with my trophy and certificate.



So what was next on the agenda, how about bringing out the inner beauty of this town.



After all it's what's inside that counts, right?



Isn't this face just adorable, look at that tiny little nose and big eyes!



But I guess you could say I got what I deserved a short while later for all those tricks I played that day, see the woman laughing behind me? that's my mothers co-worker Danica, she's a werewolf and scared the life out of me by transforming before my eyes, even a steel bladder couldn't withstand that terror.



But as if that wasn't bad enough I then blacked out, right in my own puddle of pee, talk about embarrassing, and smelly, yuck!



I got my own back though.



Why am I doing all this? because it's my lifetime wish that's why, I've been picking my targets so far, those who are mean to others mostly, and the odd tourist, this lady makes eight so far, just five more to go, oh and also maxing charisma but that's been easy.



Ah Tomika, highschool crush who stood me up at prom now all grown up and turned into a mermaid.



The temptation was great I'll admit but I'm not one to hold a grudge so I bestowed her with flight of felicity instead.



It would be nice to think these people might learn a thing or two from this but chances are once the spell wears off they will just return to their mean ways.



But it certainly makes the town look a little more interesting for a time.

[Turoskel]

Generation Five: The Fairy and The Lost Girl Part Three

Like my mother I am very into martial arts but unlike her I don't suffer from some kind of vampiric super speed when it comes to learning things meaning I get to spar where she couldn't.

Of course I need a sparring partner and there is only one other person in the house who can spar with impunity, Grandad Dallas, I know he dresses like a Ninja for work but can he move like one?

Ouch!



Honestly he swears blind he's just a beginner but I don't believe that in the least, he's almost impossible to beat, it took four matches before I finally got a single hit in. Even levelling up didn't help as he levelled up the same time.



It's like he has some kind of demonic advantage, well he is evil so perhaps he does.



Ten matches later I managed a measly four wins, but at least I could now meditate which was the whole purpose of this rather humiliating lesson. Grandad enjoyed himself though, a little bit too much I feel.



While I settled myself down for some quiet meditation he wandered off down the other end of the park where he had spotted his mother. His parents got divorced some time ago, how much Megan was responsible for that we don't know, after all Tom isn't adverse to cheating without any help from others.



The following day I went back into town to meet up with my best friend Kyle Irvin, she's a werewolf.



Shortly afterwards Tom, June and Megan showed up followed a moment later by Tom's new girlfriend Bethany, only Tom wasn't too pleased to see her seeing as she had been cheating on him.



Now I was trying my best to meditate through all this but it was hard to stay in the zone and not keep opening my eyes for a quick peek, I don't know maybe June still holds a torch for Tom and with Bethany in disgrace saw a chance to jump in, it backfired though.



But love always finds a way in the end, even if it's a magical one.



Yeah I'm thinking Megan's intention wasn't to have her grandmother kissed by her grandfather's new girl but well things rarely go according to plan do they.



I don't know why she does it, I get the feeling she thinks she's being nice but it invariably backfires, just how many relationships has she ruined in this town? all I know is when I saw her start to target me I stayed firmly on my backside and pretended I was lost in meditation.



But eventually she got bored and went off to play fetch with Tom, honestly you don't really need television when my family is around, they are a soap opera all on their own.



Megan messing up my love life was the last thing I wanted, especially now.



You know I actually think this look suits him, such a shame it wears off, certainly preferable to being just another face in the clone army surely.



I met a guy in the park who could have been my long lost twin, same clever mind, same taste in fashion, all he needed was some wings and a few facial alterations and he'd be perfect.



Hmmm maybe not then.



Still he did complete my lifetime wish and made me very happy in the process, but not as happy as I felt on my wedding day.



I had completed every requirement but one, I still needed an opportunity and well nothing was being offered, then Gran got me this new toy to play with and while I will never have the musical talent of my mother I don't do too badly, before long I got a phone call from the Bistro, would I come and entertain the diners, absolutely!



Now there was nothing holding us back from starting a family. Well apart from no space in the house but that was resolved by my father moving across the street into the old Wilson home.



It's strange how things skip the generations, like me having my grandmothers hair colour, or my grandfather having his great grandmothers, but for something to skip four generations must be pretty rare, but if I could have picked one thing for my little girl to inherit I doubt I would have chosen the Shallow family trait.



But just how much she will take after the evil side of the family remains to be seen. Her future had already been decided long before I was even born but I have provided her the means to make it happen, I just hope she accepts it.




Generation Five Stats:

Name: Freddie Shallow
Life state: Fairy
Traits: Genius, Disciplined, Computer Whiz, Loves To Swim, Ambitious
Toddler: Best Friends, Xylophone, Peg box
Child: Badging Ceremony, Honor roll
Teen: Honor Roll, Tomika Anderson, Lvl 3 cemetery
One Best Friend: Kyle Irvin (Werewolf)
Two Career Rewards: Gardening Certificate, Gardening Hero's Trophy (Gardening Career)
Three Ops: Uncommonly Good, Fixing The Books, To Aid The Digestion
Four LTRs: King of the Fae, Super Green Thumb, Philosopher's Stone, Watering Hole Regular
Five Wishes: Master Gardening Skill, Grow Perfect Life Plant, Reach Level 10 of Gardener Career, Meditate for 24 Hours, Marry Anita
Six Skill Challenges: Master Planter, Master Farmer, Botanical Boss, Celebrity, Super Friendly, Everybody's Best Friend
Seven Items: Perfect Life Fruit
Travel Days Used: None


Some of you may already know what happened with Anita if you read the life states dynasty thread but for those that don't let me explain, William got a phone call, Anita Lobos was asking him on a date, well the Lobos family minus Marisol who had already died had left town, my initial reaction as it is with most date calls was to cancel it but then I got curious what would happen if I said yes, well nothing as far as I knew, William just carried on as normal and didn't go off to meet his date.

A short while later I spotted somebody standing on the path outside the house, It was Anita but I couldn't interact with her and she had no name, I know it was her though as I know Riverview extremely well and there's no doubting her face, plus I dressed her that way when she aged to young adult, I even have a picture of it here, although her hair changed when she aged to adult into that bob cut and I never did bother to change it back.

After saving, clearing my caches and reloading she became traitless personality free Jenelle Lau, I can only assume the game still had the sim but no longer had her character info. So I decided to use it to my advantage, Freddie's only other choice of human townie was Rhoda Bagley, who was at that time engaged to another female so his charms probably would have been lost on her 

[Malley]

Freddie had some really great traits. Interesting experience with the whole Anita/Jenelle thing. Weird things can certainly happen in the sims Looking forward to the next gen!

[Turoskel]

Generation Six: The Human and the Ghostly Rock Star Part One

Is it wrong to say that I entered the world feeling fiendishly delighted by my mother's suffering? probably but I was born this way so I wont excuse it. I actually spent much of my infant years sleeping, I'm a very heavy sleeper, so they passed by quickly.



My parents made the most of my mothers maternity leave and we did a lot of family things together like visits to the park.



I soon learnt there would be things I could not do, such as playing ball, my mermadic grandmother had pretty much spoilt that for the rest of the family, not that I was complaining as such as I'm not overly athletic.



If anything I would say I am an observer and a thinker, I grew up to be quite perceptive.



I had my birthday on a Friday so I actually had a luxury that had been rare for the rest of my family, an entire weekend of freedom before school started, mother made me a kite so I took it to the park to play.



But I also had to make sure I studied as well, if I started school with an A I could have my birthday by Wednesday.



Once my lessons were over the rest of the weekend was my own to do as I wished, and I made the most of it, playing pretend.



Hanging out at the park.



And playing in the tree house.



I certainly had no complaints about my childhood, apart from one, it was a bit lonely.



Oh I was never alone, my mother was always about to take care of me but when there wasn't work the others mostly went into stasis, including my father sometimes. Is it strange that I saw more of Bonehilda than my family during this time, she even chatted to me while I did my homework, although I never did figure out where the cake went to, perhaps she has a hidden pouch inside her dress.



My parents both came to my ballet recital though which was nice.



And afterwards I got to have my birthday. I wished to be lucky and I think it worked judging by how well things were going for me.



I felt a bit odd going into the mausoleum for my first day of work, not scared just strange, knowing my future husband was in here. I wasn't overly bothered about the fact my family had chosen for me, after all he was rich and famous and already dead, a gold diggers dream.



Prom got announced for the following Thursday after my birthday, a work day, but I decided I could at least show my face, get my picture taken then leave to go to work, it was pure impulse that made me ask Tommie Zamora to be my date, after all I would need a romantic interest and out of the two boys in school Tommie was more my type, he's evil just like me.



So he came over to my place and we got the limo to school, had our picture taken then I left, straight after work I went back and caught the end, it was okay but I didn't get a chance to properly ask Tommie out and the next day he graduated.



I guess I could have stayed but getting that final promotion meant more to me than some silly school dance, my only regret was missing my chance with Tommie.



Saturday morning I headed over to Elijah Etheridge's house, the only other teenage boy in school, and so not my type.



But needs must and it's not like I'm going to have his babies or anything, a little helping hand from one of Gran's potions sorted out our dislike for each other.



Then a quick confession of attraction did the deed.



And I was out of there like a speeding bullet, job done.



I bet there's not many kids can claim a host of fairies attended their birthday celebrations, but they did mine.



I chose to put my perceptive nature to good use and signed up at the police station as a private investigator. They gave me a uniform and some shrubbery, which seemed a little odd at the time but I decided to test it out, it's surprising what goes on in this seemingly sleepy town.



At first it looked innocent enough, just two werewolves meeting outside the police station for a chat, until I spotted the exchange, was that a bribe?



Travis McDermott's a corrupt copper, well I never! This job was obviously going to be more interesting than I first thought.

[Turoskel]

Generation Six: The Human and the Ghostly Rock Star Part Two

The entire household came to my graduation, it was nice to have everybody there.



I wasn't the only person who graduated that day Elijah did as well, when we all left the building his parents approached me for a chat,  I felt a bit awkward to tell the truth, just what had he been saying to them?



Next thing I knew Elijah was asking me to move in!



Talk about getting the wrong end of the stick, all I did was say I fancied him not that I wanted to spend the rest of eternity with him and yet here he was introducing me to the parents and asking me to move in. He looked positively gutted when I said no, it was delightful.



But as much as I enjoyed his discomfort even I'm not that evil, I had to stop this before it went any further, it was obvious he had blown my confession out of all proportion and truth of it was I did think he was good looking, if a little generic, but that was as far as it went, for me at least.



But I didn't dwell on that for too long as I had my first case, it wasn't quite what I thought it would be, rummaging through trash cans and mail, but I guess everybody has to start somewhere.



I was on yet another stakeout when I came across Uncle Donell having a clandestine meeting with Uncle Wiley's girlfriend, intriguing.



But then he looked straight at me and I admit I jumped, how did he know I was there? did he read my mind or something? perhaps I needed bigger shrubs.



After I dumped Elijah I was under the assumption I was a single lady, but it seems Tommie thought otherwise, he's been telling people we are partnered, even my family thinks so, I couldn't seem to find any way to tell him we were not, and when I tried to talk about my feelings to him he just didn't want to know. Why did he have to go and complicate matters, my future is decided already and he's not part of it but now I can't get rid of him!



Add to that the problem of what I was going to do for my other items and my life had suddenly become one huge headache, so I turned to drink.



Well not literally obviously but nectar making seemed a good use of my spare time and a solution to my seven items, Gran kindly upgraded all my machines, bought from the new nectar register at the consignment store ironically run by my other problem Tommie. And dad supplied the fruit.



I brooded for hours over what I would do about Tommie but in the end my isolation proved my salvation, our friendship dwindled and the distance severed the imaginary tie between us, the town no longer considered us an item.



Then I got a phone call from Travis, a rather delicate investigation, did his girlfriend love him, well yes she did it's just that Megan also loved about half the town as well according to my family, although I didn't tell him that. I did advise him what others had said to me though, that proposing probably wasn't the best idea. Unsurprisingly a few days later Megan and Travis broke up.



Then Uncle Wiley asked if I could look into a stalker situation, but according to my sources at the hospital it was just Wiley's own fevered imagination and he is really suffering from a split personality, but he's a werewolf so of course he has a split personality, honestly I think I need better sources.



If I wasn't solving cases I was squashing fruit, I made over 500 bottles of nectar in the end, a couple of them worth quite a bit and I made seven perfect Life Fruit and Pomegranate nectars for my collection. The rest I sold at the consignment store for a huge amount of money, all consignment challenges sorted in one day, not bad at all.



Travis was pretty sore about Megan for some time and would complain to anybody who'd listen, he got plenty of sympathy too.



But his situation got me thinking, maybe I should really get to know my future husband a little bit before committing myself, what if I didn't like him?



I knew a bit about Jon from my family, he was a musician, and a good one, he had been a lead guitarist before his death and used to own the huge house across the street where some of my family now live, he was charismatic, artistic and just a nice guy according to Gran, sounded ideal for a gold digger like myself.



So I bided my time waiting for him to appear and eventually he did, but it seems there was one thing Grandma Tracey didn't know, probably because it happened so soon before his death, he had turned evil.



We didn't quite hit it off straight away though which in a way made me glad I'd decided to try to meet him first, if it all went wrong there were alternative options for a rich spouse, just maybe not quite such appealing ones.



But after a few more nightly visits my mind was made up.



I'll admit it was strange being in a relationship with a ghost, never knowing when I would see him again, but somehow we made it work.



It's not easy trying to uphold the law when your family is full of evil criminals, I got hired to investigate a stolen vehicle so after searching the garage for clues I discovered it was non other than renowned getaway driver MaryKay Shallow, after a quick bribe she divulged who she was really working for, her father!



I decided to stakeout Tom's place of work at the business office and caught him paying off some random clone guy, it seems Tom has got himself a nice little sideline going in stolen cars, he should have stuck to his day job, family or not I had no choice but to turn him in, I needed to nail this case.



You see I had just one more thing to do then I could finally get married, reach level 10 in my career, so every case counted, it was for the greater good I told myself as I wrote up the report, well my greater good anyway not necessarily Tom's but he'll be out of jail in no time I'm sure.

[Turoskel]

Generation Six: The Human and the Ghostly Rock Star Part Three

My adult birthday approached, I spent much time brooding over it but I couldn't stop it from happening, time was moving faster than crime right now.



So I just sucked it up and blew it back out again and moved on.



Eventually though I got my last case, my new uniform and pretty soon I'd complete my lifetime wish.



There was a problem with that last part though, no space.



I know dad didn't want to see mum leave but there was little choice really, but she would only be next door so not too far away. It wasn't just mum who was leaving though.



As far as moments like this go I have become rather stone hearted, but even I could see how this separation would upset my grandparents, they have been together an awfully long time and never been apart for any of it.



But they were never far apart even now, I didn't see Gran for days as she was staying next door, keeping an eye on him she said. It's not that she doesn't trust him I don't think, it's her daughter she's afraid of, Megan has already ruined enough marriages in town, if she messes with her parents one I think she will feel the full wrath of her mother.



But what was the use of brooding over broken hearts when mine was hard as stone, it's not like I had any worries on that score. My choice was made, I would bring Jon back and into the family, for better or worse.



Well at least I wouldn't have to wait for him to die which was a bonus.



In what has to be the worst timing ever in the middle of proposing I got called down to city hall for some key giving ceremony, yeah thanks guys.



I mean it's not as if I needed another reward, I'd already put my first trophy along with my frosted door and nectar in the special room.



It wasn't long before I started to think I might have made a mistake, I rushed into asking Jon to marry me, blinded by simoleons I guess, but he was so insensitive to my feelings we kept falling out whenever I tried to talk about them.



Still my choice had been made so I did my best to patch things up each time and finally we got married one evening in the garden, after all the initial retching had settled down by the people who hadn't seen him yet, the moment I slipped that ring on his finger my happiness soared, and not because we were married.



Surely this is the better way, getting your rich ghostly husband and keeping him too, but then I guess it depends on the husband, don't get me wrong I do love him I just wish he'd listen when I try to tell him how I feel. But apparently feelings are boring, my dad said a similar thing about flowers to me once.



We wasted no time in trying for a baby, and whether it turned out to be a mermaid or a human didn't really matter so long as it was a ghost, so as I was already pregnant Jon decided to adapt to land again.



We still had our up's and down's but on the whole we were happy, I wish I could say the same for my grandparents though, they were rarely apart but even so Grandad Dallas was finding the separation hard, he knows the rules yet he still asked Gran to move in with him, she turned him down of course but he's not exactly making it easy for her.



I don't get maternity leave but I chose not to take on any cases during my pregnancy, didn't stop them from ringing though, even when I was in the middle of contractions.



You know I can't help thinking if Dawn is a ghost why didn't she just float out, did she really need to cause me so much pain? the sparkles are a nice artistic touch though, looks like she'll take after her father on that front.



Once question remains though is she human or a mermaid?


Generation Six Stats:

Name: Hayley Shallow
Life state: Human
Traits: Evil, Heavy Sleeper, Perceptive, Lucky, Brooding
Toddler: Best Friends, Xylophone, Peg box
Child: Ballet Recital, Honor roll
Teen: Honor Roll, Elijah Etherirdge, Lvl 3 cemetery
One Best Friend: Celina Wilhelm (Vampire)
Two Career Rewards: Professional's Frosted Door, Investigator's Trophy of Honor (Private Investigator Career)
Three Ops: Scrounging for Blackmail, The Case of the Little Dirt, The Case of the Hacker Elite
Four LTRs: Suave Seller, Speedy Cleaner, Profession Simoleon Booster, Stone Hearted
Five Wishes: Make Nectar Worth 150 Simoleons, Make Nectar Worth 250 Simoleons, Master Nectar Making Skill, Make 500 Bottles of Nectar, Reach Level 10 of Investigator Career
Six Skill Challenges: Mix master, Flavourful Feet, Nectar Master, Consignment Store Reputation, Consignment Store Sales, Consignment Profit
Seven Items: Life Fruit & Pomegranate Nectar
Travel Days Used: None


Hayley is the first time I've played the brooding trait, I didn't even realise 'talk about feelings' was a romantic social when she first did it, but boy did it cause hassles with her and Jon, he always found it so boring so they'd fall out then he'd try and flirt and she'd get all huffy and it just got worse until one or the other got creeped out, fun times 

[Malley]

Welcome, Dawn!  Congrats to Hayley to completing all of her requirements.  I don't think I've ever played the brooding trait (at least not that I remember...).  I wonder if the fact that both of them were evil that Jon just didn't care about Hayley's feelings.  Just a thought