The Knethen Immortal Dynasty

[Playalot]

Haha Ken (a sad loner) hanging with Grim (death) in the park, too much! lol Great update as ever. 

[Nettlejuice]

Aw, I always get upset seeing the doll house being smashed. I think Ken and Grim would make good friends, they both seem to be loners.

[KTK10]

Great way of writing about Ken's Gloomy and Loner trait, and then bringing Grim in all depressed as well was perfect! Keep going, really enjoying it!

[EtnaFan666]

On that note, I do think it's now possible (maybe even easy, I'd have to try it) to do all 4 child aspirations if you use some sleep replacement pots.

Actually, it is totally possible to do all four Child Aspirations with one child! Check out this link from Pinstar - he had one of his child Sims complete all four aspirations with the help of Moodlet Solvers and Sleep Replacements 'donated' by his parents. 

Wonder Child Challenge

Also, it was funny how you had Ken become friends with the Grim Reaper. What was he doing there in the gym anyways?

[dethdukk]

Thanks guys!  Yeah Grim and Ken got along pretty well after a snag or 2 at the start.  Did you know that you can't actually invite Grim to hang out with you?  He just showed up at the Gym, then later that day at the park as well.

@Nettlejuice : Nicks a sneaky guy.  After I had him repair it he must have circled back around to the dollhouse pretty quick, cause it wasn't 10 minutes later that the gals were crying over it heh.  I keep making him repair it in hopes that it might curb his destructive tendencies, but to no avail.

Also I forgot to thank you for your compliments in your first comment you posted!  I was of course in the middle of my "extended break" when you commented, and I forgot to reply, so...

Ken is awesome for getting his aspiration complete so quickly, for someone new to the Sims franchise you're doing extremely well 

Thank you!  As I mentioned earlier, the speed of aspiration completion was due mostly to the 4 days off that Ken started with and the patch that made them easier.  As for being new to the franchise, that is most definitely true. 

On that note however, I feel like EA did a very good job of streamlining the play-style and making it very easy for new players to get into.  As a... hm...  I want to say a "hardcore gamer", by which I mean that I tend to try to play perfectly... as in, always in the right mood, always using every available minute efficiently, always working on something with every Sim possible, etc (edit:  I figured out how to say this in 3 words:  I like micromanaging).  After a week or 2 of learning the game and playing through all the tutorial tips, I had a pretty firm grasp on the mechanics.  I still learn a ton of useful stuff/tricks as time goes on, but for the most part I understood how the game worked and how to utilize my Sims time spent leveling skills and such. 

@EtnaFan666 I was pretty sure you could.  Even with going to school each day and with no moodlet solvers/sleep potions I could have gotten done with 3 aspirations on Ken (lack of motivation/reason and also wanting a break from skill grinding convinced me not to).  I'm planning on trying to complete all 4 with the next generation, so we'll see how it goes. 

I'm also pretty sure you can do it without even using the parents for sleep potions, just use the child's own points gained from the completed aspirations.  Each aspiration is worth around 2k points, which is about 5 sleep potions...  and childhood is only about 10 days I believe?  Certainly not 20 anyways.  Book of life might be handy for filling other needs though. 

[dethdukk]

Chapter 17, Part One




Girl:  Um... Hello there.  I don't mean to be rude, but why are you cooking out here at 3AM?
Kell:  Hello, my name is Kell.  I don't believe we've met, miss...
Girl:  Oh!  I'm sorry.  My name is Rhiannon, but everyone calls me Rhia. 
Kell:  Good to meet you Rhia.  Well, long story short my normally withdrawn grandson suddenly got it into his head to take a day out on the town.  I have certain suspicions as to why.
I claim innocence until proven guilty.
Kell:  I decided to follow along and make sure that everything went smoothly.  As for the food, I got hungry.
Have you really been following us this entire time?
Kell:  Innocent until proven guilty.  Well back to you Rhia, why would you happen to be out at about at this hour?
Rhia:  I've got a math test next week, and I'm not ready for it at all...  I thought maybe a walk would help.
Kell:  Well you might be in luck.  Ken's pretty good with anything number related, I'm sure he'd be happy to help.
Speaking of Ken, he's waking up... so if you want to maintain your "innocence" you better get moving.
Kell:  Looks like it's time for me to go back to hiding in the shadows.  Feel free to distract that kid for me.



Rhia:  Hello there!  It's Ken, right?
Ken:  *yawn*  Um... yes, but how did you know exactly?
Rhia:  Your Gr... Watcher told me.
Ken:  My Grwatcher?  That's an odd name for them.
Not really, I'm pretty sure you'd have called me the same thing this morning... or yesterday morning as the case may be.
Ken:  What do yo*YAWN* you mean Watc...  Oh holy crap it's 3 AM!  I need to get home!



Rhia:  Wait, wait!  Before you go, your um... your Watcher mentioned that you're pretty good with Math, would you mind tutoring me?  I've been having trouble keeping up with the course. 
Ken:  What?  Yeah sure, I guess.  I've gotta go sorry, I'm already gunna be in a lot of trouble.  Here's my number, feel free to call and we'll set up a time to meet. 



Shayla:  Jees my arm is really hot.



Shayla:  Holy cow, my leg is too, I think this stove is broken.
Vicky:  Sigh...  *reaches for extinguisher*



Shayla:  OH CRAP I'M ON FIRE!



Vicky:  And now you're not.  You really are oblivious at times, you know that?
Shayla:  -.-*



Shayla:  Thank you, I think I'm fine now.
Vicky:  *continues spraying Shayla down with extinguisher*
Richard:  Ken, run!  There's a fire in the house!



Guys, the fires out...  seriously, it's fine, you don't need to run...  guys...



Richard and Ken:  *idiot grins*
Ah.  You guys are hilarious.



You alright Shayla?
Shayla:  Outside of my pride and my clothes, I'm fine.  Think I might need a shower though.


Richard:  So why is six afraid of seven?
Oh god... *rubs temple*
Ken:  Why?
Richard:  Because seven eight nine!  Haha!



Nick:  Hah!  That one's as old as dad is.  Here's a proper joke:  So two guys walk into a bar...
Ken:  Watcher, save me.  Please.



Speaking of homework, did that girl ever call?
Ken:  Rhia?  Yeah, we're supposed to meet up later this week, probably on Saturday.



Richard:  What's this about a girl?  I swear I heard something about a girl.
Ken:  Do you have like super hearing or something?  You weren't even out here 30 seconds ago!
Richard:  Part of being an Uncle.  So there was something about a girl then?
Kell:  Ken met her at the park a couple nights ago.
Ken:  Wait what?  How do you know...  Watcher!
I claim innocence!
Richard:  Oooo, that night you were out till like 4 AM?  Is she cute?
Ken:  What?  I don't know, she just wants help with her school work!
Richard:  Riiight.




You know, I kinda had you pegged as a Computer Whiz.
Ken:  Nah, I'm more into the numbers side of things rather than computers...  but that's not what I want to do for a job, I want to be an athlete.  Working out makes me feel good.
Oh?  Well you have a good start on it, especially with Kell and Nick around.




Another hobby?
Ken:  Yeah.  I like working with my hands.  I think I got it from Uncle Richard, but I like carving more than painting.
Hm...  so you like working with your hands, and numbers.  Have you thought about trying your hand at building a rocket?
Ken:  Aren't those expensive?
Well yeah, but you're kind of in a Dynasty family.  The one thing we don't have (anymore...) is a shortage of cash.  I'll put in an order for one, should be here in a few days.



Ken:  So yeah, Rhia will be here in a little while.
Shayla:  Is she cute?
Ken:  Did Richard ask you to say that?
Shayla:  What?  Nooooo.



Ken:  Oh hey Rhia.  Check it out, I've been exercising!
Rhia:  Very impressive.  Here, look at this...



Rhia:  So this is the part that I've been having issues with.  I get that each equal-sided shape can be divided into a number of Isosceles triangles, but I don't understand how you figure out the angle of each corner.
Ken:  Alright lets see...  So lets say you have a Pentagon.  5 sides, right? 

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

If you draw a circle around the hexagon so it touches all 5 points, then draw a line from each point of the hexagon to the center, you can see that a hexagon is made up of 5 triangles, each with 1/5th the degrees of a full circle.  Since a circle is 360 degrees, you can say that each of those inner angles on the triangles are (360/5) = 72 degrees.  Now you also know that each of those triangles is an Isosceles triangle, so the other 2 angles are going to be equal.  The last thing you need to know is that each triangle will always have a total of 180 degrees in its 3 angles, so 180-72 = 108 divided by 2 = 54 degrees.  But for the corner of the pentagon, you have 2 of those angles side by side, so each inner angle of a hexagon will be 54 x 2 = 108 degrees!  Works the same with ANY equal-sided shape.

Rhia:  Alright, I think I got the first part, but you went way too fast... can you do it again?
Ken:  Yeah hang on.  Let me grab some paper and I'll draw it out at the table for you.



Rhia:  Alright, your move...  Thanks again for helping with my math.
Ken:  My pleasure....  your move.
Rhia:  Just so you know, I haven't played this much.
Ken:  Well as long as you know how each piece moves, I'm sure it won't be an issue.



Rhia:  Hm...  Check.
Ken:  Wait, what?  I thought you hadn't played this before!
Rhia:  I said I haven't played much, and just because I don't do well with numbers doesn't mean I don't understand strategy.  You're still in check by the way.




Ken:  Well played, I can't fault you that one.  Even if you did sandbag a bit at the start.
Rhia:  It's all part of the game!  Even the little board switch you tried afterwards.

[dethdukk]

Chapter Seventeen, Part Two (That's right, a double long chapter!  Mainly because I can't find a good break point and I have the pictures to do so.)



Nice trench coat.
Nick:  Why thank you Watcher.  I think I'll be keeping this one.
Good choice.  Might have to pick one of those up myself.



Richard:  Hey there!  You must be Rhia.
Rhia:  That would be me.  You're obviously related to Ken, are you his father?
Richard:  Me? Bahahah!  I'm not old enough to be his father yet!  I'm his Uncle Richard.  His father is Nick, that guy you passed on the way back in.
Rhia:  Aha!  Well it's good to meet you.



Richard:  Well I see why Ken was so close-lipped about you, you are indeed very pretty.
Ken:  *Choke*  coughcoughRICHAcoughcough
Rhia:  Why thank you!  You'd better be careful though, if you poke him too hard he's either going to die or kill you.
Richard:  Nah, he wouldn't hurt a fly.  I better take my leave before he catches his breath though, or he just might throw me in the pool.
Rhia:  I've got to head home soon anyways, getting pretty late.  It was nice meeting you, tell Mr. Knethen I said hi.




Rhia:  It was a lot of fun today Ken... Maybe we can do this again sometime?
Ken:  I'd like that.  My father is actually hosting some parties next weekend, if you'd like to come over then?
Rhia:  Sounds good!  Let me know when I should come over.  I suppose I should be leaving now...
*whispering* Kiss her Ken.
Ken:  *whispering*  What?  Watcher, I'm not sure that...
*whispering*  I can't even count how many hints you've missed already, but if you feel like regretting it for a week...



I just want to be known as having said "I told you so".



Feeling good?
Ken:  That is most certainly true.  You're obviously better at understanding girls than I am...
Nope, it's just that it's much easier to see the whole picture when you're not part of it.  As for understanding them give up now, it's easier.




I think I have a serious case of Trenchcoat envy...



Say, you're not texting with Rhia are you?
Ken:  What?  No.  Maybe.



Well you definitely didn't get 20 days out of that one...  I keep saying I'll keep track of it then forgetting to.  Maybe next time.
Kell:  It's not a huge deal.  We have like 20 of the potions in storage, and Shayla's been finding an amazing amount of angelfish.
Oh good!  I was worried about our angelfish supply, especially with Nick approaching his Elder days.
Kell:  Yeah, she's pretty much solved that issue.  I'm going to go watch some TV, warm up by the fire... it's a little cold in here.



What are you two up to?
Nick:  Ken needs to level his logic skill, and since he's almost done with fitness I thought we could take a break.
Ken:  Besides, I need more practice...
What, you mean so Rhia doesn't trounce you again?  I suppose that's a good idea.



Uh Kell, your pants are on fire.
Kell:  Ha ha watcher, you're hilarious.
I'm not kidding!  You need to move!
Kell:  Oh!  Oh **!  *runs for pool*



Kell, what are you...  ARE YOU CHANGING INTO YOUR BATHING SUIT.
Kell:  Well yeah, this suit costs like $5000, I can't just get it wet.
JUST JUMP IN THE BLOODY POOL.
Kell:  Hang on, my arms stuck in the suit...  dang buttons.  Alright, here we go!



Kell:  Phew, that was a close call.  Gotta say, I'm glad we've got a pool so close to the house!
*having heart attack in background*



You got that Richard?
Richard:  Yeah, no problems.  I think we better turn this thing off till someone puts a grate on it.
Agreed wholeheartedly.



Oh good, the rocket arrived!  Got a bit of "do it yourself" to it, eh?
Ken:  A bit?  It basically came with a landing pad and 5 boxes of parts, I've been reading the manual for it for hours!
Well the good news is by the time you've got the 5 upgrades done, you'll probably be done with the Rocket Science skill anyways.  One less skill to level later, right?  Wrap it up though, you have to get ready for the parties.




Gold house party... Check...




Gold Dinner Party...  Check...





Restful night afterwards... well...  Maybe for some of them.


Post-Story Story

Haven't done one of these for a couple chapters, so I thought I might give it a whirl.

Originally Ken was supposed to be going into Serial Romantic, but that ended up falling through.  It's one of my least favorite aspirations to do, as it's...  really kind of against my code of ethics, not to mention my personal preference.  I realize that they're just pixels, but Rhia is really nice pixels!  So yeah, that got dropped.  Now Ken will be doing Nerd Brain and Renaissance Sim instead.

One of the things I kept reminding myself to mention throughout writing this was the "Great Kisser" reward.  It's amazing.  The bonus to kissing is nice, but the really amazing part of it is how quickly it levels Charisma.  I'm actually giving serious thought to making it a shared trait due solely to it's ability to level Charisma at great speeds.  (I should give a bit of credit to Playalot here, I was going to buy the reward anyways due to my plans for Ken, but she pointed out the charisma leveling side of it which caused me to take specific note of it... and wow is it fast.)

Nick is about 1 bar segment away from his final promotion.   I'm really looking forward to him finishing that, it's taken FOREVER.  Gah.  Outside of that, he needs his 6 friends and his 10 Museum pieces and he's ready for Immortality!  Friends should be easy, what with being able to mentor fitness.  As for the museum pieces, I'm still not sure what I really want him to do... I'm thinking Handiness pieces maybe.  I need to start working on those earlier, I seem to have a bad habit of leaving them for last.

Kell's still working as a Secret Agent.  His Performance bar bobs a bit, but it's never stayed below the last segment, so I think I can just leave him at work.  Normally I'd pull him out, but I have way too many Sims to deal with anyways, so...  yeah.  Pretty sure I'll leave all my Sims in their respective jobs, just for some free time from them every so often.

Hm, what else...  Richard recently aged to adult.  I totally missed his birthday, I never saw the notifications for it... I'm a terrible Watcher.

The fire with Kell put me into panic mode a bit.  The cool part is I learned that warming your hands on the fire IS in fact dangerous, and also that you can jump in the pool to extinguish yourself.  Handy info, but I will admit that I would have been more comfortable learning it with a non-dynasty Sim...

If y'all have any questions on the dynasty or w/e let me know!  I'm happy to share knowledge when and where I can, I find games are a lot more fun when you learn cool tips and tricks along the way. 

[Shewolf13]

XD I totally understand the thing about not wanting to learn of things that could possibly kill your sims during a Dynasty.  I had a few moments of that myself.  And it really is heart-attack inducing XD  Also... I am in complete agreement of your trench-coat envy!  I want Nick's trenchcoat! 

[Nettlejuice]

So many fires lol, I have a fireplace but I don't know if I should light it or not. Congrats to ken and Rhia 

[KTK10]

I laughed so much at the exchange between Shayla and Vicky.. The pictures were absolutely perfect for the dialog. Congrats with Ken and Rhia - looks like a nice relationship is developing.

[dethdukk]

Chapter Eighteen Part One




Morning guys!  We've got a pretty busy week ahead.  Starting with Kendricks birthday!
Nick:  I'm glad him and Rhia are getting along well, I like her.
That's just because she enjoys breaking the dollhouse as much as you do.
Nick:  That is one of her many positives, yes. 



You alright Rhia?  You don't exactly look happy.
Rhia:  I'm worried that Ken won't wait for me...  I know he said he would, but he's a very flirty guy.
He will.  He was originally planning on doing the Serial Romantic aspiration, but when he met you he threw that out the window.  Don't worry.
Rhia:  Thanks Watcher.



Nick:  One more rep and you're done with Fitness kid.  I know you're feeling tired, but you're so close, just push through...
Ken:  I swear I'm never working out again after this.
Hah!  Yeah right.  If you're anything like the rest of your family, you'll be giving me heart attacks throughout your Elder years.



What are you two up to?
Vicky:  I'm helping put on the landing stabilizers...  If my fool kid feels like taking a joy ride in a rocket I can at least make sure he has a good chance of making it back.
Ken:  Mom, it's fine.  I mean really, they wouldn't sell us a rocket if they weren't sure it was safe.



You're doing this pretty late at night.
Ken:  Yeah, just finished the extra storage space.  I'm hoping I can get some cool space rocks to bring back home.
Alright, well just be careful.
Ken:  You sound like Mom, seriously.  It's not a big deal!
You realize you're launching a rocket into space from your front yard right?  That's kind of a big deal.
Ken:  Um... we might have an issue actually.
No, no issues, I don't like hearing that there's issues...
Ken:  I just lost one of the engines on the right side...  I think the other one's cutting out.  I'm going to try to bring it back in...



Ken!  Ken are you alright!  Oh man oh man...  KEN!



Ken:  Phew, that was a little more catastrophic of a landing than I expected...  At least I hit the pad I guess.
I'm going to kill you myself.
Ken:  It wasn't that bad...
You're pulling yourself from a flaming wreckage that consists of a door and a couple of beams... you were sitting in a full size rocket ship about 10 seconds ago.
Ken:  Alright, it was a little bad.  Don't tell Mom, she'll kill us both.
She's going to find out when all that's left of the rocket is smouldering ruins...
Ken:  She's still sleeping, I can get it fixed before she wakes up.
Fine, fine... but you install the rest of the upgrades before you try that again.




Happy birthday Shayla!



Rhia:  Alright, so card's I really don't know how to play...  How's this work exactly?
Ken:  Well, mostly it's about who has the better hand.  If you have multiples of a type of card, that's good.  Five cards in a row is good...  Here, let me get you a score card so you can see what beats what.  Really though, just watch my father.
Rhia:  Why's that?



Nick:  *Evil Grin*
Ken:  Because he's got the worst poker face in the world... I'll fold.



Sorry I didn't get many pictures from your birthday...  You didn't even get to the cake in time.
Vicky:  Maybe it's better that way.  The card game was fun, but the rest of the party was a catastrophe...  I'm glad Rhia aged up though, Ken's been pretty moody lately without her.
So what do you want to do now that you're an Elder?
Vicky:  Hm... I think I'll go flirt with my husband.



Vicky:  Still got it.
Nick:  Yes, yes you do.



You know, you don't have to work out just because everyone else does.
Rhia:  I know but *huff* I feel bad when everyone else *puff* is in such good shape *gasp* and I have trouble just swimming laps.
Alright, well it's up to you.  I'll see if Kell's free to mentor you, your form is terrible.  Outside of that, how's your first few days at the house?




Rhia:  I like Shayla a lot.  She's older than me, but she seems much younger than her age.  I get along with everyone really.  Kell is pretty laid back, and Richards a nice guy. 




Rhia:  I haven't talked with Nick much, him and Ken both have been pretty busy since I moved in.  They're trying to get all the stuff around the house patched up and upgraded.  On that note, have you seen Ken recently?  I need to talk to him.
Pretty sure he's right about to take off on another rocket trip...  I'll let him know you want to talk to him when he gets back.




Well at least you made it out of the atmosphere this time... or maybe that's a bad thing.
Ken:  Ha ha, you're a funny man.
So what's the goal today then?
Ken:  I'm looking to get a crystal from the asteroid field.
Oh, sounds like a good idea.  Well just so you know, Rhia wants to talk with you when you get back.



Ken:  It was amazing!  There were stars everywhere, you could see so many out there!
Rhia:  That great dear, really, but...



Ken:  And it was so VAST.  You could see forever, in any direction.  Oh, and one more thing...



Rhia:  Sweetie, I love that you're excited, but hush up a second!  I need to tell you something.



Rhia:  I'm pregnant.  I've actually been pregnant for a while.  I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, but you were so busy, and I've been really tense about the whole thing...  I mean, I'm not exactly great with kids.



Ken:  Oh wow... I can feel them kicking...  Do you know if it's a boy or girl yet?
Rhia:  No, I thought I'd leave it as a surprise.  So, you said you had one more thing to tell me about?

[dethdukk]

Chapter Eighteen Part Two




Ken:  Oh right, I kind of got caught up with the news...  here.



Ken:  I just pulled this out of one of the asteroids...  Will you marry me?



Rhia:  Yes!  Yes, of course I will.  This is definitely an easier decision than having a kid was...  On that note, we'd better hurry up the wedding if you want to be married before I have this Nooboo.
Ken:  Hm, alright... well why not tomorrow?  We've got everything we need here, we'll just do it with the household.



Um...  Are you okay?
Richard:  Yeah, I'm just so happy... I'm tearing up a little...
No, that's... that's not how tearing up looks...
Richard:  WHAAAAACHOOO  *sniffle*



Nick:  Well it's nice to finally be able to talk to you, I've been pretty busy around here recently.  Oh, is that Ken taking off in the spaceship?
Rhia:  What?  He better not be, we have to get stuff ready for the we...



Nick:  Grableblarg!
Rhia:  AAAHHH!  Don't DO that!
Nick:  Muahahahaha!
Rhia:  Haha, holy crap my hearts racing.





I knew you'd be back to exercising again soon.
Ken:  I'm just here as moral support.
Uh huh, and those reps you were doing not 30 seconds ago?
Ken:  Just a guideline for Rhia so she can see how it's done.
Speaking of which, you're doing much better Rhia.
Rhia:  Thanks Watcher...  At least swimming across the pool doesn't wear me out anymore.



Happy birthday Nick!  How's it feel to be old?
Nick:  Oh, a smart-ass huh?  Come over here where I can reach you and we'll see who's still laughing*CRICK*



Nick:  Ohhhh, bugger that hurts...
Hehe.  Not going to be catching me anytime soon I think.
Nick:  Oh, that's alright Watcher.



Nick:  I know some victims who are much less adept at running away.
Nuuuu....  man between you and Rhia that thing's never in proper shape anymore.



Speaking of Rhia...  Time to wake up dear, your wedding is soon.  And I think we better hurry...



Come on guys, we gotta do this or it'll be too late.  Already pushing it to the limit here.




Oh, look who actually made it onto the platform for the FIRST TIME EVER.
Kell:  Hush Watcher, you're interrupting.




Congratulations Ken and Rhia Knethen.  I think that it's time Rhia.
Rhia:  It's past time, Watcher.
Ken:  What are you guys talking about?
Rhia:  I went into labor just before we started our vows... it's time and past time for me to have this Nooboo.



Rhia:  Ohhhh, I'm never ever doing this again...
You don't have to, just one kid for you guys.
Rhia: Good, because I'M NEVER DOING THIS AGAIN!




Rhia:  Oh, you're so beautiful, my little Raymond.



Ken:  I love you so much.  Lets go, we need to wrap up this wedding.




Gold Wedding with a birth right in the middle.  Seems like all our parties are throwing us some serious curve balls recently.  Admittedly, that one might have been my fault...



Welcome to the family, little Raymond.  You've got a lot of work ahead of you, but for now you've got no worries in the world... enjoy it while it lasts.



Post-Story Story

Thanks for all the comments guys!  So I'm going to be starting a new story here shortly...  I recently found the rules for the "I'm Surrounded By Idiots (ISBI)" challenge, and it looks like both a play style I would enjoy and a good way to take a break from having to manage 7 sims, heh.  I definitely plan to keep going on the Dynasty, but it'll probably slow down a bit till I get done being excited about the ISBI, then the speed will depend on which one I'm more interested in at the time.  Hopefully the double double chapter will help make up for the likely delay between chapters coming up!

So yeah, I've been having some terrible luck with parties recently...  Ken's birthday party finished at silver because I couldn't get anyone to toast properly.  Vicky's birthday party failed because her cake became inedible right in the middle of the party (think it was a glitch...) and I couldn't make another in time.  Nick's Birthday and Shayla's Birthday I just ran without even trying for the party because I was all done with that crap. 

And then of course the wedding...  Poor Rhia.  She went into labor right as I got everyone in position for the marriage, and I wasn't about to fail that one too, so she kind of had to grin and bear through it.

Rhia's been a great surprise so far.  I've more or less been letting her run autonomously, and she's become friends with everyone (mostly Shayla) and done a lot of exercise (surprising, since she's Lazy).  Everyone likes scaring her, I'm not sure why... but literally every other sim in the household has automatically que'd up a Scare interaction with her, haha.  Sadly, the only one I caught on camera was with Nick.  She seems okay with it tho, she's never gotten mad at them.

What else...  The poor dollhouse is taking one hell of a beating.  Every time I look over either Rhia or Nick is busy destroying it.

Nick's looking to max out his Handiness for his Museum pieces.  After he's got those done, I'll have him get his 6 friends and become an immortal.  So close!

I'm not sure if I will be able to have Shayla and Richard have a Nooboo... I want to, but I don't know if I'll have the free space before Shayla becomes an elder.  I'm pretty sure she'll age to elder shortly before Vicky passes away, sadly. 

[Nettlejuice]

Rhia sounds like the perfect Sim. Congrats on getting a gold wedding even with a birth, lol.

[Shewolf13]

Wow, giving birth right after the vows... nice! One way to multi-task, I suppose hehehehe  Love Rhia.

[Playalot]

Loved Nick's poker face lol... just great!