The Andrews Decadynasty (Complete)

[Malley]

Maximus McDermott, however, seemed to find her dirt-eating attractive, so he was perfect (if mental)

In the Sims, that qualifies as a perfect spouse 

[hazelnut]

...and doing things that she claimed were extreme.

Daredevils, huh.  Gotta love 'em (or else they'll be extremely displeased, no doubt ).

Venus' arms were scarily thin as a teen.  (Were you worried they'd fall off?  )

Also, snogging a SimBot?!

[Lisa46]

You're right about the Princess thing, I just typed it out wrong. Sorry!

[Nettlejuice]

Kissing a Simbot.. That is just too weird for me  The acrobat career looks fun and combining it with martial arts is genius - I didn't think of that at least.

[Alex]

In the Sims, that qualifies as a perfect spouse 

I think it probably does

Kissing a Simbot.. That is just too weird for me  The acrobat career looks fun and combining it with martial arts is genius - I didn't think of that at least.

That simbot seems to be ridiculously attractive - Venus had a crush on him too, as have every other playable sim (male and female) who has seen him. Maybe they can sense his Great Kisser trait.

I did the martial arts/acrobat combo in my immortal dynasty, too. They go together really nicely. Also, I hate the criminal and professional sports careers, so acrobat seemed a good bet!

Daredevils, huh.  Gotta love 'em (or else they'll be extremely displeased, no doubt ).

Venus' arms were scarily thin as a teen.  (Were you worried they'd fall off?  )

Also, snogging a SimBot?!

Daredevils are extremely weird.

She's scarily thin in general (even her hair).

See above on the simbot...

You're right about the Princess thing, I just typed it out wrong. Sorry!

Ah, okay, so it was a Westley - no need for me to change that line then

[Alex]

Venus moved into 180 Bounty Drive with Maximus, his brother Travis, and Hal Breckenridge (not sure what he was doing there), plus an elderly dog named Lulu. Hal and Lulu were kicked out: they were already on borrowed time, and I didn’t want the Mourning moodlet messing up any pregnancies that might be coming up.



First, Maximus took a trip to China. He bought a board breaker for Venus, and spent the rest of the day skilling.



Then Venus made a start on the collection...



...but was soon forced to take a break...



...for a nice relaxing maternity leave.



Travis insisted on watching Venus drive herself taking her to the hospital for the birth, where he wasn’t much help. That was pretty typical for Travis: I moved him out a few days afterwards, after he caused another fire by being absent-minded.



This is Verity. Against the odds, she isn’t a redhead (her colouring is all from her grandmother, Vivienne). Otherwise she looks a lot like Maximus. She’s a genius and a couch potato.



As a toddler, she was mostly found playing with the pegbox, or with her doll, Vesper.



Her hobbies as a child were similar.



And Vesper formed the basis of Verity’s first BlackOpp:



(I love how Sim parents don’t seem to notice (or mind) suddenly having an extra kid to look after.)

Maximus died at 90 days, just before he could max logic and become a Renaissance Sim (and so he got the flat tombstone)



Verity was an easy kid to care for: give her a book and a games console, and she entertained herself.



Vesper was a little more rebellious. Her hobbies included booby trapping the plumbing, egging houses, toilet papering the principal’s office, and copying Verity’s homework. Verity wasn’t fond of that last one, and it led to a lot of ignorance-berating and snubbing.



Perhaps wisely, Venus focused on covering the garden in gems until the teens aged up.



A level 10 nerd, Verity joined the Video Game Developer career on graduation, and began working on her supermax skill, writing. (Don’t ask me why the screen is blank on that first picture – it stayed that way for the whole novel.) She became a Professional Author.



Vesper joined the police: she wants to be an International Super Spy.

Venus trained her in the athletic skill, and she spent a lot of time looking for a spouse for Verity interviewing suspects.



Grim came for Venus I needed the tombstone, but she was probably the heir I was most attached to.



Verity befriended Grim while he was there – and discovered that he doesn’t like it when you beat him at Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock.



Verity maxed the game developer career, and got to finish off her supermax instead of celebrating.



She aged up to adult – and her eyes got stuck (not the usual birthday cross-eyes, either – this lasted several hours until I made her Change Appearance). Maybe it was eye strain from trying to see black text on a black monitor? I used to have a doll whose eyes stuck rather like that, and it was creepy.



Eyes back to normal, she popped the question to a man in a hot dog costume. Who wouldn’t?



She became Mrs Hot Dog Guy in a quiet ceremony watched by Vesper, who came over uncharacteristically sentimental.



And Verity moved out, leaving Vesper looking rather wistful.




House 7

Parents: Venus Andrews and Maximus McDermott
Address: 180 Bounty Drive

Heir: Verity Andrews
Traits: Genius, Couch potato, Bookworm, Ambitious, Family oriented (nerd influence), Computer whiz
LTW: Professional Author
Maxed career: Video game developer (via the engineer branch)
Supermaxed skill: Writing
Other maxed skill: Logic



Both parents living together at time of birth.
Heir on the honour roll at both elementary and high school.

10 Opportunities completed by heir:
1. When Dreams Come True (special)
2. The Gossip Column (newspaper club)
3. After School Employment (high school)
4. Puzzle Panic (logic)
5. Deliver a Book to Egypt (writing)
6. The Reference Library (video game developer career)
7. To Boldly Go (writing)
8. Offsite Brainstorming Sessions (video game developer career)
9. The Advertising Partner (video game developer career)
10. Photo Contest (photography)

10 NPC friends:
1. Grim Reaper
2. Torrance Ridley (magician)
3. Billy Ryan (babysitter)
4. Carisa Herrington (repair technician)
5. Jeffrey Hogue (university mascot)
6. Aaron Koch (newspaper deliverer)
7. Belinda Arnold (pizza deliverer)
8. Gina Castillo (maid)
9. Rainer Kowling (acrobat)
10. Anwar Shoemaker (tattoo artist)

10 Household best friends:
1. Carisa Herrington
2. Oscar Alphender
3. Jody Nunez
4. Woodrow McGowan
5. Torrance Ridley
6. Belinda Arnold
7. Aaron Koch
8. Rainer Kowling
9. Locke Hanna
10. Stephan Andrews

Fully upgraded property: River Front Swim Club
Fully upgraded building: EverFresh Delights Supermarket

Large tombstone: Venus Andrews

Collection: Gems, total value §437,322



Vacation days used: 2

[Malley]

I loved the fact that she proposed to the man in the hot dog suit. Now that is true love!

[Lisa46]

Verity was pretty much the cutest toddler ever!

[Alex]

I loved the fact that she proposed to the man in the hot dog suit. Now that is true love!

Ah, but Verity writes the occasional romance novel, and can see beyond the ketchup-coated exterior to his inner beauty 

Verity was pretty much the cutest toddler ever!

She says thanks

[PeregrineTook]

Sorry, I arrived late to this party.  Really enjoying your decadynasty.  I'd tried one with Beau (giving a backdrop that his wife dumped him for the handsome fellow across the street) and he re-married and failed the dynasty by having his heir miss honor roll in elementary school.  Yep.  Pretty embarrassing amount of failure there.
Anyway, I like how you give us nice glimpses of the characters in these short bursts.  I'm trying to get better at having more time covered in each post rather than cramming in too many details, which I have a tendency to do.  I hadn't considered the martial arts and acrobatics combo.  Clever idea there.
Anyway, I'm glad I got here before it was over.  Looking forward to seeing where it goes next  :=)

[Nettlejuice]

Someone sure likes costumes 

[Alex]

failed the dynasty by having his heir miss honor roll in elementary school.

Surely that's the heir's fault rather than Beau's? (Or was he meant to be the tutor?)

Oh, and welcome to the party!   

Someone sure likes costumes 

Better a hot dog costume than the patient gown...

[Alex]

Hot Dog Guy is actually called Locke Hanna (well, Locke Andrews now). He’s a young adult who wants to swim in cash. He lives at 50 Long Island Drive (Meadow Carpenter-Rhodes’ old place) with his big brother Markus, and his dad Roland.



Roland had the horrible Klepto LTW, bad traits, and about 1 day left to live, so he got kicked out. Markus has nice traits and Living in the Lap of Luxury, so he got to stay.

This is partly a picture of them producing an heir, but also serves as a warning about the interior decorating that will follow in this chapter. I’ve left all the houses as they were, but this one was especially, um, delightful.



See?



This is Valentina. Verity’s weird sticky eyes appear to be genetic.



She’s basically a clone of Verity:



She had a happy toddlerhood, occasionally let down by a glitchy potty.



When they weren’t training a toddler, Verity wrote, and Locke and Markus took up sculpting.



(I built them a basement with a nursery, extra bedrooms, and a hobbies room in it: I couldn’t fit them in the original house, and I didn’t like to delete any of the plants). Locke didn’t like the stairs and preferred to levitate through the ceiling )



There was a fire. Verity was not impressed.



Valentina aged up to child. Verity and Locke immediately missed potty training (or something) and decided they wanted another kid.



This is Viva. Venus’ hair lives on



And this is their next child, Verona.





Verity aged up to elder, but she and Locke wanted one more kid, so Locke made a quick call to the adoption agency. This is Venetia, who is two days older than Viva (I’m not sure whether that makes her child number two or four). Although she’s not biologically related, she’s the only one of their kids that looks much like Locke.



With four kids in the house, there were a lot of pranks, which poor Verity seemed to get the brunt of.



Sometimes it all got a bit stressful.



So it was probably a relief when one of them became a young adult and started endlessly sculpting.





The other three kids, who were basically happiness points for their parents in Sim form, got to do as they liked. I rolled for most of their traits, and let them fulfil wishes as they got them.

Venetia is a keen angler and prankster extraordinaire. (She’s also neat and family oriented, and therefore spends huge amounts of time doing the laundry.)



Viva is artistic, and mostly paints. Verona is an aspiring singer, and her doll is her biggest fan.



They also spend a lot of time dressing up, having inherited Locke’s love of costumes.



And all three of them like Gnubb best of all.

[Alex]

In sadder news, Verity was reunited with her old Rock Paper Scissors foe.



And Valentina met somebody.

Since childhood, she had dreamed of meeting a tall, dark, handsome stranger and falling hopelessly in love.



Instead, she was introduced to the only male homeowner in Riverview.







Anxious to be free to marry her beloved, Valentina supermaxed sculpting, and then churned out endless topiaries until she maxed her career.



She finally completed her moving requirements with two days to go until her birthday. She had a lot of help from her sisters: between Verona’s school friends, Viva and Venetia’s colleagues, and flirty Venetia running around town chatting up NPCs, Valentina didn’t have to do any friend-making of her own.

While I was waiting around for her birthday, Grim came for Markus.



Valentina finally aged up.



And she got her hopelessly romantic wedding - although the groom did appear to have cut himself quite severely while shaving.





Dr Viva quickly bandaged up Mario’s neck for him, and then he and Valentina drove off to their new home.




House 8

Parents: Verity Andrews and Locke Hanna
Address: 50 Long Island Drive

Heir: Valentina Andrews
Traits: Easily impressed, Excitable, Ambitious, Hopeless romantic, Savvy sculptor
LTW: Swimming in Cash
Maxed career: Sculptor
Supermaxed skill: Sculpting



Both parents living together at time of birth.
Heir on the honour roll at both elementary and high school.

10 Opportunities completed by heir:
1. Outside Reading (high school)
2. Captain Bandsaw (shop club)
3. After School Reward Ceremony (high school)
4. Help the School (sculpting)
5. Sims on Ice (sculpting)
6. Larger than Necessary Doorstop (sculpting)
7. An Old Ruse (sculpting)
8. Personal Sculpting (sculpting)
9. Oh Scrap! (sculpting)
10. Sculpt a Suspect (sculpting)

10 NPC friends:
1. Tate Sisk (babysitter)
2. Celia Vaughan (maid)
3. Catrina Ricketts (university mascot)
4. Zachary Vandyke (newspaper deliverer)
5. Chelsea Wheatley (repair technician)
6. Glenda McNutt (pizza deliverer)
7. Anne Kelly (firefighter)
8. Lola Parker (elixir store consignment specialist)
9. Paula Coe (proprietor)
10. Isaac Hull (magician)

10 Household best friends:
1. Mario Frantz
2. Herman Joseph
3. Zachary Vandyke
4. Lola Parker
5. Herbert Schaeffer
6. Ariana Barrera
7. Clark Alaya
8. Maureen Knowles
9. Colleen Ferreira
10. Celia Vaughan

Fully upgraded property: Old Town Cemetery
Fully upgraded building: Hogan’s Deep Fried Diner

 Large tombstones: Verity Andrews; Markus Hanna

Collection: Lifetime happiness rewards, total value §480,000



(With thanks to Verity, who purchased 8 of the things and therefore missed out on all the normal happiness rewards.)

Vacation days used: 0

[Nettlejuice]

The interior designer for that house had interesting choices, lol. Verity and Locke certainly were busy  Oh, Valentina. I almost thought there would be a dall, dark stranger for her