I achieved the “impossible”

Gerard Langerak’s wife, Elizabeth (nee Lillard) had given birth to twins – a boy and girl named Michelle and Robert.  They weren’t the prettiest kids around – in fact Robert was damned ugly.  I decided at one point that I didn’t want them and neglected them, knowing they’d be picked up by the social worker.  But that didn’t stop me trying to kill them off by drowning or burning (I mean, who wants to adopt an ugly kid?). 

I was playing around with boolprop testingcheats enabled and discovered that a vampire could be made with a click of a button.  I made Elizabeth turn Robert into a vampire – no outward changes except perhaps a bit of smoking in the sun outside.  The social worker came anyway and took them away.  Just out of spite I turned her into a vampire as well.  Her skin went grey but that was it.

Later I felt sorry for the weeping couple.  They’d have to try for another baby.  Then I thought I may as well get the toddlers back and got Gerard’s brother, Jacques, to adopt them.

Michelle was the first baby delivered (by the vampire social worker and the sun didn’t affect her dammit) and Brianna dropped her off at Gerard’s house then went home again.  Michelle actually looks a bit like her grandmother, Monique, anyway.

The next day it was Robert’s turn.

He was still smoking.  I’d actually forgotten that I’d turned one of the kids into a vampire.  He had special powers, it seemed.

The social worker seems under his spell.

I thought I’d got a close enough shots in these pics but alas no, sorry, so you can’t see how ugly he is (eyes too close together and weird cheeks).

Little Robert’s stats were going down fast in the sun, so Brianna went off to bring him some milk and he went wandering.

The social worker returned to the car and headed off.  Robert, meanwhile…

was starving

The social worker was alerted and her car arrived.  Oh well, I thought.  It was worth the attempt.

But both the social worker and Brianna were too late to save him.

He became a pile of ashes.

Wow, I actually killed off a Sim toddler!

Brianna then swept up the ashes, put them in the rubbish and continued on with her life.

If I’d thought about it, I would have taken video, but I didn’t because I never do take videos.  Damn.  It’s an experiment worth repeating.

Finally, in this batch of updates…

Spliff Champignon, rather unattractive son of Reefer, headed off to Academie le Tour.

Almost immediately he met, and fell in love with, Georgia Newson, “twin” of Garrett.  So quick was the relationship developing that Spliff proposed to her on the same day.

Hmm – from Spliff’s expression, it doesn’t look too hopeful.

Shock from Georgia…

and rejection.

Eventually, Georgia herself proposed

which Spliff, of course, accepted.

Glitch?

I was in the Tan household (Romania and family) when I suddenly spotted all these “visitors” in the front room…

They were gardeners!  Why on earth were there four of them and why were they all making themselves at home instead of gardening???  Bizarre!

Brett Langerak

Brett, you may remember, is the twin brother of Briony, who are siblings of Caitlyn (now deceased) and Brianna.

Brett, unfortunately, has the Langerak features – big nose and lips.

He lived in an apartment by himself after dropping out of uni. Briony is working towards becoming an evil witch.

While at the apartment, Brett met Antoinette. Antoinette has two adopted children – Grant, and Edwin Sharpe’s daughter, Edwina. Edwin and his wife (granddaughter of Daniel Collie) were killed off by the Sim god some time ago.

Their relationship bloomed and Brett proposed.

Antoinette lived in the house previously occupied by Ben Collie and family (see old blog).  Brett moved in with her.

They had a small wedding (forgot the guest cheat again) with Antoinette inviting her brother, Antoine, and Yves Champignon.

Yves looked on with Grant and the nanny.

but Antoine was busy inside the house…

Antoinette is now pregnant with her very own child.

What’s happening with the vampires?

Well, not a lot for the actual vampires in the DeMarr family.  Their kids are breeding but no DeMarr grandson for Damien yet.  Serena seems rather bored with life – she cries a lot.  Actually the silly cow wants a daytime job and she can’t have one as a vampire unless she wants to melt away in the sun.  Her time will come.  Their oldest child, Lithia, is now an elder.

Luka and wife, Ginger Newson, had a baby girl which was named Erike.  She grew into a cute toddler.  [Can I just say at this point that toddlers in Sims 3 are anything but cute.]

Erike and her vampire granny

 

Damien teaching his granddaughter.

Ginger is pregnant again.

Damien thought he was doing people a favour by bringing Hollandia back from the dead (after all everyone was shocked by her fiery end and missed her).  But he was a bit mean with the dosh and this is what he got:

The zombie will make an acceptable babysitter.

Youngest daughter, Amphyra, is not having much luck on the boyfriend front.  After her husband, Gavin Newson, died, she moved into an apartment and had set her eyes on Gavin’s little brother, Garrett, who was way better looking.  He was still attending university when she popped the question.

Garrett accepted, but for some reason, students at uni don’t want to move in (the option doesn’t appear lately).

So over to Academie le Tour and, oh dear, he’s already in a relationship with Arianne Champignon.  Oops, I’d forgotten (unless it happened behind my back).

In the meantime, Amphyra moved out of the apartment and into Helen and Daniel Collie’s old house.  Her headstone was still there so that was moved away pretty quickly.  Gerard Langerak visited her there and there’s attraction there as well…

Amphyra visited Garrett at the uni one day but Arianne spotted them kissing and got very angry with Garrett.  She wouldn’t talk to him for days.

Garrett dropped out of uni and moved in with Amphyra (so they could break off the engagement).  Arianne also dropped out and visited Garrett.  Then the sparks (or fists) flew.

Garrett moved out and into the house left vacant by the lesbians’ death.  Arianne had already moved in there.  It took some time before Arianne would shower kisses on Garrett.

Finally she was ready to accept a proposal.  Arianne and Garrett are now engaged.

Amphyra is pregnant.

Fear and panic

spread through Veronaville as numerous Sims died mysteriously.

Yes, the Sim god got rid of some boring Sims in one foul swoop creating terror amongst the families.  The list of dead include the following:

Mairead Wolosenko (nee Danaher) and her husband Gordon starved to death, and by some freak mischance, their daughter Oksana became a vampire and died in the sun.

Jasmine Cameron and her lesbian partner.  Their adopted daughter, Brook, was taken away by the social worker.

Jean, Caitlyn and Marc Langerak.  The parents were attacked by flies and the boy drowned in the family pool.

Angel Heineken, ex-wife of Artois, died a little earlier than she would have, aged 72.

Sativa Champignon and her mother, Gwen, died suddenly at home.

The headstones of the deaths in apartments were sent to a restaurant, for some bizarre reason.

The Sim god nearly did away with Jacques and Brianna Langerak but their daughter, Annette, was cute, so they were permitted to survive for her sake.

The nose is evident though.  Here she is with Alexis’ neglected son, Lex.

A future romance, perhaps?

So,  now some of the superfluous Sims are done away with, the Sims god will continue with the rest of them (until the next cull…)

Tragedy strikes

Hollandia noticed that the garden was getting too overgrown and hired a gardener.  Too late though, for a storm hit and lightning struck trees in the corner of the propery and spread rapidly through the weeds.  Hollandia, like a fool, ran towards the fire.

Naturally she got too close and caught fire herself.  I tried to get her to run to the phone before she did so.

Toddler, Mac, came out to cry for his mother.

Luckily he went inside again before Hollandia got too close.  But she didn’t make it.

She perished while the fire kept burning.

The gardener also caught fire.

In the meantime the clock had struck three and the twin girls had returned home.  Bex immediately ran out the back…

and straight into the fire.

Reefer watched in horror as she burned.

Tui and Mac were in danger of being taken away by the social worker as Aiden hadn’t got home from work yet. 

Luck held out though, perhaps because of the other adults around.  Aiden got home and immediately called the fire brigade.  Tui had wisely stayed inside the house.

Once the fire was put out, realisation hit Aiden.

Aiden was devastated.  He was now a widower with two children remaining.

I got Hollandia’s half-sister, Stella, to move in with her thousands to help out financially and with the kids.

Dangerous liaisons?

Celeste rather fancied her brother/father-in-law.

They shared a fair bit of time together, playing pool and other games.

Celeste often looked after Olivier before she got pregnant and then Olivier grew up anyway.

But Artois and Celeste still shared time together.

I think it will be Celeste who makes the first move.  But then, she may not like men with grey hair.  Artois just grew to an elder.

He doesn’t look too bad.

Isobel and Akanami, meanwhile, just watched movies in the home theatre.

Miscellaneous Champignon/Langerak stuff

Very briefly:

MaryJane grew to school age.

Jean had a visit from a genie.

Jean’s dad started seeing other women again – at the ripe old age of 79.

Yves finally got his makeover disaster sorted and got married.

Yves waits for the bride

Tying the knot

 At Antoinette’s, clever Grant escaped his cot.

Smart cookie.

Antoinette adopted another toddler – Edwina – the daughter of Edwin Sharpe and Shona Collie who tragically died of starvation in their Bluewater Village apartment.

Grant checks out his new sister

Grant grew up about a day later.

At Antoine’s the family crypt was emptied out and the ghosts sent to Bluewater cemetery.

Danaher/DeMarr update

Ebony gave birth to a second daughter – Fiona.

She’s pregnant again with number 3.

Seamus tried his hand at fixing the dishwasher.

All  he managed to do was set fire to the kitchen.

Ebony called a repair man.

Ebony’s dad, Damien, seemed to have been affected by Marla’s death.  He went crazy over something and that was the only thing that had changed since my last visit.

The pregnant sisters-in-law had a natter.

Ginger had the baby not long after – a girl she called Erike.

Damien’s granddaughter, Gypsy, grew to teenhood.

And his grandson, Andrejz, also grew to teenhood.