And the Winner is......

The poll has officially closed a few hours ago and I am proud to announce that we have a winner!

This is Emma, your heir for the third generation of my Legacy! 

To remind you, these are her traits:

• Good
• Animal Lover
• Loves the Outdoors 

Her Lifetime Wish is to have two of every animal species, including the small ones, like snakes, turtles and mice.

There will be one final chapter for Brianna, then I will probably do an animals-only-chapter for those of you who don't have the Pets Expansion and then Emma will take over! She is really happy about how the vote turned out.

Generation 2: Chapter 8. New acquaintances

B: I can’t believe my husband is gone. I have waited for him forever and now he’s gone! How can I go on living?
A: Well, technically you haven’t waited for him your entire life – you were officially dating, yes. But you didn’t see each other for ages! And you weren’t thinking about him at all. I can see what you’re thinking, you know…

B: Who asked you?! I waited for him. Secretly I waited for him.

A: If you say so…

Coping with the loss was hard for everybody. And although Daisy never had been given the chance to bond with her father, it had been her father and she had loved him. And now that he was gone, there was a hole in her chest that couldn’t be filled with her aunt and her sister (as her mother continued to ignore her more or less). And their puppy Lina was cute, too, but she was a family dog, which means she was being cuddled by all family members. That didn’t leave her much time to care about Daisy.

Finally it was Lina’s birthday! Not only was this a relief for the entire family because you had to fear you would accidentally step on her, she had been sick of being so small, too. Not that she was really tall now. But she was still cute! (If not even cuter)

There was so much stuff you could do when you were grown-up! You could jump on people’s beds and make yourself comfortable there. And the best thing about it: they didn’t even get mad because you looked so darn cute!

Or you could go swim in the pool. You didn’t even have to worry about not being able to climb out of it afterwards, because your legs now were longer than just two inches.

B: Come here, honey! Come to mommy! Well done!

A: Brianna – are you… are you… are you interacting with your CHILD? I can’t believe it!

B: What do you mean? It’s my daughter and I love her! Of course I take care of her!

A: Do you want to see a collection of the pictures where you have been doing something with her? Let me get that, it should only take me a second because you NEVER did that!

B: Did too.

A: If you say so…

Cella couldn’t stand the sad atmosphere in the house and decided to get out of it. One day after work she wouldn’t head straight home, but went over to the local diner to eat there. This way she could even meet new people. Or dogs, like this one. It was so big and fluffy that it made her think about getting another dog. Only one was not enough for their family and if they adopted them they usually wouldn’t cost any money. Why not?!

Everybody was so wrapped up in their own thoughts and actions that they even missed out on Daisy’s birthday! So she had to celebrate it on their own, in the garden, next to her first picture she had just started painting.

Wow, she aged up into a beautiful teenager who the boys in school would probably be running after.

C: So…I have been thinking. We should get another dog.

B: Whatever.

D: Really? That would be great! Can I choose it? Can I name it?

C: Sure, if you want to! Let’s go and check out some places, shall we? And afterwards we could head to the park.

D: Yes! Mom, you want to come along?

B: Whatever.

D: Sigh. We could take Lina. I haven’t taken her out for a walk for ages.

L: Wow. Huuuuuuuge animal. How’s the air up there?

Horse: What? Who is talking? *looks around* Oh sorry, didn’t see you there!  Well, it’s…the same like down there, I guess.

L: I know. That was metaphorically speaking.

H: Thought so. So how do you like this town? Haven’t been around long, have you?
L: Nope, just a few weeks. I think it’s cool. My family is pretty nice to me.

H: What’s a family? You mean a bunch of people living with you? That must be nice…

L: You don’t have a family? :-( Let me give you a hug. Wait, this doesn’t work out.

H: I appreciate the offer.

L: I could rub your nose with mine, this is as close to a hug as we can get….

H: Thank you, friend.

Soon it was time for Emma’s birthday. Her days as a toddler had seemed to run buy, days in which Brianna had actually taken care of her and taught her all the basics she needed for life. It hadn’t always been easy, but they did it in time and now it was time to start a new phase in her life!

Now that she was big enough, she could finally interact with Lina without fearing of being accidentally squashed. Lina was so full of joy and happiness that she sometimes didn’t know when to stop. But now Emma was big enough to take care of herself and discover that she really loved animals. In fact,she thought the best thing that could possibly happen to her was having a house full of animals. This should be her lifetime wish.

A good start was the new dog Cella and Daisy had gotten the other day! It had taken some time to get him ready, but now Bello was prepared to enter the family. Welcome! Everybody instantly loved him.

L: Hey there. *licks snout*

B: Eww, wet! Hi. Want to be friends?
L: Sure! Hey, let’s run around the house and have fun!

B: Alright! Let’s go!

Br: Awww, You! Are! So! Cute! *kiss*

Be: um…Need! To! Breathe! Now!

The house slowly became a home for animals more than for humans. Every day when Emma got up, she thought of another species she would want to save and went out to find it. First, it was a snake. (Which only bit her once.) She named it… no, can’t remember. But she liked it a lot and spent most of her free time playing with it, although she knew it could be a dangerous animal. The days of kids being lonely in the house were apparently over.

Author's notes: Next to last chapter for Generation Two! Usually I might have put less animal-pictures in it, but as you wanted to see how Pets looks like... there you go. :) I might do an "Animals Only" chapter between the Generations. The poll will be over soon and I guess the result won't change anymore. So I'll get the heiress ready! 

(legend for the discussions: "A" stands for Amhranai, which would be me. The rest should be self-explanatory ;) )

Heir Vote!

So, here we are. The second generation is almost at its end and I need to choose an heir. And because I can't do that on my own (I love both girls), I need your help :)

Daisy Voss

Age: Teen 

LTW: ? 

Traits: - Bookworm

          - Animal Lover

          - Grumpy

          - Artist

Emma Voss

Age: Child

LTW: Ark Builder (have two of every animal, including the small ones)

Traits: - Loves the Outdoors

          - Animal Lover

          - Good

The poll is on the top right corner - thanks to CourtneyHelen for telling me how that works ;) 

So - on your marks...get ready....set...vote!

Generation 2: Part 7. Till Death do us part

It was weird, but during Brianna’s second pregnancy she and Rolando really felt what it was like to be parents and they did their best to fulfil what was expected of them. ……… Only did they switch from not-caring about their child to caring about their only BABY DOG. Guys, somehow you got the whole concept wrong…

Don’t you think you should be hugging your daughter instead? No? Well, go on then…. It surely was a good idea to get another kid. Maybe you should get another pet, too? So your new kid has some company, too? 

And it got even worse! Not only did Rolando spend his complete free time on Lina, he even hit on his sister-in-law! And Cella, usually the personification of “shyness”, responded to that. Poor Daisy who had to witness all of that. Rolando, do you have any idea what you are doing to your kid? 

 

I’m sorry, I should say KIDS. Before anyone was ready for it, Brianna surprisingly went into labour! There wasn’t even enough time to drive her to the hospital, so she just had to have her baby at home.

A beautiful daughter they named Emma.

Emma’s birth meant nothing. It’s sad to say, but still the only thing Brianna and Rolando cared about was their lives and the music they were making. Soon they were asked to perform in the pub they had played some time ago, which technically was a great thing. But not with a newborn baby at home. But there was no way even one of them would stay home, instead they called a babysitter and went out to have fun.

As soon as they got back, they went to sleep. The called babysitter (who apparently planned on going to a party herself after the job was done) tried to hand Emma to her parents, but there was not the slightest chance that they would take her. So she didn’t have a choice but stayed for a few more hours, feeding and playing with Emma, before she finally went home. This was certainly not what a happy family should look like!

Soon Emma aged up into a cute toddler. And guess who was there to witness and celebrate – that’s right, no one. Rolando took her out of her little bed, but then didn’t even bother to stay and watch his little girl grow up. So all she could do was sit in her parents’ bedroom and smile, as if everything was alright. Even though it wasn’t. Everybody else was busy with their own lives.

Which brought up another birthday! Brianna had tried to hide her getting older from the rest of the family (which for her basically consisted of her husband) for quite some time, but now it was obvious to see. She was getting old. And it was time to choose an heir to carry on the burden she had been given by her mother many moons ago.

But before she had a chance to think about it, something terrible happened. Rolando had gotten older as well. And now it was time for him to take the next step in life, which meant death.

While Brianna, Cella and Daisy were watching the terrible scene, Emma hid in her and Daisy’s room. She had heard something strange from outside that really scared her. So she went inside and closed the door until the danger was over. Little did she know that her father didn’t get a chance to see his little girl grow up any more.

Author's notes: Phew, I fixed it! After taking out all the downloads and mods, my game started working again. I am really glad about that, although everybody looks different right now ;) I will try and put the downloads back in piece by piece to find out where the problem came from exactly.

And isn't it sad that Rolando died? This is the second time that a sim died exactly on the end of his lifespan! Now he couldn't see his daughter(s) age up.. not that he would have cared much. But still. Next post probably will be heir vote!

Help needed

Hey guys,

all the time I read about other people having problems with their game, I was so happy mine was working just fine. Well, until now. For a couple of simdays my sims wouldn't get promoted or get good grades in school, because the career bar just wouldn't rise. My sims can work hard all day and still stay on the same level they started with in the morning. 

First thing I did was resetting them. Nothing changed. 

Then I used the Master Controller to "repair everything". Nothing changed.

I tried saving the game and then moving on to another family to see whether it is just my family that isn't working. It isn't. Every family has the same problem. 

When I tried to have them move out and move in again, my game got stuck. Five times. 

After that I tried to let them move from within the game (Inventory -> Phone -> Move), but before that I went into the buying mode to save some of the stuff they have bought. When I wanted to leave the buying mode, the game got stuck again. Two times. 

The last thing I did is let them move from within the game WITHOUT saving any of their stuff first.After it crashed first time it worked the second one. Then,after they had moved, I had a look at their career bar the next day. Nothing changed. So I let them move out in Edit Town Mode and moved them back in. Nothing has changed, the bar still doesn't fill up. 

I am a little desperate right now. Suggestions, anyone? I don't want my game to be ruined...especially since I don't know why the whole job-/schoolsystem isn't working anymore.

Generation 2: Part 6. Who let the dogs out?

As life at home was frustrating Brianna, she went out to meet new people.  Maybe there was a potential new best friend, waiting for her to come and start a conversation. She wasn’t really happy about the way life was going right now, although she had completed her lifetime wish! Something was missing. She couldn’t put her finger on it and say what it was, but there was some space that was waiting to be filled. So she tried to find new friends, see if that helped. Her brother’s stepdaughter, Luz Berry, was the first one who came across her way when she walked around in the park. That’s right, his stepdaughter. He and Gina Berry had married a few days ago and now they even had a child of their own who they named Tiffany. Luz was Gina’s daughter from her relationship with some one night stand who she had never seen again. Brianna got along well with her but that was all.

Soon something else caught her attention – while talking she suddenly noticed something bumping against her foot. It was small and fuzzy and when she looked down to her feet she saw a cute little cat who somehow had miscalculated her way. Brianna was fascinated. This little cat was so cute! Spontaneously she decided to continue her conversation with Luz later (who had been running off anyway) and play with the little cat. Within a few hours she felt like she had known her forever.

She even wanted to keep her, but she didn’t know what her family would say. And although it was a possibility to just put her under her arm and pretend that she was a really small bag, she put her down again. The time wasn’t right, she would have to talk to her husband about it first. All the way home she thought about having a pet. Hadn’t Daisy practically begged her to buy her an animal? This way she would be busy a great part of the day  so that she and Rolando could do their own thing, which was their favorite activity.

When she got home she talked to Rolando. He liked the idea of buying a small pet, but didn’t want a cat because he had been scratched by one when he was younger and now basically was scarred for life. But a dog was cute, too! The next day, when Daisy was in school, they went to get something small and sweet that would their daughter company. It was a hard decision, but when they reached the last cage in the animal shelter, a little puppy looked up to them with his big brown eyes. This was it. Brianna felt it. And so they took little Lina home.  She was probably the cutest thing they had ever seen!

She was a really small puppy, but the sales man had told them she would get bigger when she aged up and would reach the size of a big cat. This was good to hear, but for the moment they honestly thought about putting up a sign that said “Warning! Dog!”. So that no one would accidentally step on her.

Everything turned out the way Brianna and Rolando had hoped – Daisy was busy playing with Lina all day and night, so that there was plenty of time for the happily married couple. Both of them felt that it had been the right decision to wait this long before getting married, because this way they could both start their lives before committing to something or someone. Now that they were ready for it they spent every minute together.

Which left Daisy stuck with Cella and her new little friend Lina. Whenever Cella had a minute between work and social activities, she would go and check on her little niece to see if she was okay. Daisy loved the company, as she still was feeling lonely sometimes. The little puppy was a huge help, always cuddling and playing with her, but still she sometimes craved some attention from her own family, who was too busy to even care.

She would even slip into her mother’s bed to be close to her. Rolando didn’t say anything and just went to sleep in Daisy’s room, but he didn’t really like this arrangement. Not because he felt sorry for his only daughter, but because this way he was separated from his beautiful wife for hours.

Cella couldn’t take this much longer and she decided to talk to Brianna. But as soon as she brought the subject Daisy on, Brianna quickly said that there was nothing to talk about. Daisy was happy the way they lived now and they even bought her a pet, that was all she would do for now. Cella couldn’t really believe it, but had no chance of telling Brianna that her daughter was lonely.

That didn’t mean she wasn’t. In fact, Daisy was really lonely and her new friend Lina tried everything she could to make her look happy again. Those big eyes mostly made Daisy’s day and every time Lina ran around the house, every now and then bumping against the furniture, it made Daisy laugh. At least this was something.

In the meantime, Brianna was too busy still living her life! Her band was booked for the first time and the concert better had been a blast. Brianna, Rolando and Cellas earlier love interest, Norman, met hours before they were supposed to start playing in order to practice some more together. And although there was only one person in the pub when they played (the same one Chrissi started her career in!) their concert could be called a success. So they decided to celebrate and have some drinks! Fortunately it was happy hour, so that there drinks were way cheaper than they usually were.

After two or three drinks Brianna felt nausea hit her. Had she drunk something she shouldn’t have been? Although she had mixed the sorts of alcohol it hadn’t been enough to make her sick. This was weird.

It took some hours for her to figure it out. She was pregnant with her second child!

She was so happy that she couldn’t wait to tell all of her friends. First was Viola Hart-Bluesky who was hanging out in the dog park. And although she had some concerns because Brianna was not exactly a great mother to her first child, she wished Brianna all the best.

Talking about the first child – Daisy still spent most of her time with Cella when she wasn’t in school. One day they went swimming, the next they took Lina to the park to have some fun. Outsiders could have thought they were mother and daughter.

Brianna finally bothered to tell her daughter she was about to have a little brother or sister the next night. As expected, Daisy was both thrilled and sad. Thrilled because a new sibling meant a new potential friend and another friendly face in the house. And sad because she felt like her parents didn’t love her anymore, so that now they had to get a new kid. Which meant spending even more time with her aunt.

When they got home from their latest trip, they just had a few minutes to get out the cake they had bought on their way and light some candles. Then it was time for Cella to age up into an adult! She chose an easy hairstyle and comfortable clothes (and instantly fell in love with this shirt, just like me).

Author's notes: Another baby! This is going to be interesting, especially since Brianna still rarely cares about Daisy. I'm just glad that Lina is there to help Daisy get through the days...poor girl.

Outtakes:

 ♪♪ I believe I can fly... I believe I can touch the sky... ♪♪

Rolando is scared of the very big, intimidating creature standing in front of him!