This document discusses the daily activities and growth of a family with five daughters. The girls engage in typical child behaviors and bonding moments with their father and each other. Two of the daughters reach childhood and begin exploring new interests and abilities.
1. Hello! Time for another one of these I reckon.
(And writing means I can avoid the football..)
Last time, whenever that was, we said goodbye to the spouse of the Founding
Gen, Shea Nightmare, who left behind a rather distraught Gen One heir âOrrible.
Luckily for âOrrible heâs got five baby girls, and that makes him very happy indeed
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Shall we?
2. âMmm.. I gotta say Liz, I think Magic Tubs are almost as good as Magic Beds..â
âI think thatâs a fair assumption.â
âBut.. Iâve hardly got to see the girls all morning!â
âTheyâll be fine.â
âAre you sure? I donât want to leave them all alone and missing Daddy Kisses. But
then again, there are always Liz kisses too..â
3. In fact, the girls are getting along quite fine indeed.
âBottle nummy Ruth! Ruth bottle nummy too?â happy squeaked Riot to her twin on
the nursery floor.
âBottle.. Adequate. And name not Ruth!â
âSowwy Ruthless..â
âSâbetter. Look at stupid big sisters!â she laughed, and nodded towards the play
table.
4. âOh Leechey honey, I donât think thatâs quite right..â sighed Parasite, âOrribleâs alien
daughter.
âWhy not? Thereâs no restriction about what I can and canât get creative with!â
âBut.. Leftover cheese bits you found in the grill? I admire your creativity, but..
Couldnât you perhaps paint with something else, hmm?â
âHey â youâre right! I bet thereâs some crumbs in the toaster!â cried the Bad Apple
in delight, and sped off towards the kitchen.
Shaking her head in a loving manner, Paris quickly followed her to make sure her
sister didnât electrocute herself.
5. âLook Ruthless, look! Table is all free! Come draw, come draw!â
The reply came in the form of a rather stony glare from her twin.
âBlocks..?â
..was met with a narrowing of the eyebrows.
âOkay. I agree. Table bad.â
Riot nodded in defeat and started to make her way back across the nursery.
6. âRI-RI!â
..but she never made it that far, as âOrrible bounded downstairs, unable to stay
away from his girls any longer.
âDADDY! Daddy kisses?â
âOf course, Iâve been saving a special one for you too!â
Ruthless just threw her bottle over her shoulder, and very quietly commented on
how kisses were boring.
7. Once satisfied that Leech was going to be quite safe rummaging around the
Nightmare kitchen, Parasite hurried out into the garden to find her other big sister,
Louse.
Being this Generationâs Bug Nut, on weekends Louse can be found without fail
scrubbing around in the garden soil.
Seeing her hard at work, Paris just decided to cheerlead.
âCome on Louse, you catch them bugs! Donât worry what everyone walking past
says about you wrecking the landâs beautiful green shimmer â Iâll just shove carrots
up their bums, WHOOOOOO!â
âThanks Paris, but Iâm kind of busy right now, actually Iâm-
9. Sensing now was the time to leave, the little alien hastily tiptoed back inside the
house.
But that of course meant that she wasnât near any of her family members, which
was a situation in which Parasite really hated to be. So quickly she dragged Louse
away from the toaster and tried to get her to do something with her again.
For about 5 minutes, the Bad Apple was willing.
âPOW POW POW okay Iâm hungry now. And I should probably get dressed. But
more importantly, I should probably get fed.â
Parasite just shrugged. On to the next family member!
10. Yeah..
Unfortunately for Leech, Iâm still employing a backwards fridge policy until family
meal times â even thought I really do appreciate the gesture that she actually
bothered to get dress for once.
âBut I only want some Grilled Cheese! Thatâs allowed!â
I know dear, but I canât risk you going funny in the head and deciding you want
juice or something. Sorry.
11. â..then I played with the twins for a bit, then Louse felt better from her stings and
we made a treehouse, then Leech felt all tired from eating four sandwiches for
lunch so I read her a story while she napped, and then I played with the twins
again, and then Daddy and me had a magic adventure around the garden, and I
was a princess and he was a dragon even though heâs too nice to be a dragon, and
now Iâm dancing with you!â
âSounds like quite a day.â Liz smiled kindly as Parasite prattled on and on about
her days adventures.
All credit to Liz, sheâs not related to Paris and they donât recognise each other as
family â but youâd never know it, she treats her just like all the others. Well, when
sheâs able to prise them away from âOrrible.
12. And his little alien seems to be turning out quite the same! Parasite seems to
loathe doing anything by herself and zooms in on anybody just having a quiet loiter.
So before bed thereâs still time for a few more family encounters.
âSee? All better now Paris. The Bad Buzzy Monsters got me for a bit, but they
always leave in the end. Donât look so worried!â
âIâm just glad youâre okay! I was all worried when you ran away for the eighth time.â
âSâjust part of the job. Want to test them out with some red hands?â
âOoo, yes please!â
13. âYOU!
HERE!â
âAww, of course I wouldnât go to bed without saying goodnight to you as well, littlest
sister!â
âGood. You pay lots of attention, I like.â
âWeâll play peekaboo in the morning, promise!â
âAcceptable. Night.â
14. âGood sister. Listen to my plan.
Where is other good sister?
TWIN! Sâtime to see if stack of blocks by window big enough to climb up now..
Come.â
15. By the next afternoon Ruthless still hadnât managed to stage a grand escape from
the nursery, and had begrudgingly let her twin join in peekaboo with Parasite.
The plans of their youngest were of no worry to âOrrible and Liz, however.
âBut theyâre growing up this evening Liz! Pleeeeease can we have some more?
There will still be enough kisses to go around though, I promise!â
âNo âOrrible! Much as I love seeing the girls spring up like shoots of barely in a
particularly favourable season, I think we have quite enough of them. Besides,
canât I just have your kisses to myself for a while?â
âOh, I think we can manage that..â
The rest of the afternoon flew by rather quickly for the parents ï
16. But before you could say âMercutio the marrow mingles most meticulouslyâ, it was
time for the youngest two Nightmares to enter childhood.
âYou MUST wait twin! I am on potty.â
âBut Ruthless, I caaaaanât..â
âWAIT.â
âBut but but Iâm all tingly!â
âWhat are you chattering about girls? I know growing up feels strange, but donât
worry! Iâll be fine, Daddy promises. Now come on!â
17. But she couldnât hold it in any longer, and Riot shot up into kiddlington in the blink
of an eye!
âOh hey, that really wasnât too bad! Donât worry about the tingly and sparklies
Ruthless, it really is okay!
Daddy was right.â
19. ..because Iâm all BIG!
Oh, this is going to be so much more useful.
But this dress isnât, and Iâm hungry.
TWIN â COME!â
And so the new child Ruthless strode past her rather bemused twin and hurried off
to first the wardrobe and then the kitchen.
20. Helping herself to a handily placed grilled cheese, Ruthless plonked herself down
at the table and began to chomp purposefully.
âBut Ruuuuuthless, Daddy wants us out in the garden!â
Riot dithered uselessly at the end of the table, anxious that âOrrible was calling to
the both of them.
âAnd Iâm not hungry!â
âWell I am. And everyone else can wait. If I want a sandwich, Iâm going to have a
sandwich. Got it?â
â..Yes Ruthless.â
21. When, and only when, Ruthless finished her snack did all five girls finally assemble
in the garden for âOrribleâs family photo.
So nowâs a s good a time as any for a quick recap, because five girls can be a little
confusing Iâll agree.
Back left and centre are oldest twins; Leech (Bad Apple) and Louse (Bug Nut).
Back right is the middle daughter and Base Game bonus alien; Parasite
And at the front the third pregnancy gave us youngest twins; Riot and Ruthless
Got it?
Good.
22. And just proof that âOrrible did indeed take a picture of all five of his Princesses and
popped it up in the kitchen â thus fulfilling the picture part of Generation Twoâs
family scrapbook.
23. âWHY the monkeyâs butt didnât you wait for me to grow up, twin?â
âI couldnât help it Ruthless! It just sort of happened.. And I was born first!â
âSO?! Since when did birth order mean anything?â
âEr..â
âExactly. Iâm the youngest, but clearly vastly superior to every single person in this
house! So donât go trying to beat me at anything again.â
âIâm really sorry Ruthless! I really am, it wonât happen again â I promise!â
24. âGood. Because you are my twin, and I shall need you.â
âReally?!â
âOf course. Everyone needs a good lackey.â
âBut-â
âExactly. Being little may have been a pain, but through everyoneâs lip flapping Iâve
already heard a great deal about this place, Riverblossom. And it sounds pointless.
Totally pointless.â
âSo.. What do we do?â
âWell itâll be gotten rid of eventually â but right now I just think we should focus on
making sure this family knows whoâs in charge.â
âAnd thatâs you, right?â
âWell done twin.â
25. â..But I really canât ignore that song that Dadâs been playing in the background, itâs
just too catchy!
Dance with me, twin.â
âOh goody! Whatever you say Ruthless!â
26. âHey guys?â
âHm, what is this? Someone is interrupting me!â
âPfft, no one interrupts us!â
âSilence, twin.â
âYeah..â Parasite leaned over the table. âI know youâre really excited about growing
up and everything, but I kinda really need to get my homework done before
bedtime, so would you mind taking it somewhere else?â
âI.. Fine. You play well, big sister.
COME TWIN! It is time to retire to bed.â
27. But interrupting little sisters or not, Parasite's work proved to have paid off when
she returned from school the following afternoon with a big smile on her face.
âLook Daddy, look! My story about the box that lived on the beach got at A+!
AN A+ DADDY!â
âOh Paris, thatâs fantastic! Well that deserves a special treat, I think. What would
you like?â
âCan we play tiddlywinks?â
âOf course! Just let me finish painting this picture of your Mother, then weâll flick as
many little bits of plastic around the room as youâd like.â
âItâs okay. I can wait.â
And the alien promptly sat on the spot and recounted her day at Big School with
Louse and Leech until âOrrible was done.
28. The good vibes in the Nightmare house continued right through the week, despite
Ruthless and Riot trying to unsuccessfully set the Tramp on Leech one evening.
After popping the bird back in his cage, the oldest Nightmare Princess felt herself
starting to tingle.
âOoo, Daddy! Daddy, I think itâs time! ..Is there time for a quick grilled cheese for
sustenance?â
âIâm afraid not Leechey â but remember, just spin and twirl and youâll be fine. And
then youâll be big enough to grill your own cheese.â
âOkay Daddy, that is so worth it then!â
29. âSo.. Where do we keep the frying pans?â
As Leech here is the Bad Apple, I still canât tell you anything other than she rolled
Fortune. The pop up informed me that she grew up Gold, so I think itâs fair to say
that childhood has treated our little Bad Apple rather well!
Oh, I do know that her hobby is Cuisine actually as I had a pop up â not that itâs
surprising really ï
30. âI really canât see any Crumple-horned Snorkacks under the bed, Riot..â
âAre you sure? Ruthless was sure that there was a herd in here this morning. Canât
you have one more look.â
ââFraid not Riot, I can already feel the tingles..â
âFine, Iâd better go and tell Ruthless then.. Oh, sheâll be so disappointed!â
31. âThere you are Lousey! Isnât this brilliant?â
âWell so far I havenât seen a downside! But then it has only been 40 seconds since
I grew up.. Though actually, this outfit is a bit of a downside. You happy with yours
Leechey?â
âYeah, I mean, clothes arenât really very import are they? Just there to catch falling
crumbs. Though actually, Iâm quite fond of my little cheese stripe on my shorts â
what do you think?â
âVery nice. But good, Iâm glad youâre happy. But Iâm not, so let me go change and
Iâll be back in a sec.â
32. âNow this is much more fitting!â
Louse also grew up Gold, quite good surprising that Bug Hunting isnât always great
for oneâs self esteem and aspiration. Sheâs also rolled Fortune, so for a quick
recap:
Louse Nightmare
Capricorn â 7 3 1 7 8
Fortune â Become Hand of Poseidon
Hobby â Film and Literature
33. âI thought it would be nice if we matched.â
âOh, it really is â thanks Lousey! Now, shall I go and make us all some nice grilled
cheese for dinner?â
âSounds great. But hang on, Iâm got to influence you to do it to make sure you get it
right.â
âK!â
34. âOh Liz! I do love a good birthday, and itâs so lovely to see our girls growing up so
well! Do you think, that maybe..?â
ââOrrible Nightmare, you are the worst Romance Sim Iâve ever met!â
â..I know.â
âBut I think youâre probably the best Father the girls could ever ask for.â
âAww, I love you Liz.. Magic Bed time?â
35. âHey! You got all big!â
When morning rolled around, not everyone was as thrilled to see the oldest twins
all grown up.
âDid Ruthless give you permission to get bigger?â
âPermission? What are you talking about Riot, no one needs permission to grow
up! Has Ruth been filling your head with nonsense again? You donât always have to
listen to what she says, you know.â
âYes. I mean NO! She hasnât, and yes I do â sheâs always right. And er, now Iâm
confused so um, Iâm going back to bed!â
36. âYou did the right thing, coming to me twin.â
âShe was confusing me..â
âThere there. You donât need to listen to aaaaaanybody else, because you have
me, okay?â
âOkay!â
âNow go and get my slippers.â
âOkay Ruthless!â
37. âDeary me little fellow.. Has Blight been kicking you over again? Tut tut..
But there you go! All nice and upright. Now, do try and stay upright because today
is a special day for all my girls!â
38. âHuh? Special day?
What do you mean special day?â asked Louse, suddenly distracted from her
collecting. (Alas she had yet again caught nothing.)
âYouâll see.â âOrrible smiled back. âBut probably best you head inside for a bit
Lousey, our guest probably wonât approve of extra holes in our lawn.â
39. âMorning Sir! I want to send my girls to Riverblossom Roots & Herbs Academy
please!â
âOh my holy artichokes.. Itâs you isnât it? That little Nightmare boy! Yes, I remember
you, you and your whole family.â
âEr.. And wasnât it such a pleasant visit last time?â
âNo it was NOT!â
âOh, but.. Things have changed quite a lot around here you know! My wife and I
are actually all for gardening and nature and crops and things â and so are the
girls! Er, probably.â
âI refuse to enter your sty once more, Nightmare.â
âUm..â
40. âJust take it!â
âIâm sorry?â
âFull scholarships, all five of them, just take it and leave me alone!â
âReally? Wow, thatâs so kind of you Sir. I canât thank you enough, really. Theyâll be
model students, Iâm sure of it â theyâre all so bright and beautiful, like all creatures
great and small, all so wise and wonderful, and say! Would you like to come in for a
cup of tea?â
âI am afarid not. I have a hairdresserâs appointment.â
âOkay, no worries. Youâre welcome back any time though â and thank you again!â
41. And so the next morning, five little Nightmares donned their new school uniforms
and headed to the Riverblossom Roots & Herbs Academy, all thanks to Mr. Emo
Headmasterâs terror.
42. âOho, thisâll be good..
Itâll be only too easy to find some pleasantly malleable minds in this barn-hole.
Look out Riverblossom, here I come..â
43. âRuth!â Louse called after her sister.
âRUTHLESS!â came the reply.
âSorry, but Ruthless! Please donât scare all your class on the first day â weâre really
lucky to get these scholarships!â
âOh, donât I know it..â the girl chucked, as she skipped onto the bus.
âIâm going to have to watch her arenât?â Louse sighed, and spotting Ruthless
waving a rusty fork rather near a poor terrified Riverblossomer â ran onto the bus
and away to school.
44. While the children of Riverblossom were meeting the Nightmare Princesses, Liz
was at home maxing out her Nature enthusiasm for me.
ââLeftover party hats and streamers make excellent fertiliser, or failing that attract a
large number of minibeats suitable for preparations in many excellent dishes â
most notably Many-Legs Lasagne..â
Whoâs written this?! Thatâs the last time I read a blog from someone in
Strangetown..â
45. Shrewtastic cooking tips aside, ta dah!
Both âOrrible and Liz have maxed their pre-destined hobby enthusiasm, so thatâs
another point for the Free Time bonuses. Whoo!
46. Ah, they have returned! Good first day then, Louse?
âYes actually! Leech and I were separated for the others all day so I donât know
how they got on, but yeah..
I made a really nice friend!â
47. âLousey, sweetie, would you mind telling your friend not to swing on the fridge so? I
think your sister would be very upset if he broke it..
And itâs kind of distracting!â
48. âHeâs right Colin. Leech would be really upset if you broke the fridge.â
âSorry Louse. But you said you wanted to get all your homework done before we
hung out, and you just looked to concentrated I didnât want to disturbed you.â
âSo that leads to the fridge.. How?â
âUm. It looked fun! And um. Well I didnât want to go too far away from you!â
49. âReally? That is such a sweet thing to say Colin!â
The teenaged boy just giggled and stared at the floor.
âYou know what?â Louse went on, âwhy donât you bring your homework over next
time too, and we can do it together so then itâll go faster and we can hang out at
the same time!â
â..Next time?â
âSure, why not? I mean itâs been so.. nice, so find someone like you on my first
day.â
50. âOh dear â at least you didnât bring any boys home from school on your first day, eh
Ruthie?â
She decided to let that one slide. It had been a good day.
âNo WAY Dad, I had way more important stuff to do today than hang out with boys
called Colin..â
âGlad to hear it.â
âHow comes you arenât tearing his head off, Dad?â
âOh, Iâm watching him. But luckily I think your sister is far more interested in
keeping up with her scholarship grades than anything else at the moment. But the
second that changes..â
âYou break out with the BBQ kit?â
âSomething like that.â
51. ââOrrible sweetie, I was thinking perhaps we could ask Louseâs little friend to stay
for dinner. Iâm just so happy that the girls are integrating so nicely into the
Riverblossom community so fast!â
âOoh, yes! Thatâs a good idea. I donât think the headmaster was entirely convinced
that I didnât want to lay waste to the wheat-fields like Mum. Iâm not quite sure if we
enough cheese left to go around though, maybe we should try something else..â
52. âBAD IDEA DAD!
Bad idea. Do you even know what youâre saying? I donât think itâs fair that the rest
of us should have to suffer just because Louse has a study-buddy.
Hey Louse! That boy has to leave. Like, NOW!
HEâS CAUSING DIRE PROBLEMS.â
53. Later that evening, after Colin had left and Leech had stopped hyperventilating at
the very thought of the possibility she might have had to maybe eat something
other than grilled cheese â Shea dropped by for a visit.
âEvening you two!â
âHey Dad â howâs Mum doing?â
âOh, alright I suppose.. Sheâs enjoying having a whole afterlife of people to shout at
â but sadly theyâre all from around here. I donât think a Riverblossom eternity is
quite what she was after.. Oh, she sent me to scare someone for fun to she could
laugh at them, whoâs about?â
54. Remembering what âOrrible had been like as a teenager, Shea drifted over to the
garden. And sure enough, Louse was to be found doing a bit of last minute bug
collecting before bed.
âIâM A GIANT BEETLE, BOOOOOOO!!â
âGranddad, that wasnât very nice you know.. As if this isnât motive draining enough!â
âEr, I know. Sorry dear. Do try and sleep well now, wonât you?â
55. âzzzzz.... Eat the tractor... Twin, eat the tractor... Snore...zzzâ
âYouâre a very strange one, arenât you?â Leech said fondly, as she tucked the last
members of the family into bed.
â....sheep knuckles....â
âYes Ruth. Exactly.â
56. Parasite was up early the next day, eager to cram as much childhood bonding as
she could into her birthday.
âSo â fishing huh? Iâve never tried before, pretty cool of Dad to think of building this
pond wasnât it? Iâm hoping to find one of those golden trouts! What about you, what
are you hoping to find?â
She turned to her companion expectantly.
57. âRuthless?â
â..
Juuuuust keep talking, will you? Iâm sure thatâll make all the fish come riiiight over
to us.
Not scare them at all!â
âOkay, you do have a point. But I just thought itâd be nice to have a chat about
things while we were both-
58. - HEY!
I GOT ONE! Guess you were right after all, Ruthless.â
â..Youâre lucky I like you.â
After that, the two spend a rather amicable day by the pond, with other members of
the family coming, and then promptly leaving again when Ruthless started trying to
aim her hook for their eyes.
59. âTry not to be as awful as those other two when you grow up, wonât you?â she
sighed as it was finally time for Parasite to join the older twins in teenland.
âWhat? But Leech and Louse are great!â she said quickly before the sparklies took
hold.
âMy respect for you just dropped 20 points.â Ruthless sighed, and wandered away.
60. But the respect of Ruthless notwithstanding, Parasite grew up just as well as her
sisters.
Eee, pretty alien is pretty!
61. After a swift change of clothes, she then partook in the now almost birthday-
tradition of a grilled cheese on transit.
âUrgh, suddenly growing two feet makes you kind of hungry, ya know..â
Fair point.
Parasite Nightmare
Gemini â 7 10 10 3 5
Popularity â Become The Law
Hobby - Fitness
62. Thrilled with her new Popularity status, Parasite hurried under the fading light to the
market and hastily returned with a pocket stuffed full of cell phones.
âPhones4U!â
âAwesome, thanks Paris. Itâll be way handier to just tell people Iâm too busy to chat
out here, rather than traipsing all the way inside.â
âStill bug hunting?â
âStill bug hunting.â
63. âAnd you as well, Leech.â
âReally? But nobodyâs even ever called me before?â
âSo what!â Parasite smiled. âNow you get to call them!â
And upon the presentation of cell phones I shall stop for now. Some more points
grabbed and the Nightmare Princesses well on their way â not bad for an
afternoon! ..Now I should probably go to work.