This chapter follows the Sanderson family as they age up and pursue their careers. Katheleen has her first child while continuing her work in education. Christine achieves the top rank in the military, allowing more freedoms. Steven also starts his own family. The mobster Joey continues extorting money from the family.

1. The Sanderson Apocalypse – Chapter 3
Welcome to the third chapter of the Sanderson Apocalypse. So
far, we’re into generation three (story wise, generation 4’s last
couple of kids have just been born in game). This part of the
story jumps in before Katheleen read her grandmother’s diary and
before she talked to her mother. That last part happened way
later in the storyline. This part, told by myself, takes place from
when Christine and Katheleen were teenagers (Christine pictured
above on the left) until Katheleen and Nadia’s conversation about
the previous events..
Just so you know, I have configured the game to allow me to
have as many as 15 sims in one household. I promise not to use
this to cheat. In reality, I’m only allowing for 9-10 sims to be in
an apocalypse house so that I can bunch the college house
together or keep the spares together (spoiler).

2. “Hmph,” Steven grunted.
“What’s wrong, Uncle Steven?” Katheleen asked as she read a
cookbook her mother had written.

3. “Kat, it just isn’t fair; your mother is a romance Sim, but she got
to have a family and lift a family related career while I’m wanting
3 kids so they can one day graduate from college and had to lift a
romance related career.”
“Uncle Steven, you know that when Christy lifts military, you, her
and Uncle Clark can all move out and have children of your own,
right?”
“Yes, but I’ll be old by that time.”

4. “It doesn’t matter as long as you’re still fertile… you will be,
won’t you?”
“Kat, you are one awkward teenager…”

5. The night after Nadia Sanderson became an elder, her husband
Bruce joined her in that final stage of life. From this author’s
perspective, he honestly didn’t wind up bad looking when it came
to clothing matching his life’s ambition. Trust me; you’re going to
see worse as the story continues.

6. After getting my last chance to control the old guy so he could
retire (your lift was USEFUL, Steven), Nadia and Bruce began to
enjoy the retired life together where they could do whatever they
wanted without me worrying about another pregnancy.
Now as a note, if you’re wondering why I’m not being all plotty
with the story, right now none of my sims can hear me because
only the current reigning heir who is a non-elder has that ability
to an extra restriction I placed on Pet Service. Once that’s
unlocked, communication between myself and my sims can be
rebuilt. Don’t ask me why, when I thought of this I just played off
of the “can’t control elders” bit to fit the entire family.

7. “Hey, Christy,” Katheleen whispered to her older sister, “we’re
still going by the plan, right?”
“You mean me rebuilding the military and you rebuilding
education?”
“Yeah.”
“Of course.”

8. “Well, you may want to work on achieving your dream pretty
soon; Uncle Steven really wants to have kids and isn’t too sure
he can pull it off as an elder.”
“No promises, sis.”

9. Like most birthdays during a challenge, Christine’s came the
night after her father’s. This also means that this chapter will
have lots of birthdays, so just scan through them as quickly as
you can without reading the text; you won’t miss anything that’s
important.

10. Christine, surprisingly, grew up into something suitable for her
character: a sweater and jeans. Perfect for somebody in an
apocalypse where music hasn’t been lifted yet.

11. I’ve been reading ladylarkrune’s old apocalypse and picked up on
that newspaper tip of hers. It was the easiest way to get Christy
into military since all I had to do was get a character to check
the paper once a day for the job and shove it into their inventory.
Yay for loopholes!

12. Due to some time to kill, Christine began working out more so
she could have ten body skill points as soon as possible for her
career.

13. “Have you topped military, yet?” Steven asked grumpily.
“No, Uncle Steven; I just started working on it.”
“Well hurry up; I only have 10 or so years left before senility.”

14. Christine rose through the ranks of the military shortly after
joining due to her plethora of skills that allowed her to get easy
promotions. And the fact that her wants mainly involve
becoming BFFs with her family members. Thank goodness for
popularity sims.

15. “Hey mom,” Katheleen began speaking to her mother over a
game of chess, “do you ever get the feeling that someone is
watching us?”
Nadia froze with a pawn in her hand, “No. Never, and if you think
that there’s some sort of ‘creator’ out there then you’re crazy.”

16. “Jeez, mom, I was just asking.”
“Well don’t.”

17. “If there was a ‘creator’ out there, then he would talk to us
instead of letting our brains turn into fried eggs worrying that he-
or she- is watching our every move.”
“So you don’t believe in there being a ‘creator’?”
“Not one bit.”
You lying b***h.

18. “Well, I think that there always could be the possibility of a
creator out there. I mean, you can never be too sure of anything.
I guess we’ll never know.”
“I guess we can’t.”
*insert mumbled rambling here*

19. “I look good.”
I wish I could respond to them…

20. Next up on our big list of events was Katheleen and Clark aging
up to their next life stages.
Although you can’t hear me Clark, you will be your old, flattering
self in no time.

21. First of all, we have Katheleen growing up into her quite fitting
knowledge sim attire. Honestly, this girl knows how to dress.
I’m quite proud of her.

22. And then there’s Clark, who returned to his non blown up face
thanks to maxis glitches that I haven’t bothered to fix.
His clothing choice is decent. I can’t lie; I’m actually starting to
enjoy the clothes they choose for themselves. It makes me feel
that Show Business should remain one of the later restrictions
that I lift.

23. After flipping through one of my inventoried papers, Katheleen
finds her job in education and the seat next to her being taken by
a random townie.
“I believe in you, Ms Sanderson. You will bring back education.”
“Who are you and how did you get into our house?”

24. Katheleen also meets and falls in love with Joe Carr, who,
although I had originally planned for the next spouse to top Law
Enforcement, enticed me to lift Athletic next. Why?

25. Well, I think it had to do with him being two promotions away
from lifting the career altogether. This would mean that I could
redesign the family home (with the objects I have) so that it was
more functional.

26. A couple of days later and *poof*, Athletic is unlocked and I can
now:
• Have exercise equipment
• Move objects bigger than one square
• Just be generally glad that another restriction is down and
out
So let’s look at the redesigned house:

27. Upper level with the career rewards (medical was moved up
there later and military has yet to be placed due to it’s size).

28. Lowest level

29. Second floor

30. Third floor

31. To make it official, Katheleen proposed to Joe after he lifted
athletic.
“Aw, isn’t this sweet,” Steven cooed, “I just wish I’ll be able to
get married before I’m old. Someone better hurry up and
become a general… Christine…”

32. After a short and private ceremony (and yes, I put them in
their formal clothing… sue me if you want to, Show Business
says I’m allowed to have a small closet/wardrobe for clothing
that the family has sewn or is auto-attached to Sims such as
the formal wear), Kat and Joe began work on creating child
number 1. And trust me, this won’t be the only kid they have
in this generation… mwahahahaha!
Why did I do that laugh? I mean, she’s part family sim, too, so
of course she wants lots of kids.

33. Michelle’s ghost hears the news about her great-grandchildren
coming, so she decides to visit the house.
“Creator, you don’t need to narrate for me, you know.”
I know, but- wait, you can hear me?
“I’m dead, so I no longer count under restrictions other than
paranormal.”
And you know about the challenge?
“You told me about it before I left my island college,
remember?”
Not really.

34. As life in the Sanderson house moved on, everything stopped
when a familiar face found itself upon its doorstep. Joseph
“Joey” Comb was the head of the mafia in the land and had
been extorting money from the family ever since Michelle had
agreed to pay up in order for her laws to be followed. Now, he
had returned once again to the family home, intentions
unknown to those who dwelled inside.
“Well, well, well, you seem to be a pretty new face,” Joey said
with a sleazy charm that had one over Michelle Sanderson all
those years ago, “Do you happen to be related to the beautiful
Michelle Sanderson?”
“Yes,” Katheleen replied, “I’m her granddaughter.”

35. “Her granddaughter? Well, I should have known, since you
don’t look a day over sixteen.”
Katheleen was silent.

36. “Ya know, most girls fall for my charm in a matter of seconds.
What’s the matta with you, lady?”
Kathleen scoffed, “I happen to have some self-respect, Mr-“
“Comb. Joseph Comb. But everyone calls me Joey.”

37. Suddenly a light went off in Katheleen’s head, “Oh, you’re the
lazy slob of a mobster who extorts money from civilians
because you’re too much a dirt sack to get a real job like the
rest of us, even when my uncle happened to make it so that
you can take vacation days.”
“Well, I see that my fame precedes me.”
“FAME?!”

38. “You aren’t famous at all! I only know you because my
grandmother once explained to me why we were paying a bum
like you money. She also told me that one day someone in our
family is bound to overthrow your disgusting, greasy ass
because of us getting sick of working with you. And frankly, I
hope that day comes soon because I can no longer stand
looking at your scruffy, pug-like face. I don’t think I even
could stand it when I first saw you come down the street.”

39. “Well Ms Sanderson, I can see that you are a very strong and
self-made woman with a lot of opinions.
It’s too bad that I have to power to tell the world how corrupt
your grandmother was for striking a deal with the mafia. It
wouldn’t be pretty since it would involve the law collapsing
around your family’s feet. All that work your family put in to
restore society would be done with since everyone would lose
hope again.”
Katheleen gawked for a moment before answering Joey, “Fine,
what do you want me to do.”

40. “Twice the amount your family pays now is forwarded to me
once a week and I’ll keep my pug-mouth shut.”
“Deal.”
“Thank you for doing business with me, Ms Sanderson. It’s
been a pleasure.”
Like her grandmother all those years ago, Katheleen regretted
her decision.

41. Shortly after the incident with Joey, the second restriction of
the chapter was lifted by Christine. Now Sims can:
• Go to community lots (teens and elders must have
maxed body skill)
• Move out
• Invite over non lover Sims (Bruce and later Joe were
both hailed by on the sidewalk before falling in love with
their respective wives and later falling in love before
moving in)

42. A shocking reveal also shows that Katheleen is now pregnant
with her first child. What a twist!

43. Elsewhere…
Okay, so I randomized a wife for Steven so he could have his
wish of being a dad. I couldn’t move him out via the computer
because of Science restrictions and I couldn’t move him out via
the newspaper due to Journalism restrictions so I had him move
in with this lady… I have totally forgotten her name, sorry.

44. The house they live in does follow all the restrictions that I’ve
unlocked so far. It’s off the ground and has no electronic or party
things that haven’t been unlocked or can be used as typewriters.

45. Oh, and Clark and Christine are also moving in. Welcome to the
spare house, home of every spare that lived in the family home
prior to military being unlocked. What, I told you about that
bigger family configuration, right?

46. So as a note to Steven, even though you can’t hear me, I’m
looking out for you and hoping that you have the best possible
life. I’ll play you when I need some more kids in the
neighbourhood…which will be soon, so just wait for a bit.

47. Back at home base, a new career object was added to the
collection: the mysterious bookcase. Ooooooohhhh….

48. As Katheleen went up the education career track, so did her
baby belly.

49. So much so that she wound up giving birth right after work.

50. After a short labour, Katheleen held her first born daughter in her
hands: Dawn Sanderson. Dawn has her father’s hair while she
sports her grandfather’s eyes and skinetone. Her personality is
2/8/8/2/7 making her a nice, serious, active, outgoing slob.

51. Once Dawn was put to bed, Joe and Katheleen begin work on
baby number 2.

52. Before being able to show any signs of pregnancy, Katheleen
manages to top the education career in no time. For anyone
wondering how I did this so quickly, it was mainly just sending
sims back to work as soon as possible. So with education
unlocked, I now can:
• Send teens to school
• Re-open colleges
• Not select a secondary aspiration for teenagers

53. By the time Katheleen did show pregnancy signs, it was time
for Dawn to grow up into toddlerhood.

54. And be officially cute. I swear, I have no idea where I got this
hair, but I want to thank whoever made it because I love it so
much on Dawn!
CUTE!

55. Unbeknownst to the family, a visitor had decided to arrive on
Dawn’s transition into toddlerhood.
“Joey, get out of my home and stay away from my daughter,”
Katheleen barked.
Dawn let out a squeal of fear.
“Calm down, you hormonal broad; you’ll scare the kid more
than you already have.”

56. “Look, Joey, the money is in the mailbox if you want it.”
“Nah, I’d much rather stay here. You’ve got a lovely family, ya
know?”
“Get to the point.”
“Well, if you’re gonna be payin’ me more money, I’d like to get
to know them. Whaddya say, Dawn, would you like to get to
know Joey?”

57. “Teddy bear!”
Joey laughed, “Well, at least she can find a better name for me
than pug-faced.”

58. Joey began to think to himself, “If anyone ever overthrows me,
I’d hope it’ll be this little lady down here. I get the feelin’ she
could be a little lawless.”

59. With nothing else to do with her spare time, Katheleen began
writing novels on the old computer that she had managed to
find in an abandoned high school when she rebuild the
educational system.

60. With all the time she was able to put in, Katheleen managed to
max out all of her skills and complete her lifetime want.

61. Although most things were peaceful in the house, Bruce and
Joe managed to carry on the tradition of one generation
beating up the other. This began with Bruce and Michelle
years ago. Maybe Bruce is just an angry guy, I don’t really
know. He just seems to fight a lot.

62. Another non-peaceful event was the number of sims who
would knock down the trash can. Getting fed up with the
roaches (since I unlocked medical a long time ago), I decided
to move the garbage can and place a gate around it. Rules
say that, under Natural Science, I can place fences but not
walls and, because I unlocked Politics, I have free range to
build wherever I want on the lot. So if anyone wants a tip for
the apocalypse challenge, here it is!

63. “Cootchie, cootchie, coo! Nana’s gonna tickle you, Dawn!”
“Nana, don’t! No tickles!”
Did I mention that Dawn is CUTE?

64. “Argh!” Katheleen screamed in pain, “Baby, baby, baby!”
“Alright, coming dear.”

65. Welcome to the world little Bianca Sanderson. With a mixed
skin tone and her father’s hair and eyes, Bianca sports a
personality of 10/10/9/3/1 making her a mean, serious, active,
outgoing neat-freak.

66. Bianca was promptly put to sleep and the work on baby
number 3 commenced. Did I happen to mention that this
generation is going to have a ton of kids? I did? Oh, alright
then.

67. And I think that that fact has managed to warp Katheleen’s
Knowledge/Family mind.
“Kat, I read your previous book and it’s about us.”
“Yes, and?”
“Well, it details how we conceived Bianca.”
“And?!”
“Well, I just don’t feel comfortable with you writing about our
every woohoo.”
“But I’m making money!”
“And I’m the fortune sim here.”

68. Katheleen began to show the signs of her pregnancy. Also,
that book is one of her erotic novels. Please note the
inappropriate cover on it.

69. “I can’t think of anything else for this novel; I better ask Joe
for some more help.”

70. After getting a bit more creativity into her, Katheleen was
ready to celebrate the birthdays of her two daughters, Dawn
and Bianca.

71. Bianca grew up to look a lot like her father. I don’t know if she
even got a bit of her mother’s face into her.

72. As for Dawn, you can really tell that she’s a member of the
Sanderson family. I still can’t believe that that nose has
remained on a sim every generation. It’s freakin’ adorable!

73. Okay, I wish I could make Dawn the heiress because she
totally knows how to dress. But, alas, I need a male heir for
this generation. I’ll explain later… okay, I want to get alien
technology out of the way, is that so bad?
Also, I wish she could be the heir because of the following
event:

74. “My plan to lure the young Comb worked perfectly…”

75. “So, Joey, what do you want to do? We can play cops and
robbers-“
“My dad doesn’t let me play that game. He says that it
misrepresents how the real world functions.”

76. “Who’s your dad?”
“The head of the mafia. I think that he even gets money from
your family because of how much everyone respects him.”

77. “That’s so cool. So you guys must have everything, right?”
“Well, we’re pretty much millionaires, but money doesn’t really
matter. The importance of the mafia is about protection and
family unity.”
“Right on, dude.”

78. “So if I, err…, ever wanted to be a criminal, I’d have to talk to
your dad, right?”
“Yup.”
“I’m so glad that I know you, Joey.”
Dawn continued to smile and play with Joey until he left for
home…

79. “I can’t believe how stupid he is, giving away information like
that. It isn’t right that we have to give away money to his
family so they follow my great-grandma’s laws. I’m going to
knock he jerk dad down a few pegs no matter what it means.”
Cute and awesome! Could I ask for a better apocalypse kid?

80. Also, baby time!
“Why am I having all of these kids?”
“Beats me, sweetheart.”

81. And meet baby number 3, Kurt Sanderson. Kurt here is a boy
and therefore the heir to the generation. He’s the only one
named after somebody famous. No, not Kurt Hummel from
Glee. This kid is named after the legendary Kurt Cobain
because he’s going to be lifting Music for us and getting alien
pregnant. Kurt has a mixed skin tone and his father’s hair and
eyes. His personality is 6/5/8/3/3 making him mean, serious,
athletic and neat.

82. Predictably, baby number 4 is made not long after Kurt’s birth.

83. Dawn continues her dream of overthrowing Joseph Comb by
gaining logic skill points.
“I’m going to need to be smart in order to take him out.”
Sometimes I can’t tell if they can actually hear me or not.

84. Dawn manages to continue her amazing awesomeness by
bringing home an A+ after only a couple of days in school.
Okay, that’s normal for sim kids, but this girl is a hard worker.
“Mom! Dad! Come and see this!”

85. Unfortunately, her parents had other things to attend to
specifically another double birthday.

86. Kurt managed to go first and look super cute. I’m so glad that
he’s going to be the heir :D

87. Bianca went next and, frankly, I think this outfit and hair
combination do a good job at representing her future career.
It would be better if it were striped with a pirate hat, but you
know, beggars can’t be choosers.

88. And the signs of pregnancy manage to show themselves once
again for baby number 4.

89. The house remains somewhat boring with everyone either
skilling, working out for no good reason or teaching skills to
toddlers. Yup, it’s just like a legacy.

90. “Oh, not again!”

91. And out popped a little girl who I named Fiona Sanderson.
Fiona has her mother’s eyes and skin tone along with her
father’s hair. She has a personality of 7/5/8/3/2, making her
mean, serious, active and neat like Kurt.

92. “Hold Fi for a second, Joe.”
“Why?”
“Because.”

93. And then there were two. Yes, I had my first set of twins in
this apocalypse. Meet little Lawrence Sanderson. Basically
the same as Fiona, but with his father’s eyes. His personality
is 10/3/1/2/10, making him the nicest of his fellow family
members as well as the laziest and the meekest. Oh joy.

94. Switching back to spare land, Christine met Marie Maaza and
the two fell in love instantly.

95. Clark reunited with his own Christy…

96. …but she died upon move in.

97. Steven managed to have twin sons before it was his time to
become an elder. They are…

98. Charles…

99. … and Matthew Sanderson. Or the other way around. I really
don’t remember. You’ll figure it out later.

100. Steven returned to his normal face.

101. And his wife gave birth to twin girls, Leslie and Shea. Now
those two I can tell apart from each other.

102. Christine gave birth to Nicole Sanderson.

103. And then married Marie, who wasn’t happy about all the kids
because she’s a romance sim.

105. There were more birthdays.

106. Leslie Sanderson

107. Nicole Sanderson

108. Shea Sanderson

109. And then Charles (left) and Matthew (right). I could only figure
this one out based on a later picture.

110. And this leads us right up to that conversation between
Katheleen and Nadia. I’m leaving you guys here because this
update has been long and silly. When it’s just me writing and I
don’t converse with the characters, there won’t be much plot
because there’s nothing that I need to guide them with. Plot
comes next, you’ll see.

111. So let’s recap on new characters:
Joe (Carr) Sanderson
Fortune – LTW Forgotten
6/5/8/3/3 - Athletic
Dawn Sanderson
Pleasure – Have $100 000
2/8/8/2/7 – Intended for Life of Crime
Bianca Sanderson
Popularity – LTW Forgotten
10/10/9/3/1 – Intended for Adventure
Kurt Sanderson (heir)
Knowledge – LTW Forgotten
6/5/8/3/3 – Intended for Music
Fiona Sanderson
Popularity – Celebrity Chef
7/5/8/3/2 – Intended for Journalism
Lawrence Sanderson
Family – Celebrity Chef
10/3/1/2/10 – Intended for Law Enforcement
Charles and Matthew Sanderson
Popularity and Romance
8/7/6/7/7 and 10/1/5/7/8
Leslie and Shea Sanderson
Knowledge and Fortune
4/4/4/7/10 and 10/3/6/2/6
Nicole Sanderson
Fortune – 3/10/2/10/3
And the restrictions unlocked so far: Hopelessness, Law, Medical, Culinary,
Politics, Slacker, Athletic, Military, and Education.
I’m almost finished the challenge people :D
Till next time,
Reginald!!!