2. Welcome back to the Vermachtnis legacy, a legacy full of fertile but nutty
sims. Our heiress is now Sasha, pictured above, of generation seven. She
beckons you to read onward! Obey her call!
3. As heiress, Sasha’s portrait joins her dad’s on the library wall. I was very
pleased that she was picked because I really like her a lot. Good taste,
voters!
4. Last chapter I talked about the
difficulty in finding good-looking
male NPCs while Samwise was
cruising around the neighborhood
on dates. We came up with two
options. The first is Professor
Blake, who I believe is a face 1.
Pretty boring, but also pretty
pretty. Our other choice was a
deliveryman named Orlando, who
was fairly easy on the eyes from
the front but had quite a nose.
We’ve had a few male nose
problems in the past, so that gave
me some pause. I do appreciate
the truth in advertising after
getting burned on some deceptive
female sims recently, however.
5. Sasha easily and quickly becomes Big Woman on Campus in her second
year at Academie Le Tour. As a popularity sim, she loves making friends and
it keeps her happy while I am still settling on a future mate for her. You’ll
notice Sean and Sid in the background there. They stayed on at the school
but the three’s oldest brothers, Samwise and Sebastian, dropped out.
6. They had quite the housewarming when they moved into their new
premade mansion. (I think it was the Moroccan one.) Two zombies, one
of which is the former Malcolm Landgraab, now Malcolm Vermachtnis,
plus some lady that came with the Pets EP. She didn’t stand a chance
with these two around and Malcolm is soon picking on her.
7. These twins moved in not just to a new house, but also with
new girlfriends. Although Sammy did some dating in college,
he had never settled down with anyone, but now the boys had
two very beautiful twin sisters to get to know. Luckily, the
girls, named Jill and Jane, were a great match for the boys.
You might even say they were made for them. (You could
definitely say that.) With high chemistry, it wasn’t long before
the boys were snuggling up with their respective girlfriends.
8. The rapid-fire courtships started
with some hanging out, like
Sebastian and Jane in the
background of the top picture
there. Before too long, Sammy
had gotten his relationship high
enough to fall in love and
propose to Jill. They soon wed.
Sebastian and Jane also jumped
on the matrimony bandwagon,
but they did so after woohoo,
leading to a very unceremonious
and scantily-clad exchanging of
rings.
9. Sammy’s children, two girls named Kelly and Kimmy, are
pictured at left. Sebastian’s twins, Ginger and Jacob, are at
right. Both sets of twins turned out pretty adorable, although I
was a little surprised to see the dark skin returning in Kimmy.
Sammy must have been carrying his mother’s skin recessively
behind the green skin. Otherwise the kids are very normal, but
Ginger did inherit the alien eyes, which pleases me. And that’s
the end of our update on these two spares. Now back to
college, where Sasha has decided between her two choices and
is now dating . . .
10. . . . Neither of them. While waiting to decide, Sasha needed some help with
her grades so she started seeing philosophy professor Hayden here.
11. Her fling with Hayden ended as quickly as it had begun, as I had decided
on Blake as Sasha’s future spouse. She only had one bolt with either of
the choices, but, expected as it is, I went with Blake for his looks. I was
just too afraid of the nose. Sasha started on the path of making friends
with Prof. Blake by telling him gossip about Sid, who is just on the other
side of the room. Very discreet, Sasha. They had some difficulty getting
to higher levels of relationship, so I decided to try to cater to Blake’s
turn-ons to see if we could get two bolts.
12. “Okay Blake, I dyed my beautiful red hair brown for you. Do we have
two bolts yet?”
“Nope. I like glasses too.”
“Sigh.”
13. Sasha has to break away from the frustrating courtship to do some actual
schoolwork since Blake isn’t in her major. With brown hair and glasses, she
almost looks like an entirely different sim. My plan is to keep her this way
until I feel that she and Blake have a sufficiently high relationship. Then she
can change back and I can change his turn-ons once he’s in my possession.
14. Blake gets a makeover just in
time to be proposed to by
Sasha. He accepts, thank god. I
was actually not totally sure he
would because he had been
difficult even with Sasha’s
changed looks. Looks like we’ve
got the next Vermachtnis
spouse all wrapped up.
16. Sid’s lady is named Angie. She and Sid have great chemistry and are
deeply in love, much quicker than Sasha and Blake fell.
17. Sean, on the other hand, had kind of
a rough start with the maid,
Shenene.
Still, with a little sweet talking
from her, he softens up and they
begin going out as well.
18. It isn’t long before Shenene and Sean are engaged too. Do you
wonder why he’s proposing in Sasha’s room and why Sid and
Angie were making out in it earlier? Well, it’s the only double
bed in the house. Maybe siblings shouldn’t share just
anything. Ew.
19. “I think wearing glasses is making me smarter!”
But you’re in your PJs, Sasha. You’re not even wearing them.
“It’s the thought that counts! Look, I just maxed another skill!”
Glasses or no, Sasha is maxing a lot of skills in between seeing
Blake and doing her schoolwork. By the time she graduated,
she had maxed all her skills. Since she and Sid were the last
kids of the generation, they didn’t have any time to study as
teens and thus she had quite a few skills to catch up in.
20. “Oh, you brought flowers? That’s cute. I brought a TV.”
No need to get competitive there, Blake.
21. Sasha, like many a popularity sim before her, is queen of the phone.
She is always talking to someone, it seems.
22. “I feel funny.”
You look funny, dear. And it’s not just that face you’re pulling. Although, why
are you making that face?”
“Sneeze.”
Anyway, this is where I installed some new skins so Sasha is now a bluer green.
23. College life continues apace, with
mascot/cheerleader fights, finals,
and plenty of paper writing. The
kids are now in their third year and
doing great. They’ve all got
spouses picked out and high
grades. That’s about all you can
expect from sims in college.
24. Vermachtnises and future spouses alike enjoy the bubble blower.
Even Caryl the former cheerleader, Paul’s wife, stops back by the
Greek house to blow some bubbles.
25. Sid, Sasha, and Sean enjoy some
hobby activities. Sean in particular
wanted a sewing machine and sewed
a bunch of projects, several of which
Sasha eventually took home to use at
the main house. Sasha’s favorite
hobby is sports, I think, but my sims
rarely play sports so she focuses on
music instead.
26. Sasha finishes maxing her skills in her junior year, as does Sean, who
actually has the impossible want to do so, due to him being a
knowledge sim, besides it being his LTW. I like maxing the skills of the
heir/ess so that if they change jobs later, they don’t have to worry
about skilling.
27. Angie and Sid, Blake and Sasha, and
Sean and Shenene are all madly in
love. I wish Sasha and Blake had
higher chemistry, but pickings were
so slim for male spouses that I guess
I’ll just have to take what I can get.
The boys both have two bolts with
their ladies.
28. The boys like to do a little male bonding
over catch or throwing the football.
Only problem is, mean ol’ Sean throws
too hard. Sweet, sweet Sid forgives all
and follows up the game with a family
kiss. Sid is so cute about that – he just
loves to kiss his brother and sister no
matter what they do to him.
29. Were you worried that there wasn’t enough hang-loosing (hanging loose?)
going on in this chapter yet? Fear not, gentle reader, for it never stopped.
Trust me: never. I just figured a bazillion pictures of these dorks doing this
stupid gesture would get tiring after a while. Just because I have to put up
with it doesn’t mean you do, too.
30. Oh Sid. Your niceness is working against you. Even though they had no
relationship, Sid was too kind to turn the cow down when she wanted to
whisper sweet nothings in his ear. They went on their merry way,
relationship hardly any higher afterwards, but, well, this happened.
Interesting fact about Sid: all throughout college, he’s often desired to buy
a game that’s worth $5,500. Just so we’re clear, that’s a bowling lane. He
seriously expects me to buy him a bowling lane. Fortune sims!
31. Sasha is still a master of the bad phone call. She
must have really bizarre interests because she gets
so many negatives when she’s talking with others.
It’s a wonder she can make friends this way. What I
really love, though, are the faces she pulls.
32. Toga! Toga! Toga!
I wasn’t really thrilled about the
prospect of another toga party
so soon after the McMania one,
but Sasha kept rolling wants for
it over and over and I decided
to indulge her. So get ready for
the dullest toga party ever held.
For one thing, it was in the
middle of winter so everyone
arrived in outerwear, but when
they changed, it was back to
their normal clothes instead of
a toga. Sasha and her two
brothers were literally the only
three people at the party
wearing togas. How
embarrassing!
33. Even more embarrassing, the party was made up almost entirely of
professors and relatives of the kids. The guy in the white hat is
another student that Sasha’s friends with, but he was one of the
only normal friends there, if not the only one.
34. While a group smustle session raged
on the not-quite-big-enough porch,
the library was another hot spot for
socializing, especially since someone
had brought a pizza. Sammy,
Sebastian, Palmer, Lexie, Maddie, and
Max were all in attendance. Max
never made it in off the porch,
though.
35. Thanks to the good influences of the Vermachtnis family, there was plenty of
clumsy hang-loosing going on. This girl is Carrie, the alien daughter of an
adopted generation 2 sim, who has been in college pretty much since the
beginning of this neighborhood.
Note Sasha in the background there. She is super compulsive about the
trash. Any time anyone throws anything away, she has to take the trash out.
God knows what would happen if two things ever got in the trash at the
same time. Disaster, probably.
36. The party winds down and Sasha is
able to spend a little quality time
with Professor Blake. She also makes
best friends with the library wall.
Max and a few other turkeys
smustled on the porch for the entire
party. Like I said, this was the dullest
party I’ve ever had a sim throw.
37. Still, without any major excitement or entertainment, the party gets a good
score and Sasha has her wants fulfilled.
38. Just another day in the house. Sasha plays the violin while Sid gives a
kiss to his brother who just argued with him. The mix of personalities is
really quite interesting, and I’m glad we have Sid around to sweeten
things up.
39. Uh oh, mascot trouble. No
longer content to just mess with
his head, the cow mascot comes
after Sid with some arguing and
poking, which leaves Sid in tears
but unwilling to retaliate.
Sasha, on the other hand, is
more than happy to poke the
llama mascot back. They have
negative chemistry and had a
bad conversation once, and it’s
all devolved from there. Now
they stand around poking each
other until I direct her to ask
him to leave.
40. “Aagh! So much studying! So
bored! Head . . . going to . . .
burst!”
Sorry boys, looks like the research
session ran a little long. Sasha got
out of the picture to go play a
game.
These two lunkheads had to stand
around and complain for a while
before finally doing something to
help their fun bar. Of course, it’s
their favorite activity together:
playing catch, even if it is freezing
out.
41. This elusive creature is Chris Phelps, the resident streaker. I’ve
been trying to get her into the legacy since at least June’s days in
college, if not before. She is really, really good at only coming on
the lot when it’s on fast speed and then running away before
anyone can talk to her. And, of course, streakers are adults (which
is a little creepy when you think about it) so I can’t just call her up
in the directory. She finally decided to come do her dance for
Sean and Shenene and Sid was near enough to catch her. For a
chat, just so we’re clear.
42. After they talked, she ran off the lot, of course. Talking to her on the
phone got the relationship high enough for Sid to invite her over and
propose a makeover. Interestingly, she’s wearing what may be the most
conservative outfit in the game – it’s the recolor of the social worker outfit.
I guess it’s all or nothing with this chick. She got to keep her braids, but we
did them in a slightly more flattering style. With a little makeup, she’s
quite attractive. We may see more of her in future generations.
43. Ooh, this mascot is really asking for it. I watched for a while, ready to
take a picture when they started to fight, but all they did was stand
around and slap each other silly. How disappointing. Sasha, you have
no nice points whatsoever, so let’s see a little less restraint from you,
hmm?
44. Making new friends. It’s the end
of senior year and we need a
placeholder for the Greek house,
so this young lady will suffice.
Trust me that I redressed her as
soon as she was pledged and
moved in, after Sasha had
convinced her with a long
distance backrub.
45. And poof! Senior year is over and all
three of the Vermachtnises
graduated with a 4.0. Sid wants to
be a cowboy, Sasha wants to be a
ballerina, and Sean didn’t even get to
come inside before growing up. Not
the most dignified way to go about
these sorts of things, but hey, at least
they made it.
46. After graduation, Sid and Sean move in together into another M&G
house. They quickly invite their sweeties over and get them moved in
as well. Since the brothers had made such good friends tossing the
football back and forth, I figured they wouldn’t mind living together.
47. A private, backyard, double wedding
is held. Both couples happily say, “I
do,” and two more are brought into
the Vermachtnis fold.
48. Since it was all he ever thought about (or at least it seemed that way),
Sid is keeping up his interest in bowling and has a bowling outfit as an
adult. He also bought the bowling lane in Downtown. Now he and
Angie can bowl any time they want to!
49. Sid and Angie had three children.
Their daughter is named Sapphire and
their two sons are Steven (top) and
Seth (bottom). All three kids have
pointy ears!
50. Sean and Shenene also make a very happy couple. Sean is permaplat
since he maxed his skills in college, which is more than I can say for
most of my spares. You got lucky, Sean!
51. Sean and Shenene’s only child is a girl named Mimi who got Sean’s
huge eyes and Shenene’s eye color. She’s very interesting looking. I
originally named her Angie because I have been playing a DS game
with a character named Angie, before remembering that her aunt –
who lives in the same house – is also named Angie. My point is, I
can be quite forgetful at times.
52. Sid also finally got to buy a bowling lane and installed it in the front
room of their mansion. Sweet, sweet success. And that’s it for the
spares. Get a strike, Sid!
53. Back at the main house, several
moving-ins are in order. Sasha
returns home and grudgingly
hugs her grandfather, but only
because I told her to do so. She
then invited Blake over and
greeted him with a big kiss. Looks
like we’re ready to roll on this
generation.
54. This is the face of a sim that is laughing at me. First, he turned out to be romance, which –
ok, I can deal with that. However, his lifetime want is to have 20 Simultaneous Lovers. This is
a major problem because, while I let my sims screw around in college, they are always faithful
after marriage. When I went to give him a secondary aspiration, he rolled Family. Palmer is
family, Lexie and Sasha both have a secondary family aspiration, and I just played Katherine
McMania who had a secondary family aspiration. I thought no one would believe I keep
rolling these, so I rolled again. Yes, I cheated so it wouldn’t look like I was cheating. Look, it
made sense at the time. Point is, he rolled family 3 times before I gave up and let him have a
secondary family aspiration. At this point, Blake was on my you-know-what list.
55. I didn’t want Blake to cheat on Sasha 19 times or go the rest of his life
without being permaplatinum, so I went ahead and changed him into a
grilled cheese sim.
However, now he has NO chemistry with Sasha, despite having matching
turn-ons. What bare stirrings there were before are now gone. Something
had to be done.
56. Blake just wasn’t living up
to what I wanted for Sasha,
cute face or no. Although
they were in love still, it
bugged me that they now
had no chemistry and I was
really annoyed with Blake
for being so difficult on so
many issues.
I decided that Sasha deserved better from her
spouse, so I had them break up. I let Blake be the
bad guy, even though it did make Sasha cry,
which broke my heart a little bit. Too late I
realized that this just wasn’t the right match for
her, but at least I did something about it. You’ll
recover, Sasha.
57. A few days later, newly single, Sasha heads off to work at her new job.
Culinary just wasn’t coming up on the computer but it was in the newspaper.
I figured I’d let Sasha work her way up until it came up on the computer,
which, as we all know, could take a while. She looks so cute in her flair!
58. Although this was not the way the first few days back of an heiress’
life usually play out, things continue pretty much as normal.
Relatives, like Max’s half-sister Macy, come over and get treated to
a big helping of hang loose. Sasha continues to have bad phone
conversations. Except for the spousal situation, everything is on
track.
59. In fact, nothing could be more
normal than Max being a huge
pain in the butt. He keeps
wanting to use the computer but
is stymied by the fact that Lexie
has already parked herself there.
“Oh well, I’m not bitter. Guess I’ll
just jump rope here, where it
smacks you every single jump I
take. Nope, no connection with
the computer situation. Just
random. Yup.”
60. Palmer has reached his second lifetime want to be Captain Hero. His next
want is to have a Golden Anniversary, which will definitely happen. He’s
turned out to be such a cute family sim despite his personality and
however hard I try to write him otherwise.
61. The day of the wedding has come and we have one still pissed off bride,
but where’s the groom? More importantly, who’s the groom? Guess
you’ll just have to check back next time to find out how – and with whom
– Sasha will recover from her break up. Until then, see you at SiMania!
