Menoetius Cygnus

Bon Voyage, Bon Voyage, and 4 boys to choose from. Their first vacation will depend solely on the first treasure piece they dig up. Atlas becomes an Elder. Nancy digs up a bone. That's not treasure. Digging again, and she finds a map leading to the mysterious hut on Twikkii Island. First destination established.
Flight is booked, bags are packed and off they go. 7 days and 6 nights in paradise. They're set up in the most expensive hotel. Nancy made friends with a local, Daisy, and learned the Hang Loose gesture. They boys made sand castles, and combed the beach for seashells. Now they're off to take a glass bottom boat ride. Everyone gains a logic skill point.
The boys all relaxed under the sun. Pallas was sun burnt. Aww, Helios got pinched by a crab. They all taught each other how to hang loose. Well, except Atlas. Stopping by a juice bar, the family explored the Ancient Ruins of Jumbok, watched a fire dancer, then went back to the hotel for a mid-day nap. They're off to the pirate ship.
Menoetius awakened the soul of Pirate Captain Edward Dregg! He ran away. Helios told the ghost captain a joke. Pretty cool! Atlas and Nancy were exhausted, so the family headed back for the night, but not before purchasing some cool souvenirs. The next day they headed back to the ancient ruins. Perses added soap to the fountain and this angered the Jumbok gods. Awesome! Lava spilled from the fountain! I'd better try set this right or the locals won't forgive me. Atlas is making an offering. That set the fountain right again. There are a lot of things the boys can't learn yet or experience while on vacation. Fire dancing, obviously. Learning messages, make offerings, obtain the voodoo doll. Everything else they've done. So for a time, it's back home, at least until they're teenagers. I got stuff out of the way, though.
Pallas is still sun burnt after three days. The whole family has vacation perks. All six get an extra want slot, all six enjoy a boost in fun, comfort and social, Atlas gets a social perk, Nancy, a work performance perk, and the boys, a skilling perk. I'm taking full advantage of this. Nancy found the map to the Pagoda in the Shadows, the boys are going to the Orient next. That extra buff they got is amazing! Truly. I couldn't believe how fast they all skilled. I should remember that for when I need to skill hardcore. Pochi and Kim, a wolf and cat, got into a fight on my lot! Pochi won of course. Aww poor kitty. This happened right as Nancy came home, promoted to Space Pirate! She reached the top of her career path. Woot! She also grew into an elder.
Sunday night the vacation buffs wore off. The last to bed was Perses. Ghost Astraeus scared his pants off. The boy's aren't even teens yet and they already have all the skills they need to graduate college. And then some.
Things don't seem like they could be going smoother, so Nancy invites Headmaster Vince Walter over to get the boys into Private school. The same day, Atlas has to deal with the notorious villain, the Llama Queen, as she unleashes another robot unto SimCity, while poisoning the city's water supply. For whatever reason, Atlas feels responsible for her nefarious deeds and donates $25,000. It's a mere trifle to the family funds. But it is a loss. To make up for it, Pallas wins a football game at school and brings in a $150 Player of the Year Award. Small penance, but it evens out the events for the day.
Vince the Headmaster stops by for some... I don't know what this dish is. I think it's some kind of fish. It's sparkling, so it's got to be. Quick tour and 91/90 score; the boys are accepted into Private School. Wow, they did worse than Ariel's girls. Man, Sartre is a mean ghost. She scares everyone. Nancy is about to die from fright! Menoetius turns into a teen. Rolled a 5. This is going swimmingly so far. Pallas, too, still with sun burn. Rolled a 1, wealth sim. Wicked. Hmm, pop sim and wealth sim, these two are just like their parents. And, like Aphrodite and Hestia, they're both much cuter than I thought they'd turn out.
Huh. In winter, ghosts wear outerwear. Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha! Pallas is hilarious! He brings over this red-headed chick and throws balls at her and gives her noogies, all the while having this troll face. I love him! Bah hahahahaha!
So... Nancy went mad money hungry and started counterfeiting simoleans. So much so that her printer overheated and caught on fire. I don't have a fire alarm on the third floor, I didn't think I needed one. But Nancy was able to put out the fire. Afterwards she reeked of her sin, so she needed a bath. Counterfeiting simoleans, tsk tsk. I run a family of criminals! Oh no. One of the boys brought over Wyatt Wong. Nuuu~~ And somehow Pallas got fired from a job where his only duty is to play video games. -sigh- Also, he still has sun burn. Helios becomes a teenager. I roll a 3. Romance.
Sartre stays in the chess room and only scares people in that room. There aren't any lights in that room. Might be why she likes it. While patrolling space and getting rather bored of it, Nancy, the Dread Pirate of the Stars, comes upon two ships, one, a supply vessel, the other, another pirate ship in pursuit. She is put with two options. Compete with the other pirate ship or assist the freighter. She opts for the fight. I took too long while writing this and I didn't see the outcome. I went online to find out. Failed and then I gave up the game froze on me. Wonderful. When I reload Helios is still a child. I got no where! 2 hours down the drain. Played through to where I left off and no career option. Nyah.
Perses became a teenager. 2! Knowledge! Hurray! Yeah! And Menoetius was promoted from Blog Writer to Movie Critic. Woot, woot, woot.
Pallas turned into a fatty. It's yoga time. It's that magic fish stuff, mang.  Atlas is finally done with the novel he's been typing away at for the last week. It's a hit! He gets a royalty check for $2,903. Let's save. Alright, all the boys are teens now. I think I'll wait to take them on their next vacation about a week. All four boys brought home friends from school, and all but one went straight from school to work. Perses asked the friends to leave. Helios returned with a promotion to Coffee Shop Sound Engineer. Cool, his hours are pushed back by two. Same option! Nancy's demoted. Shit. Well, I finally found out what it said. Wasn't worth it. Pallas came home promoted to Legal Secretary. How can a teen be that? Anyway, his hours were only pushed back 1. He's a little down in the mouth, so I think I'll take him into town. All these teens now-a-days want cell phones and mp3 players and handheld game consoles. Bah!
It's Friday. The boys homework is all done. Time for another vacation. This time to Takemizu Village. The boys start odd with a tour through the bamboo forest. They came back with bees. Great way to start off.
Menoetius was shown the bow gesture by a local teen-aged girl. Nice, I've been having Atlas talk up another local for that very reason and he wouldn't give up the goods. The next day they all had lobster for breakfast and headed out to the zen gardens. Helios met a ninja and learned how to teleport, Menetius kindly served some tea and Perses groomed the zen garden.
Helios and Pallas decide to meditate by said zen garden and disappear! Uu nuu! I'm getting out of here. Zen garden's are going to steal my kids! Helios and Pallas safe in my clucthes, the group heads to the shrine. Helios makes a wish and tosses a coin. His fortune was: You will discover a secret. Whatever that means. He went straight to Pallas after that and hit him with a pillow. Perses threw a coin and got another swarm of bees. Menoetius threw a coin and encountered a vast fortune. He was pelted with gold coins. 1,000 bucks worth. Awesome! Pallas got the bees, too.
Hmm, while the boys were away, Atlas and Nancy had sex-er-woohoo in the sauna. Nice to know they're enjoying their vacation, too. The next day the whole family headed out to the village Pagoda and Market. Hopefully for food. Perses' starving. I wonder if fat people can starve in this game. After that the family headed to the hot spring. Perses and Helios learned the acupressure message and Menoetius and Pallas soaked in the springs. Then they switched and I sent them back to the hotel. Well, I sent Atlas and Nancy back. The boys stayed in town, trying to find that elusive ninja.
I know he's out there! Cought him! Menoetius learned the ways. Now it's just Pallas and Perses. Then they go home. There's so much more stuff to do on Twikkii Island. Poor Perses. He's been chasing the ninja all over town. I think he knows, too. This is getting stupid! Finally! I chased this jerkwad all around town and I finally caught him. Pallas was just along for the ride. He caught him the first place they went. Perses had to hunt him down for 2 days. I'm on a mission, damn it! Gah, it's finally over. They can all go home now. That teleporting comes in so handy in a three story house.
So Helios went on a date. Natural for Romance Sims. His date? Viola Something. Nothing serious, just aspiration fodder. They head to the Karaoke machine. Holy dang. All that creativity, Helios sings like an angel. They shared their first kiss. Darn, those cinematics. They can turn the ugliest girl into the envy of all SimCity. Dream date easily obtained. I think Pallas is going to have that sun burn forever. And just like that the boys, Menoetius and Pallas only, have two days before they grow up. Menoetius takes his little brother Perses out to get some teen supplies. Mp3 players, game consoles, yadda yadda.
Omigosh! I got the bonus! Atlas turned into a plant sim! WOOOO! I can have plant babies! Yay! Save, save, save. Eeeeeeeee!
Menoetius doesn't have the want to go to college, despite being a wealth sim, so I have to up his aspiration tonight. He and Pallas are moving on to college. So far, it's going terribly. I give in and buy him a drum set and bass guitar, sending him into plat aspiration. To college with you! and with Pallas.
So Nancy was promoted back to International Sim of Mystery. I'm sure she's happy about that. She'll need two more friends to get her old job as Space Pirate back, but chances of that dwindle as Helios and Perses get closer to college. Speaking of which, Helios is going to make some moves on a new girl, Marsha. Whom, by the by, is a total fox; she completely rejected him. Poor kid. Well, off he goes to college. Last to leave is Perses. And I'm done with teens years!
It's nearly 2am, I'm done for now.

Back to Ravencrest we go. They go in looking like the biggest posers ever. We're fixing this straight away. There, much better. So... the boys have at least 8/10 in all skills. They don't need to skill at all. Pretty boss. This is going to get stupid boring if they have nothing to do. Hmmm, badges. Flower, toy, mech, plant, fish, styling. We'll go with Gardening, Fishing, Flower Arranging and Robotics. Perses seems like the gardener, Helios the flower boy, Menoetius the fisher and Pallas the robotic engineer. Splendid, splendid. Jaiden, the cafeteria woman, set the kitchen on fire. I'm sure on purpose. I was wrong about Menoetius. He absolutely hates fishing. Perses powered through gardening. He already has his gold badge.
Haaa~~~~ That's it. They're sophomores now. They need to go to that last place. Three lakes. The locals gesture is a manley chest pound. Charming. I will say. These locals have a lot of fun. Axe throwing, log rolling, slap dances and flapjacks.
I should have been keeping my eyes peeled for spouses! Crap! I always forget that part. Alright. The boys have about 30/45 vacation memories completed. They are back from their Three Lakes vacation. Working on their badges. That is their charge until they get to juniors. Which is now, time for rerolls!
Pallas rolls a 4, Fam sim. Helios a 2, Knowledge, Perses a 6, Pleasure and Menoetius, 4. And now I choose the successor to the Cygnus Legacy. Which I can't! I guess Menoetius is the first born, but I like the contest idea. I just need to think of a contest. I have 2 semesters to figure this out.
Lazy wins. Menoetius gets to be the next heir. That's the way it happened with Cruis and Coeus. Eldest won. Tradition prevails again. He has gold badges in Gardening, Fishing and Flower arranging. Not bad. His LTW: send 3 kids to college. (Easiest LTW ever).
Blah hahahahha Pallas needed some aspiration and his biggest boost is to have his first kiss, but the only dorm-mate he was friends with besides his brothers was a blonde kid named Dominic. Pallas is gay. Then Dominic caught the cow trying to woo Pallas and decided Pallas was cheating on him. Speaking of love, Menoetius is seriously love sick. All his wants are romantic in nature. I suppose I should deal with this. I'll have him hunt for a treasure map and go to Twikkii or Takemizu. He digs up, among 5 bones and a rock, a map to Takemizu. We have our destination! He arrives at the Steaming Dragon Hotel. His first (possibly romantic) encounter is a blonde local named Mahrisa. [Hahahaha] They have bad joojoo. She isn't his type what so ever. On his historic tour he meets up with another tourist, Angel Go, Angel. Hmmm. He also dislikes her. And, call it my luck, none of the women he's hot for are locals; they're all tourists like him.
Well, we can get these tiny details out of the way. He's still got Twikkii and Three Lakes to scope out. He digs Lydia, who looks like Marylena and Arcadia... I'm leaning toward Vanessa. Gray eyes, a definite win. Menoetius went to the Pagoda in the Shadows. He made friends with the Wise Old Man and the man; he told Menoetius an ancient tale. A tale about a princess and a dragon and invaders. Menoetius tried to hug him after that. The old man turned his eyebrow at him. Still, they parted as friends. Menoetius learned of the legend. Time to study an ancient something or other. Exercise. I think this is going to be the tricky one. He spent the day at a community lot that had a stereo, alas, nothing happened. I wondered if the old man does it. When I got to the pagoda, though, no one was there. -sigh- Back on the hunt. Success! Awesome. I'm done with this place. Back to college. Pallas gets his gold badge in fishing, Helios wants to be struck by lightning. Yeah, okay...
Next destination back to Twikkii Island. Menoetius has to help the Witch Doctor fix all his appliances. For his troubles, the Witch Doctor gives Menoetius his voodoo doll. Next, learning the fire dance. It took a while, but Menoetius learned pretty fast. I knew that at least, this babe hunting is going terribly. That's not fair, Menoetius has met a lot of girls.
You know, it seems all the NPC's at the pirate ship just want to fight and push each other. Welp, It's time to head back to college. The boys graduate. All Summa, naturally. Now to divide $76,571 into 3 for Helios, Pallas and Perses. So! Being an adult and finally able to have babies, Menoetius has a few options. Vanessa, from Takemizu, Cara from Twikkii, and Kendal, another tourist, met at Three Lakes. Now, Kendal looks like Grandma Marylena and Arcadia, bad joojoo, and Cara looks like Menoetius' mother, Nancy. Kind of creepy. And Vanessa has face #1. He's closest with Vanessa and has two bolts for her and Cara. If I go by names, Kendal takes the cake. I really don't like the #1 face. Alright, Cara it is. Now, before Atlas croaks, which should be any day now, he decides to be a parent one last time. He grows a plant baby. Of course it's a girl. Now I can't remember which goddess was the goddess of plants. Either Dionysus or Demeter. I should have done my homework. Dionysus was a boy. Demeter it is! Aww, she's beautiful. Pointy ears, green skin... reminds me of Hyperion.
Menoetius invites Cara over. They were best friends and madly in love by dinner and Cara moved in. With $12,000, no friends, no job and hardly any skills. No badges either. But she's a Pisces, 5/7/7/6/7 and a knowledge sim with a LTW to become Cheif of Staff. Another medical mother. Hummm.
Death comes for Atlas. Cara's a little confused by the whole thing. Numbers: $7,400 to Demeter, $17,400 to Nancy, $1,800 to Helios, $300 to Menoetius, $3,200 to Pallas. Nothing for Perses or his other daughters. Wow, mang, that's cold.
That night Menoetius proposed to Cara and she said yes. I mean, of course. She's marrying into $350,000. They conceive their first try. Not unusual. Next day, Demeter becomes an adult. Yop, no childhood, teen years, or college for plant babies. They go from toddlerhood to adulthood. I roll a 3. Romance. We move her out fast enough, but bit without robbing upwards of $90,000, not including her severance check of $20,000. yes, folks. She's loaded.
 Cara goes into labor. It's a boy! Epimetheus. So far he looks exactly like Menoetius. Bad luck, Cara examines a Sherpa instead of his llama and loses a logic point and Menoetius pins a sorority against a fraternity and gets demoted for his meddling. However, Nancy did get her LTW of earning $100,000 and retired so she could take care of Epimetheus while Menoetius and Cara focus on their careers. So, it ain't all bad.
Death is fast encroaching on her part, though. I was all ready to just have Epimetheus as the only kid, then I remembered Menoetius' LTW. Time for Menoetius and Cara to get busy. Conception on the second try.
Epimetheus turns into a toddler. He's a Scorpio! 10/3/9/8/1 Woo! The nose! He doesn't have the nose! It's a miracle! Grandma Nancy taught the child how to walk and talk. She spent the whole day with him. Then Death took her.

$4,800 to Hera, $0,800 to Aphrodite, $1,325 to Epimetheus and a couple friends no more than $1,000. A few days later Cara goes into labor again. It's a girl. Persephone. Gyawd, I'm running out of Olympians now. Next conception easy as the first. This will be the last. Menoetius and Cara have no parents, vampires, zombies or robot butlers to depend of. No safety net. What they do have is a cuss load of dragon-snap bouquets. Those should keep the kids and them happy for a while anyway. Not to mention a new nanny, Kendal.
Epimetheus turns into a little boy. Arcadia, Nancy and Sartre welcome him into childhood. Persephone was 19 hrs late turning into a toddler. I think they're taking longer each generation. She's an Aries, 10/9/7/4/5. Pretty cool. And kind of weird, considering her stock.
Omigosh! Another boy! With light blue eyes! Omigosh, omigosh, omigosh! His name is Poseidon. Squeeeee! Happy happy happy happy! Alright, we're so ending this on an awesome note.

Ariel Cygnus - A Brief Intermission -

Choices, choices; play the girls to adulthood or leave them in Ariel's angelic embrace. I'll flip a coin. I wonder if there's one on my phone. Nuuu. Coin obtained. Heads - adulthood, tails - perpetual childhood.
Heads. Heads four times over. (Eh heh, I didn't really want to play them, but four head flips and I finally got the hint.)
Alright, girls, teenagerhood awaits. Then college. It's never too early, so skill, skill away!
Ooh, new recharge graphic. Wow! They look more angelic than ever!
Oh geez, first day of school, all the girls are SO unhappy. Their fun is in the red. Thank goodness it's the first day of winter. They have all day to play in the snow... or watch TV.

Hestia brought home a very cute boy, Nery Miguel. Aphrodite brought home one, too! Pong King. He looks like an old man. He dresses like an old man. Neither stayed long.

Playing outside did nothing for the girls. I'm going to have to bust out the pillows for pillow fights. Everyone loves pillow fights.

I really should teach Ariel and Gabriel about cuisine. The only meal they make for the girls are protein shakes. I worked all day trying to get their fun up. I didn't think about anything else. The kids were tired. I had to send them to bed, then straight to school. My efforts to improve their fun failed miserably.

Hestia brought home Pong today. He's in the driveway doing the Smustle. Another day of returning home utterly deprived of fun. Doll houses give 10 fun so I'll buy another one and send them to it.

That worked so much better than snow day. They completed their homework, anyway. But they are still so incredibly unhappy at school. I think we'll invite Headmaster Korey over and see in Ebonwood Private School improves their mood at all. Lord knows I have enough leftovers to satisfy the man's appetite, but just in case, I think I'll spruce up the house a little.

Athena brought home a friend named Michelle and Hestia brought home the girls' big brother Menoetius. He smustled. Then enjoyed the salmon dinner prepared for the headmaster. Then left.

Headmaster Jitmakusol is a very sloppy eater. Ariel and Gabriel were completely disgusted. The tour went well enough. The meal and the house (plus a dignified amount of schmoozing) landed the nights score at 103/90. The girls are going to private school.

44 for dinner, 45 for the tour and 14 on the schmooze-o-meter.

Whoops, Hestia smashed one of the doll houses. I might have to get another. Or perhaps not. The girls first day at private school, they lost only 1/2 the fun they did at public. Hoorah hooray.

Hera became a teenager. I rolled a 6. Damn! Pleasure sim. Aphrodite teened, too. Rolled a four, Fam sim, haven't had one of those in a while. As a teen, Aphrodite is surprisingly beautiful. She really grew into Nancy's eyes. Of course, Hera is beautiful, also, but that's to be expected when we know she has her father's eyes.

Blargh! Mailbox is glitching again! I powered down Gabriel. The bots keep making meals. It's driving me crazy. Welp, it's the weekend. Time for the girls to resume their skill building. This damn mailbox! I deleted the glitching one. Repoman called in a warning to pay the bills. The bills that have been deleted along with the mailbox and I can't place a new one for some DUMB reason, I can't figure out what.

Omigosh, I'm so aggravated. Checked online, my version doesn't work with Bon Voyage. I was able to download another that will. There's also one for Apartment Life. Fun times. Except the package comes in a .rar file and I didn't have any programs that could open a .rar. I had to do some research and install 7zip. (By research, I mean ask somebody.)

It works! Was all this worth it? I think so. On with the game. With the addition of Bon Voyage, my sims can now walk to their destinations. They no longer need a taxi or their own vehicle. Super convenient! I sent Hera out for a new outfit and groceries. Athena turned into a teenager. 5. Pop sim. The dice are all against me! I've changed d6's twice now, the latest is an electronic one!

Great. Ariel broke again. There he goes, running amok. And he finally conked out in the girls bedroom. Mr Fairchild is on his way. Gabriel is in the same boat. Apparently they should not stand in showers.

Last to bloom is Hestia. I roll another 6. I'm going to cry. Hestia is exquisitely beautiful. Completely unexpected as she was the ugliest little girl. Hate to say it.

The girls skills are all but outstanding. With the exception of applying for scholarships, all they need are some body skills. I'll have them work out when they have some down time. I don't think I'll wait very long to send them to college like I will the boys. They are all wonderful young girls, but they aren't the main story. They aren't even on the same lot. Plus Ariel and Gabriel will have the house all to themselves and retire from child-rearing. I think they deserve that.

The girls brought home three red-heads from school. They all started doing the smustle and Gabriel joined in, I'm so embarrassed for these kids. Welp, all the girls have at least 5 cooking and 1 in everything else, the last applied for her scholarship; it's time for college. Enough of this, it's time to play the main lot.

Atlas Cygnus

Ebonwood now has Seasons. Eos, Metis and Selene are hanging with friends while Atlas hits the books. Aww, someone smashed the doll house. I can finally put leftovers in the fridge instead of throwing it away! Woo!
Welp, time to send Eos to college, as soon as she finished her salmon. Metis just discovered a zit in the mirror. She cried.
Hey my maid switched back to her original hair color. I hope the glitch is gone. I'm glad Metis and Selene are getting along. They hated each other at first, now they're as close as the twins they are. They even sleep in the same bed.

Oh! It's the weekend! Great, I can get started on my bug collection and badges in fishing. Alright, set him up fishing and taking Metis on a date with Meadow Thayer. Heehee, Metis is a lesbian now, too. Dream date in the bag, oh yes. As if there was any question. Metis is a natural. Being a romance sim totally helps, too.
Skill, skill, skill, omigosh! Allison and Zeno haunt tonight. I didn't know dead pets could haunt! Holy shit, he meows! Oh, it's to ethereal and spooky! SO COOL! Omigosh! Allison and Zeno are playing with each other! Holy bawls! This is so awesome!
Oh dear, someone's breaking pictures. That's not cool, mang. Metis is still crying about her pimples so I'm having her use acne cream. God, I have an endless supply, she's been applying it for three hours.
Oh... My gardener hasn't gone home yet.

And winter hits and Metis and Selene head off to college.
I sent Atlas on a adate with some chick named Melody so I could get his first kiss out of the way and off the want bar, but the goof ball went and fell in love with the girl. I was all 'Hell~~~~ no. She wants the money, everyone wants the money.' But at least he's in a good mood now. We need to find him someone else though. Not no teeny bopper kid.
Alright, Atlas has been sent to college. Got him all set up, now to pick a major. Mrrrrrmmmmmmlllll, Philosophy.
I just realized the bug collection thing is for Free Time... And he's got a Gold Badge in Fishing already. This is worrisome. The challenge for this expansion isn't very hard. I need to come up with something for Atlas to do. Oh no! He needs a woman! Preferably one with a college degree. Ah, whatever, I'll pay the gypsy for a date when I reroll his aspiration. Well, that's it. Atlas can now talk to plants. He's got his gold badge. All the tomatoes. I completed my challenge and he's still a freshman.
Time for the reroll. 5. Pop sim. Eff. My. Life. At least his LTW is to become Captain Hero. I can do that. And let's invite the matchmaker over to meet the love of his life... It's Tethys. Tethys Cygnus. I can't have him marry his great great great great great aunt! That's disgusting! Well, crap. That's $5000 down the drain. Lets try this again. Eff, Jasmine Rai. She's not an NPC. Again! Damn it! It's an old woman! I can't has babies with someone who doesn't ovulate! And that's all my freaking money, too.
Gosh dang it, I have to settle for a dorm-mate.
I found her. The perfect girl. She's blond, gray eyes. Her name is Heather. I hate it. Nancy Day is a bombshell, too. and Atlas has two bolts for both of them. Hmmm, Heather, Nancy, Heather Nancy.... Flip a coin. Where's a coin. Nancy wins!

Jeez, Atlas is smooth. He's already got her heart in the bag. Well, that's done. Now to find other stuff to do this expansion.
Wyatt Wont is a total stalker. He's worse than Marsha. He calls Atlas every hecking day. Several times a day. In fact, my phone is always ringing. Always. He scares me.
Atlas popped the question and Nancy said yes~~ Hurray. Atlas graduates Summa Cum Laude and back to Ebonwood we go.
Remodeled block block. For some reason Arcadia's enemies with Astraeus. I have no idea what he did. Honestly, I don't think he did anything, but they're still in love. At least today's their last day alive.
I was mistaken. They have another day. Great, they can... Never mind, they just died.
Astraeus gave $600 to Leto, $6700 to Eos, $8000 to Metis, $8000 to Selene and $3700 to Atlas. Nothing to Arcadia.
Arcadia left $300 to Atlas, $4800 to Leto, $1000 to Eos, $7400 to Metis and $8200 to Selene.
Man, Atlas got shafted. Whatever, he got the house.
Anyway, it's after 6pm, inviting Nancy over. And they're married. Mozeltoff! She brings in $11000, 10 friends. She's a Capricorn, 7/4/1/8/5, not shabby. Not bad skills, either. Bronze badge in sales, useless! LTW: earn $100,000... Like I need more money. And no way! Your job is to make me babies! Speaking of making babies, it's time for business. To bed with both of you! Conception on the first try, oh yes.

And Nancy get's fat eating a magical omelet. I'll have her use the punching bag. I feel bad sending her to work when she's so heavy with child, but she really wants to make money. I got her a job in the Adventure career track as an Ambassadors intern. She gets a promotion her first day... to Spelunker. Befitting of a pregnant woman, no? Speaking of pregnancy, she's almost due her first child and with both employed I'm going to need some domestic assistance. Fortunately! I had Astraeus create a small legion of robotic butlers for just such an occasion before his timely demise. As Atlas initiates them all, I name them Ariel, Gabriel, Michael and Raphael. I'm certainly not going to need all four. The household will keep Ariel.
Surprise surprise, Nancy has a girl. Named Nyx, night, because that's when she was born. Then my game crashes during labor!
....And we go into labor again~~~
Boy this time... Lucky! I name him Menoetius. For kicks! And Atlas and Nancy try again. Success. Mang, this couple is fertile.
Ariel broke. Right in the driveway. Freaked me out for a second, I didn't know how to fix him. I just gave him a command and he snapped back into sanity. Phew.
Menoetius won't stop crying. I need Ariel up and running, pronto. Crap, he's running amok. I called a repair man. That was fast work. I am so grateful. I gave the repair man a huge tip. $100. (It's the most I can give him). He and Ariel chatted it up for a while, afterwards, too. Mr. Fairchild is his name. They became fast friends. I've never had a servo freak out on me like that. It was crazy.

Atlas came home promoted to Captain Hero. That was fast. He's forever permaplat now. Cussing awesome. Let's see if I can turn him into a plant sim. Ooh! Good challenge for myself. Okay, I have him talking to some trees. Totally sane, I swear.
Menoetius grows into a toddler. He's a Virgo, just like his grandma Arcadia, 10/2/9/8/1. Handsome little tyke, too, But I think he's got Ivy's nose. If I could only breed that thing out of the family genes once and for all.
Nancy gives birth again. Another boy! Woot!! Pallas. Next try was unsuccessful, second try successful. Menoetius and Pallas both have Nancy's dark skin and brown eyes. I guess brown is more dominant. Pallas will NOT stop crying. It's frustrating! I think he's just crying for no reason. He's been fed, poop, played with, cuddles. I don't even. GRR!
Oh. For some reason some babies like being on the floor more than being in their cribs. Pallas is one such baby. Ariel doesn't compute. He won't stop putting the kid in his crib. Pallas just starts up again. So Ariel freaks out and tries to feed him. Silly robot, he's not hungry.

Oh, I forgot all about the Garden Club. Let's go apply for a membership. They told me I needed more plants, but gave me a pity membership. That makes me feel good....
Ariel's teaching Menoetius how to talk. I'd have hoped that would make Menoetius talk like a robot, but no. Sadly. But that would have been bad ass.
Shit, Nancy's been fired. Pallas became a toddler, he's a Virgo, 10/2/9/8/1. Bit weird for a virg-... wait, this is exactly like Menoetius'...
He's a lot easier to teach than Menoetius.
Some douche just kicked over my trashcan! What the balls?! That ain't cool, Toby Butler. This family didn't to anything to you! Whoa, the cars license plate is the same as old school Alaskan license plates. That's wicked.
Menoetius grew into a child. He definitely has Ivy's nose. Sad business.

And Nancy goes into labor again. Another boy! SO LUCKY! Nancy is the mother load of boy making! We named him Perses. Dark skin, brown eyes, just like Menoetius and Pallas. 3 boys. I can't believe it. Conception on the first try again, too. I love this.
That's weird. Berkeley's ghost is digging up the apple tree. What a jerk.
Pallas grows up, little tyke got 5 charisma and 2 logic, beating Menoetius by one logic. Go Pallas! He's wearing pink pajamas. He's got Ivy's nose. In all honesty, if I can get one of these boys with Nancy's nose, I'll make him the heir. Menotius and Pallas don't qualify already. None of the girls have Ivy's nose.
Sartre's scaring Nancy relentlessly. Perses took 12 extra hours to toddlerfy. I think he has the Cygnus nose. In other news, he's a Virgo 10/2/9/8/1. Just like Menoetius and Pallas. They all look the same, they all have the same personality. Funderful. Why couldn't it be Hyperion's nose, huh?!

Oh crap. Nancy's going into labor again. Atlas isn't home to impregnante her right after. It's a girl, light skin, brown eyes. I bet she doesn't have the nose. Let's see, we already have Mnemosyne, Tethys, Theia, Phoebe, Rhea, Themis, Eos, Selene, Leto, Asteria, Metis and Artemis. Next is Athena.
Ahhh! Ariel keeps trying to feed the baby when he needs to go to sleep! Gyawwwwwd!
He ditched helping Pallas with his homework to put Athena in the crib. She doesn't want to be in the crib! That's it. I'm getting rid of the robot. I can get rid of these kids, while I'm at it. Effing robot. A nanny can and does better than you, Ariel!
Perhaps it's not wise sending four children off with a robot who has a history of beserking. Whatever, they'll be fine. I set them up real sweet. Now back to the main lot. My mail box is glitching. I'm not allowed to get my mail and the repoman is threatening to take my stuff. Yup, he came. Man, what a hot Repo man. Normally this would kill a wealth sim like Nancy, but she isn't paying any attention. He took the huge mirror and one of the toddler toys. I don't know what to do. I mean, I could cheat and delete it, but I'd be skipping out on my bills, then again, the darn thing won't let me pay them. I deleted it. That's not jive, man.

Nancy's been promoted to Dread Pirate. Yarrrr! Hmmm, Atlas should have been home 3 hours ago... Oh no. I deleted the mail box. That's where he lands. Crap. And the game crashes again! Great, glitch.
Crisis averted!, downloaded mailbox online, replaced, bills paid! Woo!
Atlas really needs to find something to do with his time. $50,000 for stopping a giant robot. Okay, he deserves a small break.
Nancy leaves the life of a pirate to disarm warheads. Adventurer and mother extraordinaire. Nancy is pretty bad ass. Next day she comes home a hostage negotiator. Nancy goes into her fifth labor. Dark skin, brown eyed baby girl, aptly named Aphrodite. Quick conception afterward. Better save. Aphrodite is also a Virgo, also 10/2/9/8/1. This is creepy.

Nancy has twins! A boy and a girl. Helios and Hera. Crap, Atlas and Nancy have to go to work. Quick conception then off they go. For Nancy anyway. Atlas stayed home with the babies.
Helios and Hera both have brown eyes. They are definitely dominant.
1 toddler, 2 babies, 1 pregnant hostage negotiator 6 trees. And I was worried Atlas wouldn't have anything to do. Calista, the nanny, isn't as productive a nanny as I remember. She doesn't change diapers and she just peed in the nursery. There is a proper toilet in the nursery. Now she's stinking up the house, taking the babies every which way. She used to be so cool. She let's the twins cry and cry and cry and just stands there. What a bad caregiver. You turned callous, Calista. Aphrodite won't be potty trained. Hera grew up. She has the nose! But! She's a Leo! 9/10/3/4/9. It's a miracle. Man, I was getting worried. Helios grew up. He's got the hecking nose, too. But he's a Capricorn, 10/2/4/8/9. I should probably stop at eight kids. That nose is going to be with me forever.
Oh, Aphrodite did get potty trained. That's cool. Atlas and Nancy are exhausted and starving. So many kids. She goes into labor again. Another girl. Damn. Named her Hestia. 4 girls, 4 boys.

Alright time for a little kid swapping. Ariel gets the girls, Atlas and Nancy get the boys. I'll be honest, that requires a little cheating. Too late. It's already done.
I kind of feel bad for Ariel. The girls are the youngest. Phoebe , Stella and Metatron stopped by. I told them to beat it, but Metatron didn't listen. Robot butlers. So stubborn. I can't even click on him. I think he finally disappeared somewheres.
All the girls are toddlers. I don't know if I rattled off their numbers, so if I did I'm doing it again. Athena, Aphrodite, Hera and Hestia all at once. Athena's a Capricorn, 10/2/2/8/9, Aphrodite's a Virgo 10/2/9/8/1, Hera's a Leo 9/10/3/4/9 and Hestia's a Sagittarius, 2/3/10/8/10. That's pretty awesome; all the girls having different signs. It's way better than 3/4 boys having the exact same stats. So mad about that.
4 toddlers and 1 robot. That ain't fair. Or possible. Ariel's closest with Gabriel so he's helping out with the girls. 4 toddlers is madness! I'm so glad Ariel and Gabriel are robots. They [and I] couldn't handle this otherwise.
Hera and Athena have got the biggest eyes. They're so pretty. Aphrodite and Hestia have their mothers eyes, which are exotic, but don't mesh well with Arcadia's mouth and Ivy's nose. All the girls grew to childhood, now it's back to the main lot.

Nancy is technically capable of having another baby before she becomes an elder, but I think I'd better stop at eight.
The boys are skilling up nicely, and Atlas put his trees at ease. They are content for now.
Pallas brought home someone from school, a girl named Jenna, but she was more interested in playing chess with Menoetius, so Pallas played with the dollhouse before starting his homework. I think this has gone on long enough. I'm installing Bon Voyage as soon as Helios and Perses become children. I have two days left.
Damn, Nancy's demoted. A pox on the Kaltumbra's guard dogs! They spoiled her impromptu mission to the moon!
Helios turns into a boy. Man, will he be handsome. He looks just like his daddy.
Nancy won't stop crying about her demotion. Omigosh! Menoetius is teasing Perses! What the what?! And Perses grows up. He's ugaboo.
Okay! Time to copy to a back up drive and install Bon Voyage!

Astraeus Cygnus

Pets installed. It's Monday night. Astraeus is a boy. His aspiration is high. So I'll wait to fill his want to get a bird cage and skill him a bit. Who knows what I'll roll for him when he's a teen. Better to be ready for college, though.
Damn, Cassidy's pregnant again. what can I say? She needed some loving. It's not right feeling lonely if you have a husband and son. So I made her and Iapetus woohoo. Yea, I could have had them pillow fight (which is what they did the next morning,) but they're husband and wife, darn it.

Four generations of Cygnus men!

Vince, the headmaster came over to assess Astraeus (by assess I mean get a good meal and be shown a fancy house). I invited Count Alvin over, also. Except the game is glitching hardcore. Making backups, uninstalling, re-installing. Ahhh!
Alright. Poot. Vince disappeared after re-installment. Oh well, we can get him in later. But Oceanus got to spend time with his creator and Crius rocked out with Rhea. Good ole quality family time.
The next morning I bought Astraeus the bird cage. No bird yet, though. I'm afraid I might kill it. I also found out pregnant women can't do yoga. Probably for the best, but I'm still making Cassidy run on the treadmill. She needs those body points.

Crius, being of rotting mind and body, called work and retired. We've got more than enough money in the bank, $264,406. So they aren't millionaires. I'm not too concerned though. What does concern me is that no animals have meandered onto the lot. I should just make the pets in create-a-pet. Let's see, what's a good pet for a growing boy. Why a bear, of course. Nah, a dog will do.
Grandpa Crius has been hitting the juice all morning, talking about the good ole days with Allison burning breakfast, finding ways to make it sound dirty. Go Grandpa! Okay, okay, dog-making time... except all Astraeus wants is to play with a bird. Fine. I have the birdcage, might as well put a bird in it.

There, Bird. His names Archimedes. Bought an aquarium, too. For funzies. Oceanus spent his night teaching how to talk. Archimedes, not the fish. About political science and economy of all things.
Oceanus got a guinea pig after he taught Archimedes how to talk, named the guinea pig Thales. Catching my theme here?
Next day Astraeus brought Chloe over from school. These kids don't even like each other. Chloe wouldn't play with the boy and everything she talked about he ignored. It's like they're married already. And I think I'll hold off on the dogs and cats. Kids only ten days old, he's got some time. Besides, that bird is annoying enough.
Cassidy has a baby girl, Asteria. I'm not worried. Oceanus, Crius and Iapetus all don't have jobs. They don't need them. The household will never spend $250,000.

Hmm. Kinda not cool. Crius is thinking about brains while hovering over Asteria. I give in to Iapetus' silly demands of wanting a television and stereo. Even got him the cussing bubble blower. I'm so getting rid of all this crap when he kicks the bucket.
What the crackin crack?! Asteria has blond hair?! But her eyebrows are black? Make sense Sim universe! Oh, we're changing this straight away! Oh, by the by, she's a Sagittarius, 4/7/8/8/6. Man, I need a neat spouse. She's also incredibly hard to teach. Takes for evar!
Astraeus turns into a teen, becoming a pop sim. Lame! In a desperate attempt to improve Iapetus' aspiration he took Cassidy on a date. At their own house. And had woohoo in the car. And she got pregnant again! Damn it. Whoa, its been a while since any of the ghosts came out to haunt. It's like Allison knows what they did in the car! On the upside Iapetus' in the plat.
Asteria grew into a pretty little girl. Cassidy isn't taking her last pregnancy will at all. She's starving, uncomfortable, smelly, miserable and she keeps throwing up. Baby-having is a real life suck.

But grandpa Zombie benefits by making her grilled cheese all the time. I grew fed up with Iapetus' lazing about and got him a job as President of a business corporation. His second day he interviews for another company during lunch and somehow launches a fork across the restaurant. That little blunder not only did not bode well for the interview, it cost him 3 charisma points.
Cassidy, on the other hand, managed to settle a menial labor debacle and got herself promoted. She's only a couple charisma from becoming a Hall of Famer and earning her permanent platinum status.
Alright, enough messing around! I need a spouse! Spouse, spouse, spouse. Errrrmmmm. I think it's time for Andrea to join the game. Let's see. Someone has to be friends with her. Nope, never mind. Arcadia, that is, if the two get along together. What the hell, I'll invite both of them and see who Astraeus gets along with best.
Just from the greeting Andrea wins by a landslide, but Arcadia has the most to offer to the family genes. Against my better judgement, I'm going with Arcadia. Andrea can join the genetic hell that is this family later. Astraeus hunts down and gets to know Arcadia a little better.
That is until Cassidy comes home and gives birth right in the driveway. To a baby girl. In keeping with the incidental 'A' theme we named her Artemis, busting through that titan barrier and diving into the Olympians.

Archimedes, the parrot-hawk thing died... Great. Let us remember him as the free spirit. Always exploring. I'm not getting another one.
Ahhh, Cassidy is perma-plat. I can forget about her! Mwahahahahahaha! No matter how she dies I'll get that gold tombstone.
Speaking of death, I think it's about time to move out our undead relatives. Seven people is too much. Great Grandpapi Vampire and Grandpa Zombie have got to find some new digs. Ahhh, space. Refreshing.
I guess I should mention Artemis' personality. She's a Gemini, 5/9/9/8/3. Not nice. Hmm, I don't care. Asteria grew up into a teen, rolled six, Pleasure sim. Neato! Oh my glob is she hot. And Artemis made it safely to childhood.
Okay, I need to do some major damage control, Astraeus is about to hit aspiration bottom. Oh, crap! Marylena's ghost is going to pester Artemis! And Asteria needs to find people to date. It's all her little heart desires. She met Tosha Go. I always loved that name.

Crap, my fish died, too. I'm not good at this pet thing. How are the ones I have in real life still alive?! But Thales the hamster, guinea pig thing is still alive and kicking. (Don't jinx it!)
Shoo Astraeus off to college.~~
To boost Asteria's aspiration, I asked Tosha Go on a date. Oh my grob, I made Asteria a lesbian. Well, she's plat. Got that dream date under her belt. And Artemis teenifies, landing her aspiration in wealth, oh yes. Now time to leave the family alone and hit up college.
I can't wait to re roll Astraeus' aspiration. I cussing hate pop sims. I did something terribly cruel to him. I made him a geek. I love him more now than ever before. Anyway, Arcadia invited him out for a night on the town and things got steamy. No woohoo, but Astraeus finally got his first kiss, and I found out Arcadia is a Virgo. Woot woot! Just the sign I need to mix up the family genes.
On campus, Astraeus has taken up fixing all the ugly in his dorm. it isn't an easy job. I think it's a little ironic considering his choice in appearance. (I mean, my choice.)

Yay! Time for re roll! Six.. Shit! Pleasure Sim! LTW? 50 dream dates. He's his father! And sister! Balls! I'm using different dice from now on. Astraeus was a busy boy, got a bronze badge in styling, gold in flower arranging and gold in robotics. Not to mention he graduated Summa Cum Laude with a major in Mathematics, had three dream dates with Arcadia, and proposed to her on the last one. All the while growing closer to his sister, Asteria and Artemis. I'm feeling pretty pro right now.
Now it's time to add pets to the family and I ask myself. What kind of pets would the Cygnus' have? This ain't no poodle family. So, one big dog, breed undetermined, he's shaggy and handsome. And two cats (Hoping for kittens down the line.)
So Astraeus rejoins the family with his furry friends, Berkeley, Zeno and Sartre.

Sartre starts eating Asteria's homework. That's hilarious! Actually, all the new animals took a whack at her homework. Totally need to get these guys to stop destroying the furniture. Welp, enough pet glow, time to get Arcadia  to join the family and start pumping out babies. She joins with $19,000, 3 friends a career in crime and a toy race car. Hahahaha. She's a knowledge sim with a LTW to become Chief of Staff in the Medical field. Again, she's a Virgo, 9/2/6/3/5. I am so cool with this. And conception on the first try, oh yes.
Oh my grob, I'm so glad I got rid of Oceanus and Crius, the Legacy lot is busy enough without them. I don't understand why everyone refuses the use the upstairs bathroom.
Alright, yea, still too many people. Asteria and Artemis are getting the college boot.
I love these animals. They are the coolest! I wish I had made a mate for Berkeley, but kittens and puppies is probably too much. I want to give the kittens to all the extended family!
After many many many many hours crafting at his robotics station, Astraeus finally completed his masterpiece. the family's own mechanical butler! I named his Metatron. He's exactly like Astraeus, except he doesn't have his badges. He does have an inexplicable bronze badge in cashiering, though. He doesn't eat, use the bathroom, get dirty, and he's solar powered! God, I love Servos. He even gets along with the pets!

Holy whoa, Iapetus made it to the top of his career track. On top of getting his promotion and standard bonus, the deal he landed which earned him his promotion also landed him with a $35,000 cut. I need to spend money on something. (Also helicopter rides to and from work.)
And Arcadia gives birth to a baby girl. We name her Leto. Conception the second time around is troublesome. Not cool, Astraeus! Give up the family goods! Success.
Note to self, keep robots out of the hot tub. It's always worrisome seeing your zombie grandpa hobble across your lot menacingly. I think he plans on stealing the newspaper. He was cackling creepily, picked it up and didn't even run, like most people. He hobbled away slowly. Zombies are awesome. The old thief comes back to hang out with the family. Bwahahahaha!
So I'm slowly realizing Sartre and Zeno aren't going to have kittens. They do not interact with each other at all. It makes me sad. Very sad. Berkeley lost his job and fricken Leto took forever to grow the eff up, wasting everyone's time.

Iapetus ditched teaching Leto how to walk to play with Sartre. What the heck, grandpa?! Arcadia gives birth to another girl, Eos, and apparently seven family members and three pets is the household limit. Iapetus and Cassidy have at least a week before they descend into the great beyond. Metatron is too helpful to send out on his own. So Arcadia has some time to advance in the medical field. Oh wait, no. It's 'cause Metatron has a servo in his inventory.
Alright, time for a lot make over, This three story nonsense is driving me bonkers. My new house is huge, if not a little boxy, but I'm happy with it. the lot went from four bedrooms to six, two bathrooms to three, which now all include showers, litter boxes and training potties. I don't know why I have the two extra bedrooms, I doubt they'll get used.
I hear Allison's ghost. I guess she's checking out the new place, but I have no idea where she is. It's like she's see-through or summat. Oh, there she is, teasing Berkeley. God, she's loud tonight. I better move her inside, maybe she's too cold. Better keep the urns out of the bedrooms, though. That'd be a little weird.

Actually, I think I will send Metatron to a new lot. I don't need him to keep the house, that's what grandparents are for. Heeheehooha. Arcadia got two promotions in as many days, so I think she can spare the couple days. Make that three promotions.
Alright, time to make a freaking heir. Conception on the first try. Yes! Sartre reached the top of the Show Business career track, she's a star! Hurray!
Silly me, I didn't give up the goods on Leto and Eos' persons. Leto's a Cancer, 9/1/9/6/9, Oh my blob! She's awesome! I love her. Eos is a Taurus, 5/7/6/7/5. Oh my blobins! I love her, too! [Yes, I didn't look until just now.]
And another promotion for Arcadia! Man, she works fast. Okay, she's got 5 promotions back to back. She finally hit a wall 'cause she needs a couple mech points, but I can knock those out in no time. She needs to spend SOME time with her kids, though, so she'll take the time allowed her off and use it to focus on her family.
I got Iapetus electrocuted. He was playing with a kite. Did he care? Nupe, he started playing red hands with his boy.

Omigosh! Arcadia's having twins! And one has blue eyes! ... They're both girls... Four girls. No boys. Welp, welcome to the family, Metis and Selene. Shit, shit, shit. And my pencil broke! Ahhhh!
And I won't have Iapetus and Cassidy for much longer! Both are about to meet Death's cold embrace. At least Eos grows up today. I'll break this down: In my household there is Iapetus and Cassidy, Astraeus and Arcadia, Leto and Eos, Metis and Selene, Berkeley, Sartre and Zeno. Plus Thales the hamster... guinea pig. That's twelve people and pets. AN STILL NO HEIR! I'm going to cry.
Oops, never mind, Iapetus just died. My screen is full of red tombstones. okay, let's bust out the numbers. $20,000 to Cassidy, $3,800 to Astraeus, $7,600 to Asteria, $8,200 to Artemis and $1,875 to Leto. He's the first sim to die and leave money to all his children. You weren't so bad, Iapetus. I mean, you were, but you made up for it. So kudos.

He died in the kitchen making himself espresso. Omigosh! Berkeley just attacked Zeno! What?! It's Sartre he doesn't like! What's going on here!? What a bad dog!
Nooo! Eos brought home Marsha! God, that kid needs to grow up. And look, Arcadia's been promoted again. She is good at this job thing.
And though Berkeley had a minor setback of getting fired, he too reaches the top of the Security career track, and joins the prestigious Pet Corps.
Cripes! Arcadia lit the kitchen on fire. Nooo, burned pork chops. Sad. Just as Cassidy makes her way to the great beyond. And Sartre runs away! What is this?!? Oh we are calling the cops and bringing her straight back home. Stirring up this dramatic nonsense! Enough of your shenanigans! Great. Selene's aspiration bottomed out. Nothing like Grandpa dying as your first childhood memory. It was going to happen people! She was 75 days old!

Okay, insurance count. $1,400 to Selene, $790 to Arcadia, $3,400 to Astraeus, $1,800 to Asteria and $8,100 to Artemis. Gee, wonder who her favorite was.
The burned pork chops disappeared! Great! They can't even eat... And the oven ate Astraeus' salmon! The oven is possessed! We're getting a new one. This is poxy.
Metis was 8 hours late turning into a toddler, but it finally happened. Astraeus and Arcadia are exhausted. Let's break the twins down. Metis is a Gemini,  5/9/9/4/5, Selene, a Pisces,  5/7/9/4/9. Bringing back memories of the early years. I'll get the girls through toddlerhood (with a hope and a prayer) and then it's time to try for an heir YET AGAIN!
Twins are bawls. I wish Metatron was here to help out. This family is not a dog family. Poor Berkeley. Everyone plays with Zeno and (before she took off) Sartre. Zeno is the last to reach top career position as a rescue Pet. I don't know why that makes me want to see a Great Dane-Chihuahua mix.

Omiglob, it's like I'm running a day care. And Iapetus' ghost wakes up Leto and scares her, making her lose bladder control. Nice, old man. Nice. And Crius steals the newspaper again. My former heirs are just wreaking havoc!
Alright, two days before the two youngest become kids, time to make whoopy, eh, woohoo. And conception on the first try again~~~ Please be a boy, please be a boy, please be a boy. Pray, pray, pray.
And finally I get a call from the gypsy woman saying she found Sartre! And I get this warning to take better care of her so this doesn't happen again.. She ran away 'cause Cassidy died! What, like it's going to happen again?!
I guess I understand, though. Sartre didn't like anyone else in the family. Alright, I'll be nicer to Sartre. Starting now. And Crius stole my newspaper yet again! What is this?! And Berkeley's just laying there right next to him! Letting him take it! Kinda frustrating.

Leto grows up to a teenager, I roll a one. Wealth sim, yus! Not a Pleasure sim. Happy happy happy. Hee, Metatron stopped by and I ran to greet him. He's cleaning my house. I'm double happy. Freaking Cassidy's ghost keeps waking up the girls. Alright, pet challenge completed. All the animals know all their tricks and all reached the top of each career path. Now I just need a boy.
Metis and Selene are now cute little girls. I'm a little concerned about Leto, though. Ever since she turned into a teenager she's always tilting her head. It's... it's just weird.
Eos becomes a teenager, I roll a five. Damn pop sims. Headmaster BJ is over to add the next generation of Cygnus' to Ebonwood Private School, sadly this visit doesn't include a boy. I want that boy, damnit! Trollololol, omiglob, I forgot I bought a stereo. I heard Salsa music. It freaked me out for a second. Salmon night is, once again, a success. Leto, Eos, Metis and Selene all get into private school. Allison makes yet another appearance to congratulate the ladies and scares the pants off Eos. Damn it, woman. And Meto! And Metis and Selene! Petes sake, lady! Take a night off! You were perma-plat when you died. Angry old bag. You're worse than Ms. Crumplebottom.

And Arcadia FINALLY had a boy! Omrigosh! YAAAAAAY! I was starting to freak out. His name is Atlas, by the way. No more sex for Astraeus and Arcadia. Thta's it! Five kids is just plain over-doing it.
Apparently Marylena's night to mess with the girls. Gosh damnit! Way to go, lady! Messing with the kids' sleeping schedules! Next night is Iapetus and Allison's turn. Poor kids. Well, at least they got a few days of peace before their birthday. Metis and Selene are now teenagers. Metis rolled a three, Romance. Shit. Selene rolled a five. Eff. My. Life. Pop sims, I swear. How about a two or four, hmm!?! Just once?!!?

Did I mention Atlas' stats? I don't think so. This is the first time I've seen them (now that he's a boy er, child). He's a Capricorn! 10/2/2/8/9. Awesome. He's my first Capricorn. I am beyond excited!
I will never be rid of Ivy's nose. Yes, Ivy. As in the first spouse. Six generations ago. It's survived this long. Despite no other spouses having had that nose. Still it haunts the Cygnus', It is their trademark. -sigh- Marylena and Cassidy are haunting tonight. That's it. I'm moving their urns. The family will have a nice little grave yard.
Welp, Thales finally dies. Remember that hamster I got you when you were just a lad, Astraeus? Yeah, it JUST died. That thing lasted longer than the bird by miles. What a trooper.
Awww no! Death's taking Berkeley! Berkeley! I loved you! That's weird. Everyone started playing red hands after his death. It was a weird compulsion! And ode to Berkeley. I should have painted him. He was a cool dog. Mean to cats, absolutely filthy, great with toddlers. I'll miss him.

-yawn- Prepping the girls for college. Leto and Eos don't have much longer to dilly-dally. I'm being careless with Atlas. He should be much further along in his own studies. Most of the girls are pretty set, actually. It's Metis that's slacking, but when she does study, she studies very well.
I haven't decided whether or not to get new pets after these ones pass on. I wish I had made Sartre and Zeno have kittens when I had the chance. Damn, those kittens would have been cute. I'm glad I'm done with this challenge, though. Three animals are a lot to train and care for in one generation. Especially when that generation had five kids.
Marylena and Iapetus haunt tonight. Marylena's turning on all the electronics. Cooking shows on the tv and Jazz playing two rooms behind it. Sartre passes on. Drama queen extraordinaire.
And my game explodes! Oh no! When was the last time I saved?! OMIGOD OMIGOD OMIGOD! Alright, now that I'm done having a heart attack (two days later) let's take a look at the damage. Okay, Sartre hasn't died yet, but nothing before that is missing. Phew! And she redies. Well, at least I save often. Heh.

I electrocute Metis...She tried to repair the microwave. Aww, that's too cute! I go to make Astraeus kiss one of his daughters and he does it before I click the option. So sweet. Well, now all his kids are in school and his wife's at work. Only one home is Zeno, the retired Rescue pet. Astraeus spends all his time with him. I should have him finish the Servo... Zeno just died.
Now, I know I'm not obligated to the girls in the family, but I still like for them to be happy, and Leto is in serious need of happy. I'm taking her on a night on the town before she heads off to college.
Hmm, not much luck. Oh well, off she goes. With the girls going off to college and no more pets in the house it's getting too big for just Astraeus, Arcadia and Atlas. Remodeling in the next patch. The ghosts are playing with their tombstones tonight.
Atlas turns into a teenager tonight and I can finally install the next patch. I roll a four. Family sim! Woot! No way! I'm done with the Pet expansion pack! Heee! Alright folks, I'm off.