Orion Seraph

Cam's set up on a blind date with a college kid, Jimmy Phoenix  I think he's playable. Nothing will come of it. Reticulum toddlerfies. He's a Scorpio. 10/6/10/3/6. Nice.~ This Jimmy guy is sweet, he played with Orion after the date. It was pretty darn cute.

Metis, being a mad scientist, endeavors to reanimate the dead! But her limping cohort, Grivello, misplaces her schematics! Metis must make a hurried decision, the green wires or the orange. Everyone knows green is more diabolical than orange! Green it is! Metis runs a checklist though her mind ad with brazen confidence and a cruel chuckle, she throws the switch. Sparks go flying, electricity zaps through the lab and the lights go out. Metis scrambles for the back up generator and light once again bathes her sinister laboratory; her subject once again able to enjoy the sun's soft glow. It's alive! The fern, moments before as lifeless as a corpse, is alive!
Metis has broken through the horticultural stalemate and sells her patent for a cool $55,000. Shit, I'm up to $80,000 already.
Orion and Auriga are racing to skill cap before their twin. I swear, having green skin gives Orion an unfair advantage, despite both of them getting the same smart milk and having the same parents, he just womps her in skills. Reticulum became a child. He and Orion are actually quite handsome. I am pleased. All three are children at the same time! It's so cool! That means three teenagers at the same time, too. Hmm.
Yipe! I'm being robbed again! Yes! She took one of the fountains. Take another! Take another! Bitchen! She took two of the them and booked it! Wooo! Hahahahaha, I mean, I know being robbed isn'tjive and everyone in the house wants to see Jessica Ebadi's ghost, but that's too cool. I'm almost up to $100,000 in family funds again, so I'm damn glad she took the fountains.
Dorado achieved Hall of Famer, thus earning her permaplatness and unlocking yet another career for the family. 5 careers down. Headmaster Ryan joins the family for dinner to assess the latest Seraph brood. Metis cooks the man some juicy buttery lobster, while Dorado butters him up. Fuck, Metis burned the lobster! We'll just throw that in the fridge for leftovers. He'll never know. Except I ran out of groceries! I can't win tonight. Single serving it is. We can feed our other guests the burnt lobster. Cam takes over cooking the lobster, though. I don't trust Metis anymore. Damn, he went for the burnt lobster. Shit. Oh. Despite it being burned, the food got a 44 score. Reticulum, Orion and Auriga all got into private school. Heee. Now to take care of this 'no grocery' business.

Pochi hasn't shown up lately, I keep meaning for Dorado to ask him over, but I keep focusing on the kids. Speaking of whom, Auriga and Orion  just grew into teens. Auriga rolls a 2. Knowledge! Orion a 3. Romance. Great! Yes! Poshi nibbled on Dorado! EEEEE! She's a werewolf now! AAAAA I LOVE IT! Oh dear. She has the option to 'savage' Cam. She's your sister, you sicko! Saving, saving, saving. Oh funderful! Cam set the oven on fire! She managed to put it out, but not before Gilbert, the wolf, came to bark at the flames.
The next day Dorado robbed the family coffers and sought out her own living style, with a particular beau in mind. Orion got a job in politics. A romance sim in politics, what a recipe for disaster, eh? And Death came for Granny Metis. Shit! She's being taken in her pjs. How dignified. The family sobbed all weekend, which made skilling difficult, but not impossible. Auriga, with her new Eureka! buff blew Orion out of the water in the race. Actually, it was pretty damn close. Orion was only a few hours late. They topped out their skills on the same day. These are teenagers! They still have 2 weeks of being teenagers. Oh, Orion wants to be a chef, so we're keeping our eyespeeled for that job opening.

Reticulum fast becomes a teenager and the young man rolls Family. I like this kid. Omigosh! I notice his talent is science so I dsend him outside to that telescope and he gets abducted immediately! I just wanted his fun to go up! He's capped for logic. What have I done!? At least they returned him unscathed. Teens can't get alien preggers. Heee.
Gah! Not cool, Epimetheus! Orion has to look in there for his culinary job! Grrr! Dudes' been stealing my newspapers! ... Et tu, Hades? What the fuck, guys?! No culinary jobs.
Reticulum topped all his skills. Holy shit.. playing kicky bag (otherwise known as hacky sack) with people boosts relationships like a mofo. Oh, Camelopardalis is being abducted by aliens now. I should really stop being so surprised when that happens.
Orion finally got a job in culinary the day before his birthday. Psshh. That's kinda weird. Metis is haunting during the day. Hmmm, I should be picking an heir, shouldn't I? And finding spouses. Welp, I gues I'm rolling. 1 + 2 for Auriga, 3 + 4 for Orion and 5 + 6 for Reticulum. 1. Auriga.
This generation's going to be one of the wolves! I went to Dorado and Mensa's lot and invited over Auriga, Reti tagged along, and had Dorado 'savage' Auriga. As dirty as that sounds, they just got into a little scuffle. Dorado kicked Auriga's ass. That's not cheating, right? hehe

Afterward I took Auriga, Orion and Reti out to meet some people, maybe their cousins, the Cygnus'. -wink- -wink-
 Auriga met Helios Cygnus, who is an absolute stud in her opinion. (And he's a Cygnus, so all's good.) She shares 2 bolts with him. Fabulous, I just found my next sperm donor. Maybe I should add him to the family and move him in, but I have such a limited amount of Cygnus men!
That afternoon a publisher approached Orion about writing a cookbook. Apparently Orion likes Asian cooking, so he wrote a book about that. The book sold well and Orion nets $10,000. Nice. He'll get an extra aquarium when he moves out. ... Shit, never mind. I got him fired the next day. Shit!
Auriga invited Helios over the for their first date; since both of them are knowledge sims Helios wanted to become a werewolf and Aruiga wanted to turn him into one. Later on in the date it was the only date-want they shared. I had to!
Anyway, the next day Auriga and Orion had the day off so I thew a little Cygnus bash. Athena, Aphrodite, Demeter and Helios popped over, and Vanessa Chen tagged along. Wow! Orion and Demeter have 3 bolts, unadulterated. Woot! But Auriga and Helios still only have 2 bolts. Hrmmm, troublesome, troublesome. I might have to switch my heirs.

Auriga reaches Professional Party Guest, topping the Slacker career track. That leaves Criminal, Culinary, Medicine and Politics. Ret grew up and was promoted to Bank Robber. He shares two bolts for Aphrodite. I'm thinking Orion is the next heir, he and Demeter take the reigns. Wow, he shares 3 bolts for Hestia Cugnus, too. She's married. Too late!
Oki Doki, Orion's the heir, Auriga reached the top of her career track, she can move out. And does move out, she'll be taking over Demeter's old house. Before she left she scuffled up Orion, turning him into a werewolf. Demeter and Orion were engaged later that same night. Man, I'm such a cheater.
Auriga kinda went on a ravaging spree, she turned 2 townies, Helios and Orion. She's a monster!
Orion and Demeter were married, to Demeter's delight. She married into money (even though family funds are only at $9,000.) Demeter conceives their second attempt. Generation 4 is in the works! Wooo!
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. Retialready got to Criminal Mastermind?! He's only 3 days into his adulthood! Jeez! Welp, okay. Rob the house again. He's going to need a big house for Aphrodite. Luckily Orion got his job back as a dishwasher. He has to start al over again. From the beginning. It's all up to him now, though, so he's gotta get to the top of that career track! Demeter goes into labor with a boy! They [I] named him Columba (the Dove). Quick conception and Demeter gets a job in the Medical career track. Camelo retires so she can start taking care of her grandkiddies, Thank God, her helicopter was so dang loud.
Lawl, werewolves carrying babies looks freaking hilarious. Columba has green skin just like Orion. Demeter has green skin, too, but... it's just different.) Hahahha, I'm such a bastard. Orion savaged Christy Indad. I'm not sorry. Ahhh! Columba has pointy ears! Squeeee! So freaking cool! He's an Aries, 7/10/9/8/1. Pointy ears! Demeter goes into labor the same night Columba toddlerfies... to twins! Both with green skin! EEEEEE! A boy, Monoceros (the Unicorn) and a girl, Lepus (the Hare). Cam is going to have her hands super full. I hope they have pointy ears, too. Heee. Monoceros does! They both do! They all have pointy ears! Nyeeeeee!
Okay, okay. Lepus is a Libra, 6/10/2/8/9 and Monoceros is a Sorpio, 10/8/10/7/0. Ho man, these guys learn hella fast.
Woohoo! Orion's become a Celebrity Chef! Now to get started on that novel.

It's A Cookbook!

Alien Delicacies: Fauna Casserole

      3 cps Fish Scales

      2 tbs Bird Bones (crushed)

      3 frogs (Alive is preferable but not necessary) 

      2 Snake Eggs

      2 Cat's Eyes (minced)

      1 Dog Brain

      10-15 Ladybugs

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place dog brain in center of buttered casserole dish, later in 1.5 cps fish scales, sprinkle in crushed bird bone and place frogs around brain, then add in remainder of fish scales. Top with snake eggs, sprinkle in minced cat eyes and lady bugs. Bake for 50 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes. Refrigerate leftovers.

Camelopardalis Seraph

Fair warning, folks. I'll be drinking and playing sims tonight. Why? Because I can. How's that? Bam! Woo! Caelum's novel royalty check is $2,603 and the computer room is off limits to all household members until the next heir completes their shit.

Right now the next heir looks to be Camelopardalis. First, she'd an alien, second, she's beating the hell out of Mensa in skill points. Dorado toddlerfied, what d'ya know, she's an Aries, too. 10/10/5/6/3, she is a cute little tyke. The Seraph family spent their entire weekend skilling, the girls their skill points, Caelum, his witchcraft and Metis and Dorado toddler training. I feel like a slave driver.

Caelum gets old and Mensa starts getting all kinds of hormones and aspirations. She becomes a family sim. It's kind of weird, Mensa, Cam, and Dorado all have a special talent in science. Caelum's is in Music and Dance, and Metis' is in Fitness. Pretty weird. Camelopardalis and Dorado grew up on the same day. I'm still good at this, I'm not even trying! Cam rolls a 5, pop sim.

I'm being robbed! I can't call the cops because of my handicap and I don't have a house alarm because of another handicap! Hey, nice, he took my Re-nu-nu Sphere. That thing takes up 4 squares! Aw, balls! He took my new dresser! What a prick! Everyone cried and growled.

I decided to invite over the Private School Headmaster and get the ladies into private school. I haven't decided whether or not to send them to college. I'm certain I could get them skill topped by the time they reach adulthood. Which is a bit hax. Please, don't burn the lobster, please don't burn the lobster. Yes! Mensa, Cam and Dorado get into private school. And Dorado discovered a star! Earning the family an extra $500 smackaroos. I can get my dresser back!

Yes, sir, I'm living paycheck to paycheck. The family has $329 to their name. This is how it should be! I mean, yeah, their shit is nice, but really. Rich houses are just so easy. I son't want easy. Do you think I'd have 12 house rules is I liked easy? Dude, I'm totally doing an Apocalypse Challenge after this.

I so love this. The girls from the Cygnus family just invite themselves over and call the daughters without even meeting them! Mnemosyne, Leto and Eos all call Mensa and Dorado, I presume not Camelopardalis because she's not actually part of the Cygnus family line, but whatevs.

Okay, so I'm going to be a douche to myself and make up another rule, and since Caelum had one of those original jobs, it doesn't matter that it's a little late. So! The first 10 career paths to be unlocked must be the original 10 when the game first came out. That's Athletic, Business, Crime, Culinary, Law Enforcement, Medicine, Military (which Caelum unlocked), Politics, Science and Slacker. Until these have all been topped, no family member may go to college. Ha! That's an additional rule, #13.

The reason for this is these careers generally make the least amount of money. This is a good thing, in my opinion. Metis got her job in the science career. All her kiddies are in school and the career is one of the originals, so I figured, what the heck, she did a great job raising 3 girls, she deserves to be happy. Also, I got enough bucks to get that fancy chess set and some chairs. Heee~ I have 5 people living in this house and only one bathroom. This must be remedied.

Okay okay okay, so! Mensa and Cam, they're teens yeah? There are two Cygnus guys who might be into them. Oceanus and Pallas. So I'm sending them both out to scout for those possibilities and sperm donors. Though, honestly, I've never seen Oceanus on a community lot and as far as I know Pallas digs the dudes, so this might end in complete ruin. It's hella crack I don't see Oceanus at all 'cause I always see Crius limping around everywhere and stealing folks' newspapers. It isn't fair! For a pop sim he isn't ever in public, even after dark!

At least Pallas has been calling, informing Caelum their friendship is in a bit of a bind. Let's see if Mensa can help that at all. Oh, crack! Dorado teenifies as soon as Pallas comes over! 5 as well. At least Mensa's friends with Pallas now. I have to stop Metis from living vicariously through her daughters. Not only is it unhealthy, but sadly, neither of them will go to college, which is what she keeps rolling wants for. Admittedly, that's my fault but I'm not sorry. I just don't want an easy legacy. Metis does get promoted fast, though.

Mensa and Camelopardalis have both maced out all their skill. I can't say if Dorado will, she never got that smart milk the first two did. She's well on her way, though. Hmm, Mensa and Pallas are already friends. I don't remember them meeting. And he doesn't register as a family member to her. Interesting.~

Caelum changed Mensa into a witch. 3 monsters in the family now. I don't think that's a good back up. Each witch I make gives me a cauldron and spell book  That's 5 spaces, mang. She's almost an adult now, and needs an aspiration boost, so I invite over one of her girlfriends so they could fall in love. Oh, go out on a date, too. Bwahahahahaha, it took them holding hands for both of them to fall head over heels. Mensa is now in aspiration heaven. Peace off Valerie Byall, thanks for the boost, shoo, shoo.

Cam's getting close, too. I need to send her out to meet a bunch of people. There's still a chance she might have to be the heir. Both are still in the game, um, running. Oh shit! They need jobs! Mensa got one in Law Enforcement, the other two weren't original game jobs. The next morning Cam took one in Business.

Well, Pallas is bust. Even after a dream date he and Mensa only share 2 bolts. I guess the gay thing really messes with that sort of thing. Still can't believe he's still got sunburn.

Mensa gets promotes to Detective after growing up, her first day at work, she's promoted to Lieutenant and brings home a Joseph Shahan, she has one bolt for the gray eyes fugly guy. I think I'll wait to see if Cam can land Oceanus. Poor Mensa, love in all the wrong places. Oh dear, Pallas gave Mensa an Electrodance Sphere. Does this break the electronics handicap? I mean, you don't get it from electronics and I can't delete it. I'll put it with the computer for now. Meanwhile, Mensa's scouting all the men that happen to find themselves on the lot, searching for Mr. Right. She shares two bolts for Mr. Buckingham here, and he's pleasingly good looking. Yes sir, he's going to be her beau. Woo! He got Mensa a raise in her career! Oh yes, he's the one.~

Camelopardalis turned into an adult, getting promoted to Senior Manager, let's invite Oceanus over and see what kind of chemistry they have. Oh my. They also share two bolts. Oh dear, oh dear, oh my, oh my, which one, which one. I could flip a coin. Heads Mensa, tails Camelopardalis. Heads.. Mensa.. no. I want more alien babies! Plus Oceanus is a Cygnus, they get dibs.

Second date, it's woohoo time, Cam needs to get preggers. Her first time is going to be in public, too. She's crazeh! In a photobooth. Oh yes. She gets pregnant her first time. So I need spouses? Or can I just have sperm donors for my lady heirs? 'Cause I'd really just like it if I could just have the babies without moving people in. I'll leave that question for anyone who cares to comment.

I wonder if dressers have a limit. I just spent $11,100 on toddler clothes. Oceanus stopped by and left a monolith of a fountain as a gift to Camelopardalis. Sweet man, Oceanus. Caelum kick the bucket, sending Metis into aspiration failure right before she tops out the science career track. Great! Now I'll have a crazy ghost instead of just a spiteful one! Hmm, Camelo became a business tycoon, after Caelum's insurance (which I completely forgot to look at) the family funds hot over $100,000. I thought I'd be poor! Surely enough, Metis reaches the top of Science and is now permaplat. After being declared mentally unsound, being promoted to Mad Scientist is rather fortuitous.

Cam goes into labor with twins! Woo! Two our of three just like that! A boy, Orion, and a girl, Auriga! Neither have their mothers huge eyes! It's amazing! Oh sweet, we got a magic lamp. Didn't even see the gypsy. Uhh the young man Dorado went on a date with just brought another fountain just like the other one. I can't delete these, boys, just remember that!

Mensa finally reaches top of Law Enforcement as Captain Hero! Yes, another one. Oh my, lightning keeps hitting Caelum's grave. I hope it doesn't explode. Cam invites Oceanus over to fulfill his role in this legacy. Mission complete. These Cygnus men, I tell ya. Super fertile, err, potent. I dunno. Hey! Dorado makes a very special friend!

Well, anyway. It's a crap time for Mensa to leave, what with Orion and Auriga both toddlerfying tonight. She took all the family funds, too. Seraph has $25. I love it. Hmm, Orion is an Aries, 8/9/9/7/1. He's got alien mouth. Bwahahahahaha! So does Auriga. She's a Scorpio like her dad, 8/7/9/6/4. Super milk to the rescue. Metis and Cam share the responsibilities for the twins, but with that milk and Orion and Auriga being 1/2 alien, they learn so fast. Orion faster than Auriga. That boy is a whiz kid.

Camelo goes into labor again, because these are crazy women. Another boy! Reticulum. Ret, or Reti for short. So to recap, Monster, check; all skills, check; top career level, check; 3 babies, check. I think I can start writing that novel now. Oh, Orion and Auriga grew into children. Novel completed, royalties totaling $2,966. Nice~ 2nd generation complete.

Camelopardalis

As a child I felt I was responsible for the family curse. If I hadn't been born the Cygnus family wouldn't have had their grand idea. That's some tough guilt to bear as a little girl. 

A reminder of his sin, is how my father described me. I grew up with strangers; people who couldn't ever trust me. And my father chose me to carry on the family line? I kept thinking this was all some sort of  terrible joke, but he explained to me that I'd have the most significant story to tell because of my suffering. So I'll try to tell it.

I hated the Cygnus family. Knowing my family history, I naturally dubbed them my sworn enemies, having cursed my father and his seed forever after. Not only for cursing my father, but making me a pariah in the neighborhood I grew up in.
My father searched endlessly for a cure to our dark future. He studied the ways of the dark magic that cursed us, hoping the same dark magic could reverse our fate, to no avail. He charged Mensa, my half-sister and eldest of the three of us, to carry on  his search for a cure, when he passed.
She would never stop searching, and to this day she carries on her charge. I trust that she has never given up and her faith that her family curse will be lifted. My ever persistent prayers request her finding that cure. The dark magic Hades befell us must be lifted. I cannot bear my existence continuing this atrocity.
Being raised a monster, I exasperated my efforts to win the hearts of my family, urged them to look beyond my horrible disfigurements. To my delight it seemed to work. Even Metis, who was not my mother, learned to care as much for me as her own daughters, and Mensa and Dorado were as close to me as full blood sisters. 
But at what cost? I had denied my stellar callings. To return to the heavens of this world, To leave my woes behind me and travel the stars. I was utterly ashamed of this part of me. No. I would stay and make a living here. I would not run from this doom. I would support my father and his family.
To add insult to injury I had somehow caught the eye of one of the men who constructed the curse on my family, the vampire Oceanus, during a family affair with Metis and her daughters. Considering my appearance I tried to be as friendly as possible, though not particularly to the Cygnus family. Despite this, he seemed enamored with me. He pursued me relentlessly.
It would be several years before I allowed him in my bed. His tenacity won my heart, despite my hate for his lineage. Soon I would be with child, and before the child was born my father passed, never knowing his grandchild. Mensa was charged with curing the family, and Dorado still a child yet. So it was up to me the bear the next generation of accursed Seraphs.
I gave birth to twins the autumn after my fathers passing, Orion and Auriga. Soon after Oceanus would come to call on me again. He came to ask if I wanted eternal life, to be as he was. I refused. The cost was too high. I wouldn't be able to see my children grow. I asked instead that he keep an eye on our children, and their children, after my passing. Though I didn't plan on dying anytime soon, and had a long while yet 'til I expected that to happen. We shared a bed together one last time, then I told him to never visit again or I might reconsider his offer.
I was again with child. A little goodbye present. So I gave up youth eternal for sentimentality. I guess I'm not the monster everyone thought.