Coma Berenices

The twins are well on their way to glory. Corona Austrina has taken to the arts, while Corona Borealis finds himself involved in more scholarly pursuits. In other words, Austrina found the children's chimes, and Borealis likes the blocks. Coma Berenices enters her terrible twos; she's a Scorpio, 7/2/9/6/3, and in no time at all, she can walk, talk and crap all by her lonesome.
The twins begin school, and meet their relatives, distant and otherwise. Tyche and Eros come over after school for a play date. The whole family lazes about the whole weekend. It rained for most of it. Columba and Artemis slept  all day and partied and played the piano all evening. The twins planted themselves in the love seat and learned all about the world. Lyra pursued the arts, and little Coma Berenices learned how to be a charming and charismatic little girl. Cuteness personified, master manipulator. She played with the talking bunny toy.
Time to set up an appointment to entertain the headmaster of Ebonwood Private School again. Yes, yes. I did cook lobster just for you; oh, you'd like to see the house again? Here are three rooms out of the twenty-six, overwhelmed already? Well! Thanks for visiting, get the feck out. Yep, the kids are in private school.
Columba was struck by lightning and died the next day, but not before he and Artemis threw an anniversary party (long time coming) and invited everyone they loved to witness their death. Coeus started shit with Pyxis, so I sent him on his way and caught Pandora instead. All the men were absolutely fascinated with her, Reticulum, Pyxis, Columba (before he died). Then he died, surrounded by his whole family. It was touching.
A few days later, Corona Austrina and Corona Borealis became teenagers. Austrina rolled a 2 and Borealis a 6. Haven't had a Pleasure sim in a while.
Omigosh! My sim sister just stole their gnome! Yes, I made my sister. I couldn't very well just have me, I created my whole house and household. I'm going to call her a thief next time I see her. Holy crap! When did I get cockroaches!? Artemis left the lot on a mission to steal back the gnome. She was successful. She also died the next day. Or that same night, I'm not sure.
The twins capped out on all their skills that night, too. Austrina was abducted by aliens. He was kinda asking for it. When he returned his whole family laughed at the poor boy! Berenices capped out all her skills AS A CHILD! Insanity. Insanity! All the kids are on the honor roll, too and the twins both have jobs. I. Am. So. Bored.
At the beginning of the next week, Berenices grows into a teenager and rolls a 3. Romance  The house seems so empty without Columba and Artemis, so the twins brought home a dog, Seneca. I especially made her friendly in hopes of having puppies someday. Lyra aged into elderlihood. I invited Pallas's and Pyxis' households over, so Seneca could meet their dogs, Cicero and Augustine. Well, the humans had a grand old time, but Seneca just laid around. How disappointing.
The twins are fast approaching their next age transition. Their last days of teenagerhood were spent on the family and Seneca. Berenices followed soon after. This is the part where they trot through life with nothi-.. wait. Berenices and Borealis are Pleasure and Romance sims. That should make things a little more interesting. Also, instead of setting the kids up in a dormitory, they had enough money in scholarships for a college house. The group is well off in money, but they won't have any dorm mates to do their term papers, and I can't buy a compu-.. Oh! Mr. Humble dropped one off for me, how thoughtful. And! Finding patsies to do the papers are in no short supply! That's amazing. I thought, maybe not being in a dorm would be at least slightly more challenging.
I thought I'd send Borealis out to streak, and enjoy his freedom. He didn't even leave the lot and when Austrina returned from class, he stopped, put his clothes back on and the two gestured at each other and punched each other. Brothers. -huff-  Actually,  all the 6th gen kids are really tight. After Austrina got back from his classes the whole group took a trip to Berjes' Barbershop to get acquainted with possible spouses. I guess I should do this after their junior year. So they get an early start. That's fine. Austrina immediately fell for Theia, and Borealis got on well with Pandora. Since Berenices is Helios and Perses niece  her husbandry options are minimal. Borealis or Austrina must become the next heir. I'm thinking Austrina.
The kids are well on their way in the way of  romance. Austrina caught the eye of Serene, and Borealis won the heart of Mnemosyne. Though, neither of them share any bolts with the Cygnus ladies. Coma Berenices is having a rather inappropriate relationship with her Drama Professor, as well. All three have been dating anyone they can get their hands on, and naturally, there's some overlap. The first lucky duck to date two of the 6th generation kids is the creepy ass drama professor.
Time for rerolls. Shit. Spent too much time looking for the dice. Well. Re-Nu-Nu-Sphere to the rescue! Borealis tolls a 2, Knowledge. Berenices rolls: 3, well she's already 3. Grilled cheese it is. And Austrina rolls a 5. Pop sim. Oki doki. Well, there are four university careers available to them. Artist, Natural Science, Paranormal and Show Business. None of their LTWs correspond with these careers, so let's see. Borealis can go into Natural Science, Austrina into Art and Bernices into Show Business. She's already in the Drama Major. Oooh, Austrina has 3 bolts for Mnemosyne... but she's Borealis' first love. Hmmmm. Okay, okay, secondary aspiration rolling time. Berenices is 5, Austrina 5... Grilled Cheese. Borealis: 2... Also Grilled Cheese. What the balls!? I'm pretty sure Lyra's a Grilled Cheese sim, too. Shit. No, the heir has to be Coma Berenices. I'll just have to find a spouse who isn't a Cygnus man. Pretty sure Oceanus doesn't want ten kids. I mean. I could be wrong.
Borealis is big pimpin'. He makes friends way faster than his siblings, the supposed pop sims. He's like.... casa nova or something. Welp, they all graduated Summa Cum Laude and they're all permaplat somehow. Such an easy game.
The grilled cheese brigade is back together again. I have plans for Come Berenices. I forgot about that. Plans! The first to get a job is Austrina as a comic book penciller. This is about the time that I discover the family has 38 friends. Wow!
Why does everyone want my freaking gnomes?! There! Take them! They're ugly, anyway! Freaking weirdos! Is that some kind-o-suburban ritual?  Anyone who does that is freaking crazy!
My game crashes. Aw, damn! Austrina and Borealis both had their jobs and lemon, orange and apple trees were like always infested! Berenices was surely about to become a plantsim! Balls! Cock and balls! Cock, Balls and Chains! It's a sad, sad day.
Hum?! Perhaps I don't need to start all over! Nope, they're still all unemployed. Hm.  Austrina calls up Mnemosyne to get better acquainted. Right under Borealis' nose.  Borealis has a bunch of ladies at his side, anyway. The boy's jobs haven't arisen in the newspaper. -sigh- Disappoint. Interesting  Austrina also has three bolts for Mnemosyne's sister, Themis. Plot twist! Damn. Paranormal's in today's news paper. The kids degrees  are for everything except paranormal. Death phone this generation or further off, hmm. Omygosh! Save! Borealis got his Natural Science job! Heee~
Ha! Success! Coma Berenices became a plant sim! I missed it, as usual, but Hurrah! Haroo! Also, also, Austrina got his job in Artistry! Save, save, save. EEEeeee! Asexual reproduction. That's one way to beat the male decline population. Woot!
Austrina and Borealis brought home the Photography Camera and Laganaphyllis Simnovorii. Still no job for Berenices. And Seneca and Cicero just refuse to play with each other. I didn't know you could command your pets to play with other animals!  Jeez, I've had had Cicero over all the time if I'd known. Oh, cool. I got them to try for puppies! Ahhh! Seneca's pregnant! Happy! Omygosh! Woo! ... Wow, I'm so much more excited about animals getting pregnant. But but but! Puppies!! Save, save, save.~
I'm a little worried. A week has passed and Berenices' job hasn't been in the Ebonwood Times. Lawl! And now that I said something, there it is. Oh, the glory of being in show business. Berenices starts out as a commercial actress. The whole household is employed, minus Seneca, but she's having puppies and that makes me happier than her having a pet job.
Borealis has reached Ecological Guru status and now goes to work in the buff. That, combined with his unsurpassed seductive skills is outright blasphemous to his alleged 2, I says, 2 outgoing points. On the day of his promotion, he [I] felt mighty generous and invited Themis over for Austrina's benefit. Of course, Mnemosyne is invited as well. She is to be Borealis' betrothed. However, not until Seneca has her puppies. which is now! Two boys and a girl. Oh shit. I need to name them! Hahaha! Brilliant! Anaxagoras, Anaximander, and Amaximenes. They all look the same as pumpkins... puppies. The legacy lot is TOTALLY keeping one of these puppies! The 6th generation kids picked their pups. Anaxagoras is Berenices', Anaximander is  is Borealis' and Anaximenes is Australis'. Berenices has to race outside to keep Phyllis Laganaphyllis from eating Edith Cygnus, Epimetheus' wife and Apollo's mother. Even if she is a terrible person. That kid of hers has so many problems.
Demeter's ghost is so cool, it [she?] cleans the house along with scaring the family. She takes out the trash, makes the beds, clears the tables and cleans the bathrooms! It's like having a maid! A dead maid. Oh yea.
Mother Lyra invited over Perses for Coma Berenices. Not as her suitor, but as a suitor for her unborn children. Plant babies are invariably all girls.  He kinda looks like a southern pimp slash colonel... kentucky chicken franchise man. Colonel something or other, I forget his name. The two don't hit it off very well. Perhaps Berenices will like Helios more. And since all the kids have the day off, they make an outing of it. Finding Helios, I mean. I'm feeling bold and sending them to the bathhouse!
What do ya know. He's already on the lot upon arrival, talking to Leto. Aphrodite, Ares and my simself are on the lot, as well. Visiting a bathhouse in the winter might not be a good idea, so I'll make the encounter as brief as possible. Okay, relationship established, he can be invited over now. Eh heh. Time to vacate this death trap!
That evening, Pyxis' family is invited over so that Cicero can meet his puppies, and Borealis invited Mnemosyne (and Themis) over to declare  his everlasting devotion to her, and propose. She's ecstatic. Austrina takes the opportunity to propose to Themis, she also says yes. I don't know why, but I always thought of Austrina as the loser. Anyway, the boys are officially engaged and as soon as Austrina tops out his career in Art, the boys are taking their sweeties and their puppies and moving out!
After Themis and Austrina's date, Themis stopped by to drop off a freaking pinball machine! Does that count as electric? I think it does; we're putting that in the man's inventory for now.
Oh man, I love body shop. I can change the color of Lyra's veil to match her gown. I'll take a picture when she's not crapping. The first of the pups to reach adulthood is Anaxagoras. Man, is he handsome, and takes on equal parts of his parents' features. Oh my, Anaximenes came out the same way. I mean, exactly the same. Oh, no. Anaximenes doesn't have a tail. Anaximander didn't come out completely different than his siblings, then again, Seneca and Cicero did have very similar markings.
Oh, marvelous! All the paintings these guys did in college all just glitched out. Perfect. Oh well, Austrina reached the top of his artistic career, time to slice the household population in twain, only to double it again with children. Hmm, how does one slice $590,000 down the middle. Corona Austrina and Corona Borealis have both set up their stakes. Now it's baby-making time. For them, I mean.
Austrina and Themis set up in a spacious semi-modern house, and decorated as if Austrina was, instead of an Art Visionary, an archaeological college professor. I should have taken pictures, it's actually very tasteful. Themis took a job as a business C.E.O. and was soon with child. She bore a boy, Pan. Do I already have a Pan? I don't think so. Oh man, he is a looker. Austrina and Themis did hire a butler to be able to spend more time with Pan and Anaximenes. Anaximenes knows all her tricks now.
Corona Borealis and Mnemosyne took over the old Goth Manor, and Borealis left his old job to pursue his true passion, Entertainment as a Master of Ceremonies, and Mnemosyne took a job in food service education as a college professor. Anaximander is a serious little shit; eating stoves, flowers, and what have you, and nipping at strangers. Borealis enlisted the aid of Mr. Baena, a young ginger butler to assist with house duties, a bit of gardening and eventually childcare.
I really don't understand butler logic. Rake leaves, put leaves in garbage bag, put garbage bag in garbage disposal unit in the kitchen, take out crushed garbage bag from kitchen and take to trash can in front of house, then move on to second pile of leaves and begin the whole process over again, when there are four freaking trees and fifteen piles of damn leaves! It's not over yet, folks. This is the first day of autumn! The trees are going to shit more leaves later that same day, for four whole days! This is how I pay my butler for one-fourth of the damn year! And it's not just Baena, it's every butler in the neighborhood.
Anyway, Mnemosyne gives birth in her front yard for the whole world to see, including her new coworker, Reticulum, and Mr. Baena. The fruits of her labor [Get it? Get it?!] is a healthy baby boy, Endymion. I should make sure his parents interact with him or all the boy will know is Baena. He has his mother's cheekbones and eyes, and his father's nose (thank heavens.)
I can't take anymore of Baena. I've had enough burnt pancakes! He's getting the boot. Corona Borealis will quit his job and be master of his own damn house. Oh, wait, no. I need a gardener!
See, now that I've topped out a skill in toddlerhood with ... was it Lynx? I'm doing it all the time now. Pan capped out Charisma and Endymion is soon encroaching that triumph, as well. It's just a little out of hand! Anaximander and Anaximenes capped out on all their tricks, too. They've tamed considerably since their couch destroying, bed slumbering  stranger attacking days. I find that if I can cut corners I usually will. Endymion's entire existence so far has been limited to the kitchen. His crib, potty training toilet and Wobbly Wabbit Head are all in there. He doesn't even know anyone except his parents and Anaximander. It's almost like he's an attic baby. Except he's a kitchen baby. He's completely happy; his relationship with them is optimal. Yet, somehow, it still feels like poor childcare. He does have his own room... it's just upstairs, where he can't get to.
Heh, ANYWAY! Austrina and Borealis now have their own 'legacies'. It's time to head back to Berenices lot [in life.] She is fast to be promoted to Icon, thus completing her career goals and now, it's time to start a family. She and her mother invite over Perses, Helios and Medusa Cygnus, and Berenices begins the pollinating process. Oh, that's right, I have to pump out names as well as babies. Shit, let's see. The first to arrive is a girl, Pavo, the Peacock. Then a boy! Hurrah, haroo! His name is Apus, the Bird of Paradise. And lastly, another girl, Tucana, the Tucan. None of them have pointy ears! This is outrageous! But I am happy to have a boy. Super super happy. (Maybe one of the girls will die, like Lynx.) I didn't say nothin'!
The flower children, as they will be referred to henceforth, have all of Mother Berenices' skill points, and, sadly, her ears; and do not have a childhood, teenagerhood, or young adulthood. Means no college. They are short-lived and don't need to study shit. That's one rule taken care of. Oh! That's right. Berenices can begin her novel. Her work is complete.

Coma Berenices

That's right. That's my name. Coma Berenices Seraph. What was my mother thinking?  Was she on crack? Is she completely mental? Don't talk shit 'bout my momma! 

Of course, us kids didn't see much of our mother growing up. You know that 'cause you read her novel before mine, because that's just compulsive. I can't say I really cared much. We had Grammy and Grampy takin' care a' us. They was cool.

That's not what I wants ta talk about though. Growing up, I found solace in the gardens. Our estate is gigantic, but somehow we don't need servants to keep house. We pro like that. In doing so, I developed a mega appreciation for things that grow. Yes, people, too, but mostly plants. My brother, Borealis, was the biological scientist, though, and I didn't want to follow his footsteps because he's a super slut bag... Well, I was, too. I mean, I never knew my daddy, and Mom was always aloof, so it's only natural, right? Admittedly, that was one of the reasons I joined drama class, and eventually majored in drama. All those people watching me. I couldn't get enough of it. Borealis would always a ladies man, but I! I had peoples attention. They all looked at me on stage and that was the biggest high for me. After college I kept my eyes out for auditions and the like, but, at home, my childhood fascination was rekindled and I soon grew to be closest with the trees and flowers and vegetables.

This led to my incident. Oh, I was still looking for that perfect job. Not wanting to be a mooch on the family coffers, doing my part to  earn it's glorious majesty. After a while of tending to my beloved flora, however, I began feeling the effects of the insecticide I used on them to keep them healthy. In my sickness to this poison, the trees I had befriended granted me a body that could benefit, rather than disintegrate from the chemicals I was dousing myself in to keep my garden alive. I had no idea of the consequences and accepted life instead of slow, painful death.

Now, I never intended to be the child that carried on the family curse. I always figured it'd be Austrina or Borealis, they being my seniors. But, upon my horrible disfigurement, the boys felt relieved! Neither of them wanted to take on the curse either! And, as the curse befell me and not them, they were free to pursue their own aspirations and leave the family and it's shame.

I was outraged at their audacity in leaving me with this terrible burden! As I saw it, I was completely forsaken! Little did I know that my condition would lead to my ultimate fame and glory in show business. Indeed, the filming studios and casting directors loved my defects, casting me as fairies, villains  and the like. My deformity had become my catalyst to stardom! I was rather dumbfounded, but, nonetheless, grateful to my newly acquired flora sistren and much of the fortune I've earned has rightly gone to their prosperity.

Another of my benefits being famous, I was fortuitous enough to track down my biological dad and his family. Yes, of course, it was awkward, but I did value the chance to know him in some way. He had a whole different family, as you know, but I didn't hold that against him. I know family is something most people cherish, soo... Well, not to me, and obviously not to him, or is it? I haven't come to a decision about him yet. I mean, even now.

Anyway, Yes, I achieved stardom, my brothers deserted me to start families of their own, and I was in no place to blame them. It was time I started one of my own, despite my inexperience and ambiguity on the inner workings of the family structure. Being that I was getting on in age and didn't have a lover... Probably something I shouldn't admit. Well, piss off! It's my life! Really I can only stand one person in my line of work and she already has a family. My only choice was a gift granted to me by my flora saviors; the ability to procreate asexually. And I did so. My beloved planty chillens: Pavo, Apus and Tucana. I've come to my present existence now. Tell me, is this the memoir you expected of a superstar? I hope you at least enjoyed it. Ha!

The Fifth Generation

Lynx Lyra Seraph

Glory glory, I've made it half way through this poxy legacy. I'm already sick of it, and I want to start the next. I have plans, see? Plans!

Oh my, Pictor Seraph doesn't register as family for Lynx. He's your second uncle! That's kinda not right. Pyxis entered the terrible twos. He's an Aries, just like his dad and two older sisters, and rocks 7/9/9/7/3, just like Lynx and Lyra. Lyra also capped out her charisma. Demeter passes away and Lyra turned into a child. Pyxis capped out on logic, and also turned into a child. 13 rules and it's still too easy. Phah! Even the ghosts don't cause much trouble, even though they haunt every night. To make a memorable night, I sent Lynx out to the plaza to run into her fellow neighbors and mingle. She met her aunt, Lepus and Pheobe, Persephone and.. that's it, really.The plaza is a little cramped. I should do some remodeling. Later, though! Because Lynx hits the barbershop next. There she meets Selene and the two hit it off quite well. Ericka Grove, the evil witch, drops in and Lynx pounces on the opportunity to meet her. They also hit it off well. Lynx is an incredible pop sim. With the fast friends buff, she's unstoppable. The two are friends within a minute of meeting. While Ms. Witch is getting hustled by the Unsavory Charlatan, Lynx makes her way to Goopy Gils Carbo, a handsome fellow, despite his fashion sense. They get acquainted, but after a little bit, Lynx is getting hungry and sleepy and it's time to head home.

When she gets back, Mother Dearest turns into an old bitty and a foxy one at that. Eeeee! Heeheehee! I made Lynx plan to sneak out with Pictor tonight! I've never done this. I hope she doesn't get caught. She unsuspiciously studies fire safety while Columba and Artemis head to bed. Dwah ha hahahahaha! Pictor picks her up in a limo! The two took off for a few hours and Lynx came home around 2 or 3am to find her elderly parents still asleep. Woot! She got away with it!

Lyra becomes a teenager and rolls a-...shit, where's my dice? Eff, I'll use my phone dice. She rolls a 3. Gracious, she even looks like her sister. At least they have different aspirations. Columba is invited out on an excursion and I send him to the Crypt-o-Night Club, which is my default place to go. He went stag, as Artemis was on the phone with Reticulum. He took the mandatory photo with Tethys and ordered everyone lobster. Somehow, during the evening, he and his long-time co-worker Kana developed feeling for each other. A harmless crush, seeing as the man is in his golden years, and Kana is a young woman, yet. On account of that and some other mingling that had nothing to do with dancing, Columba actually got a good outing score. Second from the top, whatever that is. Now he can do what he's been feigning ever since dinner, clean up the dining tables.
Lyra capped out all her skills, and in three days, Lynx will join college. I'm hoping Pyxis will have adequate skill points to join her and Lyra. Fucking hiccups. Well, he's got at least 5/10 in all of them. That's enough for college. Hmm, Lynx heads off to college without even a want for it and everyone in the house is too busy to even notice. Pyxis teens and rolls a 5, just like Lynx, and Lyra also heads off to college, having topped all her skills, as well.
Woops, I accidentally hit first kiss on Pyxis and Pictor, forgetting that they don't register as family. Ah! Well, never mind, he'll forget all about that when he goes into college... hopefully. Alrighty, Pyxis is also skill capped. Off to college he goes.

College. And the kids can't use electronics. Influencing people to do their term papers should be covered. Gotta take out fire alarms, and stereos, though. Among other things. I'm set, here we go.~
Lynx, Lyra and Pyxis go back to their roots and dress like traditional aliens, Lyra meets a sweet young man, and the two quickly become enamored with each other. The cafeteria lady, Jaiden, has a penchant for setting the stove on fire, and since I have no fire alarm, there is a high risk of mortality for her and the room mates. Ahh, yes, see. There it goes while the kids are taking their finals.
Maura Shehan much have been suicidal because she just ran straight into the fire without looking back. Lyra's boyfriend, Griff dies, and Dominic, Pallas' old college lover boy crispifies. I tried to keep my babies away, but for whatever reason, Lynx stopped working on her tea set to go investigate. It cost her her life. Lyra and Pyxis hung out in the hot tub, when just the night before, Lyra made love to Griff, now deceased,  in said hot tub, unbeknownst to Pyxis.
The fire finally died out 7 hours after it had been started. And by some miracle the cafeteria lady who started it survived. The death toll is still being counted. 10 people. 1 kitchen fire. Look at that. I could have prevented Lynx's death with a ceiling sprinkler. It's not in the electronics section. Oh, no, because of that fearless handicap, never mind. Lyra and Pyxis got to cleaning up the catastrophic aftermath. They cried a lot through this.
Lyra found a new beau, though. Aspiration fodder, since she's a Romance sim. Nice guy doesn't even throw a fit when she flirts with othre people. Let's see. I should probably pick a new heir, eh? Since I was kinda plannin' on using Lynx, but she's dead now. I think I'll pick Lyra. She's been a lot of fun. That might be the romance in her. Since Lynxs death, Lyra and Pyxis have grown so close to each other. That's lovely.
Lyra has caused quite a commotion among the male dorm mates. Oh! Time for rerolls. Pyxis tolls knowledge, and Lyra rolls romance again. Shoot. Grilled Cheese it is, then. -sigh- So I can't do anything aspiration related until hers does down enough to revamp her. Pyxis' new LTW is to become the Hand of Poseidon, Oceanography track. That's doable. I haven't unlocked it yet.
He switches his major to biology and we're set. Now for Lyra. Hmmm. Art major's fine, we'll get that fancy camera for the family. I love that thing. Or I could go into Paranormal, get the death phone and bring back Lynx. Still undecided. Lady Zombeh's. Sexeh. Philosophy seems like a good major to explore a paranormal career. Oh. Speaking of zombies, I'm reminded of one such zombie who just happens to have an affinity for grilled cheese, as well. Crius Cygnus, ladies and gentlemen. Oh yes. I wonder if zombies can have babies. Amazingly, the two have 3 bolts of chemistry, naturally. Of course, their date was dreamy and before the night was out, they had 'relations' in the photobooth. I wonder if there's a dezombifier potion.
Pyxis rolled Romance as his secondary aspiration and has been kicking up some sexual dust of his own. Poor kids been caught cheating twice on different people. I should really pay attention to who might be watching I will say. Pyxis grew up freaking awesome! I still think Lyra will be a lot of fun, too. So the kids are back home. Hmm, should probably stop calling them kids. Lyra has these special powers now that she's grilled cheese inclined. She can summon grilled cheese sandwiches from thin air and eat them in one gulp. Very handy for eating on the go. Okay, so zombies can't has babies. There's still the possibility to dezombify Crius. (Is that cheating?) Lyra can't be heir if she can't have babies, and I don't know of any other grilled cheese sims in my neighborhood. Let's see if Mensa can make a potion like that. Nope. No such potion. Well balls! Oh! Maybe I can bring back Lynx with the Magic lamp. Let's see. Shucks. Why can't Pyxis bring her back? That's nuts. Nuts!Alright, fine, Lynx is gone forever and Lyra can't have babies with the man of her dreams. Which means Pyxis might have to be the next heir and omigosh, he is such a freaking slut! Right, so he went on a date with Pandora and they had sex in a public hot tub. I mean, yeah, I made a neighborhood bath house, but I really thought of it as a place for kids. Kind of glad kids don't go to community lots without their parents, now! Then after the date Pandora went home, Coeus started putting the moves on Pyxis. He's a father! Did Pyxis care? Oh, no. He's all like: I'm down with that, Daddy-O. Sicko! I had them play marco polo before things got out of hand... and then he and Eos get stuck in the pool somehow.... Great! Now he's going to die! Stupid pool. There's nothing i can do! Just... watch... him pee in the pool. Not that that stopped people from diving in! Maybe I can bring him back w/ the genie. Great, I managed to kill off two of the 4th generation kids. It's a dangerous world out there, folks! Faulty pool ladders, incompetent cafeteria women. Why are there no life guards in this game?! So people outside see him drowning? I dunno, they certainly could see it if they looked. Several days later, he's still drowning. And he's still trying to stomp on cockroaches. Hmm. Wednesday... He's still alive... but he has no energy. Who knew Marco Polo was such a dangerous game? I hope Eos and the others don't die. He should be dead by now, right? He's been drawing energy from the universe! He can't die here! It's now Thursday. I'm exiting, this is crazy. A man can't live a week in a pool, that's just silly. I lost the date with Pandora and a lot of swimming and suffering. I went back to that bath house and put 5 of those pool ladders in that bitch! They can't all glitch, right? Here's hoping.
Back home the stairs leading to the 2nd floor are glitching as well, so I added another staircase. Lyra also went to a community lot, praying her voyage didn't turn out as disastrous as Pyxis'. She met Andrea and Perses Cygnus and had two bolts for Perses. She has three for Pallas! Hurray! She can have babies! At home, Pyxis gets stuck on the glitchy stairs trying to make the master bed (which is already made). This is ridiculous! Pyxis is broken.
Lyra's first date with Pallas went extremely well. Sometime during the date, though, Pallas rolled the want to get parried to Mensa Seraph. I didn't know they were such good.. oh wait, that's who I tried to match together. That's right. Well, I suppose I could get him to supply the next generation them marry him to Mensa afterwards.
Pallas quickly asked Lyra out on a date again. They went to the botanical gardens. They had another marvelous date, and had sex in the photo booth. Lyra was beaten up by Mrs. Crumplebottom there after. It was glorious!
Pyxis, having been freed from the grips of the evil glitched staircase, got a job in Oceanography. Feeling daring, I took him out unto a community lot, the Cafe, nothing could go wrong there, right? He met Themis and had two bolts for her. Then he went to the barber shop and met Theia, the two had three bolts. They had a dream date and I felt good. Theia needs a lover boy after Columba messed with her heart. Cool, we have our spouses/sperm-doners.
Lyra reached the top of Intelligence and I forgot that's the career I put her in, waiting for the paranormal job to come up. Heh, too late now. She then promptly gave birth in the parking lot to twins. Two boys: Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown and Corona Austrina, the Southern Crown. Lyra invited Pallas over for a farewell romp in the hay and the woohoo was successful. Pallas is now free to marry Mensa. (And they did, and had two beautiful children, a boy and girl, thus adding to the minor population of Ebonwood. I forget their names.)
Austrina grew up into a Scorpio, 10/7/9/6/3, and Borealis, a Virgo, 10/2/9/7/3. They both appear to Artemis and Lyra's nose, Woohoo! And Lyra goes into labor again, this time to a single child, a girl, Coma Bernices, Bernice's Hair.
Pyxis reached the top of Oceanography, becoming the Hand of Poseidon! Wait. Poseidon's dead. Well, then! Lyra has a completed her business.

Lyra Seraph

Being a spy is romantic, isn't it? I guess that's why I chose the field. All the deception, the mistrust, the danger; it's beginning to seep into my family life. If you can call it that. The father of my children couldn't handle it. He left, found a better woman, got her knocked up as well, but she's happy about it. I had three kids with him. Kids who are as strangers to me as... well, I am to myself. What kind of life if that for them? Their grandparents are all they know. That's good. There's a lot of love there.

I thought this life would be glamorous. It's cost me so much. My parents couldn't understand it. Why I'd choose this path. It's simple. I had to. Call it revenge. I guess, bare bones, that's what it is. For this life. It wasn't supposed to be mine. It was supposed to be my sister's. You may not understand. It wasn't just that she was the oldest. She was the glue, the linchpin that kept the family together. Everyone loved her. Including me. To me, her death simply could not have been an accident. These sort of tragedies don't happen to our family. Other kinds, yes. That damned curse, for one. We had enemies. I knew that. And I was determined to discover the villain who took her away from us.

My determination started with the old men of the Cygnus family. The abominations, Crius, Oceanus, and Hades. I knew from Grandmother Camelopardalis' memoirs that Oceanus would be the person to talk to. He being her lover, and all.

It would be sometime later when I accepted that our poor Lynx's death was an accident, but by then I was so deep into this life, and there was no way out.

Columba Seraph

Not a lot to report. The kids are skilling, Demeter's climbing the medical corporate ladder, Orion invited Headmaster Vince Walter over to enjoy some salmon and inspect his fine children. Auriga stopped by to throw balls at Lepus. The kids got into private school. Like there was any doubt.
So I made a little pond for the grown-ups to fish in. I'm so tired of restocking the fridge. And I put down a little garden patch in the front yard for the kids to garden. Sparkling food for everyone!
Orion turned Sandalphon into a robot werewolf. His eyes didn't turn yellow! Lame. Demeter grew a plantbaby, a girl. Demeter's the one with the daughter, Persephone, right? Well, I already have a Persephone. Let's see. I'll name her Terpsichore. Have to keep a plant sim around at all times, don't ya know? Terpsichore is a Gemini, 10/2/2/8/9, which is weird. Demeter has the same numbers and she's a Virgo.
Okay,, I already have my next heir picked out. It's going to be Columba. You wanna know why? I don't want Ivy's nose haunting THIS family also! Orion, Reti, Lepus and Monoceros all have this nose. No, no, no, no. Her nose will die this generation!
Camelopardalis passed on. She spent her last day making candies with Columba. All the children cried. Orion cried the most. The family's down to nine friends. I don't think it's ever been that low. Ha!
Sweet. Demeter gets promoted to Chief of Staff the exact moment Columba becomes a teenager. He rolled a 4, Family Sim! Woooooo! Possible spouses: Phoebe, Artemis and Medusa. Yes, I checked.
I think Jan Tellerman is a  mobster. I just paid her off with $50. No idea what for. But she's telling me she'll leave me alone for now... What?

Welp, Terpsichore grew up. She looks exactly like Demeter. She rolled a 2. Knowledge. If Ican get her a job in Politics I can send Columba, Lepus and Monoceros to college. Right now Columba has the job in Politics.
On Reticulum and Aphrodite's lot, the couple started a larger family than planned. After remodeling and hiring a butler to help keep house and raise the children, Reticulum and Aphrodite are hving a tought time paying the bills and feeding their 4 children, Pictor, the Painter's Easel, Carina, the Keel, Nike, Goddess of Victory, and Nemesis, another Greek deity. Yet they still oblige their children everything their little hearts desire.
The kids have thir own private playground, a nursery, and a playroom. The girls even have thei own play oven in the kitchen. And the family always eats together. Their butler, Amar Dennis, Makes less of an ass of himself for this family than he did the Cygnus' and competantly conducts his business with grace and dignity. Aphrodite acheived her Life Time Want of becoming Captain Hero, and Reitculum switched to a career in Education.
Despite being nearly bankrupt and already having four kids, the family oriented couple still wants more kids. I'm tempted. Sorely. I take it back. Mr. Dennis just burned the kitchen. -sigh-
Admittedly I needed a break from the main Seraph lot. I played Epimetheus and his wife, Edith's lot and the two had a baby boy, Apollo. Epimetheus took a job in Music, and became a rock star, while Edith took a job in Show Business, I don't remember her last position. Apollo became a child right at the weekend. The only person he knows outside the family is Ariel, and they're on good terms. I'm not including the nanny, Calista. She's always a good social dump.
Hestia and Quiten Cygnus also had a baby boy, Thanatos. He's almost exactly like his father. Coeus and Stella are expecting as well. Oh. They had twins. Hydra and Nyx.
In other news, it seems as though Pallas, the sun-burned son of Atlas has the hots for Metatron's digital lover boy, Sandalphon, who is totally oblivious to Pallas' obvious attraction.
Alright! Back to business. I think I need to kick Terpsichore out on her ass. She just hangs out and makes snowmen. Lepus and Monoceros became teenagers today, so I don't beed her to be the babysitter anymore. Lepus rolls a six. Monoceros, a one. Pleasure and Wealth.
This is why I don't like plant sims. Them and vampires, and now! Werewolves. They don't go to sleep [except vampires, they just stay up all night.] Because Terpsichore is a knowledge sim, naturally she wants to be a werewolf like Orion. So I make it happen! 'Cause i'm a push over like that. I have way too many werewolves now. Not enough zombies, witches or vampires. I'd say I'm good on robots. Let's see, 6 robots, 6 playable werewolves, 3 playable witches, 2 vampires, and 1 zombie. I need to make zombies! I wonder if zombies can have kiddies. Oh, and 2 plants sims. Am I missing any monsters? I don't think so. Oh, fuck. Aliens! Well, I think I can safely say I have more than enough aliens. Okay, time for Terpsichore to rob her mother and make off with almost $100,000. Heee, I wonder if anyone's done a pooracy.
Imma call bullshit on the college thing, though. your sims can go for free. They don't pay for their classes, in fact, they GET money for completing semesters! Now, a person like me, who finds excessive funds enraging, would like that money to go to something, ANYTHING! Charity, business, luxurious vacations. (I'm not doing another vacation for this legacy, that shit took up WAY too much time." Excuse my ramblings, I'm sick. I don't mean in the head, I'm actually coughing up a lung as I write this. It's painful.
Terpsichore is away. Oh, bawls. I forgot to have her introduce Artemis to Columba. Whatevs. The weekend is coming up, Columba can head to the plaza and scope out the Cygnus babes. He has sixteen to choose from. That's taking away four, Metis, Aphrodite, Demeter and Hestia. The boy hasn't met any of them yet. Right, so Columba goes to the plaza, the first person on the scene is Theia. Beautiful. Shit. They don't hit it off well. Blargh!
Oh, oh, oh! Phoebe joins the lot! Aww, she registers as family. Welp, Columba heads home empty handed. Orion grows into an elder. He is the hottest looking old man! Oh, jeez, I did not just write that. Columba made friends with Theia via phone. Man, times are tough for Seraph teenagers. They all want to go to college, their weekends are solely dedicated to skilling, they keep rolling wants for personal electronics. It's a hard knock life, mang. Orion retired from his tv gig He and Demeter hang around and hunt bugs all day. That man gets stung by bees more that anyone else I've played. Hmm. He's lost all his neatness. He used to have 8. I wonder what happened. I wonder if that's what happens to people who become werewolves. Lepus and Monoceros brought home a couple friends and were in desperate need of aspiration, Lepus asked her friend out, Monoceros, his. They both had their frst kiss, though Lepus' date needed a little convincing. Her date denied her the first time. It crushed the girl.
Monoceros couldn't give a crap about his date, they just played with the football. Their dte wasn't a dream date, but Mooceros got a little aspiration out of Opal Raymond. Later on, Nicholas Bertino would call up Monoceros and invite him out for a night on the town. Poor Mr. Bertino. He was attacked by Countess Jeannie and turned into a vampire.
To apologize to Lepus about not kissing her, her date brought over a piano. I mean, I guess you can't have too many pianos. Lepus aint sweatin it though, the next night she had another date with someone different. This guy bought her a bust... of Tylopoda. Heeheehooha.
Lepus and Monoceros both got jobs in Gaming and Education They'll work on those while Columba unlocks Politics. Bwahahahahahaha, Dorado in a bathing suit, oh my gosh. Ksksksksks, okay, stop laughing, whew! Columba meets Artemis at Berjes' Barbershop. They start playing kicky bag and some other people butt in, but the two become friends. Poor kid, he's got no aspiration and his birthday is tomorrow. All he wants is a cell phone, gameboy and to go to college. He's going to grow up so unhappy. To cheer him up I invite over Reticulum and his brood. Columba meets Nike, Nemesis, Carina, Pictor and Reticulum; the kid just doubled his family acquaintances.
Shit, Monoceros' date, Tosha Go bought him a karaoke machine. Actually, all the kids had dates that night. Columba bombed his date, the twins blew theirs out of the water. The next day, Columba grew up mid-date, while Lepus moved in on Monoceros'! He was NOT happy. Tosha got a slap to the face, and she didnt even do anything. Lepus looked absolutely smug about it, too. That scamp!
Columba grew into... questionable attire. We have to fix this. So, Columba and Theia go out for dinner to feel each other out. Wow, they both wanted to fall in love with each other. All they had to do was kiss and their date was dreamy. That was super fast. They were engaged his first night as as an adult.
Now for a little harmless brain alteration. I know, cheating. I can't help it. Theia's everything he wants though. They're so in love I can't believe it, they even had the same turn-off. Nothing to say of the same pointy ears, the same nose, both are aliens. Hmm, she brought him a stereo after the date. To the secret attick with it! I should read the rules to see if I can use it. The handicap just says not to purchase anything from the electronics tab.
Lepus is in deep shit with everyone in the house and she doesn't even know it, silly thing. The girl, Tosha, came by to steal the newspaper and later knock over the trashcan. Bitch! That's how we get cockroaches! Hahahahahaha! She stole the gnome! During Columba's wedding! He left the lot to go steal it back! Shit, Columba and Theia only have 2 bolts for each other. How did I miss that?
Oh... he has three bolts for Artemis, though. Damn! What do I do now?! I wonder if I can get a divorce... Columba goosed Artemis just as Theia came home from work. I wonder if that's grounds for a divorce. What do you know. It is. Theia broke up with Columba, took her dog and moved the eff out.
Wow, there's a lot of hate in the house now. Monoceros hates Lepus, Lepus hates Monoceros. Orion hates Lepus. Demeter hates Columba. Columba hates Lepus... This is the most dysfunctional I've ever made a family.
Anyway, Columba gets hitched to Artemis. The first time he asked her she said no, so he had a bad memory of that as well as when she said yes.... They didnt have a ceremony this time and hit the sack right after getting hitched.  She's already pregnant. Artemis was sticking rich, too.
Lepus and Monoceros grew into adults. Not going to college sent Monoceros into aspiration failure. Poor man... Ricky Cormier just left Lepus another Karaoke machine. So I checked the handicap, it doesn't say anything about gifts so whatevs. Christ, look at that, it's already 11 pm. I need to go to bed!

So great, Tosha and Theia keep fucking up my lot. Artemis took a job in Architecture and goes into labor with a girl, Lynx. So cute! Green skin and gray eyes. Eeeeee!
I must have a penchant for making aliens look good, because Monoceros is so hot. It makes me sad I can't make him happy. I can't buy a car or stereo, I don't have a pool, so he can play Marco Polo and I don't want to buy a freaking skating rink. I don't have the space! This guy is mad with his wants. I don't think wealth sims are good for this legacy.
Yay! Columba's the Mayor! That unlocks all the other careers and the kiddies can go to college. I have six adults in the house, Orion and Demeter (who never sleep) Columba and Artemis, Lepus and Monoceros. As soon as the last two reach the top of their careers I can boot them out and get back to making babies. Camelopardalis has taken to haunting day and night, now, terrorizing any who cross her ghostly path. I think everyone, except Demeter, has pissed themselves several times. It's embarrassing!
Lynx turned into a toddler, she's been fed so much smart milk it's almost criminal. She powered through learning how to walk and walk, crap and sing, and she has more charisma than her mom. I think she toddlerfied just two days ago. She's going to be charisma capped by the time she's a child! Like I said: almost criminal.
Oh dear, oh dear, Lepus is getting really close to Michael-Servo, the two had a dream date and right after Lepus wanted to go on another one. Oh my, he brought by another stereo.
The next day Monoceros went on a date with Michaels mechainal brother, Raphael. Never mind, they had no chemistry. So I sent him out to find some one he does have chemistry with. He made quick friends with Ares Cygnus, but they didn't have chemistry either. Besides, Ares is married to Berjes. No one else showed up on the community lot. Sad business. So he went home.
Wow, Lynx really did max out her charisma as a toddler. Monoceros met Artemis' sister, Asteria and had a big crush on her. She wouldn't give him the time of day for a while, but he wore her down and the two went on a date! Lepus reached the top of Gaming! Finally! I can move someone out. That's a little messed up, I know, I kind of want to keep her, she's a total badass... someone stole our gnome again. What the balls!
The date with Asteria went well. She wants to have sex with Monoceros in a car. Freaky~ Great! I have a spouse for him when he reaches the top of his career track!
Orion passed on in permaplatness leaving his riches to Demeter, Monoceros, Lynx and Lepus. He died well, but his ghost appeared right after his death to weep over himself. Strange. Haha he scared his wife, Demeter, who was distraught to see his ghost, but still heart farted when she saw it.
Lepus left the house with a little over $100,000 in stolen property. Monoceros hit the top of Education, too. Hurray. He invited Asteria over and proposed to her right after work. She said yes. Heee. They were married and off on their honeymoon never to return again. The two made off with $125,000 as a wedding girst from their families.
Since Orion's death and Lepus and Monoseros moving out, the happy couple, Columba and Artemis have been trying to get pregnant again with very little success. They're running each other ragged. Augh! Finally!
Did I ever run off Lynx's numbers? She's an Aries, 7/9/9/7/3. Bwahahahahaha! Tethys was struck by lightning, she looks absolutely hilarious. Artemis reached the top of Architecture.
Omigosh, things are so much more peaceful without as much people. I'm not wringing my hands in worry and despair!

Well! After searching frantically for a pen that was at the desk I was sitting at! I can finally tell you that Monoceros and Asteria Seraph had twins. Jeez, they really run in the family. They had a boy, the green one, Typhon, and a girl, Hemera. Monoceros got to the top of the business career track, as was his LTW, earning himself permaplaticity, and Asteria got a job in Law, pursuing her own Life Time Want.

Columba and Artemis had another baby girl, Lyra, She looks like her older sister with the green skin and gray eyes. That's number two. That's kinda weird. Both Columba and Artemis have the twin buff, but their first two kids weren't born with a twin and conception was cray hard... Hmm.
Lynx has at least 8/10 points in all the skills and she turns into a teenager tonight. This is madness, ladies and gentlemen. Glorious, glorious madness. She rolled a 5, Pop sim. Lyra also grew up, and she's an Aries, too. 7/9/9/7/3. And Artemis goes into labor with another single baby. Oh well. It's a boy! His name is Pyxis, the Compass Box.
Oh! So I'm pretty sure I can get Columba started on that novel now. Let's see, topped out skills, and career, had three kids, is an alien. I've decided green skin counts as monstrous.

Columba Seraph

As the son of a rather eccentric werewolf chef, and a member of the infamously accursed family, Seraph, many doubted my goals of becoming mayor of our grand hamlet, Ebonwood, but I succeeded. Through no small part on my families behalf, strange as we might seem, and the support of the prestigious Cygnus family, to which mine is closely tied, I have achieved the honor of governing the province I cherish. We are families cut from the same cloth; many sorrows, tragedies, strengths and triumphs, tales of humor, suspense, horror and much drama are told by each of our families, in our history, lie in our very bones..

Though ours is a relatively new town, it is already bustling with the promise of many children and youth I see, and my soul rejoices. In them I see the prosperity of the community I was raised in and have come to love as dearly as my own children. And for my children, for all our children, I will forever strive to make ours the safest, finest, and most auspicious province, the likes of which sim-kind has ever seen!

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.