jenga_jane | A Very Distracted Simmer's Legacy - AKA Jenga's VDSL

See, it's not actually a Viking Death Squad legacy. Because I broke one rule. One very important rule. The first rule.

That rule being I must use one particular sim as my foundress, and that one particular sim must be grilled cheese, and be a libra. Talia is not any of those things.

But besides that rule, it's a Viking Death Squad legacy. I mean, only playing 5 generations, playing them in 10 weeks, updating weekly, plus mini challenges of DOOM. I mean it's basically the same thing, right?

No?

Fine, it's a Very Distracted Simmer's Legacy, me being the very distracted simmer, and it being the legacy. For short, I'd like to call it a VDSL.

Talia is distracted, too.

"I see birds."

I see a house.

"I don't."

"This is not a house."

It will suit you just fine.

"So I'm trapped in a shack on a rock in the middle of nowhere with nothing but a disembodied voice to keep me company. Would you like to be friends?"

"Uh, Okay."

Urgh, sims packaged with towniefied CC. I'll go change that skintone later. :P

Because I am a dolt and don't get a job for Talia once the paper arrives, she gets whisked away to a community lot to see who we can see.

So I know I said I wasn't going to, but I'm making an exception for the spouse hunt, and introducing you to everyone.
Sunset Woods by

rosalen_knight .

Dorian Gray, also by

rosalen_knight , and Amanae by

brilliantcat .

Octavia Arco by

dark_moon689 , and Nadia Coleman by

xpinkyhayzx .

Moving to a different lot (I plopped down a bunch of premade maxis lots because I didn't have any in my lots & houses bin and was impatient to start playing. If anyone knows of a good place to find CC-free community lots, please let me know!) we find Aurelius by

runningbee .

And Sol September by

sounseelie .

But there was no one who had any chemistry with Talia, so we went back to the legacy lot.

The best paying job in the paper when Talia gets home is in entertainment. She is a stand-up comedian. I didn't look at the work days, though, so it was too late for her to go to work on the Monday, and she has the day off on Tuesday and Wednesday. Drat. :/

"I'm a whole lot funnier than you'll ever be."

Humour isn't really my strong point in writing. Sorry. Also, why is stand-up an entry level career? That seems silly to me. You'd think it would be something like dental floss add promoter or something. :P Stand-up in itself is a career.

I didn't get a very good photo of him, but this is Stanwick by

needlecream , aged down to teen. He dropped by and played a game of catch with Talia, because her fun bar was low and she wanted a TV. Turns out you can have fun without one.

"Stupid disembodied voice wouldn't let me buy a TV. I shall throw this ball at your face."

If I were you, Stanwick, I would move.

On the Tuesday, I rolled my first weekly challenge. It's a good thing I didn't give Talia much of a house, so she has enough money to live on for a little while, seeing as all of her paycheques will be going into those stupid garden gnomes.

Rorik Black by

selzi meandered past our house, so I quickly sent Talia out to greet him.

Thoughts?

"Hot! I'll give him two bolts."

Seeing as there aren't many other townies in Ceres right now, he'll have to do. I fail at taking pictures, so apparently the only events I found worth documenting on Tuesday and Wednesday were interactions between these two (because I know he moved in on Wednesday night.)

"You're a stand-up comdeian, aren't you?" Rorik asked.

"Yeah, so?"

"Here's a joke. A man was in court for killing his wife with a hammer..."

"And every time the neighbour asked for a hammer, he said he didn't have one."

"Heard it before then?"

"Yes. I know a lot of jokes."

So these two pretty much fail at having good conversations. ^.^ They disagree about everything. :P

Except ACR. They like ACR.

I then proceed to send them on dates. Because dates boost moods and relationships.

Well, there is one slight problem with him.

He's a true-blue romance sim. At this point, though, I've pretty much made up my mind.

Pink hearts!

More coupley sweetness.

And a slow dance that leads to green smileys.

"I'm stuck here now, aren't I?"

'Fraid so. See, I love playing romance sims. Yeah, you heard right, honest-to-goodness Romance sims are my favourites. But Talia's life time want means she needs to get married. I haven't set either of their secondary aspirations at this point, but I decide if Rorik is going to survive in this house without going into aspirational failure, he needs family as a secondary. Talia gets Grilled Cheese because that's what, according to the VDS rules, she's meant to be.

At least I can get him permaplat!

The minute I add-on to the house, this is the first thing they do. I was actually surprised that they didn't try to woohoo on the couch before this point. Maybe because it's technically outside?

It's not much of an add-on, but when you only have a little bit of cash to work with, you make do with what you've got. Thank goodness for those wall covering defaults! :)

On Thursday morning, this is the sight and sentiment that greeted us:

You do know there's a door there, right?

So she headed off to work. (I don't have a picture 'cause I'm lame), and left Rorik, who is presently in the slacker career until we find something in the Athletic field, at home to amuse himself.

Which means "wander around in his underwear to greet random walkbys of the female variety." It's Octavia again.

Who doesn't approve of Rorik's Abs, apparently.

"What the hell?"

"Ahahaha, loser. You got stuck in the first generation of a legacy challenge!"

"Get lost!"

Octavia just laughs.

"Maybe this one will treat me a little bit nicer."

Ming Lee by

shaz_a_fraz .

$240 equals enough for four gnomes.

As soon as she gets home, they make a beeline for the bed.

Red hearts! :)

Meanwhile, outside:

"How can I steal the gnomes without Octavia seeing me?"

"How can I steal the gnomes without Ming seeing me?"

"How can I steal the gnomes without Octavia seeing me?"

They did this for about three sim hours, the morons.

So at some point, Talia popped. Her original dress had no preg morph, so she gets to wear this one now. Also, since she has to spend her money on gnomes, we've resorted to money trees.

The gnome challenge wasn't so bad, all things considered. I got lucky that she had two days off, then worked one day before going on maternity leave.

Talia has wanted to get engaged to Rorik since forever, but Rorik is a bit coflicted:

Get engaged: +5,000
Get engaged: -3,500

I'm mean. None of this "He wants this/she wants this," crap. Rorik is marrying Talia, whether she likes it or not.

Rorik figures he can't go wrong if he proposes over Grilled Cheese.

"So, um, Talia. There's something I've been wanting to ask you. At least, I think I want to ask you."

"What is it, Rorik? I'm listening."

"It's kinda hard to explain. Uh, here you go -"

" - I got it at a pawn shop."

"Ohmigod, Ohmigod, Ohmigod! Is that what I think it is?"

Ooooh, shiny!

"It's beautiful, Rorik! I love it!"

"I'm so glad you're happy, Talia!"

From that angle, maybe.

This angle tells a different story.

"So, will you marry me?"

"Well, seeing as I'm eating grilled cheese sandwiches, and I'm carrying your lovechild, of course I'll marry you! Plus, this ring is nice."

"Yay?"

Rorik heads out to meet teenified Brittany Trust (

kaputt_geliebt ). Because sims can always use more acquaintances.

And as soon as he turns his back:

THIS IS WHY I HATE GNOMES.

"If only I could figure out how to move this post, all the creepy men would be mine! *schemy fingers*."

In the middle of the night, ~~Miss Clavel~~ Talia turned on her light and said "Something is not right."

"Retrieving my gnome is a must, and so I'll chase that Brittany Trust!"

Between she and Rorik, they got them all back.

And apparently nothing significant happened that day, because the next picture I have is this:

Of course Rorik is in bed and sleeps through the whole thing.

"Rorik, it Huuuuurts!"

Freetime benefits. ^.^

The firstborn is Annabeth. She has Rorik's eyes and hair, and Talia's S2.

And after dropping Annabeth on the floor because Rorik decided now would be a good time to go take a bath, Talia brings us our second baby.

This is Anthea, who has Rorik's hair, eyes, and skin colour.

The family is still as poor as dirt. So we added another room onto the front of the house to make room for those bassinets.

Oh, and Octavia dropped by again.

This time, she managed to clean up all the gnomes.

Then she decided to help Rorik with the kids.

She managed to get Anthea to the sink for a bath.

Rorik, on the other hand, managed to get puked on.

"That was pleasant."

Apparently.

"Wait here, Annabeth. Daddy needs another bath."

"Now what do I do with the kid?"

She just stood there. Holding her.

While Talia rescued Annabeth.

We see in the mirror that Octavia managed to drop Anthea.

"I have something important I need to do. Your Mom will figure out what to do with you."

The very important thing?

More gnomes to steal.

You left the kid on the ground for this?

"Um, hello, Disembodied voice, couple you please move the flamingo so I can steal the rooster?"

"No? Fine, I shall steal the green gnome..."

"And all the simoleons from your money trees."

Oh come on! We just had twins - could you cut us a little slack?

Creeper.

Rorik finally dropped the fear of getting married to Talia, so they enjoyed a lovely ceremony on the front lawn surrounded by flamingos. This is starting to feel more like an OWBC than a VDS. :P

And here is where I shall leave you, because this already has a whole ton of pictures. Next update the twins are toddlers, and there are moar kids. Because family+grilled cheese & romance+family equals woohoo and babies. :P

Thanks for reading! The next update will be posted soon-ish, because I already have the pictures uploaded. I just need to write it. :)