Saturday 30 December 2023

Goth Family


Here we are in Pleasantview at Goth Manor, home of Mortimer, Cassandra and Alexander.


Cassandra of course no longer resides here as she lives with Darren Dreamer, so Mortimer and Alexander have the place to themselves once Mortimer bid farewell to a loitering Don Lothario who was here to marry Cassandra but we all know how that turned out. :)



Mortimer took Alexander Downtown to the Maple Springs and Spa where they met a spooky local vampire and a townie.

They spent some quality father-son time.

Back at home and Dina rang Mortimer to keep him updated on his baby daughter's progress.

He then ordered pizza for dinner.

Thankfully he wasn't scared by his ghostly relatives, Cornelia- his Mother or Simon Crumplebottom, his Maternal Grandfather.

The next day he helped Alexander with his homework being the good Knowledge sim he is. 


Then treated Alexander to a new skilling/fun table for getting his first A+.

The Contessa Celeste Welsh came over for a visit.

She made fast friends with Alexander.

Then joined in leftover omelettes that Mortimer had saved from breakfast.

Pink hearts for the Contessa and Mortimer.

Later still it was Alex's turn to become a teenager...


A party was thrown of course to celebrate.
Alex rolled to become a Family Sim with a lifetime wish to graduate 3 children from college. 

He made best friends with the Countess.

whilst Mortimer made best friends with his Daughter Cassandra.

The next day Alex met the paper girl Amy Jones.

He learnt how to make special comforting soup, he is determined to go to college and as soon as possible.

He and Mortimer made best friends on Thursday.

Later that day Mortimer and Celeste were engaged.

Taking immediate advantage of not only the evening hours but the already-in-place wedding arch Mortimer and Celeste were married with just Alex as a witness.

They celebrated in their own sweet way. ;)

Contessa Celeste is a Pleasure Sim with a lifetime wish to become Captain Hero, She is a super neat freak and autonomously cleans anything and everything. 

She has a wish to 'bite someone' and Mortimer had the wish to 'be bitten'.

*Bleh*.

Of course there is no need for the double bed now, but the room is just arranged for two coffins rather than getting rid of the original furniture.

and so the Vampires sleep the day away...

Alex comes home from school with a friend,

It's Ricky Cormier, he stays and chats until Alexander has to go to his teen job in Law Enforcement.

The Vampires awaken at dusk.

Contessa Celeste finds herself with child.

Alexander is buying a special potion from the Matchmaker...

It's a gift for his Dad.

Mortimer is happy to take the potion.

and both Celeste and Alex are happy too fulfilling their wishes to see Mortimer become human again.

Alex feels his work here is done and heads to college.

He joins a new dorm which we will see fairly soon.

Meanwhile the Contessa just leaves the house at night to work in the Law Enforcement field.

It's a harsh winter and she happily warms her hands on the fire while Mortimer catches up with the news.

Sunday comes around quickly and Cassandra and Alex are back for a visit with Darren Dreamer.


Cassandra had been hoping for a chance to get to know her new Stepmother but Celeste is worn out.

ah, for good reason.. as soon as their guests leave Celeste goes into labour...

She has a son called Grigor.

As daylight quickly arrives Celeste hands their son to Mortimer before she runs upstairs to her coffin,

and Mortimer becomes a 'new' dad for the second time this round!


Summary- it wasn't my intention to have Mortimer marry or have any more children but the heart wants what the heart wants I guess. Mortimer's ltw is to max his skills and he's getting quite close but the baby wish gave him a nice boost of aspiration too. 

Friday 22 December 2023

Gorey- Allegra, Freshman Year


Here we are in Strangetown at Sim State University at the home of Martin Ruben, Jane Stacks...


and Allegra Gorey, she is the reason we are here this round.

Allegra is a Knowledge Sim with a wish to be Chief of Staff in the Medical field.
For the sake of play I'm sticking with her and just getting Jane and Martin their necessary skills/assignments unless anything interesting happens with them until it's their 'turn' on the alphabetical list.

Well! The first interesting thing was that Jane got chatting with the campus streaker...
She found out that his name was Grant McCauley and she has 3 bolts for him!

After Grant left the housemates got down to earning the relevant skills for the Semester.

A little later Grant was back... (still with no clothes on) but he had a game of chess with Jane.
Meanwhile Martin had met someone walking by and hung out with her.

Allegra was hungry and as no one yet had cooking skills she ordered pizza.

Then invited friends over for a party!

Allegra does have the hots for Castor Nova.

Everyone had fun at the party, see Castor busting moves? Martin spoke with his friend on the phone just after sharing a snack with his brother Joshua.

Who knew the Llama Mascot would love Jelly?

Poor Allegra doesn't know where to look and is thankful her party is over. :D

The next morning she relaxed in a nice frothy bubble bath.

Her and Jane enjoyed some Grilled Cheese sandwiches before class.

Later Allegra had a solo visit Downtown to Midnight Flows... she was invited by a friend.

She met a few of the townies.

But kept her distance before going home. Shame she could have chatted with General Buzz who had just walked in the door.

All three made the Dean's list for the first half of the year.

Jane made a best friend... would that be Grant the Streaker?

Allegra went down to the Campus lounge and the University Way to see if she could meet some Secret Society Members.

She chatted with Heather Huffington and did meet one member.

She had a nice chat with Kevin Beare too, housemate of her crush Castor.

The next day she invited Castor over and he greeted her with a hug while Jane invited (a dressed) Grant over.

While Allegra admired Castor, Jane and Grant got some pink hearts...

Allegra got red ones... 

Jane and Grant are in love...

Yay... of course he can't move in as he's already an 'adult'. 

Allegra was the first to finish Freshman Year and on the Dean's list again... 

She invited Castor over to celebrate,

and 'celebrate' they did. :D

Summary-
This was a fun year... I let things play themselves out which often ends up more fun. Poor Martin wasn't seen a lot this year and no idea where he was when the girls were helping themselves to his bed... it's all about timing eh? :D

Next time.. will Allegra stay with Castor through college, will Jane always love her Streaker and will Martin find love at all?