The Fish Legacy - 01.10
How frequent is too frequent to post new entries? We're about to find out.
Seriously, though. Let me know if I'm posting too frequently over the next two weeks and I'll slow my roll a bit.
Last time on The Fish Legacy:
Cassidy broke into their rebuilt house to have a celebrity-like spa day in their tub. Guitar was super grumpy and not great at making friends. Banjo stole the limelight a lot of the time and aged into a child.
Axolotl: Now that you're old, you have to do homework.
Banjo: Oh boy! Homework!
Guitar: You're such a chump.
Axolotl: Chump? Are they teaching that word in school these days??
Kayla: You have to be kind to your sister! And not in a "creating a false sense of security so you can lure her to her death" way!
Guitar: ...
Guitar: Why didn't I come up with that genius idea?
Remember how much I used to resent Yasmin for simply existing?
And now here I am, fawning over Kayla all the time.
Hoooo boy. I wonder what his phase will be....
Hm. I was expecting rebellious.
Guitar: Gross! *shudders* Needing people.
Banjo has always made the weirdest faces.
And I love her for that.
It's Saturday and Kayla wanted to take a vacation day, so we're going on a family adventure!
First step? A filling breakfast.
Orrrrr...breaking the oven. That works, too, I guess.
Banjo: Mother's trying to poison us.
Guitar: I know how we can get our revenge!
Kayla: Am I the reason they're like this?
Banjo: That's right, Mother. Fear your progeny.
Guitar: *attempts to force-choke Kayla*
Banjo: Is it working?
Kayla: No, it can't be me. Axolotl's done most of the child rearing.
Guitar: Blast! She's too powerful!
After breakfast, they head to the library.
Kayla: Are you sure it's okay to leave them without adult supervision?
I mean....
Banjo: I can't believe your force-choke didn't work. Now we'll have to ear gross yogurt every morning for the rest of our lives.
Guitar: Don't worry about it. I have a few more tricks up my sleeve.
Axolotl: If only my violin was smaller, I could properly express my feelings right now.
Yes. Keep glaring instead of using your words. That will definitely get her to stop playing.
Axolotl's a terrible volinist, but one of her fans faints through a wall of the library anyway.
Aw. Happy Kayla. She's definitely in her element here. ♥
And these two are definitely plotting something....
You may think this is a standard friendly introduction, but...
Banjo is making this face.
And this? I don't even know what this is. Are you trying to introduce yourself, too, hun?
Guitar: No. I'm trying to FORCE CHOKE my sister for BEFRIENDING SOMEONE OTHER THAN ME.
...You can't just force choke everyone who vaguely displeases you.
Guitar: Wanna bet?
...Not really. You would definitely win.
Ah. There's a nice, normal Friendly Introduction face!
Guitar: ANOTHER friend?!
Have I mentioned Banjo's Child Aspiration is Social Butterfly?
This child has literally zero bottom lip and I kind of adore her for that.
Not a huge fan of this trait, though, I must say.
Meanwhile, in the background, these two should probably consider finding a room.
Jesminder is super into it, though.
And then I spent three real-life days building a house I'm still not satisfied with.
Maybe if I didn't watch so many speed builds, I wouldn't be so acutely aware of how disappointing all of my houses are.
The kitchen area is pretty much the only part of the house I'm proud of.
Oh, no. Wait. The living area is also not the worst.
Looking at this now, from two months in the future, I'm kiiiiind of disappointed in myself for rebuilding the house two more times after this.
The kiddos approve of their new digs.
And Kayla completes her aspiration almost as soon I resume Live Mode.
At the same time, she maxes the Fitness skill.
I wasn't going to get them a TV this early in the game, but Banjo wanted to play video games and I'm a sucker for making my Sims happy, so.
Banjo: *violently sings along to the game's theme song*
Guitar: Will you shut up?? I'm trying to concentrate!
Banjo's so cheerful about losing.
Banjo: ...Do you think this would make an effective projectile?
...Maybe that moodlet is mistaken.
No, Cassidy. You're both happily married with children. Why are you inviting Axolotl to go to the Romance Festival with you??
I mean, we all know why, but.
Axolotl: I don't like the way Banjo's looking at me.
Me neither, if I'm completely honest.
Kayla: I can't believe we thought you would be the normal one!
Because my main focus is getting Axolotl to World Famous Celebrity status, I send the entire family to the lounge in Brindleton Bay.
So Axolotl can finish writing a song on the piano.
Cassidy: I wish my family went swimming sometimes....
I mean, you're featured quite often in this legacy despite the fact that you aren't part of the family. So that's something, I guess?
I couldn't help myself.
Surprisingly, Kayla's been sober since the first time she got pregnant.
Kayla: ...I should have ordered a stiffer drink.
Yes, Kayla, you should have.
We all should have, in fact.
Guitar looks like he's wondering what he's just signed up for.
Guitar: We should start out with some murders. Murders are excellent pranks!
...Or maybe he was simply considering the possibilities now that their powers have been combined.
Banjo: I was going to suggest using a whoopee cushion or something, but let's go with your idea!
I think Kayla's given up on them.
Every time Guitar is in a public space with Axolotl, he rolls "Fan" whims. It's kind of heartbeaking tbh.
Banjo needs to make some friends for her aspiration, so the next family outing is to the park.
Just try to imagine what a Sim named "Ponce" might look like.
If you imagined this guy, you're correct.
Guitar and Banjo are best friends now, so that's nice, I guess.
Also nice? There are a lot of children here.
Banjo: Hiiiiii!
Kaylinn: My mom says you're deranged and I should stay away from you.
You would think, given the amount of socializing I'm forcing these children to do, that they would have at least one friend other than each other, but noooope. They're both terrible at making friends.
I finally chose a new aspiration for Kayla. So I could get her out of my hair sometimes.
And decided to have Axolotl meet all the children since neither Guitar nor Banjo were doing a good job of it. (Or any job of it, really.)
...That's not creepy at all.
...Or that.
Banjo: Let's go impale fish with hooks, Mother!
Remember when I said I didn't want to get Axolotl a job in the Entertainer career because I didn't want them to earn money too fast?
Well, I just remembered the part of the challenge that involves getting the family as wealthy as possible.
Still going to use cheats to make that harder, though.
Banjo: All right! Seaweed!
Kayla: Aw. I wanted to catch seaweed.
This is when I noticed Guitar and Banjo have the same eye color, and it's different from either of their parents' eye colors.
It's hard to see in these screenshots, but Kayla's eyes are much darker than Banjo's and also more green.
Guitar's been mostly ignored throughout this trip, but that's kind of working out for him.
Banjo was also successful; she caught her very first fish.
And named him Walter.
Total Points: 9
+1 Athletic (2 completed aspirations!)