The Ouroboros Round Robin - Generation 10 Part 2
Welcome back to the Ouroboros Round Robin!
Helokii warms my heart by doing a spot of autonomous parenting and going to get Ford from the crib to feed him. It didn't extend to nappy changing, but it was good to see, anyway.
Helokii: So now that you've given birth to one, how's about trying for a few more? I think that 10 is a good number. That way we can have a hockey team with a couple of spares.
Joplin: I don't know about 10 but a couple more could be arranged.
Setting fire to the kitchen = MOAR cooking enthusiasm
Helokii: The house is on fire! Whatever shall we do???
Joplin: Quick! Panic!
Fireman: I'll save you, useless citizens!
Fireman: My job here is done XD
Joplin: There seems to be a teeny tiny bit of a house-devouring fire left...
Fireman: Not my problem. I'm done!
The fire ended up going out by itself, but I was freaking out a bit at the fireman's blase attitude towards it.
Seems we have lift-off on the next pregnancy!
Money was getting a bit tight and the house needed an extension so I sent Helokii to go digging in the backyard.
He dug up a bunch of bones and some maps.
I wish that I could dig up bones in my backyard and get paid 55 bucks a pop...
Oops! Seems he stayed out a bit too long. Time to go inside and have a cup of hot chocolate.
And then it was time for a very special birthday.
Blow the candles out my dear and make your wish come true!
Sparkly flying infant.
Ford confetti-splodes into a toddler.
Cuteness! Just look at those itty bitty elfy earses! Though he looks a whole lot like Helokii so I suspect he might be a Helokii physical clone.
Jefferson Jethro continues to phone!stalk Joplin every night.
Between a frozen Helokii and having to look after a toddler, Joplin isn't dealing too well with this pregnancy.
Joplin's food nap was interrupted by a stomach splosion.
This led to her walking around bent over like an old crone and having "food nap arm".
Ford may be a Helokii clone but he's still a cutie <3
Potty training faces montage!
For some reason I'm really struggling to keep everyone's aspiration in the green, so nobody has been in gold or platinum mood during Ford's toddler days so all of his skilling is taking absolute ages because they can't use the magic toddler milk.
Both Joplin and Helokii keep dropping off to sleep at most inopportune times. So Ford gets a luxury pet bed to sleep in. Don't judge me! I'm just trying to look after him!
I put in the no more witch hack and with Ford aged to toddler and more on the way it was time to go clothes shopping. Let's hope the trip to the community lot lasts a bit longer this time.
She managed to successfully buy some clothes.
As well as some games. And that teenager is NOT FOR YOU, JOPLIN!
When she started to drink multiple cups of coffee to stay awake because she was passing out, it was time to send her home.
The stalking typical of 3 bolt pairings continues. At least he's not relaxing on the bed or staring at her like a creeper from the side of the bed this time.
Thankfully she's already pregnant so there is no danger of further pregnancy from this.
Joplin was pregnant during her food naps. Helokii really has no excuse.
I was so thrilled to have a burglar other than Gordon King!
Hot Red-Headed Policeman: To the rescue!
He got his butt beaten but at least the burglar didn't get anything. Or maybe I just did not notice anything missing from the house.
The child neglect continues. I have no idea why there is so much fail going on. Helokii is unemployed and has high cooking skill so he should be able to just look after the kid and the garden without passing out all over the place and somehow managing not to teach his firstborn any life skills.
Everyone was finally in a good enough mood for Helokii to try teaching Ford to walk.
Only to be interrupted by Joplin going into labour.
Great! As if everyone wasn't already totally out of sync with each other and passing out all over the place, they get 2 infants to complement the toddler. But at least all the birthing is over and done with.
Zaphod, with Joplin's alien skin and her eyes, Helokii's brown hair.
And Fenchurch, with Joplin's alien skin and black hair, Helokii's alien eyes.
Helokii: Woooo! Babies! Go go hockey team!
With 2 infants in the house, the downward spiral of fail continued. So I gave in and got a bowl of kibble for Ford so he wouldn't have to rely on his parents for sustenance.
And then Ford managed to glitch and kept waking up in his pet bed after only a couple of seconds of sleep. He finally passed out next to it. Sleep well, little one...
Finally a bit of positive movement on the life skills front.
Ford continued to sleep!glitch and refused to stay asleep in the crib.
Ford: This is not my crib. It's Zaphod's. I don't want to sleep here. I want my pet palace!
And to top it all off, the sink broke and started flooding the bathroom.
I gave in and let them call a nanny "Just for now" because I can't seem to be able to fire nannies once they are hired.
Nanny Naenae: I'll get this all sorted out in a jiffy.
Or maybe you won't? The baby goes into the crib once it's fed, not on the floor in front of the fridge so it blocks access, preventing the second baby from being fed.
At least Joplin managed to succeed at her job and brought home a promotion.
Nanny Naenae: Here you go. He's all fed. You deal with the rest.
She then proceeded to put Zaphod into the crib and take him out again over and over, while ignoring poor Fenchurch.
* facepalm *
You already fed that one!!!
You have 8 cooking skill points. Why do you burn every single meal you cook???
Nanny Naenae: Here, you have him. Your husband had no idea what to do with the baby.
Joplin: Isn't that what we pay YOU for?
Nanny Naenae: Meh!
Joplin: I think it's time for you to leave.
After the birth of the twins Helokii was finally in high enough aspiration to give Ford some glow juice. Yay for learning to walk! On his last day of toddlerhood, no less.
Joplin managed to squeeze in teaching Ford to talk before the glow wore off. So the nursery rhyme teaching was a bust.
Toddler dance leads to...
...running child!
Ford continues to be cute and to be a Helokii clone.
Ugh! Sims with 10 playful points! Just when I'm starting to get the family functioning normally, more or less, you have to go and get hot from jumping on the bed.
At least now he's old enough to grab the groceries delivery before the family also starves to death, ending the legacy prematurely in the middle of the 10th generation.
* headdesk *
I think it's time to grow up the twins!
Zaphod! A delightful elf-eared non-clone!
And Fenchurch! Who has less nice points than her twin.
See you next time!