Seasons!
Happy Birthday to Tucker!! Even though for some reason this screenshot makes it look like Darlene's birthday.
Ta Da! A toddler who looks like he's going to look a lot like Marc xD Finally we get someone (other than April) who's got Marc's genes!
June's turn! Not sure why May decided to get dressed in her graduation outfit for this celebration.
Why did I know they would end up having different hair colors again? =P But June looks like she's going to be a feisty vampire in the future!
Looks like both Tucker and June are very attached to the adorable dolls Grandma Angie gave them, and it's great for me too as it provides them Social! Precious, precious Social. No need to rely solely on the dollhouse anymore!
Marc gets right on the ball with teaching Marc to walk and talk. It's only a few days into toddlerdom for Tucker and the only thing he has left to learn is how to use the potty!
You might wonder how Marc has the time to do this. Well, during Marc's last trip to the future (yes, he does this often =P) he somehow altered the timeline and he came back . . as an astronaut! The reasons are unknown, but I have a little theory it has something to do with the new civilization on the moon . . perhaps he wants to alter it somehow to change the future? =P But now he has every day off but Monday, which is a mindfuck for me considering now in this timeline both Marc and Darlene were astronauts together for a while. And I also always considered Marc a mad scientist and it's messing with my mind that he's now not and perhaps never was. =P
ANYWAY. Tucker is not the only one learning!
June has only learned how to talk so far, but with so many members of the family willing to help, I'm sure they are gonna be some smart babies in no time!
Even Darlene's getting into the act and reading Tucker some counting books before bed. I find it a little scary that they're focusing so much on making the insane genius baby the skilled one =P Talk about a disaster waiting to happen . .
(Oh, and in case you're wondering, Darlene's now a Snack Hawker at the stadium =P Not sure why this requires goggles though . . unless perhaps she gets snacks thrown back at her . .)
I don't think giving extra affection is going to help either . . =P But it's quite amazing how the whole family is teaming up like this to take care of the Treehouse Twins. It's definitely much easier now than it was when it was just Marc and Darlene!
In other news! Even though it's not very evident, Seasons is now installed! And was working well for quite a while before it decided to give me error 12, of course =P Surprise, surprise.
Anyway, the first thing pointed out to the player is something called a Weather Stone, planted smack dab in the middle of the city in Wagner Dog Park, which apparently lets Supernaturals summon certain types of weather? Out of curiosity (or perhaps drunk from lack of plasma juice from focusing on securing a hunting target), Darlene decides to investigate.
Weather Stone: "I am the Great and Powerful Weather Stone!"
Darlene: "Wow, I expected you to be a lot bigger than this."
Weather Stone: "Never mind that! What is it you desire from me?"
Darlene: "Hmm, since it seems to be my only option . ."
Darlene: "I summon the murky powers of fog! Conceal my intentions from the masses and grant me a cloak of nature! Weather Stone, give me the powers I beg of you! Yado he, yado he, yado nai he tun! Ne he shivolat!"
Weather Stone: "Okay, that creepy chanting at the end was totally unnecessary but . . BOOM!"
*FWOOOOOOOMMMM*
Darlene: "Getting . . so . . tired . . I feel like the energy is getting sucked right outta me . ."
Weather Stone: "What, you think I was gonna do this for free? Ta Da!"
Darlene: "Holy fucknuggets, it worked! It actually worked! My plan is complete, muahahahahhaa!! Now I'm gonna . . oh geez . . I think I'm actually gonna go to bed . ."
Weather Stone: "You bitch."
The next morning . .
DARLENE DIED.
. . . .
Too soon? Well, too bad, I don't have any screenshots from before this, it kinda sprung up on me. =P
Angry with the wasted potential and energy that Darlene spent on the Weather Stone, the Weather Stone enacted godly revenge and struck her body to ashes right in her own bed! Oh the horror! Oh the tragedy!!
. . . . Okay fine, I know you want the real reason. =P Well TBH it was all kinda confusing, as I was going about my business and then all of a sudden everyone was mourning =P I know Darlene was really really hungry (or thirsty for blood, rather) while she was asleep, so I did the thing that I usually do and set her up to go get some plasma juice as soon as she woke up, either from waking up naturally or getting so thirsty she woke herself up. Anyway she wasn't THAT thirsty so I figured she'd be okay. I'm guessing she wasn't and died in her sleep =P (or did that Sims thing where she wakes up, gets outta bed, THEN dies). 2nd theory: she kinda fainted from being in the sun for too long and staring at a raccoon one day, and there was a little bad moodlet lasting for 2 days from having done that. It just now occurred to me that maybe the 2 days were counting down to death? I dunno really =P
ANYWAY. IT TOTALLY WASN'T FROM ME BEING LAZY AND NEGLECTFUL OR ANYTHING.
Grim Reaper: "MUAHAHAHHA!! I'm not actually going to go in the bedroom or anything though. Contrary to popular belief, dead bodies gross me out. That shit be nasty."
Darlene: "Errrmmm? Why am I outside? I wasn't drunk last night . . Well, at least I don't think I was . ."
May: "Mom?! The Grim Reaper's laughing outside your door, what's going on?! Mom?!"
April: ". . . Oh no."
May: ". . . What happened?! Is she . . dead?! Why?!"
April: "I don't know . ."
May: "No . . not again . . "
May starts bawling, and April literally just stands there with the blankest look on her face the whole time, either in shock or perhaps thinking "Meh, been there, done that."
As for Marc . .
Getting his other arm tattooed. =P Blissfully unaware.
Carolyn: "Mother!! MOTHER!! Wait!!"
Perhaps Carolyn has some sort of sixth sense, as she's the only one who truly knows where Darlene's spirit stands outside and runs to her in her underwear. After all, she was the first and only one for a while to see and be able to talk to April's ghost so perhaps there's something to it =P
Carolyn: "No . . no mother, it can't be!"
Darlene: "What's wrong now?"
Carolyn: "I thought I had an ominous feeling this morning and believed myself to be ill . . but it's worse than I thought!"
Darlene: "Don't fucking tell me you're pregnant, there's already enough kids in this house."
Carolyn: "Mother . . you truly do not know?"
Darlene: "Spit it out Carolyn, I'm gonna burn up out here. Although surprisingly, I don't feel anything right now."
Carolyn: "Mother, I've no idea why but you're . . you're gone . . passed on . ."
Darlene: "Huh?"
Carolyn: "Mother, you're DEAD!!"
Darlene: "What?!"
Carolyn: "You're dead, and I . . only got to spend a short time with you . ."
Darlene: "What drugs are you on, Carolyn?! I don't remember dying!"
Carolyn: "My eyes seeing the spectre before me do not deceive, Mother . . but I still cannot believe you're gone . . My God in Heaven, I came here through that time portal for you, so I could be with you, my family, and now . ."
Darlene: ". . . "
Darlene: "Shit happens, I guess."
Carolyn: "NOOO!! This can't be happening! Why is it that my sisters had the fortune of spending their entire lives with you but I only a few years? What was the purpose of working so tirelessly day after day to get that mysterious time machine to work, only to come here for this? What did I do to cross the Gods so?! What did I do?!"
Darlene: "*sigh* . . . It's not your fault, Carolyn. I suck as a mother. I was always so reckless, wanting to be a vampire, then wanting to take stupid risks every day, like standing out in the sun or starving myself close to death in search of prey so I could be a 'true' vampire . . I was only thinking of myself, never thought about the consequences of leaving you girls alone . . I'm sure I'm dead because of something like that."
Carolyn: "Mother . . you're sparkling!"
Darlene: "Oh shit, is my punishment becoming one of those pussy vampires from Twilight?"
Carolyn: "No, you're really sparkling, like a night sky!"
Grim Reaper: "*sigh* OH, FINE."
Darlene: "I'm . . I'm alive?!"
The Grim Reaper's words, verbatim:
"Your constant misfortune amuses me and those around you. I'd hate to take that entertainment away. I'll take you some other time."
Did . . did I just get trolled by the Grim Reaper?
Meanwhile . .
Tattooist: "You're all done! What made you decide to get this tattoo?"
Marc: "It's my wife's name."
The Grim Reaper's image stares wordlessly from the poster on the wall.