Last time: The twins (the only children with heir potential) became Kids. Lacey was a total jerk who constantly made them cry. Aryn is stupid and Mara’s a drunk. Levi Trolled teh Forums and Roman molded clay.
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Calliope: You didn’t even mention me!
Lacey: Nobody cares about you and your stupid grilled cheese, Cal.
Pretty much.
In actuality, Calliope is terrified of a horror movie in this picture even though she spent all morning with her grandfather’s ghost.
Mara saved her by changing to the cooking channel.
The family couldn’t afford their bills so I sent Mara to the bar to see if she could earn some money there. Calliope tagged along, and they ran into alternate universe Mara!
Calliope: This is going to be great!!
Right. Mara’s such a great mom, taking her teenaged daughter to a dive called The Shrieking Llama.
Mara is a very thoughtful bartender.
Either that, or she’s stealthily gazing at this guy’s lovely eyes.
Look! Mara’s taking a break from grilled cheese! Then again, she never really eats it. Just cooks it a ton.
Apparently, bartending earns no money? At least, it didn’t for Mara. So the Nawatts were forced to sell Carson’s spaceship.
The aliens retaliated immediately. Mara was completely exhausted, asleep in her bed, when they showed up. She woke up and walked out of the house, sacrificing herself to them.
And they took off. I swear, if she comes back pregnant, I’m going to be so upset.
Luckily, it was a short trip and she made it back home and into bed without getting us another fail.
The next day, things were business as usual at the Nawatt household.
Lacey: Aww, look at you two crybabies.
Lacey: Almost makes me feel like I should stop. Almost.
Roman: Do you think they’ll break the rules and make her heir if she makes us cry enough?
Levi: Can they do that?!
No, boys. No ‘they’ cannot.
Then Ellie showed up to punch the stuffed dragon. This poor thing takes a lot of abuse.
Look! FINALLY! Lacey found the playground. I’m so excited! :D
Looooook!! She led her brothers there!! YES!
Roman made it clear that, although he had found the playground, he had to pee badly. He went back to the house on his own. Good boy!
He returned a while later with a plate of food.
He hadn’t gone pee, though. :\
Luckily, he made it in time.
Roman: You know, I could really do without being watched on the toilet.
I wouldn’t have been taking pictures if you had gone the first time!
So cute! I don’t even care that this is how they spent their whole night, and at least one of them is probably going to miss school because of it.
Just look how happy they are!
These two are the best of friends.
Continuing the long tradition of heirs’ ghosts having a favorite, Ellie adores Levi and checks in on him most nights.
OMG GUYS. The whole family is trying things they’ve never done before, and I LOVE it!!
This is probably his attempt to win attention back from Roman after he found the porch furniture.
It’s working.
You know what that bowl means.
Mara doesn’t look very happy about it.
Mara: Tah-dah!
Mara quickly went back to her natural element, and served drinks to visiting family members.
Thus, Lacey was left to age up on her own.
Lacey added Snob to her Mean and Materialistic traits. She hopes to one day be the Leader of the Pack. Basically, she’s Regina George. So I dressed her as a ‘sexy reindeer’ for this party.
Lacey: OH MY GAWD. This house smells like butt!
Get your sister to stop cooking, then.
Lacey’s party was too much for some Nawatts. Levi passed out – TWICE!
Mara: Heyyyy! We’re not done!
Thank drink in your hands says that you might be.
Mara was a disaster, so I sent her off to relax.
I’m slightly concerned about the color of those bubbles, but she seems to be having a good time.
Toni is the best ghost ever. She may only be drinking coffee here, but she rarely breaks things and is always cleaning up after her living family members.
Is this the only picture Aryn’s in this chapter? It just might be. He’s always working or staring at the walls.
Mara: Hahaha, look! I made a thing! I’m cute like my kid, right? RIGHT?!
Go work on your aspiration, Mara.
So she did.
Now that is impressive.
What were you two up to?! Don’t they look incredibly guilty?
Whatever it was, Calliope averted attention successfully.
Mara managed to halfway care about something one of her children did, for a change.
Note: Calliope should have had some more time in her teens, but glitches destroyed that. I thought about cheating her back down, but she has no chance at becoming heir anyway and the house is pretty full. So, in the end, I just let her go.
Levi: Yay! Something’s happening to the sibling I’ve spoken to once or twice! Woo!
Hush.
Regardless, Calliope’s traits are Genius, Foodie, and Kleptomaniac (!!!) That last one made me really sad because I’ve wanted to play with that trait for so long now. But there are no YA pics of her because she looks exactly the same. She went to live in a cute little house across the street, so hopefully we’ll still be seeing her often.
Lacey: I, too, have found this thing. I shall become the new favorite with the adorableness of my creations.
I think that only works with little kids making cutesy animals.
Levi: Lacey, do you think I could have a turn with that when I finish my dinner?
Lacey: Can’t you see that I’m busy here? Leave me alone!
Levi: I don’t think I like you, Lacey.
These two aren’t even friends anymore. :\
I like to imagine that Lacey went whining to her mother here, and Mara was too drunk to even know what was going on.
Levi: Wow, Dad! How weird to see you at home and actually interacting!
Aryn: I know! I didn’t even think I was going to get a line in this chapter!
Neither did I.
Meanwhile, Lacey shoved Mara (who has 8 cooking points, btw) out of the way so she could cook instead.
It went precisely how it sounds like it would.
Lacey: Oh. This might be bad.
Might? MIGHT?! MOVE!!!
Lacey: I’m outta here, bitches!
The boys (including Aryn) abandoned ship at the first opportunity.
Lacey sulked.
Mara calmly replaced the stove and went back to cooking garlic noodles. Almost like she planned it.
The cost of that stove brought us back down to less than 50 Simoleons. Again.
DAMNIT, LACEY.
YEAH, YOU’D BETTER PUT THAT ON THE FLOOR, YOU IDIOT.
Mara: Wow. My daughter is just not smart.
The very next day, Calliope called to see if Lacey wanted to join her for Ladies Night. As you can see here, Lacey was in no state to be leaving the house.
Roman: Hey! You got bigger!
Aryn: My children are bonding. This pleases me.
Unlike Levi, Roman adores his big sister.
Mara still spends all her free time skilling and fixing things.
Levi and Lacey are working on things, though. They’re almost friends now.
And look! Another birthday cake!
Roman was up first.
And BAM! Nothing else! My first cliffhanger, y’all! Until next time: happy simming!
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Torch Holder: 5
Sim Failing School: 1
Visit From Service Sim: 6
Passing Out: 31
Self-Urination: 37
Accidental Fire: 8
Accidental Deaths: 0
Social Worker Visit: 0
Births: 20*
Twin Births: 2
Triplet Births: 1
Fulfilling Aspiration: 0
Achieving Honor Roll: 0
Every 100,000 dollars: 0
*I apparently forgot to update this number during this generation; we’re all caught up now.
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Oh. Levi caked, too.
The Nawatt ISBI 
I freaking love Lacey, she’s so unlike the majority of sims, who are teeth achingly nice. The comparison to Regina George is excellent. Sad she can’t be heir :(
But the boys still have time to show us their awesome. They’re so different, going to be an interesting choice.
Ohhh, I love her, too! Well, sort of. We have a love/hate relationship, as she really is ALWAYS doing something to make the other Nawatts miserable!
I LOVE Mean Girls, so the reference seemed obvious. ;)
I do hope you end up liking the boys in the end! I’m quite fond of them both. As you said, they’re very different, so I think it’ll be a tight race.
I’m interested to see which boy you pick for heir. :D
I was also surprised and annoyed to learn that bartending doesn’t earn money….. very annoyed lol. Oh well.
I’m looking forward to your next post! Cliffhangers are evil hehe.