beanstalk_sims | TS4: The Rad Legacy [2]

Welcome back!

I was going to hold off publishing this one, but I'm playing this save obsessively and kind of need to know who my heir will be - so there is an heir poll up, although you won't see gen 2 as teens until the next chapter.

In any case, you'll find the heir poll here.

Last time, founder Alison Rad met a bunch of people and decided to marry ~~Miserable Sod~~ Dax Wharton. Turns out, Dax hates kids, so being a legacy spouse is going to be an interesting time for him!

So I read somewhere that there’s a secret world, and of course I immediately wanted to try that out! Doesn’t matter if Alison is heavily pregnant, right?

Well, the joggers seem to think it matters a little, judging from the glances they gave her, but they weren’t concerned enough to stop jogging.

Sylvan Glade! It’s gorgeous!

I’m in love with it!

I’m only going to share one of my “LOOK HOW PRETTY IT IS” screenshots, but the rest are on my simblr, if you’re interested.

I’m sure I’m probably the last one to find out about the glade, afterall.

Unfortunately, there isn’t much to do in the glade other than fish, and Alison’s not really into that, so she decides to ignore the beauty of where she is, and play video games.

I guess when your entire world is beautiful; one more beautiful world doesn’t matter, right?

“So I saw this beautiful place today, and played games there!”

“Can’t talk. Eating.”

Romance at its finest.

Dax then came up with the whim to dig through the bin. For food, I think, seeing as it was linked to his Glutton trait.

So much for that neat trait, right?

Alison then wanted him to put his filthy hands on her baby bump. Maybe he’s getting used to the idea of being a father.

I doubt it, somehow.

“Couldn’t you wait until the spaghetti was done?”

“No, that’s a whole FIVE minutes!”

I’m pretty sure he had spaghetti as well. Dax eats constantly.

“Dax! Help! I’m in labour!”

“Ew! I want no part in this!”

He did a weird run round the house and lot a few times. Might be his Hates Children trait, or he might just be really squeamish. Labour’s not pretty afterall.

Naturally, Mortimer Goth was strolling past at the same time.

“Poor chap.”

It’s a girl! The first girl I’ve ever had born into the Sims 4!

“Aw, look at her, Dax! She’s so precious!”

“Can’t. Violin.”

Her name is Rhea :)

Outside, I found Fashionably-Challenge Hipster-Dude looking kind of miserable.

"I walk this lonely road, the loneliest road that I have ever known..."

I wonder what his problem is?

The triumphant look of a woman who is pregnant for the second time when her husband has no interest in kids.

We need an heir and a spare, right? So a second baby is totally necessary. Also I like playing with genetics, and more sims equals more fun, right?

“Notice anything different about me this morning, Dax?”

"Did you get fat?”

As it turns out, Dax is a fair bit older than Alison, and is about to have his elder birthday – Alison isn’t even an adult yet.

I’ve never seen anyone so disappointed by birthday cake.

“Gah, the cake was cursed! I’m old!”

Naturally, he kept his little moustache and pink shorts.

“Well, I was going to tell you earlier, but I’m pregnant again! Isn’t that great?”

“I’m old AND you’re pregnant?! This is the worst birthday EVER!”

Oh look, another birthday.

That rolled around really quickly.

A quick makeover and Rhea’s looking pretty awesome. I can’t wait to see what she gets up to.

Randomised her, and she got the art lover trait, so she got the art-related childhood aspiration to go with it.

“Can I hug you? We’re going to be best friends, you know.”

I’m not sure how close she’s going to be to her sibling. I don’t think she’ll have much of a childhood left once it ages up, so for now, Rhea’s best friend is the unicorn.

Rhea then walked into the bathroom while her dad was in the bath, freaked out, got embarrassed and had to hide under the covers for a while.

At least no one has died of embarrassment yet.

“DAD DAD DAD DAD!”

“Ugh. What?”

“I want to go outside! And you’re in a playful mood, you should go outside with me!”

“Do I have to?”

“YES!”

“I’m tired and outside and there are kids everywhere.”

“You’re so grumpy, Dad. This place is awesome!”

Rhea then played pirates while her Dad did grown-up things, like playing chess with strangers.

Turns out all of the kids on the playground were boys. Looks like Rhea’s going to take after her mother, and only have male friends.

Also, they all have black hair. So much for genetic variety.

Still, it was pretty neat to see the kids interacting. Like I said, I haven’t spent much time with this game, and I’m still new to stuff like this.

Back at the house, and I’m starting to think Alison may be larger than she was during her last pregnancy.

Is that possible? Or just a trick of my eyes?

“I think modelling clay is better than glitter, Rhea.”

“It is! My turn!”

“No! My modelling clay!”

I’ve never seen anyone look so disappointed with glitter before.

And now Rhea is sad because I told her to put the bowl of chips away – her mum is right there making pancakes! And they’re probably going to be awesome!

It’s like a real child, I guess. Always wanting junk food. Wait. That sounds like me.

One of the boys Rhea met in the park decided to come over and hang out. I don’t remember his first name, but his last name is Crump, and I thought that was funny for some reason.

So I guess I’ll be calling him Crump from here on out.

Anyway, the kids bonded over dancing, which was neat. I like the idea of Rhea having someone to talk to that isn’t a) a grown-up or b) a unicorn.

After Crump had gone home, Alison decided to have a little chat with her daughter.

“I’m in labour, Rhea, do you know what that means?”

“Does it mean you’re going to explode?!”

Still more enthusiastic than Dax, who slept through Alison complaining about labour pains.

It’s another girl! TS4 seems to do this to me a lot – in the two families I’ve played that had babies, the next generation all seem to be the same gender. In my ISBI, it was boys. Here, it’s girls. Odd.

Well, anyway, welcome baby Anne!

Life for the Rad family continued in a reasonably normal fashion after Anne’s arrival. And by that, I mean there was an excessive amount of swimming. And a little bit of gardening, too.

Pretty sure Dax is still asleep.

Also I’ve been having Alison dig at the rocks that spawn near the house, and they’re chucking these things out at us. I knew they were in the game, but I wasn’t really sure what to expect. Turns out, they can influence emotions, which is neat.

Plus they’re cute. I’ll probably use them to decorate kids bedrooms as time goes on.

One thing I’ve really struggled with in TS4 is the fun need. Nothing seems to raise it very much, hence why the family is so addicted to modelling clay.

Maybe it’s time to buy them a TV.

And before you know it, Anne has sparkled her way out of the crib, and rolled the Insane trait. That should be fun, right?

The pop-up about Anne’s birthday was immediately followed by one about Dax’s time running out :( I didn’t realise elders didn’t live very long.

Anyway, to go with her insanity, I gave Anne a little bit of a funky look. Because odd socks are fun, right?

She also got the social butterfly childhood aspiration, I think. So that should be interesting.

For a guy who doesn’t like children, Dax has done really well. Both of the girls actually prefer him over their mother, which I found surprising.

Like mother, like daughter.

Though I’m kind of thinking all sims poke themselves in the eyes with toys now.

Anne then had breakfast at the activity table alone, rather than with her family.

Also, look at the little jars of macaroni! Such a cute detail.

Well, the family got a TV, but that didn’t end the obsession with modelling clay.

That afternoon, Alison took the girls to the park so they could make some friends or whatever. I mean, Rhea knows some of the local kids, but Anne’s the social butterfly with no friends.

Naturally, that means playing pirates.

But look, the cannon fires bubbles! How cute is that?!

Anne, however, is realising she might be afraid of heights.

Time to put a different kid in the Crow’s Nest, right?

Also, what I found overwhelmingly adorable was the fact Alison played too, as a sea monster.

“ANNE! Get down here and load the cannons! We have a Momster off the port bough or something!”

Then of course, Mortimer Goth showed up, only this time he’s old. And for some reason, he started taunting Anne. Not cool, Mortimer.

“Look at the peasants playing in the park because they’re too poor to buy their own playground!”

Anne took it personally, and stomped home after Alison and Rhea. I’ve never had an angry sim before, so this was pretty neat!

“You’re having your birthday in the park?!”

It took me ages to get all three of them to go home, and Anne felt the need to stop and watch Crump turn into a teenager randomly. Maybe that means he can hang out with Rhea when she turns teen, which won’t be long.