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So my mermaids swim EVERYWHERE. This is kind of annoying.

Gabby bakes a plasma fruit pie, which actually sates her thirst. Now I only have to prevent the non-vampires to eat it.

Fiona really likes to beat people up. This time it´s Isolde.

Catherine has a great idea to cheer her up.

Isolde: What are you doing down there?

Catherine: I think, I saw a ring.

Isolde: What?

Catherine: Here it is!

Isolde: Iiiiek!

Catherine: If it fits, you´ve got to marry me!

Isolde: Okay!

The ring seems to fit.

New wedding cake!

Isolde: Do you think, they´ll ever all find their seats?

Catherine: No, let´s just start!

 

 

Gabby, do you have to ruin the nice shot?

Gabby: But I hate this person I never met before! Booo!

No one gets stuck clapping. Yay!

Cake!

For one reason or other, Kym decided to come in his simbot outfit.

Kym: All my suits are in the laundry.

Sure.

I actually didn´t plan a double wedding, but there was a second wedding cake somehow, that someone must have made while I wasn´t looking. Those two weren´t to tired, so I thought, why not.

 

Most of the guests are gone, but the family do their best. And there´s always room for more cake.

So we left the laggy mess of Lunar Lakes (the file had gotten too big, otherwise it´s a really stable world) and arrived in another world which is laggy as a rule: Isla Paradiso! I tried making it run smoother following this guide. It worked – for a while.

Randolph goes exploring. Apparantly, you CAN dragon and boat.

It´s a real shame that Isla Paradiso is so messed up. It´s beautiful.

 

The photos all went blank again in the move. Gabby is working on replacements.

Aaand there´s already a car stuck in front of the house. Great.

The graves are all fine. I bought the lot next door and set them all up.

They can use the adorable little house as well.

Connie came as well.

I got a bit confused when I set their relationship with mastercontroler, so they are no longer boyfriend and girlfriend, but engaged. Ah, well.

This hair is better.

I bulldozed one of the resorts, but Randolph checks out the other one.

Of course he has to try some drinks.

Barkeeper: Um, dude, why´re you wearing a suit in the pool?

Randolph: This is a bar. You have to dress up, when you visit a bar.

Barkeeper: Is this guy for real?

´fraid so.

Randolph then trys the firewalk pit. Um, I think, you are not supposed to wear shoes.

Randolph: What, while walking on glowing embers? Are you insane?

No, YOU are… well, ok, you have a point.

Randolph: See, no problem at all.

He then spends the rest of the night reading on a blanket in the dark.

Randolph: Working on my tan.

Jaron lost his wings in the move. Makes me sad.

The family graveyard in the full moon lighting. Bit spooky.

That´s not a family ghost. I knew, that ghost could use cars, but boats are obviously possible, too.

I bought the baking oven on sale (I stalk the daily deals at the store, well, daily).

Oooh, yes, I want some, please.

Gabby and Miles wanted to go to town, so they visit the library.

Proof, that Isolde is a djinn. I love this pose.

Beverly fell off.

Good thing, her fiancé needs handyness points.

Speaking of Wigbald…

I found out, that one sim can buy the mermaid kelp with his points and it can be given to another sim, like any other object in their inventory. Most of my older sims have tons of lifetime points, because I tend to play a bit wishacy style.

Wigbald: This feels weird.

Just relax.

Don´t know, what´s up with the house.

The boat is parked a bit crazy, too.

Tadaa!

Wigbald: Wow! I´ve got scales!

Pretty!

It´s Beverly´s turn!

Beverly: Should I be eating something glowing?

You should be trying to put both feet on the ground.

 

It takes a while.

 

Beverly: Whoah! Cool!

Hi, Kisa!

And off she goes.

They both got colours, that suit them. Now I´ve got mermaids!

What´s up, Beverly?

Beverly: His make-up is so terrible!

Mh, she has a point. On your adult face it looks a bit odd.

Randolph: Less lipstick?

Maybe.

Cathy and Isolde are cute together.

 

So are Beverly and Wigbald.

 

 

 

 

 

Cathy goes on someone´s party and Eddy, who was also there, chooses this moment to die.

Um, did I…?

Yes, I did. Sigh. Welcome back, Eddy.

Gabby has a lot of freetime and is learning mixologie. Why the long face?

Gabby: This doesn´t do anything for me. And I still have no grandchildren.

I´m working on it, ok?

Gabby: Grandchildren?

Isolde: … this is a lovely music, isn´t it?

Catherine: I apologize for my mom.

Isolde: It´s okay. I actually would like to have a child.

Fiona wanted to retire, so I let her.

Gabby: Look, now there´s another one to look after a baby.

Catherine: Mo-om!

This is the last picture from Lunar Lakes. The town was getting laggy and weirder things than normal were happening, so the family will move.

Last time Shaoran died, but he´s already back for a visit.

Miles rolled the wish to sparr with someone, so…

 

It takes a while.

 

Beverly has an opportunity from work to give out flyers in the park. She meets this charming guy, who returns her attraction, doesn´t feel repelled by her after two seconds and is SINGLE!

Go for the kill, Bev!

And now he´s ours. Moved in and everything.

His name is Wigbald Landgraab-Riese (I don´t know, how my game comes up with these names), he´s athletic, a diva, frugal, a cat person and good, of all things. Well, he shares two traits with Beverly, frugal and diva, and obviously only a diva can tolerate another diva. But Bev is evil. Could be interesting.

His lifetime wish is seaside saviour, which could be a bit difficult in Lunar Lakes. He´s also already Level 6 in the science career, so perhaps I´ll change his LTW to creature-robot crossbreeder if he gets enough happiness points.

Another park for a flyer opportunity. She has to give out five, but only two people show up. Becoming a famous actor is hard.

Fiona paints this picture of Sunset Valley. I should play there again…

The last single is Catherine. I plopped some sims in town for her, because everyone is married! Cathy is bi, but she rolls more wishes for women.

This is Mary Dragonfly, a second generation djinn.

Cathy likes her a lot, but she isn´t responsive at all.

Mary: Meh.

Beverly ages up. Catherine won´t, for a long time. I have vampire aging on, but their lifespan is really long.

This vampire is waiting for her elderly husband, who still works as an astronaut.

His lifebar is full. It´s just a matter of time.

Gabby: Don´t remind me. Makes me sad.

Sorry.

They do things like this autonomously all the time.

Grumpy Miles really lucked out with his wife.

This is Isolde (my game again) Dragonfly, Mary´s older sister. She´s also a djinn.

As a couchpotato, she instantly makes herself at home.

Wigbald tries ballet.

So elegant.

And Catherine reaches her LTW. She´s a star news anchor!

As a reward, she meets Isolde at the festival. Things are going well.

Aw, I missed the shot of their first kiss.

Isolde: Sooo, any ideas how to spend the rest of the evening?

Catherine: How about stargazing?

Isolde: What a splendid idea! Just what I had in mind!

Yeah, sure.

Isolde has to go unfortunately, so Cathy is stuck with Fiona.

Catherine: I will so totally beat her!

Fiona: We´ll see about that.

I took my ages to get this shot.

And Fiona wins.

Catherine: That´s just because I couldn´t get the apples off my fangs!

Fiona: Sucker.

So it´s time to begin working on that LWT.

First a pestilence curse, made worse by sudden fullmoon lighing.

Then a sunlight charm.

Well, she´s happy, but it doesn´t count. Does someone other have to do the damage? He blasts a zombie next and that does count as a healing. Okay.

Gabby´s and Miles´ room suddenly becomes very popular.

I have no idea, why.

Fiona: It´t me. I´m simply radiant.

I learned, that the sunlight charm gets rid of every bad moodlet. Just don´t use it on vampires.

Randolph grows up to a full adult already. He doesn´t change much.

Later that evening, Macella leaves us.

Beverly: My mom is dying? Oh, that´s so sad.

Nobody belives you, Bev.

Randolph: *sad puppy face*

 

Aw, she doesn´t want to go. Grim is having nothing of it, of course.

Grimmy then develops a sudden interest in Fiona.

Fiona: Shit. Is he looking at me?

First he does the dishes.

Fiona: How could you use the bathroom sink instead of the one in the kitchen! Do you have no manners?

Fiona: Running away?

No, he´s threatening Fiona with recipes. Or a rolling pin.

Fiona: Wow, dude, chill!

Grim: DO NOT CRITICIZE MY SINK CHOICE!

And pouf.

Fiona: Ew, I hope he doesn´t hold a grudge.

Have some sleeping cats for calming down.

Poor Shaoran is heartbroken.

But his wife comes visiting soon.

Randolph autonomously turns Beverly into a toad.

Instead of healing her, I send her to the alchemy shop to try some bees.

Beverly: So tasty!

Then Randolph turns her back and casts a love spell on her.

Catherine: Yeah! You go, Dolly!

Beverly: I´m suddenly thinking only nice thoughts about you!

Randolph: Uh… that´s great. Wanna be friends?

Beverly: What do you mean „friends“??

Catherine: Don´t mind me, just enjoying the show.

They manage to stay in the green, but it doesn´t last long. Beverly´s relationship panel is full of solid red, with the exception of her dad, I think.

Randolph: I don´t understand women.

Nah, you just don´t understand Beverly. That´s okay.

Shaoran is next…

Shaoran: Oh! I can float suddenly! Am I dead? Where´s Grim?

Shaoran: Oh, there you are!

Shaoran: Please, can I play a bit longer? I just got over the death of my wife!

Grim: NO.

Randolph stays outside and contemplates life and death.

Goodbye, Shaoran and Macella.

Last time we were in China. Now we are home again and Randolph is transforming things in other things.

Beverly is spouse hunting. This looks good, but they start arguing one second later.

A herd of horses suddenly shows up. I send Shaoran to watch them, because he has the equestarian trait.

But they all mob Randolph for food. Weird.

(Yes, I caved and bought him a stereo. It´s already broken.)

Kym is at the park and needs some nice spells.

Kym: I didn´t ask for this!

Shush, this is good for you.

I just searched half an hour to find out how this interaction is called. No luck. They quiz each other? My sims do this all the time.

Random invisible sim on rollerblades in the background.

Later there´s dancing and Kym shows remarkable flexibility for his age.

Practising magic in front of a view. Leveling up the magic skill takes a lot of time.

When I leave Randolph alone for a moment he tends to do random things, like learning to play an instrument or running for hours on the treadmill, or other non-trait related things. Do all insane sims do that?

A random townie dies at the park. Fiona witnesses it and is sad for two days. You didn´t even know this guy!

Fiona: But it was so tragic!

He died of old age!

Fiona: I´m old, too, you know!

Oh, okay.

I never saw one of the ghost leave their lot, until Nathan does so one night.

He goes to the gym, but then he kind of vanishes.

Fiona and Randolph are best friends.

But he doesn´t get along with Beverly at all.

Well, no one really gets along with Beverly.

I wonder why.

Catherine manages to stay in the garden long enough to collaps.

Really, now? You´re absent-minded mother takes better care of herself!

Catherine: …

Will you stop that!

Miles: It´s just a bit of flirting!

You don´t even like each other!

Miles: Yes, that´s why I will reject her in a minute.

Practising magic.

 

It´s not a good idea to do a fire spell on your own home lot, though.

Here we have the empress of evil coming home from work on her bicicle.

You have two expensive cars and a flying hoover in your inventory.

Fiona: What? We have to think of the enviroment!

Yes, that´s the reason I bought you that futuristic hover car. It runs with garbage.

Fiona: Sport is good for you.

Sigh.

I got the notification, that Kym will die soon, so I sent Randolph over.

It´s kind of weird, but story progression never hooked him up with a new partner, after Teagan died. He´s such a nice guy!

 

So, goodb…

Kym: Not so fast.

WHY did I give everyone one of those??

 

Randolph: You´re alive!

Kym: Yep.

Ah, well, doesn´t hurt anyone, right?

Shaoran: Where am I?

China!

Shaoran: Why am I in China?

Because your father was chinese, and I wanted you to visit his country.

Shaoran: I see.

Also, your lifebar is almost full, and I´m not ready to part with you yet.

Shaoran: Oh.

Catherine goes adventuring again.

Catherine: Oh! This room is so tastefully decorated!

Yeah, the fire-traps really add to the ambience.

Randolph wants to see the terracotta army.

You know, your great-grandparents Nathan and Joe were here, too!

Randolph: Really? Cool.

He spends the afternoon viewing every single warrior.

Shaoran wants to train at the academy.

I love China!

Miles prefers to spend time at the philosopher´s garden.

Randolph: I´m done know. Can I go back to the camp?

Of course, sweetie.

Cathy proofs again, that you shouldn´t dragon and drive.

Funny shot, though.

At the camp Randolph uses the opportunity to dance to the stereo.

I don´t have one at the family home, because eight sims constantly changing it to their prefered music drives me nuts. It doesn´t help, if you also have a virtuoso playing some instrument, and the TV running.

Randolph: This is fun! Can we have one at home?

I just explained, why not!

Randolph: Pretty please?

… I´ll think about it.

After dancing he spends the rest of the night upgrading the bathrooms to improve his magic skills. He´s not tired, because he played with Dan the black dragon all day.

In the morning I try cursing this tourist.

 

It was fun, but a bit anticlimatic.

Today Miles wants to train, too.

Did I mention, that I love China?

More adventuring for Catherine.

She completes her task, but I forgot, what it was. Finding the baseball? Perhaps.

I´m pretty sure, she gains a visa-level here, but then the game doesn´t let us buy anything, because it says, she doesn´t have any visa-level at all. Boo.

Randolph is finally sleeping and Shaoran tries to finish this book, before we head back home. He succeeds!

I thought, this was cute.

Randolph: I could totally help you with questions about airplanes!

Beverly: Why should there be questions about airplanes?

Randolph: No? Well, that´s disappointing…

Beverly: Whatever, time for video-games!

I sent Gabby to the Alchemy shop and she chose the „beast“ I bought Miles when he had his midlife-crisis.

You think, that´s a good idea, Gabby?

Gabby: I´m hardcore.

You´re a vampire in blazing sunshine on a ridiculous motorbike!

Gabby: Hardcore.

Shaoran finds the music-box.

Yes, ok, I gave my insane sim heels, so I could get photos like this.

 

He fell on his butt after this.

Randolph: Thank you for not taking a photo of that.

You´re welcome.

And Macella sets herself on fire again.

Teagan died recently. Hi, Teagan!

Teagan: Now scaring people is even more fun!

It´s a party!

Shaoran is like a cute old grandpa watching the youngsters fondly from his armchair.

Kym on the other hand is the cool great-uncle who still charms everyone.

He´s ancient by now. His girlfriend Teagan was the younger one, after she took the young again potion. Well, I don´t mind.

Do you remember this terrifying toddler from when the family moved to Lunar Lakes? Irene Su?

Well, this is her all grown up. Still scary.

This is her boy-toy (she also has a husband). I do hope, they don´t procreate!

Beverly grows up!

She rolls diva and wants to become a superstar actor.

Mother and daughter sipping their breakfast.

Gabby: Isn´t it great, that we don´t have to use cutlery?

Catherine: Hm mh…

Gabby: So, when do I get my first grandchild?

Catherine: *cough*

Beverly is not an overly nice sim.

Someone made perfect salmon and I thought it would be a good idea for Susan to try it.

Ooops.

Susan: Why did you do this to me? Now I feel like a pig!

I just wanted you to act more like I cat. I can´t even leave a package of rice out in the open without it being ripped and thrown everywhere, because plasic package=food.

Shaoran was stir-crazy, so I sent him to the festival. When I look again, he´s in the bathroom making faces at the mirrow. Whatever floats your boat, Shaoran.

Gabby is persistent.

Gabby: Did you found someone nice to procreate with, yet? I want to feed a baby!

Catherine: Mo-om!

Gabby: Just asking.

Miles yells at everyone, but he´s always nice to the cats.

Well, sometimes he shoos them off the bed.

It´s totally safe to wield a chainsaw in your nightshirt.

Fiona: I´ve got this.

Just a random photo of Randolph at the library.

Fiona made this awsome ice sculpture, but it melted.

Randolph meets Kisa at the park and is totally enthusiastic about it for some reason.

Kisa lost her husband again (Liang died ages ago). She also reached the top of the sports career.

The reason for Randolph to be at the park is to train his magic abilities. Meaning shooting random spells at helpless townies.

I didn´t write down their names, I just thought, they were totally cute.

It´s Jaron! Hi, Jaron!

Catherine has to write articles for her job in journalism. I think it´s easier to dig through other´s people trash than hunt them down and talk to them.

Catherine: But it smells like fish in here!

Catherine: Who´s there??

Catherine: Did somebody see me?

Nah, go on!

Kym: Hi, Cathy! Bye Cathy!

We bought a snake basket in egypt.

Randolph: Is there actually a snake in here?

Perhaps?

Randolph: OK, I´ll try.

Randolph: *makes horrible noises*

Randolph: This thing must be broken!

Randolph: Ehehehehe…

Randolph: Seriously, where is this snake?

He got quite buff. Don´t really know how, although he sometimes does a lot of sport autonomously.

Ha! Snake!

Randolph: I´m not really sure I  like it…

This two are still going strong. Although Miles is now an elder and Gabby still a young adult.

I downlowded some female clothing for men, because I wanted them for another save I´m playing. I then decided, Randolph will be the first to try them. Not because he´s insane, but because he´ll look fabulous!

Randolph: I DO look fabulous!

I didn´t find any stockings I liked though, but with his rather hairy legs, I think he needs some. So he´s wearing the mermaid stockings.

He has to practise a lot of magic to reach his lifetimewish.

Randolph: Does someone want a good luck charm? Or rather some toadification?

Eh, I´m good.

Amber with all her pets. Well, she´s got a big house.

Here we have the empress of evil doing laundry.

Fiona: Laundry has to be done. Nothing to see here.

Later she has a duel with her son. He´s already better than her.

 

 

 

But not THAT much better.

He still wins. Gabby is not biased at all.

Gabby: Go, Randolph!

Gabby: Booooooooooooo, Fiona!

Gabby hates Fiona. Probably because she keeps beating up her husband.

Fiona: Dunno, what her problem is.

Fiona and Randolph are best friends though.

Gabby: Don´t care! Randolph won! Yay!

Shaoran being cute with the chicks.

That´s all.

Randolph: Can I help you?

Huh? Oh, no, I was just thinking, that your „naked“-hair makes actually some sense.

…

Randolph: You still there?

Uhm… just admiring the bubbles.

Randolph: I see.

I really like the bubbles, OK? It´s a nice animation.

Here we have Carly arguing with her husband. Perhaps she wants another child and he doesn´t? She already has three, which is quite the accomplishment, because I set the number of children for each sim to 1, to avoid overpopulation.

Catherine: You think, they saw me?

Nah.

Someone wished for a keg-party. Why not?

Randolph shows, how it´s done.

You look positively creepy here, Dolly-dear.

Randolph: Hehehehe!

People are getting in each others ways, so I place a bubble bar for the elders.

Seems like a good idea.

Oh, and Jaron died.

*Sniffle*

Eddy is annoying and Gabby is hungry, so…

Amber: How can you go to a party, when your father died??

Kisa: Mom, you are at the same party.

Amber needs a good-luck charm!

Hairy Randolph. Looking good!

This little guy was not invited (you can´t invite children to keg-parties) and obviously totally missed the point of the party. Go home, sweetie!

Little guy: ´kay.

Randolph was near collapsing, so he takes a nap in the rocking chair.

Connie keeps standing there being cute. Some evil sim you are!

Connie: I love him!

Connie: Love him.

Connie: He´s so dreamy!

Connie: Got to make a photo!

Sneaky plumbob: *is sneaky*

Jumpcut to egypt!

Everyone suddenly wished to go there, so…

I want to go there, too! It looks nice and warm… (It´s so cold here at the moment!)

Catherine plays „catch the merchant“. Seriously, that woman keeps running away!

I concentrate on Cathy and let the others do what they want.

Catherine: Ah! It smells of vegetables!

A) I doubt that and

B) aren´t you a vampire?

Catherine: Doesn´t mean I can´t appreciate it!

Okay…

Shaoran spents the whole night at the market place and plays with the locals.

Fiona plays with the kite, she found in her inventory.

Beverly does a bit of digging.

Later she boobytraps something and gets put in time-out.

Catherine has some fun with this guy. Forouk Rashid? I think.

Randolph prefers some skinny-dipping in the fountain.

This woman nearly drowns, but she gets out OK.

Cathy does some confused adventuring.

This is impressive.

Cathy is brave – no problems with bugs.

She finds some neat stuff, but I don´t have any pictures. Ah, well.

Shaoran and Fiona play chess…

… and Randolph eats one of his own poisoned apples.

Randolph: I don´t feel so good.

Random guy: I´m running like I want to help, but in fact I´m just running aimlessly around!

The puddle is from the broken sink. Have a nice nap, Randolph!

Beverly is on the floor, too, but she just doesn´t know, how to sleeping bag.

We´re home, and my sims have learned how to share an umbrella!

This looks nearly normal.

Catherine: This is MY umbrella!

Everyone takes the car…

…except for Beverly, who doesn´t want to be crushed in the trunk.