Random Trails – Chapter 2.1

Welcome back to Random Trails! In the last chapter, Livna and Luzia aged up to young adult and Myles got engaged to Mackenzie.

We start off with Dovasary fixing the computer. Again.

Luzia and Livna had their graduation ceremony and then I moved them out.

Enzo got caught trying to prank the shower, I believe.

Sarai out interviewing Sims for reports for her work.

Mackenzie working on her relationship with her clientele so that she can get promoted quicker.

Mzia in the background working on her guitar skill for her work.

Yaqub and Mackenzie get married.

And they soon start in on the kids they have to have.

Yaqub tending his garden.

I didn’t realize that Sims could woohoo in the dresser!

I told Myles and Sarai to go woohoo via the social menu and they chose their dresser over their bed or the shower.

Enzo has aged to young adult. His final trait is Schmoozer. His LTW is Super Popular.

Baby bump! Their trying was successful!

Myles and Sarai are still very much in love and were constantly being autonomously romantic with each other while I was playing.

Looks like Dovasary is beating Mackenzie in whatever game they are playing. Or she’s doing something very hard if they are playing cooperatively.

I have no idea what happened with Sizwe. He was on a field trip and came home looking fine and then suddenly had the singed moodlet and looked like this.

Mackenzie needs alchemy skill for her job so she’s researching alchemy while on maternity leave.

Sent Enzo to the park to work on his friends. He’s also joined the Education career as well as he is the final help of the generation.

And soon, Mackenzie is in labor.

And gives birth to a baby girl named Ylva.

And that’s it for the chapter.

Random Trails – Chapter 2.0

Welcome back to another chapter of Random Trails! In the last chapter, our heir Yaqub aged to young adult and there were a few house upgrades done. And now on with the story.

Meet Mackenzie Fleming. Yaqub’s soon to be spouse. She’s just a regular human Sim. Her traits are Workaholic, Hopeless Romantic, Charismatic, Artistic, and Friendly. Her LTW is to be a Master of Mysticism.

Washing machine broke so I had Dovasary fix it.

Still think it’s odd that puddles will form in front of broken washing machines and dishwashers except for the tile right in front of it.

Added some gardening pots to one of the unused rooms so that Yaqub can grow items needed for alchemy potions since he has to make and use 50 of them.

Just a normal evening and the Destansi house. Dinner and reading.

Yaqub and Mackenzie getting to know each other and falling in love with each other.

Sizwe and Myles socializing in their pajamas.

And an excuse for me to show off how fit Myles is despite not doing much work with the Athletic skill.

More falling in love between Yaqub and Mackenzie.

Myles working on the indoor garden.

Typical afternoon. Yaqub working on his alchemy skill while the others do as they please.

I’m having to watch Myles and Mackenzie though. I’ve already had to cancel a few interactions when their status was set to “flirty”.

Yaqub threw a skill potion at Mackenzie. I don’t think it worked based on what happened when Yaqub threw some blessing potions at Dovasary and Sizwe.

They got some random money overnight and saw nothing that stated I had to get rid of it, so I upgraded the master bedrooms for Yaqub and Mackenzie and Myles and Sarai.

My founders have aged to elder. It’s bittersweet. I’ll be saying goodbye to Myles before his parents or his siblings due to his lack of vampire status and the fact that I’m keeping my EPIC heirs alive as well as with Myles’ mother.

Mzia playing guitar while Enzo watches. Myles playing chess with Luzia.

If you look closely enough, you can see evidence that someone has booby trapped the sink in Yaqub and Mackenzie’s bathroom. I don’t know which kid did it, though and it has yet to be sprung in game.

Yaqub and Mackenzie falling even more deeply in love.

So much so that Yaqub proposes and Mackenzie says yes.

Upgraded the bedroom where Dovasary and Mzia sleep in as the “help”.

Enzo will get a room of his own as well when he hits young adult.

Luzia has aged to young adult. Her young adult trait is Snob and her LTW was chosen as The Tinkerer.

Livna, being Luzia’s twin, also aged to young adult. Her final trait is Bookworm and her LTW was chosen as Professional Author.

The pair will be moved out once they have their graduation. Or a week passes if the game doesn’t push for a graduation for them.

Random Trails – Chapter 1.4

Welcome back to Random Trails. In the last chapter the family aged and skilled.

Yaqub is working on his alchemy skill so that he’s ready to go when he becomes a YA.

They had a decent bit of money still around so I upgraded a bathroom and fully decorated it.

Enzo working on his homework per his wishes while Dovasary works on her painting for her career.

She’s still the resident repair person.

Mzia and Myles playing chess together.

Enzo playing dolls by himself.

Sarai working on one of numerous reports she wrote in a futile attempt to keep that metric positive. Whomever designed that metric obviously wanted Sims to only do it one way and one way only and not through any other method. I could understand it being slower, but to have it so stunted that you can never get it in the green ever is ridiculous.

Sarai’s constant use of the computer when she’s not at work, eating, sleeping, or taking care of other needs has broken the computer.

Sarai and Myles still do find time to be a loving couple.

Sizwe and Enzo goofing off together.

Mzia working on her guitar skill so she’s ready when she becomes a young adult.

Enzo and Sizwe working on their homework.

Enzo aged to teen that night, but I didn’t get a picture of it. His teen trait is Neurotic.

It was at this point that they had some money and I realized that the family of nine needed more than two bathrooms. So I gave them a third bathroom.

This is the current layout of the house.

As you can see I’ve also upgraded the “family room” area of the main room and I’ve moved Dovasary’s room up to across from the boys’ room and moved the toddler toys to Dovasary’s old room.

More stuff breaking.

I will probably replace the food processor, stove, dishwasher, and trash compactor later on when I get back to working on the kitchen/dining area as the future look doesn’t really fit in with the house.

When I began the upgrade of the family room area, I gave them a video game console. They are addicted to it.

Sarai then got an opportunity that involved befriending a Sim. I would have declined it if it meant running around and messing with NRaas mods to get her to be interactable at all.

This was the third lot I had to chase this Sim to during the process of getting them to be friends.

Mzia aged to young adult and she’s gorgeous. She would probably be heiress if I wasn’t going for patriarchy. And if not for the name game portion of it, would probably have contributed to the number of kids if I didn’t roll just one kid for the random legacy as she is one of the helpers for the next generation.

Her young adult trait is Unlucky and her LTW is to be a Rock Star. She is seen here going off to join the Music career.

See what I mean by addicted?

For once not glued to the console.

Livna practicing her magic. I’m a bit sad that only Livna and Sizwe got the witch gene while the remaining four got the imaginary friend gene.

Enzo in the back waving a party favor around in the air while Sizwe ages to teen.

His teen trait is Gatherer.

These four autonomously came home and started their homework.

Livna on the other hand, decided she’d rather play computer games.

And I finished upgrading the “family room” area of the house.

The dishwasher broke again.

This time I had Mzia fix it. Because she’s Unlucky and can’t die of anything but old age.

She then got abducted by aliens.

Later that week, Mzia had her graduation.

Luzia, being a teenager, put a whoopy cushion in the chair and it took awhile, but Sizwe finally set it off.

And finally Yaqub aged to young adult, bringing an end to generation 1.

His young adult trait is Family Oriented and his LTW is Alchemy Artisan.

And time to announce the official rolls for the second generation:

  • Marital Status: Full House
    • Heir and 3 others – player gets to determine if it’s couple and 2 help or 3 help
    • Mzia and Enzo will fill 2 of the spots, Yaqub’s spouse will take the 3rd.
  • Careers:
    • Yaqub’s – Alchemist
    • Mzia’s – Rock Star
    • Enzo’s – Education
    • Yaqub’s Spouse – Genuine Psychic
  • Generation Goal: Photogenic
    • 5 pictures of the heir with one of those portraits being of them before they turn YA, 1 picture of their spouse, and 1 picture of each of their kids
    • It’s why you’ve seen a picture of Yaqub hung up in the boys’ room.
  • Miscellaneous Fun: Identity Crisis
    • A trait must conflict with the Sim’s chosen career.
    • Yaqub’s conflict trait is Ambitious. It will cause problems due to the career choice as I’m never very good about topping self employed careers in a timely manner.

And I’ve actually updated the points page this time so go check that page out as well.

Random Trails – Chapter 1.3

Welcome back to Random Trails! In the last chapter, Myles had the remaining required kids and the kids had a few birthdays. And now on with the story.

Myles learning logic for work. Mzia either had a wish to earn a guitar skill or autonomously started playing.

Enzo is a toddler now and Sarai helped him learn to walk.

Mzia even stepped in to help and taught him how to talk.

During slow moments Dovasary paints to bring in a little income.

She also cooks the house’s meals as she’s still trying to learn enough recipes for her lifetime wish.

Typical evening at the Destansi’s. Mzia, Yaqub, Livna and Luzia doing homework. Sarai eating dinner. Sizwe off in the background playing with blocks.

Sizwe aged into a very adorable toddler.

Dovasary got to help him learn to talk.

Yaqub playing with Enzo.

Dovasary also got the duty to help Sizwe learn to walk and use the potty.

Attempting to get 2 skills to level 5 for these kids.

It’s likely in vain given how close the pair are to aging to teen.

Myles working on painting for his career. Luzia painting for her childhood skills that just like Yaqub and Livna is likely in vain.

Yaqub aged to teenager. His teen trait is Gatherer.

Enzo also aged up on the same night. His child trait is Charismatic.

And it will be now when I declare Yaqub as heir. I will post his rolls when he ages to YA.

But I will state that his career is alchemist so he’s getting a head start on learning the skill.

Dovasary studying cooking and Yaqub and Sarai watching television to raise their fun levels.

And this is where we leave off. With a renovated kitchen/dining area thanks to Dovasary wishing for a fridge that costs more than $1,000.