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as you may or may not know, the original xanadu kind of borked so i had to make a new one. the first few pictures here are from the old neighborhood, such as this proposal.
doesn't make it any less relevant though!
we have all stages of relationships in this house. just getting engaged, space-sharing with your zombie wife. literally every stage.
first off, a few makeover shots of the new house. which is also smaller, and on a smaller lot, and functions better in general.
ignore the fact i forgot to put a sink in the kitchen; i fixed that later on but forgot to retake the picture.
as much as i liked having beryl and amillia's urns around, i felt like it was time to send them to the graveyard. so their urns are not present in the new house.
the new house has four bathrooms and it somehow isn't enough.
this is opal (& jasreen's) room!
the upstairs hallway. all the bedrooms are on the second floor this go 'round.
sapphire's bedroom.
peridot and rondie's.
aaaaaand jasper and professor kari's.
jasper has this nice little warlock room that looks like something from spooky's jumpscare mansion.
back in xanatwo, i set opal and jasreen's relationship to what it was before so they could get re-engaged.
...also, the original neighborhood corrupted while moonstone was a baby, so i couldn't extract him. but i remade him through godmodding trickery.
what do you mean, he used to be blonde? i think you're mistaken.
peridot: our first family dinner in the new house... how nice.
professor kari: mhm.
skylar: i'm also here.
opal: how do you take care of a baby? smash it into your tit? okay.
listen, okay, skylar might be a template, but he was the dad of sapphire's baby in the old neighborhood so he had to come along too.
i also remade that baby and put sapphire in her second trimester like she was before.
i mentioned this on tumblr but it doesn't get any easier to look at. jasreen is always watching. waiting. JUDGING.
jasreen: that is one wide range of crumb shrapnel you have there!
opal: thanks, dear.
rondie lost all his friends and tbh i didn't really want to cheat those back in, since i couldn't remember who he was friends with originally.
so he spends a lot of time making friendship cold calls while being judged by past bakelites.
oh. okay then. i guess????
skylar got retownified so i had to invite that bitch back over.
sapphire: hey, you should move in with me! even though my dad is a bitch.
skylar: excuse me? he's not that bad.
sapphire: he's not here right now, skylar. you don't have to lie.
HE SAID YES. and it probably has nothing to do with that kiss symbol floating above his head.
jasreen: hey. hey, opal. hey.
opal: *blublublublublub*
opal: dearest-face, great uncle girlfriend, will you do me the honor of saying yes... to being my great uncle wife? ...again?
jasreen: i don't know... i said yes last time, but...
jasreen: OH WHO AM I KIDDING YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!
jasreen: IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL
opal: :D
sapphire: I HATE TO INTERRUPT WHATEVER THE FUCK THAT WAS BUT IT'S GO TIME!
behold! amethyst bakelite.
AMETHYST IS THE FIRST BAKELITE TO NOT HAVE BLACK EYES. HE'S IMPORTANT.
everyone: WHOOOOOO BABY
amethyst: what is wrong with her face?
i. sapphire. this isn't where that goes
oh okay this deco mop and bucket was cloned from the garden gnome so rondie can pick it up and swing it around AND IT BECOMES A GARDEN GNOME.
peridot: who's a cute baby? is it you??
he's jasreen's kid, so the jury is still out on that until he becomes a toddler.
i don't think i ever mentioned why i changed peridot's look.
i forgot to repaint her heir picture before making her an elder and i didn't want her picture to have gray hair, so. i should also make it clear that she has, in fact, been an elder since the start of this update. she just looks damn good.
i would really like these two to provide me with at least one more heir candidate. i mean, whatever moonstone grows up into is probably telling of how they'll all be, but i can dream.
jasreen: man, that face? that's a good face.
it makes no sense and yet all the sense for jasreen to be an autonomous primper.
jasreen: the souls of the damned taste great in casseroles!
opal: mmm now i'm craving the souls of the damned.
skylar: (shit, how do hands work again? i'm so nervous around sapphire's in-laws. PLAY IT COOL.)
professor kari: (there is something wrong with this boy.)
spinel: hey if i break your wrist, you won't be able to catch the bouquet.
aquamarine: i don't... think they're gonna throw one?
spinel: you can never be too sure!
jade: how's being old?
peridot: pretty good, actually! as you can see, i'm still a perfect 10/10.
jade: ...yeah, sure.
peridot: get your eyes checked.
spinel: hey, dad, can i sit on the cou--
jasper: no. go away.
spinel: I'M GONNA DO IT ANYWAYS.
emerald: pre-wedding tv is great.
turquoise: this doesn't... seem normal? as far as wedding activities go.
spinel: I'M ROOTING FOR THE XANADU MOSQUITOES, THEY'RE THE BEST TEAM AT SPORT BALL!
sapphire: oh, i wasn't aware you were going to wear black to the wedding too.
jade: it's okay to be derivative, honey.
sapphire: >:(
jade's kind of a bitch still but she's so pretty, i can forgive her.
jasreen: in twenty minutes i'm going to be married to those things.
opal: why does my family have to be like this?
jasreen: you mean our family? we are getting married, after all!
opal: ...they were already technically also your family.
jasreen: don't focus on that.
mawreen was also invited and i'm trying to keep her and professor kari away from each other.
and her and jasper away from each other.
basically, mawreen, don't talk to anyone.
except i guess malachite and skylar are okay.
opal: oh my god, it's time!
jasreen: eeeeeeeeee!
opal: let's hurry before everyone comes outside.
opal: goddamn, they're so fast.
jasper: nice roadside wedding, losers.
sapphire: grandpa jasper, please.
spinel: oh... i love weddings.
you could come... watch it off the porch, y'know?
spinel: it's safer here.
opal: jas, you're eating my face.
jasreen: MHMMMMM
turquoise: ...should we be watching this? it feels so wrong.
spinel: WOO. YEAH!
sapphire: aunt spinel, get off the porch.
professor kari: come on, spinny, join us.
spinel: NO, MOTHERFUCKERS. I WILL STAY HERE. AND ENJOY THE WEDDING. FROM A SAFE DISTANCE.
skylar: y'know... sapphire's sister is pretty hot.
skylar, i was rooting for you.
aquamarine: oh... hey... :>
skylar: *whistles*
jasper: can you both not? for fuck's sake. this is a wedding.
opal: what a mess.
emerald: um, excuse me? have you seen your WIFE?
jasper: i mean, skylar's right though.
i am going to kill you.
jasper: this is skylar's fault. fuck him.
skylar: shit, what did i do?
jasper: YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID. *minus minus*
professor kari: you know what, skylar? i don't really care for the way you're talking to my husband at his daughter's wedding.
skylar: WHAT. I DIDN'T. BUT HE--
jasper: EHEHEHEHE
professor kari: mhmm... yes. you seem to have a heart. i'm a zombie. i'm gonna eat it.
skylar: ONE FEAR.
peridot: what a nice wedding!
jasper: here's a secret: you're a bitch.
mawreen: here's a secret: no one likes you since you cut your hair.
jasper: how dare you.
mawreen: oh, wait, it's not a secret.
jasper: ruby is a weird little bitch.
mawreen: that fuckin' turtleneck, who is he trying to fool?
jasper: hehehehe.
jasper: ...i kind of missed you.
mawreen: fuckin' nerd.
aquamarine: i can totally dance! i'm not faking it at all!
jasreen: you just fell down like five minutes ago.
aquamarine: shshshut up!
spinel: dad, are you supposed to be talking to her?
jasper: shhhhhhhhh
spinel: ...won't mom get mad?
jasper: I SAID DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
we haven't conceived that second heir candidate yet, so it's time for round two! this time with more excited jasreen!
sapphire: dad's so lame.
turquoise: absolutely!
skylar: (i don't get it, he's like the only normal person here.)
oh my lord.
i prayed at my will wright shrine every night and this is what i get in return.
...is it weird that i don't hate his face? something about him having a normal mouth makes him more palatable than jasreen.
professor kari is still a mad scientist, and still does mad scientist things. although i'm considering switching her to the natural scientist track, for obvious reasons.
opal: well, hello, mrs. bakelite...
jasreen: hi!
skylar: i gotta go.
at least amethyst will have a normal face. and he still has gray eyes, which is a plus.
i still have no real leaning for who will be heir based on the current choices.
not getting soap in this kid's eyes must be pretty tough. he has special eyes.
i love that sims will start smustling in rooms without radios. there just has to be a radio in the house, somewhere.
sapphire: get down with your bad self!
peridot: if anyone needs the fridge, TOO BAD.
y'know a feature in ts2 i haven't really messed with? vacations!
and opal and jasreen rolled the want to take one after their wedding, so i figured i'd give it a go.
but jasreen and opal sound kind of boring on their own. so i sent jasper and professor kari with them.
i would've sent sapphire and skylar, but skylar doesn't deserve a vacation yet.
you guys, go get in the shuttle.
opal and jasreen: FIVE MORE MINUTES.
concierge: now, just sign right here, madam...
jasreen: okay!
jasreen: of course, me signing this book means i now own your immortal soul.
concierge: excuse me?
jasreen: nothing!
opal: i graduated with honors, i don't have time for weird local teens.
robi: but come on! i just wanna show you skull creek! it's so cool! they say a serial killer lives down there.
jasreen: hi!
heath: excuse me, i'm a broken npc, i don't have time for pleasantries.
opal: I MISS VIDEO GAMES.
jasreen: we've only been here for an hour, opal.
opal: I HAVE WITHDRAWAL.
robi: i can't believe she didn't want to see the serial killer of skull creek! ARGH!
you could've just... done this at home.
professor kari: it's better in the woods.
jasper: yeah. more mysterious.
professor kari: also, we call this bed.
jasper: yeah, this one is better than the other one.
jasreen: i want to go on a tour!
tour guide: there's many possibilities! here, choose from one of our three identical options.
jasreen didn't find anything useful on her tour, but she did find INCREDIBLY ANGRY bees.
ISN'T IT THOUGH.
jasreen: NOT THE BEES!
jasreen: THIS IS THE LONGEST BEE ATTACK I'VE EVER BEEN A PART OF.
opal and jasreen, unfortunately, got the reject bed. because jasper and professor kari were probably fucking in the other one.
professor kari: hey, this is just like last night.
jasper: i think you'd have to turn the dart around for that to be accurate.
jasper: look, okay, i know that it's weird that i fucked mawreen while you were dead, but like... you were dead, okay?
professor kari: every time you open your mouth, this dart pulls a little more to the right.
autonomous try for baby in the cabin!
...but no chimes. the cabin is cursed.
jasreen: learning a new skill is fun!
jasreen: NOTHING IS BITING. FUCK THESE FISH. *minus relationship with the fish*
robi: just admit you're not good at it!
jasreen: ...who ARE you?
robi: a man who can catch a fish, that's who!
jasreen: teach me your secrets, strange child man.
robi: ...we should go down to skull creek.
professor kari: the sauna is relaxing...
professor kari: i hope it doesn't loosen up my stitching too much.
jasper: THIS VACATION IS GREAT. THERE'S SO MANY NEW THINGS TO CLEAN.
professor kari: hey, i found a map on my last excursion... something about bigfoot?
jasper: that is impossible. bigfoot is a cryptid and cryptids are not real.
professor kari: but--
jasper: NO BUTS, I HAVE PLACES TO BE.
*ominous music*
professor kari: OH MY GOD. WHO THE FUCK.
bigfoot: heyyyyy. sorry, i was just in the area and thought i'd drop in. are we cool?
professor kari: JASPER THERE IS A BIGFOOT IN OUR CABIN.
jasper: i don't know who the fuck you are, but you shouldn't be in here.
bigfoot: oh, i'm sorry, i can--
jasper: you're hot though.
bigfoot: wh--
jasreen: dad-- what--?
jasper: you're like a furry or whatever, right? want to make out with a hot warlock?
bigfoot: i'm so conf-- listen, i'll leave.
jasreen: oh my god.
jasper: i'll do a lot of things, but touching balls is out of the question.
bigfoot: I WOULD NEVER ALLOW YOU TO DO SUCH A THING. THE NERVE OF YOU, PERVERSE WARLOCK.
bigfoot: i don't like you very much.
jasper: whatever you say, fake bigfoot.
jasreen: so, yeah... that happened. should we like, talk about--
professor kari: NO.
maybe bigfoot blessed this cabin enough for try for baby to work.
jasper: hey, i know you're busy, but me and professor kari need this bed.
jasper: i'll wait here all damn day if i have to. this bed is just, better.
professor kari: it's a good thing i didn't marry you for your brains.
jasper: i don't even know why we got married.
professor kari: i don't know either but here we are.
jasper: you want to make out?
professor kari: sure.
opal: yeah, babe! play that piano!
opal: how do you even dance to piano music?? i don't even--
jasreen: very carefully, dear.
and just as mysteriously as it came, the vacation was over. and i sent these bastards back home before bigfoot could file a police report.
i changed jasper's hair again because his old one had a streak mistake in the retexture and i was too lazy to fix it. but i forgot to put white in it to show aging, so we'll just say he's been revitalized by harassing bigfoot and having topaz brought back from the dead to torment.
the tradition continues! moonstone's first words are "skeleton bear".
opal: i love you!
jasreen: no you!
skylar: wooooo! healthy relationships!
skylar: excuse you? i was watching that!
jasreen: sports are lame.
skylar: heyyyy
sapphire: hey :> i have a question for you.
sapphire: wanna go steady?
skylar: YEAH!
jasreen: GAY!
i caved pretty much as soon as someone got enough points to buy smart milk again. otherwise, this shit just takes forever.
sapphire: jasreen, what were you doing?
jasreen: trying to suck your boyfriend's soul out of his body.
sapphire: ...don't do that.
i want another baby from these two as well. two pregnancies (preferably two babies total) from both heirs.
aaaaand we got chimes this time!
jasper: dear diary, all my descendants suck. but AMBER probably sucks the most.
jasper: I'M NOT EVEN TECHNICALLY RELATED TO THIS BABY BUT I LOVE IT. IT'S A BABY. BABIES.
skylar: what if we danced in front of the stairs?
sapphire: WHAT IF WE DID?
jasper: WHAT IF YOU DIDN'T? HOES, MOVE.
sapphire: skylar... will you marry me?
skylar: i'm not your great uncle, but yeah! i totally will.
skylar: do i have to wear this ring? it's so... tacky.
sapphire: skylar pls.
that's the most awkward post-proposal hug i've ever seen.
jasper: hey, it's snowing in the desert. you didn't set the seasons right this time either.
SHSHSHSHSHUT UP. i fixed it.
opal still isn't pregnant but i am trying to fix that. as are jasreen and opal, autonomously.
professor kari: i just, hate the planet.
skylar: you can't just make a blanket statement like that.
professor kari: the hell i can't. have you even met tiberius barnacle?
jasper: hey i remember that one time i got an A+.
jasper, i moved you across games, you can't remember that.
jasper: I DO THOUGH.
I'M SCARED.
jasper: sapphire wants to be a witch, and who am i to tell her no?
jasreen: dad, i'm not sapphire.
jasper: SHUT UP I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
sapphire: OH MY GOD I'M BECOMING A WITCH.
professor kari (with her recurring "become a witch" want): show off.
jasper: i won't make you a witch, but i have a magic wand you can hold.
professor kari: i don't know, after that bigfoot stuff...
jasper: that wasn't really him.
professor kari: ...jasper.
sapphire: WHY ARE YOU IN MY BED?
sapphire: first order of witch business: learn bee spell to cast on my horny great grandparents.
amethyst had a birthday and he's so precious! i love his face. it has no jasreen in it.
speaking of jasreen, she still autonomously primps and stalks her wife.
rondie still doesn't do a lot other than work a whole bunch. i'd like to get that last promotion before he dies, but it's gonna be close.
opal is pargenet! prangnet. prengan
PREGANANANT
jasreen: allow me to learn you a nursery rhyme, son. ahem... *shrieks*
professor kari: i love all of my great great grandchildren equally.
sapphire: are you sure about that?
i don't know why they seem determined to do things in front of the stairs, but here we are.
PROFESSOR KARI
YOU HAVE LIKE EIGHT COOKING POINTS, HOW THE FUCK
peridot: OH MY GOD A FIRE
professor kari: my omelettes!
peridot: OH MY GOD, NOT YOUR OMELETTES
much thanks to this firefighter i forgot the name of. i expect him to return for future fires, so i'll get it then.
sapphire: can you move?
jasreen: can't. teaching my son to walk.
jasreen: SUCCESS.
sapphire: when i have awesome witch powers, i'm going to come after you. AND MY MOTHER.
sapphire: hello, mother, let's play a friendly game of red hands.
peridot: okay, dear.
sapphire: (you fool.)
i can't remember why i took this picture of jasreen apparently walking like some kind of velociraptor, but i did, so here it is.
opal: hey, this is the same face that poster is making! which is fitting, because this baby is growing like a weed.
opal: hey, lapis. yeah, what's up? oh, my son is just aging up. no we can talk now.
this is fine. everything's fine. *my sims 2 game is on fire*
jasper: WHY DO YOU HAVE THAT TODDLER IN HERE? WHAT IF IT FINDS OUT MY SECRETS?
professor kari: for one, he can't read, and for two, you don't have any secrets.
jasper: how would you know i have secrets if they're secrets, professor kari??
no clue why topaz decided to driveby-read their newspaper, but this seems as good a note as any to leave this update on.
i'm sorry it seems kind of disjointed, switching things from a corrupted neighborhood kind of tends to do that, and i can definitely see why a lot of people let legacies die when that happens rather than continue them.
you may have noticed banjo didn't make the move with them, because i never extracted her. i'm trying to figure out what to do about that, since i think extracting pet breeds is an in-game only thing and i don't want to put that neighborhood back in my game. i'll probably try to recreate her from pictures.
i also didn't want to just, place sims like crystal and topaz and immediately kill them, because that didn't feel right. i'm still working out how to handle spares. i think i might play them all with significantly reduced lifespans, just to see how much i can accomplish for them in like, three days or something. we'll see!
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I known I originally wanted Moonstone to be heir, but now seeing Amethyst and his purdy eyes I think that could change.
Also poor Bigfoot. : (
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ikr? amethyst is really cute but moonstone is also pretty endearing. i still don't know who i'll end up picking.
i was hoping to get bigfoot to join the bakelites, but jasper messed that up. maybe one day i'll have a bakelite that can convince him. >.