Death, dreams, and desires…

Hello everyone. Remember this? Last time we were here, Raj decided to try and escape the apocalypse by dying of embarrassment. Classy.

I dug through the rules, and discovered that there wasn’t actually anything preventing us from interacting with the Grim Reaper! I might have to put something like that in there whenever I get around to finishing my altered apocalypse rules.

Sorry for the bad image.

“Ewww, smelly sock corpse!”

“Wait, that’s my husband!”

“Um, excuse me, Mr. Boney Death Reaper Man?”

Give him a moment, hon, he’s apparently looking up zombies.

“Please don’t take him! I know he’s served his purpose and all but he still has like a week to go!”

“Really, I just have to play Peek-a-boo with you?”
“Well I can’t have kids in a cheat-free land, so might as well pretend for a bit.”

“And may I present to you, this brand new CAAAAAAR!”
“OH THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK–“

“Is that a hole in the ceiling?”

Yep, you’re alive, now get your ass up and to a sink.

“Um, you know, I haven’t actually resurrected him yet–“
“Dammit, I think that is a leak!”

“Hyyyy-YUCK, me mom sure did get ya good!”

Izaiah, please give Grim some personal space.

Look, I KNOW they all smell, it’s gen 1 of the apocalypse! Sheesh.

“Hell yeah! He’s back!”
“She’s so hot when she saves me! Makes me want to eat some fish!”
“HELP I’M ABOUT TO BLOW.”

I wouldn’t blame Grim for just reaping them all now.

But nope, he hangs out to chat with Izaiah.

“No no, you see, the statues HAD members, but they were removed for modesty.”

“HEY, Izaiah! Aren’t you glad I’m alive?!”
“DAAAD! You’re embarrassing me in front of Grim!”

“So I’ll also accept payment in lieu of souls. It’s a rough economy.”

“Um, why is Grim here, and why is my brother coming out to him?”

Don’t know, but Raj is planning something based on it.

Okay, my dumbass self only just realized they’re all chilling in the bathroom.

“Soooooo, good place to eat.”

Ah, fuck. You guys aren’t supposed to toast! Put those down!

“Ha, sure is fun defying the rules!”

NOW!

Why look who’s here!

So I had been giving Sims residence keys, but I realized yesterday that that might count as inviting them over, so it might not be legal. Oops.

“‘Bout time you show up and give us that option! You can’t escape us now!”

Ah, yes, what a personality! I think the Uncreative trait must have not worked in later patches as she just has Perky, Outgoing ,and Self-Absorbing now. And yep, she’s got a Caliente mother, which would probably explain the personality. Doesn’t really explain why she wants to a vampire though.

It’ll be a while until they can marry, as you can see. Sims 4 Sims get really pissy about flirting for no damn reason and it’s just easier when you can control both of them.

So let the social fest begin! While Katarina ruins the mood by working out.

So at the time, my plan for the generation was as follows:

• Izaiah: Unlock Diamond Agent, allowing twins to move out eventually
• Carlee: Unlock Detective career, based on my modified rules requiring it before you can be an agent.
• Raven: Unlock Author, to make up for my cheating to unlock Cooking
• Katarina: Unlock Bodybuilder, so we can give the house a much-needed makeover

Carlee’s unlock ends up changing because, well, you’ll see.

Jeez, what was I doing to get their Romance up that fast?!

Whatever.

“Honey, join me in apocalyptic matrimony!”

“Stupid brother, getting stupid lover!”

Excuse me, Raven.

“Yeah, I know, get off the computer.”

Well, there go Izaiah’s fingers, and with no hospital either.

I’m fairly certain she accepted the proposal, and equally certain that I didn’t photograph it for no damn reason whatsoever. Maybe the camera glitched.

I love taking close-up shots of Casey. She’s always giving 110% emotion and dedication.

Um, who invited the cat lady?

“Why yes, you people are all trash!”

As you can see, Izaiah worked very hard to make toddler artwork to get this. And it’s as far as he will get, as we can’t make emotional works without Master of the Real.

Uh-oh.

“You… You dare mock ME?! The Queen of Evil?!”

Yes, and now we’ll get that promotion so bye bye.

“Soooo, 1000 simoleans if you break one of your family’s stupid rules.”

Don’t you dare, Izaiah.

Oh great, another exhibitionist.

This is actually a good warning: Carlee’s pajama outfit doesn’t have a top, and I have no way to change this without Retail Employee. So enjoy seeing her boobs anytime she’s in her PJs.

And then I didn’t play the save for almost two years. No, really.

So what do I find but Katarina cheating. Put that down!

GET OFF YOUR PHONE, RAVEN.

“Nyah, nyah, it’s an idle action! You can’t stop me!”

Sorry for the bad photo, but as someone who has worked in places with confidential information… You don’t usually feel embarrassed. Depending on what it is, you might feel excited or just kind of like “oops” and move on so you forget it quickly.

Impressive. Didn’t realize you could fix a sink by hovering a wrench near it.

And then she went to play charades with chess.

“Um, helloooooo, I need attention!”

So why did I save you from death again.

Now get off your phone and stop leering at your daughter-in-law!

Yeah, I’d say dragons make for a pretty preposterous rumour.

In a desperate attempt to keep Raj out of trouble, I sent him to the punching bag.

Too bad I forgot he’s an elder.

“Um, can I nap now?”

So first off, I don’t consider this cheating because I literally cannot remove the earbuds from her inventory, and I didn’t even place them there in the first place.

But also I’ve never had Sims this good at fishing and so didn’t realize this guy existed.

You literally JUST made some food, dude, why don’t you go eat it?

“So, microphones. Microphones suck. It’s best to just shout as loud as you can.”

Well look who’s progressing in his career! Unlike his wife.

“Excuse me, but I thought we weren’t supposed to use the computer?”

So, in the comments on the apocalypse rules, Pinstar did say it’s okay for them to use the computer to increase required skills. So, if she’s working on Mischief, she’s fine. But she’s probably not, so get off of there, Casey!

Speaking of annoying inventory, Raven brought this home. It takes up six spaces technically, and there’s no room inside for it, and I can’t get rid of it unless I place it. I did eventually place it and use cheats to destroy it so we didn’t get money from selling it, but in the mean time, like earbuds, I’m not counting it against me.

So instead she does her homework in the bathroom, like we all do.

And everyone wants to help her. Either that or Raj is too lazy to go to the upstairs bathroom.

And then things got weird. Here he is, helping her with her homework…

… And here’s Raven, on the third floor, getting his advice.

I said the game loaded. I didn’t say it was glitch-free.

Oh hey, rare moment of Casey actually wearing her everyday! 

Okay, let’s get this over with. Not like we can have a party.

“What do you mean, you can’t find the ring?!”

“I’m just kidding!”
“Ugh, just end me now.”

“Oh, I can see my new engagement ring through my eye lids!”

For real though, why isn’t he putting on a wedding band?

And thus the Sims gods threw credit cards at them.

And Raven dislocated her arm in protest. Fair enough.

See? That’s her PJ outfit. Some swimshorts and that’s it. And there were several shots where it was difficult to take a censoring picture so you all get to deal with it.

“But I dunno if I truly love her…”
“Your wife?!”
“My chess queen.”

Oh hey, our new door knocker came in!

Nah, it’s just Raj stuck to the door.

“Um, a bit of help? Maybe WD-40?”

Sorry, Raj, Casey is cleaning the sink for the five millionth time.

So I tend to play SIms distracted, and apparently Casey snuck in enough time to get online, make a social media profile, and post on it. Thanks ,Casey. Thanks a lot.

Um, can we help you?

“Hehehe, totally wasn’t scoping out your house to rob it!”

“How many times do I have to tell these people I hate microphones!”

I’ve never seen that little Loch Ness Monster guy before. Adorable.

The amount of time these poor Sims spend playing chess…

Ah, nothing like fishing near the totz-abandoned diner-gas station thing and a dino. What more could one want in life?

A dweeb! Of course!

“Gosh, I’ve never handled such a big rod before!”

Enjoy that joke, everyone. And yes, that’s Alexander Goth. Your guess is as good as mine with the outfit.

“Oh. Oh no. Please just let me walk by.”

Sorry love, we need Charisma.

Even bikers cannot escape.

“Um, sir, why do you have technicolour puke on your shirt?”

“Sir, I will throw this rock at you if you don’t stop nagging all of us.”
“This guy’s a secret agent? He’s a weenie!”

Ah, yes, how to fix a fridge: screwdriver in the light socket.

Then take that electricity and zap your spouse!

I swear to god, the computer and water are crack to TS4 Sims.

“I’ll stop using the computer when I’m dead!”

Actually that’ll be when you can use it without me being able to do anything.

Raven makes the best faces.

“Heheheh, and then when I become a famous author… Clearly the most nefarious job of all…”

Sorry hon, still need Mischief.

Actually, Raven loved it. I was able to build their relationship back to friends with a bunch of pranks.

Carlee loves doing this thanks to her want to be a vampire. Too bad it isn’t happening. We can’t really invite a vampire over and they haven’t shown up.

So here’s the thing. Despite being ready for a promotion as a Detective, it didn’t happen, I think because I couldn’t actually go to the station. So I switched her to an author, namely Journalist so we stop needing to use the sinks to bathe.

Katarina, meanwhile, is not a fan of Fitness. Sucks to be you too, kid!

It looks like a prison where they’re all forced to read books, but I swear they’re gaining fun. No, really.

Woo, promotion! We need Izaiah to reach the top of his career in order for his sisters to move out once they hit their career. Technically it lets us travel too, but per the rules, we can only use the phone and computer for daily tasks. I ignored this for moving SIms out by going to the neighbourhood screen, but the only way to travel without using the computer or phone requires taking EVERYONE along, and I wasn’t keen on it.

Sorry, I’m rambling.

“Get out of my way, Izaiah, I gotta pee!”
“How can I do that when you’re practically in my lap!!”

Oh, Sims.

See, this is why we need journalist. Cheap-ass sinks LOVE to break.

“Yay, I got to flirt a lot!”

And oops, here’s our first nip pic! Anyway, flirting is a great way to build Charisma, so I’m glad to indulge them this time.

Raj, get OUTTA there. You have no idea how difficult it was to get these two assholes into bed.

Not even joking. The actions kept canceling, because TS4 Sims defy you at every turn.

“Hmph, I have a higher calling than sex!”

Ooooh, what a charming bunch to gain Charisma with!

“How dare that man breathe near me!”

“Wait, wait, come back! I need to advance in my career!”

Too bad he wasn’t thrilled.

“Ugh, I’ve heard about you, creepy lady! I have mace!”

“I don’t like parties and I don’t like fun!!”

“Please, humans, don’t fight!”

Um, can we help you?

Raven, please go talk to the stray so Casey can continue to not make friends.

“Augh it’s growling at me!”

Builds character.

Freakin’ infant thought bubble. Yes, you once wore diapers, now play with the vicious dog.

Um, what the hell was she doing with the dog that THAT popped up?

And no I don’t have Olala world or whatever mod adds bestiality. I’m twisted but not THAT twisted.

“No fair, my sister gets to play with dogs while I’m stuck inside!”

To be fair, the playing was mostly one-sided.

TS4 Sims make the best expressions.

“You dare to breathe my air?!”

To prove that she was asking something completely innocent.

“Did you just move into the neighbourhood?”
“YOU DEMON!”

Huzzah! Now we know it isn’t Carlee being a jerk or something.

I wasn’t kidding about getting these assholes into the bed. I don’t know WHY it kept canceling, but finally, an heir is on the way.

“Um, should I be worried?”

No, just wash your hands until your clothing is magically clean.

Um, Izaiah?

“Man, this food is going to be delicious!”

Izaiah, you fuck! And it’s not Sunday either!

Good for Raj and Casey though. They walked over and began putting the fire out autonomously.

So yeah. We lost the fridge and stove. And I think this happened on a Friday? Thanks a lot, Izaiah.

Ah, Saturday, so not too bad. But I was trying to look at the fridge and accidentally bought a new one. So this is me shaming myself.

SHAME.

I wouldn’t let them use it until Sunday.

You’ve tried to use the stupid computer constantly, and now when you’re permitted to, you’re mad?

“I’m mad at everything!”

One bonus to having a master chef: fancy steaks, even if he’s depressed about it.

Katarina, stop autonomously complaining about the decor and pissing yourself off. Please.

“Why do I have to be pregnant?!”

Because we aren’t going to solve the apocalypse otherwise.

Note also me accidentally ruining Casey’s chance for a promotion by not realizing a Mischief interaction causes a work thing. Oops.

Oh good, Captain McJackass is here.

“Heheheh, sure is fun not having to follow the rules!”

Oh shut up.

“Man, forks are great for brushing teeth.”

I love gangster Casey.

I DON’T love our inability to use sinks without them exploding. Everyone gets to have Handiness in an apocalypse.

So here, Casey is upgrading the sink. It was one of her daily tasks, but obviously we can’t upgrade without Interstellar Smuggler. So I would have her stop before the upgrade completed. Unfortunately, sometimes I’d forget she was doing this and realize she finished it, at which point the item would go into family inventory and be replaced with a new one.

It’s not a great system.

Girl, you don’t even HAVE the Romantic trait! I removed the emotion, because it is a glitch.

“Man, it sure is great having a chef dad!”
“You said it. Who needs takeout!”

FFS. Girl either change into your summer wear or get your ass in the house!

She lived.

“So um. What did you need to tell us about the sink, Dad?”
“It contains gremlins.”

Casey does love a good workout still. And she makes the best faces during them.

Good ol’ Raj. Still building gourmet cooking, even after reaching the top of his career.

ANd the top of his life.

Yes, Raj gets to die twice in one post. Unfortunately his lifespan simply wasn’t very long.

“Hmmm, is the floor warm enough for my death?”

“Man, why can’t I die on the bed?! Much more comfortable.”

“Eh, I guess it’s good enough. Good thing I’m a Slob.”

I strongly suspect he’s going to miss work, game.

“AAAAAH! IT’S YOU AGAIN!”

“Oh my god, that’s what’s in my torso?”
“That’s right, and unless you buy my incredible Model Remodeler, you are at risk of even more cellshading!”

“Sigh, I’d love to, Grim, but we already have the cheapest fitness machine available–“
“Too bad, ordering it anyway.”

“OW YOU GOT MY NOSE!”
“Well don’t stand so close next time! Well unless it’s your time next time. Then you’ll have to deal with it again.”

“Yeah, great, Grim, take my husband, imply I’m next, and sign me up for some MLM shit. Thanks.”
“Always happy to serve.”

“Hehehe, I love my job. Easy money!”

“Haha! It’ll be at your shack in three days! HAHAHAHA–“
“Grim, I’m trying to eat, go away.”

“So anyway, can I move in?”
“NO!”

“Pleeeease? I can help you unlock restrictions!”
“Um, I’m going to go cry over Raj now, bye.”

“Ugh, such a tacky urn. And that stupid Grim always overstays his welcome!”

“And then he went and broke our computer!”

So badly that you apparently need to fiddle with a mold plate. Seriously, why is that such low-res?

Well yes, I imagine being dead would cause your spotlight to fade. Well, unless you were either really famous or died REALLY impressively.

It looks naughty, but actually he’s hiding to cry and she’s hiding due to embarrassment. Totally things adults do.

“Um, Katarina, you’re just pouring an empty bucket.”
“Look, we all mourn in our own way!”

Um, yes, by showing some poor sap being eaten by a shark. Great.

“AUGH ISAIAH NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO TRY FOR ANOTHER KID!”

Meet Adele, known as Adam at this point. Why do newborns in this game look like old men? Creeps me the fuck out.

Also creepy? This jerk.

So literally all this asshole does is annoy everyone, and as I noted above I realized that giving out residence keys might count as against the rules since we’re not supposed to invite anyone over, and this would count as inviting. So I took it back. We hate him anyway.

“Fine, you stupid jerk. And here’s my odour too!”

“Too bad Dad’s dead, but hey, I’m so close to that promotion!”

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And that seems a good time to stop, since I keep stalling on finishing this post. Things are going well in the game itself, so hopefully I can post these lunatics again soon. Will Casey and Isaiah hit the tops of their careers? Will Carlee succeed as a writer? Will the teens ever freakin’ grow up? Find out next time! Stay well.