Hi! Thanks for stopping by! The Lightnings, although often forgotten, are glad you’re here! Last time – I forgot… so let’s just focus on this time!
Let’s begin with a Lightning Check! I’m sure you don’t even remember who lives in the house… So Abraham, the elder, is at work at the grocery store.
So you can’t see him… but yeah…
Just down the block, Beverly is at work at the book store…
So you can’t see her either… but remember, Lightnings can only have part-time jobs, or professions like acrobat or magician. No rabbit hole careers.
Charlie is also at work…
He works with his brother at the grocery store.
EXCELLENT START TO THIS POST HEATHER.
Ahem. Ah here we go, Daniel is in the nursery checking on his son.
Look! An actual Sim. Don’t get used to it because…
Felisha is here, spending money we don’t have at the spa.
…
HEY! It’s Barbara, she’s Beverly’s daughter from her trip to Egypt.
She’s about to get on the computer.
Oh, and here’s human larva Elliot.
Since you got to see three of seven Sims, here’s Lightning the Lizard.
I am kinda fascinated by him. I hope he lives a LONG time.
Hey there Daniel, you’re really liking the barre, are you?
Nice shoes for ballet work. And MAN that wall covering is LOUD.
Hey! The rest of those pesky Lightnings are making their way home. It’s everyone’s favorite Charlie!
Hi there, you!
And Beverly, who has relapsed into batter addiction and is suffering from Hand Bowl.
Nice outfit.
Old man Abe makes it home as well!
Hi! You look quite dapper for a grocery store clerk.
It’s the F Fetus!
I can hardly wait!
Hey look, Betty has come to haunt.
Always nice to see the founder.
Charlie contemplates all the ugliness in the world while staring out the window.
His nephew enjoys the swing. Charlie is an EXCELLENT Uncle. Usually first to meet Elliot’s needs.
Then all the males in the house queue up to look at Elliot.
He’s not even in need of anything. It’s kinda cute.
So, Betty has decided to take up permanent residence.
Everyone’s initial reaction of seeing her around is gone, so it isn’t really bothering me too much. We’ll see.
You’re uh, getting really good at that, Daniel.
Looking graceful.
Who the hell are you?
It’s Gonorrhea Goneril Clap Capp. Ah yes, I recognize the TS2 name. Lovely. Who invited you in? I never really saw her again, but at approximately 3:00am, I got a notification that she had to leave. Yes. You do that.
Alone on the nursery room floor, with no one giving a damn…
…Elliot became a real boy. He’s pretty cute!
Daniel: Hello son, you look different somehow. Bigger.
Daniel: Now that you’re big and strong, it’s time you teach yourself all you need to know about life.
In you go! I’ll see you later for potty training.
Felisha: Hey husband! I’m pregnant!
Daniel: YOU ARE?! Oh thank heavens, I thought you were just getting really fat.
Daniel: So there’s a real baby in here? Not a food baby?
Felisha: Yup! Person Person Plus.
Betty STILL has not left…
I’d leave her around, but she’s occupying the rocking chair, and EVERYONE is rolling wishes for it. *resets* See you next time, Betts.
Husband and wife breakfast.
Aw.
Hey, this ain’t no ISBI, I have a “you broke it, you fix it rule” going here.
I don’t care how pregnant you are.
Felisha and Elliot work on the final skill!
Please don’t go into labor until you’ve finished.
She didn’t!
I’m so proud of her!
Hi Jeff!
You’re very sparkly this evening.
Dude, I just remembered. Abe has to quit his job. It’s in my rules, quit/retire at elderhood. Oops. I have him make the call…
…and Beverly watches VERY CLOSELY.
Aw, Uncle Charlie is the greatest!
Is he not too cute? Well, no, he’s hideous… but he’s too cute too.
So. This looks really hard on your neck, don’t ya think?
Just kinda dangling there…
Felisha, with her live in the lap of luxury (ha ha ha) LTW is always rolling wants to buy things, and I try to do it if it’s reasonable… but she rolled a wish to go for a stroll, so we had to do that.
She is ENORMOUS. I know she’s gonna pop soon!
On a full moon night, Felisha FINALLY goes into labor.
I think the pregnancy might seem so long because it’s longer than the new baby’s infant and toddler life stages combined. But I can’t speed up the pregnancy.
The father is busy fixing a computer.
He didn’t break it, since he hates technology, but Barbara broke it, and she’s too young to fix it.
Everyone else has swarmed baby Elliot.
Probably in an attempt to save him from Uncle Charlie’s stink fumes.
Hey, Elliot got Betty’s eyes! And Daniel didn’t! Throw-back genetics FTW!
You still doin’ okay in there Felisha?
Oh good.
Daniel: You know what sounds great right now? No, not that awful screaming, that sounds terrible.
Daniel: A Salad. A salad sounds great.
Beverly, your Hand Bowl is annoying.
Abraham came to watch some TV and someone FINALLY noticed that Felisha was in labor.
Daniel had to go and have his birthday too, before he even finished his salad.
Beverly “Batter Hand” Lightning is there to root for her little brother.
And here he is, looking exactly the same.
Speaking of “here he is” It’s a BOY!
I name him Fred. He had friendly locked in, and rolled excitable. Felisha was mere minutes from wetting herself, so she puts Fred on the floor and runs off to the potty.
Uncle Charlie is first on scene.
Charlie: Grumble Grumble putting the baby on the floor Grumble Grumble
Daniel: ELLIOT! You’re little again!
No, Daniel. That’s your new son, Fred.
Then Daniel rolled a wish to go for a stroll, even though it was POURING outside. I get a bit of an idiot vibe from him (if you hadn’t noticed) so I got all ready to capture this picture of him walking with his baby in a downpour, and making fun of him a bit… but then he exceeded all expectations and went and did this.
Elliot: What stinks?
Oh Daniel, you are an idiot supreme. That is not how that works. AND then my game crashed, and I blame Daniel. I had saved pretty recently so no harm done. Oh, except upon reload, Felisha was pregnant again, but fortunately, she had another boy with friendly locked in, so we’re good there. I just selected excitable from the list to make it like before. Warp speed forward and here we are.
Daniel: Wut?
Well, this time, it isn’t Daniel’s fault. He was stir crazy, so here we are standing across the street in the rain for an hour. Totally normal. And hey, gnomes!
While watching him stand there, I had to come up with something to prevent him from running back home.
I may have forgotten he was a magician. A very bad magician.
Snake charming with a bowl of batter stuck to your hand is unwise.
Although to be fair to her, I think it would’ve sound just as terrible if she wasn’t addicted to batter.
Elliot was on the way to the potty chair, when for the second time he had a birthday all alone.
He rolled bookworm.
No one cared but me. AND I think he’s cute.
Felisha also had a birthday that same night.
But unlike her firstborn son, EVERYONE came and cheered.
She’s still very pretty.
Beverly! You’re cured!
Wonderful!
So you know those gnomes I saw earlier? Well I sold them and hired a maid.
8 Sims make for a VERY messy house. When the gnome money runs out, we’ll fire him.
The second born son also birthdays all alone on the nursery floor.
And at that same moment, Barbara goes too!
She looks pretty good, I’d say.
I kick her out because she is an actual spare. Not the original B. And I need the space if I’m to get any more babies out of Daniel and Felisha.
Oh, this is Fred by the way.
He’s super cute, but I was hoping for Felisha’s hair.
So, Abraham broke the dishwasher, and you know the rule, you break it, you fix it! And ZAP!
Oh well, keep at it buddy. I’m sure you’ll be fine.
Wait, this zap sounds different than the last zap.
ABRAHAM!
Beverly! DO SOMETHING!
omgomgomgomgomgomgomg This is terrifying!
Oh lawd! *sniffles*
Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. He’ll get up right? He’s fine?
*gulp* Mourners.
He’s not getting up.
He’s just lying there. Dead.
And OMG HIS EYES ARE OPEN!
Okay I’ll stop. I had just never seen this in my own game before. Incredibly spooky note: I watched Abraham closely the entire time. He’d continue to blink, and occasionally animate his eyebrows. So learn from my mistake, if this happens in your game, do not watch the electrocuted Sim very closely.
Bye Abraham.
But you DID break it… so… you had to fix it…
So hey, right in the middle of the reaping, Beverly went and had her birthday.
It looks like she’s cheering enthusiastically over her brother’s death.
Look at Felisha’s face… she’s all “What is WRONG with you?”
Ha ha ha ha! Oh man… I mean, it’s not funny… but it kinda is.
HA HA HA HA! Lightnings are SO weird!
Even death is like “What is that girl’s malfunction!”
Charlie: Uncontrolled wailing
Bev: WEEEE!! Clapclapclapclap
Here’s old Bev.
She rolled a wish to repair the dishwasher.
See? And who am I to deny a wish?
I’m not sure Grim new what to do with the birthday in the middle of his reaping.
Abe and Death just stood around, they never interacted. There was no pleading or weeping, or hand shaking.
But eventually they worked it out, and here’s Abraham Lightning’s pathetic little tin.
😦
Alright Beverly, you asked for it.
Oh man!
Should I make her try again?
Of course! But oooooh, she lucked out!
Enjoy your soak, Beverly, you earned it.
The rubber duckie really ties this picture all together.
So, Charlie rolled this:
I actually REALLY like you, so please, be safe.
GOOD LUCK!
And, where others have failed, Charlie succeeds.
All fixed! Good man, Charlie. ❤
So, I went down the panel and saw there were birthdays just a few days away, but then I realized there’s ALWAYS going to be birthdays just a few days away, so here’s as good a stopping point as any.
I did it! I said I’d get a Lightning and a Zale post up this weekend, and I did! Wee! Come back next time to see what those little Lightnings get up to. There’s room in the house now, two spaces! So maybe we’ll see some new letters.
Until then, Happy Simming!
The Lightning Alphabetcy 