HI! Holy crap, a Lightning update! I know what you’re thinking! Who THE HECK are The Lightnings? I don’t know either, so let’s find out! Oh, and there’s like, 165 pictures… SO DIG IN!
Elder Beverly is here, and sleeping.
Good ol’ Charlie is also sleeping…
… as handsome *cough* as ever.
Daniel is preparing pancakes in The Kitchen of Death…
…if you recall, Abraham just got electrocuted in here…
Felisha. Yeah, that’s her name, Felisha is also asleep.
Elliot is on his way to class.
And lookin’ pretty cute in his bulldozer t-shirt.
And here’s the littlest, Fred – carrying on the “demon child” tradition of this legacy.
Always nice to see traditions continue. 😐
Daniel: I’m too sad and my mom is too disgusting to eat my pancakes!
Well, Daniel – that’s too bad.
Skillin’ baby Fred…
But potty training ALSO makes Daniel very sad…
poor guy.
Charlie, lookin’ smexy, eating snacks.
Oh Charlie, I have so much love for you.
And then my game crashed, so we’re makin’ a move!
Welcome to Moonlight Falls! We bought this pre-made house. Should be adequate.
Now that we’re somewhat settled, Elliot enjoys playing with his IF.
And I almost forgot a very important household member!
Lightning has made the trip! I love that little lizard.
I became concerned that the ghosts might be the cause of some crashes, so I ditched them over in a graveyard I built for them.
And when I say built, I mean, converted an empty plot to a “graveyard” and plopped them down. But hey It’s Betty, Jeff, and Abraham. Aw.
Hey hey! Lookie here! Baby “G” is on the way!
I approve!
There aren’t enough beds in this house, so Beverly and Charlie are sharing…
So much ugly in one bed! It’s kind of also noteworthy, the move borked their family tree – they show no relation… Thankfully, they behaved themselves, and no inappropriate flirting or other such actions ensued.
Daniel insists upon messing with the lizard…
…even though Lightning ALWAYS bites him.
Couples Activity:
Brush up on pregnancy.
Daniel is working out…
Feel the burn!
Oh Charlie – bless you.
Felisha, your outfit sucks.
Playing with his IF under the table, Elliot gets ready to birthday.
Wait! Fred actually goes first.
Aw, he reminds me SO much of toddler Daniel, when I was so happy to see a normal looking face.
He adds loser to friendly and excitable.
I know he just looks normal kid faced – but I think he looks like “loser” would fit his personality. His clothing is surprisingly well coordinated. With lifespans so short, I do very little to anyone clothes, hair, etc…
Although no one noticed Fred aging up, the proud parents are there to root for Elliot.
They don’t have favorites… no – not at all.
He had excitable locked in.
Nice.
I actually had to run him through CAS, because I think he’s pretty handsome.
Yeah, he’s a little squinty-eyed, but it’s not too bad.
While there I update his wardrobe.
He’s an everyday shark, a sleeping bunny, and an outerwear puppy.
HA HA HA!
His flipper!
Good little sharks clean up after themselves.
I will never grow tired of this. (Note: I didn’t.)
Duh duh…duh DUH… DUH DUH…
Sleepy shark is coming!
Sleepy shark is now a bunny…
His poor little face. I can almost hear him saying “why did you do this to me?” Answer: Hilarity.
Shark Elliot got invited to someone’s house after school.
I love the look on the face of the guy in the background. He’s all “Dafuq? Is that a shark?”
Background Guy: You have so many nice teeth…
Bling!
I adore Felisha, but all she ever does is watch TV.
No really… that’s about it.
But she’s way pretty…
…and as fine a babymaker as there ever was.
Did he bite you again, Daniel?
Daniel: No.
Don’t lie to me.
I can always tell.
Daniel wants to work out for six hours, so I send him “at good pacing” to go pick up his shark from that guy’s house.
While we were out for a jog, and I was watching him, I noticed this pop-up!
Oops! I missed the birth!
Meet Ginger!
I was pretty happy to get a girl.
Knowing the womb was again empty, I sent Daniel home from his shark fetching jog.
There’s babies to me made! And Charlie! Don’t creep!
Oh… you’re NOT cheering for their kissy kissy session…
You’re having a birthday!
Oh sweetie! You grew on me!
❤
Look! It’s a shark eating pancakes!
MUHAHAHAHHAHAHA!
Now it’s a bunny who thinks the baby stinks.
I’m beyond entertained by Elliot. And not sorry at all.
Oh dear. Beverly wanted to “go out on the town” and “get a tattoo” so we did both. Upon
returning home I discovered she’d been struck by lightning!
I’m telling you, nomen est omen. I have never had so much trouble with electricity as The Lightnings have.
Daniel still had that “work out for six hours” straight wish – which is pretty close to the LAST thing I’d ever wish for… but hey.
We’re going to give it a go.
SHARK NEED FOOD.
So this kid appeared. His name is Jake.
Hi Jake.
Shark is not impressed with baby.
Baby smells.
Oh COME ON! Lightnings should be WAY BETTER with electricity than this!
I mean seriously! That’s Beverly, in case you were wondering.
The H is on the way!
And look! It’s snowing!
Get cleaned up Bev, we need to repair that computer.
You broke it!
…and you broke the bathtub.
So fix that too. Kthx.
Bunny is happy!
Elliot: HAI AUNT BEVERLY!
Then sad forever alone seesaw puppy is sad.
Aw. Elliot is a mess, HA HA!
LOOK AT HIS STUPID TAIL!
HA HA H AH AH AHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAH!
Oh man, I’m not sorry. I’m just not.
Homework is hard for shark.
Life is hard for shark.
Since no one can have proper jobs, and house bills don’t pay themselves, I send Daniel out to, um… magician for tips.
Magician is now a verb.
SOMEONE TIP THE MAN.
Nice crowd. Give him money. Look, he’s playing 52 pickup, that’s worth some simoleans.
While I was watching Daniel and pleading for money, the camera panned home and…
… FLOOR BIRTHDAY!
Aww… Look at her!
Ginger got Felisha’s hair that I liked so much. And she’s pretty cute too!
The house is pretty large, but doesn’t have a lot of open space, so meet the “Toddler Skilling Porch”.
It’s in the backyard, and Sims have to walk ALL THE WAY AROUND from the front door to use it, so it’s obviously the most practical place to put these things. 😐
It’s also Fred’s birthday!
Wee!
He has “unflirty” locked in.
And synchronized stretching! Don’t mind Charlie’s grumpy, ugly mug. He’s still my favorite.
Fred is now an excitable, friendly, unflirty loser.
And because my game LOVES ITF stuff, and everyone ages up in ITF stuff, I let him have ITF hair.
Llama says: “OH YEAH!”
That is one flirty llama.
Beverly dislikes children, so I make her do all the work.
She finds it very dull.
Oh yeah, there’s another baby coming, I had almost forgotten.
And what are you doing?!? Just getting out of Charlie’s bed? Come on!
Outside, Ginger poops recycling.
At lease that is what Fred there scooped out of her potty, then deposited on the patio. Recycling = TS3 baby poo.
So I know that I should stop finding SharkElliot so damned funny. But I cannot cease to be entertained by him.
And is Beverly STRANGLING Fred back there?
Elliot: Shark just want to brighten Fred’s day.
Why air in the way? SHARK RAGE!
Smexy as ever, bare-footed, old man Charlie wanted a street art kit.
So he can have one.
I was rounding up the family to head out on the town so Charlie can street-art up the place…
And this freaky thing appeared. Obviously an IF by orb over head and name: Peanut Lightning. I clicked away from Charlie and back again, and it vanished. It made me freak out about how many invisible IF’s might be running around this game. Maybe when there’s routefails with no explanation, it’s really somebody’s IF.
Daniel: I HATE THE TV!
*throws fit*
Shark want justice.
…
Close Beverly. Close.
Your stroller skills are far better than Daniel’s ever were.
I really DO love Charlie.
I don’t care how hideous he is. And scrawny. He does street art now.
And it’s FANCY!
See?
WEE! This is fun!
❤
Meanwhile, the rest of the non-school aged Lightnings have congregated inside this little building.
Felisha is very pregnant, Ginger is flicking boogers while Daniel watches, and Beverly is charming a snake, like she is wont to do.
This is way too much fun.
I must explore this further!
Well, at least it was way too much fun…
The cops are coming!
They’re attracted to one another…
…of course.
But look! An actual arrest!
And the officer is NOT a faceone!
I’m sorry, Charlie…
…I didn’t know this could happen.
And then he just RAN after her with his hands cuffed behind his back.
With his head hung low. Poor guy.
While I was watching Charlie be hauled away, I got distracted by this billboard.
And now I want pancakes. And I don’t even LIKE pancakes!
YOU THERE! Daniel! Put Lightning down! HE WILL BITE YOU!
Background: SHARK IS SUNNY!
I’m so serious, this is ALL Felisha does.
Make babies and watch TV. SO MUCH TV.
Little Ginger is too cute.
And Charlie loves her.
The H IS COMING!
On a full moon, no less.
Daniel, although witnessing the labor, has moved down to the toddler skilling patio to have HIS birthday too!
So this crappy picture shows you Daniel’s AND the H child are sharing a birthday.
It’s a girl! I name her Henrietta!
She has darker skin like her Uncle Charlie and Grandpa Jeff. Love it. Oh, and she’s easily impressed and athletic. Felisha does NOT look happy.
Here’s our elder Daniel.
With little Ginger.
Elsewhere in the house, bunny wakes up fully rested at 3:00 am
It’s still so damned funny. To me.
Shark is sneaky.
Hee hee hee…
And then it’s BONEHILDA TIME!
Wait wait wait… I’m getting ahead of myself…
First it’s BIRTHDAY TIME!
So many cakes! I got the “It’s So-and-So’s Birthday” FOUR TIMES… so I actually bought cakes and began the birthdays early in the morning.
Felisha goes first:
“I wish my son did not suffer from a shark identity problem.”
Shark loves mom…
*Clap Clap Clap*
Look they look like a normal family. Mostly.
Well, aside from the shark, of course.
Whelp, she’s old now! Baby factory is closed!
That means Henrietta is the heir!
Even the maid shows up to cheer for Elliot.
Sympathy cheers for shark boy.
And with that the Shark blows out his candles…
And we say goodbye to Sharkie. Elliot was actually pretty successful in school, and we got to roll! He added socially awkward, which considering he spent his teenagehood as a shark/bunny/puppy, I find that very fitting.
So in CAS, I took off the Shark head, and THIS was underneath!
I decide he can keep it, and in my head he wore that damned shark hat for so long his hair mildewed.
One last look at Elliot, and he’s outta here!
I was entertained to no end by him. Bye!
Ginger goes next.
She rolls Computer Whiz, joining disciplined and athletic.
Aw, she’s adorable!
Lastly, little Henrietta.
She’s BALD!
Well, we’ll have to learn more about her on her child birthday.
Welcome Hilda!
She hath been awakened.
Daniel Lightning! The lizard does NOT like you.
Leave him alone. He bit him, of course.
Charlie’s been busy!
I have been having as much fun with him as I can, since I know he’s going to die soon.
Unfortunately, Charlie has one of those traits that is incompatible with Bonehilda.
And he just LOVES her.
I however, find her quite helpful!
Especially when things breaks, since you don’t always notice broken appliances.
I was clicking down the portrait panel, looking for everyone, and I found Fred being morose out on the playground by himself.
Well, maybe not “morose… Fred: I wish we had a pool. Deep thoughts of a Sim Teenager.
My name is Felisha.
I watch TV.
BALD BABY BIRTHDAY!
No one cares for bald baby.
Whoa, she’s still bald.
And rolls Loves the Heat to add to Athletic and Easily Impressed. NOTE: WHY do my Sims ALWAYS age up into at least ONE ITF item? Ugh.
Here she is, I love her hair. Not sure if that’s because I just hadn’t seen it before, or if it’s actually awesome, but…
…it’s like super rich brown, with lovely red streaks. Not a bad option for heir!
I don’t have enough beds for a few days – either until Fred moves out, or we have a death. So here’s little Henrietta napping on her parent’s bed.
Note: She actually found the treehouse later and was sleeping there. Great!
However, now Felisha has nowhere to sleep.
Oh well!
Daniel is kind of an adorable old guy.
Although I worry about him playing in a puddle during a thunderstorm.
Moonlight Falls has a double rainbow!
Pretty.
I can’t have Charlie running for his life all the time, so we left the house to go do some more street art.
I found a bunch of seeds, and decided that Henrietta will do some gardening. Anyhoo, Charlie can’t pick up that one up on the hill. Stupid game. It was a “special” on too.
We do pick up a snake, and have fun with butterflies.
Too cute.
Then Charlie hiked up to the top and WHOA!
What a view!
Then Charlie met a pigeon and we tried to make friends…
But it bit him instead.
So we opt for this nice safe beetle.
Then I had Charlie climb as HIGH as he could, and on the way back down, I snapped this cute picture.
Oh, Charlie, I’m really REALLY going to miss you.
Then Charlie met this little ol’ lady. Her name is Gabriella.
Due to the heartfarting, I decide he should have a shot at romance.
Aw, old people love.
Kinda cute.
Then, Charlie, the equivalent of a 90 year old man, gets his first kiss.
I think he missed, but it’s super romantic with the sunset, and the flowers.
Charlie gets her as a girlfriend just as it started to rain.
Too cute.
I remembered that Beverly had a tent in her magic backpack from her adventures in Egypt. I drag it into Charlie’s inventory and have him set it up.
As good a place as any!
Charlie had a good day.
A VERY good day.
Oh yeahh!
Haters gonna hate.
Back at house, it’s Ginger’s birthday!
Wee!
Felisha? Is that you?
She looks a LOT like her mom…
…but a quick trip into CAS for her own hairstyle, and it helps differentiate her a bit.
I really do love that teal color in the blonde hair.
Here’s the snake Charlie picked up on his mountain top date.
I name him Bolt.
And OMG, he’s sticking his tongue out!
he’s adorable! I love this family’s minor pets.
Okay, I really like Charlie AND Bolt separately, but together…
…too much cute.
Out one of the windows I spotted this Sim who, well, looked like she was looking for a lost contact lens…
…knowing that’s not a thing, I went out to investigate, and it’s this mime on the Lightning Resting Place.
I noticed Daniel and Felisha were stir crazy, so I sent them to watch.
It was kinda cute.
After watching Charlie nearly starve to death because Bonehilda was in the kitchen and he couldn’t get anything to eat, I sent him off to fish.
He is an angler, and besides. Old men should fish.
Since I’m pretty much ruled by wishes in this legacy, since they can’t get real jobs, or really even obtain their LTW, I just kind of do what they ask for – within the rules… And Beverly wanted to upgrade 5 appliances, so we tinker with the TV.
it went well, as you can see.
Then it’s Fred’s birthday!
Why he’s still at school, I don’t know… but oh well.
Fred was doing well enough with his studies to be able to roll. He adds Absent Minded to Unflirty, Friendly, Excitable, and Loser.
He wanted to become a CEO of a mega corporation.
I have him join the business career…
Then it’s toodles Fred! He can have a real career when he’s not in the house, I decide.
Back at the house, Charlie wanted to send a love letter to his Gabriella.
And Beverly! You’re ancient too! Although since Beverly had a pregnancy, she shows younger than her brother, but her life bar is also completely full.
I heard the telltale sound of someone getting zapped, and I discovered THIS!
This is Bonehilda! A natural blonde, it would seem.
I love having a singed Bonehilda. The skin is awesome.
But she went back to normal not long after this shot.
Whoops, while standing around talking to Daniel, Beverly expires.
Yes, yes, very sad.
And with that…
…Beverly joins the graveyard. I’m going to try to grab all the spares too. Have Betty and Jeff, and then 26 letters after them. Or at least with them.
Oh look Charlie! Ice cream! Go get some ice cream, that’ll cheer you up.
Except it drove away immediately after I snapped that picture. Sorry Charlie.
It’s almost Henrietta’s teen birthday!
Toldja.
I’m so happy I like her, since she’ll be continuing the family line!
She had indifferent study habits and earned the Artistic trait.
I was going to have her garden, since Charlie picked up some seeds, but I might have to have her paint.
And with that, I’m going to end this post! PHEW! It was like, four play sessions, two days of typing/blogging, and I FINALLY got an update done! The Zales write themselves, but these guys? Man! Since I’m averaging one post a month, that is what pace I’m going to try to maintain. Do see us again soon! And Happy Simming!
The Lightning Alphabetcy 