Chapter 6

Ah, Ethan couldn't be more of a Roland if he tried! All the time he spends in the garden tending to it gets him in the mood to run through the sprinkler every once in awhile. Ethan's LTW is to have the perfect garden and I will do everything I can to make that happen, so what if he's not the heir this generation.
As anyone who reads through my legacy thread on boolprop knows, Calista has been picked as heir this generation. Fellow readers seemed to like her and I knew she'd keep things interesting after her LTW options popped up . Lets not forget Jaedon though. He will stay in the legacy house for now until he reaches his LTW of maxing out the painting and guitar skills.
I didn't really have a favorite from this generation but Juliet would have been a close second to Calista for me. I just like that she's insane. Austin and her are still only friends, but hopefully that'll change soon since she'll be moving out when she becomes a young adult.
Valarie's cute and all, but she's a bit boring. All she wants to do is jog around the neighborhood or go swimming. Calista will totally change things up a bit.
Dmitri is the sole owner of three different businesses downtown. Once a week, he goes out and collects money from each of them. Who knew it could be so easy to run a business!
Calista and Adam had been friends since childhood but she never thought he was boyfriend material. That all changed the minute her goodie-two-shoes sister, Valarie, expressed an interest in him. There was no way she was going to let her have him, so before Valarie even had a chance Calista put the moves on Adam. Ever since then, he's been like a lost puppy dog that can't be without her.
One relationship that's pure and true is Ethan and Stephanie's. They have been dating for many years and are very happy together. Their future hasn't been decided yet but they can't see one without the other one in it. Ethan just has to finish his LTW first.
Calista: "Adam, I know we've been getting pretty close lately, more then I would have ever dreamed, so maybe we should make it official."
Adam: "You mean like boyfriend and girlfriend?"
Calista: "Yeah, that way my sister knows you're off limits."
Adam: "I would be honored to be your boyfriend, but you have nothing to worry about as far as your sister is concerned. She's sweet and all but you have my heart."
Jaedon is progressing quite nicely with his painting skills. He wanted to make sure to paint his parents portraits before they became elders. Dmitri's was started just in the nick of time while Katie's was completed a couple days early.
With all her kids teenagers or older, Katie can finally focus on her career. For years she had been stuck in the same old position but she's recently made several advances and is moving up quickly. At least twice a week she makes rounds to her friends homes to get the latest scoop from them on the neighborhood crime and write reports on them.
She's getting older and things aren't so easy anymore. Her body isn't as limber as it once was and her memory keeps playing tricks on her. Hopefully, it won't effect her career too much. She still really wants to become an International Super Spy.
Ethan went out to collect some seeds but got a bit distracted when he found some beautiful butterflies fluttering around. He just had to check them out.
It may not be the right time to start playing the guitar in front of city hall, but Jaedon doesn't seem to mind. If he's lucky, the protesters will remember his music and come back to tip him when they aren't ranting and raving.
Yay! It's about darn time. These two have been friends for way too long. I'm glad to see they finally crossed over that line. For awhile there I thought Austin might not be interested since Juliet's not totally with it all the time.
Dmitri has a lot of spare time on his hands these days. Katie is working hard on her career and all his kids are usually out and about doing something. His job in the business field keeps him busy most days but he needed a hobby to keep him busy at night. Stargazing is filling that void very well. He's already discovered a couple of stars.
What is this? Catherine, who writes the DeCasims legacy, would be so disappointed. It almost looks like Dmitri in the background is over seeing that they all finish their homework before school. He looks so professional in his business suit.
After Adam rejected Valarie for a kiss, she'd promptly written him off. He was in too close with her evil sister and if he couldn't see how awful she was then forget him! In time, he'd get what was coming to him anyway. There weren't really any other boys her age that appealed to her so any romance potential would have to wait until she became a young adult. Valarie was determined to stay in great shape until then.
Do any of you know what this is? I certainly didn't but figured I'd check it out anyways. It's the death flower and I found it growing in the cemetery. Of course, I had Ethan pick it and replant it at home. I have no idea what it does, but I'm guessing it's either real bad or real good.
Ethan's garden is coming along nicely. He's got a couple perfect plants growing and has taken up talking to them in hopes it'll make them better quality. I've started disposing of low quality plants and replanting them with their higher quality picked produce. This is helping increase the quality rather quickly. Calista didn't even flinch when she saw how hurt Valarie was when Adam rejected her attempt at a kiss with him. In fact, she felt a sick sense of satisfaction from it. Adam may be her oldest friend but he really doesn't make her heart flutter at the mere sight of him like she'd hope. Once Valarie was clearly out of the picture, she'd have to break things off with him.
Another hobby Dmitri has taken up or rather picked up again, was upgrading the appliances around the legacy house. Here he is improving the quality of food that can be cooked in the oven. I don't know how banging on the stove accomplishes that but okay.
It's birthday time and the girls got cake because Ethan lured one out on his daily fishing trip. He bought two more on his way home so they'd each have their own candles to blow out. First up was Valarie. She ended up going to school late on her final day because she got glitched and finished school with a B so I couldn't pick her final trait. She was assigned lucky. That sucks since this trait is suppose to be the family trait. Oh well...not like she's the heiress anyways. Her LTW is to become a Superstar.
Juliet was up next. I kept randomizing the last trait until one of Eddie's original trait's showed up. This is actually how I'm improvising instead of using a die to roll. It totally works. Juliet added inappropriate to her list of traits which won't effect her much since she's insane and already wears clothes that don't make much sense. Her LTW is the same as Jaedon's, max out painting and the guitar skills.
I saved the best for last. Calista added commitment issues to her traits and the LTW Heartbreaker popped up. Up until this point, I figured she'd become Empress of Evil but after her reaction to Valarie's interest in Adam I couldn't not chose Heartbreaker for her. If hrootbeer's second legacy, Succubus, premise could be based on this LTW then I could certainly survive one generation of it.
For once, our fair Juliet didn't waste a second taking her relationship with Austin to the next level. She called him up the day after her birthday and asked if he'd like to get married. Of course, he said yes. They wed immediately and are living in a nice cozy house together that I made just for them.
Calista was anxious to get a start on her LTW so she headed over to the neighbors. She had not met them before but knew there were two males and only one female living there. Theodore greeted her at the door and invited her in. Mere seconds past before Calista asked if he was involved with someone. It turns out he's a happily married man.
The other male in the house, Lawrence, was holding a baby in his hands. That didn't look very promising. As it turns out though, Theodore is the baby's father and Lawrence is 100% single. He will so be boyfriend #2 once Adam becomes a young adult and Calista breaks it off with him.
Like her sisters, Valarie was preparing for her future too. She took a job at the local stadium as a rabid fan in the hopes she would quickly move up the career ladder there.
Valarie was also finally making some real progress in romance. Juliet had been telling Valarie about Austin's older brother, Brad, for months but Valarie wasn't old enough to date him until now. After introducing the two at the park, Juliet left them alone to chat.
On a side note: my lot has to be glitched! I'm fairly certain ghosts are only suppose to come out at night but not the Rolands...they come out whenever they feel like it and apparently magically pull newspapers and books out of their pockets. The newspaper delivery boy is always complaining about how many newspapers are laying around. Stupid ghosts!
Dmitri: "Oh Calista, you should so totally become a scientist! That would be the coolest thing ever."
Calista: "What? Why?"
Dmitri: "After raising your siblings and you, it's the next largest wish of mine."
Calista: "But scientists wear horrible clothes!"
Dmitri: "C'mon, just think of all the evil experiments you could do."
Calista: "Hmm...what a good idea. You may have convinced me."
While all sorts of evil thoughts were racing through Calista's mind, nothing but sweet and enduring thoughts were running through Ethan's. He knew he had to achieve his LTW before he could tie the knot with Stephanie but he wanted to make sure she'd be waiting for him when he was ready. She accepted his proposal under the condition that he wouldn't make her wait until she was an elder for them to wed. He really hoped it wouldn't take that long to get his perfect garden.
Calista was eager to get Lawrence wrapped around her little finger. Everything was going according to plan so far.
Calista wasn't the only one getting some action. Brad found Valarie very smart and attractive and Valarie thought Brad was a big, sweet teddy bear. Valarie was maybe a little too eager to finally have a boyfriend though.
When he's not busy painting, Jaedon can usually be found playing the guitar in front of the bistro. City Hall seems to draw a much larger crowd when he plays there so he may be setting up camp there next time. The lady in this picture is his biggest fan yet!
Katie looks almost like a mad scientist from TS2 but with rubber gloves. Don't be fooled though she's a special agent in the police force. This is merely her disguise.
City Hall is definitely a better place to play then the bistro. Jaedon's only been there for about an hour and he already has three listeners. His tips are getting bigger too!
Calista was ready to be done with Adam and his sad puppy dog eyes he always gave her. It appeared Valarie would no longer pose a threat to her friendship with him so she broke off their relationship as gently as she could. He did not take the news very well, but he promised he'd try to stay friends with her.
Who knew playing the guitar at City Hall could snagged Jaedon a woman. Miley had spent the day dancing to his tunes. When he was ready to call it quits for the evening Miley struck up a conversation with him. Well, maybe there was more flirting then talking but Jaedon didn't really mind.
Valarie: "Oh no, are you pregnant too?"
Calista: "Yeah, it's not that terrible of a thing."
Valarie: "What are you talking about? Yes, it is! You're not married and neither am I. This is horrible!"
Calista: "Oh, please. We aren't living in the dark ages anymore. Sims woohoo with each other when they aren't married and get knocked up all the time."
Valarie: "Well, are you going to marry the babies father?"
Calista: "No way!"
Valarie: "Are you mad? Don't you want to do right by your child?"
Calista: "My child will be just fine. Their dad doesn't even like children so they'll probably be better off without him."
Valarie: "I'm going to make sure I'm married before my baby is born and I'd advise you to do the same."
Calista: "Whatever! Get out of my face!"

Valarie moved in with Brad and his parents shortly after this.
Needless to say, Lawrence was not too pleased to learn Calista was pregnant with his baby. At Calista's request he agreed to go steady with her for the baby's sake. Neither was ready to start talking about marriage though.
Boyfriend or no boyfriend, pregnant or not pregnant, nothing was going to stop Calista from pursuing her LTW. Calista met Logan right outside City Hall where Jaedon was playing his guitar. She figured most men weren't interested in pregnant woman so for the time being she just wanted to build their friendship. When the time was right she'd make sure they'd become more then that.
Apparently, ghosts like to keep in shape. I don't really get it. It's not like they could have a heart attack from not taking care of themselves and end up dying or anything crazy like that. Geesh!
Early the next morning Calista went into labor. Lawrence showed up about half way through the delivery. Afterwards, he made sure Calista and Keegan made it home okay. Keegan is brave and easily impressed.
If anyone ever doubted who the father of Calista's baby was, Keegan's fair skin should convince you it's Keegan and not Adam. Calista never actually woohoo'd with Adam so that's virtually impossible anyways.
Calista: "So, uh look, I know I wanted to be your girlfriend while I was pregnant but I think that was the hormones speaking. I'm not ready to be tied down yet."
Lawrence: "Phew! I thought you were going to give me the marriage speech. This was so much better."
Calista: "Don't let that stop you from visiting Keegan whenever you want though."
Lawrence: "Oh, maybe when he's a teenager. I can't stand kids!"

Chapter 5.2

Katie has never been quite so busy in her entire life. Trying to raise five children (three of which are toddlers) and holding down a full time job is exhausting, but somebody's got to do it! Katie's job as a police officer may be stressful, but it's nothing compared to the job she has waiting at home for her. Teaching three toddlers their skills is nearly impossible!
It's a good thing the toddlers don't demand Dmitri and Katie's attention all day long. They're all pretty good about playing with their toys that are scattered around the house. Of course, someone needs to be close by to make sure they don't start fighting over who gets to play with what.
Ethan is too involved with his extreme video games to even notice anyone else is in the house. That is until he wakes up from one of the toddlers crying...he'll wake up from just about anything. Ethan wouldn't mind someone to play with but his parents are obviously too busy and he thinks his brother's a dweeb.
As the oldest child, Jaedon had to grow up rather quickly. He's very ambitious and takes everything very seriously. His job at the bookstore has proven to be a nice distraction from his crowded home. A teenager needs their space.
Dmitri and Katie have not been on the same sleep schedule since the triplets were born. Dmitri is usually hanging on by a thread when Katie gets home from work. He has to take a late afternoon nap to rejuvenate so Katie takes over for a few hours until he feels rested again.
Some days Dmitri is simply too tired to bother teaching the girls any of their toddler skills. Instead, they'll gather around the tv and watch whatever's on. It's amazing how quiet the house can get when they do this and everyone else is out at work or school.
This is Bobby's daughter, Quiana. Well, I'm not totally sure about that since in the family tree she's only related to Bobby's wife. I really don't like how single sims have kids. It's very annoying! Ethan looks rather bored by her though.
Oh, crap! Even with the friendly little reminders to pay their bills, the Roland's still manage to get visits from the repo man occasionally. I must not be clicking on the correct option sometimes.
The repo man was mean enough to even take the bubble bath! Seriously, is it even worth anything? After stealing the bubble bath he stole the rubber ducky from the other bath tub. Augh!
Katie is always interviewing her close relatives and co-workers to see what they know about the neighborhood crime level.

Katie: "So, did you know it's possible to get arrested for not getting married?"
Brianna: "What?"
Katie: "Alright, maybe not, but you haven't seemed the same since your dad died."
Brianna: "I'm fine, just focusing on my career for now."
Katie: "Well, don't wait too much longer to find Mr. Right. We aren't getting any younger cousin!"
Ethan really is following in his Uncle Aaron's footsteps. He doesn't love the outdoors like Aaron does but he has acquired a green thumb. He'll be taking over the family gardening from his dad going forward. I guess I didn't need to give Dmitri the gardening reward after all.
Dmitri and Katie survived the triplets toddler years and managed to teach each of them their skills. Maybe now they can snuggle together at night before closing their eyes. Valarie is good, athletic and absent minded. Her favorite color is gray.
Calista was already a bit neurotic and a genius, but now she's added evil to her list of traits. I definitely see an evil empress in our future. Her favorite color is not black though, it's actually lilac. Go figure!
Juliet is insane, artistic and brave. Her favorite color is teal. I suppose some of the best artists have had a few screws loose, so insanity could totally work for her.
Ha! Jaedon's teenage trait is never nude. I guess he's taking that very seriously. I wonder how he cleans some of those hard to reach places with his swim trunks on...
Of course, Ethan had the wish to visit the grave yard one day so I sent him. I half expected him to come out of the mausoleum looking like this but since he's a dare devil I never thought he'd have a negative moodlet from the scary event. What a wimp!
While touring the mausoleum Ethan did find a couple cool objects. One is a piece of silver and the other I believe is a moon rock. Neither is worth very many simoleans though.
The first time the triplets were allowed to leave the house without an adult was to see the Saturday afternoon show at the movies. They were all excited about it until they left the theater and it was already dark outside. Calista told her sisters they were big babies and Juliet didn't take very kindly to that. When Dmitri showed up to take them home and saw the girls arguing he wondered what kind of drama they were going to make as teenagers when boys and such were in the picture.
Ethan started showing interest in girls or perhaps aliens, I'm not entirely sure. When he met Stephanie he wasn't sure how to act so he tried to impress her with an old trick Uncle Aaron taught him.
Ethan: "Hey babe, watch this! I can eat dirt right from the ground. Cool, huh?"
Stephanie: "Oh my gosh! That's disgusting! Someone could have peed there or worse you could have ate an ant or something."
Ethan: "Bugs are high in protein."
Stephanie: "Ew!"
Just a few shorts steps away, Jaedon was playing his guitar out at the park. He was drawing quite the crowd. Several new families (that I created since the neighborhood was nearly bare) had just arrived in town and were pleasantly surprised by the musical talent Jaedon possessed. He certainly was a natural.
I seriously don't know how he did it but he managed to get the alien, I mean girl, to kiss him. I hope she made him brush his teeth first...
The Roland's have had this pool for a number of generations, but I don't believe any of the sims have ever autonomously used it until now. Valarie just loves it. When left on free will she goes straight to the pool for a swim. I wonder if her athletic trait has something to do with that. My other athletic sims have just rolled wishes to visit the community pool, but never jumped into their own.
With all the kids in school and no gardening left to do, Dmitri has taken a job in the business career. He doesn't have lots of skills but who needs them in business. You're always hearing it's not what you know but who you know and trust me it's so true!
Yeah, don't even think it. They're just finally getting reacquainted with each other. It's been a long time since they've been able to enjoy each others company.
What did I tell you? She's always in the pool. I'm glad someone's finally taking advantage of it. Pools aren't cheap!
Katie: "Brianna, I'm really worried about you. Why aren't you busy finding yourself a man?"
Brianna: "I'm not sure if you've noticed but there aren't many guys to choose from. Remember, Heidi had to settle for an adult when she was still a young adult."
Katie: "Yeah, but that's only because all the young adults in the neighborhood were good and she was evil so it could never be."
Brianna: "Eh, I like being by myself. Nobody ever bothers me. Dad was always a handful to take care of. It's finally quite around here."
Katie: "Suite yourself."
Ethan is mailing his chuck of silver into the shop to have it converted into a nice block of silver instead. It'll make a nice knick knack.
Ethan's still hanging out with his new alien friend, I mean Stephanie. She came home with him after school and Ethan thought they should be "crazy" and do their homework together on the floor. He probably just wanted to look up her dress. Pervert!
Jaedon and Juliet have bonded over their shared love of the arts. Jaedon's passion may be music while Juliet's painting but they both love creating beauty for others to enjoy. Whenever one of them is in a funk, the other one often inspires them with their own talent.
Calista made friends with Adam at school and went over to his house afterwards one day. After playing tag and doing a little gossiping they became best of friends. Juliet and Valarie never really understood their triplet while Adam seemed to totally get her.
Time passes quickly in a legacy and the triplets were already becoming teens. Leave it to Valarie to go straight to working out after the transition. I bet she's been anxious to get in a good work out since she was a toddler. She added ambitious to her list of traits.
Calista may look peaceful and serene in this picture, but don't be fooled by her demeanor, it's all part of her evil plan. She added excitable to her list of traits.
Nope, Juliet didn't add the loves the outdoors trait to her list of traits, but this is the first thing she did after the transition. I thought only sims who love the outdoors do this autonomously, then again she is a Roland so this is second nature to her. She added schmoozer as her forth trait.
Juliet may not always be totally right in the head, but she sure has a way with words. Austin was putty in her hands after only a few minutes. She didn't want to force anything so she left their encounter without so much as a hand shake. If it was meant to be they'd cross paths eventually.
As soon as Austin was gone and nobody else was in sight Juliet started talking to herself again. She had been in way too enthralling of a conversation not to continue it.
Jaedon decided it was time he made some money for his musical talents so he set up camp outside the bistro. All the patrons of the bistro that sat outside could listen to his music while they ate and hopefully, afterwards they would give him a nice big tip. His Aunt Alaina is one of his best customers.
Adam: "Hey, are you Calista's sister?"
Valarie: "Yeah, lucky me, huh?"
Adam: "What do you mean? She's like my best friend!"
Valarie: "Oh, nothing. She can be difficult to live with sometimes. Are you two a couple?"
Adam: "No, we're just friends."
Valarie: "Hmm, you're single then?
Adam: "Yes."
Valarie: "Good to know."
The entire household gathered around to celebrate Jaedon's birthday into young adulthood. Dmitri and Katie made sure to soak up the moment because it was a rare for everyone to be home at once. It wouldn't be long before their children started moving out to start families of their own and that made them a little sad.
Jaedon added inappropriate to his list of traits. His LTW is to max out the guitar and painting skills.
Valarie: "I met your friend Adam today. He's a total hottie!"
Calista: "What? Stay away from him. He's my friend."
Valarie: "But you're not dating him, right?"
Calista: "Not yet."
Valarie: "Augh! You're so evil! Just because I've shown a romantic interest in him, doesn't mean you suddenly need to like him that way."
Calista: "Who's says I wasn't already thinking about him in a romantic way."
Valarie: "If you had, he'd been your boyfriend. You always get what you want."
Calista: "Stay away from him. He's mine!"
Calista might be able to control and manipulate the sims around her, but she can't control the stove or sink. She's constantly checking to make sure the sink isn't leaking and stove isn't hot.
Valarie took a job at the spa to get away from her sister. Clearly, the girls did not get along very well. Valarie was not going down without a fight though. She wanted Adam and was going to do her best to get him.
Stephanie: "This is very nice."
Ethan: "I thought you might like it."
Stephanie: "It's a nice change from all your extreme actions. This isn't some trick, is it?"
Ethan: "Nope, not this time."
It looks like Calista got to Adam before Valarie could. Getting a kiss from Adam was a piece of cake since the two were already so close. He had no idea it was just to keep him away from her sister.
When Valarie got home from work and was about to walk in the front door, she saw Adam walking out from the back yard. She had her suspicions as to where he was coming from but she wasn't going to give up just yet. She invited him for a swim in the back yard.
After a good swim she offered Adam a massage. He gladly accepted it. Valarie was sure this was a good time to make her big move.
Sadly, Adam didn't see it that way and rejected her kiss. Valarie could have sworn she heard Calista laughing madly at this from inside the house. This was war!
Just as their children are getting older so is Dmitri. He's already acheived his LTW to raise from children from babies to adult so he can relax and enjoy his elder years with Katie. That is until grand-babies start taking over the house.
Ethan had a birthday too. He added dislikes children to his list of traits just like his Uncle Aaron had at his age. His LTW is to grow the perfect garden and this time I actually know how to acheive this.

Alright, so I'm not putting up an official poll but I would like to know who you'd like to see continue the family line. Here are your options:

Jaedon: genius, virtuoso, ambitious, never nude, inappropriate
Ethan: excitable, light sleeper, daredevil, green thumb, dislikes children
Valarie: athetic, good, ambitious,
Juliet: insane, artistic, brave, schmoozer
Calista: genius, neurotic, evil, excitable