Chapter 4.5 - Life and Death

Welcome back to the McKracken legacy!

As of right now, the Generation Six spawn are all children, and I have no idea who the next heir is going to be. I am leaning towards one particular child based on their traits, but nothing is set in stone yet.

Anyways, that's a long way away, so let's get back to current generation. Last time, Robin aged up into an adult, Chloe aged up into a child, the extended McKracken family began popping babies out everywhere, and Candace sadly left the family at the ripe age of 90.

Before I get started proper, I just want to comment on how confusing it is having multiple Word documents full of in-game screenshots, all of them very unhelpfully labelled "sims3screenshots", "sims 3 screenshots", "simsscreenshots 3", etc. Past!Me is always making life difficult for Present!Me when it comes to collecting images for this legacy. And the contents of these Word documents are never in order, either.

Thanks, me.

But now, onto the chapter proper.

I heard you like birthdays, so here's another one.

Chloe: *stares into the abyss, wondering how she was already turning into a teenager*

At this point, it's a given that I include the moments they turn into horrifying spaghetti monsters.

Before I reveal Chloe's teenage form, here's her mother, Malinda, for reference.

Chloe is incredibly pretty. She does have some Robin genes in her, but a majority of her looks come from her mother. All I can say is: thank god she's not a Peony face clone. I liked the wavy hair I used for Candace, and it seemed perfect for a free spirited girl like Chloe, even though it does clip through her hoodie.

Her teenage trait is Proper.

She may share a trait with Peony, but she also shares a certain trait with Martha.

Neurotic.

So expect a lot of screaming into the abyss whilst wearing her formal clothes.

And because she also likes to copy from her ancestors, she also rolled the same Lifetime Wish as her aunt Judith.

Speaking of Judith:

Look who's had twins.

If you've lost track of how many McKracken Generation Five children there are now, here's a little reminder:

Lucas (and Sammy), have three children: Ricardo, Kelley, and Jeanine. Judith (and her older boyfriend Clinton) have three children: Curt, Adrienne, and Martina. Robin, because of the generation roll, has only one: Chloe.

Which I am still bitter about because of the waste of genes.

Robin, now that he has done his Lifetime Wish, Chloe is a teenager, and he is nearly at the top of the Law Enforcement career ladder, has a lot of free time on his hands.

Time spent reading a book whilst wearing nothing but a towel.

Yep.

Probably showing off how beefy his arms are.

Robin, put some clothes on!

Robin: You mean like this?

Hell yes!

 What does he do in celebration?

...

Yeah.

Look at him. He doesn't give a shit.

In an attempt to drag Robin away from the hot tub, I sent the family down to the park for the SPRING Festival, which I would like to point out in when the weather starts getting nicer.

Not still under a thick blanket of snow.

It is here that I discovered another strange animation glitch.

CHLOE WTF HAPPENED D:

Chloe: This is my life now.

That night, the ghost population continued to spring up in the family cemetery, and wonder towards the house.

Chloe: Ugh, can you not?

Ignore Nate manically cackling (if you can), and instead focus on Peony floating around in the background.  I've never seen a ghost look so done, and she's not even facing the camera.

Peony: Father, I can hear you laughing from here. Can you just... Not?

Under the light of the full moon, this notification cropped up:

JUDITH, CALM DOWN.

Also, Chloe went to to prom, and managed to become Prom Queen despite not having any friends. She also, much like her father, showed up an hour late.

She's even pulling the same pose as Robin. She doesn't have the same backdrop, because...

*sigh*

Damien: Huh, it's my first appearance in this chapter. Why am I sparkling?

Damien: Oh dear, I appear to have died.

Damien, no! D:

Robin and Chloe mourned the loss of their father/grandfather, even if it did look like Robin was chilling in the hot tub when Damien died.

At least he actually put some clothes on.

Damien McKracken, the Generation Three co-heir, kicked the bucket at the age of 99! I kept an eye out on his age bar for ages after Candace died, and he showed no signs of leaving. As soon as I turned my attention away from him, he died. At least he died doing what he loved: smacking the crap out of the training post.

Damien leaves behind his three children and seven (soon to be eight) grandchildren. Considering how he started his generation as an orphan, that's not bad.

And thus the family graveyard continues to grow.

Damien is now the third member of the family to have a bitchin' obelisk as a tombstone.

Let's end the chapter on a happier note:

I love you, Robin.

And now I can finally reveal the next Generation Rolls:

• Couple
• Three Children
• Acrobat
• Journalism
• Change of Scenery
• Identity Crisis

I figured that a clumsy acrobat is a brilliant combination, and I have been wanting to move to a new town as Sunset Valley is rapidly turning into an incest pool. 

Where do we move to? Wait and see :D

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Another chapters comes a close. As I said before, Generation Four will be the shortest generation yet, just because of the "One Child" roll. Looking through my screenshots, I think there will be another two chapters of Generation Four, and then Generation Five will be ready to go. And then I sort out these godforsaken Word documents and order them properly!

See you next time!