Chapter 1.15- And the Room Explodes

 When we last left our intrepid heroine Lottie Nott, she had called a meeting of the Red Headed League (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle folks. Sherlock.)  at her dining room table.

Lottie- We've got a real problem you two. I want a red haired heir and the dark haired kids are currently the front runners based on personality quirks. So, Flynn, quit being so mild.

Flynn- I'm eating my salad in my outerwear indoors. Isn't that a quirk?

Samantha- What's a quirk?

Lottie- It's talk like that that makes us the losers here! Get it together!

Flynn & Samantha- Yes, mother.

So here we go. All six of those with wishing capabilities wished to throw a gift giving party for the winter festival. I then took advantage of Twallan's "Throw Party" override to invite over a ton of sims as punishment. For added spice, I also invited James Reed (the former object of Lottie's obsession), Constance Shelley along with Albert- Sherman's baby mama and son-, and Roxie Lin, Sherman's girlfriend. Not wanting to redo the living room just because it's larger I left the party in the foyer just because. Add in chairs and the room is cramped indeed. Sherman is eyeing those gifts with a rather startled expression on his face. Or maybe it's just seeing so many explosive situations in the same room together have triggered that coward trait. Which reminds me- Lucky Perkins is also in the house to see if Cash will bother him again.

Little girl dressed incredibly inappropriately for the weather keeps booing Albert. He looks pretty down about it. And Flynn gets gift number one and gets a dollhouse. Woot.

Laurel Shallow (nee Grisby) (On the right in the dark blue hoodie) Watches as Dallas Shallow, her husband gets booed by Maximus McDermott. I'm thinking maybe Maximus knows that I prefer for him to marry Laurel when I do this world, but that this time I let Dallas get the good girl. Cash is not amused by the booing. Dallas seems to think he's still carrying a plate in his right hand.

Cash is even more infuriated when he gets a cat bag as a gift.

*snickers!

Lottie gets an easel and Flynn gets another crack at the gift pile, this time coming away with a toy oven.

Cash then gets a second gift too. This time he got a Teddy Bear and doesn't throw a hissy fit.

Lottie? Didn't you already get a gift?

Lottie- Obviously I've been a good little girl and get another one. Go.Me.

Lottie- !!! ae;oguihaw!!! Who thought gag gifts were a good idea? Who was it? Constance! I know you did this! I know you still want my man!

Calm down Lottie. Cash is looking disturbing again. We don't need to you trigger the snap that kills you all. Beside, surely it's not that bad. What did you get.

Lottie-I got a mood light.

See? It's perfect for going downstairs in the crazy color room. Wait. EA did fix those... right?

Lottie- akghalrkgha

Sherman- Do you need medical assistance with that hand sir?

Dallas Shallow- Shut up pansy.

Lottie- No, no. I'm with Pansy. That hand does look like you could use some help with it. Want me to call a doctor?

Dallas Shallow- No one needs a doctor!

Laurel- Actually... I think I'm in labor. I could use one.

*collectively- Labor???

And the room explodes.

Little girl- When I grow up, I want to be just like you and cause havoc where ever I go. You're my hero.

Laurel- Well this is amusing.

Laurel- You're all really sweet for caring. And it's so nice to be the center of attention for once.

*collectively- AKFHALKUHAIUHT!!!!!

Laurel- The way you guys are all going on, you'd think this was a big deal or something. I'm fine. Really. You can all stop and go about your business now... This is enough. Enough. Stop it! STAHP IT! Fine.

Laurel- OMP MY TUMMY IS GOING TO EXPLODE HOLY GEEZ THIS HURTS!!!

Laurel- Made you look! Pansies.

George Dean- OMP! You're acting is better than a soap opera on the broken tv!

Laurel- Iiiii'm going home now. Maybe I'll spit the kid out into the snow on the way.

Dallas Shallow tried to follow his laboring wife, but the Red Headed League Jr. managed to capture him.

Flynn- Why are you holding your arm like that?

Samantha- Is your wife going to explode? Is her tummy ache really bad?

Dallas Shallow- Oy. This kid needs some life lessons.

Cash- Ooomph nomnom.S'getti in the snow. Yumm-o.

Back inside to see what's going on with the party-

Sherman- This place is filthy- it's crawling with flies. Clean it up servant. Oooh!

Roxie Lin- I got my favorite boyfriend floooowers!

Sherman- Purple! They're so pretty!

Maid- I just want to clean. I don't need to be party to this.



Roxie- So big boy... what's a girl got to do to get a little attention from her boyfriend?

Will Sherman make a move? Will Lottie finally discover Sherman's dirty little secret? Even I don't know! Stay tuned as we follow our the Nott family next time!

Chapter 1.14-Remember the Name

So you want to know what happened to Sherman once we left him Watching the Stars with his romantic interest/baby mama Constance Shelley? She ended the party and he came home. The.End. I was pleasantly surprised. The next day Constance Shelley got a new boyfriend and the romantic interest icon dropped from his relationship from her. It still doesn't let him off the hook though. So, let's go back to the nutty Nott house shall we?

To start with Lottie puts Flynn in the Chair of No Return and, surprisingly, actually remembers to feed the boy.
Wow Lottie! I'm pleasantly shocked to see you put him there and then feed him! Good for you. I was half convinced that the highchair rendered toddlers invisible.
Lottie-Put who were? Fed who? What are you talking about?
Never mind Lottie.

She then proves herself completely right as she wanders off leaving Flynn right where he is. Not that he seems to care or anything.

More wishes for toddler skilling. Here is one of the Thingy's getting potty trained. Gwendolyn! I peeked in game and the red toddler is Gwendolyn!

The same thingy is then changed and taught to walk. Flynn is unimpressed.
Flynn- I walk. I walk to the potty. All.By.My.Self.
Thingy 2- I will be bettah walker dan you. You watch.

Lottie follows that with a 'learn to talk' session that sounds suspiciously like career advice.
Lottie- Surgeons make lots of money! And the medical community is super respected. The entire town would look up to you and fear you!
Thingy 2- ???

Lottie- Photographers travel the world and live glamourous lifestyles! You could be the next Ansel Adams!
Thingy 1 (Lily!)- ???

Then we have this awesome bit here-
Thingy 1- You has pawty today?
Paige- I over here. Talk to me. Not sissy. Sissy poopy head wif speshul toy.

Thingy 1- Dis one a grumpy yeti.
Samantha- Tell me 'bout it.
That's right! It's birthday time for our favorite quads! And who better than Thingy 1 to remind me about it.

First up is Paige

Lottie- She's not gonna derp forever is she?
You do.
Lottie- What's that supposed to mean?

Next up is Flynn. Lottie smiles indulgently while watching Paige sparkle.

This is how Paige came out.

This is how we fixed her. She gets the cowboy boots as a momento.

Flynn is a forerunner based on looks alone.

Samantha only looks good in this hair. She's rather ugly otherwise. Sorry toots.

Then we have Cash. If I could take his personality and put it on Flynn's looks, we'd have a winner. But the Thingy's are also in the running, so nothing is concrete yet.

I got lucky enough that the kids started rolling wishes immediately. Flynn wished to skate on a pond with Paige. After a hasty trip to Edit Town we now have a pond in Riverview that you can skate on. Woot.
Flynn- I invited you to skate with me! Wait up!
Paige- Wuss.
It's at this point we get a pop up that Lucky Perkins has declared Cash Nott his nemesis. Wait... He's been a child for like 20 minutes! What the hell? I'd also just sent Cash off to take an art class he rolled a wish for, so he's at the school.

Cash- And that, sir, is why you should always remember the name Cash Nott. Tell your friends so that the name shall strike TERROR into their hearts as well! You have been warned, I shall not be so kind anon.
What the heck kid?
Lucky Perkins- Stupid kid. I won't walk right for a week!

Cash! What did you do to him?
Cash- The knave attempted to scold-
PlumbBob, quit talking like that!
Cash- but it adds to the mystery and... wait a second. Who ARE you?
I am the Maker. And I can unmake you boy. Behave!
Cash- Yes'm.
Damn you Cash!

Back home Lottie has discovered the basement I created in order to make enough room for the multitude of children Lottie's lady bits have sent forth. I also wanted lots for the kids to do autonomously.

Lottie- It's a little eye watering in here, yeah? I mean, even the ceiling is obnoxious.
Oh shut up. It's an experiment so that I can try some tricks for something I'm building for the other legacy.
Lottie- Hey maker?
Yes.
Lottie- Sherman is driving me nuts. He's moaning and crying all the time about his dead sister who he barely knew. She left us a boat load of cash, too. Shouldn't that make him happy?
It's Sherman honey. I can never gauge his thoughts.
Lottie-Can I fix him?
Sure. Go for it.

Lottie- Awesome! First of all though, I'm going to try out using the vertical stripes on the pool table to see if I can't actually hit something!
Of course you do.

Finally, I'd had enough. From the time Lottie went down to play pool to this point was about 4 sim hours. In that time Sherman stood just inside the front door crying and crying and crying.
Lottie- She's a ghost! Get over it!

Sherman- *sigh. My mother. My sister. I have no one from my childhood left.
Lottie- Maybe I should have wish to see his ghost instead.
Motive Manager: failed. He still stood there weeping. For days.

When he finally does wake up from his torpor, he makes a beeline for the pool table and starts attempting trick shots.
Oh Sherman. It's gonna take you ages to master that one.
Sherman- I shall overcome!

Little Paige has by now rolled a wish to write a novel. O_o. So she gets a laptop.
Paige- P... p... Where is the letter p on here? Maybe I should have wished for a typing class instead.

Cash again demonstrates why I want him for heir.
Cash- This stuff stinks!
Indeed it does.
Cash- But I'll do whatever it takes to get my hands on the family's oodles of cash. *evil laugh
Oh Cash. You're so funny.

And with Lottie calling a meeting of the Red Headed League we'll leave off. Join us next time for a gift giving party! Because with this household, you know that will go well.
Lottie- What's that supposed to mean?

Chapter 1.13-Turn of Events

When we'd last left our intrepid heroes the quadruplets had just become toddlers and Bonehilda tortured Sherman. Lottie also gave us Quality Pregnancy moments. Let's start this one off with a bang and see what they're up to now.

Yet again, Lottie's attempts to paint have been foiled by small creatures attempting to claw their way out of her abdomen using routes that are not large enough for such purposes.
-Oh for pity's sake. Call it what it is. Labor! I'm in- Aaaaaurgh! Labor!
Oh Lottie. I've been in labor. I'm just calling it like it is.

-Mmmmmmm! This painting makes me want to go fishing. Hey Maker?
Yes Lottie?
-I'd like to learn-
Before you go on with that-
-What?
You might want to actually give birth first.

-Oh yeah. That.

-OOOOooooooof!
Yeah. I thought so.

Sherman finally shows up to do the 'Ants in your Pants' dance. He's home from work because it's Spooky Day. My intent here is home birth and I'm not going to interfere since her only low motives are bladder and hygiene. Which, ironically, is just about right for labor.

-Let's go Shermy.
However, she autonomously decides that the hospital is the place to deliver the next Lott progeny and Sherman dutifully follows.

 

Sherman- Are you sure you should be driving in your condition? I mean, not five minutes ago you couldn't even stand up straight.
Lottie- Done it before coward. Watch and learn.

Lottie checks out the bald guy outside the hospital just minutes after delivering a set of twins whose names I cannot for the life of me remember. Oops. For the purposes of updating so I can clear some of these pics out we'll call them Thingy 1 and Thingy 2. Lottie has Thingy 1.

Wait a second. Lottie?
Lottie- 'Sup my Maker?
You drove to the hospital. The car is still in your inventory. But you're going to take a cab home?
Lottie- Absolutely!
Ok. Just wanted to clear that up. Carry on.
Lottie- Hey Shermy?
Sherman- Yes?
Lottie- This is the first time we've left the kids with a baby sitter. How do you think they did?

Crashing and banging and squalling and shouts greet them the moment they walk in the door as the babysitter runs off the lot. I've never had a babysitter run off like that. Never. He ran full pelt. Went to the lot across the street to summon a cab even.
Sherman- I guess that kind of says a lot about how they did for the babysitter, huh?
Lottie- *stunned

Lottie- Do you think they know we're here?

At about this point all four of them started screaming their heads off.
Sherman- Yes. Yes I'd have to say they know we're here. Do you think the upstairs is still structurally sound?
Lottie- Guess there's only one way to find out.

Sherman reluctantly turns to follow Lottie.
Sherman- Dear Watcher. I'm so sorry for not believing in you. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Maker my soul to take.
You're gettin' grim like all the others. They won't kill you. They're toddlers! Not suck it up coward and get up there.

Thankfully, mostly what the kids want is attention since the babysitter seems to have stood in a corner of the quads' nursery and ignored them after that. So I go ahead and decide to take care of social and wishes by granting skilled based wishes. Flynn goes first with Sherman. Flynn is totally not sure of the newcomers.

He gave both Thingy 1 and 2 the evil eye the entire time he pottied.

Lottie got a start on talking with Cash. They had a nice little conversation about death by flies.

Lottie is thrilled by how the Evil little one is already picking up on the finer points of sim torture.

Two of the quads learn to walk.

My first ever NPC trick or treater! Laurel Grisby dressed as a cheerleader. She got a much needed CAS makeover soon after.

More skilling

Cash is the first toddler to discover the skill toys. He's been plugging away at it for a little bit when the genius Flynn comes to claim his right to the logic toy.

Flynn- You give me toy. You let me play. I genius. I wuv wogic.
Cash- No! Mine.

Flynn- Then I take dwastic measuwes.
Cash- Fine. My toy.

Flynn- WAAAaaah! Cash a poopie head! Cash be's mean!
Cash- Shut UP Fwynn!
Flynn- WAAAAaaaaah!

Cash- Wook! No one come to save you! My toy.

Paige- What be wong?
Flynn- Cash no let me pway wif my toy.
Cash- Mine.
Paige- Oh? I take care of you.

Paige- Wouting fail! So sowwy. I sit on you.
Cash- No! Mine! I here fiwst!
Paige- I sit wight here. You in my way.
Cash- Aurgh. Fine. I woute away.

Paige- Oooh! You done wif toy now?
Cash- NO! I woute away so you not sit on me!
Paige- Weawy? Cause it wooks wike you done to me.

Paige and Flynn erupt in laughter and cheers. Cash is stunned by the turn of events.
Cash- You guys suck.

Moar toddler skilling!!! Paige shows she's not really as clever as she thinks she is.
Really. That's all that's happening pretty much. Taking care of infants and skilling toddlers as the wishes are rolled.

Sherman got an invite to Constance Shelley's party, and since he's got a couple of 'hold' wishes for the twins he has with her (Woodrow and Victoria) I let him go with extreme reservations, but nothing is really going on. The twins are mostly skilled, the babies' motives are alright for the moment. Whatever.
However, before he goes he decides to take Paige and plop her into The Chair of No Return.

For the first few hours, she seems alright.

Then this starts. And goes on. For hours. *head desk. Her motives were high and no one has a wish for her so there she stays until Lottie hears her cries. Angry now that I let Sherman go I go check on him.

Sherman-Tongue.
Constance Shelley- If all the snowflakes were gummy bears and milkshakes oh what a snow it would be!
Sherman- Oooookay?
And wait a second. Why is the camera suddenly... Oh crap. I forgot.

Birthday time!
Lottie starts by putting Thingy 2 on the floor.

The stares creepily at Thingy 1 on the floor.

Lottie is so proud of her awesome parenting skills. Babies. Babies everywhere!

Thingy 2 is a Sherman clone. Flynn is oblivious.

Thingy 1 is also a Sherman clone. Only with Lottie's eyes. Greeeaaat. What SP settings are out of whack? Speaking of SP. What is Sherman up to?

Oh no not again!


So! Join us next time for moar toddler skilling! And see just what happened with Sherman and Constance in the snow. Maybe we'll even retrieve Paige from The Chair of No Return. ;)