Newbury Legacy: 2.2

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Last time: Um. Babies. Lots of babies. Yep, that's about it.


So I decided to keep this nanny employed for entertainment purposes. And she definitely provides the lulz. Instead of changing little Xander's diaper, she just complains about its putrid stench...


And leaves him lying all alone, surrounded by a cloud of stink, on the floor. So, sure, the social worker will come and take away someone's child at the first signs of neglect but they also employ completely useless nannies like this one. Shame on them!


She continues ignoring the baby to engage in this rather, erm, disturbing conversation with Ned. I'm not so sure I want this woman around anymore; she has gone from hilariously negligent to creepily inappropriate! (Ned looks scared to death, just grinning and bearing it over there.)


Corinna is an exorcist or something. And apparently, exorcists dress in some sort of hoochie tribal girl get-up. I wonder what the male equivalent of this outfit is? Hmm... I shall have to find that out one day.


GOD. Is this not the most adorable thing in the whole entire world? Just try to tell me it's not - you can't do it, can you?


This is Onyx's reaction to playing chess. Suck it up, kid, do you want to go clean the toilet or something instead? (Actually, he probably does, neat freak that he is.)


Hey, there, Xander, you're a toddler now! When did that happen? He looks kind of... special. I won't elaborate beyond that.


Venus is a bathtub pirate. I should've seen it coming what with her alien parentage and all.


She may be crazy but she is also so goddamn adorable that it totally doesn't matter.


Not to be outdone by her older half-sister, Pearl indulges in some puddle splashing.


Apparently, it's loads of fun.


There were too many people in the house (hahaha, how pathetic this sounds with the amount of Sims I've got there currently) so at this point, Venus got shipped off to wait patiently at college. Nice outfit. *snicker*


Whoa there, Xander has grown up yet again! He looks better but still mildly on the special side.


Oh, what the fuck am I talking about, he's adorable!


This is Pearl's boyfriend who, despite his bad fashion sense, has at least one thing in common with her: a strange fascination with rain. Come on, you guys are, like, sixteen - you expect me to believe rain is still something new and exciting to you?


Ned poses next to the family lemon tree for his heir portrait. Goodness, Ned, you've got three teenage children and you don't look a day over twenty! How do you do it?


Corinna is recruited to paint said portrait; lovely job, dear!


So when I found out this was Pearl's lifetime want, I thought it was hilarious and very strange. She just looks so... sweet and girly and not at all tough enough to take down baddies to me!


However, she does look mighty fierce in her security guard uniform.


And, what do you know, she's actually excellent at her job! You go, girl! Look at that strut she's got going on. Let's zoom in on her dad's face back there, shall we?...


Ned: "Wh-wh-what? My daughter reached the top of her career track before I did? This can't be happening!"
Don't worry, bb, your time is coming.


Told you so. Now you get to do the badass strut of promotion, too. Work that suit, Ned, boy!


Everyone has been bit by the promotion bug apparently.


And I mean everyone. See, Corinna, that slutty outfit did get you somewhere! You're a fucking cult leader now, for Christ's sake!


So now that they're kicking ass in school and at work, it's time to ship the twins off to college. Ned immediately dashes up to wave goodbye. I'm surprised he isn't distracted by that good-looking man on the wall behind him...


Um, Ned, your daughter is over there... Are you beginning to show the early stages of senility? You're not even an elder yet!
Pearl: "Bye, dad, I'm totally not going to miss you!"


Corinna doesn't make it up in time to see her daughter off and she is FUCKING PISSED! Umm, children, Ned, step away from demon-woman. I think all those exorcisms have finally taken their toll on her.


So Pearl's gone; now it's time for Onyx to get the boot. Why so emo, kid?


Is it because your little brother is too busy being Mr. Clean?...


And your parents are too busy engaging in foreplay to see you off? I'm sorry, Onyx, honey, I still love you! (*cough*justnotasmuchasyoursisters*cough*)


Hold up! Here comes Xander, running as fast as his little legs will carry him to make it outside before the taxi whisks his brother away from him! I knew you had a heart somewhere underneath that neat freak exterior, kiddo.


Wait. Hold that thought... He might've just wanted to get a good look at the newspaper girl's breasts before she continued on the rest of her route. *facepalm* Watch it there, Xander, I think you're drooling.

And thus we leave the Newbury house and head off to hell college with the older kids. I promise you, from here on out, things start to get a lot more interesting. And also there are a lot more pictures - because I am a freak and spend more time getting the perfect shot than anything else.