Chapter 2.5: Something Blue

Hello simmers and welcome back to the Landgraabacy!  For those of you just joining our wonderful venture, the name of the game is a Legacy, or more specifically a Landgraabacy.  We’re working our way into our third generation and as always names, traits, aspirations, etc. are all chosen at random.

But let’s jump right in.

Harley:  It’s here!  It’s finally here!

Why are you so excited?

Oh, I get it now.

Harley: Come on Jarvis!  We need another caretaker around here!  And you’re not mostly useless like your dad.

Jarvis:  Thanks mom.  Glad to see I’m so appreciated in my current state.

Harley: Blow out those candles!

Forrest: Shouldn’t we wait for dad?

Harley: Do we ever? Now, blow, blow, blow!  As soon as this is over you can make the monsters… I mean twins, breakfast and I can have my first shower in days.

And that’s about how it’s been going around the Landgraab household for the past few days.  Need failures, lots and lots of need failures and general unhappiness, EVERYWHERE.

Case in point.  Just grew up and he’s still making the face.

Jarvis rolled Insane as his second trait and got Computer Whiz as his Aspiration.  His bonus traits thus far are Quick Leaner (from Knowledge Aspiration) and Mentally Gifted (from completing childhood Whiz Kid Aspiration).

Hot-headed and insane… Doesn’t sound like a very healthy mix there.  And no sooner did I begin to think this, but Jarvis began talking to himself, which is an Insane self-interaction.  Which I have to say isn’t very insane.  I talk to myself all the time.  …Wait a minute.

After Harley was showered (and had somehow managed to get back into her PJs) Leo (who was proudly sporting his Athletic uniform *cheerleader*cough*cough*) was doing his damnedest to impress her.  Reason unknown.

Leonardo:  And Harls, my bro of all bros, your sweet smile is totally wicked, like my wicked biceps.  And your lips are totally tight, like my quads.  And…

Harley: Thank you Leo.  I get the picture.

Leonardo:  I totes got her where I want her.

Harley:  Uh… Leo?

Leonardo: Marry me Harls?

Harley:  This is, uh, unexpected.

Leonardo:  Totally.  But the rings shiny.  It makes me think of you.

 Harley:  When you put it that way… Sure, why not?

Leonardo: Suh-weet!

Harley:  *musing* I never imagined I’d be marrying a cheerleader… If only teenage me could see me now.

She’d laugh.  She’d laugh really, really hard.

A wedding was quickly thrown together, inviting family… And no friends since thus far aside from spouses the Landgraabs have kept startlingly to themselves.

Leonardo:  Thank you Harls, for making me the happiest dude in the world.

Harley:  Uh, yeah.  No problem.

And for the remainder of the wedding Harley proceeded to look slightly unsure of the whole thing.  

But maybe it was because every time they hugged (which was a lot in this ceremony) Leo’s bulging biceps threatened to suffocate her… Or impale her face.

Harely:  Can’t… Breathe…

And so, with much aplomb Leonardo Houlihan became Leonardo Landgraab and *officially* joined the legacy family!

Leonardo: So Harls, what do you say after this sandwhich we go upstairs and you know, have some fun?

Harley:  Yay!

Eugene: Yuck, get a room you two.

Harley:  Oh, we plan too.

Later…

Leonardo:  Ahahaha.  You know what’s funny Harls?

Harley:  Careful what you say here.  We did just finish woohooing.

Leonardo:  Ahahahahahaha.  No, no.  It’s like super funny.

Harley: Uh, Leo… You ok?

Leonardo: But Harley, it’s like *snort* Ahahahaha.

No, no, NO!  I leave you two alone for 5 minutes and you go into hysterics???  Seriously, I was directing the kiddos when ominous music starts to play and I look up to find this mess!

Harley:  I don’t understand what’s so funny.  Why are you…?  Can’t you…?

Leonardo: Ahahahahahah *thump*

Harley:  No.  No, no.  We just got married three hours ago.  Three!

Grim: Death by laughter on the wedding night… Not one you see everyday.

Grim, I swear I have no idea how this happened.  He was playful when he went into beb… and then he jumped out of bed hysterical.

Grim:  You keep telling me things that aren’t my problem…

Grrr… Grim.  Quick Harley, plead, plead!

Grim:  Yeah, no go there girly.  This is too good a story to let live.  Died of laughter on his wedding night.  Ha!  Wait till I tell the boys about this one!

Grim!  No!  Give him back.  He has so much left to do.

Grim: *wipes away tear* Laughter.  On his wedding night.  HA!

Grim!!!!  God dang-it I swear I will have vengeance on you for this!

Harley: *sobs*

And so the next few days were a blur of this.

This.

And this.

Bright red blumbob of shame and paintings of super sadness.

Harley: *sniffs* I really did love him.  In my own way.

Oh, I know Harley.  And if I had for a second thought that wasn’t true the days and days of moping and grieving sure convinced me.

Well that and the motive failures.

Harley: I think I’ll sleep on the floor now.

Sure, when you can see the bed, why not pass out on the floor?  Makes perfect sense.  But seriously, this whole thing hit me right in the feels.

Right. In. The. Feels.

And so we bid adieu to Leonardo Landgraab, legacy spouse, all around bro, and one of my personal favorite sims to date.

But maybe, just maybe we’ll see him again…

A few days later (the kids moped and skilled, and Jarvis basically kept everyone fed and kept the house in semi-working order single-handedly)…

Jarvis:  Come on Forrest.  Make a wish.

Forrest:  But mom isn’t here…

Jarvis: Mom is somewhere curled up in a corner crying or painting pictures of sad puppies.

Forrest: Good point.

Jarvis:   You too Hank.

And so the twins entered teendom!

Forrest grew up to be a Popularity sim with the aspiration of Joke Star, and traits of Neat and Music Lover.  His bonus traits are Gregarious (Popularity Aspiration) and Creatively Gifted (from completing childhood aspiration of Aspiring Artist).

And Hank, dear sweet Hank, turned out to be just like his dad after all.  Hank became an Active sim with the aspiration of Bodybuilder and the traits Loves the Outdoors and Goofball.  His bonus traits are High Metabolism (from Active Aspiration) and Physically gifted (from completing Rambunctious Scamp childhood aspiration).

So this is where I’ll leave you.  Was this really goodbye to Leonardo?  Will Harley ever be happy again?  And most importantly, who will be heir???  The answers to this and more next time on the Landgraabacy!

Hank: Bro.