The Coopers 2.2

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Yup, time for another update. I’ve definitely achieved my goal of having “some” updates in reserve for when times got busy... generation three was just born in my game :P Oh well. Enjoy!

Last time: The twins, Claire and Christina, became children and suffered some run-ins with the monster under the bed. Melvin didn’t think much of Claire’s conversational skills. Stacey is pregnant again!

I saw this, and went, “WHAT THE?!” seeing as I knew full well that I hadn’t instructed Claire to do any homework.

Turns out that Claire is just such a little nerd that she does her homework autonomously! NERD!!

Guess the fuck what. Motherflipping sleep-ruining monster under the bed is BACK.

Christina: helpppp it’s trying to eat my braaaain

Christina: pleeeeeeease mummy spray the monsterrrrrr
Stacey: Hmm, I could do that… or I could finish my dinner and then settle in with a nice romantic comedy. Tough choice.

At least this satisfied her stupid whim, even though she FAILED AGAIN

Stacey: See kids? No more monster. Now could you please go the fuck to sleep.

At least NERD-GIRL knows how to spend these extra hours she’s now awake.

Guess what. The FUCKING MONSTER wasn’t FUCKING GONE. It just moved to the OTHER FUCKING BED. So this time it was Melvin’s turn to go up there and spray that bastard.

Christina was too wound up to go to sleep, so Melvin sat with her and chatted through her fears.

It may not surprise you that given Christina’s love of talking about MONEY, Melvin has a higher relationship with her than with Claire.

FUCK OFF LIBERTY. WHY DO YOU KEEP ASKING TO COME OVER IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE YOU AT THIS TIME

GUESS WHAT!! AT 5:45 IN THE MORNING, ANOTHER FUCKING MONSTER!!!

This time I just sent them downstairs to eat breakfast. BUT WHY DOES THERE HAVE TO BE THREE MONSTERS IN THE ONE FUCKING NIGHT

Stacey: :D
Melvin: :)
Claire: I don’t think you guys understand the serious problem of this monster-under-the-bed epidemic.

Melvin: Did you try smiling at it? Maybe it’s just lonely.
Claire: Ummmmmmmmm no dad, I don’t think that’s going to work.

She tried going back to her room to see if the monster was still there. NO CLAIRE, IT’S TIME TO BE AWAKE AND FORGET THAT GODDAMN MONSTER NOW.

Claire: Yay, it’s not soccer!
Christina: hmmm, vegetables

Well, just so long as you NERDS aren’t depriving everyone in the house of sleep due to some stupid made-up monster.

She may be in the second trimester, but a couple’s still gotta have their WooHoo.

Then these three went to the park!! Stacey stayed home because her motives were draining too fast for me to be comfortable taking her. (The WooHoo may not have helped.)

The girls got to play pirates!

Melvin even joins in on the game.

Then Christina played pirates with this other girl. Her name is Cecelia.

Claire played on the monkey bars, because for some reason playing on the monkey bars while Playful was part of her aspiration.

That night, WHAT ELSE?! MORE FLIPPING MONSTERS.

That night, Tabitha and Liberty Lee drop in spontaneously for a visit – at a reasonable hour! Stacey enjoys catching up.

As an aside, it’s kind of weird that even though my game (through the MCCC Mod) tells me that these two have had babies… they don’t like… mention them or anything? And there’s no interaction to ask? It ends up feeling like babies are a shameful secret that fall under a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

This action randomly appeared in Melvin’s queue, even though he was blatantly already at home. Uhhh.

Tabitha: So you gotta tell me girl, how is your hubby’s love rocket?
Stacey: I’ll put it this way… we have two kids! with two more on the way

Tabitha and Liberty leave, and shortly afterwards… it’s time for the next part of generation two!

Melvin times his freak-out a bit better this time.

I did not know the first time that it was possible to hurry the labour along.

Et je vous présente…

Rachel Cooper…

…and Zoe Cooper!

Yup, we’ve got a generation of all girls.

Stacey: Oh, how I miss my wild, partying days.

Um… sure thing Stace.

So… I’m having issues with Melvin and Stacey rolling these kinds of inappropriate whims. YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY MARRIED!

Well, she’s getting there… unlike Christina with her stupid aspiration. Three chess games and two hours of reading with parents, please.

Then I noticed that Claire had this moodlet.

Melvin: blah blah, ancient sculptures!
Claire: Lord, give me strength, or I will have to sacrifice myself to the monster under my bed.

Melvin: Well, how about rain, which by the way we don’t have in our universe?
Claire: *deep breaths*

Melvin is autonomously a bit more of an involved dad to the babies this time.

For Stacey to have beat Christina at chess, doesn’t that mean they must’ve completed at least one game of chess? AND YET HER PROGRESS METER REMAINS AT 0/3.

Christina went outside to these two randoms at the river.

oh… uhm…

Apparently Isla did something very upsetting because Christina is ANGRY.

Oh, what?

He doesn’t look very different.

Cecelia rocked up to our front door unexpectedly. I sure hope her parents know where she is.

…

chit-chit-chatting away

I think Cecelia tried to steal something and Stacey caught her? Cecelia sure was Embarrassed for a long time, anyway.

At least baby Zoe likes Cecelia, anyway.

I was going to say, “Aww, how cute! Claire fussing over her baby sister autonomously!”

…only this is the moodlet that resulted. Ummm.

Stacey: I know we were about to WooHoo, but we can’t with this brat in the room.
Cecelia: Shh baby, she’s talking about you!

Melvin: Once upon a time, there was an enormous treasure trove…

Melvin: …and maybe the monster will give it to you if you befriend him and stop waking us up every night! :D

Melvin has now read her two stories and she’s STILL only spent one of the two hours she needs listening to an adult read her a story, apparently.

NOT AGAIN

Claire: Mum, MUM, MUUUUUUUUUUUM!! THIS IS A LITERAL EMERGENCY CRISIS SITUATION!!!

Stacey: :(

Stacey relives the days when she was a child, and she’s pretty sure she never woke her parents up due to any goddamn imaginary monster.

Christina: Hi, baby! Soon it’ll be your birthday, and then you’ll be big, like me!

Sorry, Christina. You’ve got to be a NERD like Claire and voluntarily do extra credit work, I think.

This little brat came home from school with Claire, and stole a book while the girls were taking after-school naps. A BOOK! SHAME!

Melvin doesn’t seem to enjoy work too much. Probably due to that r00d boss who won’t give them extra time to get their projects done right.

On the bright side, Stacey’s moving on up in the world!

In other news, Zoe is becoming a stylin’ child.

I gave her the child aspiration Social Butterfly and the trait Self-Assured.

And then there was Rachel! I figured I might as well give her the one remaining child aspiration (something about being an artistic genius) and the trait Creative.

Like… what is your problem Zoe?

Shots of the younger twins in CAS. They both have Stacey’s eyes and skin colour, but clearly different eyebrows, noses, hair colours, lips and chins.

At the same time, I discovered that Melvin’s got a bit of dad bod going on.

Zoe and Rachel hung out with their big sis Christina and watched her do her homework. I believe Claire was upstairs at this time doing her homework alone. Like a nerd.

This interaction was “Does an Impression”. I think she’s doing an impression of their parents.

How do the younger twins already have homework in their inventories?! They haven’t even been to school yet.

In other news, HOPEFULLY there will not be ANY more monsters under the bed… because I discovered that these nightlights are supposed to repel them!! Thank God I eventually thought of Googling “sims 4 monster under the bed annoying”. They’ve been effective for the first night of their presence here; I hope they continue to be!!

See you next time!