1. Welcome to Chapter Four of the OWBC!
Last time, Orion grew into a teenager and played the guitar a lot, Bella was mean
a little bit, Opal spent a bunch of time outside, Orion went on his gypsy
matchmaker date, grew up, changed his aspiration to grilled cheese, and met and
proposed to Count Roger Olshfiski.
If you haven't a clue what I'm talking about, then you might want to read the
previous chapters. If not, let's move on.
2. It's been so long since I played a vampire that I almost forgot to buy the Count a
coffin. That can't be a good sign.
Anyway, Count Roger moved in and received a makeover. I decided that we
haven't had enough neon in the OWBC yet. No insanity is complete with out neon.
Roger's proving to be a bunch of fun to play.
3. The sun comes up, and there's time to waste before the autumn-winter party (and
the wedding of course).
So while Orion waits for sunset, he plays in the bathtub. Literally all day, taking
one break to raid the fridge. Orion mostly exists on free will still, so he's still the
Orion I know.
4. Just in case you needed proof, Benny is still with us. He doesn't get enough
attention, but he doesn't really do anything interesting except wander round and
look cute.
Speaking of which, doesn't Benny look happy in this picture? Not ignored at all...
5. But of course, when night falls, it's time for the wedding.
So Opal waits patiently, punching the air.. Enthusiasm for fitness often comes out
in sims at inappropriate moments – the worst one being a bartender punching one
of my sims once.
6. And most of the Loons finger-gun as well. All the time.
Opal is the worst for inappropriate finger-gunning.
7. At last, the wedding gets going, and Count Roger's arrival seems very dramatic.
“You look divine this evening.”
Orion just blinked, smiled, and tweaked his pink tuxedo coat. Because I didn't feel
the need to change their formalwear.
8. “My dearest Roger, I am head over heels for you, would you do me the honour of
being by my side as I captain this crazy train?”
I've just realised that this wedding will count as one of Orion's eight commands
today. D'oh.
Still, there's nothing quite like a night wedding.
9. As the confetti falls on another Loon Wedding, Count Roger Olshfiski becomes
Count Roger Loon. His name doesn't sound quite as nice as Goopy Loon, but it'll
do.
Besides, Orion chose him, I just helped.
11. “Awww...I always cry at weddings.”
Unfortunately, Emerald and Goopy were unable to attend the first wedding of the
generation – they were preoccupied with woohooing downstairs.
12. “Fear me!”
Roger, you couldn't scare me even if you didn't have purple hair.
“Well, at least I try.”
13. The newly-weds. I think they're a well-matched couple! I've decided that Orion can
carry the babies for the generation.
14. So Orion and Roger spend their, uh, honeymoon in the newly remodelled
bedroom of the Loon lot.
I was going to send them to the Three Lakes for a honeymoon (I want a bigfoot
before this challenge is over) but unfortunately, I couldn't be bothered. They didn't
have enough money for it anyway, after remodelling.
15. Unfortunately, because Roger's a creature of the night, he doesn't sleep at the
same times that Orion does. So no cute cuddling-in-bed pictures of this couple.
I do wonder whether this fact will put strain on their relationship. Being married to
someone who is nocturnal can't be easy.
16. Besides, Roger has found that there are other things at night to occupy his time.
Okay, I was disappointed by the lack of green Goopy babies, so Roger's next in
line for the telescope – fingers crossed, aliens!
17. Turns out, there's a lot to do at night in the small bit of desert that belongs to the
Loons. Like laughing at the insanity of your father-in-law!
And that isn't drool on Roger's chin, his teeth keep glitching up. And I have no idea
how to fix them, it's driving me crazy!
18. Speaking of father-in-law insanity, it seems Goopy's sanity might finally have
disappeared completely.
Goopy is now a mixture of break downs, smustle sessions and woohoo.
19. But of course, the sun rises every morning, and ruins Roger's fun. Roger's coffin is
concealed from harassment by the mysterious bookcase.
(and yes, this is just proof I've done part of the Apartment Life bonus. I keep
forgetting he can't let himself out, that he has to read the mysteriously mysterious
mystery novel.)
20. Goopy doesn't seem to sleep much any more, either.
Instead, he's making us a robot! Because I'm fed up of sloppy sims and a dirty
house. That and it's hard to take care of the garden using eight commands a day
and a hyper-active vampire.
We need a servo. So we'll check in on Goopy in a few days when he's hopefully
got a gold badge and a servo.
22. Hmm. Blue suits you, Orion.
I think this picture highlights that Orion is handsome. No matter how much of
Goopy is in there.
And if this pregnancy seems to fly by, it's because it was a mess of frantically
trying to keep Orion alive. Who knew he would rather play jump rope for hours on
end rather than eat?
23. “You know what? I'm bored of being the only vampire in the neighbourhood. I'm
going to bit myself a coven.”
Please don't bite Orion, Roger. Bite Bella, she's a knowledge sim, just don't bite
Orion.
“Hey, Orion! Bleh!”
24. “Hehehe, I'm doing the opposite of what the creator wants.”
Gah. Vampires. It's a good thing I anticipated this and stored ten vampire cures in
Goopy's inventory.
26. “Grr, I'm a vampire!”
“Orion, we're so scary!”
You're wearing matching underwear, in your bedroom which is decorated with
floral patterns, and one of you is pregnant.. You really don't strike me as scary.
“Bleh! We're terrifying!”
27. Vampire Orion then goes into labour.
Now I'm scared, please not twins? We're poor again.
“WHERE IS THE BABY GOING TO COME OUT?”
28. Meet Loco Loon, the baby girl with two vampire daddys.
I wonder how long her sanity will last.
29. Then it's Opal's birthday, and she decides to prove how small the Loon kitchen is
by having Goopy and Orion struggle to watch her age.
* sniff * “Opal, your hair smells amazing, what shampoo do you use?”
“Get out of my way, Orion! I want to 'What's This?' the cake!”
30. “I grew up! Cool!”
Wow, Opal, you grew up pretty! And I worked out that you and Orion are more or
less clones other than your genders! So I've got those genes in the family!
Still, Opal moved out quickly, and will show up again later in the chapter. Plus, she
gets her own spare update because I took too many pictures during a rotation at
her lot.
31. Speaking of spares, Bella has been living a rather lonely life in a really nice
apartment on the good side of town.
So I got her a roommate.
32. And we get this guy, Jason Menon.
I don't know, really rich area, socialite neighbours and everything, and we get one
of the gearheads moving in. Oh well, I like him.
33. It's like two social worlds collide in the small space of Bella's apartment.
I don't imagine Bella living in this apartment building for long, it's too...awkward to
navigate. I'll probably build my own apartment building for her later.
34. Pretty soon though, love is in the air again. I blame ACR.
I also noticed that Jason's hair colour doesn't match his eyebrows. Jason is
actually a natural brunette, and he has a face template I'm all too familiar with in
my legacy hood. :) I like him.
35. It looks like another wedding is on the cards. I decided Bella could keep him.
And it also looks like I'll be building those larger apartments sooner than I thought.
36. So now we rejoin the main line Loons in time for Loco's birthday.
Unfortunately, the seasonal party is already planned for Loco's transition into
childhood, so she just gets Orion and Roger as her audience.
38. And Loco looks a lot like her daddy! The neon daddy!
She doesn't have the elf ears, or Orion's nose, but she does have a personality of
1/6/10/10/8, a sloppy, sort-of outgoing, active, playful and nice child.
39. “I'm fed up of being a vampire, Dad!”
“Whatever, son.”
41. “Hi, I'm a human again!”
“You disgust me!”
I sent Orion back to being human because he's pregnant again, but no doubt he
will be a vampire again later. Roger's like that, often biting people.
42. “I like being a Daddy.”
Apple Daddy, you make a good dad. Loco is your best friend already.
43. Goopy finished his first servo before running off for work, leaving Orion to activate
it.
A grilled cheese servo, that's got to be good.
44. “My name is Spencer, I will clean your kitchen.”
“No thanks, I need you to tend the garden, and try not to get soaked by the
sprinklers.”
“Yes, master.”
“Hey, call me Orion.”
“All hail the Master Orion.”
45. And so life goes on, with Spencer making it much easier. Orion plays on the
swing, while everyone else does the work.
It's just like old times.
46. “Gasp! I'm pregnant!”
Unfortunately for Orion, his clothes don't have a pregnancy morph. I'd sort that
out, but I already used my eight commands.
47. “I hope this baby likes grilled cheese...”
I hope this baby gets the elf ears.
48. There's something oddly amusing about Spencer playing the guitar.
Perhaps it's because he is based on Orion's personality, and the guitar is one of
Orion's many loves – the others being cheese, Roger and Loco.
49. “Bigger bump!”
Yes, this pregnancy is going to fly by too. Orion isn't very good at making sure he's
alive.
50. “Let's get this party started!” Enter a very pregnant Orion.
“He's insane but I love him.” Enter a very neon Roger.
It's time for Loco's birthday party – she learnt all of her toddler skills, and didn't do
anything worth telling you about. Hopefully she'll make an interesting child.
51. “Opal is HOT!”
“I second that!”
If Opal's partner, Brandon LeTourneau (front left) could read minds, he might get a
little defensive. Bella too, if she could look into Jason's mind. As for Shea...
52. I made Shea and Christy playable and married them. I tweaked their personalities
so that their romance made sense (for some reason, they were flirting all over
community lots, etc. but throwing negative bolts).
Christy and Shea are still welcome at every Loon party.
53. Meanwhile, Brandon has a furious smustle face.
He's actually the guy Orion went on a date with (for his compulsory matchmaker
date) so he's compatible with Opal too. :)
54. Roger? At a party, too?
“Lonely vampire requires vampire company!”
56. Roger still suffers chronically from glitched teeth.
Those two black dots on the wall are his fangs.
57. “Do you mind Orion? We're here to celebrate a birthday!”
“Well, I can't stop nature!”
Typical of Orion to go into labour in the living room of a busy birthday party. But
everyone looks annoyed instead of concerned.
58. Orion brings Pearl, our bad apple for the generation, into the world, just before his
eldest grows into a child.
“Ew, keep that thing away from me.”
“But Bella, it's a baby!”
“Gross. I'm never having any.”
She's pregnant but not showing, so she's telling a bit of lie here.
59. “Now that I'm big, I'm going to cause so much mayhem!”
Good for you, Loco. But not in this chapter!
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Join me and the Loons next time for more bad apples, more weddings, more love,
more babies, more neon (?!) and more chaos!!
Thanks for reading!
