2. Welcome to a new joint legacy, written by me (Taube/Roxanne) and
meadowthayer/Haleigh. Our founder is Neon Hues, pictured above.
She has rainbow eyes that we’ll be trying to pass down throughout the
family. Neon is an Aries with a personality of 6/8/5/0/6, so she takes
everything deadly serious but she’s pretty outgoing and kind of average
everywhere else. She’s a pleasure/knowledge sim with the lifetime
want to have 50 dream dates. Joy. Her turn-ons are red hair and good
cooks.

3. I’m starting Neon in college. As you can see, she’s a natural blonde,
but she prefers hair that matches her name. She claimed her room
in the dormitory. The first order of business is finding someone to
have some dream dates with.

4. We’re using the matchmaker ball to choose a spouse. It gives you
five top chemistry matches and then teleports the one you choose
to your lot. What I didn’t realize is it teleports the chosen sim right
near your sim, so this dude wound up in the women’s bathroom
with Neon. Whoops. He was a Kennedy face so I had Neon say
goodbye to this guy that she had like 5 relationship points with, so
they make out. Sure.

5. Neon’s next date, Sinjin Couderc, is in the know on how he got there,
probably in no small part because he didn’t end up in the women’s
bathroom. That is a little confusing.

6. Sinjin’s not bad. I’ve always thought this face template was kind
of cute, and certainly not as bad as some of the puffy-faced fugly
ones that we all know and love. After a little chatting and
establishing that they had two bolts, Neon asks Sinjin on a date
and he happily accepts.

7. Of course, since they couldn’t get to romantic socials yet,
they had to deal with Neon’s stupid pleasure sim wants.
Sinjin got to follow Neon around as she watched TV and lit
fires in various places. They went to a college store and of
course Neon wants to light a fire and do other things that
have nothing to do with her date. And yet she wants 50 of
these. Great.

8. By the end of their first date, they’re ready to kiss and they had a dream date.
One down, forty-nine to go. *headdesk* You may be wondering why I started
with a pleasure sim when they drive me so nuts. Well, it’s like this. When I
made Neon, I thought up a backstory in my mind that she’s a genius student
who everyone urges to go on to grad school, but instead she decides to
impetuously go live on the lawn and pop out babies. Haleigh and I agreed
that pleasure/knowledge matched the story, so pleasure it is. Plus I do like
the challenge, no matter how much I may complain. ;)

9. Just for kicks, I had her check out
the other three potential suitors.
One of them was the grand
vampire, and he wasn’t bad though
a little pointy. I was feeling shy of
those kinds of faces after the
McManias, so I decided to stick with
Sinjin. He may have a large nose,
but how bad could it be?

10. Since she has no skill points and
does need to actually graduate
college in between dates, Neon
spends some time studying up on
various skills and doing college
work.

11. Once that bar is full, however, she spends all her time dating
Sinjin. They finally get their relationship high enough to woohoo,
and making them have dream dates gets much easier.

12. Hey, Sinjin! Come back with those flowers!
I was going to see how many bouquets Neon could collect, but
Sinjin took the bouquet with him when he left the lot, instead
of leaving it by the door, three different times. How rude.

13. After a freshman year’s worth of grants, working in the cafeteria,
and a few gifts from Sinjin, Neon earns enough money to move
out of the dorm and onto her own little lot. She’s got an
extremely cheap one-room house.

14. Life in her new home means changes for Neon. She starts
work on getting her gold flower-arranging badge so we can
get some snapdragons. She also spends a fair amount of
time cleaning up after Sinjin, who likes to catch butterflies
and then leave them all over the house to die.

15. Sinjin is a romance sim, and he sometimes got the fear to get
engaged to Neon, and she never rolled any wants for it at all, so I
had Neon propose when Sinjin didn’t fear it. Not the most
romantic proposal, but you’ve got to do what’s convenient, I
guess.

16. After their engagement, Sinjin gets a new hairstyle. He looks pretty
okay. He’s got lots of dominant genetics so we definitely won’t be
seeing any blond babies this generation.

17. Vooooo Gerbits!
That’s another date.

18. Neon actually gets a fair bit done in between dates. She
keeps up with all of her skills for classes and even reaches top
culinary enthusiasm just by skilling. She also reaches the
zone in arts and crafts while making snapdragons.

19. Finally Neon graduates and the time has come to head back to
Desiderata. She had a 4.0 of course, and had completed 30 dates,
making her more than halfway done with her LTW.

20. Back at the new lawn house, Neon gets dressed in some
new duds, fixes her hair, and starts birdwatching in a
desperate attempt to pretend she did not just move out
into the middle of nowhere, on an empty lot, with only
$1500 to her name, plus one snapdragon that I let her
keep from college. She also kept a piano that Sinjin gave
her as a gift in her inventory, but I’m not letting her use it
until the first week is up so that we get the full extreme
start effect.

21. When the newspaper finally comes, Neon finds a job in Education.
I’m not sure her future kids will appreciate being stuck at the
bookcase, but I’m looking forward to it.

22. Although she couldn’t invite him to move in for a week, Neon
kept going on dates with Sinjin to keep her mood up and to
work inexorably towards her goal. He kept leaving expensive
presents, which soon allowed her to build an unpainted,
unfloored shelter.

23. After only a few dates, Neon
has a better bed and a desk
for Mr. Humble’s computer.
Before long, the house is built
– with two rooms this time! –
and is even able to be
painted and floored inside.
Neon can even afford lights
and a second chair for her
chess table. Things are
looking up!

24. And yet, there is trouble. Why the pained look, Neon?
“Why is this house so orange?”
I was going for, you know, the neon look. But instead it just looks
garish. I guess I’m not as good at decorating with bright colors as I
thought.

25. Neon’s last night alone before
she can invite Sinjin to move
in is an eventful one. A
burglar comes but luckily
Neon had thought to buy a
burglar alarm and the police
officer catches her and wins
the fight. It didn’t help that
the insurance money wasn’t
enough to buy back the
stolen chess table, though.

26. Still fuming over the previous evening, Neon invites Sinjin over
exactly one week after she moved onto the lawn. Time to get
hitched! Sinjin regularly rolls a fear of marriage on dates, so I
decided not to let them have a date while they get married.
Surprisingly, although Neon never rolled any wants for engagement
or marriage, Sinjin once rolled a want to marry Neon and I’ve kept
it locked ever since. At least one of them will get some points out
of the wedding!

27. In view of the Desiderata coast,
Neon and Sinjin say their vows.
Neon was so busy in college that
she only made one friend besides
Sinjin, and that person didn’t get
invited, so it was a very private
little wedding. Still, the petals
fell, they kissed, and became Mr.
and Mrs. Neon Hues.

28. There’s that romance sim! So Sinjin is romance with a secondary
aspiration of popularity. His personality is 5/5/3/8/4 and his turn-
ons are blondes and hard workers. Interestingly, when asked “Do
you like what you see?” he seems to think (and approve of) that
Neon is blonde. Anyway, his turn-off is formal wear, so I guess
Neon was least attractive to him during their wedding.

29. Sinjin’s lifetime want is to become a Professional Party Guest. I
was most relieved it wasn’t something hard. Unfortunately, the
job never seems to come up in the newspaper or the computer.
Also, notice Neon there has gotten in the zone in games. I don’t
know what it is, but she really is good at getting into hobbies.

30. I thought about having Neon finish her lifetime want before they
started having kids, but she had spent a week of her life unmarried
and childless already. I can only handle so many dates in a day
(because they get sooooo boring after about the 20 mark) and it
would take too long to finish before they could start having kids.

31. All that date woohoo takes effect and Neon is soon expecting their
first child.

32. What’s wrong, Sinjin?
“Why is this house so orange?! Also, I stuck my hand through this hideous wall.”
Oh, shut it.
“Seriously, though. I have the flu. I got it from work. Maybe I should stay home.”
Too bad. You’re going to work anyway since you’re still only a drive-thru clerk.

33. Thankfully, Sinjin doesn’t seem to fear the imminent arrival of his
spawn, which is good, as Neon is heavily pregnant. Once he got over
the flu, he was even willing to pat Neon’s belly, only once I told him
to, of course. Otherwise he just wants to kiss and flirt with her.

34. The birth comes in the middle of the night. Like many a smitten
sim before him, Sinjin wakes up just in time to observe that he is
attracted to his wife before groaning and clenching in terror.

35. Despite his fears, everything goes as planned and Neon
successfully delivers their first baby.

36. What’s this? The baby is blond. Sinjin must be dyeing his hair and
secretly be blond too, or possibly a redhead, I suppose.
Anyway, meet baby boy Cerulean. He’s blond, S2, and has Neon’s
rainbow eyes. All the kids in this legacy will be named after colors.
Cerulean is my favorite Crayola crayon, so I had to use it first.

37. In Cerulean’s early days, his parents pay him plenty of attention.
Shortly after his birth, all three members of the family went outside
and I built them a new, larger house so that Ceru could have his own
nursery instead of being stuck in the single main room. However, I
tried again with the colorful walls thing, each room a different color,
and the house turned out frightfully ugly, so I never took any pictures
of it. You’ll just have to guess how it looked from the backgrounds of
pictures. ;)

38. In their new bedroom, which now has a horrid pink safari print wall
instead of a horrid orange paint, Neon and Sinjin get started on baby
number two.

39. As you can see, the orange paint has been relegated to the
bathroom, which Neon has made filthy with her relentless puking.
I don’t remember what she’s getting aspiration points for in this
picture, but it was probably date related. On that note, did you
know that throwing up significantly decreases date score? Note to
self: no more dates while Neon’s in the first trimester.

40. Sinjin didn’t arrive with an abundance of skills so he studies to do
better in the culinary career while waiting for the slacker career
to appear on the computer. Neon, who dated or arranged
flowers 90% of her waking time in college, also needs lots of
skilling to advance in the education track.

41. Soon enough, it’s Ceru’s birthday and his happy parents gather
for a small party in their cramped kitchen.

42. Hmm. Someone definitely got his Daddy’s nose. It doesn’t look that
great on his face, but maybe he’ll grow into it.
Ceru is active, mean, and playful, with a personality of 5/5/9/8/1. Even
Sinjin has a few nice points so it’s a little surprising to see such a mean
little toddler.

43. Ceru begins learning all his toddler skills from his parents, one
by one.

44. Meanwhile, Neon is pregnant again, just as planned. This pregnancy
went a lot smoother, and no dates were attempted while she was in
the pukey stage.

45. “Why?! Why is this room so pink?! What is wrong with you?”
Sorry, Sinjin. Just pay attention for a moment, will you?

46. Baby number two is named Cobalt, another boy. He has S1 skin but
otherwise has the same genetics as his older brother.

47. Although she doesn’t look too pleased about it, Neon just
topped the education career for a cool 15,000 points.
Out the window you can see Samantha Ottomas, a playable.
Apparently she’s pregnant. She comes home with Neon all the
time and waddles around the house. It’s quite amusing.

48. Shortly thereafter, Neon finishes maxing her skills. Now if we
could just get those dates finished too.

49. It’s not that they’re not trying.
It’s just that dates take so much
micro-management, and
besides the regular distractions
of work and sleep, there’s also
Ceru to take care of. Still, they
get in a date on most days and
Neon creeps closer to her goal.

50. Ceru gets plenty of attention from his parents and it isn’t long before
he’s making best friends with them.

51. With a toddler and a baby already in the house, the final child of
the generation is on the way.

52. Neon and Sinjin painted
portraits of each other, but
this is the last you’ll see of
them. When I later rebuilt
their ugly house, I accidently
tore down the wall they were
on without removing them
first and didn’t realize until
much later. Whoops.

53. Ceru and Cobalt’s birthdays fall on the same day and once
again their parents have a small celebration in the kitchen.
There’s only one free counter so they have to take turns.

54. Here’s Cerulean. He’s . . . still got a big nose. I don’t understand
why exactly, but it looks so much worse on him than on his father.

55. And here’s Cobalt. He’s also got the big nose but he got Neon’s
lips instead of Sinjin’s. Cobalt’s personality is 5/5/3/8/4. Nicer
than his brother, Cobalt also is much lazier.

56. Neon and Sinjin continue
their dates. In between
telling dirty jokes and
woohooing, they talk about
their upcoming baby. Will
they finally get a girl?

57. Cobalt and Ceru need their
parents’ teaching, but it
isn’t long before Cobalt’s
talking and Ceru is doing
his homework efficiently.
Unfortunately for the
children’s psyches, most of
the education happens
while their parents are
traipsing around in their
underwear.

58. Days at this point were kind of boring with not much to
report. Neon and Sinjin went on dates, Neon gestated,
and the boys played and skilled.

59. Finally, with the birth of her third child imminent, Neon completes
her lifetime want of having 50 dream dates. By this point, Sinjin had
finally found a job in the slacker career so maybe he’ll be permaplat
too before too long.

60. The Hues spend plenty of time
interacting with each other.
Despite being mean, Ceru
frequently wants to play with
his little brother. For his part,
Cobalt is very good at pulling
adults away from their tasks to
read to him. Not sure a story
about a toilet is the best idea,
but Cobalt seems into it.

61. This poorly-framed picture shows you two thing: how terrible the color
scheme of the house is, and that Sinjin decided to watch the final birth
from another room entirely. Ceru and the mechanical hobby guy actually
witnessed it though. If you look closely, you’ll see there’s already a baby
lying on the ground (since Sinjin wasn’t there to receive it) and Neon is
still pushing. That’s because . . .

62. Neon decided to go and have
triplets! Yay? There are two
boys, S1 Sky and S2 Indigo, plus
an S2 girl, Azure. Finally they got
their little girl, but there’s two
more brothers, too! All three
babies have blond hair and
rainbow eyes.

63. Where in the world will we put three babies in their ugly little
house? Tune in next time to watch the triplets, Cobalt, and Ceru
grow up, to see if I can get Sinjin to his LTW before I ship them off to
Haleigh, and whether they’ll ever get a color-coordinated house. As
always, please stop by SiMania to visit! <3 Thank you for reading!