Seven Among Us - Finished!

[fanofaband]

I don't have any clever introductions to this one, so I won't try to cook one up, especially since I'm already in Gen 5 as of right now.  Hope you enjoy!

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Gen 1. - Alex Robins
Werewolf
1 Best Friend
Daydream Ivy - Werewolf
2 Career Rewards
Athletic Certificate
The Fox Statue
3 Unique Ops
Add it Up
Celebrity Body
Bursting with Energy
4 LTR
Collection Helper
Alpha Wolf
Inappropriate but in a Good Way
Speedy Cleaner
5 5k Wishes
Master Athletic Skill
Get Married
Master Alchemy Skill
Reach Level 10 of Criminal Career
Have First Child
6 Skill Challenges
Metal Collector
Fitness Nut
Body Builder
Butterfly Collector
Master Alchemist
Marathon Runner
7 Masoleum Items
Elixirs

Gen 2. - Avery Robins
Gold Ghost/Werewolf
Toddler
Best Friends with Alex & Violet
Maxed Peg Box & Xylophone
Child
Honor Roll
Badging Ceremony
Teen
RI - Brittany Bertiger
Honor Role
Masoleum Clerk - Level 3
1 Best Friend
Tristan Van Gould - Vampire
2 Career Rewards
Inventor's Honor Trophy
Inventor's Widget Medal
3 Unique Ops
Master Invention
Teching Up the Spa
Broadway Cameo
4 LTR
Efficient Inventor
Fireproof Homestead
No Bills Ever
Suave Seller
5 5k Wishes
Invent Time Machine
Master Inventing Skill
Detonate 50 Objects
Detonate 100 Objects
Own 5 Venues
6 Skill Challenges
Widget Wonder
Consignment Store Sales
Consignment Profit
Consignment Store Reputation
Master Inventor
The Scrap Collector
7 Masoleum Items
Inventions

Gen 3. - Shawn Robins
Fairy/Gold Ghost
Toddler
Best Friends with Avery & Sophie
Maxed Peg Box & Xylophone
Child
Honor Roll
Badging Ceremony
Teen
RI - Kindra Watson
Honor Roll
Mausoleum Clerk - Level 3
1 Best Friend
Zack Durwood - Fairy
2 Career Rewards
Handiness Certificate
Firefighter's Axe
3 Unique Ops
Uncommonly Good
A French Puzzler
Bring Back the Jams
4 LTR
King of the Fae
Super Green Thumb
Body Sculptor
Vacationer
5 5k Wishes
Own 7 Venues
Master Handiness Skill
Upgrade 50 Objects
Master Gardening Skill
Grow Perfect Life Plant
6 Skill Challenges
Tinkerer
Master Planter
Master Farmer
Electrician
Plumber
Botanical Boss
7 Masoleum Items
Upgraded Objects

Gen 4. - Serje Robins
Witch
Toddler
Best Friends with Shawn & Kori
Maxed Peg Box & Xylophone
Child
Honor Roll
Ballet Recital
Teen
RI - Geneva Kauker
Honor Roll
Mausoleum Clerk - Level 3
1 Best Friend
Chip Barrett - Vampire
2 Career Rewards
Logic Certificate
Police Car
3 Unique Ops
Tutor Me Please
Chess Tournament
Complete Victory
4 LTR
Flying Vacuum
Magic Hands
Jetsetter
Prepared Traveler
5 5k Wishes
Master Logic Skill
Discover All Potions
Master Martial Arts Skill
Meditate for 48 Hours
Win a Martial Arts Tournament
6 Skill Challenges
Master Chemist
Celestial Explorer
Teacher Extraordinaire
Timber Terminator
Grand Master
Master of Meditation
7 Masoleum Items
Logic Potions

Gen 5. - Lawrence Robins
Vampire
Toddler
Best Friends with Serje & Emelie
Maxed Peg Box & Art Books
Child
Honor Roll
Scavenger Hunt - Rare Elements
Teen
RI - Patrice Stout
Honor Roll
Mausoleum Clerk - Level 3
1 Best Friend
Marigold Maldano - Fairy
2 Career Rewards
Cooking Certificate
Ingredient Eviscerator 235X
3 Unique Ops
A Large Painting
Learn a Recipe
The Business of Decor
4 LTR
Extra Creative
Born to Cook
Discount Diner
Immortal
5 5k Wishes
Master Painting Skill
Master Cooking Skill
Master Guitar Skill
Marry Alexa
Reach Level 10 of Culinary Career
6 Skill Challenges
Proficient Painter
Brushmaster
Master Painter
Menu Maven
Star Chef
World-Class Chef
7 Masoleum Items
Paintings

Gen 6. - Jaina Robins
Mummy's Curse Ghost
Toddler
Best Friends with Lawrence & Alexa
Maxed Peg Box & Xylophone
Child
Honor Roll
Badging Ceremony
Teen
RI - Rocco Ernst
Honor Roll
Mausoleum Clerk - Level 3
1 Best Friend
Wilhemina Wolff - Werewolf
2 Career Rewards
Sculpting Certificate
Successful Sculptor's Medal
3 Unique Ops
Say Hello to My Little Fish
Larger than Necessary Doorstop
An Old Ruse
4 LTR
Immune to Cold
Artisan Crafter
Immune to Heat
Perfect Host
5 5k Wishes
Make a Masterpiece Sculpture
Master Sculpting Skill
Earn 10,000 Simoleons Sculpting
Marry Victor
Master Fishing Skill
6 Skill Challenges
Chiselmeister
Master Sculptor
Prolific Sculptor
Ice Personality
Amateur Ichthyologist
Commercial Fisherman
7 Masoleum Items
Sculptures

Gen 7. - Bering Robins
Drowning Ghost
Toddler
Best Friends with Jaina & Victor
Maxed Peg Box & Writing Books
Child
Honor Roll
Free Game
Teen
RI - Jerimiah Sandoval
Honor Roll
Mausoleum Clerk - Level 3
1 Best Friend
Hank Gandillon - Werewolf
2 Career Rewards
Writing Certificate
Author's Honor Trophy
3 Unique Ops
Looking for a Friend
Make-a-Dream
A History of One
4 LTR
Fast Learner
Observant
Never Dull
Acclaimed Author
5 5k Wishes
Make at Least $7,500 per Week in Royalties
Make at Least $10,000 per Week in Royalties
Master Writing Skill
Write a Masterpiece
Donate $10,000 to Undermine Charity
6 Skill Challenges
Specialist Writer
Everybody's Best Friend
Personable
Celebrity
Prolific Writer
Speed Writer
7 Masoleum Items
Books

[fanofaband]

This is Alex Robins, Werewolf, and Founder.

He rolled the following traits:  Family-Oriented, Hydrophobic, Light Sleeper, Mean-Spirited, Never Nude
The LTW he picked out of the five that popped up?  Surrounded by Family.  So we're doomed to have a bunch of Alex-spawn running around Moonlight Falls.  Wonderful.

After moving onto the empty lot across from both consignment stores, he got a job as a Decoy.  One of his co-workers is Daydream Ivy, who I'm particularly fond of, and they spend quite a bit of time hunting together.

However, he already has his eye on a certain someone...

Meet Violet Slymer, who lives nearby with her Werewolf and Vampire roommates.  Luckily, she's open to moving into the house with Alex, which is... actually a house now that she added to the family funds.

Since Alex is a Werewolf, and pretty good at hunting by now, he managed to buy a gem-cutting machine to help boost prices on the gems.  He's quite fond of it, Violet, not so much.

(Yes, he did go on a 3-day trip to China.  I'm too scared to take pictures while on vacation.)
But, she is a fan of the fangs.

[RainBeau]

Yay! Welcome to the fraternity of Life States Dynasty writers! Good start!

[fanofaband]

Thanks!  It's been a lot easier than my other Dynasty's so far, considering the longer lives.

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Alex became an Adult sooner than I thought.

Though soon after this, he finished all of his requirements.  Sorry for the lack of pictures for Alex, but we'll see much more of him later on.  He's my athlete and alchemist, so no matter what happens, I'll be prepared!

At least they didn't need too much convincing to bring in the next generation!  Hopefully.


Nooboo!  Violet's excited, even though it doesn't seem like it at the moment.  She's been learning Logic so she can tutor our heir and create a nice stash of Young Again potions for our heroes.

Nooboos also mean an upgraded house, with plenty of room, at least for now.

It's a good thing Alex brings in so much money from hunting and from his job.  Seriously, before he finally quits, he gets to at least $1500 a shift.

He's such a good husband.  He does all of his husbandly duties, he gives Violet backrubs, sends her on expensive trips to the Spa, and reads pregnancy books all without any prompting from Violet.

She's come a long way from her Alchemy accident, huh?  Alex also does his husbandly duties by freaking out when she goes into labor.


After we get Alex wrangled back to... whatever he was doing before he started freaking out, Violet gives birth to three adorable nooboos.

Mary, who's a Neurotic Light-Sleeper...

...Horace, the Evil Virtuoso...

...and of course, Avery, a Couch Potato who Loves the Outdoors.  I should also add that both Mary and Horace are normal Sims, while Avery is a ghost-werewolf.  But!  He still counts as the heir!  As for Horace's blue color?  All Moonlight Falls pre-made ghosts are blue, which makes me chuckle.

Not wanting to stop just yet, Alex and Violet set themselves up for countless sleepless nights.  How, you might ask?


By working on Alex's Surrounded by Family LTW.  How lovely...

[Margerita]

Nice start!

Nice to see another player who is also at their 5th life state!

[fanofaband]

Thank you!

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I'd say Alex is pretty proud of himself right now.  He has three nooboos, and more on the way.

Time soon came for the triplets to grow up!

Mary was first...

...then Horace...

...and finally Avery, our heir!  I didn't take a picture of him at the wardrobe, since they do strange things to ghosts.  I'll tell you this much though, he's not blue, which made me sad.


Avery was already best friends with both Alex and Violet, so he started on his toys while his brother and sister were taught how to talk.  He played with both the peg box and the xylophone until he maxed them both, and then was taught all of his skills just in case.  I've noticed I get better random trait rolls that way, though I could just be imagining things.

Of course, it had to come to an end, as Violet finally gave birth again.

Anna, who's a Brave, Excitable, normal Sim...

...Bruce, an Excitable and Easily Impressed Werewolf...

...and Janice, a Heavy-Sleeper Virtuoso Were-Ghost.


Nothing like a little father/son bonding time!  Of course the token toddler howling shot, and Avery's just adorable with his little ghostly body, don't you think?


A couple more expansions were added to the house, I'm not much of a builder, so... yeah... it's kind of lame.

Next up, birthday!

[RainBeau]

I agree, he is adorable! Cool that he can bond with Mummy over being a ghost and Daddy over wolfy things.

[RavenKay]

Wereboos! We all love the wereboos.
Thats why some of us marry  the Wolff's and Browns. We love the toddler werewolf animations.
Your founder is very handsome and a town full of his spawn doesn't seem like a bad thing.
After the second generation most of the original residents have died out anyway. EA didn't think too far ahead there.
I will be looking forward to the next chapters. 

[fanofaband]

Thanks!  I've always been quite proud of him at least.  Aha, now that's a thought, I didn't think about trying to marry several generations into the Supernatural Friends household.  But, I will say, generation 4 marries an original townie, and there are still TONS left to choose from.  Including ghosts.

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After the triplets had learned everything they were going to, birthday cakes were bought, and they got older!

First up, Avery.

Who rolled Eccentric.  I can work with that.

Then went Mary.

Who rolled Friendly.

And finally, Horace.

Who rolled Athletic.

We still have to worry about those pesky child requirements though.  Violet takes her son under her wing.  Arm?  Er... ectoplasm...  Whatever, anyway.  She starts tutoring him as soon as she finishes registering him for scouting at the school.

Needless to say, Avery is... less than thrilled, though he gets more so when she promises to get him that inventing table he's always wanted.


Since Avery is the heir, Mary and Horace begin their aging process so they can leave the house.  There's only so much madness I can handle at once with this house.  Mary goes first.

Going from child,

to teen,

to young adult, gaining the Cat Person and Good traits.  This means Mary is a Good Friendly Neurotic Light-Sleeper who's a Cat Person.  Her LTW choice was The Cat Herder.

Horace was next.

From child,

to teen,

to young adult, getting Genius and Loves the Outdoors as he ages.  Horace is now an Evil Genius Athletic Virtuoso who Loves the Outdoors.  His LTW is Hit Movie Composer.  Horace and Mary move out together, leaving space in the house for more madness, whenever it might happen.


Avery doesn't care too much, he has his doll.

[RainBeau]

I forgot to crack up at Horace's initial traits. An Evil Virtuoso! That is just too fun.

[fanofaband]

Haha yeah, it's always fun, if only for their expressions.  For some reason, whenever I roll for traits, I seem to get those paired up a lot.

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While Avery works on his requirements and his inventing, the other triplets start to age as well.  Anna was first.

Then the werewolves aged up and showed their cuteness.

Janice

Bruce.  I love that all the werewolves howl if one howls.  It made for quite a house during the full moons while everyone was there.

But, since they aren't the heirs, I ended up aging them quickly as I could as well.  There's... a lot of that in this post.  Anyway, Anna's transformations...

Child

Teen

Young Adult.  Honestly, I think she's the best-looking one of all six kids.  She's now an Excitable, Brave, Insane, Genius, Born Saleswoman, with the LTW of Firefighter Superhero.  Could have been worse, right?

Bruce is next, being the wolfy he is.

Child

Teen

Young Adult.  Violet's nose is a curse, I swear.  Bruce is now an Excitable, Easily Impressed, Evil, Family-Oriented, Born Salesman, who's LTW is Surrounded by Family.  Aha... trust me, Evil pops up quite a bit with this family for some reason.

Lastly, Janice, the other were-ghost.

Child

Teen

Young Adult.  She doesn't look terrible, but she still has her mother's nose.  Why Violet?  WHY?  Anyway, she's a Workaholic, Virtuoso, Genius, Heavy Sleeper, who's a Slob, with World Renowned Surgeon as a LTW.

Of course, they all move out, and the chaos is finally fixed.  *wipes brow*  Went from 8 to 3 sims in a few days, feel a lot better now.

Putting our focus BACK to our heir, Avery ages up by his invention table.


Into a rather good-looking teen, am I right?

He finds a romantic interest rather quickly, being who he is.

This is Brittany Bertiger, who happens to be a witch.

They share their first kiss...

But someone else is on his mind, and the fling is over.

Who might it be?

Hmm....

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By the way, apparently Avery IS blue.  I checked.  I'm dumb.

[RainBeau]

He is a handsome blue boy! And who is this fairy lady I presume has captured his heart?

[fanofaband]

Gen 6 is about to be born in game, so... I have a looooot of catching up to do here *grin*

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Mean-Spirited Alex still loves his wife.

I think I'm in love with gold ghosts after this Dynasty, and I'm not a big fan of gold or anything yellow.


Avery finishes up his last promotion at the graveyard, and ages up after he gets home.

Then graduates at the consignment store while working on a few of his skill challenges.

Now, the question is, who is the fairy he seems to have fallen for?

Sophie Rodgers almost immediately moves in, and Avery's popping wishes for her left and right.  She wants to be a Fashion Phenomenon, which makes me wince, but whatever, it's something else to do.

Avery is a self-employed Inventor, and he works as hard as he can on promotions and skill challenges.  We ended up setting 100+ cheap chairs in the yard for him to blow up.  He's also working on the Consignment challenges since Inventing only has 5 skill challenges.


At this point, Sophie is an Adult, but since fairies have a rediculously long life, none of us are worried.

Avery, however, is a little impatient.


Of course, they can't have kids of their own yet, but that doesn't stop Avery from reproducing on his own.

In the form of SimBots.  His LTW is Monster Maker, and since his father is a werewolf, they have all the supplies they need.  His three children are Jeremiah, Tonya, and Michelle, and all are immediately released into the wild, as per orders.

While Avery finishes up his requirements to have children with his Sophie, his mother becomes an Elder.


This challenge is actually going pretty quickly for me, though the 5k wishes are the ones that seem to take the longest.  Anyway, Avery finally finishes up his requirements...

...and does his best to bring in the next generation.

I'd say it was a success.

[TheTripWasInfraGreen]

Hurray for the most-likely gorgeous fairyboos!

I love Sophie. I almost nabbed her as a dynasty wife just because she's absurdly pretty.

[geekchic]

Ooh, she'd make a good match for my wereboo, Logan...

[RainBeau]

Oh yay! I like Sophie, she is indeed very pretty. I was about to give advice on her LTW but I remembered you played far past this point, so never mind. 

[fanofaband]

I apologize for the lack of updates, but I got a month of WoW as an early holiday present and I've been focusing on that.  Hopefully I'll get off my lazy butt and update soon.

[fanofaband]

Sorry for not updating in... well... forever.  This one kind of took to the back-burner for quite awhile.  Seeing as how I'm halfway through Gen 6's requirements, I think I need to finish this.  So, onward!

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Sophie ended up having twins.  Aiden, the Werewolf.

And Shawn, the Fairy, who is also a ghost like his Dad and Grandma.

Violet has been fishing, or so she says.  I think she's been plotting with the unicorns to watch after her family.  I would too, if I were in her shoes.

I think, though, that Avery is pretty happy to have someone else to talk to about ghost things.

Haha, token blue wereboo howling shot!  Go ahead, pass out from the cuteness.

It was soon time for the twins' birthday!

Aiden is still a cute Werewolf.

While Shawn just wishes he didn't have to be seen being tutored by his ghost of a Grandmother.  The pink wings are bad enough, but really?

After he complained enough, and enough people screamed in terror while walking past the house, they moved inside.  By the Tiberium.  Cause really, that was the best place.

At least being a Fairy has it's advantages, he can fly!

Aiden just pretends he's in charge.  It kind of works, I suppose.

Whenever the full moon isn't up though.

Grandpa loves his little cub though, hunting is good bonding time.

The full moon is rough on the Robins household.

Very rough.

[fanofaband]

Sometimes I wonder about Alex.  However, he's already a Grandfather and has almost nothing to do with his life.  He's allowed his moments.

I can't get over how quickly kids can age in this challenge if you do it right.

Aiden

Shawn

You know, it must be hard to be a Fairy who Hates the Outdoors.


Violet had a good life with Alex, and she knew it was time for her to go, this time for good.  One day, while she was reading at the table, she just stood up and... slipped away.

Life had to go on, however, and the two teenagers grew up again!

Shawn in the mirror, so you can see his awesome below the ghost.

And Aiden, who then moves out with his mother.

As soon as he had the chance, he started planting a garden, using Bloom.  He hated being outside every second, so I did my best to give him a nice big area to garden so he could do it quickly.  If you're curious, he's a Firefighter.  Cause a ghost fireman won't cause a panic.

It was at a fire that he met a cute young witch, Kori.


He managed to get her to break up with her girlfriend, who then tried picking a fight and lost.  Go Ghosty!

[Trip]

Welcome back!

Shawn is really cute underneath his ghostliness. And it is indeed surprising how quick childhood can go in a life states dynasty.

[fanofaband]

Thanks!  Yeah, he's a cutie, but Sophie's head shape is a little off to me.

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Kori is gorgeous.  It probably helps that I like light hair on darker sims...


Thanks to being a Fairy, Shawn gets a little help with his plants.  It doesn't take too long to get all the skill challenges out of the way, which he's very grateful for.  The less he's outside, the better.

I stopped arguing ghost-object interactions in the Sims long ago, but it still bothers me sometimes.  You'd think a fire extinguisher would, you know, be heavy.


Generation 4 should be on it's way!


Before she moved out, Sophie had made a special meal for Shawn, and hidden it.




I'd say he's happy he's not a ghost anymore.  He has nothing against his dad, and he's still a Fairy, but... yeah... it was a bit much.

Everyone knows what this means, right?

Shawn, like the good husband he is, stays out of it.

Triplets!  Mikhail, Jory, and Serje, all Witches.  At least we get to choose, right!


Mikhail is Evil and Loves the Outdoors.

Jory is Eccentric and Loves the Outdoors.

Serje is a Genius and Disciplined.

I bet you can figure out which one's the heir.

[fanofaband]

Mikhail grows up and Can't Stand Art.  He's out.

Jory becomes a Couch Potato.  Maybe.

Serje?  He's Grumpy.  I could work around that.


Either way, Mikhail is aged up and moved out.

The family wants a Faeboo.

Hooray!  Little Ranier is Brave and Athletic.  Too bad we already have a Fairy, right?


Serje is a Coward.  Who lives with ghosts.

Jory is a Kleptomaniac.



Serje is our heir, and a cute one at that!

[fanofaband]

Jory is aged up and moved out.

While a potential spouse waits outside wearing a re-color I made of one of the wedding dresses.  It's the first time I'd seen that happen in my own game! (oh, I guess Sophie hadn't moved out yet...)

Being Grumpy, Serje likes toadifying the local Paparazzi.  I approve of his decisions.

And freezing them.


As well as adopting a cat as his familiar.

I wish he would faint sometimes when he practices his spell-casting.

Meanwhile, Ranier grows into what is probably the most adorable toddler in the entirety of the Sims 3.  Seriously.  Look at the little guy.

Kori was pregnant again, and goes into labor soon enough!

They have their only little girl, Katja, a Witch.

She's absolutely adorable too, isn't she?  Oh those two had beautiful babies!

I love this picture.  Serje is fainting, again, probably because his family is doing their Werewolf change, again, while Ranier stares at him going "Really?  They do this all the time, Serje..."

[fanofaband]

Serje's Young Adult birthday came not a moment too soon.

Getting requirements gets a little tedious sometimes, and I sit here bashing my head on my desk just hoping it'll go faster.  But!  Serje is still a handsome Sim, isn't he?  He joined Law Enforcement, though being an Insane, Grumpy, Coward, I'm not so sure how he handled things.



Apparently Serje is just that charming.  Emelie immediately joined the household and got her required makeover.  I have to say, she really is a stunning Sim.


She wants to be a Rock Star, so I pulled a guitar out of the family's inventory and she went from 0 to 10 in Skill in just a couple hours.  Vampires are nuts.

Ranier is still adorable.  Don't you just want to squish him?

An adorable Fairy who loves hot pink.  What's not to love?

Serje is happy there's a kid he can tutor now, going for those Logic challenges is going to be the hardest part.



After several abductions, he and the family have words.  They're certainly not happy, but at least none of them came back pregnant.

[fanofaband]

I finished!  I'll skip the rest of the story, I know I'd get too bored with it and never finish writing it.  If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask!


Bottom Row: Alex, Werewolf, Founder - Avery, Gold Ghost, Gen 2 - Shawn, Fairy, Gen 3
Top Row:Serje, Witch, Gen 4 - Lawrence, Vampire, Gen 5 - Jaina, Mummy's Curse Ghost, Gen 6 - Bering, Drowning Ghost, Gen 7
Finishing Date: Week 37, Day 1

[Trip]

Congrats!

Will we get a close-up of the heirs that didn't get much of a story?

[fanofaband]

Sure!

Serje married Emelie van Gould and had three kids.

Lawrence was best-suited to be the heir.  When he met all of his requirements, he married Alexa Burt from the graveyard and they had two daughters.

Jaina became the heir, since her sister shared a lot of traits with their father.

She married Victor Chesterton, again of the graveyard.  They had one son who didn't qualify to be the heir, so River was aged up and moved out so they could try again.  Luckily, their next try gave a successful heir, and Bering was born.

I was surprised he got all of his requirements out of the way so fast, but I guess it was one of the reasons I saved Writing for the last generation if I could.

If anyone wants any of the heirs, I can try to figure out how to upload to the Swap Shop!

[Trip]

They're all great-looking heirs. Thanks for the pics!

[Pam]

Congratulations on finishing.  I'll move this to the completed stories board.

[Metropolis Man]

Congratulations, fanofaband! This is your 2nd Hall of Fame entry for a completed Dynasty. Well done.

[ArianaJade]

Congratulations on finishing!