Chapter 19: Potions and Proms

For once in this house, the floor is clean, there are no smelly dishes laying around, and water is not pouring out of the sink. Liang is finally getting around to upgrading the sink to unbreakable because everyone else is sleeping. This is a once every few hundred years occurrence, like a solar eclipse. Liang better take good advantage of this. There is the bathroom toilet which keeps breaking, as well as the shower. I'm unsure what the game is counting towards his ten upgrades, he has six done already, but perhaps it is counting things he upgraded in Nubby's old apartment. If so, he's had that wish for way too bloody long.

Liang finishes the upgrade successfully. Thank the heavens above, now this sink will never break again. It's broken so many times it's ridiculous. Or was it just that it was broken once for eighty-four years because no one bothered to repair it or mop the puddle? *shrugs* Liang pulls out a paper fan and fans himself.

"Liang, isn't that paper fan a little dainty for a man of your stature?"

-_-

"Jeez, Liang, not taking anything lightly are you?"

-_-

*shrugs* I guess Liang hates his life. I can't say I blame him.

Liang goes to fix the television which has been broken for a decade and catches Liberty leaving a whoopee cushion in the couch.

"Why? Liberty? Why? Can't you just behave? Farting sounds are not funny!"

"Actually Liang... they are."

-_-

There's that face again. He's got some issues today.

"Thanks for standing up for me."

"You're welcome, Liberty. You are heir after all, even though your nose is freakishly huge. But you might want to do those pranks when Liang is at work. This is advice from a true troublemaker."

"Wow, thanks!"

"You have much to learn, young padawan. Now go become besties with your imaginary friend. I would like to see if we can turn it real and get you a smokin' boyfriend who will always love you forever."

Nikolai is scared of the sink now, after last chapter when it attacked his face with its deadly water droplets.

Bradley Sim notices Liberty talking to the wall and makes this face. At least I think that's what he's doing. Let's find out.

"Bradley Sim, what up babe? Was there a chicken in the bedroom when you woke up?"

"No. But uhh, I think Liberty is talking to the wall."

"It's her imaginary friend."

"Oh... what?"

*make out*

"Ok, I'm better now."

Anyway, Liberty continues to talk to her friend, aka the wall from Bradley Sim's perspective.

"So Dad's a turd."

"Uh-huh!"

"He put me in time out, but I'm going to succeed in pranking Nikolai. I just know I am."

"I think there might be something wrong with Liberty. She was talking to the wall earlier. Just thought you should know."

"Thanks, Bradley Sim."

I don't know why, but Roxie was in the kitchen fake throwing up while thinking of Liberty.

"Roxie? What's the matter?"

"Liberty's hair. I hate it. It makes me want to vomit. We should get her a wig."

"Roxie, no amount of wig can fix your sister's ugly."

"Oh right. I forgot."

Uhhh... speaking of wigs... Nubby is suddenly sporting a new wig that I swear I did not put on her. What the fuck? After Bradley Sim was done talking to her, I left her up in her bedroom. She came into the kitchen with a wig... *scratches head*

Liberty gets splashed by an overflowing toilet and unsuccessfully tries to set a trap in the sink, so now she's sulking on the couch. She has so many negative moodlets I'm surprised her plumbob hasn't exploded yet.

Liberty is on a mission to find the metamorphium potion. It is said this potion will make Patterns a real Sim. With this potion, Liberty hopes to make her family finally believe that her friend is real and that she is not a crazy person. It's kind of funny after I bought them the chemistry station, all the family members got a wish to discover a potion.

In the midst of all the crazy, I had completely forgotten about Liang's lifetime dream of owning his own bar and mastering mixology. He reminded me of this fact by going to the bar and making some party drinks. I have in fact stopped giving a shit about Nubby's lifetime dream of becoming a writer because she's not putting in the effort to do anything towards fulfilling it. Liang actually goes and improves the skill he wants all by himself.

"Good on you, Liang."

"Thank you."

ARGH. Liberty's imaginary friend likes to insult her, and make their friendship go from Best Friend to Good Friend. I'm still curious about how to make them real, and you have to be best friend status for that to happen. I'm hoping this doesn't take a millennium to figure out because Liberty will not be living that long. Also it's taking her forever to discover the correct potion as well. I have to constantly watch them like a hawk. It's exhausting. Nubby keeps getting calls from Matthew Hamming to go on a date, and he's always invisible. I don't even... yeah, I've exited and reopened this save a few times, and Matthew is just... gone. It is certainly the most fucked up situation I have ever encountered while playing Sims.

"Whoa, Bradley Sim, that's cool. Is that what happens after too much wine? Everything starts looking upside down?"

"Thanks. I want to keep this one. Maybe you could put it in our room? Yeah, it's what happens after you pass out from too much wine." *naughty grin*

*dies*

Finally, Liberty discovers a potion. It's the Mood Enhancer potion. She also thinks that she wants to be a magician, so I guess that's going to be her lifetime dream. It's prom night, and this is her outfit. We'll just have to see what shenanigans she gets into at prom.

Liberty gets into a fight because her friend got drenched in punch. Roxie gets into a fight because someone else was talking to her crush. Liberty impressed a guy named Sebastian with her dance moves. Roxie stares at some lights. Liberty's crush ignored her the entire time. Roxie asked her crush to dance, and he walked away.

While the kids are at prom, and Nikolai is doing his homework in the limo instead of attending prom, this guy comes up to the house. He's apparently paparazzi. He's got sunken eyes, and looks dead tired. Maybe he should just go to bed... he looks... bad.

Back at prom, Liberty is jealous of everyone else's clothing. Duh, Liberty it's cause your fashion is just like your mother's, lacking in every way imaginable. Finally, Roxie gets some good luck at prom. A guy named Bronson is getting her punch, constantly. She likes this. Are we sure Bronson doesn't have an ulterior motive? Yeah, pretty sure, considering how Roxie looks. Although maybe Bronson thinks her blue skin is intriguing. Who knows? All I'm getting is text notes.

The paparazzi thinks this house is smelly. Dude, then why do you continue to remain?

Liberty got Queen of the Prom! Why didn't it just say Prom Queen? Wow, really? The whole school must be ugly, otherwise their criteria for Prom Queen must be really fucked up. Apparently this was an underwater sea themed prom because Roxie feels like she is in the sea. Roxie fell on her face while dancing. I guess that punch Bronson got her was making her lose her balance. Roxie gets into another fight because someone looked at her funny.

Paparazzi dude continues to confuse the hell out of me. Yes, Nubby's butt ugly. We established this in the beginning of the story. Why are you still here? You haven't taken a single picture, although I recommend you don't because it will probably break your camera.

Nikolai comes home and complains that Liberty's doll is in the way. Dude, it's a doll. It weighs nothing. PICK it up and move it so you can go to bed.

Liberty's Prom Picture

Interesting. I checked Liberty's relationships, and this Sebastian Striker is now her romantic interest. Perhaps I won't have to try so hard with her imaginary friend... Good, yes, yes.

Chapter 18: I'd Rather Watch the Guitar than Eat

Liberty's first thought as a teenager after she won the heir vote was to learn how to drive. Sadly, she must telepathically communicate this thought to her parents in order for her to actually fulfill the wish. If you remember how great her parents were at having any desire to teach Liberty any of her skills when she was a toddler, you will probably also be sad for Liberty. She may just have to magically know how to drive when she ages up. Liberty also wants a part time job, which is probably going to be the only teenage wish she can accomplish. Oh, also, Nubby and Liang never got a car so... yeah I might as well just cancel that "Learn to Drive" thought. *shrugs* Some days it takes me a while to realize things... blonde moments. I have lots of them.

Liberty goes to sleep... in the middle of the ugliest jam session in the world... except for Bradley Sim, of course. For whatever weird ass reason, Liberty's mother has decided to jam in their bedroom. Well, I guess Nubby has always been quite rude, so the fact that I continue to be surprised by her rudeness surprises me. Oh yeah, I got new skins and eyes for my Sims, but it doesn't make a difference on anyone except Bradley.

"Hi Bradley Sim. You're looking mighty fine with that new skin and those eyes."

"Thanks, I'm sleepy because they won't get out of my room."

"You know what? I'm going to build you your own room. This is ridiculous."

"Awww, really? Thanks baby. You'd do that? Even though you hate building?"

"It's ok, I'll blueprint it. Yeah, I'd do it for you." *bats eyelashes*

"Wanna play?"

*faints* "Ha! That's a perfect way to christen the new room before going back to the story."

This is our new room. Hehe. Isn't it gorgeous? I love blueprints.

While Liberty is sleeping, Roxie breaks the toilet, then yells at herself for being so careless. This bathroom is forever leaky and disgusting. There's toilet water everywhere. All. The. Time. I don't understand, but Roxie has a wish to buy a play table... She's not childish, so I doubt she could even play with it. *shrugs*

Roxie goes to bed too, and Nubby remains awake. This is a strange occurrence because Nubby is usually nowhere to be found... except in her bed fast asleep. There were leftover pancakes in the fridge, but I found that Nubby made even more pancakes. *shakes head* I do not understand this family. Not. One. Bit.

Hmm... this is curious. Matthew Hamming, the mayor who keeps calling Nubby, has now crossed over to the weird side because he's asking her out on a date. I'm not even sure what to do now... uh... let's cause drama. She's going to accept, and we'll see what happens... plus it's going to be hilarious when she passes out while talking to Matthew because her energy bar is red. This is even more curious... Matthew is there, I hear his voice, but he's... not... there?

Matthew continues to be invisible. Nubby goes into the consignment shop, and the person who works at the shop also talks to the invisible Matthew, so Nubby's not on drugs or anything. It's kind of a shame Matthew is invisible because he was one of the more attractive Sims in this game save. Figures...

Roxie woke up in a bad mood, most likely because she didn't get voted heir. Roxie, it's okay, you got a vote. You did much better than Nikolai. So much better. Plus you get to stay in the story.

So far Liberty wants not only a part time job, but an after school activity as well. She looks like she wants to take after her father, as in have 100 jobs and no free time. I don't even know if after school activities and part time jobs conflict. *points at Liberty like Nelson from the Simpsons* Ha-ha! Her fun bar is already down to stressed after one day of school and no jobs or activities. She's going to be so annoyed when I make her get a job and an activity, and she brought it all on herself. Ha-ha!

Hmm. That answers my question. Liberty signed up for the Study Club and now she can't get a part time job. This wishacy is sucking badly. Haha. Thank god I'm not keeping score, or my points would be in the negative. . probably... if that's even possible. I didn't know which activity to sign her up for, but apparently Study Club will allow her to do her homework at lightning speed... although I bet The Flash still does homework faster than her... if The Flash had any homework to do.

Uhhh... *scratches head* Roxie was hungry, so she got some pancakes out of the fridge. She was just about to put them on the table, but then decided to go and watch the person playing guitar instead of eating. She's got the Very Hungry moodlet... oh and she put the pancakes on the floor instead of the perfectly open table or counter that's in the house. I'm regretting buying them that guitar because that's all they do. It's so stupid that now they are putting off surviving to watch someone play guitar. These Sims are so stupid on free will. I got a message that Liberty's imaginary friend Patterns wanted to come out and play... so for lack of something to do, I guess I'll have Liberty do that.

They had a conversation next to Bradley Sim, who probably thinks Liberty is insane. Liberty started snubbing Nikolai which is a good thing because he's a jerk.

"Nikolai, you're a loser. I hate your loser face."

"Way to go Liberty. Insulting your brother in front of your father, who I'm sure appreciates your behavior. NOT."

Who's having a party, you ask? Why, Liberty's imaginary friend, of course. That's perfectly normal, isn't it?

So... they're on free will, and they won't eat for themselves, nor go to bed by themselves. At least not without complaining first, but they'll go watch someone play guitar while they're starving? Roxie's complained like three times now that she's sleepy while I've been directing Liberty to hang out with Patterns. Roxie could have gone to bed like three times already.

Liberty tries to set traps for Nikolai, but Liang finds out and scolds her. She wants to set five traps. I'm just directing them towards Nikolai because he's such a tool. Liberty tries to plead her case by saying the television is broken so she has nothing better to do. Liang isn't buying that bullshit, although he does kind of look cute with that new skin.

Meanwhile Liberty's prank goes off perfectly as Nikolai is greeted with Niagara Falls to the face when he tries to use the sink.

Liang goes to check on his son, while Liberty complains that Nikolai's fat ass is in the way of her trying to do house chores so Liang won't be mad at her anymore.

Bradley Sim likes to paint lighthouses, you know, when he's not painting pictures of Nubby.

Guess where Nubby's going? Yup, you guessed it, bed.

"Hey, Bradley Sim, you look so sexy with that Swiffer."

"Haha. I'm tired of these puddles everywhere."

"You and me both, Bradley Sim, you and me both."

Liberty

The poll is over. The winner of the ugliest heir vote in the universe is our very own big nosed Liberty. Roxie got one vote, so she'll be in the house and remain in the story. Nikolai fails at life, also known as he got no votes, so he'll be moving out when he turns YA.

Thanks for all the votes, you lovely readers, you. *smiley face* and *hugs*

Chapter 17: The Ugliest Heir Vote in the Universe

I went ahead and made all three kids teens because I'm sick and tired of Nubby and Liang and I want to pass the torch already.

"Hahaha, Roxie, you're the last one to become a teenager. Hahaha. I'm the only boy, so I should be the heir. Boys are better than girls anyway."

*rolls eyes* Nikolai is real mature, isn't he?

"Shut up, Nikolai. I'm a teenager now too."

"Sucking up to Dad by wearing a China shirt isn't going to get you heir votes. You have to suck up to the people reading the story. Duh, Roxie."

*shock* Roxie has hair now. That's good, I won't have to color code her clothes any more. They all got their mother's weight issues.

"Listen up, you jackasses. Stop fighting and introduce yourselves so the people reading can pick one of you for heir. Tell them your first name and your traits, and why you think you're the better candidate. Someone find Liberty too."

"Oh man, why does Liberty get to be in the running?"

"Um, she's a child in this family too, Nikolai. You're so rude. Go Nikolai. You first, since you'll probably whine about not being able to go first."

"Hi readers. I'm Nikolai. I'm Inappropriate, Loser, Clumsy, and Easily Impressed. I'm the better candidate because boys are better than girls."

"All right, that's acceptable. Immature, but acceptable. NEXT!"

"I'm Roxie. I'm Brave, Frugal, Grumpy, and Easily Impressed. You should vote for me because I have the most interesting look. Blue skin is pretty cool!"

"That's better than Nikolai's reason... I think." *shrugs* "Liberty! Your turn!"

"I'm Liberty. I'm Eco-Friendly, Nurturing, Heavy Sleeper, and Friendly. You should vote for me because I'm the oldest, and also because I'm going to be good for the environment. The world will be in better shape if I'm heir. Plus, I have pretty eyes, the prettiest eyes out of all of my siblings."

"Uh.. thank you Miss America... I think."

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All right it's time to vote for one of these ass ugly teenagers to take over the story! Vote below at the bottom of the page, under the comment box. The poll will end on May 20th. Thanks for reading, commenting, and voting!

Chapter 16: Is Liberty a Teenager Yet?

Apparently Nubby is not the only Sim in Bridgeport who leaves their baby by the front door of the library. She's writing her book. I wish she would finish it already, it's driving me nuts. I've sent her here four or five times, and she's not done yet. I don't understand what her problem is.

Nubby finally finished her book. Good grief. I think she will die before she fulfills her lifetime dream. She's so slow. This is her second book. Aye aye aye. Maybe I just need to buy her a computer for her house. Ew. This woman is wearing clothes that do not fit her. Ew. Oh yeah, Nubby broke the computer. I swear she didn't sit on it or anything. Maybe her face broke it. That's quite plausible.

I finally bought Liang his own professional bar so he could practice at home. I got annoyed when the moonlighting message said Liang's customers didn't like what he did. I don't know why because he is at Level 6 of bartending. *shrugs* Yes, he is in the garage and it is dark. This house I bought for them had a garage, but I didn't buy them a car, choosing to turn it into more space for them, and I never removed the garage door.

Uh oh... I don't think the water is supposed to come out of the shower at that angle... Liang wants to mop the puddle, but not fix the shower, I think he'll be finding himself a problem with a never ending puddle... and a giant water bill!

*sighs* I guess Liberty is awake. She still loves that creepy doll. Go find a rock, dummy. That's the only thought you have. I guess. You're still a child so I won't hold it against you... for too long.

The game sends me "It's Almost Liberty's Birthday! Why don't you buy her a cake?" Because I don't want to buy her a fucking cake, douche. It's boring to have the typical age up pictures. ARGH. Well Liberty's got to go to school so we'll be putting rock collecting on hold for now. Of course, the place I sent her only had seeds. Why make this easy for me?

Meanwhile back at home, the entire house is falling apart. The kitchen sink breaks. and starts spraying water everywhere after Liang finishes washing the dishes. It's too bad, because I was working on Liang's wish to upgrade something using the kitchen sink as the guinea pig. It's 27% of the way to being unbreakable. Of course, now it breaks. *head desk* Nubby's face is scrunched up, as if she saw something really ugly. That's funny, she's not looking in a mirror.

Nubby, too lazy to cook, is eating ice cream for breakfast. The entire tub, it looks like... *shakes head* On the plus side, the sexy trash can is in the upper left of this picture.

Liang's having a shitty day. He throws up on the front lawn. I'm not sure if it's all the ugly he's constantly subjected to... or... all the broken shit in his house. Oh well at least Liberty wasn't out there this time. I can imagine having your father throw up on your head would be traumatic.

ARGH. Fuck this. I'm tired of trying to find a stupid rock for Liberty. I don't even care anymore. Bradley Sim keeps smiling as he paints... shirtless. *swoon*

"Thanks, Bradley Sim."

*winks*

*faints*

So I sent Liberty to the graveyard with the intention of finding a rock, which I quickly got sick of doing. She's here now, so she's going to stay and do her homework in the graveyard. Spooky.

Wow. This house is gross. Roxie is sitting in a puddle left from the sink.

I'm not surprised Bradley Sim needs a drink after eating in that mess they call a living room slash dining area.

Want to see his painting? It's pretty funny.

"What the hell is that Bradley Sim?"

"It's Nubby. Shh don't tell her."

"You have my word, sexy."

"Bradley Sim your eyes are the same color as your shirt. You're hot."

"Thanks. So are you."

Is Liberty done with her homework yet? *whines* She needs to be a teenager so I can end this stupid chapter already. Liberty comes home to a giant shit hole. The kitchen sink has stopped leaking for now, but it's still unusable. Roxie is still sitting in the puddle.

Liberty has learned the art of eating things with chopsticks, also known as eats twice as slow because forks are more efficient.

Stupid Liberty. That's Bradley Sim's bed. *shakes head* At least Nubby is finally being a good mother.

Liang is working his ass off again. He finished his upgrade something thought, and now he wants to upgrade ten things total. He's going to be making everything unbreakable so that their house stops being the land of 10,000 lakes. I don't know where Nubby is, but my guess is that she's sleeping.

Liang goes to bed when Nubby comes downstairs, and she covers her ears when Nickolai cries. She really doesn't like him. Poor little baby.

So I missed the picture, but Liang was mopping the giant ass puddle in their kitchen, and Nubby had a path error complaint because she couldn't get to the fridge. *shakes head* She's so rude.

Here's teenage Liberty. She apparently lost her long hair, and it seems like her nose is getting bigger.