The Alphabet Alphabetacy -- Chp. 7: Shake Your Boo Thang

well hello everyone, welcome back to another lovely chapter of the Alphabets. Let's just jump back in, where did we leave off again last time...hmmmm 

oh yeah. Bryn is a little more see through now

BUT with a slightly improved twist, thanks to Life and Death she's a fully playable member of our household....errrr minus a few weird glitches that I'll tell you about later

oh and because this is the sims, she immediately got yelled at by the principle for missing class because she DIED DUDE

she totally got him back tho *snickers*

LMAO

oh yeah, she has some neat new tricks these days

awwwwwww heeeeeeellllllllll yesssssssssssssssss

we're gonna have some fun with this alright

yea if the school thought she was a troublemaker before

they hadn't seen anything yet

despite her new form and reign of terror, Bryn still spent a lot of time taking care of her nephew, Casper

that is when she wasn't passed out with some rando judging her.

who knew that ghosts still had earthly needs hmmmm.....thinking I might just cheat my ghosts to get the never hungry, tired, etc rewards

oh and btw, apparently Hannah is pregnant !!

we got home from high school to her with a big belly telling Byrd about their impending bambino

of course Byrd was suitably thrilled, I think the man has been wanting a kid for awhile

orrrrr maybe I was wrong because pretty much immediately he ran to the kitchen and set it on fire

just kiddinggggg haha

but not about the fire. Thankfully we have a bunch of brave young sims to put it out right?

RIGHT?!?!

oh NICE WORK guys, yeah leave the firefighting to your teenage ghost sister and elderly mom

predictably Bama caught on fire, what else is new? 

luckily our ghost gal was there to put out her mom from certain death

I was also getting a little fed up with Byrd and Hannah doing absolutely nothing to earn their keep, so I assigned Byrd to work on his repairing skill. At least then we could stop wasting thousands of simoleans on repairmen

oh FJDOSHAGODSAO fackin plumbob

after that we let Byrd skip repair duty for a while. the last thing we need is more early deaths in this gen !!

one ghost is enough, as clearly evidenced by Bryn's absolute terrorizing of the high school. Ah yes, death had done absolutely nothing to dull her mischievous nature

if anything, it'd given her some fun new ways to torment other sims

can you really blame her, I mean what's the point in studying anymore ? 

Actually there wasn't much studying at all going on in the high school at this point since Bryn was scaring the bejesus out of everyone so they were running all over the halls *snickers*

but the rest of her classmates were really just collateral damage since Bryn's fav target was none other than the principal

oh and he hated her dead ass too. Their relationship had deteriorated so bad from her constant pranks that they were enemies and were actually beefing it out 

she even went so far as routinely sabotaging his office LMAOOOO

I mean oh no, bad Bryn !

luckily Blythe spent most of her time in the arts room so she managed to avoid the active warzone her sister was creating around school

buuuuut she did catch some strays from the sabotaged plumbing here and there. Ah, poor lamb

and in the limited amount of time that Bryn wasn't causing scenes, she'd also managed to befriend this guy, Connan Snow

he was a bit older than her but was just as weird and quiet as Blythe so they got along pretty well

oh and even though Briar's gone no contact with Chris, he's still a teacher at the high school so I found out he'd aged up into an elder ughhh

ah well forget that loser because that weekend it was also time for prom for our twins

weirdly one of the chaperones turned up pregnant....I mean I do have male pregnancy on bc of mods but I'm still surprised whenever I actually see one hahha

shockingly, Bryn spent the evening torturing her nemesis, Principal Zayden

but Blythe was on an altogether different mission, namely getting to know the hottie Pelham Ott better. Sadly it seemed as though Connan had aged up already so he wasn't around for this one :(

overall they both had a pretty great time and Blythe won court jester ! 

btw what is it with my sims and only winning jester huh???

anyways Bryn had pretty much had her fun for the night, but Blythe got invited out to an afterparty with a bunch of the cool kids

although weirdly she didn't seem to have all that great of a time :(

her and Pelham wouldn't stop bickering

finally I gave up and just had Blythe serenade him with her killer guitar skills

which he responded to by immediately aging up and then leaving the pier ! no jail bait for him huh....

welp kindof a lame prom night guys but I guess they can't all be magical

turning to more adorable parts of the household, Casper is SO CUTEEEEEEEEEEE dsoafidowanfiowa

and I just love how his coloring matches his mom so well

miss Briar was also still plugging away at the stylist career to make some moolah

luckily she had the support of her family to help take care of Casper because our gal was exhaustedddd after work

sadly there's no break for my simmies as we are scrounging for simoleans. I uh...might've overdone it on the house for this gen, my bad

even poor Bama couldn't afford to retire at her old age...tho she wasn't really doing as good of a job as she used to

and we had some weird mishaps like our director dying at the beginning of a gig so we totally got stiffed !!

thankfully the little bits of income we had meant we finally had enough to remodel another room for Briar

aaaaaand turn her old room into the nursery

and despite her uber-busy schedule, she still had a bit of time leftover to spend with Jaxton. Ever since they'd reconnected, he'd returned to being a constant figure at the Alphabet household

that afternoon, there was a cute little festival happening in Mt. Komorebi and I figured all our simmies could use some family bonding time

they had an absolutely marvelous time together building snow buddies and enjoying all the ginormous snow creations with fancy fireworks !

and who could forget trying out some of the local cuisine...or erm whatever the heck Byrd is doing in the background

naturally Bryn couldn't even make it a couple hours without scarring some innocent sims

*shakes head* what are we gonna do with this one

the second they got home, Hannah went into labor

and pushed out an adorable baby boy !!! welcome to the fam, spare :D

everyone meet Fletcher Schaeffer

and not to be outdone, it was also Casper's bday and turn to blow out the candles

sparkly rah rah rah

here he is as a little tot!! What a cutie, he also got the inquisitive trait so he'll be making messes all over the house

awww just a sweet shot of both our resident mommas caring for their little ones

and because the baby stage is so short, Fletcher aged up into an infant just a millisecond later. 

AND HE'S ANOTHER BLONDE FIEAONGIDOAGSAO. Literally every single child born in this legacy has been blonde what are the freaking odds huh, I thought that trait was supposed to be recessive

anywayyyyssss of course his ghostly auntie was there to cheer him along. And he got the sunny trait :D

with two little ones toddling (or ah laying lol) around, the whole household was getting used to caring for them

and as predicted, Casper was already making messes all over the house

oh, he also had quite a little temper on him, which was impressive for a sim so small

which he mostly took out on his toys, especially when no older sims were around...we might have a little psycho on our hands here guys

but while Casper had a bit more freedom, little Fletch was totally and completely pampered by both his parents. It helped that neither of them had jobs so the baby was their main priority

luckily little Cas had his dutiful aunt to also help out with his caretaking

but despite the fact that Bryn had a wonderful family, lately she'd been having a rather difficult time with her early demise. Naturally we had to send her over to an Afterlives Anonymous meeting in Ravenwood

GAH 0_0

fack, the raging werewolf ghost scared the plumbob out of me

anyways back to Bryn's intervention. She got right into the spirit (hah, get it?...ok I'll see myself out) of things by sharing her death story up at the platform

oh and side note, but my simself was there too ! 

*sniff* she died too young gah !

Bryn introduced herself to some of the ghosts but she quite enjoyed the company of one in particular, another young woman named Ester Gomez

they spent some time joking around with each other and playing pranks

which, of course, both sims found absolutely hilarious

Finally it started to get lighter out and both had to return to their homes, but each promised they would meet again soon

Arriving home, it felt like just another normal day in the Alphabet household. Blythe was practicing her piano, Briar was working on fashion articles for her next promotion

Bama was out by the mailbox when my camera flung itself across the lot to focus in on her

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

she'd lived a long beautiful sim life but everything has to come to an end *sniff sniff*

I'm not crying, you're crying !

poor Byrd even tried to beg for her life but alas, Grimmie ain't the forgiving type

and soon, with her family gathered around her, Bama was reaped into the sims ether. And by that, I mean she's still somewhat around in the world and yet not, since Life and Death has blurred the lines a bit LOL

anywayyys depressing as fack I know and now we're gonna have the SECOND funeral of this chapter

hilariously both Bama AND Ayoze showed up to her funeral LOL. Casper was right freaked out about seeing both his dead grandparents too hahaha

of course it was a very sad affair for all but Byrd took the lead on speeches as the eldest

there was also this random ghost guy (???) who showed up and wouldn't stop making toasts in Bama's honor. I guess she was a well-known star even to those in the grave LOL

and for possibly the saddest and sweetest moment in the chapter, here are our two Gen 1 founders. They'll lay in rest next to each other for all of eternity :((

in super sad timing, it was also Harvestfest the next day

and uhhhhhh I'm not naming any names here, but someeee members of the family were taking recent losses better than others...

luckily, Byrd and Hannah had stepped up to prepare the big holiday meal

oh yes thank you Bryn, please possess the gnomes and piss them off so they break all our plumbing

-_-

GOD FREAKING STOVE 

*mutters* sets on fire every freakin time dnaofds

luckily the children were saved yippeeee

ok game DRAMA OVER so the fam can finally enjoy a nice dinner together, pleaseeeee I'm begging

weirdly several of our simmies decided to eat dinner in their skivvies but regardless, the rest of Harvestfest went off without a hitch 

AND to make it a double whammy it was also Blythe's bday and age up into a young adult !!

*sparkly dance*

aint she peeerrtyyyyyyy

she got the lovebug trait and musical genius aspiration :D

yeah Bryn wasn't as excited about the transition as the rest of us....something about watching all your siblings grow up without you would probs be pretty depressing

and she seemed to be surrounded by her family moving on as it was also time for the Schaeffers to move out. I'm sure mccc will take very good care of them !!

Byeeeeeeeeeee

later that night, I sent the girls out to a bar in Ciudad Enamorada as they were desperately in need of a pick-me-up

oh and Byrd showed up too just to yell at all the townies

Bryn spent her time terrorizing the bar, obviously

while Blythe had encountered an old friend from highschool. 

Anyone remember Connan from earlier?

well he had aged up while Blythe was still a teen so they'd never gotten to know each other too well

but as they spent the night chatting away it became pretty obvious that they got along like fish in water (mostly because Connan was just as much of an awkard oddball as Blythe LOL)

but naturally the game had to even out the good fortune of the evening and made sure to burn Blythe to a crisp on her way home. 👍 

the next day it was finally Casper's bday and time for him to age up !!!

Oh how we will miss our cutie patootie little tot, but time must move along !

and here he is surrounded by the fam to blow out his candles. I probably should've thrown him a proper party but ah well

jeez Bryn, keep it together girl....

*sparklyyyyyyy*

and here he is all kid-sized !! still a super cutie, although he seems to have the moody curse :(

he got the loner trait and the smartest kid aspiration or whatever its called. lowkey I don't pay attention to them at all haha

he also got quite a sweet room makeover to match his new maturity

and now that he was a kiddo, Cas could spend even more time with his favorite ghostly auntie

they were absolutely the best of friends, which was excellent because as a loner I'm not sure Cas will be making too many at school

they even went on outings to the park together. Although they mostly just played chess which they could've just done at home

(and yes, that is Blythe in the background busking for some tips LOL)

Cas also had a go at making some friends on the playground

buuuuuuut it didn't really go all that well and the poor little guy just did a 'sad charlie brown' walk back to the chess table

oh and because we can't just have a regular outing, naturally Bryn got stuck underground in this piece of trash LMAO. It only took a few resets to get her safe above ground again, phew

and where was Briar, you ask? 

Well, remember how I mentioned that Briar and Jax had been spending more time together lately?

yea, they were actually pretty much inseparable and were out and about all over town(s?)

although some activities were safe than others....

ARNEAONGVRJOEANGVROWEANGO

oh my plumbob, she's ok she's ok !!!! 

jesus, I thought we were gonna have another Bryn situation here

anyways, they also had a penchant for nice fancy bars

especially ones that my simself ghost was DJing hahhahahha

anyways, after all of the time that they'd been spending together, the two sims were closer than ever

and after Cas had aged up, Briar finally felt like she could handle some new additions to her life again

I mean just look at Jaxton's goofy face, who couldn't love that huh?

and at the bar, in that moment, as they slow-danced together, Briar realized that she did love Jaxton

and so she did what she should've done a long time ago and kissed him ;D

It was pretty fackin magical, it felt just like the one they'd shared all those years ago. The one that had felt so perfect even though Briar hadn't been ready for it yet

no Cas don't look !!!! yeesh catching ur mom bringing a man back is pretty awkward huh?

and after what felt like an entire lifetime of it being 'right person, wrong time' for these two, every piece had finally clicked into place

if you get my drift.... *wink wink*

and with that lovely readers, I fear this is where I must leave you! Hope you enjoyed this chapter and come meet me on the next for more Alphabet craziness. Toodaloo !!!!