The Tomato Legacy, Episode Two: (Tomato) Worms Eat My Garbage

[strangetomato]

 
 

 

 

And then there were two. Now, where did we leave off?




Oh, right... Greene was off to go a-probing.

I hate to laugh at his misfortune, but... heeheehee.




This was a random abduction, since Greene is a romance/family sim. I do have that hack that increases the odds, so it happens more often in my game, but still, it was a pleasant surprise.

Gratuitous panty shot! Heehee.




They brought him back in (mostly) one piece.

Slightly off topic, but that purple smoke can't be good for the environment.




I still get a kick out of this ANM8R plate every time I see it. I love all these little hidden details.




Like any loving mother, Strange rushed out to help him.

Wait a minute... or did she?




Well then. If she wants to get a reputation for being a jerk, she can go right ahead.




Strange was still working on building up her witchly skills to create a throne of light, so she was still doing the pool thing for now.




Greene passed the time by scrubbing things.

Fascinating.




Despite being Strange's personality clone, Greene is a much kinder soul. He really wants to cure her of the terrible affliction of Lycanthropy, which seems to be more frowned upon by sims than the other creature conditions.

Nice try, Greene, but I've decided to only alter my playable sims if THEY want to be altered, luckily for you (but we'll get to that in a minute).




Greene went onlline and opened his Dicki-wiki bookmark folder to look up some info on alien abductions.

Greene: So what exactly happened to me last night? I was using the telescope. *reads*




Greene: So I was abducted by aliens...




Greene: and now I feel queasy...




Greene: *finally puts it together* Oh no! I got PROBED! *cries*

Gratuitous panty shot! Again!

Sorry to ruin your dramatic moment there, Greene.




The plantsim is into nature. Go figure. (Strange is into tinkering, by  the way, despite having the same personality.)




An unexpected visitor? I don't remember seeing Strange drop a fork...

And I don't remember seeing her pay the bills either. Oops!




He's really getting off on this, I can tell.




What a face! This is one scary Repo Man.




Not as scary as Strange, though. He took one look and reconsiders, but he had a job to do, so he summoned up his courage and proceeds.




He's not the only one who's been getting a fright. This is a regular reaction to Strange showering on the dirt lawn, with her bum out for all the world to see.

Check out the profile of that townie! Let's go in for a closer look...




Now that's a beak!




Repo Man took their only books on the bookshelf. He's enjoying that way too much.




Seriously, just look at his face!




I freaked out a little when it seems like he's going for the greenhouse wall (those cost a lot of money and I NEED them!), but he's just going for the crappy little bare bulb light on the wall. Oh well. I guess they didn't really owe so much money, afterall.




As I said before, I'm not going to indulge Strange's wants to convert her family members, unless they want to. That seems fair to everyone. If she wants to change townies and other sims, though, that's great. I'll slowly work on the whole town.

Notice Strange's love meter. Being a terrible mixed-up creature makes for hard, hard times.




And so we have another visitor. The fun never ends!




Strange: *struts*

Even as a social recluse, she works it. My simself does me proud. (Did you know I was once a swimsuit model? I kid you not! Yeah, I barely believe it either...)




Social Bunny: *sniff, sniff* What's that smell? Are you roasting broccoli in the oven? I think it's ready.

Strange: We will be BFFs forever!

Social Bunny: *reconsiders*




Bahaha! Even the social bunny is terrified!

Well, if you go wandering into the shower stall, you shouldn't be surprised if you catch Strange diddling herself! (Seriously, just look at her! She's totally rubbing one off! What, no detachable showerhead, Strange? *snicker*)

After this, the bunny made tracks.




Nice. This discount will allow us to buy those overpriced sun lamps. We need those, badly.

Greene: Fuk dat, I'm buying a TV!

*sighs*




Strange: Do I smell something burning?

Nah, b'y. What do you think?

I think the fumes were going to Greene's head...




Nope, it's just the sun worshiping. He gets really into it.

Greene: PRAISE HELIOS! *chants in Greek*




Strange, on the other hand, has a very mixed relationship to the life-giving, vampire-singeing sun god. She ended up wilted.

And thanks to default replacement facial overlays and her constantly changing states, she ends up with all sorts of odd skin issues, like faces that are different from her body. The werewolf transformations are usually the culprit, but the wilting does it, too.

Also, she had sparkle acne. At least it glitters. It could be worse...




Greene decided he wanted a makeover chair, and starts working on the townies. If I can make them a little different to look at, I'll be happy. I'm so sick of those same social group townies over and over. It's makeover time!

This is such a typical scene for this stage of the legacy. Strange out there showering in the nude (she moves inside after she gets the sun lamps in every room, and then the throne of light, but this is the best she can do for now), a townie freaking out about it, and a pregnant Greene making over some townie.

Just your typical day in Elsewhere.




Here's an example of some of Greene's best work.




Strange was working on her 50 first dates, and, as you can see, she has some very kinky ideas about what's appropriate for a first date.




Nery seems to like it, though.

And the townie on the right came in contact with the wrong end of Greene's scissors. Poor thing. Fivehead over there hasn't been made over yet, but she WILL BE.




Strange likes it better with other supes. I get the feeling we'll be seeing more of them around town very soon.




Greene was apparently getting better at this, but you could have fooled me.




Much better!




Strange: I am the queen of the darkness, but also infallably good! I'm an enigma wrapped in a mystery! And sparkly! VERY SPARKLY!




For some reason, Greene likes to ~sneak~ around the house. He's a special child.




Strange: Confound you, Helios! And dammit, this pool ladder is preventing me from getting into the pool!

Correction... it's a special family.




Strange: My life is horrible! I'm a monster! Why must I be afflicted with this curse?!




Strange: But hey! I have a magic wand! And I'm sparkly!




Greene continues to work throughout his pregnancy, and the general consensus throughout Elsewhere is that this is pretty hot. (Wouldn't a turn on for pregnant sims have been a hoot?)




Another satisfied customer, blissfully unaware of the naked creature back there.




Greene: Oh, you can really work that look, honey!

This shot illustrates three looks I am obsessed with using lately: the BV bushy brows (note: I need some recolours... I should do that), that Kavar sun hair, and the awesome handlebar mustache (simgaroop's secret santa gift from GoS). All three come together on this townie for a look of pure awesome.




Greene gets offered a job! Woohoo! Of course, I say yes. (I have a policy of saying yes to everything in this legacy, as you'll see.)




Townie: Hot Tomatoes!

In Strange's case, that couldn't be more true.




Strange gets invited downtown and (as I said before) I said yes. It's my good pal Makoto St. Julien! The townie with the greatest name. Well, next to Christian Love. That one always gets me a-snickering. So holy.




A mime? HELL YES! Strange definitely isn't enough of a freak yet.




Off she goes on her play date, while a very pregnant Greene heads inside for the night, trailing spores of happiness in his wake.




Strange: WHEEEEE!

I was going to use this as my teaser pic, but then... well, you'll see what happens. ;)




Being a super good witch, Strange decides they should all visit the head witch together.




Try not to be too enthusiastic there, Strange.

Only three sims showed up, and one of them was Nery. Makoto apparently doesn't have many friends.

Not that Strange can talk...




She rolls a want to turn Nery into a vamp, too. She must really like him.




He likes it, too!




Makoto didn't even notice what's going on. He was too busy worrying about the stingy tipping around those parts.




Things started to get hot and heavy. Makoto felt like a third wheel.




Until Strange felt bad for Makoto and decided to throw him a bone with some flirt action, and Nery isn't too impressed.




Nope, not impressed at all.

Luckily, he fled the lot and the wrath of Helios. He had the action cued up to slap Strange, but never had the chance to follow through.




He disappeared, never to be seen again. Or well, almost.

Every now and then, a little message would appear saying he had to flee the sun. It seems he was showing up to steal the Tomato family newspaper, but Helios had Strange's back every time.




Makoto: If this is the GOOD witch's cat, I'd hate to see...




Strange decided to follow Nery's wise example and head home. I couldn't resist the shot of Greene in his maternity wear.




Strange continued her persuit of dates with other witches.

I especially love the way her plantsim hair looks like a wig in this shot. You can see brown hair under there.




Yes, Greene. That's Gloria's house over there. (It really is! Heehee.)




Greene: But but but... *is confused*

Well, she IS a witch, you know.




Finally, it was harvest time! Greene got right down to work.




Then he's interrupted with labour pains!

Surprise! It's twins! :D




And... the baby isn't green. *scratches head* I still have no idea why, but stakeit_uk's second PT set seems to do this for everyone.

Gloria hated not being the centre of attention, so she tried to upstage Greene. I thought she was a good witch? Should she be helping him, or something?




Gloria: Babies? I'm outta here! Not my scene... and why aren't they green? *scratches head*




With Gloria bailing on him, Greene instead went to Strange for help.

I was interested in this action icon up in the corner, so I rolled over to see what it said. "Hand baby over" on the bottom... (LOL, I typed "babby")




... and "harvest many eggplants" on the top? Umm, what? Is that what they call it these days? Harvesting eggplants? Harvesting womb fruit? Yeah, it makes a certain amount of sense.




Baby number two was born in the bathrom, like any normal, self-respecting sim.




Strange, the doting grandma. Will this good behaviour last?




Strange: Later, dudes! I got me some miming to do! Oh hi, Gloria...

Poor Greene. But he wasn't too torn up about it. In honour of their birthplace, he named the girls Aubergine (has a nicer ring to it than Eggplant) and Pepper.




Elsewhere is a small town. Everybody is everybody else's cousin. I know the feeling...




Strange had a hard evening of miming.




But it's nothing a little computer time won't fix.

*double takes*

Umm, wait now...




Just your average family, yes they are.




They couldn't afford a change table just yet, so they cheerfully discarded the diapers on the floor. Good times.




Sorry, I couldn't resist. This was such a Wes Anderson composition, complete with Strange's bored expression. I also think the Tomato family qualifies as quirky enough for one of his films, don't you agree?

Strange finally earned herself a throne of light! *pumps fist* This makes her creature troubles (LOL, sort of like "womanly troubles"?) a whole lot easier to manage. Her job was surprising helpful, also. I thought it would be a disaster, but it doesn't really hurt her needs that much.




The next day, Greene donned his snazzy journalist gear and headed out for his first day of work.




While Strange flew off to be the greatest alien/zombie/vampire/werewolf/plantsim/witch mime the world has ever seen.

With everyone now gainfully employed, there's only one option...




Enter the nanny, stage left.

*cues foreboding music*

I love the random cc hair selected for this nanny. Very suitable for a classy old lady. But does she live up to expectations? We shall see...




Here's another awesome cc hair selection. She might be a tradesperson (thus the uniform), but her sister is a hair stylist. A girl needs a little flare in her life, right?




Greene got promoted, and he's thrilled! The job is a little dark, shall we say, but he's cool with that.

Or maybe he's just happy because tonight is birthday night! His babies are transitioning. *sniffle* They grow up so fast!




Greene brought Aubergine to the cake first, and Strange went to gather up Pepper... but Pepper has already been gathered.

By the nanny!

*dun dun dun DUN*




Nanny: Yo, wassup? *tongue click*

Pepper: *clings to garbage bag for dear life*

Umm, is she really doing what I think she's doing?




Yes she is.

Nanny: In you go! Garbage in the garbage can...




Nanny: *checks the contents of the can* Yup, everything's as it should be! A place for everything and everything in its place.

There are no words.




And then she even closed the lid on her! The HORROR!




I'm not sure, but I'm thinking this will lead to a slight "Lilith Pleasant Syndrome" for our poor little Pepper, if something isn't done to correct this soon.

Will Pepper become just another sensationalized story on the evening news?

Not in my legacy, bitch!




To add insult to injury, she should have used the compost bin. Though I suppose babies (and baby poo) don't belong in the garden, even if they were harvested from there.

All jokes aside, I was getting pretty freaked out by this point, wondering if Pepper was actually doomed to disappear completely, thanks to the stupid glitchy nanny.




Luckily, Nan had a change of heart.

Nanny: Oh dear me! That shouldn't be in there! *gathers baby and dumps it onto the snow-covered steps*

*sigh*

Pepper seemed to be taking it all in stride, however. Not even a whimper. That's one zen baby.




Finally, FINALLY, the nanny got the right idea.

Nanny: Oh dear, now what is this baby doing here in the snow? Let's get you inside! *tut, tut, tut*

Yup, she's a real Nanny of the Year, this one.




Inside, Greene was blisssfully unaware that one of his daughters was almost a garbage can baby. He was launching Aubergine into her toddler transition.




I'm such a sucker for dramatic baby transition shots. Just look at her! She was catching some serious air, and loving every second of it.




And BAM, she's a toddler!




A seriously adorable toddler.

I know everyone thinks their sim children are beautiful, but I'm not like that. Mine are actually more beautiful than other children. I'm sure you all agree, right? *has Everymother Syndrome*




C'mon, just look at this face! *holds you hostage to show you 10,000 baby pics*




And she has adorable angry eyebrows, too!

*still at it*




There's a reason for that, actually. She's an angry little creature.

That's a personality spread to make any sim mother proud. I'm so very pleased to have alien personality genetics so early in the game. It makes things so much more interesting.




Her outgoing streak instantly engaged some of the townies. She will not be ignored!




Or else she will EAT you!




Strange finally gathered up Pepper for her transition cake. But first she checks to make sure the house is secure.

Strange: That nanny'd better be on a bus to Riverblossom Hills by now. *hisses*




And up she goes!




Aww, she's also cute, and not at all identical to Aubergine. She's wearing a Castaway Stories grass diaper in a tribute to her plantsim daddy. How sweet!




I love her wide nose. Great PT genetics, stakeit_uk! It's too bad about the alien skin, but you certainly delivered the goods with the facial structure. Gotta love the pixel_trade Sims for Diversity challenge!




Pepper has some nice extremes in her personality, too. She'll make a great lot-cleaning ghost someday (but hopefully not for many, many sim years). She's also lazy as a cut dog. Bring on the slouch!




Here's a look at the PT father, Mr. 001 from the set. As you can see, he turns up with that Pooklet skin in his family tree pic, but doesn't have it included in the package. That skin is also shown in the preview pics for the PT download.

The funny thing is, I believe I actually had that skin in my downloads folder (left over from a pixel_trade gentics makeover challenge that I took part in but never submitted), so I don't think it's actually attached to the PT file.

Such a mystery!




Just a few more baby pics and I'm done, I swear.




The twins decided to double their cuteness and go in for a huggle.




Awww.... the cuteness! Oh, the CUTENESS! *melts*

They may not be green, but they sure are adorable.

Tune in to the next episode to see what they get up to. Where will their lives take them in this crazy family?









Notes: I mentioned my self-imposed rules about always saying yes to any offers from townies and always participating in chance cards, but I've also decided to keep every family member in the legacy forever, so there will be no heirs as such, but I'm also only breeding sims if they want to have babies.

The exceptions would be Strange (or the legacy wouldn't have started), alien abductions, and any risky woohoo babies from ACR (and I've set it at 15%). My sims will need to roll the want to get married to actually marry in anyone, and I will be letting ACR decide their sexual orientation. If a baby want is rolled, I HAVE to let them have it. I figure this will makes things nice and interesting, especially if I end up with a family sim.

I'm not sure if anyone's used this exact set of rules before, but if I've actually created my own variation on the legacy rules, let me dub it the Organic Legacy. (And yes I want full credit for the idea if you use it, and you must stick to my rules EXACTLY. *snerk, snerk, snerk* Just kidding. That sort of attitude drives me up the wall.)

And now I shall call it The Organic Tomato Legacy. *nudges* Get it? GET IT?!











Comments

[simstorysimstory.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

Strange: My life is horrible! I'm a monster! Why must I be afflicted with this curse?! But she's a BEAUTIFUL monster! I love Strange. She's a really pretty sim, especially with the sparkles. But she's also a really bad mother for laughing at her son when he got raped. Sims...

When I saw the teaser pic I thought it was a cauldron and there was a wicked witch using babies in her potions. That nanny could have been!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well gee, I don't know what to say! *blushes* Well, actually... she only looks a little like me, in the way that selfsims do, but thank you for the compliment all the same! I've made some changes to her over the years (this is the third version), and some of them were just to make her work better as a sim, and to make her less ridiculous to breed. The orginal had a short face (all sims are quite long of skull, as a rule) and thus a REALLY long neck, which led to weirdness in breeding.

Yeah, sims are weirdos. That's why we love them so much.

Hmm, you make a good point. There are a lot of witches in town, so maybe she is one. She probably should be one, at any rate. I'll have to get Strange to look into changing her. Imagine having a wicked witch as a nanny! XD

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

I had the same long neck problem with my self sim. She looked like a giraffe from some angles. But I only bred her with Loki Beaker, so I can't say how weird the kid was... he was already extremely messed up looking. >:D