1. The SiMania Joint Duelacy
Sally's Side - Chapter 13
Written by: ilovereecee

2. Hello and welcome back to The SiMania Joint
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Duelacy. This is the 13 chapter of Sally's side. In
the last chapter I played our heiress Eowyn
McMania and her spare siblings Mona, Yossarian
and Milo through college. They all graduated
successfully and the spares went off to do their
own thing after graduation. Mona married Chris
Davidson and they had a cute little girl named
Rowan. Yossarian was quite the Cassanova and
never settled down, but did adopt to kittens
Anastasia and Drisella. Milo married Jessica
Leelaporn and they had three children, Jane then
twins Jude and Lily. Now it's time to see how
Eowyn and her fiancee Ichelle's lives ended up...

3. Eowyn and Ichelle have settled back in at home with Eowyn's
parents Katherine and Zethamae, as well as her grandparents
Adrian and Aurora. Ichelle starts to befriend everyone in the house,
starting with her future mothers-in-law.

4. Adrian and Aurora are the designated portrait painters for the
engaged couple. Every heir and spouse in the family has their
portrait made and hung in the house. Eowyn and Ichelle will be
able to admire theirs very soon!

5. I realize that I never gave Ichelle's stats in the last chapter. So here
they are: 2.3.9.7.4. She is a primary knowledge aspiration with a
secondary family aspiration. Her lifetime want is to become chief of
staff, which she is currently working toward. She went to work this
morning as an EMT and got promoted her first day to paramedic!
Way to go Ichelle!

6. We're not even five minutes into this and we've already got a death
in the family. Adrian McMania's time has run up and he's gone to
join many other McMania family members now. Zethame and
Eowyn were there to witness his passing.

7. Poor Aurora! She's very torn up over the loss of her husband.
They've been together a very long time and she walks around
sniffling and thinking of him all the time. It's really sad.

8. Belle and Beast, the family pets, are doing well. They've finally taken an
interest in each other and have started playing together. This is good
because I need kittens from these two! On a side note, Beast pretty
much always has a stink cloud around him. This is one messy dude! He
never bathes himself. It's actually really gross and whenever a family
member enters the same room as him, they always pause to hold their
nose and fan the air in front of their face. He should be named Smelly
Cat, after Phoebe's song from Friends. Lol!

9. Geez Louise Batman! There was a thunderstorm during the early
morning that caught a tree on fire – well usually the rain will put it
out, you know? Not this time. Then Eowyn freaked out and had to
go do the fire dance in front of it. Of course, she wouldn't obey me
canceling this out and telling her to go take a shower. So she got
consumed in the fire. Thankfully the firefighter showed up in time to
save her!

10. A near death experience will sure change your perspective on life!
After a shower and a quick change of clothes, Eowyn decided it
was time to get hitched! She and Ichelle made beautiful brides and
I really love how the colors of their dresses compliment each other.

11. Okay, I just have to brag on
the fact that every guest is
seated and enjoying the
wedding without any drama!
For those of you who see
any weddings in my sims
lives before, you know how
excited this makes me!
Granted, there are only
three guests, but hey!
They're all participating
correctly and that makes me
happy :)

12. The same day as the
wedding, Katherine and
Zethamae had their
elder birthdays. Again,
the three guests all
participated properly in
the celebration – which
again made me very
happy. Although
normally, my sims act
right at birthday parties.
But I'm still feeling happy
over the wedding
participation, so I figured
I'd keep bragging on
them for a minute longer.

13. They aged into pretty attractive elders! I'm very happy with this
couple, they are so adorable. Normally I put my elders in gray hair,
but I really like that they grew into the same color hair and it suits
them, so it's staying.

14. Ichelle is doing very well at work. It seems like she works nonstop,
since she's flying through promotions. She is now working as a
nurse and skilling in between shifts for her next promotion.

15. Eowyn doesn't have a career related lifetime want – she wants to
marry off six children – so she is free to enjoy her days as she
wants. This usually means she hugs Belle, who is expecting kittens
now, and walks around talking about grilled cheese with her
Grandma Aurora.

16. But her days are about
to get just a tad bit
busier! Eowyn is now
expecting her first child
with Ichelle! Yay ladies :)
Her pregnancy is a little
rough so far. She throws
up a lot during the day
and always has a little
nausea after she eats.

17. I'm sad to tell you that Aurora will not live to see her great-
grandchild born to Eowyn and Ichelle. She'd just gotten home from
work when the grim reaper showed up on the front lawn to collect
her. At least she'll get to be with Adrian again!

18. Belle has had her
kittens! (Notice that
Beast shows up for the
birth with a massive
green stink cloud
following him). In
keeping with the Beauty
and the Beast theme,
the kittens are named
Cogsworth and Mrs.
Potts.

19. Eowyn's pregnancy is just a little behind Belle's. She will be having
her own baby soon and everyone in the house is super excited!

20. Ichelle is still working like crazy! She's got to finish maxing out her
logic and mechanical skill for her next promotion. She's not that far
away from achieving her lifetime want to become chief of staff.

21. Ichelle was doing her nightly yoga routine when
Eowyn went into labor with their baby! I was glad
that she was home to witness the birth of their
daughter. Vivien has black hair and brown eyes
just like Ichelle! Also, I know I said I didn't have a
theme for this generation, but I just made one up –
favorite actresses. Vivien is named after Vivien
Leigh (who is most known for playing Scarlett
O'Hara in my favorite movie, Gone with the Wind).

22. You'd think that there being a new grandbaby in the house would
be exciting to the new grandmothers Katherine and Zethamae. But
they seem more interested in caressing each other than interacting
with little Vivien. This is very odd behavior for grandmothers – I
know whenever my sister brings my niece to visit, I have to literally
take the baby from my mother if I want to hold her lol.

23. Okay, let's play a little
game I like to call “what
is wrong with this
picture?” Why is Eowyn,
the primary family
aspiration, rolling wants
to read parenting
books...
While Ichelle, the primary
knowledge aspiration, is
the one actually
interacting with Vivien?
My sims are weirdos!

24. Eowyn is pregnant again! I want her to have all of her children back
to back, so there is no rebound time after her pregnancy with
Vivien! Poor girl, but she'll thank me when she's not teaching
teenagers to drive and changing diapers of her youngest child.
Probably not, but oh well!

25. Poor Eowyn's second pregnancy is even more difficult than her
first. Ichelle is being quite the supermom and stepping up to take
care of Vivien as much as she possibly can. She also continues to
work in the mean time!

26. Cogsworth and Mrs. Potts have grown into identical adult cats. I
was holding out hope that they might get a bit more markings from
Belle. I just don't like having plain looking cats and dogs in my
game. I want neon colors, stars, dots, stripes, a mask... anything!

27. I do feel terrible for Eowyn.
She is constantly running
to the bathroom to throw
up. Her body does not
handle pregnancy very
well at all! She was sick
with Vivien, but never this
sick. I wonder if this
means she is having a boy
this time? Or maybe twins,
since she is doubly sick? I
guess only time will tell.

28. Eowyn does get a little break
from her constant morning
sickness when Vivien's
birthday rolls around.
Surprisingly, she is the one to
bring her to the cake.
Katherine, Zethamae and
Ichelle all surrounded the baby
to celebrate her first birthday.
Vivien aged into Ichelle's little
clone! I don't think she got
one feature from Eowyn. Her
personality is a pretty good
mix of both moms though:
10.3.10.4.3. Very extreme!
Neat, shy, active, serious and
mean. With those stats, she
might be a loner in the future,
lol.

29. Eowyn's baby bump is starting to grow! At least now she can
admire her growing stomach after she pukes up her meals. That
makes the morning sickness almost worth it, right? Also, Zethamae
seems excited that her daughter is pregnant again, but will more
than likely ignore the baby once he or she is here.

30. Ichelle is really advancing in her career! She is now a surgeon –
good job Ichelle! On a bad note though, she keeps bringing home
attractive, successful coworkers. This could be bad if hormone
fueled Eowyn sees her, so Ichelle always asks her friends to leave
before they can even make it to the front door.

31. Eowyn is enjoying being a stay at home mother. She's finally
starting to want to interact with Vivien and loves teaching her
daughter new things. While Vivien naps, the heiress gives tons of
attention to the family cats.

32. Surgeon Ichelle isn't letting go of any of her motherly
responsibilities just because she's working longer hours. She also
loves to play with Vivien and teaches her how to walk and sing
nursery rhymes.

33. Well Geez Louise Batman! No wonder Eowyn was so pukey during
her pregnancy. She was hiding three babies in that big belly! It's a
wonder she had the energy to take care of Vivien through her past
two trimesters!

34. Baby number one is a boy named Carter.
He is named after one of my favorite
actresses Helena Bonham Carter. She
has most recently starred in the Harry
Potter movies, Tim Burton's Alice in
Wonderland and Dark Shadows. I think
she is such an amazing actress who is
quirky, strange and beautiful all at once.

35. Baby number two is a girl named
Emma. Obviously from the picture
she is named after Emma Stone,
one of my favorite new actresses.
She's lately started in Easy A, The
Help, Superbad, The House
Bunny and The Croods (which I
still need to go see!)

36. Because I love HBC that much, the
last triplet is named Helena. Have I
mentioned how beautiful and
eccentric she is – and I love how
she embraces who she is instead
of bending to be like all the
“normal” Hollywood stars?! Plus
she's got curly hair, and I've got
curly hair and seeing her
completely embrace her wild curls
makes me love her even more!

37. With four kids under the age of... well, childhood I guess... we can't have
four cats running around the house too! So Eowyn invites younger sister
Mona over to meet the triplets and to also take Beast and Belle off her
hands.

38. It's all hands on deck with this bunch of young'ns! If you've ever
seen me play a family with multiples before, you know I suck at it! I
usually don't take too many pictures from the time they're born to
their childhood, because I consider myself doing exceptionally well
to keep the parents alive and the babies fed and somewhere in all
the chaos, I forget to take pictures. So forgive me if you don't see
much of Carter, Emma and Helena as infants.

39. Well luckily for Vivien it's her
birthday! This means there is a
greater chance that she will be
able to live now that she can
get her own food from the
kitchen and put herself in bed
when she is tired! She'll also
more than likely become the
house cleaner when the maid
isn't around since I'll be using
all the adult ladies to feed,
change and bathe babies.
Vivien is adorable! There's no
way Ichelle can deny her
firstborn, they're so similar in
the face! I love Viv's little
upturned nose – I think it's so
cute!

40. I told you that I wouldn't give you too many pictures of the triplets in
their younger years. I promise I'm going to try to do better when
they are toddlers. Oh boy... here comes the hard part. Let's hope
all the McManias survive the next four days...

41. Carter is the first up in the triple round of birthday pictures. Isn't he
adorable!? He, like Vivien, looks a ton like Ichelle. The kids aren't
really getting much of their looks from Eowyn. His personality is
6.1.9.6.4.

42. Emma is the only child so far that didn't get Ichelle's small eye
shape. Hair color, skintone and eye color yes, but not eye shape!
At least Eowyn contributed one thing to one of her children.
Emma's personality is 6.5.9.4.4.

43. I was going back and forth on whether or not to make Emma and
Helena look completely different or very similar. I went with very
similar obviously. It's not that often I get twins so alike in genetic
makeup, so I like to dress them alike with the same hair. Helena
will be dressed more like her namesake, dark clothing; Emma like
hers, brighter, girlier things. Helena's personality is 2.9.6.4.7 – the
only slobby, nice child.

44. Once again it's all hands on deck to make sure the little ones are
taken care of. Zethamae and Eowyn tackle teaching the toddlers
their skills while Katherine picks up the empty smart milk bottles.
Hey! Why is she doing that? I've already designated Vivien to be
the bottle-picker-upper...

45. Little sneak! She slipped right out of all the action (and my
attention) and downstairs to practice her ballet moves. How clever!
I guess I can't expect a child with ten active points to pass up the
chance to practice ballet!

46. What the butt? How did you two end up in the same bed? All night?
Without me noticing!?
Yep, this is what happens when I have multiples in my game. My
normal micromanaging goes out the window and my sims actually
get to use their free will that is enabled.

47. I might regret this by the end of the evening, but right now Eowyn
is the only one home to care for Carter, Emma and Helena. The
other adults are at work and Vivien is at school. So far Eowyn is
doing well. The worst thing that's happened is that Emma had to
cry in her crib for a little bit while Eowyn finished teaching Helena
how to walk. Not to bad, but it is only ten in the morning. The day is
young.

48. Carter somehow has gotten onto a different sleeping schedule than
Emma and Helena. I guess it's better that way – so far it's easier to
split them up and tackle their needs than if they were all three
waking up needing bottles and potty time all at once. So when
Carter woke up from his nap, I had Vivien be a wonderful big sister
and entertain her little sisters on the activity table while Eowyn
went to take care of their brother. The day is almost over and so far
no catastrophes! Yay me :D

49. Not only did nobody die or have a major meltdown today, but
Ichelle came home with a promotion to Chief of Staff! Yay Ichelle!
Her new lifetime want is to become a space pirate, but that might
have to wait until after the kids are older. I'm about to put her on
toddler duty alongside her lovely wife.

50. Vivien is a very active little girl! (As one would expect from a child
with ten active points!) She's always zooming around the house
from activity to activity. She as been maxing her skills and as soon
as one is done, she wants to move onto the next. I see a
knowledge aspiration in the future!

51. Well it's the end of the first day with three toddlers and I have to
say I'm pretty proud of myself as a simmer. Eowyn took care of
Carter, Emma and Helena without starving, passing out or peeing
on herself. Ichelle came home with a promotion AND the triplets
made best friends with each other. I must be getting better at
raising triplets. It only took a few years, but hey!

52. Ooh, this has not happened in my game in quite some time! A
toddler has maxed out a skill. Looks like all the time on the activity
table with his siblings has done Carter some good. He's now
maxed his mechanical skill.

53. I can't take all the credit
though. I do use tons of
smart milk and I definitely
take advantage of the
snapdragons strategically
placed around the nursery.
The triplets are about to age
into children and I'm
honestly shocked at how
smooth this whole process
has been. It's very unlike my
previous families with
multiples, but I'll take it!

54. Well it's been a very successful run with these three as toddlers!
Everyone was well fed, showered and got enough sleep at night.
And I'm sure thankful for it! Now it's time for the young'ns to grow
into children like their big sis Vivien.

55. From left to right, top to bottom
we have: Carter in black, Emma
in purple and Helena (who
refuses to smile) in black.
Cuties aren't they?

56. Guess who is knocked up again!? I shouldn't say knocked up, that
sounds so horrible! Ichelle and Eowyn are going to be mommies
one last time! Haleigh/meadowthayer has the family next and I
cleared it with her if they could go ahead and have another baby. I
have one last actress's name that I would like to use for this
generation and she kindly okayed a fifth child!

57. Cogsworth and Mrs. Potts are doing well. Despite the fact that
Cogsworth (or is that Mrs. Potts, I can't tell!) is scowling right now,
they're actually good friends.

58. Now that Carter, Emma and
Helena are children, it's time
to invite Vince Walter back
to the house for dinner and
a tour! Eowyn was
supposed to chat him up
over the sparkling dish, but
she'd rather clean the
kitchen... that's cool.
So the task is up to the
young McMania girls! Vivien,
Emma and Helena accept
the challenge and they
impress Vince enough with
their dinner conversation
that the triplets got accepted
to the institution with a score
of 101/90. That's what I'm
talking about! Girl power!!

59. Now that all the children
are in private school,
they're excited about their
studies and come right
home to do their
homework before working
on their skills!
…........
Or play ball outside for
three hours. Whatever.

60. Eowyn keeps rolling very knowledge related wants. Like today she
decided she wants to learn all about couples counseling. She's a
family/grilled cheese aspiration and is supposed to want to interact
with her kids... but no. She wants to read.

61. Eowyn also really likes the
ballet bar still. It's a very
popular item in the McMania
household. Although, some
of these stretches can't be
good for her pregnant body.
They look rather painful.
Mrs. Potts and Cogsworth
seem to think Eowyn's
current state isn't appropriate
for those shorts and activities
as well. They stood and
watched her the whole time.

62. Carter, despite only having four nice points, is the hugger of the
group. Whenever Ichelle comes home from work, Carter drops his
homework to go snuggle up to mommy. Maybe there is an ulterior
motive to this... homework break and looking sweet at the same
time. Hmmm.

63. Carter has a room to himself while Emma and Helena share a
bedroom. So with all the space in Carter's room, I furnished a little
study corner for the kids. They use it every night and are all getting
most of their skills knocked out.

64. Time for the first teenage
birthday of this chapter!
Vivien is about to be all
grown up – in her teenage
mind at least! I love how
excited everyone is in this
picture!
Vivien aged into a beautiful
young lady, who to
nobody's surprise still
looks just like Ichelle. Her
primary aspiration is
pleasure and I decided not
to roll for her secondary. I'll
let Haleigh/meadowthayer
choose that one.

65. The last baby has been
born! And she is
named Kristen,
obviously after Kristen
Stewart. She's
definitely one of my
FAVORITE actresses
ever. She's most
known for staring as
Bella Swan in the
Twilight Saga. She's so
gorgeous and really
brings Bella's character
to life on screen...

66. JUST KIDDING!! Kristen Stewart has got to be the worst actress
alive and I hate that she got the role of Bella Swan. She
slaughtered the character for me. My dog gives more facial
expressions than Kristen and the chip I'm eating has a better
personality than her. So the baby is actually named after Jennifer
Lawerence! She is, for real this time, also one of my favorite new
actresses. She's freaking hilarious, a girl that everyone can relate
to and brutally honest, which I love about her!

67. Well that's going to be it for this turn! I want to thank you all for
reading and I hope that you enjoyed the chapter so far. The next
chapter will show Vivien, Carter, Emma, Helena and baby Jennifer
all growing up. So we'll see you all next time. Don't forget to stop
by SiMania and say hello!
www.z12.invisionfree.com/sim_mania
See you all there :)
Ilovereecee/Katie