This is lovely couple I created this time, Mircalla (black hair) and Mortia (red hair). They're both vampires and they're a very affectionate couple. Hopefully, their bond will be useful when playing this challenge.
Both of them rolled wants to level up some skills, like cooking, cleaning, mechanical, etc. so I let them go ahead and get some studying done.
Their shack is super basic and doesn't even have a floor, so weeds actually started growing inside.
I'd initially planned to have them take turns working, who knows if I'll do that or not. Since Mircalla wanted to gain some creativity points, I decided she'd stay home first and make money through painting. You can see her practicing.
Mortia got a job as an aerobics instructor, but I figured having something to do on her days off would be helpful, so I tried to get her interested in pottery.
(They can't live without walls because of daylight, so they're saving up some Simoleons.)
You can see two things in the picture above. One, Mircalla is pregnant. Two, keeping these Sims alive will be a real challenge, when they spontaneously decide to go play outside in broad daylight.
Mircalla gave birth to two boys, Bat and Batfred. They were pretty easy babies to handle, but I was mostly worried about their toddlerhood.
Here they are as toddlers! Bat is the one with hair. The bald one is Batfred. Mircalla did most of the work raising them. I decided to start locking the doors but allowing Mortia through so she could go to work, and of course Mortia decided this meant she should go outside at any time.
Soon, Mircalla was pregnant again! (Yes, that's a hacked clothes rack. No way I'm going to deal with the hassle of shopping or put up with the mismatched clothes they always age up with.)
The twins grew up into kids and I was too busy to take more pictures of them as toddlers. Oops. This is Bat.
And this is Batfred. I was a bit worried about him since he learnt stuff more slowly than his brother, but he did manage to learn his skills before aging up and grew up well!
Mircalla bonding with the kids over breakfast.
You can see their house here. They've managed to get a nursery and a kids' rooms. Outside, there's a walled-in space with newspapers. Why? So Sims can't see them or reach them or even think about them. I learnt my lesson on the first try, when Sims kept wandering outside to recycle the newspapers or get the newly delivered one. NEVER AGAIN.
Something went VERY WRONG with the skeleton teddy all of a sudden.
Ta-da! New babies! There's another boy, Batbert, and the first girl so far, Bathilde!