Chapter 16: Perfect Dad

With much effort, Allyson's celebrity status is growing. The locals all love taking her picture and getting her autograph.

And of course everyone wants her at their parties. New mother Scout Sargeant invites Allyson to her formal affair. Allyson suggests buying a crib, as they are so handy for storing your babies in.

Allyson didn't come to this party to discuss babies with Scout; she came to meet this town's biggest celebrity, Deandre Wolf. Like many male celebrities, Deansre can't keep his eyes off her breasts.

It diesn't take much effort to impress Deandre, he jumps quickly from 'Do I know you?' to, 'Hey, baby, wanna hot tub?'.

Ewan is having a drink with some non-celebrities close by, and hears the rock star's attempts to get it on with his wife.

So Ewan comes over to make his presence known. Allyson smiles as her husband embraces her; he's so cute when he's jealous.

"Are happy, Allyson?" Ewan asks when he gets home, always concerned about being resented for the changes he forced on her.

"I've never been happier, Ewan. I have you all to myself at last," she answers, "But what about you? Are you happy being stuck here, unable to travel?"

Ewan misses his adventuring, very much. The mysteries he left unsolved plague him. But he incurred that loss on himself and cannot resent his wife for enjoying the time he now has to spend with her.

"I am happy, Allyson. I'd rather lose my career than lose you."

Shepard has mastered every skill toy and book his father could procure for him. At last he is free to play with his totally uneducational bunny toy.

Shadow has discovered a great fishing spot in the river just below their house. He'd never been into fishing before, but you're never too old to find a new hobby.

But nothing beats his old hobby of taking virtual journeys.

Wyoming ages up to toddler. He's got Misty's hair color. Allyson is reminded of her sister, Roslyn, and wonders if she has any children, and how her career is going.

Shepard grows into a child and finds himself, once again, subject to his father's intense interest in his education.

While Shepard plays with his educational blocks, Ewan reads to Wyoming. He can't be a great explorer as he wanted, but Ewan can be world's greatest Dad.

He may not be able to travelk to China, but Ewan can practice his martial arts at home.

Shadow terrifies Wyoming with the stories of killer cannibal clowns his father used to tell him. Moral of the story: Clowns will eat you.

Shadow's hot-headed nature become more pronounced as he gets older. He's arguing with and yelling at his family more and more often.

Allyson does not appreciate being called a drama queen.

Shadow accepts death gracefully. He is old friends with the Reaper, and has no fear of what is to come. He spent his life hunting ghosts, and now he is to become one, as all Sims eventually do.

Allyson regrets that her last words with her father were spoken in argument.

Though he hasn't let go of his desire to be Perfect Dad, Ewan finds himself in need of something to do besides overseeing his sons' educations. Ewan decides to share the knowledge he learned in his travels by writing books. His first will be called 'Traps and Triggers: Exploring 101". Of course he will write under a psuedonym so as not to draw MorcuCorp's attention.

Shepard has once again mastered his skill toys and now has some leisure time to play catch with his father.

"Not so hard, Dad!"

A party animal in training, Shepard loves to dance. Misty teaches her grandson some moves. "Your grandfather and I used to go dancing every night," she says wistfully.

Misty makes cheesesteak for Shepard. It's his favorite meal. "Cheesesteak was your grandfather's favorite, too," Misty remarks.

Wyoming grows up.

Misty meets death with the same grace as her husband. "Can you take me to Shadow?" she asks the Reaper.

Once his job is done, Grim takes care of some personal business.

Shepard has a few questions for the Grim Reaper. Wyoming just wants to know what he did with his grandma.

The day of your grandmother's death is not the best time for a birthday party, but time waits for no one.

Shepard McDermott, future leader of the free world, is now a teen.

Allyson lays Shadow's old spirit positioning device on his grave, and a vase of dogwood flowers on Misty's.

Challenge Notes:

I've taken mimi's advice and rolled a new career for Ewan. He got Author. He also recently achieved his LTW, mastering Athletic and Martial Arts skills.

Shepard has completed the Perfect Child requirements for toddler and child stages, and only has the teen stage to get through. Wyoming has also finished the toddler stage and only has one point left on the child stove toy to finish before he ages up. I hate the Perfect Children requirement, for many reasons, the least of which is it's a pain in the ass. The thing I hate most about it is the skill boost in every skill. Seriously, my normal playstyle is to restrict toddlers and children from over-achieving and having too many skills as adults. But, it's what I rolled.

Shepard's traits are Brave, Excitable, Party Animal and Schmoozer. Wyoming's are Neurotic, Athletic and Lucky.

Allyson is at level 9 of the acting career, and is a 4 star celebrity. I'm using HP's mod to make gainig celebrity more difficult, at the medium-hard flavor.