Hey there, and welcome back to Herping and Derping. It’s May now, which means that I’m officially done with my semester! I’m taking a Maymester course, but it’s nowhere near as hard as organic chemistry, so you’ll be seeing a lot more from me now!
Let’s jump right back in!
Somehow, I got a Mysterious Mr. Gnome at some point. :S But I didn’t realize he was there until he died! D:
Also, render-phail.
Herp is jamming out to his guitar. Gotta get that LTW before he dies! :S
Leedle: So, I heard you and Pat broke up. That’s a shame, sis.
Wumbo: Do I know you? I’m a celebrity, so you better impress me or be on your way.
Damned Late Night.
Herp: Hey, who’s this blue guy?
Kyle: These are my street clothes!
We wished for more money… because we always need money. XD
Kyle: You should have wished to free me, so that I could join your household.
All in good time, Kyle. I do intend to get a genie by the end of this challenge.
Weast is still hanging on to that bowl for dear life.
Weast: Why are you always cracking on my bowl?! It’s not my fault that I can’t let go of it.
Here, let me fix it for you. *clicks bowl* – finish preparing
Leedle lies. Despite his dislikes children trait, he’s a good dad.
Hey, wait a minute… What are you doing?
Leedle: Heheheh, I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time.
Chip: *cries*
Leedle: Like taking candy from a baby.
I take back what I said. You’re a terrible parent.
Here’s what we needed all of that money for earlier. I wanted to finish the wedding chapel in the back yard. I mean, we’ve got all of this space; why not use it?
Oh, and I built a crypt, too. You know… Dina and Herp won’t live forever. :S
Bubbles! I put a bubble column in the nursery, because… babies like bubbles?
Okay. It’s because I like bubbles.
Weast: Wooo! Garbage!
It’s birthday time!
Her mom was in the middle of a campaign fundraiser, so that’s why random weirdos are there.
Woo! Now all of the Generation 1 kids are adults! Weast rolled the Loves the Outdoors trait, which makes her an insane angler who is also a brave couch potato who loves the outdoors. Fascinating.
Weast: Hi. What’s your name?
Orlando: Orlando Watt.
Weast: I was just wondering… I’m an adult now so it’s okay for me to ask… are you single?
Weast gets some loving from Orlando. Awwww.
That’s a lot of money, Dina! :0
Leedle is continuing his quest to be parent of the year. *eyeroll*
Herp: *sings* Oh my daughter just moved out to live with her boyfriend! And she took our dog Sophie with her! Oh and there’s a creepy ice cream truck outside! It’s creepy because it’s 4 in the morning! Yeah!
It is very creepy though. Are they waiting out there to kill the Derpingtons?
Leedle: Dad, seriously, stop. Your guitar playing is good, but your singing… it isn’t.
Leedle: Even Cleo agrees.
Leedle’s in his tux because I wanted to make use of that wedding chapel, but I guess before that happens, the twins are growing up.
Penny’s up first!
She’s creepy, but cute.
Hesper takes care of Chip.
While Leedle feeds his daughter.
Awww, he reminds me of Leedle. 😀 He’s cute too.
See, I told you she was cute!
Family spam! Awwwww!
Leedle: So, Hesper. Let’s get married!
The whole family heads out to the chapel.
And Hesper and Leedle stand at the arch.
Herp looks on with pride; he’s wanted to see this wedding for a long time.
The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You’re barely waking
And I’m tangled up in you
Yeah
I’m open, you’re closed
Where I follow, you’ll go
I worry I won’t see your face
Light up again
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find
You and I collide
I’m quiet you know
You make a first impression
I’ve found I’m scared to know I’m always on your mind
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
I somehow find
You and I collide
Don’t stop here
I lost my place
I’m close behind
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find
You and I collide
You finally find
You and I collide
You finally find
You and I collide
Hesper: Okay, Voice, now that you’re back and not relying on romantic lyrics to do the talking for you, let us cut the cake!
She sees right through me…
Derpingtons: Woo! Cake! 😀
It was a great night, despite Herp’s grumpy face.
The next morning, as Hesper waited for him upstairs in their room, Leedle decided to go for a quick swim.
Leedle: She’s lying! I didn’t decide this! She made me do it!
Leedle: And she zapped me with the damn Moodlet Manager and she’s got me trapped! She’s trying to kill me! Help!
Leedle: Seriously, though, why are you doing this? I thought you liked me.
I do like you Leedle… I have a plan.
Leedle: Does the plan involve me dying?
Maybe… Here, I’ll make you a deal. If you can get out of the pool now, I won’t put you back in. Just swim to the other side and climb out, and you can live.
Leedle: But you only gave me five sim minutes!
Leedle: It’s too late. I see the light.
Ahhh, man, I really regret this now. 😦
Leedle: *sinking* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Leedle: Hesper!
Leedle: Somebody!
Leedle: *gurgle*
Oh the other side of the house, a phone rings.
Hesper: Hello?
Whispered Voice: You might want to check on your husband…
Hesper: My husband? What do you mean?!
Grim: I’m here too early for this to be your founder. What did you do?
Grim: Oh, so you killed the poor heir, eh? What did he ever do to you?
Grim: Oh, well, I suppose it can’t be helped, now. *Gregorian chat begins*
Grim: Leedle Derpington, your time in this life is up. Come with me to the netherworld.
Leedle: Urrggh.
Leedle: Hey! I’m a mermaid!
Grim: No, you’re a ghost!
Leedle: Oh, well. Crap. I guess that crazy Voice did kill me off, huh?
Grim: It would appear so, although she hasn’t offered up a good reason for her actions just yet.
Grim: You lived a good life, although it ended too soon, Leedle.
Grim: Now that that’s taken care of, time for a little nap in this lounge chair. ZzzzzzzzZZZZzzzz………
Leedle was buried in the backyard after Grim left. Herp and Dina wanted to place his urn in the crypt, but Hesper didn’t like the idea of his remains being so far away from the house.
The whole family took the loss hard.
Herp: My son…
Herp: Oh, Leedle…
His sad face is really, really sad. 😦
Dina: My baby… ;_;
Hesper took the loss hardest of all, though.
Hesper: He was my best friend…
Hesper: Leedle…….
So our last chapter was sweet, and this chapter was sad. Leedle promised to stay by Hesper’s side and love her forever, but now, he’s dead, the day after their wedding. How will he keep his promise now? Will the family cope? And, most importantly: What will Chip and Penny look like when they grow up?
All this and more in our next chapter of Herping and Derping, coming soon! Until then, happy simming!
Leedle?Nooooooo!!
😦 I have a plan.
I hope your plan involves him being a playable ghost. 😛 if not, BOO FOR KILLING OFF THE HOTTEST MALE AS OF YET!!!!!
Ahem. Excuse the additional exclamation points.
The toddlers are adorable 😛 They have the FRECKLES! and the HAIR! Amazing :3
The toddlers didn’t actually have the freckles, as the freckles in the game aren’t inherited. I go and I edit the kids in CAS with Nraas Master Controller and just go in and add the freckles. XD
IT MAY OR MAY NOT. IT DEPENDS ON MY LUCK WITH OPPORTUNITIES
OKAY 😀 AND THANKS FOR ADDING THE FRECKLLLLLES! And I am done capsing.
Just be careful about having kids with the genie… I did, and he threw out a bunch of glitched babies that broke my game.
Great chapter, though! I can’t wait to see what happens to Leedle!
Oh, thanks for the heads up with the genie! I had some genie babies in my MSC, but I didn’t move him in so I don’t think the game registered him as the father…
We haven’t seen the end of Leedle.
Well, I don’t know the exact cause of the issue in my case, so there’s always the chance you’ll be fine–I just wanted to throw that out there.
Good!
Cool! If you don’t mind, could I hear a little bit more about your issue? What happened with the babies exactly?
Well, the very first time, the baby looked fine at first (though one of its stats was stuck full and had the genie appearance), and then its portrait showed it as being horizontally floating. When I re-entered the game, the baby wasn’t visible at all, and he couldn’t be interacted with; after using the reset sim cheat, he was gone completely. From that point I continue playing, hoping he’d grow up to toddler and it would fix, but as the days went by I kept getting the “you’re leaving the baby at home, call a baby sitter?” messages. One morning after a couple days, then, everyone in my household just froze; after finishing their actions they stood in one spot and refused to do anything, not matter what I did.
I ended up remedying the situation by not saving at the freeze, going back, and moving out the baby with another household member, but then as it continued to happen when I had more babies with him I just abandoned the game.
Ouch. Well if I do have genie babies I’m going to be very careful.
Hopefully you won’t need to be!
Lemme guess, you want ghost babies? 😉
But still it was sad 😦
And I’m really gonna miss Herp and Dina when they’re gone. 😥 Oh, let’s not think about that right now. Eugrgh.
But even with all the seriousness, awesome chappie! :* Mwah!
Ghost babies. Of course I want ghost babies! I’ve never ever had one! 😛
Yeah, I hated actually doing it. TBH, I also wanted to make sure I get an assortment of ghost colors. :S
I will miss Dina and Herp as well.
Thank you for reading!
The twins are cute! I love the freckles – is that a skintone, or the EA freckles?
GHOST BABBIES!!! Right?
Okay, so you wanted ghost babies, but I’m mad now. UGH, that was all dramatic & kinda creepy. The twins are cute. I guess I’ll have to see what happens next chapter since I’m too far in now lol