Chapter 16 - Preparing for a new beginning

Hi Everyone!

Welcome back to the adventure of the Tidell family! Last time we watched as Astra completed many aspirations, say goodbye to Venus and Luna, and celebrated Memphis' elder birthday. Today I will show you all the things that happened before Astra passed the torch to Sirius.
Our first picture is a cute couple photo of Astra and Memphis. We will lose Memphis so Astra wanted to spend as much time with as she can so they went their last date.

Sirius maxed out his creativity skill. +10 Points

Aurora started to use the treadmill. I think she really has a crush on Alexander (she always roll whims about him) and wants to look good.

Unfortunately, she became hysterical after that. I'm really glad that teens can't die because of it.

Astra maxed out the secret agent career, thanks to her diploma this was super easy.

I chose the painter career for her next because that is fit for her current aspiration.

Sirius knows he is the heir and wants to show us all of his potentials so he earned A in the school. +5

I don't exactly remember why I took this picture back then but we should count it as the last picture of Astra's garden for a time.

Around this time I bought the Eco Living and this was our first meet with the N.A.P. inspector. It was not a good meeting. She told us that all of the things we do are bad and Astra has to pay more for the bills. I don't like N.A.P. inspectors, I have to say.

Instead of watching our totally not eco house, I send Astra to the museum because of her aspiration.

I sent her to Brindleton Bay and she met with this lovely but unfortunately sick cat, Butter. She immediately started to work on their relationship.

Butter is Affectionate so their relationship grows super fast and Astra was able to adopt her within a few hours.

Of course, we immediately travel to the wet with her to cure her sickness. Astra also paid for neutering too.

She is Butter, our new family member.

Aurora decided to stay home on her birthday and build up her fun need with the TV and a tablet at the same time. I wish she would have been this productive in the school.

Astra bakes a special cake because this is a triple birthday today.

Aurora got a message from her principal. I'm glad this is happened on her birthday and not a few days before so she doesn't have time to drop a grade and lose points.

The first birthday sim is Astra.

She is still very beautiful and very-very happy.

The next one is Sirius, I can't wait to see him as a teen.

Here he is. He is handsome and I love him already, I can't wait to control him. He is added the Self-Assured to his traits, his aspiration is the Jungle Explorer.

Last, but not least is Aurora. She received the ambitious trait.

She invited over Alexander and with some cheat they are married and Aurora got pregnant. They live together in the Ophelia Villa from now on.

The romance festival was in the town and the whole family visited it.

Of course, Sirius instead of meet teen girls started to chat with Bjorn. When they did some romance festival interactions (I have a mod to allow Teen-YA romance) I was disturbed. I don't mind if Sirius wants a thing from another man but I don't want to start his generation with destroying a marriage and seduce such an unattractive sim...

While I was busy worry over Sirius Astra painted a masterpiece. Lately, I keep a lot of her paintings since they are awesome decorations. I kept this one too.

Maybe Memphis is not the most active sim but he is such a free spirit. My one life goal from now on to visit a city festival in PJ and barefoot and be as happy as he is.

Oh no... I knew this will happen soon but I just not ready for this. 

Aurora came for a visit and she is heavily pregnant.

She repaired our sink... I wish she would have been this helpful when she was my sim. (I know this is the second time when I say this in this chapter but still true.)

Astra's latest masterpiece, a really good painting our computer because a handmade picture of the family computer is the most important decoration in every house.

But with this, she completed her latest aspiration too. Since I didn't count the points for the milestones (except the first one) with this she gave me +25 Points.

The first saddest day has arrived in the Tidell Family. We lost Memphis, I will miss him so much!

(It was months ago plus I almost completed another generation but sometimes I still miss him.)

Sirius earned A in the high school too, still while he is NTH so I count the points. +5

After the Painter Extraordinaire, I chose the Renaissance Sim to her because she already had a bunch of high-level skills. After she read three books she completed this one too. I thought this will take more time, but I was wrong. +30 Points

After Memphis' death, only Sirius and Astra left in the old house so I decided to let them move to Evergreen Harbor. This is their new apartment. I want to move into a house with Sirius later but just when he will have a wife and kids.

In the end, I want to close this chapter with this picture where Astra passed the torch to Sirius. He is still a teen but Astra probably will die before his birthday and I wanted to give her a least few days free will, so in the next chapter we officially start the next generation!

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and you'll be with me next time :)

Scores:
Completed aspiration milestone: 7x5= +35
Completed Aspiration: 2x10= +20
NTH children earning A: 2x5= +10
NTH sim max out a skill: +10
Overall Score: +320

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Chapter 15 - Astra rocking it

Hi Everyone!

Welcome back to the adventure of the Tidell family! It was so long ago when I posted the last chapter but I finally back with my sweet idiots. In the next two eventful (and very long) chapters, I will close the first generation but I played these things back in June so I forgot some things. In the last few days, I played a lot and I can't wait to show you the second generation. I start this chapter with this picture where Luna seemingly scold Sirius because he won the heir poll instead of her.

Yes, Sirius won but this was a close call with Luna. I also voted on him but I glad that not my vote decided the winner. But at the same time Sirius' victory means we had a lot of time until he can get the torch.

I moved out Venus and because I deleted the MC Command Center around this time (I had some problem with it) I controlled her a little to marry and get pregnant. Her husband's name is Clint Acosta. I don't plan to show you the spares spouses from close (I plan to make a family tree where you can see them if you are interested) but I will show their kids when they become teens.

Memphis is never boring, this time he tried to kill himself instead of going into the house when he arrived home from work.

Astra worked out a little, maybe because she is a little heavier than she was when I started the challenge but I'm not sure.

Aurora was very tired so she passed out and I lose 5 points because of her...

Astra worked more on her painting skill since I want their portrait before they become elders.

In meantime, she studied hard and graduated from university.

I downloaded a photo studio to my world and send them there to take the picture of Astra and Memphis (I used Luna's teen free action for this). I count a couple photo as immortalizing the torch holder but I don't count the points for it until Astra is max out her painting skill.

Astra received her diploma and she finished university with honors. I'm proud of her!

For her aspiration, she needs to get a job using her degree so she chose the Secret Agent career. She starts it from level 8.

We traveled to the library in Britechester since the last thing was to contribute knowledge on a research machine. With this Astra is completed her second aspiration which gives me +15 points (5 for the last milestone and 10 for the aspiration overall).

I gave her the Friend of the world as the next aspiration and started to work on it immediately.

Pumpkin was out so Astra greeted her with a big hug and some petting.

Astra went to the gym to meet new friends and Venus tag along. I'm not sure which one of them is stinky already.

I bought the Incredibly Friendly trait for Astra and with this, her aspiration is super easy. She get a lot of new friends in the gym.

Venus is still insane... I mean erratic. Good to know. Gosh, I love her, she is never bored me.

Since this is a going out day for Astra when the Humor and Hijinks Festival arrives to the city we traveled here. 

Astra becomes a jokester and Venus chose the prankster side. They were on the opposite side but still get along well and having so much fun.

We bring Memphis too but this was what he did all the time... and his energy bar not even was red. I think he was super bored.

At the festival, Astra completed the third milestone for her new aspiration. Since I didn't count the first two now I give myself +15 points.

The next day she maxed out her cooking skill. It is not worth any point I still count it as a success.

Astra hunted down this girl on the street for her aspiration... Not creepy at all...

And she finished her third aspiration too what is again +15 points for me. I gave her the Leader of the Pack as next and created a brand new club with some random ladies in it.

It is Luna's birthday. She got the outgoing trait as her last one.

She married her childhood friend, get pregnant and move out of the house.

Astra worked on her aspiration with this lady who is her clubmate and our postwoman also. She completed the first two milestones of her new aspiration. +10 Points

Sirius met with our monster under his bed for the first time despite that we have the lamps.

It is Winterfest so the family (mostly just Aurora and Astra) decorated the tree. If I remember right this is the first Winterfest in this family. Weird, I know but I play 14 day length seasons.

It is also Memphis' elder birthday. I'm pretty sad because this means he has around a week or a little more and we will lose him.

He aged very well, he is a super good looking elder sim, and look how happy he is.

I checked the rosebud achievement and the family has reached the first 100.000 simoleon what is +20 points for me.

Astra completed her fourth aspiration and give me +20 points.

Aurora invited over Alexander Goth and with this decided who will be her future husband but Alexander had a bad day and yelled at Sirius while he worked on his homework. Sirius was like: "Hey! Don't yell at me just because you have to marry my sister! It's not my fault!"

Luna came over but she was in the labor so she left immediately. She gave birth to a little girl, Mildred.

I forgot to mention before but I chose the Painter Extraordinaire aspiration for Astra next and now she finished the first milestone of it. +5 Points

Astra maxed out the painting skill, the only skill that gives me points because with this I can count the points for immortalizing her. +5 Points
I leave this chapter with this notification. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and you'll be with me next time :)

Scores:
Passing out: -5
Completed aspiration milestone: 10x5= +50
Completed Aspiration: 3x10= +30
Earn 100.000 simoleon: +20
Immortalizing the Torch Holder: +5
Overall Score: +245

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