The Fennell Legacy: Generation 4: Chapter 5

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What's this?  I'm back from my irritating hiatus with a Fennell update?  Huzzah!
In our last episode: The family's beloved dogs, Riley and Lulu, succumbed to old age whilst their equally beloved parrot Teddy still continued to enjoy perfect health and unnatural longevity and the family acquired two replacement totally new and unique pets; Kid and Keiran.
Also, a shoutout to the lovely Lion Fauna by dorkasaur_sims, sitting in the teaser being all... teaser-y... and do you guys love my new social bunny defaults?  I do.


Alana, an oasis of femininity in a family full of oh, so manly teenage boys.  I am smitten and convinced she's going to grow in to her cheekbones someday.


Keiran: Oh, a wiseguy, eh?  I'mma getcha!!


Arden: *sigh*
What's wrong, lovely?
Arden: "I fail at bug catching..."
It's winter.  They're probably just hibernating... do bugs hibernate?  They do now.


What'd I tell you?  Oasis of femininity...


... and much loved by her surrogate daddy, Arden.  You think he cares that Alana didn't sprout from his seed?  Hells no!  He loves her more than any other member of her family.  I think he's secretly been praying for a daughter to spoil...


Some fatherly duties, however, are a little too much for the old-fashioned Arden.
Arden: "This is women's work!"
Patricia: "In order to continue loving you, I'm going to pretend I never heard you say that, dear heart."


Burrich, getting some light reading in before his morning hike.


He still fails at nature...


Gallagher: "Let me rub your poor, cold shoulders, my precious buttercup."
Perdita: *dies of happiness*


Alana: "I'm not getting enough attention!!!  Pay attention to me or I'll crush you like a paper cup!!"


Gallagher: "I love you as I've never loved any woman before..."
Perdita: "Really???" *eyes like saucers*
Gallagher: "Uhh... sure, why not?"
Simultaneous Lovers = 13/20


Gallagher: "Carlotta, I just wanted to tell you you're doing a bang up job of keeping this place spotless.  What are you doing later?"
Carlotta: "Whatever you want me to do..." Oh crap, did I say that out loud or just think it?


Why thankyou, Sharmaine Posey by stakeit-uk.
Carlotta: "Were you looking at my Gallagher?  Stay the hell away from him.  I saw him first!"
Sharmaine: *eye rolling of the century*


Carlotta: "I'm prettier than her, right?"
Gallagher: Oh god, she's gonna be one of those?  *cough* "Of course.  Now give daddy some sugar."


Incredibly belated honeymoon time!!!


Patricia: "Is parasailing dangerous for a woman of my years?"
Tour Guide: "Oh, heavens no!  You have travel insurance, right?"


Aside from the parasailing tour, Patricia and Arden spent the entire vacation enjoying the family vacation home and unwinding.  Patricia found much time to paint and even sold a couple of materpieces....


Arden befriended the local wildlife....


... and spent much time in the manly pursuit of birdwatching.


Darcie: "Damn, but I'm young and pretty!"
Patricia: "It won't last, you know.  You'd be better off picking a book off the shelf than staring in that mirror.  Your mind will be young and beautiful long after your face."


Despite her shallow nature, Darcie found a lifelong friend in Arden.  And thankfully didn't try to teach him any island greetings.  Win.


Gallagher: "Teddy, you'll outlive us all, I swear it!"
Teddy: "I love you."
Seriously, guys - has a parrot ever lived this long in your game?  Teddy's been alive since Gallagher was a teen and he's had a bunch of elixer of life, so technically he lived through about two adult lifetimes.  Is Teddy glitched and doomed to be immortal?  Thoughts?


Carlotta: *is smitten*


Patricia seems quite approving of Gallagher's current flame.  With most of his girlfriends thus far, she's become embarrassed and ashamed whenever he's macking on one of his girls in her presence, but this one just makes her smile fondly.


Alana & Kid <3


Patricia: This exorcist getup doesn't leave much to the imagination, does it?


Alana: "High chair!"
Gallagher: "What perfect pronunciation!  And you've never even seen a high chair - I'm impressed!"


Shilo tries his hand at ice skating and finds himself wanting.


Shilo: Nobody saw that, right?


Carlotta: "You love me, right Gallagher?"
Gallagher: "Like no other."
Simultaneous Lovers = 14/20


The gorgeous Luella by Balletgrl.


Now that Patricia has her career reward, Gallagher though it was high time he did something he's always wanted to do.
Gallagher: "Hello, Death?  This is Gallagher Fennell.  Yes, yes, I'm feeling fine, that's not what I'm calling about.  Listen, how are you at resurrections?  Of course I have money!"


Sonny: "Why do I feel like I've missed out on about fifty years?"
Sorry about that, sweetie.  But you're back now.  Off to the townie lair you go, to be eligible for marrying your pretty in to legacies and more importantly, to enjoy the youth that was cut so terribly short by the ghosts of this house all those years ago...


Patricia: "Great Aunt Natasha, I invite you to join me in The Church Of Eternal Youth.  That's right, eternal youth can be yours for just the price of all your worldly possessions!"
Natasha: "Uhh, I think I'm doing okay at that already.  And judging by your husband, I don't think your church is gonna give any results.  Just sayin'."
Cult Leader fail.  But on the upside, Patricia finally fulfilled her LTW.  And not ten minutes later, her second LTW, which was to max out 7 skills.  She only had a body point to go, so now she's on her third.  Graduate 3 children from college.  I think she's gonna make it too.


Arden as an elder.  Quite dashing, yes?
Arden: I have the strangest feeling I've been living in a fantasy world all these years.  This isn't the ninteenth century at all!  Oh my... I'm cured, aren't I?
Yup.  Congratulations, sweetie.


Alana: "I'm a big kid now!"


Gallagher: "So, how would you feel about helping me launch my rocket?"


Lion: "Don't you have like, fourteen girlfriends already?  I'll give you an A+ for overachieving, but you can keep your rocket to yourself."
Gallagher: "Heh, it was worth a shot."


Alana is very excited about the upcoming tomato crop.


Burrich: "You gonna finish that jello?"
Shilo: "Yup."


Alana: "Ewww, it's sticky!"


I know this update has been very light on Geoff so far, so here are some shots of his first date with the girl next door, Aggie Frost.
Note: For those of you who don't read The Frost Legacy, Geoff had his very first woohoo with Aggie recently.  Thanks ACR.  By the way, voting in the Frost heir poll is still open for the time being, so feel free to click the link and have your say if you haven't done so already.


Onyx Siriocra by racetrackd: That Geoff Fennell sure is one fine hunk of man meat!
Uhh, maybe you should check in with him in a few more years??  But thanks for your support.


Aggie: "Geoff, I think I'm in love with you.  Do you love me?"
Geoff: "Uhh..."
Oooh, shot down!  Seems Geoff isn't so quick to give his heart away....


Burrich, however, has no trouble giving his heart to Aggie's sister, Lizbeth.  These two are smitten kittens.


Arden: "My son baked these muffins.  You should marry him."
Lizbeth: Oh, I intend to, old man...


Lizbeth: "Your son is the ray of sunshine in my otherwise cloudy life, Mr Fennell."
Burrich: *eyes light up like Christmas morning*


I hope you'll forgive the very short picspam of these two.  They're just too precious together!


Lizbeth: "If I'm chosen as heir, will you marry me after you finish college?"
Burrich: "What if I'm chosen as heir?"
Hah, fat chance!  My heart is set on Shilo.  Sorry.


Gallagher!!  Nooooo!!!
Seriously though, he lived a very full life.  Fathered and raised 10 wonderful children and won the hearts of 14 beautiful women.  He's gotta be happy with that!


Poor Alana.  As if losing her grandfather wasn't enough for one day, Zara had to step in and make it worse.


Reading her great-great-grandmother Josie's book on coping with loss seemed to help...


Geoff & Keiran <3


Okay, Arden.  How did you manage to lure all those bees in to the house?
Arden: *sheepish grin*


A little ballet practice before heading off to her very first day of school.  Still an oasis of femininity.


Alana: I can hide this bad report card, right?
Honestly, I don't think your parents are gonna care about your grades on the very first day of school.  It's unfair to grade you when you've not had a chance to learn anything yet.  Relax.


Speaking of first days at school, Geoff was accepted in to Legacyville University and has moved in to the dorms to await the arrival of his younger brothers.


Teddy: "Freedom!"
Damnit, who let you out this time?


Shilo: "Oh, no you don't!  No chasing Teddy!"
Keiran: I wasn't gonna eat him.  Honest!
A likely story.


Why, hello there, Arts & Crafts hobby lady.  I will be keeping you in mind for a possible generation 6 spouse.  Pretty!


Rupert: "Hi there, twin!  Wow, you're looking really... old...."
Patricia: "Hmph.  Just for that, I'm not inviting you in."


Burrich: "Why can't you eat homework?"
Keiran: *is too well trained for such behaviour*


It's Brigitte by niloublue!
Brigitte: "Please don't photograph me.  I have rain hair."
Aww, you look beautiful.  Stop worrying.


Shilo: "I freakin' love this song!  How awesome is this film clip?  Hey, if I get an mp3 player, I could download this song and listen to it all the time.  Listening to it would never, ever get old, don't you think?"
Burrich: *studiously ignores*


Patricia: "I'm glad I caught you alone.  Shilo, I wanted to tell you that I've decided I'd like you to carry on as heir after I'm gone.   You don't seem all hung up on girls like your brothers are.  You remind me a lot of myself at your age.  There's plenty of time for romance after your college education, trust me.  And if you wait, the right girl will come along and make you glad you waited.  It's not always easy being a legacy heir, but I think you have what it takes. "
Shilo: *smug smile* "Thanks, mom."


Shilo: "Wait a second, does that mean she expects me to wait until after college to date?"
Aww, sweetie.  Of course not.  Anytime you find a girl to love will be just fine with Patricia.


Patricia: "I love you, Teddy."
Teddy: "Yes...."


Patricia: "If only I had a camera to take a picture of you playing with the cat and taking up my precious simoleons while you're meant to be repairing our computer.  I'd have your job, mister!  Just because you dated my grandmother, doesn't mean you're entitled to slack off on your work!"


Burrich & Lizbeth first date spam!!!
Lizbeth: "Can I keep him?"


Moonlight, rain, backrubs, beautiful scenery.... the way to any girl's heart....


Yup... heart....


Children are getting sexier and that's... that's pretty cool.  A shiny new internet for she or he who can name the quote source!!!
Loss of virginity = everybody's dream date, right?


Shilo: My new mp3 player is way better than park bench sex in the rain.
Sure it is, sweetie.


Alana: "Science homework rocks!"


Apparently, loss of virginity is worth a shiny new pinball machine.  Win!

Cameos:
Lion Fauna belongs to dorkasaur_sims.
Sharmaine Posey belongs to stakeit-uk.
Luella belongs to balletgrl.
Sonny Chambers belongs to rhiannon_alexis.
Onyx Siriocra belongs to racetrackd.
Taina Ugries belongs to rhiannon_alexis.
Brigitte belongs to niloublue.