Groves Legacy: The Groves Legacy

Welcome back to the Groves Legacy! Trevor and Jak aged up to children, and then they constantly woke up, freaked out by monsters. Nadine got abducted, and Gary worked on earning votes for his job. Other than that, everyone worked on building skills and completing aspirations. Onward!

Jak: It's under there, Mom! I saw it!

Nadine: (sigh)

Kaye stopped by and painted for a bit.

Then, he checked out Celeste's completed frog collection. It's housed underground in what I'll refer to as the Groves Mausoleum.

uggggghhhhh

Caleb: Now this won't hurt a bit.

Caleb: Well, it won't hurt now, at least! Ha!

Caleb: Okay, thanks, bye.

Poor Gary.

Gary started a fire while he was cooking.

Gary: Nobody panic! I've got this!

While Gary did a great job putting out the fire, now things have to be replaced.

Even though the fire's out, the family's still in a panic.

Nadine: Follow me and we'll all make it out alive!

Ugh, the fire got the TV on the other side of the wall.

But thankfully, the family has enough. The boys enjoy games right after it's fixed.

Jak: How did you hit me with that green shell?!

Silas: That's called aiming, bro.

Gary seems to be accepting his children.

Nadine: Can you believe they didn't promote me? I'm overqualified!

Gary: Well, you've shown them that you can do the work. I'm sure they'll recognize you soon, love.

Nadine: You're right. I just need to keep working at it.

Seriously, she's been qualified for over a week to get a promotion. She has the entrepreneurial reward, too.

Looking to make more friends, Nadine invites Caleb over. He's the vampire that stopped by the other night.

Nadine: So if you could not steal my husband's blood, that would be great.

Caleb: That's fair.

Nadine: I mean, my family plans on sticking around a long time, you know? I'm sure we can come to some kind of agreement.

Caleb: I'm sure I'll think up something that we can work with.

Nothing like making friends and having fun.

Madison: Excellent work, Alex. Silas, you need to improve your accuracy.

Silas: This isn't even a real pirate ship!

The family's been gathering around the TV to eat instead of sitting at the dinner table. It's useful for keeping up fun, though.

Silas: Pfft, that's a funny costume, Jak.

Jak: I got it out of Trevor's clothes.

Trevor: No, you didn't!

Gary: Boys, stop fighting, or I'll send you all up to space once the rocketship's finished.

Silas: Come on, Dad. Nobody's been working on that old thing.

Jak completed the Rambunctious Scamp aspiration!

Are you kidding me?

Didn't Nadine talk to you about this?

Caleb: Caleb Vatore doesn't take orders from mortals.

Turns out, Caleb has the Good Vampire aspiration. I guess that doesn't matter when I'm not controlling him.

Celeste: Oh, dear.

Celeste: That girl should invest in some garlic.

Trevor: Having fun, Mom?

Nadine: Don't sass me. I can give you something awful for breakfast.

We have a bunch of visitors! It's party time!

Nadine: Getting a little old for that outfit, aren't you, Scarlett?

Scarlett: You can kindly hop off, Nay. Respect your elders.

I caught these cuties taking a selfie together.

Bo: Gah, that's bright.

And here's Silas! What a smile. He got Clumsy, adding to his Goofball trait. His random aspiration is Angling Ace, just like his aunt Melanie.

Gary: Well, well, look at you. All grown up and handsome.

Silas: Thanks, Dad.

Nadine: Wow, would you look at my boy!

Silas: You and Dad gave me the genes. I can't take all the credit.

Trevor and Jak declare each other BFFs while they're looking dapper.

Nadine: Chris? If you don't mind, I'm - uh, trying to use the bathroom, here?

I abruptly interrupt to catch you up on some Groves cousins! This is David. He's one of Scarlett and Seiji's triplets. He is Cheerful, an Insider, and a Slob. His aspiration is Nerd Brain.

Kaylyn is another triplet. She's Evil, a Kleptomaniac, and Unflirty. Her aspiration is Successful Lineage.

Colten is the final triplet. He's Cheerful, a Foodie, and Outgoing. His aspiration is Fabulously Wealthy.

Breakfast and jokes.

Trevor brings an 'A' home from school and completes his aspiration. He doesn't look too happy about it, though.

Trevor: No fair! Silas and Dad shouldn't be on a team together! They're older than us!

Gary: You'll be fine.

Trevor: What's being a teenager like?

Silas: A constant, general feeling of discomfort.

Riley, please leave Trevor alone.

THIS IS THE THIRD VAMPIRE THIS WEEK

Nadine wakes up in the middle of the process and freaks out.

Nadine: Whomp.

Trevor: That can't be comfortable.

Gary: Ugggghhh I'm going back to bed.

Melanie: Here, I'll show my nephew how it's done.

Melanie: There's nothing to it!

He looks so peaceful.

I took this screenshot solely because I really like it.

After the vampire drained his blood, Gary called off work. He and Nadine spent some quality time together on a date.

I had no idea Hot-Headed Sims would knock over the chess pieces if they lost!

Nadine was stuck in a focused mood, so I had her drink a flirty potion.

It seems to have helped.

Nadine and Gary are a bit busy in their bedroom, so Silas makes an after-school meal.

Silas: This didn't turn out too bad!

Nadine: Got my muscles back!

Jak: So that's why I'm 100% correct!

Riley: Whatever, man.

this is the fourth vampire visit this update why why why

I queued Gary to go back to sleep once the vampire wass done, but that seemed to have stopped the vampire from draining his blood at all. I'm fine with this.

Vampire: Do you have any blood for me?

Celeste: Does it look like I do?

Silas finds himself making more food the next day after school. Nadine and Gary aren't home from work yet.

Jak: Hot dogs and beans, Silas? Really?

Gary: What an interesting Earth food.

Finally! Nadine entered the Interstellar Smuggler branch.

After completing their original aspirations, the twins both started Social Butterfly. They're working hard at making friends, but it's difficult to do so while keeping up with schoolwork.