In which Mike becomes old and Beckett becomes special

I haven't posted for a bit, partly because I had to fix my damn game, and partly because nothing that interesting has been happening. Alice and Mike have been living a fairly quiet life, focusing on their respective careers and raising Beckett. Alice is trying to master the Athletic skill, and Mike is trying to master being a magician.

Beckett is just trying to master walking.

They were so busy being boring that they forgot to pay their bills, and a dude came and took their telly.

OPERATION REPO. You know they made a movie of that show.

They just bought a new one, but their social status took a bit of a knock. It's so hard to keep friends when everyone's so JUDGEY in this goddamn town. Not that they've been seeing their friends that much anyway, they've been so busy playing happy families. I think Mike quite likes being a dad.

This one's called Go the Fuck to Sleep

But they did manage to scrounge up enough people to come to Mike's birthday party, maybe because everyone wanted to watch him get old.

He's hot now, but just wait five minutes

His ex Emilie came, and we learned that she is now a Food Merchant. Really? Did she fall upon hard times? Because her house is still fucking massive. You'd think if she needed money she'd just sell a wing of it. But oh well.

Here are the shots I got of Mike's transition into the last stage of his life:

So young and wrinkle free

Uh oh

I AM AN OLD MAAAAAANN

Fuck it, there's cake

The party was moderately okay, though there was this weird moment where Alice's friend Haley's arm and a bit of her foot went through the door. No one said anything about it.

Are you in, or out?

So yeah, pretty average party. The next day was more exciting, because Alice and her crap cooking set fire to the oven.

That omelette is going to be so overcooked 

They don't have a smoke alarm, and I decided not to step in for a bit to see if they could handle it themselves. They could not. They just yelled a lot and performed a distressed dance. I don't know what they thought that would achieve. Eventually I directed them both to extinguish the flames (HELLO, YOU HAVE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS IN YOUR POCKETS FUCKING USE THEM) but only Mike followed my instructions. Alice just cancelled the action and resumed yelling. I have no idea what would have happened if Mike wasn't there.

FOR CHRIST'S SAKE ALICE STOP EXPECTING MEN TO SAVE YOU WE HAVE FEMINISM GODDAMMIT

Eventually the flames died down, and their insurance company gave them $350 for the $1000 worth of damage caused. Luckily they had some savings, and Mike was soon back to thinking about how much he hates that fucking TV.

Alice wisely decided to eat something she hadn't tried to cook

Despite the whole fire thing, they still threw a party that night. Beckett's birthday! He's becoming a child! My first heir! Yay!

No pressure, but the entire legacy's on your shoulders, kid

Mike showed him how to blow out the candles, which was pretty damn adorable

That guy just stood behind them being suave as fuck

 But then Beckett was on his own.

It started okay, but...

That's right.

Luckily Beckett's bosseyedness disappeared when I edited him in CAS, and soon he was the most popular person in the bathroom.

WHY DID THEY ALL FOLLOW HIM IN TO THE BATHROOM THIS IS WEIRD

For his birthday, Beckett received a camera, a book about science, a toy oven and a costume chest. He was only able to unwrap two of them though, so he didn't get the 'Spoiled' moodlet (spoiled after two presents? Come on, Sims). He quite likes being a pink dinosaur. His favourite colour is hot pink.

Remember, kid, you can't be gay. ENTIRE LEGACY RESTS ON YOUR HETEROSEXUAL SHOULDERS