LEPacy challenge - Greg, Garrett and Gunnar set out on their own

 LEPacy challenge - Greg, Garrett and Gunnar set out on their own.

They say making plans is what you do while waiting for life to happen. The plan was for Greg to age up and move out and Garrett to move into the barn apartment. That way I could continue to play Stanley and Garrett for awhile.  However, when Greg moved out, he got married immediately and moved into a house nearby.  I sent Gunnar to go check things out.  

The sink was broken, and the place looked like old people lived there. Also, since Greg was a cat person, he has acquired a kitty as well.  One of Stanley's and Shasha's wishes was to be grandparents, so I switched houses briefly at night to add a crib and cat equipment, update the house a little, and fix the sink.  When I got back, I played for about a Sim-day only to find that Shasha had gotten pregnant AGAIN.  Way to break the rules, lady. 

I figured this was a good point at which to add World Adventures, the pack I chose for the 4th generation, and send Stanley and his older kids on a quest for the recipe for dim sum, as that was one of the meals Stanley needed to prepare in order to reach the gourmet goal. Stanley, Garrett, Gunnar, and Aretha went to China, but there was no dim sum recipe available at the book store - just egg rolls and stir fry.  Stanley bought and learned both recipes, which earned him the "Menu Maven" title for knowing over 28 recipes, so that's probably as far as he will go with this.

Stanley and the boys all learned a little martial arts while in China, and explored a few places. Aretha was more interested in doing tourist things, and her goal was to make some friends. (She wants to be super popular as her lifetime wish.) She was having difficulty making friends, and tends to have difficulty in most situations. Maybe it's her inappropriate trait that does it.

Garrett is on the look-out for a woman to bear his children.  He met Biyu Shen, and took a liking to her.

She taught him a song that he sings constantly when bathing. He plans on returning and continue building this relationship. She is single at this time.

The group returned home, and shortly thereafter Shasha gave birth to two more boys - Gandolf and Gilligan. Again there were too many people in the household. Garrett moved out and took Gunnar, who was about to age up to young adult, with him. They settled into an inexpensive house and furnished it with mostly things from Shasha's dumpster diving efforts before she discovered she was pregnant. They have also done some dumpster diving on their own.

They aren't going to fuss about the house much because they plan on doing a lot of traveling. My goal is for Garrett to eventually be able to purchase a vacation home and possibly move to the place where he purchases it. (I'll investigate what the traveler mod allows.) Garrett got a job in the Military as planned; he is almost to level 3 at this time. 

Gunnar met Marla Grisby and took a liking to her - I gave her a makeover as the game was not kind to the poor girl. She has the Grisby ears, but not as bad as some of the other Grisbys. Here's a before picture where she was getting into it with Garrett earlier on.

In the makeover, I changed her out of the polo shirt and sandals and gave her a preppy look. I gave her new hair and make up.  She must really like that shirt, however, as she had changed back into it the next time I saw her.

She's still a teen, but her parents let her run wild.  She asked Gunnar out - he's now a young adult, and they stayed out until 5 am the next morning! No cops came for her, so I assume they only come for those who are being played, or as Gunnar was an adult, she was considered as being with an adult.

They mostly played foosball and had snacks.  Marla helped herself to the juice bar.

The barista, Derek Warden, finds his job hazardous enough he feels he needs to wear a helmet to work.

I found out why.  I looked away for just a moment, and hear the sound of someone being slapped. I looked back and Marla had slapped poor Derek!

Maybe Derek's job is hazardous enough to require a helmet. I shouldn't be so quick to judge, I guess.

At any rate, Gunnar feels the chemistry and Marla finds him attractive, so I think he'll pursue this relationship when she ages up.

The boys went back to China, and Garrett was asked out on a date by Biyu. I learned later that she had a boyfriend, but that didn't stop her from risky woohooing with Garrett.

She and Garrett also did some sparring together.

By the end of the trip, Biyu had married her boyfriend. Instead of Biyu Shen, she's Biyu Hong. 

When Garrett arrived home, I discovered that he is the father of a child with the last name Hong. Now I need to figure out how to go back and merge the child into the household and be able to bring them back to Riverview, so Garrett can be the single parent required of this generation. I'm not really wanting to kick Gunnar out as he's growing on me. 

I might have to "break the rules" at least until he and Marla marry. Gunnar is also trying to become good friends with his father Stanley. Maybe old Stanley is getting a touch of dementia as Gunnar had to introduce himself rather than simply greet him, and Stanley wasn't very friendly to him.

Gunnar tried sparring with him to try to get him to remember their recent trip to China, and let him win, which might have helped some, but they still aren't friends yet.

Now to figure out how to retrieve the baby from China . . .