Moving On

Sorry for the lack of updating yesterday. My computer was messing up, and that affected my blog controls and picture-taking. By the time it finally sorted itself out, I was just too tired to write.

VF: 1 - (Hale) Cullen Family

So ... a lot has happened since I posted last. Jasper finally died at 62 - same age as Alice was when she passed. I took pics for you of all the kids' adoption papers. I have to admit that I was a little surprised that two of the five (Brandon and ... was it Iris?) were at a higher career level than the rest. And after all the play cooking Heather did, she didn't even go into that field!

Anyhow, I chose Rosalie like I said I would. She's an inventor, which makes me mad because I could have upgraded the workshop for Alice and Jasper after all! But I did it for her. Her first proposal wasn't anything great. I rejected him. The second one, however, I thought had great potential for Emmett. I can't remember what his name was originally. At least I got the "Marrying for Love" trophy. Together Rose and Emmett fixed the fountain, because I already had the pump from before Jazz died.

So they had a baby very quickly. It was a boy, which I was a little disappointed about at first, until I realized I actually needed a boy to carry on my Twilight theme. His name was Brunetto, but I changed it to Carlisle. Once Rose was on level 3 of her career (advancing much faster than her parents, due to workshop upgrade, I think) I let her have another baby. Stephico, who I renamed Julian. When Carlisle was about 5, and Julian was almost 3, Rose and Emmett finally had a girl! Margila, who was later named Moira thanks to a suggestion from terriblytweet over on Twitter. Rose and Emmett have tried twice to have another child with no success. I won't try again.

Currently, Rosalie is 34 and at level 4 career. Emmett is 34 and at level 3 career (though making a little more money than Rose). Carlisle's 11, Julian's 8, and Moira's 6.

Vampires Can Die??

VF: 1 - Hale Family

Yesterday I got a really sad message on my game. Alice has died. She was 62 and perfectly healthy - I know because I'd just seen her and Jasper working on their careers about five minutes before. Anyway, I got a shot of her death announcement. Jazz was pretty depressed at first. He was 59 when she passed. But, after giving him groceries and cooking a meal (so sad to see him eat alone!) I let him have a sweet mango to boost his health which had gone down a little. I guess the mango boosts happiness too, because Jasper's status went from depressed to a little blue. After that I kinda let him do whatever he wanted.

Amazingly, he still worked a lot. But I also saw him reading the newspaper and napping and watching tv. And it was when he was watching tv that his status changed to happy! I was quite impressed that he could bounce back so quickly - within a game year! Anyhow, he turned 60 last night and I paused the game so I wouldn't miss his passing. It'll happen sometime tonight, I'm sure. I'm ready for it.

Also, got a couple of letters when I unpaused the game this morning. One from Brandon - who is the first child to write from college since Violetta talked about a rash she was getting many years ago. Jasper sent me a letter too. He asked for groceries and told me that Alice was gone. A year late there, Jazz!

RIP Alice. At least Lilliana has company now.

EDIT: Whoa! I just paid $250 for some trainer to help Jasper with his job. Jazz was already on level 7, but with the help from the trainer, he advanced one full level. He's now at the highest level, a Master! And he's making $300 a day now. ^_^ Not too shabby since I heard a lot of people saying that first generation peeps never make it to Master.

VF: 2 - Ackles Family

Jenny just left for college. It's strange, after seeing six kids running around for so long, to just have Zora living at home. Lizzy's 57, Jensen's 55, and Zora is 16. I'm hoping that Liz and Jensen will last for a few years after Zora goes off to college. I don't think they ever truly lived alone. As I remember it, I made them have a child before they finished cleaning up the house. Oh, and Zora got a letter from her big brother yesterday! The last two pics are of a teenage Zora, and the last three family members fixing a part of the floor today.

Lastly, I've either been neglecting this family or Liz and Jensen have been working really late hours. When I logged in today, they have over 7000 dollars! I won't upgrade a workroom since Lizzy uses the kitchen and Jensen uses the office, but it's definitely time to go shopping! ^_^

VF: 3 - Potter Family

Logan is 50 and Zia's 49. They're both grey, but walking with the same energy they've always had.

VF: 4 - Winchester Family

Katie went to college. I'm kinda sad. Her and Dean were my favorites. Now John and Mary are 51, Laura's 18 (and saying no way to kids) and Sammy's 16. I am happy that Sammy's grown up a bit. He was a trouble-maker.

VF: 5 - West Family

I tried one last time yesterday to make Balun and Calla have another baby - I thought I could leave them with two girls and two boys, but they refused. Eclis is now off to college and I won't try for any more kids. Balun is 44, Calla's 43, Saphina is 11, and Stephen (formerly named Stephone) is 7.

Sad Farewells

VF: 1 - Hale Family

Yesterday, before I went to bed, a floor repair kit finally appeared in the store again. This was the first since Alice and Jasper first moved into the house. Anyway, as punishment for getting out of bed, I made Alice, Jasper and Brandon fix the second crack in the floor. I guess it worked, because most of the time they'd go straight to bed after they finished one shift. Anyway, it worked. Then I opened the game today and Brandon left for college. He said Definitely to kids - the first of his siblings, as far as I know. Then, amazingly, I was able to get another floor repair kit! So Alice and Jazz finished fixing the floor today. I got a trophy for that, and also one for completing all home repairs - though I haven't fixed the fountain yet. Alice is 60 and going a little grey, with wrinkles under her eyes. Jasper's 57. They're both walking slower now.

VF: 2 - Ackles Family

Gregory is an ungrateful little git! I took him in when he was 3 and gave him a big and loving family. As soon as he turns 18 I checked his status. He doesn't want kids!! Okay, I admit, I wasn't considering Greg to inherit the house anyway. In my eyes, the oldest should get it, so it's going to Rowan. But it still makes me mad.

Anyway, Greg, Haley and Lucas went off to college today. I didn't get to see Haley and Lucas' statuses (maybe that's a good thing?). Lizzy is 52, Jensen is 50, Jenny is 14, and Zora is 10. I hope Liz and Jensen will be able to last to see Zora off to college.

VF: 3 - Potter Family

You know the problem with having three kids close together in age? They're all gonna go to college around the same time. I saw Janessa last night and I know she said No Way! to kids, that's fine, she's not inheriting the house anyway (she would, but I need James to be Harry's father). When I opened the game this morning, she and James had already gone. Jeremy said kids would be nice, and then he left too.

Now Logan's 44 and Zia's 43 and they have an empty nest. I'm very tempted to make them have another, but Zia has said no way to kids and Logan said maybe. Making them have another would be torture, not to mention pointless. I'm happy with the family the way it is. If an orphan comes... I don't know what I'll do. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

VF: 4 - Winchester Family

Dean's gone to college. John and Mary are 45 and both are going grey. Katie just turned 14, Laura's 12, and Sammy's 10. Not much else to report here.

VF: 5 - West Family

Balun's 38, Calla's 37, Eclis just turned 14, and little Saphina is 5. Balun and Calla just had their third child. A boy, currently named Stephone. I would like to change his name (I'm thinking Balvin), any suggestions?

Final 3

VF: 3 - Potter Family

That's Potter as in Harry Potter. I'm starting with Harry's grandfather...

Logan Potter is currently 39. He's a level 4 Salad Packager and said maybe to kids. He married Zia, a 38-year-old level 4 Silverware Polisher. She likes strolling, hates lightning, and said no way to kids.

Janessa is their oldest. She's 16, likes make up, and was quite a trouble-maker when she was a kid.
James was adopted when Zia was carrying her second child, but he's older than the baby so he gets mentioned next. He's 15, likes bathing and dislikes the dark. Ironically, he has black hair and glasses like James Potter is meant to. That's why I named him James instead of the biological son.

Jeremy is 14 and dislikes blue.

The pics below include shots of the family eating dinner when Nessa, James and Jeremy were kids, and now that they're teenagers.

VF: 4 - Winchester Family

Winchesters from the tv show Supernatural (I <3>

Dean's their eldest. He's 15. Then there's Katie (9), and Laura (7) who look like twins. Finally I got another boy. Sammy is 5.

VF: 5 - West Family

I wondered what would happen if a couple from Virtual Villagers was somehow transferred into VF. So this is the story of my favorite VF couple (who I'm writing a fic about) Balun and Calla.

Naturally, I started with Balun. He's 33 and a level 3 Personal Chef. Calla's 32 and a level 3 Pen Designer. Their son, Eclis, is 9. They just had a daughter whose name is, and will be remaining, Saphina. I might make them have one or two more later on, but I'm not sure right now.

Growing Up Digital

VF: 1 - Hale Family

Not much to report here. Iris left for college during the night, but I got a message for it when I opened the game. Everyone's doing really well. We've got over 3000 dollars in the bank. I was hoping to be able to achieve 5000 a lot sooner to upgrade the workshop for Alice and Jasper. As it is, they're getting old so I'm better off just waiting to learn what Rose's career is before upgrading anything. Alice is 55 and still looks the same as always; Jasper is 52; and Brandon is 16 - for some reason he's been brushing his teeth a lot. Maybe I praised him too much when he was a kid...

VF: 2 - Ackles Family

Rowan went to college in the night (they grow up so fast!). I miss him, of course, but Lizzy and Jensen still have their hands full. Three teenagers and two kids still left at home. It was certainly a breeze cleaning up the house and yard with all those bodies. ^_^

Lizzy's 47 and she's gone grey! I hope real life doesn't mirror computer games...

Jensen's 45 and just went grey too! Oh, I gotta take a pic of that. It looks terrible with his hairdo.

Gregory just turned 17.

Haley's 16 and confusing the heck out of me. She looks exactly like Lizzy, and since I'm not used to Lizzy's grey hair I keep clicking on Haley whenever I want Lizzy... I'm confused just writing about it.

Lucas is 14, Jennifer's 9, and Zora's 5.

Greg and Haley just fixed the fountain a few minutes ago! ^_^