The gen. C Masterpiece kids grow up and start college in this Sims 2 alphabetic legacy.

2. Welcome again to Falling to Mastepieces, an artistic alphabet legacy.
We should be finishing out the generation this chapter, and then there
will be an heir poll up in the usual places at the end.
Right now, though, it’s party time! Canova is becoming a teen!

3. “What the hell, controller?”
What?
“My tie knot is see-through. Is this junk
seriously the best fancy dress CC you’ve
got?”
Well, it’s not like the game provided you
with any suits or tuxes, and yeah, that
does happen to be the best I have. Sucks
to be a guy teen sim with high standards.
“I do make this look good, though.”
Oh, lord help us. Canova here rolled
romance/grilled cheese. Really, it was
just perfect that he rolled romance. It
works so perfectly with what I’ve written
up til now. I love when the roll works out
like that. Grilled cheese? That’s another
matter, but not too bad. His LTW is to be
a visionary, which is a cool one.

4. I did have a nice black-tie tux in formal wear, so Canova wears
that on his way to the well. As a romance sim, he will undoubtedly
get to fulfill his dreams of being a suave, charming guy with many
lady friends. He starts with Sharlene here, who apparently also
wanted a first kiss.

5. It’s the next day, and Canova is back at the well. This time he gets a
girl named Marylena. All of the kids this generation have blond/red
as their turn-ons because I’d like to see some recessive hair in this
family for a change, so that’s why so many redheads have been
popping up at the well.

6. As Marylena heads on her way, Canova looks . . . unsatisfied. After
fulfilling the want to have two loves at once, he stopped rolling
romantic wants as a teen. What’s wrong, Canova? Being Casanova
not everything it’s cracked up to be?
“Yeah, actually. All this just leaves me feeling empty. Maybe I’m not
looking for a lot of love. Maybe I’m just looking for a really special
love.”
Aww, that’s sweet. We’ll see if we can’t get you that in college, okay?

7. Meanwhile, Bassano is hard at work on another novel.
Why is such a content-light slide here, you may ask? Well, he is the
current heir, so I feel bad if I leave him out of everything. If you
don’t see him in a picture, he’s probably here, though.

8. “Canova? I know you’re like, dating and
stuff, but do you think you’d have time
to read me a story?”
“Of course, Cassatt! What story do you
want to hear?”
Later . . .
“Thanks, big brother! You’re the best!”
These kids, you guys. They get me right
in the feels. Too cute.

9. Still, it’s time for Canova to move on to college. Appropriately
enough, he makes the call while thinking of true love. Will our
would-be worldly lover settle down in college or will he find new
motivation to continue his wooing ways? Only time will tell.

10. Canova arrives at college and he immediately . . .
Wait. What the hell is this? Canova is a burglar? Not quite the right
image for our guy here. Let’s try again.

11. Eh, that’s better. Again, there just aren’t a lot of super-dressy
options in everyday clothes.

12. However, Canova can still change into his tux most of the time,
one that matches the one he originally wore as a toddler, so that
should do it. How does that feel, Canova?
“Like coming home after a long journey.”
Well, alright then.

13. An interlude . . . I have serious doubts that this guy is a YA, game.

14. Back home, without her siblings, our rambunctious Cassatt is
attention-starved and constantly tugging on her mom and dad’s
hands to get the affection she craves. This kid is uncontainable. This
whole generation has been a wild ride, so it’ll be nice one they’re all
adults and grown up emotionally . . . oh, who am I kidding? These
are my sims we’re talking about, after all.

15. Bassano takes a rare break from novel-writing to get some phones
to gift his older kids with, and he decides to take Cassatt with him
just to keep her from bouncing off the walls for one afternoon.

16. However, the relative calm of the car
ride doesn’t last. While Bassano shops
and then gets in a little reading, Cassatt
is once again acting up.
“Hey, Cassatt, about ready to . . .”
“What the . . .? What are you doing,
Cassatt?”
“I can’t help it, Daddy! I’ve got so
much energy! Whee! How high do
you think I can jump?”
“I think I need to burn some of that
off before you launch yourself
through the ceiling.”

17. “Wow! You’re a bit smaller than the usual crowd.”
And that is how Bassano and his youngest child found themselves at
the discotheque in lovely downtown Blank Canvas. Cassatt was
instantly drawn to the DJ.

18. “I’VE FOUND MY LIFE’S CALLING!”
Whoa, Cassatt. Take it down a notch.
“SORRY. THE MUSIC IS SO LOUD! IT’S GREAT, RIGHT?”
Totally. Definitely not permanently destroying those little eardrums
or anything. Not to mention mine . . .

19. Bassano joins Cassatt for a quick dance after she makes a request.
The dance did have the effect of calming Cassatt down temporarily,
so it was finally time to leave for home.

20. “FINALLY I HAVE PURPOSE IN MY LIFE! MUSIC! DANCE! ATTENTION ON
ME! I WANT THE WHOLE PACKAGE!”
Your ears are still ringing, aren’t they?
“WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?”

21. “So, Mom, I’m going to be a DJ and I found out there’s this really
ancient artifact called a ‘cassette’ that people played on ‘boomboxes’ to
listen to music. And that’s, like, almost my name! Isn’t that crazy? So I
think I’ll make a nod towards archaic music history to show my cred and
rebrand myself as DJ Cassette.”
I would bet good money there already is one, but I’m too tired to
google it right now . . . also, kind of missing my first Walkman right now.

22. Party time for the family and . . . ooh, that’s awkward. When
invited over, Canova asked to bring a guest and it was one of his
teenage girlfriends. Anyway, the invited guests were just the YAs.

23. Canova immediately gets his groove on, but he is soon
sought out by his sister, who has been missing him terribly.
They enjoy another dance together before the party gets
started.

24. Today’s party is for Angeline and Bassano, who are finally becoming
elders. The guests/family/customers manage to form a semicircle again,
except for nonconformist Cassatt, who . . .
“That’s DJ Cassette to you!”
Oh, lord help me, not another one. Sorry, Cassatt, from here on out I am
not putting up with any more self-imposed nicknames.

25. Anyway! Angie and Bassano are still adorable as elders, as expected.

26. And they celebrate by running out to have a snowball fight.
Yeah, sure, okay.

27. Oh crap. Who are we losing now?

28. Aw, Corwin. It’s such a shame to see you go, and . . .
“It’s not me.”
Huh?
“Grim’s heading that way. I’m just staring mournfully out into the
cold, lonely snow.”

29. Well, that really only leaves one other possibility. Anjolie has had a very,
very long and full life. How many sims get to see their children become
elders? Unfortunately, her death is disgraced by not one, but two
teenagers in their underwear interrupting the grieving family. Still, it
was a happy send-off that capped off an incredibly long and productive
life.

30. Although saddened, the family musters some enthusiasm for
Cassatt’s birthday. Time to see our little DJ grow into a teen.

31. Cassatt, no. Just no.
She really did grow up in this. I just added the makeup to
complete the demented club kid look. That outfit is so
inappropriate on a teen. However, it is somewhat appropriate for
a pleasure sim, which is what Cassatt is. She rolled
pleasure/grilled cheese, with the LTW to be a celebrity chef,
which is a fitting LTW for those two aspirations.

32. There. That’s better. And I see you got your fauxhawk back,
Cassatt.
“Yup! Now that I’m a teenager, I’m the boss of my hair and I
think I rock this look.”
I have to agree. She has quite a bit of edge for a sim, but in a
good way.

33. Cassatt completes this generation’s tradition and makes a
wish on the well, and boy does she fish up a really ugly
redhead. You can’t see most of his face, and for that, I thank
you, camouflaging heart. This is one romance that will
definitely not be continuing into the YA years.

34. With that lackluster wish behind her, Cassatt immediately heads
off to college so we can get a move on with the rest of this
generation.

35. And here she is at college. Looking good. I kind of did it as a joke
since she grew up in it as a toddler, but I’ve really come to like her
in this hair.

36. By the way, since we’ll be leaving the three elders at home for a while, let’s
check out the books Bassano wrote as an adult. The titles were In the
Aftermath, The Metasimorphosis, Daisy Days, Simiconscious, Cruise into
Death 2: The Reckoning, Cruise into Death 3: Plot Overboard, Daisy’s Tennis
Elbow, Magical Dishes from the Alps, and, of course, his wildly successful
romances: Sexy Sim Soccer Star, Plumbbobs of Passion, Love on a Bullet Train,
The Siren’s Call, and The Ghosts of Love’s Remains. Appropriately enough, he
started working on a mystery called Routing Failure but didn’t finish it, lol.

37. The four sibs are pledging into The World’s Ugliest Greek House,
and of course they gravitate towards the music room. I cannot
wait to get them pledged in so I can rebuild the house!!

38. Through a combination of efforts by the placeholder and various siblings, all
four get pledged into the ancestral Greek house.

39. “So you’re the cheerleader they got to replace that wicked Bell,
huh?”
“Yeah. It’s so weird how she just disappeared one day.”
“Yes. Totally weird. Anyway, you seem normal.”
“Yeah, they cautioned me not to make enemies as a cheerleader for
some reason.”
“Heh. Can’t imagine what that might be.”

40. Canova’s heart aches for a glamorous lady to share his high-style
life with now that he’s decided he’s a one-woman man, but I
don’t think he needs a telescope to find one.

41. Canova instantly gets his face out of the telescope and starts
chatting up this lovely redhead, a dormie originally made by me,
named Sicily. They are pretty quickly falling head-over-heels for
each other.

42. In fact, Sicily will even listen to Canova talk about his secret passion,
grilled cheese. It’s been a long time since I made her, but she must
be really nice or something because I don’t think I made any grilled
cheese dormies for the kids to meet.

43. While they chat about their as-yet undeclared major or stare
vacantly into the distance, the kids feel the earth shudder and
suddenly . . .

44. . . . they find themselves on a blank lot. I wanted to start over
from scratch, so they’ll have to refound the Greek house, but I
still consider it an unbroken line since Anjolie’s generation
founded it since they all got in before moving. Time to get
building!

45. And here’s what I came up with. It’s nothing special, but it is miles
better than the last house. This one has a much more dignified
look and lots of room for all the usual college activities. In fact,
let’s take a tour . . .

46. Upstairs is a closed-off room that I can
use for storage or if I ever need to
expand, since the house already takes up
most of the tiny lot I put them on. There
is also a spacious kitchen and dining that I
put up here since they don’t eat much
what with the lifetime rewards and
snapdragons.
Downstairs, clockwise from the bottom
left, is an entryway/lounge area, a living
room, a hallway, a bathroom, the large
music room, another hallway, four
bedrooms and a bathroom betwixt them,
and an office. There’s another hallway in
the middle because you can never have
too many hallways. Outside you can see a
hot tub, telescope, and bar, as well as a
small pool and some loungers for relaxing
on sunny summer days. That should be
everything they need for their college
experience, and I already love it so much
better than the previous house.

47. The kids break in the new office, but soon they’re raring for a break.
Time to check out the music room, which has always been the big
draw for Masterpieces. It really should be something in the visual
arts that they’re all drawn to, but few things advertise as well as
instruments. At least it’s kind of creativity-related.

48. They find all the usual accoutrements, plus a few new ones.
Cassatt is super stoked to find her own DJ booth. I don’t buy
these all that often (if ever), but how could I not get one for our
own budding DJ?

49. The kids also use the music room to
woo their crushes. Cézanne is still
falling hard for Gustav, who was
originally meant for Cara but ended up
having much better chemistry with
Cézanne. They are officially in love now.

50. Cara attempts to have a nice time with Harold, but, as usual, her
dates would rather talk to her twin. Poor Cara. I don’t do this to her;
I just document.

51. Speaking of relationships, Cassatt is working on one heck of a
terrible one with the cow mascot, Freya. First Bell and now Freya?
Hopefully we can keep this chapter a little more college NPC-free
than the last college chapter.
Please also admire the halls-within-halls look we have going here.
Hall-ception, if you will.

52. Canova is totally in love with Sicily, who
enjoys his company a lot, whether that
means gossiping about the family’s
elderly cats or woohooing in the
photobooth. These two make a great
couple and I think Sicily has just the right
amount of class for Canova.

53. While her siblings succeed (or struggle, in some cases) to find
their mates, Cassatt is a little more relaxed. She’s more interested
in spending time in the pool or playing games like the little
pleasure sim she is. She’s in no rush.

54. That doesn’t mean she won’t happily intercept her siblings’ love
letters, though!

55. Finally, Cassatt meets a nice redhead
named Niall with whom she has two
bolts. They are soon bouncing around
the house, happily in love and
crooning to each other on the
karaoke machine. Unfortunately,
some of their date was shadowed by
the cheerleader whose name I failed
to write down. She’s looking a little
too possessively at Niall for my liking.

56. Great little encapsulation here. Popularity sim Cézanne wants to tell all
her friends about her latest college adventure. Pleasure sim Cassatt is
talking games. Meanwhile, family sim Cara wonders if she’ll ever find
the right person to settle down with. It would help if she could find a
guy that would show more interest in her than her twin.

57. In fact, Cara seems to be kind of dissatisfied, while everyone around
her is delighted with their lives. I wish I could make her happier, but
I’m not sure how.

58. The strain may be getting to her a little because she got up
immediately after the last picture to boo Sicily’s kicky bag skills.

59. I got Cassatt the mp3 player, because how could I not?! She has
truly found her calling in the world of music, although she still
technically wants to be a celebrity chef.

60. The new cheerleader has a really unhealthy fixation on Cassatt and
Niall. I’m not sure which of them she’s obsessed with or why, but
she follows them around endlessly on all their dates.

61. We’ll conclude our little focus on Cassatt with her back at the DJ
booth. Niall is impressed with her skills, while Sicily is impressed (?)
by Cara’s dancing. For how much they love music, none of the kids
are very good dancers.

62. While Cassatt prefers DJing, Canova considers himself
classically trained in music, and Cézanne gravitates towards the
most annoying instrument. It all makes so much sense! But
what about Cara?

63. “Are you going to pick an instrument already, sis?”
“Maybe I’d just prefer a little quiet once in a while.”
“Oh, come on. Don’t be like that. With a little effort, you could be
like us and get a bit more attention. It just takes a little energy.”
“Argh, you guys are so aggravating sometimes!”

64. Later that day, Cara thought hard about what Cézanne had said.
Even if she did expend the effort and energy, she thought, could
she be like her twin or her other siblings? No, Cara decided. That
just wasn’t her. What she needed was an environment with a
little less chaos, a place where her natural charm could shine.

65. After some research, Cara hit on the perfect solution. It was a big
step, but she felt more than ready to take it.

66. “ . . . and so, I’m going to be studying abroad for a semester. That’s
why I called this house meeting. I wanted you all to know that I’m
going to be visiting $NEIGHBORHOOD and working on my studies
there. I just need a little space for a while. I hope you understand.”
Luckily, although they may annoy her, all of the Masterpiece kids love
Cara dearly, so they were happy for her, though sad to see her go.

67. With her goodbyes all taken care of, Cara embarked on the
adventure that would begin the rest of her life.

68. A few months later . . .
“What do you mean you’re staying in
$NEIGHBORHOOD? What? You met a guy?
He must be pretty special for you to give
up everything you’ve ever known! . . .
Okay, okay, I get it. You’re in love. Sigh. I
am happy for you. I just . . . I’ll miss you,
sis. I hope everything works out really well
for you. Visit anytime. Okay, you too. Bye.”
Where did Cara go? Well, you see, she really
went on exchange to the game of my friend
Lydia (hippielayla86). There she’ll be
meeting a very special someone and joining
a really wonderful family: the Hinckleys.
Keep an eye on Lydia’s stories, best noted at
SiMania (link at end of chapter) for more on
Cara’s life. She may still show up in my game
occasionally too, but she’s out of the
running for heiress now. ;) Finally she’ll have
the life she deserves instead of being
relegated to the background all the time.

69. That does leave us three other potentials. Whose picture will go up on
this wall next? Scroll through the following pages to gather info, then
vote at Boolprop or SiMania to choose the next Masterpiece heir/ess.

70. Cézanne Masterpiece
Popularity/romance – Celeb Chef
6/10/9/8/1
A truly wild soul at heart,
Cézanne is the root of all the
madness in this generation, and
she is a naturally rebellious sim
as well as an apparently pretty
good leader/influencer. She is
dating Gustav, which whom she
has three bolts. Her favorite
activity is actually dancing,
followed closely by aggravating
me.

71. Canova Masterpiece
Romance/grilled cheese – Visionary
1/7/7/2/10
A true romantic, Canova thought he
wanted to live the life of a ladies’
man, but discovered he just really
needed the affections of one
special lady. That lady is Sicily, with
whom he has three bolts. He is only
really at home in a tuxedo.

72. Cassatt Masterpiece
Pleasure/grilled cheese – Celeb Chef
6/8/4/2/7
Cassatt is a free spirit in every sense
of the word, but she just really
wants to feel the beat as a DJ,
maybe become a celebrity chef, and
keep seeing her sweetie, Niall, with
whom she has two bolts. She
attempted a fauxhawk as a toddler
and is now rocking it again.

73. Thanks so much for reading this (very belated) chapter of Falling to
Masterpieces. Don’t forget to vote at one of the following forums, and
remember to check hippielayla86’s stories for the rest of Cara’s
adventures.
SiMania http://z12.invisionfree.com/sim_mania
Boolprop http://www.boolprop.net