2. “Yeah, can you come over? Like, right now? I need to ask you something
important.”
Welcome back to The Vermachtnis Legacy, readers! We left Sasha in a bit
of a bind, with her fiancé Blake having broken up with her due to him
being a big pain in the you-know-what. Now she’s ready to start over, but
with whom?

3. The winner is Professor Cornrows himself, Hayden Something-or-Other. I
always forget to write down the last names! I hadn’t really considered
him a contender at first, but he and Sasha already had a good
relationship and, while he isn’t a sim I would normally use, he really isn’t
that bad at all.

4. After a move-in and a makeover, Sasha and Prof. Hayden start on a
very positive date. However, not everyone is happy to see him.
Palmer is worried that Hayden might read his diary. Got some
seedy secrets in there, Palmer?

5. It isn’t long before Sasha and
Hayden have fallen in love thanks
to their one date they had while
Sasha was in college. Former
philosophy professor Hayden is
then only too happy to propose
and Sasha, still fresh on the
rebound, is pleased to accept.
Please note the bunny-man, one
of Sasha’s coworkers, in the
background. I love this
neighborhood so much
sometimes.

6. So here’s Hayden after his makeover. He’s pretty cute actually. I feel
pretty good about this match-up, especially because he doesn’t have
any stupid wants and they have two bolts together. Hayden is a
knowledge/fortune sim with the LTW to be a Mad Scientist. I forget
his personality except that he has 3 nice points. Looks like the tyranny
of mean sims isn’t over yet.

7. So, I wasn’t going to have another huge wedding so soon, but
Palmer wanted a family reunion. Sasha invited all of her friends
from college plus every Vermachtnis she knows. Palmer got his wish
satisfied and I got a laggy backyard full of sims. Another winter
party means that, while most of the guests wore their formal wear
(and probably froze their butts off), some of my sims wore
outerwear to the wedding instead.

8. Guests aside, the wedding was
beautiful and Sasha and Hayden had
eyes only for each other. They
exchanged their vows, traded
rings, and kissed, and became the
official couple of generation seven.

9. A few notable guests:
• Malcolm Vermachtnis hoped the
reception would include some
braaaaaaains.
• SimRoxy will come to your party, but
she will sit inside and drink juice by
herself the entire time. Sorry about
that, Sasha and Hayden.
• Parker got invited because I forgot
he’s also a vampire so he ran home
right after the ceremony.

10. Sean, Sid, Sammy, and Sebastian were all there for their baby sister’s big day.

11. “Yeah, so I was watching this movie about aliens and they were all like
“Rawr,” and the humans were all like, “Oh no!” and the aliens totally
conquered the planet. Aliens are scary!”
“You’re not that observant, son, are you? You’re marrying into a family
of aliens.”
“Oh, really? Oops.”

12. Here’s a picture of the happy couple, about to enjoy their wedding night. I think
they look really nice together. I’m glad Sasha found someone that was a better
match.
Unlike nearly all of my sims, they did not try for baby right away. Since Sasha is
having to work her way up from the bottom to her LTW and Hayden might take a
while too, I’m waiting for one or the other to be permaplat before they start having
kids. It’s kind of morbid, but I’m also waiting for Maddie and Max to die so there’s
a bit more room. Sorry, guys! You’re just living too long!

13. I decided not to send the newlyweds
on honeymoon since I’ve played a lot
of vacations recently. Life continues
pretty normally at the house.

14. Palmer: “All I am saying, is give war a chance.”
Max: “I like your ideas and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.”
Lexie: “You guys are nuts. I’m out of here.”

15. Hayden needs skills for promotions, plus he’ll also want to max
his skills since he’s a knowledge sim, so he sits down with the
thinking cap and does some serious studying. Sasha got the
want to study parenting (apparently getting ready for the
future?) so she spends a bit of quality time with her husband on
the couch too.

16. Maddie completed both of
the official portraits. I think
they turned out nicely.
Sasha and Hayden’s portraits take up the last bit
of space on the long wall in the hallway, so this is
the last picture I’ll be able to take that includes
all of the portraits, stretching back to Asher.

17. Max, like his mother and
stepmother before him, has
become a lush in his old age.
There’s something that’s just so
pleasure sim about standing
around in your pjs, drinking. He
then runs up to Palmer’s bedroom
at 6 to admire his ship in a bottle
and block Palmer’s path. What a
weirdo.

18. “Look, sweetie. I know you’re
new to Vermachtnis ways, so
pay attention. This is how we
show affection in this
household. Hang loose!”
“Aw, but I like the old way.
You’re too pretty for me to pull
surfer gestures at.”
“You’re sweet, Hayden, but
trust me, that will change. Just
you wait. We’ll have you
hanging loose in no time.”

19. Sasha is slowly working her way up the Culinary ladder. Every
day I have her check for the career on the computer, but it never
comes up. By the time it did show up, it was at a lower level than
where Sasha was. Hayden is also making good progress towards
becoming a Mad Scientist.

20. Time for Palmer and Lexie to get old!

21. Aww, they’re still cute. Lexie didn’t age so gracefully
but Palmer looks pretty much the same as he always
has, plus a moustache and white hair.

22. Remnants of island vacations abound in this house.
There is, of course, the incessant hang loosing, but
Palmer and Maddie also break into a hula dance one
night and spend a good portion of the evening hula
dancing. Palmer is still really good at it. He has that
island flow, lol.

23. “Dang, I was hot when I was young.”
Yeah, you were, Maddie. It’s too bad you didn’t get to influence
the bloodline directly, but I guess the good news is we could take
another shop clerk if we needed to since you didn’t contribute your
genes to the heir.

24. “I think Hayden can read my diary!”
Of course he can, Lexie, you sat down right in front of him. There is
a lot of diary-writing going on lately around the education
bookcase, but it’s a busy room so the writers spend most of their
time thinking X-ed out thought bubbles.

25. Witness the effects of a house full of mean sims. Arguments
spontaneously break out all the time between people with
perfect relationships, and all snowmen built are evil snowmen.
I like the snowman but I could do without the constant arguing.

26. Zoe is getting quite old and I’d
like there to be a dog in the
house while the kids grow up.
Sasha and Hayden are still
waiting to start having
children, so there’s no better
time to adopt a puppy. Our
new puppy is a black little guy
named Elroy.
In the second picture, the
plumbbob is intentional. Elroy
is so small that when he’s
taken outside to potty, he
disappears in the snow! I had
to go into buy mode to figure
out exactly where he is so
Sasha could pick him up to
take him inside again!

27. “He’s . . . he’s in my bed.”
It’s ok, Zoe, there’s another perfectly fine bed right next to
it.
“But . . . he’s in my bed.”
She did warm up to him later, territory issues aside.

28. Lexie destroyed Sasha’s evil
snowman with glee. I think
it’s funny how they brush
their hands
afterwards, like, “Job well
done, self. Splendid.”
The penguin was distraught
by this turn of
events, however.

29. So, a house full of mean
sims? Guess what. They
like to gossip a lot. A lot
a lot. I would estimate
that 50% of the
interactions that go on in
this household are
gossip.
My favorite pic is the
one at center top, where
Lexie and Max are both
telling the same gossip
about Macy beating up
Elle at Palmer’s wedding.

30. For some reason, everyone except Palmer comes
and hangs out in Sasha and Hayden’s bedroom first
thing in the morning. The elders are all usually
there, hang loosing, chatting, and admiring
artwork, before the main couple even wakes up. It’s
a little bizarre and makes it hard for Sasha and
Hayden to get any privacy to make out in. On
another note, they are a delightful couple. They’re
always kissing and hugging each other if they don’t
have something else to do and they’re near each
other.

31. The time has come for
Zoe to move on to doggy
heaven. Hayden was at
work but everyone else
was home at the
time, so there was a
good deal of crying.
The really strange thing is, as soon as Death
came for Zoe, Elroy instantly grew up even
though he had only been a puppy for a day
and a half. It was a weird little bug. Elroy
immediately set to destroying a statue so
Sasha had to scold him while everyone else
was still weeping.

32. They found the strength to cope in their family traditions, however.

33. That same day, it’s Maddie’s turn to go. She and Max have lived very
long lives. Madelein, you drove me crazy often but you will be
missed.

34. Max’s turn comes the next evening
when he and Lexie return from their
celebrity chef cooking show. All these
deaths have left the family members
distraught and there’s quite a bit of
crying going on. Goodbye, Max. Go
enjoy your dream dates with Maddie.
I was hoping Sasha would make it to
the top of the track so I could have
three generations of Celebrity
Chefs, but it was not to be.

35. Max and Maddie have gone to rest in the Vermachtnis
cemetery, the ancestral resting place of the Vermachtnis family.
Just a note: one of the two blank graves is actually Jesse’s, a
romance sim. He died platinum but you know how romance sim
graves can be. I just wanted to make clear that I’ve only had one
sim die in this legacy that wasn’t permaplat and that was
Edith, who got scared to death by ghosts.

36. We have a bit of a problem. Lexie and Hayden, without any action
from me, are listed as having three bolts for each other, while
Sasha and Hayden have only two. Hayden has eyes only for his
wife, thank god, but Lexie has taken to following Hayden around
the house, being all creepy. She doesn’t give him a moment’s
peace. It’s like the toddler interaction to “Follow Sim” but it’s an
elder doing it. Not cool.

37. Palmer is as entertaining as an
elder as he always was. He’s a
really big napper who keeps some
pretty odd hours, and the
bathtubs see as much action as
they always have. Ah, you
neat, playful sim, you.

38. Hurray! Sasha has worked her way up from the very bottom of the
culinary career track and has become a Celebrity Chef! She’s now
permaplat and her next LTW is to be a Rock God. Can do.
I never seem to capture the aspiration points in time, so all my pictures
of LTWs being accomplished tend to be of the influence points. I don’t
know if you’ve noticed this, but it bugs me.

39. “Hey, baby. I’ve got something to say that’ll really rev your
engine.”
“Oh? What’s that?”
“I’m permaplatinum.”
“Woohoo! Literally!”

40. Hayden has continued to skill and has begun maxing one skill after
another. He’s very good about having the correct wants at the correct
time, so he’s really racking up a lot of aspiration points.

41. Looks like the celebratory
woohoo had the right effect.
Sasha changes into some
boring purple pjs after
spending a day with incredible
morning sickness. The first
baby of generation 8 is on the
way!

42. Lexie continues to be a real creep. Without Maddie and
Max to keep her company, she still comes straight to
Hayden’s side of the bed and admires the dragon on his
bedside table every morning. I do mean every morning.
She follows him around so that if he’s skilling, she’ll find
something to do nearby. I’m terrified that she’s going to
try something rather than just following him around like a
lovesick puppy.

43. “Here, honey, how about a backrub? I know that expecting our first
child must be hard on you, what with the morning sickness, the
swollen ankles, the backaches. Why, carrying our child must make
you long for a backrub. Oh wait, silly me, that’s ME that’s carrying
the baby. Hint hint, Hayden.”

44. He may not get the clue on backrubs, but Hayden does love to
interact with Sasha’s belly. He’s the only one in the house without
a primary or secondary family aspiration, so he has no wants for
the baby unlike everyone else, but he does like checking up on the
little one.

45. Just like a sim, Sasha goes into labor in a place where it’s awkward
to take a picture of everyone. All the family is in attendance for the
birth of the baby.

46. Sasha and Hayden have a little son, a boy named Vincent with
all of his dad’s coloring and no trace of Sasha so far: S3, brown
hair and eyes.

47. Sasha and Hayden immediately
get started on the next one since
they waited so long to begin
having children. They conceive
on the first try again, and the
elders immediately rush into the
room to chat and admire
artwork as soon as Sasha and
Hayden are done. I don’t
understand what makes this
room so attractive.

48. Little Vincent sees a lot of love in his early days. Even Hayden, despite
having no wants for Vincent, still likes to come by and cuddle him.
Vincent puked on Lexie right after this picture was taken. He threw up on
every single person that tried to play with him, every time. Volatile little
stomach on that one.

49. Hayden is still working his way up the science career ladder and
is now a top secret researcher. He brought home this odd
fellow who is wearing makeup. Reminds me of the lipstick on
Castor when I was playing the McManias. Who am I to
judge, but it is a little weird.

50. I can totally see how Palmer could take a nap through all of
that racket. Sure.

51. Sasha has a very dichotomous personality. She’s all sweetness
and love with her baby, but she argues with anyone that comes
home from work with a Vermachtnis. She’s mean to the core
except where it concerns her family.

52. Yay! Hayden is now permaplatinum and is the last adult/elder
to become so. His next LTW is to become a space pirate.

53. Vincent’s birthday rolls around and
everyone is there to see it.
He looks pretty cute from here but
let’s take a closer look.

54. Hmm. Pretty cute from here too. He’s got almost all of his
dad’s features, especially his heavy-lidded eyes, but he does
have Sasha’s nose and pointy ears. Vincent’s personality is
9/4/9/10/3. Another meanie, but wow is that a lot of points
overall.

55. So . . . do you guys have enough poured drinks?
“Not really. I think I’ll make one more for me.”
“Ooh, make me another one too, Hayden! This one’s almost
empty.”

56. Once I can force him away from
the bar, Hayden celebrates
Vincent’s birthday by teaching him
to walk. Luckily, Vincent grew up
soon after a nap so he had plenty
of energy to learn.
All of the adults, including Hayden
now, have wants to teach Vincent
various things. I had to
choose, for example, between
three different sims that all
wanted to teach him to walk. I
tried to lock one for each of them
so that they could have an equal
share in bringing him up.

57. Ugh, Lexie. Knock it off. She still is magnetically drawn
to Hayden’s side every morning, and when he relaxes on
his own bed, she’s presumptuous enough to join him!

58. Bump number two! Sasha was taking out the garbage, because
someone had thrown one piece of cake away when the
dishwasher and sink were busy. Can’t let any more than one
item build up in the trash! You know, Sasha, I think your
obsession with the trash is a bit pathological. Maybe with a few
more children you won’t have as much time to empty it every
morning.

59. Vincent likes to talk about the
weirdest things. The family tries
to educate him on his alien
heritage, but he’d much rather
talk about couples counseling.
Huh?

60. Lexie is a one-woman
creepfest. She follows Hayden
everywhere, but, to his
credit, he only has romantic
feelings for Sasha. When they
can find some alone
time, they’re more than happy
to flirt and kiss the day away.

61. Vincent learned all his toddler skills
his second day in the toddler age.
He’s a quick skiller and there’s always
adults around ready to teach him.
His first word was ‘daddy’ – awwww.

62. Some people have a cast-iron stomach, or so they say. Vincent’s
must be made of aluminum foil. He throws up on everyone.

63. He also continues to talk about the weirdest subjects. He shows
a lot of interest in what the grown-ups have accomplished in
their lives.

64. Look Lexie, I know you’re a romance sim, but if you
don’t stop this behavior and stop rolling wants to fall
in love with Hayden, I don’t even know what I’ll do.
It won’t be pretty. Just behave yourself already.

65. Sasha goes into labor in
Vincent’s nursery and Lexie
and Hayden are there to
witness it. It’s twins! Yay!
Palmer rushes in in time for
the hand-off, while Lexie
figures this is a perfect time to
tell Hayden about her
travels, never mind that her
daughter just had a baby and
needs to give it to her
husband.

66. The twins are a boy named Vance and a girl named
Vanessa. So far they look identical to Vincent.

67. What’s wrong, Vincent?
“I wanted to be an only child!”
You are in the wrong legacy, then, mister.

68. And Sasha and Hayden try again for another one. This next
one should be the last birth of the generation. They’re getting
pretty up there in the adult lifestage, so there’s no time like
the present to get pregnant again.

69. The twins see plenty of love over
the next few days. Vance and
Vanessa are just as adored as
their big brother.

70. “Awww . . . I can’t get to
Hayden and follow him around.
Guess I’ll just have a sit instead
and get something done while I
wait for him to be available for
my advances.”
Gross, Lexie.

71. Cheesecake! I like the Vermachtnises to have the maximum
number of children I can get in the house at one time with two
generations of adults living, which is 5 of course, so cheesecake is a
necessity. I was just convinced to download one of the hacks to
allow more sims on a lot so maybe we’ll see more kids in the
future. I like this family to have as many as I can stand.

72. Lovelorn Lexie continues to
follow Hayden around no
matter what he’s doing. She
especially love cheering for
him when he’s playing
instruments. I am equal parts
amused and disturbed by this
relationship. Hayden seems
oblivious to it, though.

73. “I’m home! I’m a family sim! I brought home a coworker who went
into aspiration failure! Yay for me!”
The poor Captain Hero there is Madison Vermachtnis, one of Palmer’s
aunts. I’m assuming she’s reacting to the death of Max, who she was a
half-sister to. Good thing I don’t keep points anymore.

74. Yay! The first bump! We’ll have the final twins of the generation soon.

75. Whatcha doin’, Vincent?
“Being adorable.”
Oh, carry on, then.

76. Birthday time has come for all three generation 8 kids. I accidentally set
up one of the cakes backwards so poor Hayden had to stand by himself
on the other side of the counters.

77. The twins look a lot like Vincent. In
fact, Vance is a clone because I
forgot about the firstborn effect
again. Vanessa looks just like her
brothers, though. All three of the
kids have Hayden’s eyes.
Vance’s personality, like
Vincent’s, is 9/4/9/10/3. Vanessa’s
is 9/2/10/2/3. Pretty similar except
for being much more serious.

78. Vincent also grew up, of course, and there’s no surprises in his looks. He’s
a fairly even mix of his two parents, but I dislike that he looks so sleepy all
the time.

79. Just like Vincent, Vanessa and Vance grew up with plenty of energy and
so get to learn a new skill and get into the platinum right away.

80. SO CUTE! Vanessa and Elroy are fast friends. Look how happy he is
in that hug! I love the pic on the left, too.

81. The grandparents have plenty of
wants for the little ones and Sasha
is busy being pregnant so they get
to teach the twins their skills.
Vance and Vanessa learned all
their skills plus a nursery rhyme
by their second day of
toddlerhood.

82. Well this is nice for a change. They’re arguing. That happens a lot in a
house full of meanies, but until now there hasn’t been any arguments
between Lexie and Hayden. If it keeps their boundaries
respected, I’m all for it.

83. And we have bump number two of Sasha’s final pregnancy. Check
back next time to see the twins and to see all of Sasha and Hayden’s
children grow, plus an heir poll at the end. Thanks for reading and
make sure to say hi at SiMania!