The Squeaky Clean Legacy, 17.6: Beginnings, Endings, and Celebrations

The Squeaky Clean Legacy Chapter 17.6: Endings, Beginnings, and Celebrations

WhenwelastsawtheSqueakyCleanLegacy,ourgenera7onnineheiressElaineGoodytwoshoeshadjustbecomeengagedtoIanLegacina,asubstan7alimprovementfromherfirstfiancée,AngusPleasant.(Ithasbeenalong7mesincemylastupdate.Apologies.Ifyouneedtocatchuponwhoiswhomandwhathasbeengoingon,mayIrecommendreadingthelastcoupleofupdates?)

BeforewegetbacktotheGoodygirlsSorority,wehavetoturntosomeRomans.ThisispartlybecauseIloveRomans,andpartlybecauseIneedtofixsaidRomansuproman7cally,andpartlybecauseRomansinvariablymeanSimselves,eveniftheSimselvesareverybadlybehaved.Idon’tknowwhyCaitdecidedtopickafightwithGreg,andyes,GregcountsasaRoman.

De,forinstance,isanhonoraryRoman.AtleastCassiusthinkssheis.

Pleasetrynottopokeanybodyorpickanyfights,okay,Lily?

MarcusandGregweretogetherinmyoldneighborhood,buttheyneedtogettogetheragainhere.Ineverget7redofMarcus.He’sprobablyoneofmyfavoritegrandchildren,ifonlybecausehe’sPopularityandtookoverhisGrandpaFlavius’soldsuperherobusiness.

Ineverget7redofMarcusandGreg.

D’aw.MarcusandGreg.

TherealpurposeofplayingtheRomans,though,isgeTngDuodecimushookedupwithRoseFyre,thesimselfwhoseemstolikehimbest,thoughthatcanvary.Allseemedwell,soDuodecimusaskedRoseonadatetotheformerBluewaterBathsandSalon,nowownedbyAchillesandnamedCurlUpandDye.

Sheseemspleased,yes?Interestedinwhathehastosay?

OrmaybemoreinterestedinwhatBluewatertownieUnconvincingFloralAccessoryhastosay?

OrperhapsaliWlebitlessthanthrilledwithDuodecimus?

RoseFyre:Ew,garlicbreath.

Sheseemstogetoverhertemporaryrevulsionjustfine.

‐‐longenoughtoditchhimandjumpintothehottubwithAchillesandBrutus,whoisgayandhasbeenmarriedtoDanteGabrielforyears.

Ithinkit’sallasneakytricksothatDuodecimushastoaskheronathirddate.Athirddate!Doesn’tsherealizethatSimsaresupposedtofallinloveonthefirstdateorthesecondatmost?Whathappenedtoconsul7ngtheplayer’sconvenience?SHEESH.

Rosegotherway,ofcourse,becausetheredidhavetobeathirddate.

‐‐andthis7meshedidn’traiseanyawkwardobjec7ons.

Andthushefellinlove‐‐

‐‐andproposedtoher‐‐

‐‐andsheadmiredtheshininessoftheengagementring‐‐

‐‐andalsogot5000aspira7onpoints.

Hedidn’tgetanyaspira7onpoints,becauseheisaFortuneSim,soIboughthimsomeexpensivegarbage.Andtheypreparedtolivehappilyevera^er.

AtGoodygirls,notawholeheckofalotisgoingon.

There’sMollyandSkylergoingondates–

–andsingingkaraoke,whichMollylikesandSkylerdoesnot–

Plusalotofsmooching–

Followedbyfallinginlove,andSkylerhavingthegoodsensetoleavealargescreentelevisionsuitablefortheamusementoftheen7rehouse.

Clearly,Mollytakesherresponsibili7esasasororitymemberseriously.

Molly:Whatgoodisaboyfriendifhedoesn’tleaveelectronicentertainment?

She’sperfectlyseriousaboutstudyingwithherolderhalfbrotherTelemachus,soshecanwatchasmuchtelevisionasshewants.

Lenorespendsalotof7megeTnghitbylightningwhileshe’stryingtoweedthings.

Butmostly,thereisawholelotofthisasItrytogetthemuptothefinalsemesterofsenioryear.

(NoteSkyler’scontribu7onjustbehindElaine.)

Finallyeveryonegraduated,andnobodywaspar7cularlyexcitedaboutit.Therewereno25,000aspira7onpointstobegainedhere.

Molly’stheonlySiminthehousewhoisremotelylikelytorollthat,andshe’snowhereclosetogradua7on.

ElaineisRomance.Shehasotherpriori7es.

“Whyyes!IwouldlovetohaveaRoofRaiserpartybeforeIgraduate!”

Molly:Ididn’tknowyouweresoexcitedaboutgradua7ng.

Elaine:It’sthepartyI’mexcitedabout.Thegradua7on,notsomuch.

Molly:Ohwell,inthatcase,congratula7onsonthelastRoofRaiserparty.

Obviousguestsonthelist:Ian;Penelope,Elaine’smother;andassortedboyfriends.

Elaine:Mother,couldyoutrynottobesuchabitchtomyfiancé?

Penelope:Excuseme?

Elaine:YouknowexactlywhatImean,Mother.YoukeepgoinguptoIanandpickingfightswithhimandpokinghim.Andhedoesn’tlikethatkindofthingatall.Iwantusalltogetalongtogether,andweallhavetolivetogether,soI’dreallylikeyoutomakeaneffort.

Penelope:So,Ian–I’mdrawingablankhere.

Ian:Icanseethat.Iappreciatethethought,though,soI’lltrynottopokeyouback,okay?

Nausicaa:Congratula7onsongeTngengaged!

Elaine:Congratula7onsongeTngengaged!

Gawaine:Congratula7onsongradua7ng!

Elaine:Congratula7onsatfiguringouthowtogetintoanessen7alshot,Gawaine!

Gawaine:It’sagi^.

Andit’sanexci7ngmoment,asmyverylastheiresspreparestogohomeandbringinthelastgenera7on‐‐

‐‐orheadfortheskilodge,whatevercomesfirst.

Lenore:IhearCandyMountainisniceatthis7meofyear.

Parsifal:There’snottoomuchgoingonoverhere.

Attheboy’sfraternity,everyoneisalsopreparingtograduate.

AlbertcongratulatesBunthorneonbecomingabigSimoncampus.

BunthornetakesthisashiscuetoproposetoDustyBroke.

Bunthorne:Andassoonaswe’vegraduated,wecangostealsomejewelryforthehoneymoon.

Marcus:Congratula7ons!Youguysbothdeserveit.

WriterTina:Thatwasfabulous.

Gawaine:Thankyou!WriterTina:ImeantAngusgeTngpwned,butyou’refabulous,too.AndwhilewearespeakingofGawaine...

Itdoesn’tmaWerhowhonestyouareaboutthat,Ethan,thatisnevergoingtohappen.

Mostofthe7meit’spar7es‐‐

andalsobuyingdrumkits.

Drumkitsmakealotoftheboyshappy.

ButwhatreallymakesGawainhappy,happiereventhanadrumkit,ismakingalotofnewfriends.

SomethingjustmadeAlbertveryhappy,andthey’reallcomingbackfromclass,so‐‐

Gawaine:Congratula7ons!

Yeah,mostofthemgraduated,andtheonlyonewhorolledanyaspira7onpointsforitwasAlbert,whodidn’tgraduate.

Gawaine:There’ss7ll7meforonelastpartybeforegradua7on?Well,howcouldIsaynotothat?

Gawaine:I’ms7lltheeldest,andthatmeansI’ms7lltheleader.

Dinadan:Wearesoproudofyou.

Gawaine:Thanks,Dad.YouandMomarelate,though.Whatheldyouup?

Agradua7onpartymeansachanceforthewholefamilytocatchup.

IncludingUncleUlysses,whocan’tvisitatallintheday7me.

UlyssesisalsoeasilysidelinedbytheOCDthatgoesalongwithbeingavampire.

Molly:Clearlyearningadegreedidn’tmakeyouanysmarter.

Everyonehasanabsolutelysplendid7me,boththefraternitymembers‐‐

andguests.

Infact,everyoneseemstobehavingagood7me,exceptperhapsforGawaine,orwhyelsewouldhehavechosentotakeashowerrightnow?

Gawaine:Whyareyoutakingaphotographofmerightnow?

Bunthorne:Pleasegrowupintosomethinghilarious.

Gawaine:“Oh,I’malumberjackandI’mokay...”

Gawaine:Ands7lltheleader,ands7llawesome.

Thisistrue.

Parsifal:There’ss7ll7meforonelastpartybeforegradua7on?Well...I’mPopularity,soI’dliketo,butwejusthadagradua7onparty.

Parsifal:SoI’lljustseWleforgrowingupintosomethingscaryinstead.

Bunthorne:Look!It’stheRebelWithoutAClue!

Palomidesisthethirdbrothertograduateandgrowup,andBunthornedoesn’twanttomissasingleoneofthese.

Bunthorne:Ithinkit’schea7ngtogrowupinyourpajamas.

Hes7llhastogetdressedbeforehecangohome.

Palomides:*angryface*

Lily:Hi.I’maSimself,andI’dappreciateanotheropportunitytogetintothischapter.

Killick:Whichyoucan)*&*(&^&’inconsideritdone.

NomaWerhowexci7ngordistressingfouryearsofuniversityhavebeen,alegacyheiressalwayshastoreturnhome.

Elaine:Nothingreallychangeshere.Motherinsidewri7ngsomething–

–daddy training one of our ki0es– 

Elaine:–nothingreallychanges.

She’srightaboutsomethings.Somethingsdon’tchange.Andthatcanbegood.

Killick:()&**&(*&*,Ruby!–‐‐Imissye,darlin’.

Ghoststendtodothat.They’regoodforyou.

Spencer:Woohoo,forcryingoutloud!You’reaRomanceSim!Takeadvantageofit!Getinthatbedandgetbusy,younglady!

Elaine:EEEEeeeee!OK,great‐great‐greatgrandfatherSpencer.

Somethingsdochange,andchangeforthebeWer.

IttakesawhiletogetIanseWledin.Heactuallywantedtomakefriendswithhisfuturemother‐in‐law,andshe’satoughcookie,soIhadtosentencethemtoremedialchess.

Killick:WhichI**&*&*’inmissRuby,butthegardenergalain’tbad.

Hecappedhisfirstnightstayingwiththefamilybypanickingoveroneofthetreesinthebackyard.

ButElainewashappyenoughabouthismovinginthatshewasabletodevoteherselftooneofthefamily’stradi7onaldu7es.

Elaine:AmIreadyforthis?WillIbeapreWybride?Willtheguestssayso?WillIanthinkso?

Elaine:Ilookgreat!Ifeelgreat!I’mgeTngmarriedandIFEELGREAT.

AndIanseemstothinkshelooksgreattoo,whichisabonus.

Elaine:You’renotreallysupposedtoseethebridebeforethewedding,though.

Ian:I’mgladIdid.Youlookbeau7ful.

Penelope:Irememberexactlywhatthatfeltlike.Dinadan:S7lldo?Penelope:S7lldo.

Achilles:Ifeveryone’sdonecongratula7ngeverybodyelseonbeinghot,we’vegotaweddingtogetstarted.

AlmosteverybodyissiTngdown,too‐‐

whichisafreakingmiracle.

My heart is like a singing bird 

 whose nest is in a watered shoot; 

My heart is like an apple tree 

 whose boughs  are bent with thickset fruit; 

 My heart is like a rainbow shell 

 that paddles in a halcyon sea; 

 My heart is gladder than all these‐‐ 

  because my love is come to me. 

 Raise me a dais  of silk and down; 

 hang it with vair  and purple dyes; 

 Carve it in doves and  pomegranates, 

 and peacocks with an hundred eyes; 

Work it  in gold and silver grapes, 

 in leaves and silver fleur‐de‐lys; 

 Because the birthday of my life is come, 

‐‐my love is come to me. 

       Chris7naRosseT 

Lenore:Thatwasgreat!

Molly:Ittotallywas!Nausicaa:About7me.Achilles:Veryclassy.

Elaine:Ifeelgreat. 

Idon’tthinkI’veeverseenaRomanceSimwhowassohappytogetmarried.

Elaine:Here.It’ssupposedtobelucky.

Elaine:AndMomsaysit’salsoverygood.

Ian:Mm.Lemon.

‐‐hey.What’ssofunny?

Elaine:Hah!Youhavefros7ngonyournose!

Aweddingisalwaysachancetogatherwithfriends,andfamily,andallthepeopleacouplecaresabout.

It’salsoachancetoaffirmyournewfamily’svalues,ifnecessary.

Gawaine:‐‐thaaaaat’smaybegoingtoofar.

Elaine:Youthinkthey’llno7ceifwesneakawayforaliWledance?

Ian:Idon’tcareifeveryoneno7ces.

Ian:Imarriedyou. 

S7ll,it’salwaysnicetoknowthateveryonehadagood7me.

Ian:OfcourseI’monboardwithyourfamily’stradi7ons.Iwouldn’thavesaidthatIwasifIwasn’t.Elaine:Don’ttakeittoofar.Ian:Iwouldn’tworryaboutthat.Thenextpartisalsotradi7onal,fromwhatIunderstand.

Elaine:DidyouknowIgrewupinthisroom?Myfamilyusedtojokeandcallitmyturret.Iwasalwaysinsidelookingout,dreamingaboutthedayIwouldgooutandfindsomeonetoloveme.

Ian:Youdidn’thavetogoveryfar,ortrytomakesomeoneloveyou.

Elaine:Iknowthat.

Ian:Youletmeloveyou.

Elaine:Iletyouin.AndI’msohappyyou’rehere.Sohappy.

Elaineisright.Somethinginsideherisquietandcontentednow.

Elaine:Shh.Don’twakehim.

Iwanthimwhenhewakesup.

Inadineracrosstown‐‐

Achilles:BRAAAP.‘Scuseme.

Lucy:Eugh.

Max:Iconcur.

Achilles:Soletmegetthisstraight.YourmotherwasgeTngabitbeWer,butyouweres7llworriedsickabouther,andthenshesetfiretothekitchenandhadtoberescuedbythefiredepartment?Andthat’saposi7vething?

Max:Naturally,aculinaryconflagra7onisnotaposi7vethinginitself.

Max:The firefighter who assisted her, however, was kind enough to ascertain her safety and well‐being on the following day. 

Max:  As you can imagine, my mother has had liHle social interacIon and few friends aJer her long incapacitaIon. 

Max:  She also felt compelled to demonstrate that she does not in fact incinerate food on a regular basis.   

Max:  He also appears to be fond of cats.  

Achilles:  WHOA. Back up.  Your mom is friends with some fireman named Sam, pracIcally daIng him, and you don’t have a problem with that? 

Lucy:Whyshouldhehaveaproblemwiththat?What’sthemaWerwiththat?

Achilles:Ididn’tsayIhadaproblemwithit.Ithinkit’sgreat.IwasaskingifMaxhadaproblemwithit.

Max:No.Idonot“haveaproblemwithit.”

Max:  My mother has been extremely miserable and unhappy for a very long Ime.  I cannot begrudge her anything that makes her happy.  Nor could anyone, if they saw her face.   

Achilles:That’sgood.Iwasn’tsureyou’dthinkofitthatway.

He’salotyoungerthansheis,though,isn’the?

Max:Inpointoffact,heissomewhatyoungerthanIam.

Achilles:Youdon’tthinkthat’stooyoung?

Max:Onthecontrary.Ithinkheispreciselytherightage.

Achilles:Hmm.

Max:Hmmmindeed.

Lucydecidestoshowherpleasureandfriendlyconcerninawayuniquetoher.

Lucy:POW!Takethat,Dr.Death!

Max:Thankyou.Itrustalliswellwithyouaswell.

Lucy:Couldn’tbebeWer.

Lucy:My niece Lenore just graduated from college. 

Lucy:We’re all preHy happy for her.

Lucy:  I met her fiancé, and he’s preHy non‐sInky if I have to say so, what with his monster cred and all.  Can’t talk about it, though, because he gets all cranky and talk about how the baker guy and his husband are his REAL parents.  Whatever.  

Lucy:Lenore’s dad seems to like him, too. 

Zane:Hesaidhe’dripmyarmsoffandbeatmetodeathwiththemifIwasanythinglikehim!

Lenore:Excuseme,swee7e.IthinkIneedtohavealiWlechatwithhim.

Don’tbother.He’stoobusybeingenthralledbyCarmillatellingtheDragonLegend.

Max:  I did not realize your sister knew the Dragon Legend. 

Lucy:  She doesn’t. 

Carmilla:StanleyishotandsoamI.

Lucy:She just moved home, but she and Zane want three kids and we’re hurIng for space. 

Lucy:  Great‐Grandpa Elroy and Great‐Grandpa Whoopie moved down to Simida.   

Lucy:They’re having a great Ime.  They promised to come back for the wedding, but they love it down there. 

Lucy:They love it down there even though Great‐Grandpa Whoopie overdid it in the sun. 

Lucy:  He said he’s been waiIng his whole life to have a sunburn that wouldn’t kill him, so he’s sIll happy about it. 

Lucy:  We’re sIll hurIng for space, though, so I said I’d move out, too. 

Max:  I did not think you and your sister could tolerate a separaIon. 

Lucy:  I sIll don’t think Milly likes the idea.  I don’t love the idea. 

Lucy:  But this other pair of twins we met said they did it and it worked out okay for them. 

Lucy:They said they missed each other a lot, but that living in different houses didn’t make them any less close. 

Lucy:They said they liked having kids and grandkids and that made it worth it, and they never lost their connecIon.   

Max:  This would be somewhat lonely for you, I would imagine. 

Lucy:It would if I were moving by myself.  But I’m moving in with my boyfriend. 

Max:Yougavemetounderstandthatyouwereirrevocably7edtoyourtwinsister.

Lucy:Yeah,well...

Max:Andthatyouobjectedto—whatwasthetermyouused—“s7nkyboys.”

Lucy:Oh,he’snots7nky.

Lucy:Nope, he’s not sInky at all. 

Lucy:  I’ve known Spacely my whole life, and ‐‐ 

Lucy:‐‐and I guess one thing just led to another. 

Lucy:It went a lot faster than I thought it would. 

Lucy:  I can’t really explain it.  It just did. 

Lucy:Itwasnicetogetkissed,Max.Reallynice.

Max:Iimagineitwas.Iamverypleasedforyou.

Lucy:SoI’llseeyouaround.Maybereallysoon,likeatthewedding.OK?

Max:Indeed.

Achilles:Bummer,dude.It’sgreataboutyourmom,butit’sgoWabeashock,andthenwithLucy...IalwaysthoughtyouandLucywould...

Max:No.

Achilles:Really?

Max:Iamverypleasedforher,andIshallofcoursesendthecustomarysilvertoastrackorsetofdemitassespoons,butIdonotbelieveIamsuitableforher.Ihaveeveryconfidencethatshewillbeextremelyhappy.

Max:And as for me . . .

Max:. . .who knows what may not be possible?

Whoknowswhatmaybepossible?Thefutureisalwaysfullofques7ons.

Andwewillendonthatdrama7cnote.WillElaineandIanhavethegirlwhowillfinishthelegacy?

Credits— A thousand, thousand thanks to Cait (Regacy), who recolored Elaine’s beautiful veil. Ian Legacina, Orikes-- Pseudo Legacy Spencer Fitzhugh, Marina—Fitzhugh Legacy, Villainous Apocalypse Zane Devereaux, Peasant007—Devereaux Legacy Dinadan Locks, RubyBlue—Goldilocks and the Nine Heirs Stanley Legacy, Dicreasy—Victorian Legacy Apollo and Artemis Bohemian, Jamie/DocGirlP- Bohemian Legacy Cobaltazure (Apocalypse of Ice ) Cait, De/Fireflower314 (Morgan Legacy), RoseFyre (Buffyverse Apocalypse), Jamie/DocGirlP , WriterTina (Highwinds)—their simselves Blite27—(Ten Caesars)—a whole heapin’ helpin’ of Romans Opening picture—Yes or No, John William Godward SC Productions MMX. It’s