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An archive for my first TS4 legacy run Main account: @hasksquill EA id: simlisharchivist

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Chronicle of the Drinkwater family

A TS4 Legacy Challenge Lite run

✨Dynasty Founder✨

👑Dahlia Drinkwater👑

🌸Freelance botanist

☀️Loves outdoors

🤗Loyal

🧹Neat

✨Origins✨

Dahlia is an idealistic, kind young woman with a love for the natural world, crafting, and all things cottagecore. She became disillusioned with university once she realized the things she wants to learn most can't be taught in a classroom. Even though they know the life they have planned for Dahlia isn't fulfilling to her, her parents disowned her for dropping out.

Now she's starting over in Brindleton Bay, which seemed the sort of place she could imagine herself living. But Dahlia's hobbyist camping experience hasn't prepared her for the truth of living rough on an empty lot at the edge of town.

She's found a day job as a writer's assistant and plans to turn some of her hobbies, like gardening and fishing, into side hustles. Can Dahlia support herself without burning out? And after her parents' rejection, will she be able to make true friends and escape the shadow of her dropout past?

✨Succession Rules✨

Equality: The Founder may be of either gender. Both boys and girls are eligible for the title of heir.

Traditional: Children who are naturally born (or a Science baby) from the previous generation are eligible to be named heir. Adopted children are ineligible to be named heir unless there are no naturally born or science baby children that can trace their lineage to the founder, at which point they become eligible for that generation.

Merit: The child with the most fully completed aspirations will be named heir. If there is a tie, the child with the highest level in a single skill will become heir from among the children who are tied.

Tolerant: The species of the child has no impact on their eligibility for heir status

✨Challenge Miscellany✨

I'm following the Legacy Challenge Lite rules as outlined here.

So far, I have the following mods downloaded:

MCCC

Meaningful Stories

Wonderful Whims

Family Portrait

Assign NPC roles

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Dahlia Drinkwater Character Chronicle (Part Three)

Parts one and two.

Young Adult (continued)

Dahlia experiences a brief hiccup in her friendship with Catarina Lynx when Cat asks to move in with her only weeks after Dahlia’s tiny home is finished. Cat is surprised and hurt when Dahlia says no, but Dahlia is surprised and hurt that she would even ask in the first place. Cat knows how much Dahlia values living on her own, and the place is a studio with only one bed anyway.  They’re trying to move past it, though, and exchange friendship bracelets to cement their bond. 

Dahlia finally gets promoted at work and begins selling genre books to publishers.  They sell modestly, but it’s a big boon to her confidence.  Now with a roof over her head and a steady stream of income, Dahlia finally has some free time to pursue her hobbies.  She joins the Garden Gnomes club, takes up fishing, and learns more about cooking. 

She’s in a good place in her life, and she and Cecilia can even afford to take a vacation over a long weekend in Henford-on-Bagley.  They spend a few days foraging, swimming, fishing, and enjoying nature walks. On the last day of their trip, Dahlia proposes and Cecilia says yes! This comes as a huge relief, as Dahlia had been a little worried because Cecilia can be noncommittal at times.  They get married at the museum where they had their first date and Cecilia moves in with Dahlia in Brindleton Bay. 

The tiny house wasn’t exactly designed for two people, so the newlyweds live in tight quarters for the first couple months while they save up for a renovation.  Everything is going well, until Dahlia gets thrown a major curveball.  She gets a call in the middle of the night that her best friend Catarina has died.  Dahlia is completely devastated and falls into a depression.  Cecilia is supportive and takes over coordinating most of the house renovations.  Dahlia returns to her friend’s house to reminisce and bonds with Cat’s menagerie of cats. Her grief is still intense, but it helps to be surrounded by tangible remnants of her friend. 

The house is finished, and it looks great. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, an office, even a separate living room with a tv! Dahlia has come a long way from when she was huddling in a sleeping bag on this very lot.  In honor of their late friend Catarina, Dahlia and Cecilia adopt a kitten named Ember and set to work making the new house feel like home.

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Ember hasn't adjusted well to Mairin's arrival and spends a lot of time sulking in the baby's room. This morning, Ember was sick and Dahlia had to take her to the vet. Luckily it was easily treatable and nothing major!

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There's not much time for dates these days, but Dahlia and Cecilia try to carve out little moments together.

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Parenting is the hardest thing Dahlia's ever done, and it's churning up a lot of feelings about her own absentee parents. She's juggling the new baby with her job as an author and trying to lose the pregnancy weight. On top of it all, Ember the cat is feeling a little jealous of the baby and acting out.

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Everyone always says "you should sleep when the baby sleeps." Dahlia and Cecilia couldn't have predicted how very true that would be...

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Happy birthday and welcome to the world, Mairin Drinkwater!

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Eagerly awaiting the arrival of their bundle of joy!

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Maternity shoot 💜

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After much deliberation, Dahlia and Cecilia have decided that they finally feel secure enough to have a baby! Dahlia is going to carry this baby, and if they decide to have another, Cecilia will carry their second child.

One final Love Day date before their lives change forever...Dahlia was grumpy and needed to take a nap halfway through. Just pregnancy things!

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Get you a wife who looks at you like this (and throws you a birthday party with all your best friends and favorite foods).

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The newlyweds got a new house, but more importantly, a cat! They're already obsessed. Welcome to the family, Ember!

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Dahlia's bff Catarina died suddenly soon after her wedding, and she's devastated. Cecilia suggested they go to Cat's house for some closure. They talked about shared memories and Dahlia found comfort in her old friend's cats.

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Autumnal honeymoon vibes 🧡

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Some sweet one-on-one moments from the big day. (The last one is Dahlia's attempt at an artsy photo at the end of the night. She had a lot of champagne, okay?🥂 😂)

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Reception fun! It meant a lot to Dahlia that so many of her friends came to support her and Cecilia. She never imagined her parents would miss her wedding day.

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Dahlia and Cecilia tied the knot at the same museum where they had their first date! 💍