Monday, February 22, 2010

Generation Czech, Chapter Two



Hello, and welcome to the new Around the World Legacy. Or, in Czech, Cesta Kolem Světa.
In this legacy, each generation will be named a word starting with their letter from a language starting with that letter; so a sim from generation C could be named Čína, the Czech word for China.

Last time on the Around the World Legacy, I re-created my neighborhood and Bihotz and Lemon had a baby girl named Cvičitel.

I left you with this picture of them relaxing upon a bed only just after Cvičitel was born.

Of course, no sooner had they started woohooing, then the baby started crying. Lemon spent almost all night taking care of her.

During the day Bihotz would step in and watch over Cvičitel and putter around the house, repairing broken sinks and toilets and showers.

He also spent a fair amount of time gardening, and would sometimes take Cvičitel with him across the street to go fishing. Other times, Lemon would take her to play for tips in the park, usually because Bihotz was at work.

Of course, it wasn't long before Lemon saw the results of the woohoo. Soon another crib would be joining their little lawn house.

All their money went into making a new home as one by one items from their lawn started moving inside.

Of course, that meant that the family was always tight for cash, and Lemon had to keep playing her guitar outside city hall, even when she was pregnant and carrying around her daughter. Poor Cvičitel spent a lot of time on the floor in the park or outside city hall.

The busking paid off, though, and she got to have her birthday indoors!

She's got her father's long face, nose, and eyes (and eye and hair color) but she's got her mother's cheeks, chin, and lips.

And then it's right back to city hall with you two!

During one of her rare returns to the house (seriously, I think Lemon spent more time playing her guitar on community lots than she spent at her own home) Lemmy went into labor! At least, the game told me she did. All she did was stand there holding her stomach and looking displeased.

It's a boy! He's named Časopis, which means Magazine in Czech.

The next few days were a blur of activity. Časopis cried constantly. Lemmy and Bihotz only got about an hour of sleep before he started crying again, and as soon as they got to bed he'd be wailing once more. Despite this all, Lemmy soon discovered she was pregnant, despite the fact she had explicitly told Bihotz she didn't want any more kids.

That night, Lemmy watched their TV for the first time. She sighed and rubbed her pregnant belly. Well, at least Bihotz would be happy.

The next few days were a blur, and then ALL of the kids had a birthday at once. Cvičitel was set to become a child, Časopis was becoming a toddler, and Lemmy went into labor.

Lemmy named her new baby girl Chyba, which means Mistake in Czech. As in "it was a mistake to have this many kids when we can't even afford another bed."

Cvičitel grew up into a child, but hardly anyone seemed to notice. It was another two days before they were able to buy her a twin sized bed. Until then she slept in her parents' bed when they weren't around, or someone passed out on the floor. She played chess quietly and alone when she wasn't at school or doing her homework. No one paid her much mind.

Časopis, on the other hand, became a loud and fussy toddler. He still demanded much of their parents' attention, so much so that Chyba was often in the red before someone was free to take care of her.

"So I was thinking we should have some more children."
"Bihotz, I will kill you."

1 comment:

  1. Aww, I feel so sorry for this generation. I hope it won't be too long before things get back to normal. :) Good luck with that, though!

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