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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #66

Dear Diary, The charity gala last night was miserable. I was absolutely humiliated by Maggie Reed, Lacy was totally right about her. On the bright side I'm going to be performing at an open mic night later this week, so I finally have a chance to get some of my music out there. I can't wait. -Violet

After her conversation with Violet yesterday, Lacy was feeling extra productive. She decided to get up early and go for a run, something she used to enjoy doing during gen 3. Meanwhile, Jenna was working tirelessly on her newest SimTube video. Things seemed like they were beginning to look up.

Even Violet woke up feeling inspired. She decided to try her luck at making breakfast, again. (No kitchens were harmed in the making of this grilled cheese). Afterwards, she decided to practice a few of her songs for the open mic night later this week.

After a shower, Lacy was finally ready to sit down and book an audition. She decided to try for Making Moosic, mostly hoping Violet would lend her the guitar so she could practice.

"I finally have an audition!" Lacy exclaimed. "That's awesome! I'm glad the conversation we had yesterday seemed to help." "Just one thing…" "What is it?" Violet asked skeptically. "I need to borrow your guitar. I have to be level 2 for this audition." "If you break it, then you owe me a new one."

Lacy rushed to tell Jenna of the news as well. "So, I was thinking the three of us should go to the club tonight to celebrate." "I mean I'm in, but do you really think Violet would be down to go?" "Oh, she's coming whether she wants to or not. Even if I have to pry her from that piano myself."

Meanwhile, in Britechester, Owen was just arriving back to the dorms after the events of this past weekend. "Hey man, how was your weekend with Nat?" "Great, we haven't seen each other in weeks so it was nice to spend time with her," Leo replied. "How was that gala, thing?" Owen's face fell.

Owen spent a few minutes recounting the details of the previous night. He left out the part that the server Maggie had assaulted has been Leo's sister "It wasn't great" "What are you going to do about Maggie?" "I don't know, I told her we're on a break for now. I couldn't even look at her yesterday"

"I'm going to be honest with you, dude," Leo began to say. "I think you just need to end it with Maggie. She doesn't seem like a good person, and you aren't the same person since you started dating." Owen let out a sigh, "I think you might be right, but right now I'm so far behind on my term paper."

Owen didn't even have the time to get two sentences typed on his term paper before his phone began to ring with a call from none other than Maggie's father, Whit Reed. "Hello?" he answered. "Meet me at Pepper's Pub. I need to have a conversation with you." Owen groaned, "fine, but you get one hour."

"I'm glad you could make it, kid," Whit reached for Owen's hand. "Did I really have a choice?" Owen asked. If there was one thing he'd learned since he and Maggie had begun to date, it was that Whit Reed was not the type of man you kept waiting. "Not really," Whit smirked. "You're a smart kid."

"Can we just get this over with, I'm so behind on all my schoolwork now," Owen said clearly irritated. Whit let out a small laugh, "sure. Why don't we head upstairs, it's a bit quieter up there, and I need to make sure you understand everything I'm about to tell you." "Fine."

"You know," Whit began. "Maggie told me about how you were brought up. Dad died when you were little, Mom was a flight risk. Raised by your older sister. Had to get a job at 14 to help your sister support your younger siblings. Truly remarkable if you ask me." "What's this have to do with anything?"

"My daughter loves you; I know she does," Whit continued. "And I understand that after the events of last night you might be rethinking your relationship with her." "She assaulted a friend of mine." "Assault is an extreme word" "She shoved Violet to the ground" "Violet tripped, this isn't the point"

"All I'm saying is that it might be beneficial to stay with my daughter. You probably have student loans, are most likely still sending what little money you do make to your sister for your siblings. You're a smart kid, Owen. I have connections, could help you get a job after graduation." "I don't-"

"I mean I couldn't possibly have a potential son in law scraping by to make ends meet. I'm just saying, you need to weigh all your options here. Are you going to take financial security or drop out of school to pine after some starving actress in Del Sol Valley." "You're unbelievable," Owen scoffed.

"Just think on it," with that Whit got up from the table and walked away

Owen sat there contemplating Whit's words. He'd hated growing up, never knowing if their power would get turned off, or if they'd have enough food on the table. It'd been the driving force in his decision to attend university.

Go to school, get a degree so he could get a good paying job, so he could support his siblings, so none of his younger siblings would have to grow up with those same concerns. But could he really give up his own happiness to do it?

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #65

Dear Diary, There's a big charity gala I'm catering for tonight. I'm really not looking forward to serving a bunch of rich people tiny food on platters, but we need the money. Jenna picked up the shift with me, so I guess it won't be too bad. I don't know if I should ask Lacy to help though. -Violet

Violet's desperation for rent money won out, so she decided to ask Lacy to join in their catering job later. "So, my boss said we could use another person, and we definitely need the money, so what do you say?" "Absolutely not." "Are you serious right now? You aren't even trying to help with rent."

"I am!" Lacy protested. "I haven't found any good roles to audition for yet." "What do you mean? There are plenty of auditions out there. I saw one posted for a salty suds commercial just the other day." "Salty suds, really? I don't do commercials, I'm Lacy Landcaster, remember?" "This isn't gen 3!"

"Duh, but I'm a lead actress. I've been in blockbuster films; I can't do shitty little commercials." "Nobody knows who you are anymore!" Violet exclaimed. "If they find out I brought the real you back from the dead we'll get in big trouble, as far as anyone is concerned, you're a nobody right now."

Violet took a deep breath before continuing. "Look, I know you're talented, and you're used to getting whatever roles you want, but you're going to have to start from the bottom and work your way up just like everyone else does. Please, Lacy." "Fine, but I still won't help cater tonight."

Meanwhile, Jenna was out on a lunch date with Marcus, her soon to be boyfriend, at least she hoped. "So, yeah, Violet and I will be catering for the Reed family charity gala tonight." "Good luck with that, Whitman Reed is an asshole. I've had to work with his company before, it was a nightmare."

"Most unprofessional man I've ever met. Your friend Violet though. She's the one who's trying to do the whole singing thing, right?" "Yeah, why?" "I have a buddy who owns this bar downtown. They do open mic nights every Saturday. She might wanna perform sometime." "I'll let her know, thank you."

As the gala began, Jenna and Violet were both assigned to tend the bar. "You could make it a regular thing, playing at this bar every Saturday." "But who will even hear me?" "Violet, you never know who could walk into that bar. You can't be afraid to at least try. Your music is great, trust me."

"You have a point," Violet decided. "I guess I should get some songs together so I can perform next week." "That's the spirit," Jenna's attention caught to the man who sat down at the bar. "What can we get star-…Owen?" "What are you doing here?" Violet's eyes narrowed. "Having a terrible time."

"No, uh, Maggie's Dad is the host of this whole thing," Owen clarified. "What a shame for you," Violet muttered "Is it just the two of you here tonight or…" Owen trailed off. He had to admit, it was nice to see a familiar face. "Lacy's not here if that's what you're trying to ask," Jenna clarified

Owen's face fell, "I wasn't trying to-" "Don't lie," Jenna said "She's probably out at some club partying," Violet told him. "When I asked if she wanted to join, she said no." Owen let out a small laugh, "If I don't remember, the roles were reversed in high school. Lacy used to be the sensible one."

"Well sometimes people grow up," Violet pointed out. "How's uni?" Jenna asked. "Fine, I'd rather be third wheeling Nat and Leo this weekend though. Maybe finish my term-" "Baby!" a shrill voice rang out from behind, and Owen tensed "Where's my cocktail?" "I was just-" "Conversing with the help, ew."

"Let's head back to the table. There are far more important people to talk with," Maggie grabbed Owen's hand to pull him from the chair. "I'll talk to you guys-" Owen was cut off "Come, come," Maggie chided and began to pull him away. She glanced once over her shoulder, "I want my cocktail, pronto."

"Alright, one cocktail made specially for-" Violet was cut off. "What's this?" Maggie demanded sanding up. "Mags, don't," Owen said clearly defeated. "I wanted a sparkling water; how dare you get my order wrong are you incompetent?" "You ordered - agh!" Maggie threw the drink into Violet's face.

"Maggie, you said cocktail, I was there!" Owen tried to defend Violet, who maybe had never been the nicest to him, but she didn't deserve this. "Baby, we've been over this, you have selective hearing sometimes," Maggie turned her attention back to Violet. "And maybe this will teach you a lesson."

"Hey!" Jenna exclaimed coming out from behind the bar. The floor, still slippery from the drink Maggie had just thrown, fell out from beneath Violet's feet as she tumbled towards the ground to the sound of not only Maggie's laughter, but that of everyone else in the room.

"Violet, are you okay?" Owen knelt down to check on his sort of friend. "Fine, just a little disoriented," she clarified. "I'm so sorry," Owen tried to help her up, but Violet shoved his hand away. "Just let me finish this night in peace, please." "That'll teach her," Maggie scoffed.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Jenna asked for what felt like the millionth time. "I'm fine, just ready for bed," said Violet. "What happened?" Lacy turned from where she'd been watching a movie on the couch. "Just Magnolia Reed and that stupid gala," Jenna told her. "Wait, I thought you'd be partying"

"I stayed in tonight," Lacy said with a simple shrug. "Wait, if Maggie was there, then Owen was too?" "Well, yeah he was," Violet said hesitantly. "Do you regret not coming now?" Jenna asked. "I would have punched Maggie Reed on your behalf, Vi," Lacy told her. "Still will if you want." "It's okay."

"Well, I'm going to head to bed," Lacy said. "See you two tomorrow." "Goodnight," both Jenna and Violet's voices echoed off the walls as Lacy headed back to her room. Despite her tiredness, Lacy found it difficult to fall asleep. Too many thoughts rattled around inside her head.

If she was being honest, there was a large part of herself that deeply regretted not going with Jenna and Violet tonight. If only so she could have seen Owen, just one more time.

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #64

As the sun began to rise over Foxbury Institute, most students were still sleeping after a wild Friday night of drinking and juice pong, except for one. Leo had been awake for hours frantically trying to get all his schoolwork done before his girlfriend, Nat, arrived in just a few short hours.

Luckily, Leo managed to get all his homework finished just as Nat arrived, which meant he'd be able to give 110% of his attention to her this weekend. With Nat working on getting her teaching degree at Copperdale College, they didn't have much time to see one another.

"I know I promised you a schoolwork free weekend, and I swear all my work is done, but I never got the chance to run through my presentation, and Owen's away this weekend so I was wondering if - " "Yes, Leo, you can run your presentation through with me. I've always been your best critic anyways."

"And that is why vaccines are essential," Leo finished. "How was that?" "Good, I think you should go even more in depth on how it's beneficial for everyone to get vaccinated to protect vulnerable communities. Pull on their empathy, wouldn't want them thinking you're an anti-vaxxer" "Watcher forbid."

"Where is Owen again?" Nat asked. "His girlfriend is dragging him to some fancy gala or something. He made me go with him to pick up a tux the other day." "The same Owen who refused to wear a tie to high school prom?" "Yup." "He's going to be so miserable all night." "Oh, absolutely," Leo agreed.

Together, Leo and Nat broke out into a fit of laughter picturing their friend surrounded by a bunch of old money rich guys. It couldn't be further from Owen's natural environment.

"Before you take me into town and show me all Britechester has to offer, I do want to have a conversation first," Nat began to say. "Uh-Oh." "It's not a negative conversation; I want to make sure we're on the same page when it comes to our relationship going forward. We're long distance after all."

"For starters, I want us both to finish with university. Getting our degrees is important." "Agreed, I think my mom would lose it if I dropped out, especially after Violet skipped university altogether." "Then we can find good jobs and get engaged, followed by a nice wedding, then kids." "Kids!?"

"Yes, Leo, kids. I know I already have Sawyer, but I do want two more, just not anytime soon. I want to get established in my career first, and I think you'd want the same." "You have a point; I think it's good that we're talking about all of this." "Good, now you can take me out to lunch."

Nat and Leo decide to go to Pepper's Pub, one of the only places that doesn't serve cafeteria food. "Tell me more about Owen's girlfriend. We should do a double date sometime." Leo tried to find the right words, "I don't really know Maggie that well." "Is she mean?" "I don't think she likes me much"

"Why would you say that?" "I don't know, she gives me dirty looks sometimes. Owen is just different now, I guess. Definitely not himself." "How so?" "I mean he's going to a black-tie gala for starters, but he also writes far less. He just seems not himself; I don't really know how to explain it."

"Weird," said Nat. "He won't even write screenplays anymore? He loved that." "No, he won't. Maggie is always telling him what to wear, who to talk to." "Have you tried talking to him about this?" "I can't, Maggie is always around. She won't leave him alone. I don't know what to do." "Me neither."

On their way out, Leo noticed a familiar face playing juice pong. "Is that Sage?" he whispered to Nat. "Looks like it." "Who's she with do you think?" Nat shrugged, "a friend probably, let's head back." "OK," Leo said, but he couldn't shake the feeling that Sage wasn't just friends with that girl.

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Landcaster Legacy Gens 1-7 Summaries

The Landcaster Legacy Heirs 1-7

Generation 1: Genevieve

Genevieve moves to San Myshuno looking for a new start. She gets a job as an interior decorator and befriends her neighbor across the hall, Kayla. Genevieve decides to join a singles club where she meets Colton. They date for a few years, but Genevieve breaks up with him because he doesn't want to get married. Kayla hosts a dinner party and invites Genevieve. At the party she meets Aidan and after a few too many drinks they go back to Genevieve's place a woohoo. The next day Genevieve finds out she's pregnant. They decide to move in together, so their child doesn't have to be bounced around all the time. Genevieve gives birth to a girl she names Madeline. She then finds out Aidan isn't really into exclusive relationships, and he tends to bring sims in and out of the house all the time. The angers Genevieve and they get into a big fight. He agrees to no longer bring random sims back home. After years of living together and raising Madeline, Aidan and Genevieve fall in love and decide to get married. They then have a set of twins, Josephine and William.

Generation 2: Madeline

Madeline wanted to be the perfect legacy heir. She worked hard all throughout school, so hard she sacrificed building relationships with her family members and peers at school. Eventually she gets accepted into the distinguished Biology program at Foxbury. During her freshman year Madeline meets Garrett, a fellow biology major. The two soon begin competing to be top of the class. Eventually it occurs to Madeline that she'll have to get married in order to continue with the legacy, but she has no clue how make friends. Madeline takes all of her options into account and decides that despite their issues she must marry Garrett in order to continue having a successful legacy. Garrett eventually agrees to the idea, who doesn't want to marry into a legacy family? They spend a few years getting settled into their careers before trying for a baby, but Madeline is having fertility issues. Eventually after many fertility treatments Madeline gets pregnant and gives birth to twins names Samuel and Lacy.

Generation 3: Lacy

Lacy's parents put lots of pressure on her and her brother to pursue science and be the most successful. Lacy hated science and much preferred the creative arts. As a child she joined the drama club at her school and continued with it until she graduated As a teen Lacy began dating a girl named Hayley, and she fell absolutely in love, but ended up cheating on Hayley with her best friend. After graduating Lacy moves to Del Sol Valley and never speaks to her suffocating parents ever again. She works hard to improve her acting and begins booking lots of movie rolls. She catches her big break when she's cast in a movie alongside an actor names Chad King. Lacy and Chad start a physical relationship that results in Lacy getting pregnant with her only child, Isla. Chad wants nothing to do with their child and leaves Lacy. Lacy continues acting and becomes the most famous sim in the save file, but she does hire a nanny to take care of Isla as she doesn't like children. This deeply hurts Isla and makes her feel unloved by her mother. Lacy never does marry. although she is brought back to life by my gen 6 sim, Violet, so her story isn't entirely over yet.

Lacy post reincarnation:

Lacy was not too happy to be reincarnated by her great great granddaughter, Violet. She was actually enjoying the afterlife. Things got even worse when it's revealed that not only was she reincarnated as a 15-year-old, but that she was going to be forced to do high school all over again, and that she had to share a room. Violet's parents allowed Lacy to live with them under the guise that she was just a distant cousin staying with the family for the foreseeable future. Letting the world know that Violet had partaken in necromancy was a huge no no, talk about the scandal. Eventually Lacy and Violet became close friends. Since Lacy had always loved acting, she decided to audition for the part of Luna in a play based off of Pamsimmer's legacy at the time. Naturally, Lacy receives the roll. During the audition process she met Owen, who was the stage manager, and the two became friends of a sort. Eventually he develops feelings for Lacy and asks her out, but she rejects him but makes it clear they can still be friends. Things remains weird between the two of them and then opening night for the play hits. The actor who was initially set to play Elijah passes out and Owen is forced to step in because he's the only one who knows all the lines. During the closing scene to the play Lacy accidentally kisses Owen even though that definitely is not in the script. He tries to talk to her after the show, but Lacy maintains that they cannot date because she'd be a terrible girlfriend (she's still traumatized by Chad King from her previous life). During the play, Lacy makes friends with the hair and makeup artist, Jenna.

Not much happens for Lacy during the rest of her Sophomore year, or during most of her Junior year of High School. At the end of Junior year, Prom approaches. Violet asks for Lacy's permission to go to Prom with Owen, mostly because Violet already told her crush, Sage, that she was going with Owen and Violet doesn't want to be caught in a lie. Lacy tells Violet she really doesn't care because at the end of the day, Violet likes girls and she and Owen are just friends. On the night of Prom, Lacy heads outside to get some air where she runs into Owen. They talk for a bit, and she admits she really didn't want to attend Prom, but that Jenna is just super persistent. During their conversation, Lacy nearly lets it slip that she's been brought back from the dead but catches herself. They do end up dancing for the rest of the night until it's time to crown Prom royalty, which ends up being Lacy. During an event Violet's participating in (Battle of the Bands) Violet and Lacy get into a fight, mostly because Lacy is irritated that Violet won't stop practicing her set music for her performance. During intermission, Lacy runs into Owen who can tell she's upset. Lacy admits it's just because she feels guilty about yelling at Violet earlier that day. She admits that she does this thing where she pushes people away when they get too close. Owen asks her if that's what she did by rejecting him, and Lacy admits that yes that's exactly what she did. Owen tells Lacy that he won't let her push him away and asks for a second chance. She tells him no and explains that she has a lot of personal issues to work through before she's ready for a real relationship. Owen is okay with this answer but tells her that if she changes her mind before he leaves for college then he might have a reason to stay for Senior year (he's graduating a year early).

While Violet spends the term break between Junior and Senior Year in Del Sol Valley, Lacy spends most of break either hanging out with Jenna or sleeping. One day, Jenna and Lacy have plans to meet at the boba shop, but Lacy oversleeps and forgets. While waiting for Lacy to show, Jenna meets a girl names Maggie who is new in town. She expresses her frustration with Lacy about her not showing. Maggie spends their conversation trying to turn Jenna on Lacy for what appears to be no reason. When Lacy does show up, Maggie heads up to the counter to order and she begins hitting on Owen who is taking her order. A few days later, Jenna and Lacy head to the pier where they spot Owen and Maggie hanging out. Jenna confesses her conversation with Maggie from the other day, and the girls come to the conclusion that for whatever reason, Maggie has it out for Lacy. Maggie spends the whole day flirting with Owen, and then Lacy interrupts demanding to speak with him intending to warn him that Maggie seems to be no good. Owen isn't having it, because to him it seems like Lacy doesn't want to be with him, but she also doesn't want him to be with anyone else. With that Owen walks away, and this is the last time she sees him before he goes away to college.

As Senior year begins, Lacy is not doing too well, because it seems that Owen has updated his status on social bunny to be 'in a relationship' and she's about to lose it. Wanting to try something new, Lacy impulsively cuts and dyes her hair, she also dresses in an outfit that is completely against the dress code for their school, and Violet tries to warn her of this, and Lacy just brushes her off saying she looks hot, so it doesn't matter. Mads even tries to warn Lacy who just responds with 'well you're not my mother'. After they arrive at school, Jenna becomes upset upon seeing Lacy's hair, because Jenna's the one that had done Lacy's hair previously, and this sparks a fight between the two of them. Lacy storms off after spotting Charlie, a boy she had previously rejected for his Prom invitation the previous year. They get to talking and Lacy starts to flirt with him before she's interrupted by Violet who is demanding to speak with her. Violet reminds Lacy that she doesn't even like Charlie, and Lacy tells her that that's the whole point. Violet asks if her erratic behavior lately has been because of Owen, and Lacy just gets angry and tells her to fuck off.

After school that day, Lacy was meant to meet up with Sage and Violet but never showed leaving the two to become quite worried. When they arrive home Violet expresses concern to Mads who asks the girls to watch over Violet's younger siblings while Mads and her husband, Ethan, go look for Lacy. They spend hours trying to locate her, and finally they decide to check a bar Lacy used to frequent back during her OG gen 3 days. It's here that they find her flirting with a much older man. Right has Lacy is about to kiss said older man, Ethan and mads interject and haul her away. Ethan starts yelling at this older man telling him Lacy was only 17 and that he's disgusting. Mads tries to speak with Lacy, but it just ends with Lacy screaming at her that she isn't even Mads' child so she shouldn't care about what happens to her. Mads tries to explain that she just cares for Lacy, and they just want what's best for her, and Lacy ends up telling her that even though Mads shares the same name as Lacy's biological mother, she isn't her and therefore she needs to stop acting like her. Lacy then says she doesn't care about any of the Landcaster's. After arriving home, Violet expresses relief that Lacy is home safe, but Lacy just ends up screaming at her. Later that night, while everyone is asleep, Lacy runs away.

Feeling like she doesn't have anywhere else to go, Lacy heads to the home of her vampire friend Lawrence. While she was a ghost, Lacy met and befriended Lawrence who is the son of the most powerful vampire in the save file, Katherine. Katherine never approved of Lawrence's relationship with Lacy, but since Lacy was still a ghost there wasn't much that Katherine could do to hurt her, she was already dead, so Katherine tolerated Lacy and Lawrence's friendship. Now that she's been brought back from the dead, Lacy has avoided Lawrence at all costs, because she really doesn't want to die again, especially at the hands of a vampire as evil as Katherine. Despite this, Lacy takes a chance and heads to Staud mansion (let it be known that Katherine murdered Vlad and stole his home). Lawrence is extremely surprised to see Lacy alive, but after the shock wears off he tells her she has to leave because if his mother finds her then she'll kill her, and he doesn't want Lacy harmed (Lawrence has a bit of a crush on Lacy). Lacy tries to tell him that she's not scared of his mother, in reality she's just lost regard for her own life, but Lawrence is insistent that she leave. As he's trying to force Lacy out of the house, Scarlet, Lawrence's sister, comes down the stairs and teases her brother before drinking Lacy's plasma. As Scarlet finishes, she heads upstairs, and Lacy takes that as enough of a reason to leave but before she has the chance to, Katherine appears. Katherine threatens lacy, and Lawrence begs his mother not to harm her. He points out that hunting normie sims has to get boring after all these years, but Katherine reminds him that the normie sims once hunted the occults. Lawrence again begs his mother to let Lacy leave. Katherine finally agrees so long as Lacy promise her a few things. Lacy agrees, because she just wants to get away with her life. Katherine makes her promise that she'll never try to contact Lawrence again, and that when the time comes Lacy will side with Katherine. lacy tries to ask what that means, but Katherine forces her out of their home and Lacy sprints away.

The only other place Lacy can think to go is to Charlie's house. He welcome's her with no questions asked. Charlie skips school all week to spend his days hanging out with Lacy, but on Friday they have exams, and he decides to go in because he doesn't want to completely flunk out of school. At school, Violet confronts Charlie asking if he knows where Lacy is. Charlie is evasive the whole time and tells her he hasn't spoken to Lacy since the first day. When he gets home Charlie tells Lacy that he needs to get that 'annoying cousin' of hers off his back. Lacy doesn't like how he's insulting Violet and the two of them get into a fight. Charlie tells Lacy that she owes him woohoo in return for him letting Lacy crash at his place. Lacy ends up punching him and then storming out of the house. With absolutely nowhere else to go, lacy decides to bite the bullet and return to the Landcaster house. When she arrives, Mads and Ethan are out spending the evening searching for Lacy while Matthew (Violet's Grandfather, but also Lacy's Grandson) plays some cards with Violet and her younger sister Rosie. Violet tries to talk with Lacy, but since Lacy is feeling too defeated, she just tells Violet to please leave her alone.

The following day is the birthday party for the youngest little Landcasters, Alex and Sofie. That morning, Mads heads up to speak with Lacy and inform her that she and Ethan think it would be beneficial for Lacy to start seeing a therapist because it's clear she's struggling and needs help. While Lacy had attitude about this, she doesn't completely refuse. As the birthday party begins, Lacy finds herself outside soaking her feet in the pool. Matthew decides to join her and officially introduce himself, because even though he's Lacy's Grandson, they haven't ever actually met. Matthew ends up giving her some words of wisdom explaining that he understands she's going through a hard time, but that she's surrounded by people who love her and want the best for her and that she doesn't want to push away all the people who care about her otherwise she'll be left all alone. Lacy agrees to try a bit harder at maintaining relationships with everyone.

For the rest of Senior year, Lacy continues to see a therapist and it really does seem to help her. After graduation, Lacy, Violet, and their friend Jenna decide to move to Del Sol Valley so they can pursue their careers. After moving Violet and Jenna both get to work finding jobs and earning money to pay bills. Meanwhile, Lacy is struggling. She finds herself in a state of paralysis when it comes to finding auditions, and on top of that she stopped going to therapy after their move. Lacy spends her days mostly sleeping, and her nights partying. She begins a casual woohoo relationship with her neighbor, Carla, but she's still unable to put in the effort to find work. This begins to grate on Violet and Jenna and they both try speaking with Lacy about this. Lacy ends up just snapping at both of them, and it's becoming more and more clear that Lacy is slipping back into the same habits that she had during the beginning of Senior year.

TBC

Generation 4: Isla

Growing up Isla always felt unloved by her mother, and all she ever wanted to be a better mother to her own children than her mother was for her. As a teen Isla started dating a boy named Luke. When she's about 16 Isla finds out she's pregnant. Turns out Luke wants nothing to do with the child and leaves her. Isla gives birth to her first son Jackson. When she's 18 Isla gets into a toxic relationship with an older man named Ian. After dating for a little while Isla finds she's pregnant again and she and Ian decide to get married Isla gives birth to her second son, Daniel. Her relationship with Ian gets more toxic, and eventually she gives birth to a set of twins, Christopher and Matthew. On the morning of Winterfest Isla catches Ian being mean to Jackson and she kicks Ian out of their house and files for divorce. Eventually she meets a man named Jay who happens to be Jackson's teacher. Isla and Jay become friends, and they eventually fall in love and get married. Together Isla and Jay adopt two more sons, Steven and Thomas.

Generation 5: Matthew

Growing up Matthew was bullied a lot and he often found solace in video games. When it came time to think about his future Matthew didn't really know what he wanted to do, but he eventually got accepted into Foxbury to study computer science and he thought why not? When he got to university Matthew met a biology student named Elena and he fell in love with her at first sight. After becoming friends, Elena asks Matthew to help her get out of her abusive relationship and Matthew agrees. He gets into a bar fight Elenas boyfriend and the cops get called and they get arrested and held overnight. Days later Elena's boyfriend attempts to kill Matthew to get him out of the way, but this time is arrested and put in prison. Matthew and Elena stay friends after this and eventually Elena falls in love with Matthew and they get married. Together they decide that want a very large family, so they have 11 biological kids together. In birth order, Alyssa, Lauren, Olivia, Spencer, Collin, Samuel, Jane, Erin, Miles, Ike, and Mads. They adopt another daughter named Layla.

(Honestly, I wanted to see how much I could torture myself with the number of kids Matthew and Elena had).

Generation 6: Madeline (Mads)

Mads is the youngest of 12 children, and her mother dies shortly before she aged up into a teen. Her father was so stricken by grief that he struggles to parent her throughout her teen years. Mads had difficulty managing her own grief, so when she started high school she began sneaking out, attending parties and messing around. Eventually she meets Whit and the two begin dating, except Whit is manipulative and cheats on her all the time. Mads eventually decides that she wants to study biology like her ancestors before so she gets accepted into Foxbury. There she meets Jackie (her roommate), Parker and Ethan. The three become good friends. Whit finally breaks up with mads and she realizes that she is better off with him. Mads begins a relationship with Ethan. They move in together. Mads gets a job offer to work as a marine biologist, but she must move to Sulani. Ethan agrees to follow her there. After living in Sulani for a few years, mads and Ethan get married. Together they have five children: Leo, Violet and Rosie and twins Sophie and Alex

Generation 7: Violet (Current Gen)

Violet grew up in Sulani, and she had a very good childhood. She and her older brother had a tendency to butt heads and argue, but that's just how all siblings are. She quickly became best friends with their neighbor, Gianna. When Violet was 12, her father got a job offer in Copperdale, and their family was forced to move. Violet was not happy about this and often acted out in school. Amidst all of this Violet had been trying to stay in contact with Gianna by writing letters. Despite their promise to always stay in touch, Gianna mysteriously never wrote Violet back. As she gets closer to her teenage years, Violet decides she wants to become a singer when she grows up. While her parents and extended family are supportive of her, they also think it might be good for her to go to college, so she has the ability to network and therefore have a better chance at getting her foot in the door as a singer. Unfortunately, Violet wants absolutely nothing to do with higher education.

As she started High School, Violet becomes good friends with a girl named Janie who shares Violet's love of music. Eventually Janie askes Violet to join her band. At the same time, Violet develops a huge crush on a boy named Noah who is the most popular boy in school. Noah has previous beef with Violet's brother, Leo, so he begins to entertain Violet's fantasies as a way to get under Leo's skin. Violet's parents continue to try and push her towards university, which just aggravates her further and makes Violet believe that nobody in her family believes in her. She confesses all of this to her friend, Janie who vehemently agrees with her. After thinking for approximately 30 seconds, Violet decides the only way to get her parents to come around to the idea of her skipping college to pursue music is if she brings her great great Grandmother, Lacy, back from the dead. Because they're only like 15, Janie supports this idea, and the girls get to work studying necromancy. Eventually they find that there is apparently a wishing well in Moonwood Mill, and the girls decide to search for it that very night even though Violet has a curfew that she will most certainly miss if she goes hunting for magical objects in another city.

Once in Moonwood Mill, Violet and Janie do end up locating the wishing well, and Violet spends $5000 (of her parents' money) simoleons on an offering. Sure, enough the well brings Lacy back to life, but the entity controlling the well tells Violet that there is a cost to bring someone back from the dead, and that someone Violet loves will die so Lacy can live. Violet immediately regrets her decision, but it's too late. On their way home, Violet tries to get Lacy to help her convince her parents that college doesn't matter, and Lacy refuses to help and is very clearly angry about having been brought back from the dead. After arriving home Violet quickly discovers that nobody seems to have died, so maybe the well was lying. Her parents on the other hand, are furious. Violet ends up grounded until further notice, and they force her to get a part time job in order to pay them back the $5000 simoleons that Violet now owes them. They also decide to send Violet to therapy to try and help her deal with a lot of the issues she's been having.

Violet gets a job working for the local Boba and Thrift Store. ON her first day she's trained by another teen named Owen. The two do not get off to a good start, and Violet spends nearly the entire day insulting him while Owen calls her a spoiled brat. Shortly before her shift is over, Janie comes in and ends up convincing Violet to lie to her parents and attend a party with her that evening. Violet is hesitant at first, because she knows if her parents find out they're going to be even more angry with her, but she decides to go to the party anyways. There, she runs into her crush, Noah. Violet ends up ditching Janie and spending the party outside with Noah who spends the whole time flirting with her. Noah ends up being Violet's first kiss, but Janie sees and gets extremely jealous (Janie has a pretty big crush on Violet) and the two get into a fight which ends in Janie storming off. Violet tries to go after her, but runs into her brother, Leo, instead and the two get into an argument and Violet begs him not to tell their parents. He agrees, but only because he knows they'll find out anyways.

The following day, Violet is scheduled to have therapy after school but is approached by Noah who ends up asking her on a date. Violet agrees and skips therapy to go on a date with Noah. After arriving home Violet finds that her therapist contacted her mother about Violet skipping the appointment, and she's in even more trouble. Mads decides that Violet can't even be trusted to go from one place to another without an escort, so until further notice Mads will be walking her daughter to and from school, work, therapy, and home. Naturally, Violet is pissed and ends up telling Mads she hates her. For the next several weeks, Violet is basically on lockdown at home, so the only time she can see Noah is during lunch. During one of these lunchtime rendezvous Violet very awkwardly tells Noah she's in love with him. Eventually, Leo finds out that the only reason Noah's trying to date Violet is to piss him off, and that Noah intends to break Violet's heart. Not knowing what to do about this, Leo recruits Lacy for help and she ends up getting into a fist fight with Noah at school the next day. It works, and he stops speaking to Violet entirely. She's upset but gets over it eventually.

Over the following weeks, Violet has been on her best behavior and Mads allows her to have a sleepover at Janie's house. There, the girls dress up in ridiculous outfits, make prank calls, and play a game of truth or dare that ends up with Janie daring Violet to kiss her, which she does. Afterwards this leaves Violet confused, because she realizes that she liked kissing Janie far more than she ever liked kissing Noah. Eventually she realizes that she was only ever interesting in Noah because he was the most popular boy in school, and it seemed like she had to be interested in him, but ultimately Violet realizes that she is attracted to only girls.

During work on day, Janie comes in and tells Violet that she found a gig for their band to play. Violet is extremely excited but quickly realizes that her parents will never allow her to go, because she's still working on building their trust back. Janie ends up convincing her to lie to her mother again. That night Violet asks to go over to Janie's house, and Mads agrees under the condition that she's home at 11pm. Instead of going to Janie's the girls, and the rest of their band, play the gig that Janie booked for them. They have an amazing time, and afterwards Violet confesses her feeling to Janie, and the two begin officially dating. After getting caught up in everything that happened that night, Violet discovers that it's far past her curfew and rushes home to find her mother waiting angerly. Mads and Violet get into yet another heated argument about them not being able to trust Violet. Mads ends up making Violet do community service in the hopes that it will increase her daughter's responsibility, and it does.

A few months go by, and Violet had really been proving herself to her parents. The opening night for Lacy's play is drawing closer, and Janie calls Violet with news of another gig. The problem is that it's the same night as Lacy's play, and Violet already promised Lacy, and the rest of her family, that she'd be there. Janie tries to convince Violet to lie again, but this time she doesn't want to (she does try to get Janie to reschedule the gig, but she refuses). Ultimately Violet does skip the gig to attend Lacy's play (the first good decision she's made in a while). After the play, Janie confronts Violet about missing their gig. Violet defends herself saying that she's thought long and hard about the sim she wants to be, and it isn't someone that lies and blows off her family members. Janie feigns understanding, and Violet invites her to a dinner party Mads is throwing the following night. Janie promises to show up, but she ends up purposefully missing the dinner party to pay Violet back for missing the gig. This sparks a fight between Janie and Violet which ends with the girls deciding to take a break while Janie visits her father in Mt. Komerobi over term break.

Over term break, Violet spends most of the time working (and subsequently arguing with Owen), and spending time with Lacy and her friend Jenna, so much so she ends up folded into their friend group. On the first day of Junior year, Violet goes to the music room like she always does, but she finds that over term break Janie started dating a girl named Sage who is now a new student at their school. Janie tells Violet that she understands that family is a newfound importance to Violet, so Sage will be replacing her as lead singer, but Violet can still write all their songs behind the scenes. Violet is not okay with this, and Janie ends up just kicking her out of the band entirely.

For a school project, Violet ends up getting partnered with Sage and she is not happy about this, because she largely blames Sage for replacing her in the band and just going along with whatever Janie wants. Sage ends up cornering Violet after class and explaining to her that she didn't know the band had a lead singer when Janie asked her to join, and that if she had she would have never agreed. Sage also warns Violet that there's an event called battle of the bands that will take place at the end of term and that Janie doesn't want Violet to know about it because she's worried that Violet has the talent to beat them. She also warns her that Janie plans to steal all of the music that Violet has written thus far, and that she should look into getting a copywrite lawyer. Violet does convince her parents to get her a lawyer to try and fight the copywrite stuff with Janie, but ultimately, they end up losing and Janie steals all the music Violet has written thus far. Violet is devastated but decides to pool all her energy into making even better songs, because she fully intends on winning battle of the bands.

As the months go by, Violet and Sage actually become friends despite the fact that Sage is still a member of Janie's band. As both battle of the bands and Prom draw nearer Violet decides she wants to ask Sage to be her date to Prom, but before she can Sage tells her she's going with Janie. Feeling like she needs to also have a date, Violet blurts out that she's going with Owen even though she hasn't asked him (or Lacy for that matter, because she and Owen kind of have a thing). Violet does end up asking Owen to Prom, but she explains that it's only so Janie doesn't find out she lied, and because Owen is a decent guy (and he thinks Lacy is fine with it). Ultimately, Lacy tells Violet she doesn't care because they'd be going as just friends (even though Violet and Owen don't really like each other). During Prom, Violet spends most of the evening staring longingly over at Sage which irritates Owen because even though he wasn't planning on going to Prom, not that he's here he at the very least wants to have a bit of fun, but Violet won't even dance with him. Eventually, Violet tells him to just go away because she's sick of arguing with him. Unbeknownst to Violet, Sage and Janie were having a horrible time at Prom. Janie was under the impression that Sage had been spending all this time on Violet these past months to find out what she was playing for battle of the bands so they could sabotage her. Sage said she'd never do something like that, and that Violet is her friend. Janie ends up calling Sage useless and in turn Sage quits the band the day before battle of the bands, she also breaks up with Janie in the process. Seeing that Sage is a bit upset, Violet attempts to talk to her. Sage tells her about everything that happened with Janie and confesses that she wanted Violet to ask her to Prom. The two laugh at the miscommunication and they end up dancing together and also sharing their first kiss.

The following day is battle of the bands, and despite Sage quitting last minute, Janie steps in and sings the songs for their set, surprising both Violet and Sage, because neither of them knew that Janie could sing that well. This leaves Violet extremely nervous for her set, but after a pep talk from Sage, she goes out there and kills it. At the end of the competition, it's revealed that the winner will receive a record deal with Williams and Co. the most famous record label in the save file. It's revealed that Janie's band ends up winning, and Violet is devastated because she'd spent that last several months working her butt off for this performance. Afterwards she's approached by Amelia Alden, daughter of the man who owns William's and Co. Amelia reveals to Violet that Janie's band won on a technicality, and that the fact that Violet performed as a solo act disqualified her from the competition, because it was meant to be for group performances only. Amelia tells Violet that despite all of this, she's one of the most talented sims Amelia has ever met and offers her a spot at the Del Sol Academy of The Arts for the program they host during term break for up in coming new talent. Violet begs Mads to let her go, and although Mads is hesitant about letting her daughter spend the entirety of break in Del Sol Valley, Mads ultimately agrees.

Violet comes back after term break more determined than ever to improve her music. It's also time for Leo to leave for college. Violet has a pretty tame senior year. She keeps her head down, works on her music, and shows up for her shifts at the boba shop, although she does find herself disappointed that Owen graduated early and went off to college, because despite how much he irritated her, things at work aren't the same without him. Most of the drama that Violet encounters her senior year has to deal with Lacy, who is near close to a mental breakdown. Overall, though, Violet has grown up a lot since her time as a lying, curfew breaking, necromancer. She even ends up becoming valedictorian, which she enjoys rubbing how easy it was in Leo's face (it was like his one goal for high school, and he did achieve it, but Violet didn't even try).

After graduation, and aging up into a young adult, Violet, Lacy, and their friend Jenna all decide to move to Del Sol Valley together to pursue their careers. Violet in music, Lacy in acting, and Jenna as an influencer. Violet and Sage are still dating, although with Sage in college it's a long-distance relationship. After their move to Del Sol Valley, Violet immediately gets a job as a caterer just to make some money to help pay bills until she can get further in her music career. With Violet and Jenna working nonstop for money, Lacy refuses to attend any acting auditions, and she refuses to get a different job in the meantime. This causes a lot of tension with Violet and Lacy. Sage ends up visiting one weekend, and Violet is able to show her around Del Sol Valley; however, Violet notices that whenever she tried to ask Sage about University, she gets really evasive with eh questions, and Violet can't help but feel like something is wrong.

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Anyways, this is where I have left off with my legacy. I will hopefully remember to update Violet and Lacy's summaries as I continue to post updates. I hope this maybe helps some new people understand the history of my Legacy family without having to go back and read every single update, because I do have a lot of them. If you got this far, thank you so so much.

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #63

Dear Diary, I'm still beyond pissed with Lacy over the whole job thing, but Jenna said she'd try and talk to her. Here's to hoping their conversation goes well. Sage made a surprise weekend visit which was nice because I've missed her so much. -Violet

"We never really did talk much about how university is going last night, tell me everything," Violet said the following morning. "Oh, well, you know there isn't much to say. It's just a lot of studying. I've seen Leo and Owen out and about a few times," Sage explained.

"That's it though? No wild parties or anything?" "Well no, not really…" Sage trailed off. Violet couldn't help but feel like Sage was hiding something from her. "You know, I'm only in Del Sol until tonight, and school is kind of the last thing I want to talk about right now."

"It's a big part of your life right now, and-" "It's so boring," Sage cut in. "What I do want is for you to show me around the city. I've never actually been here before, you know." "I'd like that," Violet smiled even though she desperately wanted to know what Sage was hiding.

Meanwhile, Jenna tried talking with Lacy again. "Our conversation yesterday got cut off when Sage arrived, but I just wanted to know if you've found a job or anything yet?" "OMW, I really wish you and Violet would leave me alone about all this stuff. I'm doing the best I can."

"Lace, it's just we have things like rent to pay for and Violet and I can't be the only ones doing anything around here. I need you to understand that" Jenna tried to explain. "I know, I know. I'm trying, I swear," Lacy's shoulders slumped. "Give me a few more weeks, I promise."

In the city, Violet and Sage headed to Plumbob Pictures Museum "And here we have a spaceship from The Invasion of Strangerville, staring," Violet’s voice trailed off as she read the plaque. "Lacy Landcaster." "She's the one your cousin Lacy is named after, right?" "Ha, ha…yeah"

"And here is the throne used in the film, Medieval Sims, also staring Lacy Landcaster it seems," Violet explained "I didn't know your ancestor was in so many movies, I swear her name is listed under like half the plaques in this building," Sage observed. "She sure was popular…"

Outside, Sage insisted on finding Lacy's celebrity tile. "I guess she was kind of a big deal back during gen 3 times," Violet shrugged. "Look, there's even an empty spot next to her. When you get your celebrity tile you can put it right next to your ancestor's!" Sage exclaimed.

"I don't know about that-" "Oh, come on, you're so talented. I just know that one day you'll get your own celebrity tile just like your great- whatever Grandmother," Sage encouraged before continuing the check out the other celebrity tiles. "Who's Chad King?" she asked curiously.

"Oh, let's maybe never mention him ever again," Violet tried to change the subject. She knew he was still a sore spot for Lacy "Why?" "I mean his name is Chad, so clearly he must have been an asshole," Violet explained. "Also, he died of rabid rodent fever which is so lame."

Violet quickly ushed Sage away from the celebrity tiles. "And here we have Ward Park, where I come almost daily and fail at busking," she explained "Stop being so hard on yourself!" "It's true though, I barely make any money here. If it weren't for my catering job we'd be broke."

"You need to have a more positive mindset about all of this. If you keep being negative then nothing good will ever happen," Sage explained. "You're right!" "Also, in the meantime talk to Lacy again. I'm sure it has to be hard living in your ancestors shadow like that."

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #62

Dear Diary, Bills are due soon, and I'm so worried we aren't going to have enough to pay them if Lacy doesn't get a job asap. I don't know what more I can do aside from continuing to pester her. I'm not about to kick her out and leave her on the street, she's family. -Violet

Early the next morning, Lacy managed to catch Carla before she snuck out this time. "Hey, you know I don't think my roommates would mind if you stayed for breakfast." "Can't, I have to be home to walk my son to school," Carla replied. "SON?!?" Lacy exclaimed.

"I didn't know you had a son," Lacy said in disbelief. If there was one thing Lacy knew about herself, it was that she hated children. "It's not like the two of us are serious, it's just woohoo," Carla reminded her. "Right, just woohoo…"

After Carla left, Violet decided to try her hand at making breakfast again. As she was scraping toast from the pan, Jenna came out of her room. "OMW, Vi guess what!" Jenna exclaimed before noticing what Violet was doing. "Be careful, last time you burned the kitchen down." "Yeah"

After safety removing their breakfast from the stove, Violet turned around. "What are you excited about?" "I got my first brand deal!" "OMW, that's amazing!" Violet rushed over to hug her friend. "What is it?" "These new CC lashes or something, but we have enough for rent now!"

"What are we going to do about Lacy though?" Violet asked as she sat down. Jenna just shrugged, "I really don't know. Want me to try and talk to her later. Maybe if the call is coming from the both of us." "Maybe, she's just being ridiculous right now." "I know, Vi, I know."

"It's just, we're good on rent for this month now thanks to your brand deal, but what about next month? Lacy isn't even trying to find any kind of job," Violet began to rant. "Just let me try and talk to her later. I think you have a special talent for getting on her nerves."

After her conversation with Jenna, Violet decided to head to Ward Park in an attempt to get them ahead on next month's rent by busking before work. Although she didn't make much, it was still more than last time.

Meanwhile, Jenna tried to have a conversation with Lacy. "Do you see where we're coming from though. Rent can't just fall on the backs of Violet and I." "Yes, but like have you ever seen an actress get her start working as a cashier?" "It'd just be until you get that first role."

"What am I supposed to do? Get a job at SimMart? Do you KNOW what happens to people who work at SimMart? They get sucked into the endless time loop that is corporate greed. Next thing I know I'll be 50 and still bagging groceries for unlivable wages. No way."

"There's nothing wrong with bagging groceries," Jenna tried to explain. "There is when you're doing it for 40 hours a week and can still barely afford to put food on the table and pay rent. I'm not even going to mention-" Before Lacy could finish the doorbell went off.

"Sage!" Lacy and Jenna exclaimed pulling their friend into a hug. "Hey! I had a long weekend at university, so I decided to come out to see Violet," Sage explained. "Where is Vi?" "She's at work," Jenna explained. "Probably won't be back until late, but you're welcome to stay."

While Sage and Lacy caught up, Jenna excused herself to film for her brand deal. Unfortunately, right as she started recording her video station died. "This is so disgusting," Jenna muttered to herself.

By the time Violet had finished with work she was not feeling too well, but as soon as she saw Sage her mood was immediately lifted. "What are you doing here?" "Just wanted to surprise my girlfriend for the weekend," Sage smiled. "Consider me surprised," Violet pulled Sage in.

"How is university going?" Violet asked as they retired back to her bedroom. "Oh, you know, the same old," Sage brushed the question off. "And your roommate? What was her name again?" "Anna, she's cool, I supposed," Sage replied. "Tell me about Del Sol so far!"

Violet launched into her tale about the last few weeks in Del Sol while Sage nodded along. "It's just been a lot between work and trying to get Lacy to work. I want to find time to record my own demo but haven't been able to just yet." "Well, I just know your demo will be great."

"You know…" Sage began to say. "Now that we're done catching up, I have some ideas for what we could do next." "I'm listening."

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Sage asked. "I just know this is your first woohoo and everything, so I want to be sure." "Yes, Sage, I'm sure that I want to do this," Violet assured her.

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #61

Dear Diary, Things aren't going so well here in Del Sol Valley. I burned the kitchen down. We're all struggling for money and Lacy doesn't seem to be trying very hard to get a job. I guess Jenna has a date tonight, so there's that. -Violet

In regard to the girl's money problems, Jenna is working overtime trying to get more videos out. This one happens to be a 'Get Ready With Me' for her date later tonight.

Lacy on the other hand doesn't seem to be working too hard to find auditions.

"Lacy, we need to talk," Violet said later that day. "Why haven't you had a single audition yet? You're talented, I know you'd book the parts, but it doesn't even seem like you're trying." "Excuse me?" Lacy asked angerly. "This is a lot harder that it seems."

"Don't get pissy with me, I'm trying to make sure we're all pitching in, so we don't get evicted," Violet snapped. "Oh yeah? Well, it feels like you're micromanaging our lives. Mind your own dam business." "If you can't find auditions then you need to get another job."

"I'm serious about this. We NEED to be able to pay rent so if you can't find acting jobs then you need to work somewhere else in the meantime. Be a barista, a cashier, I don't care but don't continue sitting on your ass and make Jenna and I pick up your slack." "Get. Out."

Before Violet and Lacy had a chance to resolve their argument, Jenna called them into her room for final opinions on her outfit. "Is this too 'suburban mom'?" "It looks cute," Violet told her. "Definitely a cute first date outfit." "Okay, good. I hope this date goes well."

"So," Jenna began. "What do you do for work?" "I manage an investment firm," Marcus explained. "We have lots of clients in Del Sol and San My, so I travel between the two cities often." "That's so cool. I've never been to San My before." "Maybe I can teleport you out some time."

Jenna and Marcus continued their conversation until it was time to place their order. Both got the salt and pepper shrimp cocktail.

"Tell me more about your SimTube channel." "Oh, well it's not much yet," Jenna said sheepishly. "I mean it's been a bit difficult to start receiving royalties, but I'm putting everything I have into it." "I hear consistence is key on that platform." Jenna nodded her agreement.

Soon their food was brought out, "so how does it taste to you?" Jenna asked. "Honestly this is really poor quality," Marcus admitted. "It's giving me a bad aftertaste." "I wonder how they managed to mess yours up so badly when mine is fine," Jenna observed. "Beats me."

When the date was over Marcus walked Jenna back to her house and he even gave her a rose. "I had a great time today; we'll have to do this again sometime." "That sounds like fun." Without another word Marcus leaned in for their first kiss.

Inside, Lacy was checking herself out in the mirror as Jenna came back in from her date. "He was so hot," Lacy told her. "I know!" Jenna exclaimed. "It was basically the perfect date. He has business in San My, but when he gets back we're planning to go out again" "That's great!"

"What are you all dressed up for?" Jenna asked. "I'm going to the club tonight. I have to blow off some steam after my fight with Vi. Want to come?" "I really shouldn't. I have videos to edit." "Don't be boring like Vi." "Seriously Lace. Violet has a point." "Whatever, bye."

With Lacy at the club, Jenna changed into comfier clothes and got to work editing.

Meanwhile, Violet was practicing her guitar. She wants to increase her skill before going to busking tomorrow, maybe it'll actually get her some tips this time.

At the club, Lacy ran into a familiar face. "It's you again," Carla commented. "I needed to let loose a little, it's been a long day," Lacy told her. "No judgement here. I can help you loosen up if you'd like."

Lacy and Carla found a nice quiet corner of the club. "I think you turned my whole day around," Lacy flashed one of her award-winning smiles. "I can make it even better if you'll let me." "I'll let you do anything you want."

"In that case," Carla pulled Lacy in. "Why don't we just head back to by place?" Lacy asked between kissed. "I like where your head is at."

Needless to say, Lacy and Carla had a fun night.

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #60

Dear Diary, I managed to get a job as a caterer. I'm not all that excited about it, but we need to pay the bills somehow. I'm planning to try busking in Ward Park later, so I'm really hoping I can make some money doing so. -Violet

That morning, before Jenna and Lacy woke up, Violet decided to cook them some eggs and toast. She thought it'd be a nice little surprise after their night out yesterday. Little did she know, disaster was about to strike.

A fire soon erupted from the stope and engulfed Violet. She quickly started to bat out the flames until Lacy came to the rescue. "What the hell happened?" Lacy asked panicked. "HOW?" "I don't know, it just happened."

Jenna wasn't having anything to do with the fire and ran straight outside, clearly tense. After Lacy put the fire out, Jenna headed back inside and cleaned the floor up.

"I was just trying to make breakfast," Violet said. "I didn't mean to set the house on fire. Now we have less money for bills." "We got insurance money from the damaged household items," Lacy tried to console her. "But it still cost more to re-buy everything." "Calm down."

"I can't calm down!" Violet exclaimed. "We have bills to pay, you don't have a job, and Jenna isn't making much off of royalties from her SimTube videos, and I don't start work until later tonight and now I lit the whole house on fire. What do I do?" "Maybe start with a shower?"

While Violet showered, Lacy managed to sign with a talent agency. Meanwhile, Jenna decided to try making breakfast herself. She opted to make salad, because it seemed like the best way to not burn the house down again.

Jenna had the breakfast salad ready by the time Violet was done showering "Jen this is disgusting," Lacy grimaced "Oh, I'm sorry," Jenna said sarcastically. "I wasn't aware you wanted to starve." "Please stop arguing," Violet cut in. "We have more important things to talk about."

"We're seriously short on money, and I need both of you to step up and help out," Violet told them. "I'm going busking later, hopefully I can make some money doing that." "I'll work extra hard on getting videos out," Jenna offered. "I can look into acting gigs," Lacy said. "Good"

Violet made good on her word and headed to Ward Park to try her hand at busking for tips. It didn't seem to work too well, because she made absolutely nothing. Before she knew, it was time to head to her first catering shift.

Jenna spent the day in her room recording, editing, and posting videos with the hopes she'd start receiving royalties soon. Lacy on the other hand, fell asleep on the couch instead of searching for open auditions, at least, Lacy didn't see any acting roles that she wanted.

After waking from her nap, Jenna came out to take a break from editing. "So, what happened to that girl from the club last night?" "Oh, she left after we woohooed," Lacy said with a shrug. "You actually woohooed?" "Well yeah, why else would I have brought her home."

"You're over Owen then?" Jenna asked. As Lacy opened her mouth to reply, Jenna's phone rang. "Holy watcher, it's Marcus." "Who?" "The guy from last night, hold on." Jenna went to her room to take the call. He was asking her on a date for the following day, Jenna happily accepted.

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #59

Dear Diary, Today is moving day. Jenna's nana was willing to rent us a place in Del Sol Valley, and I can't wait until we get there. I know with hard work and dedication I will be able to become the absolute best signer in the save file. -Violet

As soon as Violet stepped downstairs, Grandpa Matthew pulled her in for a hug. "I'm going to miss you so very much," he told her. "Oh, Grandpa, we'll be fine." "I know you will be; I'm not worried about you. Make sure you watch that great great grandmother of yours though."

"Haha, Matthew," replied Lacy and she pulled her Grandson in for a hug. "This isn't my first time living in Del Sol, remember." "I'm only teasing," Matthew assured her. "I'm ten times more responsible than Violet, you should be having me watch over her." "I don't think so."

After goodbyes were said in Copperdale, Mads and Ethan helped the girls move their things to Del Sol Valley. "That looks like everything," replied Ethan. "Thanks for everything, Dad," said Violet. "Just make good choices," he told her. "I know you're going to do great things."

"Oh, Lacy," Mads began to say. "I know these last few months have been hard on you, but feel free to call whenever." "Thanks, Mads," replied Lacy. "Seriously, if you just need someone to talk to, if you want meals prepped, anything, just call." "Will do."

Hugs were exchanged. In the moment Mads wasn't feeling too emotional, but she knew that would change as soon as she and Ethan left. As soon as it fully hit her that half of her children were out of the house. What would she do now? Mades contemplated going back to work.

While Lacy bid her goodbyes to Ethan, Violet stood with her mother. "I love you so much sweetheart." "Love you too mom." "You're probably tired of hearing this but make good choices. You have so much potential to do wonderful things, and I'm proud of you." "Thanks mom."

After Mads and Ethan departed, Violet turned to Jenna and Lacy. "Okay, so why did I get stuck with the smallest room?" "Um, maybe, because I'm the one who got us the house," Jenna said. "I was forced to room with you for 4 years. I deserve the larger space," replied Lacy. "Ugh!"

"We should start looking for jobs," Violet changed the subject. She knew their bedrooms wasn't going to be a topic she'd win. "It's our first night in Del Sol," complained Lacy. "She's right though," Jenna agreed with Violet. "We will need jobs to pay rent."

After their conversation, Jenna headed to her room to film a video in the hopes she might finally be able to receive some royalties. Violet began her job search online. She was really willing to take just about any job out there, at least until her music career took off.

After she finished filming, Jenna headed out into the living room to watch TV. Meanwhile, lacy was checking herself out in the mirror, and very much so NOT looking for a job. "You look amazing," Lacy told herself, and then an idea popped into her head.

"We should go out to the club tonight!" Lacy exclaimed excitedly. "But what about work?" asked Jenna. "It's still our first night, we should go out and celebrate. We can deal with the job thing tomorrow," Lacy tried to convince her. "Okay fine!" Jenna agreed excitedly.

Lacy headed to Violet's room to invite her. "It'll be so much fun, Vi." "Lacy, no, I have songs I have to write, demo music to record, and a filler job to find. I simply cannot go gallivanting around the city drinking in clubs all night." "You used to be fun." "Lacy, NO!"

While Jenna and Lacy got ready, Violet decided to try writing some songs, so she headed to the piano. "Are you sure you don't want to come with us?" asked Jenna. "I'm sure," Violet replied "You're just going to sit around the house all night?" "Pretty much." "See you later then."

Jenna and Lacy immediately headed to the dance floor. After a few songs, Jenna spotted a very attractive stranger at the bar. "Lacy, do you see that hot guy over there?" "Yeah." "Should I go talk to him?" "I don't see why not," replied Lacy. Jenna headed for the bar. "Good luck!"

While Jenna chatted up the attractive man at the bar, Lacy spotted an attractive sim of her own. "Hey there," Lacy greeted her. "I couldn't help but notice you." "Same to you," the women replied. "I'm, Carla." "Lacy." "You come here often?" Carla asked.

Carla pulled Lacy over to a much quieter part of the club. They spent a bit of time talking, and flirting with one another, but all the talking very quickly subsided.

"You want to head back to my place?" Lacy asked. "Absolutely," Carla replied Lacy headed over to where Jenna still sat with the man at the bar. "You ready?" "One sec," Jenna then turned back to the man. "We're going to head out, but I did give you my number. Make sure to use it."

Once home, Jenna headed to bed, and Lacy brought Carla back to her room. "It's nice to be alone, somewhere quiet," she muttered. "I know what you mean," replied Carla.

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #58

Dear Diary, It's my birthday today! I remember not too long ago just wishing that I could become a young adult so I didn't have to listen to my parents, and I could live by my own rules, but now it all just feels so weird. -Violet

With Violet and Lacy's impending birthday, Mads was not doing so well. She couldn't believe that two more of her children, and she did view Lacy as a daughter at this point, were about to become young adults. "I cant believe it." "Mom," Violet rolled her eyes. "Just calm down."

"It feels like just yesterday, you, your father, Leo and I were living in Sulani and you were just to small and now my baby isn't a baby anymore," Mads was getting emotional. "Mom, relax, you still have Rosie, Sophie and Alex," Violet tried to assure her.

Mads suddenly got choked up, "but they aren't even small anymore." "I don't know mom, Alex and Sophie are barely toddlers," Violet joked, but that didn't stop a few tears from rolling down her Mads's face. "Um, well Jenna apparently is having a crisis and needs our help so bye."

Violet wasn't lying, Jenna was in fact having a crisis. "What's all this about?" Sage asked as the girls met Jenna in the thrift store. "I can't decide on a dress to wear under our gowns for graduation," Jenna exclaimed in a panic. "I want something mature, but still cute."

"What about this one?" Jenna came out in her first choice. "Ew," Violet said. "Absolutely not, it's giving eighth grade," Sage agreed. "I thought you wanted mature?" Lacy asked confused. "Sage is 100% correct." "Agh!" Jenna exclaimed before marching back to the changing room.

"This one?" Jenna asked. "I mean it's better," said Sage. "I don't like it," Violet interjected. "It's better than the last, definitely," said Lacy. "But I still feel like it's a bit immature, with the ombre and everything." Jenna let out a frustrated sigh.

"This is the last one," said Jenna. "Oh, that's it," Lacy said. "One thousand percent." "You really think so?" Jenna asked. "Absolutely," Sage and Violet both agreed. "Then this one it is!" exclaimed Jenna. "So, we'll see you both later for your birthday party?" "Hell yeah."

As soon as the girls got home, and changed into their party outfits, Rosie approached Lacy. "Okay, so I got vetoed with Leo's room, but can I please take you and Vi's room? You're moving soon." Lacy thought for a moment, "We'll have our own place, so I don't see why not."

"So," Leo began. "I heard from Mom that you also happened to make valedictorian." "Ugh, can you believe it?" Violet asked disgusted. "I really can't, but it's a good thing, Violet." "Is it? People will think I'm a nerd like you." "Being a nerd isn't bad," Leo said in defense.

"Seriously though," Leo said. "Congratulations, valedictorian is hard to achieve" "Oh please," Violet brushed him off. "It wasn't that hard; I don't know why you spent 4 years stressing over it. Guess I got beauty, talent and brains, maybe I am better than you" "Shut up" "Never"

And it's time to blow the candles out. I'm not crying right now you are, after over a year; Violet is officially a young adult. She rolled the hot-headed trait, and I don't really know how to feel about it.

"Oh sweetheart," Mads said. "Your father and I are so proud of you. I know you and Lacy have your hearts set on moving to Del Sol Valley soon, so your father and I wanted to gift you some furniture to decorate your new apartment with." "Mom, that's so nice."

It's Lacy's turn, and for the second time I age her up into a young adult, and I'm even more emotional this time around. I did decide to give her back the third of her original traits, so she's romantic.

"Lacy," began Mads. "I want you to know that despite everything, Ethan and I view you just as much a part of this family as we do our own children. We wanted to gift you some more furniture for your bedroom since most everything upstairs is Violet's." "Thank you Mads, I love it."

A few days later, the girls all got together before graduation. "I didn't know searching for apartments was so difficult," Violet explained. "Starting to second guess this move to Del Sol." "You're moving to Del Sol Valley WITHOUT me," Jenna exclaimed. "What the hell?"

"You want to move to Del Sol?" Violet asked. "I have like 1,000 SimTube followers it's the next step for my career. Rude that you didn't invite me." "We'd pay less in rent," Lacy noted. "My nana is a landlord in Del Sol I can talk to her," Jenna offered. "Then I guess you're in."

After their conversation the girls all headed upstairs to get ready for graduation, and naturally I had to take a million screenshots of all of them.

As graduation began, Violet was called up to give her valedictorian speech. "Hey guys," she hesitantly began. "So, uh- I didn't expect to be up here so I actually didn't prepare anything to say, unlike my brother who had his valedictorian speech written since he was like 8-"

"Why am I telling you guys this?" Violet wondered out loud. "Okay, well we're just going to wrap this up. We did it!" Confused, the graduation class began to clap. 'That was embarrassing,' Violet thought to herself as she sat back down.

First to receive their diplomas was Sage and Jenna. "Finally!" exclaimed Jenna. "I'm out of this hellscape." The principal flashed her a pointed look clearly disapproving of Jenna's words. She didn't care, after all she was graduated now.

Next up were Violet and Lacy. They had a very similar reaction to receiving their diploma's which I thought was cute.

Admittedly, I had to run graduation like 4 times before it would work, so I did take some preliminary graduation photos of all the girls in red. I preferred the red, and also Leo, Owen and Nat had their photos in red, so it was just fitting.

Of course, I had to do a solo photo of these two.

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #57

Dear Diary, I'm glad Lacy is back, my mom set up a therapy appointment for her today. I think it will be good for her to talk to someone. Meanwhile, I have a shift at the boba shop that I'm not looking forward to, but afterwards Sage and I have a date so that'll be fun. -Violet

"Alright, Lacy, why don't you start by telling me a bit about yourself," began Dr. James. "What do you care?" "I care, because I want to help you work through all the hard feelings you have right now. In order to do that I need to know a bit about you first." "This is bullshit."

"Please, how would you know what's going to help me?" "I am a licensed therapist," Dr. James reminded her. "My life is so complicated, you wouldn't know what to do with it," Lacy rolled her eyes. "I did get a degree in 'it's complicated'" Dr. James joked. "So, try me?"

"Violet," called Tiffany, her manager. "I want to introduce you to someone. This is Claudia." "H-hi," Claudia said. "She's a bit shy, but since Owen is off to college, I've hired her to be his replacement. I need you to train her today." "Do I get paid more for training?"

"I mean can you even believe that she just runs away in the middle of the night. It was so irresponsible of her," Violet ranted. "Ummm," Claudia was at a loss for words. "She was gone for a week, a WEEK, and we didn't hear anything. My mom got the police involved."

"So, um, how do I use the boba machine?" Claudia quietly asked. She wanted to get Violet back on track. "You aren't going to tell me how annoying I'm being? Or insult me for being self-centered and only talking about myself." "No?" "Owen would," Violet sighed.

"You want me to insult you?" "No, I hate Owen," Violet told Claudia. "He was so unbelievably annoying." "I'm confused, can we just go back to you teaching me how to make the drinks?" "Like he ALWAYS acted like he was better than me, oh my watcher I can't stand him."

"Honestly, him graduating and going off to college was great for me, because now I don't have to deal with him anymore." "It sounds like you miss him." "I do not!" Violet snapped. "Not at all." "But you keep talking about him." "I do not." "Okay, um, so how do I make the drinks?"

Lacy sighed, if she had to be here for the next hour why not participate. "I guess it started with my mother. She wanted me to be just like her. The expectations that she put on me were just too much. I felt suffocated living with her." "And what about your father?"

"He just went along with whatever my mother did," Lacy explained. "I don't even think they really loved each other; it seemed like marriage was more transactional for them. Have kids, carry on the legacy. They never listed to what I wanted." "I'm glad you told me all of this."

As Lacy continued to talk with Dr. James, Violet headed to the pier, after her shift ended, for her date with Sage. "Guess what!" Sage exclaimed. "What?" "I got accepted to Britechester!" "Y-you did? I didn't know you were thinking about college."

"Well yeah, I want to be a music critic, and the first step to that is studying art history at Britechester," Sage explained. "I even got into the distinguished program." "I kind of thought we'd make music together, in Del Sol Valley, at least after you ditched Janie."

"I thought we'd start our own band," Violet admitted. "Oh," Sage muttered. "Look, you're an amazing musician, you don't need me. The main reason I even joined Janie's band was because I was new and wanted to make friends. I'm not as passionate about performing as you are."

"But what about us, after graduation?" "We can still date," Sage assured her. "I mean look at your brother and Nat, they aren't letting distance ruin their relationship." "You're right." "We can visit each other on weekends, it'll be fun. Like a little vacation every week."

Both girls stood up and Sage took Violet's hands. "I promise, we'll make it work. I like you too much for us to break up." Sage kissed Violet's hands. "That's a relief," Violet laughed. "Here I thought we were on the verge of becoming just friends." "Never."

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #56

Dear Diary, Lacy returned last night; she didn't want to talk. I'm happy she's okay, but I was so worried she'd sneak away in the middle of the night again, so I stayed up all night just in case I needed to stop her from running away again. -Violet

The following morning, Mads headed upstairs to speak with Lacy. "Look," she began. "I know you're having a hard time lately, but you can't be running away every time things get difficult." "Ugh," Lacy rolled her eyes. "I'm being serious, Lacy. You had all of us so worried."

"Look, you're struggling right now. I spoke with Ethan, and we think it would be beneficial for you to start seeing a therapist. They can help you work through everything you're feeling right now, maybe make sense of some things." "Oh whatever," Lacy snapped.

After her talk with Lacy, Mads headed downstairs and tried to work on some last-minute milestones with Sophie. She learned to crawl but didn't look happy about it.

As the birthday part began, Lacy sat by the pool alone. Matthew noticed and came outside to sit with her. "Nice weather for a birthday party," Matthew commented as he sat down. Lacy didn't give him a response.

"You know," Matthew began. "I don't think we've met before, Grandma." "Don't call me that," Lacy said quickly. Mathew let out a laugh. "Don't worry." "What do you want?" "Just to have a conversation." "I'm not really in the mood to talk right now." "So just listen."

"You know," Matthew began. "I've lived a long time, met a lot of people. I know you're going through a lot right now, but you're surrounded by people who love you and only want the best for you. You're a lot luckier than most other sims "Yeah, I'm so lucky," Lacy rolled her eyes.

"I just mean that you have people looking out for you, most sims don't have that. Just, try to go a bit easier on them. Otherwise, you might end up pushing them away forever, and there's nothing more important than family." Lacy let out a sigh, "Fine, I'll try to be a bit nicer."

Inside, Mads got started on Alex and Sophie's birthday cake. Meanwhile, Leo decided to make an early appearance to the party.

"Leo!" Violet exclaimed once she saw her older brother. She hadn't realized how much she'd missed him the last few weeks he'd been away at college. "Hey Violet!" Leo pulled her in for a hug. "How is everything going?" "You don't even want to know," but Violet told him anyways.

"Leo!" Violet exclaimed once she saw her older brother. She hadn't realized how much she'd missed him the last few weeks he'd been away at college. "Hey Violet!" Leo pulled her in for a hug. "How is everything going?" "You don't even want to know," but Violet told him anyways.

"He is just the sweetest," Jackie cooed over Alex. "They both are," Mads smiled. "I can't believe he and Sophie are about to be toddlers. I feel like time is moving so quickly, and then Violet and Lacy are going to be YA's, Leo's in college." "I know the feeling," Jackie agreed.

A little later, Lacy sat down next to Violet. "Hey," she said hesitantly. "Are we doing this? Are you actually going to talk to me?" Violet asked. "Look," Lacy began to say. "I guess I'm sorry for being such a bitch lately." "You guess?"

"I don't mean, I just," Lacy tripped over her words. "I know I've been a bitch lately." "That's true," Violet agreed. "I don't know why I do it, like snap and become a total heinous bitch sometimes, but I do, and I don't mean it it's just." "Owen, it's just Owen." "What!? No."

"Lacy this is all over Owen getting a girlfriend, and you're upset because you genuinely like him." "It is not," exclaimed Lacy. "Lacy," Violet sighed. "Stop denying it. I get that you like him, but it's time to let him go. You need to work on yourself first." "You're right."

Before anyone knew it, the time came for the twins to blow out their birthday candles. First up was Sophie who goes from a cautious infant to a clingy toddler.

Next Ethan helps Alex bow out his candles. Alex goes from a calm infant to an independent toddler.

The cutest toddlers.

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #55

Dear Diary, It's been a week since Lacy ran away, and the police haven't found any sign of her. The longer she's gone, the more I worry something bad happened. Mom and Dad invited Grandpa to stay with us so they can search for Lacy in the evenings, I hope they find her. -Violet

That morning, Grandpa Matthew had begun to make breakfast while the rest of the household slept. "Morning, gramps," Violet greeted him as she took a seat at the island "Violet!" He exclaimed. "Ready for your exams today, first ones of the year" "I guess. Can I ask you something?"

"Absolutely," Matthew said cheerfully. "Out of curiosity, was Lacy always like this? Flaky, I mean. She is your grandmother after all," Violet inquired. "If I'm being honest, I don't know," said Matthew. "My mother, Isla, never really let us visit, so I don't actually know Lacy."

"You don't?" asked Violet. "Nope," answered Matthew. "Isla always resented Lacy, so when she turned 18, she left, immediately. I think when I got older Lacy reached out a few times, but Isla ignored her. She did leave her fortune to the six of us boys though" "That's so weird…"

"Dad, you really didn't need to do all of this," Mads said as the whole family, minus Lacy, sat down for breakfast "Nonsense," said Matthew. "You guys deserve a nice nutritious breakfast. I've never been the best cook that was your mother's forte, but I hope it's at least edible."

"I like not having Lacy here," Rosie admitted. "She's not teasing me every five seconds." "That's rude," Violet snapped. "I know, teasing isn't nice." "No, well yeah, but she's family, you shouldn't be happy about her running away." "Whatever," Rosie rolled her eyes.

"Mads is right," Ethan added. "You really didn't have to do all of this." Matthew waved his son in-law off. "I'm happy to, besides, who knows how much time I have left with my precious daughter and grandchildren." "Dad, don't say stuff like that, especially in front of the kids."

While Mads scolded her father, Lacy was having a slow start to the morning on the other side of town. "You're going to school today?" she asked curiously. "Yeah," Charlie sighed. "It's exam day, and I've skipped all week. I don't want to completely flunk out of high school."

At school, Violet sat with Jenna and Sage on the benches. "I swear, I've talked to every person in this school and nobody has seen any sign of Lacy," Violet was explaining. "I don't know what to do." "I don't know if there's anything more you can do," said Sage "Is that Charlie?"

It occurred to Violet that she actually hadn't seen Charlie all week, so she headed over to him, "Hey, I don't suppose there's any chance you've seen Lacy within the past week?" she asked. "No," he snapped. "What makes you think she'd be with me, Veronica?" "It's Violet."

"I'm just asking" Violet added. "She's been missing for a week now and our family is super worried" "Look, if I'd seen her, I would tell you, but I haven't since the day she offered to send me risky photos and you stepped in and stopped her, so maybe mind your own business Vicky"

While Charlie argued with Violet at school, Lacy took the opportunity to wash her clothes. She decided that she preferred when Charlie wasn't there. Lacy found him rather talkative and annoying, she liked being alone. With fresh clean clothes, Lacy sat down to watch TV.

"How were exams?" Lacy pretended to be interested in the answer when Charlie got back from school. "They're whatever," he rolled his eyes. "You know, you really need to get that annoying cousin of yours off my back. She basically tackled me in the halls looking for you today."

"Excuse you?" Lacy snapped as she stood up. "Violet's not annoying, well she is, but you aren't allowed to call her that." "Whatever, she just needs to mind her own fucking business. I covered for you by the way, a thank you would be appreciated."

"I don't like you shitting on my family members," Lacy glared at him. Charlie rolled his eyes, again, "I didn't mean it, can we just drop this, please. You're really overreacting and blowing all of this out of proportion. I'M letting YOU stay here remember. Just drop it."

"Let's just forget all of this happened, and cut to the chase," Charlie attempted to seduce Lacy. "What the hell are you doing?" she asked in disgust. "What do you mean? Isn't this why you wanted to stay here, you kind of owe me woohoo you know, for everything I've done for you."

"You're a pig!" Lacy exclaimed. "All you wanted this whole time was woohoo, wasn't it?" "I mean, isn't that what every guy wants?" "You're fucking disgusting." "C'mon, Lace, you didn't seriously think I was letting you stay here out of the kindness of my own heart, did you?"

"I thought you were being a friend," Lacy said angerly. "So, you're just a tease then? You go and throw yourself at me, and now when I decide to cash in you get cold feet." "I didn't-" "Oh, please, you owe me at least woohoo for everything I've done for you." "Go to hell."

Without another word, Lacy punched him in the face. "You're a piece of shit," she told him. "I hope you rot in hell for the rest of eternity." "Bitch," Charlie snapped before Lacy slammed the door and walked out.

While Mads and Ethan were out, continuing to search for Lacy, Matthew got both of the twins down for a nap, and he set up the game table so he could play a card game with his granddaughters when they returned home from school. "I like having you here, Grandpa," said Rosie.

"I win!" Rosie exclaimed after playing her final card. "Winner, winner, chicken dinner!" "Great job sweetheart," said Matthew. Just then, the door slammed, and Lacy walked back into the house. "Lacy?" asked Violet. She left her cards on the table before rushing after her friend.

Lacy went straight upstairs and laid on her bed. "Lacy!" exclaimed Violet. "It really is you. Oh, my watcher, where have you been? Are you okay? What happened to you? We've all been so worried." "Violet," Lacy said quietly. "Just leave me alone." "But-" "Please," Lacy pleaded.

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #54

"You," Katherine pointed her finger at Lacy. "Last time I recall seeing you, you were a ghost. You look much tastier now." "I, um," Lacy stuttered, she tried to take a step back. "I was just leaving." "You don't want to stay and chat?" "Mother," Laurent said his voice low.

"I was only offering something to eat," Katherine said dryly. "To myself." "I assure you," Lacy began to say. "My plasma really doesn't taste that great." "How would I know? One little bite won't hurt you," Katherine taunted. "You know, I really don't like trespassers."

Mother, please," Laurent quickly said. "She's aware she made a mistake, for once, just let her go." "Where's the fun in that?" "Where's the fun in always killing every normie sim that steps foot in Forgotten Hallow." "They once hunted us, remember my son?" Lacy held her breath.

"Please," Laurent said. "If not for Lacy, then for me, do this one thing for me. Just let her go." Katherine put her hands on her head as she contemplated everything. After several long moments she said, "She must promise me a couple of things." "Anything," Lacy added quickly

"Please," Laurent said. "If not for Lacy, then for me, do this one thing for me. Just let her go." Katherine put her hands on her head as she contemplated everything. After several long moments she said, "She must promise me a couple of things." "Anything," Lacy added quickly

Without another word, Lacy turned and sprinted as far away from Straud Mansion as she could. Lacy didn't know exactly where to go next, but she certainly didn't want to go back to the Landcaster house

Lacy finally decided on Charlie's house. "Lacy," he said surprised. "What are you doing here? I didn't see you at school today." "Can I stay here?" she asked pleading. "What's going on?" "I just need somewhere to stay for a little while, can I stay here?" "I mean, I guess."

"Really?" she asked quickly. "I mean yeah, under one condition." "What? Anything." "You tell me what's going on." "Deal," said Lacy and Charlie led her into the house.

On the other side of town, Violet was not having a good day. She had hoped that by the time school let out, the police had found Lacy and she'd be waiting at home, but unfortunately, she no such luck. "Sweetheart, what's wrong?" Mads asked concerned.

"I just," Violet began. "I feel like this is all my fault." "Oh, sweetheart none of this is your fault," Mads tried to console her. "Maybe if I was there for her more, maybe if I was a better friend, maybe if-" "Sweetheart, you can't spend your whole life dwelling on the maybe's"

"Look," said Mads. "I think Lacy is going through a lot right now, and she's lashing out at all of us because she doesn't know how to deal with what she's feeling on the inside, but that doesn't mean any of this is your fault." "I just want her to be okay, she's my best friend."

Mads pulled her daughter in for a hug, "Oh, I know, but right now all we can do is wait and let the police do their job." "I guess you're right," Violet sighed, but she still wanted to help "Maybe I can ask around at school the next few days." "I think that would be a great idea"

To try and take her mind off of things, Violet sat down at the piano for the first time in a few months. She'd been spending the majority of her time writing songs with her guitar, but it felt nice to go back to the piano. It was like seeing an old friend again.

Dear Diary, Lacy is missing, and all I want is for her to be okay. I had spoken with my mom about everything, and she made me feel better. I don't even remember the last time we've had a heart-to-heart conversation like it, it was nice. -Violet

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #53

Dear Diary, My parents managed to find Lacy last night. She really didn't want to talk last night, so I'm hoping that I can speak with her this morning. I just want to know how I can help her. I'm really starting to miss the old Lacy. -Violet

While Violet got ready for school, she took no notice to the empty bed on the other side of the room assuming that Lacy had already went downstairs for breakfast.

After not seeing Lacy downstairs, Violet poked her head into the kitchen. "Mom, have you seen Lacy?" she asked. "No," Mads said. "I had assumed she was still upstairs getting ready with you. Your father and I do have to have a chat with her though." "She wasn't upstairs."

Violet started to panic, was Lacy really gone? Again? "Mon what do we do? If she left during the night, she could be anywhere. What if she's in danger?" "Violet, sweetheart-" "And she wouldn't be dumb enough to go back to the place you found her last night."

"Violet, I need you to calm down," Mads told her. "But-" "Take a deep breath. After we drop you kids off at school, I will go to the police station and file a missing person's report. They can help look." "Are you sure?" "Yes." Violet let out a sigh of relief.

"Did you manage to find Lacy?" Sage asked while the girls walked to class. "Yeah…" Violet trailed off. "Yeah what?" asked Jenna. "She disappeared again overnight, no note, not anything." "Oh, my watcher, are you serious?" Sage and Jenna asked in unison. Violet nodded solemnly.

"What are your parents going to do about it?" Jenna asked. "They're filing a missing person's report now, hopefully they can find her. My mom told me not to worry, but I can't help it," Violet explained. "Well, the police should be able to find her," Sage tried to comfort Violet.

"Yeah, I guess you're right," Violet agreed. "We're always here to talk," Jenna assured her. She could see how worried Violet was. "Always," Sage nodded in agreement.

Earlier that morning, at Straud Mansion:

With nowhere else to go, Lacy decided to pay a visit to an old friend.

"Lacy?" Laurent asked in disbelief. "You're alive? I thought you'd faded away." "It's been a minute hasn't it," Lacy smiled at him. "Look, I need to crash here for a few nights. I hope that's alright." "Lacy, you can't." "And why not?" "You shouldn't be here at all."

"I'm not scared of your mother," Lacy brushed him off. She'd heard the stories of Laurent's mother, but she'd never met the women before. "You should be, Lacy, if she finds you, a normal sim, in her home, in Forgotten Hallow even, she'll kill you, or worse, turn you just for fun"

"Oh please, she never hurt me before," Lacy rolled her eyes. "You were a ghost!" "Maybe I'm here because I want to get turned?" Lacy said. "Trust me, you don't want to be a vampire." "Maybe I do." "You really don't, Lacy, I'm trying to look out for you. You need to leave."

"I didn't know we were expecting guests." "Scarlet, Lacy was just about to leave," Laurent said. "No, I wasn't," she retorted "You must be the sister." Scarlet ignored her, "You know, she is quite pretty. I can understand why you've had a crush on her all these years."

"I bet her plasma tastes quite good too," said Scarlet. "Scarlet, don't!" "One little bite won't hurt. I promise not to kill her, can't say she'll still be alive if mother finds her here though." "Scarlet-" "Relax, Laurent," Scarlet stepped back. "I'm just kidding."

Lacy was too stunned to speak; did that really just happen? "Just get her the hell out of here before mother returns," Scarlet warned him as she headed up the stairs. "Lacy, I'm so sorry," Laurent tried to apologize. "I get it," Lacy said breathlessly. "I'll leave."

Just as Lacy turned to leave an ashy figure appeared. Lacy stepped back, stunned, as she found herself staring the Katherine Doyle in the face. "Well, well, well, what do we have here?" an evil smile appeared on Katherine's face.

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #52

After school, Violet and Sage waited to meet Lacy for close to two hours. "Where is she?" Violet began to panic. "Seriously, I know we had a fight, but what if something happened?" "Relax," Sage tried to calm her. "I'm sure she's fine, she is Lacy after all."

"How about this," Sage began. "We go back to your house, explain the situation to your parents and they can decide what to do from there." "I suppose so," Violet agreed. She took Sage's arm as they walked back home together.

"Hello girls!" Mads exclaimed. "Sage, it's lovely to meet you" "You too Mrs. Landcaster," Sage trailed off. "Look, mom" Violet began. "I need to tell you something" "Where is Lacy? Did she get detention for that outfit she wore today; I told her-" "That's what I need to tell you"

Violet explained everything to Mads who stood there and listened intently. "So, you haven't seen Lacy since this argument?" "Pretty much," Violet said. "I even tried calling her a few times after school let out, and she never answered. Her phone seems to be off." "Oh, my."

"How about, your father and I will go out and search for Lacy, but I will need the two of you to look after Rosie and the twins," Mads said. "One of you can't stay and look after the twins?" Violet complained. "It's better the both of us go, you'll be fine," Mads assured her.

"And Violet and Sage are going to watch you," Mads explained the situation to Rosie. "Really?" Rosie asked. "You're trusting Violet to run things? Can't daddy go look and you stay?" Mads pulled her in for a hug, "It'll be fine, just behave yourself. It's only a few hours."

After Mads and Ethan left, Violet took charge, "Rosie, I need you to start your homework, please." "You're not the boss of me," she retorted. "Rosie, just do it." "No." "Rosie." "No, I don't want to." Eventually, Violet got Rosie started on her homework.

"This isn't so bad," Violet said as she gave Sophie her bottle. "Yet," Sage blurted out. "Don't say that. I mean, they're just infants, they sleep most the time anyways. We got this." "I really hope you're right." "Me too."

After searching for hours, and finding no sign of Lacy, Mads and Ethan came to a bar in Windenburg that Lacy used to frequent back during the gen 3 days. "If we don't find her here, then we file a police report and head home, alright?" Ethan said. Mads nodded.

"But yeah," Lacy said. "Basically, my entire household sucks, and I hate them all." "It sounds like you've been going through it, you know, you're a lot more mature than most young adults I know." "You really think so?" "Oh yeah," The mystery man began to lean in.

"You know," Lacy began to say. "You look pretty familiar, where have I seen you before." "Oh, you know, around, if I tell you that ruins the mystery, doesn't it?" "You have a point…"

"If she's not in here-" Mads began before she caught sight of Lacy in the corner of the bar, very close to kissing, a much older man. "Oh, hell no," Ethan rushed in and pulled the man away from her.

"She's 17!" Ethan yelled. "How messed up in the head are you? She's a teenager, you are a sick, sick man. I should call the police on you right now!" "I need you to calm down. This is all one big misunderstanding, she told me she was a YA" "And you believed her?" "Well, yeah…"

"Look, I swear I thought she was 18 at the youngest, there's nothing wrong with 18," the man tried to explain. "THAT'S STILL WRONG!" Ethan yelled. "You're like what? 70, that's disgusting." "65…" "That's not any better! You're sick."

While Ethan continued to yell at the mystery man, Mads had a conversation with Lacy. "What were you thinking? You had all of us worried sick." "Calm down, Madeline, I'm not even your child, so why the hell are you so concerned?" "Because we care about you!" "Well, you shouldn't."

"Just fuck off, Madeline," Lacy brushed her off. "You cannot speak to me like that!" Mads said angerly. "We care about you so much, and want nothing but-" "You might have the same name as her, but you're not my mother, so stop acting like it, I don't care about any of you"

After arriving home, Violet was waiting. "Lacy!" she exclaimed. "I'm so glad you're okay, I was worried sick." "Leave me the hell alone," Lacy pushed past her and rushed up the stairs.

Dear Diary, I have no idea what's going on with Lacy, she's acting so mean right now and I don't know what to do to help her. On the bright side, Mom had Sage and I watch Rosie and the twins, and we didn't burn the house down, so I guess that's good. -Violet

While Violet slept, Lacy stood angerly in her closet. "Stupid family, stupid rules, stupid everything," she kept muttering to herself. Lacy stood there for several moments before making a split-second decision. "Fuck it," she said. "I'm out of here."

Lacy quickly packed her things and snuck out of the house after making sure everyone, including Mads and Ethan, were asleep. There was a tiny voice in her head telling her not to go, but she ignored it and pressed on.

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Landcaster Legacy Gen 7 Update #51

Dear Diary, The first day of school is tomorrow, and I'm pretty excited. It's my last year of school before Lacy and I move to Del Sol Valley. Not to mention I get to see Sage for the first time in weeks, and I cannot wait. -Violet

While Violet got a good night's sleep, Lacy was in the bathroom angerly staring at herself in the mirror. She was angry, and refusing to accept that it was at herself. Instead, she grabbed a pair of scissors and some hair dye.

Later that morning, after Violet had woken up and gotten herself ready, she gasped after seeing Lacy. "What did you do?" Lacy laughed, "I mean I think it's pretty obvious. I needed a change, I was bored. I look hot, right?" "I mean, yeah it looks good, but-" "But nothing."

"You're going to get in trouble for that outfit at school," Violet told her. "The dress code is bullshit," Lacy brushed her off. "Well yeah, I agree, but do you really want detention?" "I'll skip." "They won't let you graduate at the end of the year then." "Who cares?"

Mads called the girls downstairs so she could get a back-to-school photo. "Oh, look at you three," Mads exclaimed "Can you just take the photo?" Violet asked Rosie quickly jumped onto Lacy's back. "I swear, you love making me uncomfortable," Lacy said "You know it," Rosie grinned

"Lacy, the outfit is cute and all, but you might want to change, it's against the dress code," Mads warned her. "So?" "I'm just saying, you wouldn't want to get in trouble, would you?" "And you're not my mother, so maybe stop telling me what to do." Mads was too stunned to speak.

Immediately after arriving at school, Sage greeted Violet, "How was break? You need to tell me all about your trip to Del Sol Valley." "It was so great!" Violet exclaimed. "How was Willow Creek with your grandparents?" "It was alright, not much to do though," Sage replied.

"What the hell did you do to your hair?" Jenna asked, stunned. "I look great, don't I?" Lacy posed. "I'm so hot." "I just gave you your old hairstyle after prom last year," Jenna was a little disappointed. "I needed a change, relax, watcher, you're being so dramatic, calm down."

"Bangs, really?" Jenna asked. "I mean they totally suit you, but really, bangs?" "Like I already said," Lacy let out an irritated sigh. "I needed a change, and I look totally hot. If you don't agree, then like screw off or whatever." "What has gotten into you?" "Is that Charlie?"

"Bangs, really?" Jenna asked. "I mean they totally suit you, but really, bangs?" "Like I already said," Lacy let out an irritated sigh. "I needed a change, and I look totally hot. If you don't agree, then like screw off or whatever." "What has gotten into you?" "Is that Charlie?"

"Right before bed last night we were scrolling social bunny, and well, Owen switched his relationship status to taken," Violet told them "This makes so much sense now," said Jenna "Seriously?" Sage asked. "This is over a boy?" "She really liked him," Violet said in Lacy's defense

Inside, Lacy pulled Charlie aside. "So, like, how was your break?" she asked him. "You're talking to me now?" he asked confused. "Because you brutally rejected my prom invite." "That's old news, and I'm so sorry about it. I had time to think, and you're super cute." "Oh, really?"

"Hell yeah," Lacy flashed him an award-winning smile. "We should hangout sometime." "I can give you my number," Charlie offered. "That'd be amazing, we can text, talk, maybe I can send you a few photos…" "Like what kind of photos?" "Oh, you know…"

"I need to talk to you," Violet interrupted before Lacy had the chance to exchange numbers with Charlie. "I'm kind of busy," Lacy rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to Charlie. "NOW!" Violet said sternly. "OMW, fine. You need to calm down, it's not that serious."

"Literally, what are you doing?" Violet asked. "You don't even like Charlie" "Exactly!" "Why are you hitting on him? Also, don't be sending him bad 'photos' do you know what someone might do with those in the future? When did we hit a point in which I became the responsible one?"

"Is this about Owen-" Violet began "Will you shut up!" Lacy exclaimed angerly. "I can't be with Owen, none of this has anything to do with him. Honestly, when did you get such a stick up your ass? Stop trying to micromanage my life, you used to be fun. Fuck you." Lacy stormed off