The Valentine Legacy - Chapter 1

Welcome everyone to the Valentine Legacy, tehkiks' first try at a sims 2 legacy. First, let me introduce our founder, Temperance Valentine.


(Excuse the crappy photo quality, I'm new at this)

She is a Family sim with a lifetime want to graduate three kids from college. Shouldn't be too hard. Tempe is also a reformed vampire. Yeah, really, she is. But after hundreds of years of fights with her father, the vampire lord, because he said Tempe's family aspiration wasn't appropriate for the princess of darkness, she decided to run away, got herself exorcised and became a "normal" young lady.

Almost normal, anyway.

She may look scarily pale, and she may have this huge scar across her left eyebrow, and yeah, maybe those stains are there because she used to drink blood, but come on, she doesn't look all that bad! So she moved into a huge empty lot in a seemingly nice neighborhood and suddenly, she heard a familiar sound: Lestat, her beloved possesed dog o'doom!


"Whew's my widdle sweet doggy!?"
*evil growl and death stare*
"Aww there he is!"

Ahem. Anyway, Lestat is almost as scary looking at Tempie, but he's actually very cute. When he's not growling at people, that is.

So, Tempie moved in and bought the basic stuff a single girl needs to start a new life with her beloved dog.


"Hmm. Kiks?"
Yes, sweetums?
"I used to live in a castle you know. This is a bit below my standards"
You also were undead and drank people's blood for lunch.
"Fair enough"

Okay then, back to our story.

Tempe found herself a job as a recruit and soon after that the welcome wagon arrived, carrying a very sweet guy called Joe Carr. Tempe and Joe hit it off right away, and soon Joe started talking about taking their friendship to the next level.


"So, Temperance, honey, what do you think about a bit of kissin' on that nice couch you got over there?"
"Why, Joe, I don't know what that kissing thing is supposed to be, but I feel our relationship is becoming stronger already."

That's the thing with vampires, you know. They know how to use their fangs, but their lips.. well, not so much. Anyway, Joe found her pale, scarred face charming and couldn't help but show her a bit of the Joe lovin' to try and sweep her off her feet.


Joe happened to find the feel of her shoulders against his hands pretty irresistible, and he thought he'd found the woman for him.


*low growl* "Crush away, pumpkin, but try to get in my bed and I'll bite your head off"
"Did you hear that?"
"Oh yeah, honey, that's my possesed dog o'doom, Lestat. He's telepathic, you see."
"Charming"

To Lestat's displeasure, Joe finally managed to introduce our girl to the fine art of kissing, and that night, of course, Tempe dreamed of him. But she wasn't the only one thinking of Joe that night at the Valentine Manor.



"Come get her, Joey boy. I dare ya."

I think he needs a girlfriend. Anyway, morning came and with it came Tempe's first day of work. When she came back, and before calling her sweetie, she worked out for a bit to try and get that coveted promotion.



Tempe charmed Joe with her fun work anecdotes and tasty grilled cheese sandwiches, and soon enough Tempe noticed something had changed.



"Honey, something weird's coming out of your head"
"They're hearts, darling, you have me wrapped around your finger"
"Hearts.. pump.. blood.."
"Wha..?"
"Oh, sorry. I don't do that anymore, I promise."
"Okay.."

Oh, Joe. I love you already. Luckily for him, Lestie was at work, or we'd have seen some serious sim hearts there.

It only took a few hours for Tempe to fall in love with Joe, and so she got down on one knee and proposed to him.



*growl* "This is my engagement present for you. Pee! Mwahahaha!"
"Babe, your dog kinda freaks me out"
"Oh, don't be silly, Lestie's a sweetie. And look, his blood-injected eyes match his blood-red collar!"
"Yeah, Joe, come pet me, I'll show you what else can be that color"

And so Temperance Valentine and Joe Carr became Mr and Mrs Valentine, in a private ceremony shared with Lestat the telepathic dog o'doom and a wolf. That's what I call smooth beginnings.



Joe moved in with 10,000 and a bunch of expensive objects, which made me love him even more. Here's his luggage:



And here's the house with the help of the new resident:



Joe is a Fortune sim with a lifetime want of becoming Chief of Staff, and who only needs another promotion to become PermaPlat. Tempe does have good taste, doesn't she? And here's our Joe after his make over:



Even though they're now married, Lestat refuses to let Joe share the marital bed with Tempe.



But that didn't stop our hero from sweet-talking his wife into sharing a bit of intimate time while the dog o'doom was at work.



Why, yes. That IS a burglar choosing the moment our newlyweds decided to have some fun to break into their house. And the guard dog isn't home.

Luckily for them, nothing was stolen, and they got 500 for helping catch the burglar. And soon enough the results of that night started showing...



You look miserable, Temps.
"I always do. The undead look, you know."
Right. My bad.

The days went by, Lestat tried to maul Joe a couple of times, and one night, while Joe was in the shower...



"Joeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

Yep, Tempie was going to become a mommy to a new generation of bloodthirsty-looking sims. And what's better than one bloodthirsty-looking baby?



Why, two bloodthirsty-looking babies, of course!

"I'll call you Meredith and Derek, because the voice in my head told me so"
"Lestat?"
"No, honey, the other voice"
"Oh, Jesus"
"Not Jesus, no. Derek. D-E-R-E-K"

After Meredith Grey and Dr.McDreamy, of course. Oh, and in case you haven't noticed, Tempe's namesake is the one and only Temperance Brennan, aka Bones.

And here ends our first chapter, with the birth of our first heiress, Meredith Valentine, and our first spare, Derek Valentine.