The Superfrog ISBI

Chapter Eleven: Reaper's Return

Welcome back to the Superfrog ISBI!

Last time, we saw the family lose their sanity. Okay, most of them had already lost it, but Sketch seemed to lose her sanity as well. Goopy was worried about losing his awesome. Duck had a birthday. Knight was born.

Onto this chapter!

Upon returning to the lot, I quickly got irritated because Goblin and Duck weren't leaving for school.

“Lalalala, would rather play violin instead...”

I then realised it was Saturday. D'oh.

And so begins another normal day, where stinky babies can be found sobbing because they stink – and stink is no longer cool.

Sketch knew what was wrong but couldn't get him to the changing table before he burst out crying. Leo had been standing in the doorway.

Duck also seems to hold the family ability for tantrums.

“Who let Vyn into my bed?! I demand to know!”

Sketch knows how to deal with tantrums, too, though.

“Chill! I always find Vyn or Leo sleeping in my bed, it's all good.”

It does look like Sketch does everything around the house. It's true, she does. Everyone else runs around without their sanity, or a care in the world, while Sketch looks after everything.

Sketch also takes care of birthdays.

Yay, another toddler! :)

Also, yay, genetic diversity! There's some of Sketch in there, I believe!

Although Knight is genetically different, he seems to want to be the same as everyone else, and grew up into Duck's hairstyle. Easily sorted out.

Now you tell me that he isn't adorable! Look at his little face!

He definitely got the awesome genes from his parents. Then again, all three of the kids got those.

“THIS CAKE IS AWFUL!”

Duck's tantrums. Forever amusing, mostly because of his pink teddy bear pyjamas and angry face. Such a combination!

On the subject of Duck, he is a clone of Goblin, other than the fact he's a boy. Even their personalities are the same. They also both adore kareoke.

But then again, all three of the kids are creative.

Knight spends his time drawing at the activity table. Well, I say drawing. That involves chewing on the crayons.

Goblin, meanwhile, is the only one of the three kids to play the violin. I know Knight's not old enough to yet, but Duck doesn't ever play the violin.

I wonder where they get it from...

Sketch is so creative she's maxed creativity during those days when she lived with Makoto and no one else.

I love it when sims play in puddles. But not so much when those puddles are in the bathroom.

Though I wouldn't argue with Duck. If he wants to play in indoor puddles, I say let him play, just so we can avoid a tantrum or an argument or something.

This blanket is one of the greatest things I've ever downloaded. I know they've been around for ages, but I only just bothered to download it.

It's like toddlers sleeping in dog beds, but it doesn't knock their needs down. :D

Meanwhile, outside, Goopy and Sketch were heading to hot tub when it started to hail.

“Oh man, Goopy, it's hailing!”

“Hail, what hail?”

“Ouch! My head! Goopy, I'm going back inside.”

I swear, if Goopy gets hailed to death, I will not be happy. I've managed to keep the Reaper away for so long this generation. :(

“Oh man, it's hailing out here!”

I'm serious, Goopy, get back inside! We do not need to kill off the third spouse in a row!

Regardless, Goopy still waited until his thumbnail was green-y yellow in colour before wandering back inside.

Inside, the clones are singing. Well, Duck is singing. Goblin's just standing around in the background, with that kind of “Look! I'm Outgoing!” expression on her face.

Still, they'd make a good stage act.

“Bang! Bang! I'll shoot you for interrupting my solo!” Duck declared.

“Not if I dodge the bullets by through the window!” Goblin leaned to avoid the imaginary bullets, accidentally impaling herself on the glass. No damage was done.

“Blast! I hadn't counted on you being able to do that.”

“Hey, Goblin, I'm sorry I made you walk through windows.”

“It's fine, Duck. It was cool!”

“Do you have superpowers? You didn't get hurt at all!”

Later that day, Knight was just crawling past during Goblin's drawing time, minding his own business.

Goblin pulled one of her patented for-my-namesake expressions.

“Haha! I'll draw a picture of Knight!”

According to Sketch, Knight is a woman baking bread or cake or something.

Which is fairly nice. Judging from Goblin's expression, I thought it was going to be a terrifying picture.

Elsewhere in the house, Vyn was unable to make it to the toilet in time, despite the fact she was standing right next to it.

“Vyn, even I know how to use a toilet!”

Leo sniffed, “Ew! Vyn, stink was sooo two chapters ago!”

I don't think Vyn really cares about whether stink was two chapters ago or not. I think she's worried that she's stained her grey pyjamas.

Vyn, meanwhile, didn't stay in the bathroom while Leo and Duck complained that she smelled, and instead, headed out of the room to hang out with Knight.

“Is it you that stinks, or is it me?”

Pretty soon, Goblin's birthday rolls around.

“Birthday hug?”

“Ew, Duck, no! Go away!”

They seem like best friends. I have no idea why she turned down his offer of a hug.

After that, the sparkles came to claim Goblin's childhood.

Ominous. I merely mean she grew up.

Goblin rolled knowledge, and decided that she was going to spend her teen years in a leopard-print catsuit.

Hmm. Well, I wouldn't have chosen that for her, but apparently, that's what Goblin wants to wear. I also had Sketch give her daughter a makeover, but that doesn't change the catsuit.

Goblin spends her birthday night mopping up a massive puddle in the bigger bathroom.

I have a feeling Goblin will either spend her teen years mopping up or making puddles.

Outside, a random townie girl (whose name escapes my mind), decided it would be relaxing to hang out in the hot tub.

Only Goopy and Sketch beat her to it.

“Dammit, why can't I get in the tub during their couple time?!”

Leo has decided to stand and watch people a lot now. I'm not entirely sure why, but I quite often find him just staring at people.

Vyn, however, is great with the kids, and probably always will be.

Awesomeness runs in the family. Goblin is set to prove that.

Q: How many people can you fit into the smallest bathroom in the house without it being awkward?

A: Not many.

I do not understand the draw of this bathroom. It's everyone's favourite hang-out, and a total nightmare to take pictures in.

The next day, Goopy remembers he has work and gets dressed for it. Apparently, he's a mime now. And I have no idea how that happened.

Regardless, Goopy rocks the mime costume.

That night, Knight's birthday rolled around. Only Vyn showed up for it.

And here he is! Complete with a faux hawk, because I think he's awesome enough for one.

He's definitely different to his siblings.

Alan came out to join the celebrations.

Which is great, because Alan is the ghost who comes out the least. Even Makoto can be found wandering the grounds from time to time. That said, I haven't seen ghosts for a while, but I think the 'hood is slightly broken...

...but I'm not rebuilding at this stage. I'm just going to deal with the glitches.

Goblin, meanwhile, was inside, celebrating the birthday in her own way. By singing in her underwear!

There's no doubt she's related to this crazy family.

Knight is also undoubtedly a Super. He throws tantrums, that's a key sign.

So much aspiration failure.

And the violin playing.

Duck may have ignored the violin completely, but Goblin and Knight seem to keen to follow in their mother's footsteps and play violin until they're in the zone.

When I was sorting through my pictures for this update, I saw this one and immediately thought “Oh my, what was happening in my game?!”

The Reaper's back. And he decided to shove his scythe through Leo.

“LEO, IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO LEAVE THIS PLACE.”

“I don't want to go. Who will take care of my flour-sack baby?!”

“ABOUT THE FLOUR-SACK BABY, THE THING ABOUT THAT BABY IS-”

“If you're about to tell me he's not real, I don't believe you. Everyone is trying to telll me he's not real, and that's not really fair.”

“WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THERE IS FLOUR IN THE AFTERLIFE?”

“Not interested. In fact...”

“OH, FOR LLAMA'S SAKE, WHY DO THEY ALWAYS TRY THIS TRICK?!”

Goblin wandered into the room, and found Leo and the Reaper fighting over an hourglass. Most people would be terrified.

“Go Almost-Granddad! Beat the Reaper!”

After stealing back the hourglass, the Reaper composed himself and sighed, pushing open the door of the Haunted Room.

“COME ON, LEO, I'LL EVEN OPEN THE DOOR FOR YOU. LET'S GO.”

“I honestly thought I was going to win that fight.”

“MORTALS ALWAYS DO. STOP YAKKING AND GET MOVING, I HAVE MANY SOULS TO REAP AND YOU'RE WASTING PRECIOUS TIME.”

The Reaper was already gone when Sketch arrived – which he probably planned. This being his fifth visit to her family in her lifetime and all that.

“Dammit, Reaper! No one takes my family and leaves my daughter sobbing! I demand revenge! Or an apology! Or something!”

Vyn, meanwhile, had only just woken up.

“I had such a refreshing sleep! What did I miss? Hey, why is everyone crying?”

Sketch and Knight headed outside, to the new grave in their garden.

“Mum, we're running out of room.”

“Don't worry, Knight. We have enough space for Vyn's headstone. Though if anyone else dies, they'll have to be shoved on an end table inside.”

“They're planning where they're going to put my grave? I'm not even dead yet!”

“It's okay, Almost-Grandma. They just need to know if they have the space.”

“That makes me feel so much better, Goblin.”

“Glad to hear it.”

And that's it for this time!

Leo will be missed, I'm sure. He was fun to have around.

Join me next time for more insanity!

Thanks for reading! :)