Twins this time - Faith and Wesley. And it turns out that Winifred has the changing gene, so she will be well placed to take over for me as soon as she is older. Her uncle Xander has been in charge of her education so far, in between his attempts to be a mystic. I did tell him it was a dumb career.
GAZ NOTE: My tried-and-true plan of "always multiple births where possible" does have the snag that it leaves the mother pretty much unable to do much child rearing. Poor Xander is really being made to pay for his keep, but he's up for it. The twins are born on Week 13, Day 7.
Twin girls, Anya and Glory. It seems like less than a week ago that the toddler twins Wesley and Faith were born - and can you believe that Fred is now in school? How time flies.
I make a decision here. With 15 days still to go before Tara ages up, I decide to delay her next pregnancy until I get rid of Xander. There is no hurry; I need only 2 more kids, and that gives me at least 9 days leeway. Plus, that way Winifred will be a teen in time to help train the last set of toddlers. Normally I push as hard and as fast as possible, but with my heir already established there is actually no savings in time to be had here, as it will be impossible for Winifred to need to kick out the last set of siblings before they've lifted.
BTW, note the awesome parenting of throwing the kids on the ground outside. :) In all seriousness though I did get Parenting 101 with Winifred and will likely do so with all the kids this generation.
Xander finally finished his whole mystical nonsense. Well I say nonsense. It turns out that we now have a bunch of awesome magical powers, not limited to the ability to silence ghosts by carrying them around in our (super enhanced, thanks to me) backpacks. That sounds pretty useful actually - and we may even get better sleep too. He decided to start his own cult; I wished him the best as he moved out.
Yeah but I'm still annoyed that Paranormal was the best I could do here - no matter how nice a spin I put on it. It isn't useless. It's not that great either. One thing it DOES allow me to do is attempt The Artisans as an ending requirement, since I have the ability (via a dusty old lamp) to resurrect Buffy to pose. That's an unexpected benefit, to say the least. He also gets Illustrious Author the same day, so basically he's done, and moved out.
It is week 14, day 7. Getting close to the point where I'll need to breed again, so I called over her FB and got her knocked up once more.
A new boy cub, Angelus. Again with the no twins. What sort of scam did you sell me on, Mumsy?
The reason that annoys me is because all of that time she spent working out to the Kids channel is basically wasted; she could have been tutoring her children instead. Sometimes a few minutes is enough; sometimes days without end is insufficient (as in this case). But this is not a show stopper; she has 7 days until she is an elder. It is week 15, day 4; I'll let her get some Energy back and then invite over her lover for the final shot.
Another boy cub. I think that is the last of them. My pack is stronger than Mumsy's, and we will do amazing things - already Winifred (can you believe she's a teenager already?) has begun to plot her course in life.
When Winifred became a teen, I decided to give her Green Thumb as I intend her to lift Science and Gardening is the first skill requirement. Thanks to my lifts of Espionage and Military, she is able to work out at the gym and benefit from the speed boost; I have children studying at the library as well. Furthermore, Wesley has Painting 5 and has painted a still life of Tara (his best friend); once she becomes an elder he'll have fulfilled part one of the optional clear for Moodlet Manager. Anyone who knows my Apocalypse Challenge work knows that I am a massive fan of the Moodlet Manager.
Anyway it is week 16, day 1; Angelus has already been trained in all of the toddler skills so it's just a case of seeing if I can get him all 9 toddler books; a family trip to the library will probably sort that. This is a good place to end this chapter.
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