Bacter Family Saga

I should have done this at the start of generation three and I will from here on out post scoring at the start of a generation instead of at the end of one but here is my scoring breakdown as of right now.

Standard Points:
Generations: 3 (3 points)
Net Worth: $215,527 (3 points)
Platinum Graves: 1 Anthracis - Knowledge (0.5 points)
Impossible Wants: 1 Anthracis - Maxed all Skills (1 point)
Family Friends: 8 (2 points)

Bonus Points:
Graduates with 4.0 GPA: 2 Anthracis and Yersinia (2 points)
College Students moving into Legacy house: 1 Yersinia (0 points - rounded down)
NPCs in bloodline: 1 Professor - Prof. Xavier Jones (1 point)
Ghosts: 1 White/Old Age (1 point)

Other:
Career Rewards on Property: Athletics/Punching Bag, Medical/Surgical Training Station, Military/Obstacle Course, Science/Biotech Station

Points total: 13.5

I hope everyone is enjoying the story. Next time there will be more with Bacillus and Mallory and of course look for some of the drama with Francisella within that update as well.

Happy Simming!

Anthracis Bacter sat on the sofa with his head in his hands. He was very grateful at that moment that his wife was at work. Life had seemed so good for his family. How had things gone so wrong?

It all began with a phone call from his youngest, Francisella. She had told him that her siblings were acting strangely. She clearly thought that something was going on because she brought it up to him. This put him on guard. He had tried to call his son, Bacillus, but couldn’t get any answers out of him. Something was going on and Anthracis hated not knowing what it was.

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The Bacter Estate was now without children. All three of Anthracis and Lora’s children had gone off to college at Sim State University and all of three of them were expected to do quite well. An empty house was something Anthracis and especially Lora had to get used to. It had been a long time since it had been just the two of them and back then the house had been quite a bit smaller. Lora had hired a maid to come and help her with the cleaning seeing as she was getting on in years and could use the added assistance since she had no kids at home any more. Anthracis was seriously considering retirement. He was 62 years old and easy days at home appealed to him. He had been working hard on his skills and was now master of them all. This made Lora so proud.

At times Anthracis and Lora felt young again and couldn’t help but pretend to be newlyweds once again even those years had passed since they were that. With no children in the house it made it a lot easier for them to find intimate time together.

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Francisella was a teenager and the last of the Bacter children remaining in the house. She was very much hoping to head of to college soon and follow along in the footsteps of her two older siblings. Francisella was a lot like her father. She too had an aspiration for knowledge and was a straight A student in private school. Anthracis and Lora never once had to tell her to do her homework. She had gotten a job to have some more responsibility despite her parents’ attempts to keep her a child as long as they could. She knew her father had a tough decision to make and she didn’t want to get in the way of his being able to make it so she didn’t bring up whether or not he was even considering her.

Francisella was right. Anthracis did have a difficult decision to make. He stood in her doorway watching her work diligently on her homework. He had to decide who would be his heir. Francisella was a wonderful child and he knew she would be ideal but he had two other children to consider. He had to make the decision soon but for now he just watched his Sella do her homework.

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Yersinia woke up the morning after Gordon left and felt very confused. She didn’t understand what had just happened to her. She thought that Gordon loved her; she thought that she loved Gordon. If this was the case, why would he have had done what he did? She realized she needed to talk to somebody. She couldn’t talk to her father or Bacillus because they would just fly off the handle and she certainly couldn’t talk to Francisella. What would a high school student know about what had happened to her? The only person she could think of to talk to was Sophie. But how was she going to bring it up? Hey Sophie, my boyfriend tried to take advantage of me? That just didn’t sound right.

She got home from class and saw that Sophie was working out in the living room. Yersinia didn’t want to disturb her so she went into the kitchen, sat down at the table and dropped her head into her hands. She was very confused. Everything had seemed so right between her and Gordon, how could it have gone so wrong?

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After discovering Mallory in bed with him Bacillus leapt from the bed and ran from the room. What had happened? He couldn’t remember what had happened the night before. His mind was spinning. Why was Mallory Mace in his bed? Why was he in his underwear? What was she wearing? Had he had sex with her? What had happened? That’s it; Bacillus said to himself, I am never drinking again. How was he going to find out what happened? He didn’t even want to speak to Mallory. He silently crept back into his room and grabbed some clothes, threw them on and left the house. He did not want to be there when she woke up.

Bacillus went to campus to clear his head a little bit. He had run into his sister but really didn’t want to talk to her about what had happened. What would Yersi know anyway? He realized that being on campus wasn’t helping so he went back home. When he got there he discovered Mallory in the kitchen. He froze. Mallory turned to him, “Heya Baby-Face.” Her smile suggested something that Bacillus did not want to have confirmed. “How’d ya sleep last night?” She took a step closer to him and reached out to touch his face. He slapped her hand away. She looked at him hurt. “What’s going on, Baby-Face?” “Why don’t you tell me?” Bacillus roared back. “What?” “What happened last night? Why were you in my bed?” “Baby-Face, listen, its not what you think.” “STOP CALLING ME BABY-FACE!” “Just listen.” “NO! I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT! WHY CAN’T YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE? LEAVE ME ALONE!” Bacillus stormed up to his bedroom and locked the door.

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With two children in college and a third in high school Anthracis was starting to feel his age. He was 53 years old, his blonde hair had started to turn silver and his smooth skin had begun to crease. He realized that in a few days he would be 54, that special age when the transition to an elder would become completed. Lora was talking of having a party for him. He wasn’t so sure he wanted to celebrate that turning point in his life. Lora finally convinced to let her throw the party as long as she only invited Bacillus and Yersinia back from college. She agreed and the party was set for the night of his 54th birthday.

Anthracis’s birthday rolled around and at 6 pm Yersinia and Bacillus arrived from college. Anthracis and Lora were so thrilled to see their kids. It was hard having them off at school. Anthracis was disappointed because Francisella had to work. He wished she wasn’t working and would just enjoy being a teenager but her thirst for knowledge was not unlike his own and she loved her job so he let her be. Lora grabbed Bacillus as soon as he walked in the door and started to smother her son. Yersinia went up to Anthracis to speak with him. He still didn’t know about her relationship with Gordon or the path it had almost gone down a few days ago. They chatted about school and then Yersinia, being the typical college student, started asking her dad for money. Anthracis just chuckled, patted her on the shoulder and walked into the kitchen.

Lora called Anthracis over to the cake she had made. It was time for him to blow out his candles and make his transition. Lora, Bacillus and Yersinia gathered around him while the many, many candles on the cake were lit and Anthracis prepared to blow them out.

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Yersinia felt none of the nerves of her brother or father when they started college. Of course Yersinia had her best friend Sophie coming to school with her. Yersinia had done well with her scholarships achieving over $6000 in them. With this and the additional money Sophie could provide, the two girls decided to skip the dorm life and move right into their own house. Of course Yersinia planned to eventually end up at Beta Eta Pi with Bacillus but she didn’t tell Sophie that when they moved in together. Yersinia could hardly contain her excitement when they pulled up to the house she and Sophie would be living in. She got out of the cab and realized she was no longer a child. She had become a young woman.

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After the shock Bacillus received from Erin he decided he needed to talk to her about the whole Mallory pledging thing. One morning before class Bacillus approached Erin, “Hey Erin, can I talk to you for a minute about the pledging thing?” “Sure Bac, what’s up?” “Well, I understand we are a fraternity and that we need pledges and everything but I think you should reconsider having Mallory Mace pledge.” “Why? Mallory would be a great addition to Beta Eta Pi.” “I don’t like her.” “How can you not like Mallory? She is so sweet.” “It’s a long story but I really don’t like her.” “Listen Bacillus, I know that your father founded this frat and all but last time I checked I was the president of this fraternity, not you. Mallory is pledging and that is all there is too it!”

Bacillus was livid. He didn’t know how Erin could completely disregard his feelings about this. He was angry with her. He did not want Mallory living in the same house as him. Bacillus decided that he would bring it up to Erin again later that day. So Bacillus tossed his books into his bag and set off to class.

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A few days had passed since the incident between Yersinia and the burglar. Anthracis had let her go to Bacillus’s party, even though he knew full well that the “small get-together” was a lie. It didn’t seem to make much of a difference to Yersinia though, she was still mad at her father about Gordon.

One morning at breakfast Anthracis was trying to get her to speak. Lora had left for work already and she usually acted as a buffer between the two feuding family members. “So, Yersinia, what do you have planned for today?” She didn’t speak to him but just focused on her pancakes. Francisella looked from her sister to her father, she knew she should take this opportunity to get her father’s attention. But Anthracis spoke up again, “You know, anytime you want to bring friends of yours by, you can. What about that boy Ricky that was here? You could have him come over any time.” Yersinia just glared at her father and then snapped, “Ricky isn’t my friend.” She got up from the table and stormed off to her bedroom to wait for the bus.

Anthracis just stared after her. Francisella looked at her father and then piped up, “Daddy, Daddy, guess what?” Anthracis snapped out of his daze and turned to his youngest child, “What is it, Sella?” “They are doing this play at school, Daddy, and guess who they want to play the lead, Daddy?” Anthracis smiled, “I have no idea who they could want.” “Daddy! They want me to!” “You!” Anthracis cried doing his best to sound utterly shocked. Francisella started to giggle and then got up from the table and hugged her dad. “Well,” Anthracis thought, “At least one of my daughters still thinks I’m something special.”

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