5.1 - Glaucus Ocean's No-Good, Almost-Disastrous Courting Ritual

Becoming an adult has made Glaucus a savage. He goes from getting his butt kicked to literally tossing people to the ground. I think the inclusion of a wand has helped his prowess quite a bit.

Unfortunately, it doesn't last. He has a three duel losing streak that follows, which sucks. He needs three wins for his aspiration.

Poor Perseus is pretty much forgotten. I do feel bad, but also... I'm stuck dealing with magical ridiculousness. I don't have time for everything.

Sedna: 'Oh! You're still here?'

Perseus: 'I'm a teenager for another week, mom.'

Sedna: 'Of course you are, dear... of course...'

Instead of moping, Glaucus is thrilled to come to the magical realm these days. I gave him a bit of a makeover more befitting a young adult who chases sparkly rainbows...

Glaucus: 'I'm a SPELLCASTER! It's fantastical and amazing.'

Sure it is, buddy. Sure it is.

Morgyn gives him some much-needed training. Given that I know they have the highest rank available, being a sage and all, it can only help. It still amuses me that this is one of the few sims who isn't driven to boredom by Glaucus. 

I don't think I've ever had a sim have so much trouble developing friendships. Must be all that awkward magic stuff.

I invite three of the cute girls over to see which one can tolerate Glaucus best. I'm not sure I want to deal with two spellcasters, so Becca is in the front-running. Which, I'm sure, is a relief to the other girls.

Unfortunately, Glaucus can't seem to get off the ground when it comes to befriending or wooing her. He got her to almost friendship and then everything tanks.

Tasi: 'What's going on? Glaucus had a birthday, right? Where are the grandbabies?'

Well, Tasi... your grandson kind of sucks. At everything.

Tasi: 'I knew that magic was nonsense...'

Indeed, buddy. Let's just cross our fingers and hope he gets scooped up by some aliens.

In an effort to help with his appeal with the ladies, Sedna puts Glaucus on a strict training regime. Maybe this will help with his floppy arms in duels, too.

Glaucus: 'Didn't you tell me before this wouldn't help?'

Shush. I'm grasping at straws.

Perseus is, of course, amused by his older brother's plight since he's been mostly forgotten.

Glaucus: 'It sucks, having everything riding on you...'

Perseus: 'Man, I am sure glad I get to move out in a couple of days. Immortality, here I come!'

Glaucus: 'Why don't we switch places? We look similar enough.'

Perseus: 'Nope. Have fun, big bro. I'm out!'

Despite his many fires, I still have Glaucus practicing his magic by fixing things. The ghosts are running rampant lately. Surprisingly, he hasn't messed up. At least he's doing something right.

Sedna: 'Glaucus, don't! We don't need another fire.'

Glaucus: 'It's fine! See? It's fixed.'

Sedna: 'But there's still water shooting out of it...'

Ianthe calls constantly, almost as if she can sense her little brother's acute failure from afar. 

Sedna: 'No, it's all right, dear. Your brother is just... well... he's taking his time.'

Raul: 'That's one way of putting it.'

Sedna: 'I'm sure it'll be fine. And if not... aliens!'

Raul: '...'

Becca gets another invite because I'm not sure I want to leave the fate of my legacy up to aliens. I mean, we've already had aliens! And that wasn't even on purpose.

Thankfully, things seem to be going better this time. What's changed?

Becca: 'I thought he was a weird nerd but... suddenly... I realize he isn't.'

Seriously? He gets a little fit and you're into it? Girl. You're lucky we need you. Morgyn is looking way better all the time. Damn sterility.

Things go so well that they get the First Kiss and officially dating out of the way, which means...

Becca moves in and gets a tiny bit of a makeover. I changed her everyday collegiate clothing because she's not in college anymore, but kept all the other outfits. I didn't realize she was an EAXIS pre-made. Shows how much attention I pay to anything anymore.

Becca is a Romantic and Active Bookworm. Does she read while she runs? I like doing that, too. She had wanted to do college for her aspiration, but forget that noise, Glaucus' wizard insanity is a big enough pain. So, now she wants to be Fabulously Wealthy. She gets a leg-up as a private attorney because her soon-to-be-husband is too busy emitting sparkles from his hands to bother working.

Sedna vets the newest addition to the family... not that she can do much. It isn't like they're caving in the door or anything.

Becca is more than happy to talk about herself. Oh, this is going to be fun, isn't it? Sigh.

Becca: 'I was in college, but then I got bored, so I got a bunch of skills to level 8 as I floated through working at bars and eventually the spa!'

Despite being hard to nail down in the beginning, Becca is constantly rolling romantic whims for Glaucus. I'm going to assume it's because of her Romantic trait.

The hot tub gets some use and Becca even wants to get engaged. Glaucus, however, is busy with other things.

Becca: 'What are you doing up here? What even is this?'

Glaucus: 'You're not supposed to be up here!'

Becca: 'You can't lock ladders, silly. Is that a giant spoon?'

Glaucus: '...you really shouldn't be up here.'

Becca: 'Look at this giant bowl! It's so ridiculous. And are those... crystals?'

Glaucus: 'I'm trying to concentrate. What do you need?'

Becca: 'I can't believe you're making a big spoon float. This is so nerdy. I hate it. But... I also need to know, are we doing this or what?'

Glaucus: 'What?'

Becca: 'This is a legacy, you're the heir, and you've moved me in. Where's my ring?'

Glaucus: 'Seriously? Fine, here. Forget romantic gestures.'

Becca: 'Oooh my goooosh! I'm soooo shocked. I wasn't expecting this at ALL!'

Glaucus: '...can you just take it go, please?'

Becca: 'Woooooow! I don't even know what to say. Can you make it float like the nerdy spoon trick?'

Glaucus: 'Out!!'

Morgyn drops by, of their own accord, to possibly congratulate Glaucus on his nuptials? I'm mostly just shocked they're here at all. They've never randomly visited before. Glaucus and Morgyn are best friends.

I'm still bummed. I made it so adoption isn't an option in this legacy, given that you can edit same sex couples to just genetically reproduce... but I didn't anticipate a sim that was designed to be possibly androgynous (or transitory) who can't breed, period. I respect it, though. I won't edit them in CAS, they can just be Glaucus' preferred partner in each other's heads, haha.

I'm beginning to think Becca was meant to be a jealous sim, because she immediately pops up to intrude on the conversation whenever Morgyn is around. It's like she knows.

Becca: 'Oh, wow! So, are you like, one of those wizard people, too?'

Morgyn: '...'

Glaucus: 'Becca... you've met Morgyn before.'

Becca: 'Oh, right. Right, right. You look different without all the... rings and stuff.'

Morgyn: '...I'll see you later.'

Glaucus: 'Yeah, probably for the best.'

Despite the fact that her soon-to-be-husband should possibly be with someone else, Becca still manages to cinch her title as Legacy Spouse by ensuring the next generation.

Becca: 'Take that, you bedazzled and fluid wizard!'

This is going to become a 'thing', isn't it?

The still-gorgeous Sedna has lost all faith in this generation and is apt to just restart everything from the ground up. She has half of her Adulthood left, but it's gonna be a no, sorry. I've put too much work in already.

Besides that, I forgot about Raul's impending Elder birthday. Welcome to aching backs and hips, Raul!

Raul: 'It feels like I just fell five stories.'

Just take a seat. It'll be okay.