Round 8 - Callaraius

It's the Callaraius family's turn, and they are expecting a seventh member any hour.
Row 1: Quintus Nixeira (slave, standing), Hortensius Callarai (Head of the family, sitting), Marcellina Callaraius (wife, sitting), Iuvenalis Callaraius (heir, standing)
Row 2: Faustina Callaraius (daughter, sitting), Atilius Callaraius (second son, sitting), Sextus Callaraius (third son, sitting)

I know that Quintus and master Hortensius are best friends but this is a little indiscreet for my taste...

The family make sure to spend some time in their garden before the snows come.

Suddenly, Marcellina goes into labor. (Please excuse glitchy picture)

She has a baby girl! (I'm starting to think this neighborhood is cursed...) They name her Gratiana, and she makes the 100th living sim in the neighborhood! Woho!

When Hortensius comes home from work, Marcellina goes and give him a thumbs up, haha. Everything is good!

For a while, at least. Quintus starts the next day with a fire while making toast...

Hortensius has to act hero because Quintus is too busy panicking. No one is injured, luckily.

Atilius and Sextus spend all their time playing with each other, it's really nice to see.

Another thing I liked seeing was that Quintus seems to prefer to WooHoo his wife Fulvia instead of Faustina. Good choice!

Little Gratiana has her birthday.

Here she is!

Marcellina starts teaching her little daughter at once.

She's a natural at talking.

It's Quintus turn to become an elder too now!

Here he is. He somehow looks really old at once, lol.

Atilius has a birthday as well.

Here he is. He's a knowledge sim just like his older brother.

Speaking of Iuvenalis... He likes to check out the future Head of the Callaraius family in the mirror, looking all proud.

While Marcellina was a great mother to all of the older children, she barely plays with little Gratiana. Maybe her patience ran out...

This scary situation happened at the Baths!

Once back home, there's time for a last birthday; Gratiana's second.

Here's the little cutie.

She's just as wild as her brothers.

Iuvenalis managed to make an enemy in Maxima Nixitus. She's already murdered someone, so he'd better watch out now...

Round 8 - Callarai

The Callarai family is its smallest in a long time, with only three members still in the household.
Row 1: Otho Nixsana (slave, standing), Egnatius Zimeca (slave, standing)
Row 2: Fabricius Callarai (Head of the family, sitting), Saturnina Callarai (mother, sitting)
Row 3: Severus Callarai (second brother, standing)
Balbina moved out in between the rounds to get married.

Poor Otho lost his daughter two rounds ago and his wife last round. The wife was just resurrected by the good Empress Sabina, but maybe news didn't get around to Otho yet.

Saturnina gets her hands on a genie and wishes for a long life.

There's not much going on in the family anymore. Severus spends his days grinning at the mirror.

Or giving noogies to Egnatius... What else are slaves for?

It seems Fabricius has realized his sexual orientation by now. He still has to marry, though...

Saturnina maximized her physics skill.

They had a burglary. Of course, the fountain was the first to go into a tiny black bag, lol.

A trip to the Bathing House took their minds of the traumatizing experience. Saturnina made some new friends.

While Fabricius stuck to someone he already knew.

Round 8 - Callani

It's time for the winter round, and as usual we start with the Emperor's family and all the drama they include.
Row 1: Ovidius Zimeca (slave, standing), Germanus Nixeira (slave, standing), Augusta Nixeira (slave, standing)
Row 2: Varius Callani (Emperor, sitting), Sabina Callani (Empress, sitting)
Row 3: Januarius Callani (brother, standing), Agapetus Callani (heir, sitting), Aphrodisia Callani (daughter, standing)
One of Emperor Varius brothers finally moved out for marriage since last round. We'll be seeing Albanus later.

The heir to the Emperor's seat just became a toddler, and Empress Sabina is busy teaching him the basics.

She's also busy being pregnant with her third child.

Januarius sure isn't discreet... I guess since Albanus moved out, he takes over the part of seducing the slave girls.

Ovidius has his birthday.

Here he is as an adult. He's marrying later this round!

It's good if our little future Emperor knows how to speak.

Augusta and Germanus are siblings, but that doesn't mean they like each other.

Sabina is huge, haha.

Augusta felt like photobombing her brother's birthday picture...

Here's Germanus now, anyway. He also marries later this round.

Our Empress is in labor!

She has another daughter, named Athenais.

First party of the round is in honor of Agapetus birthday.

Here he is. I love him with long hair for some reason.

Sabina takes her teenage love to bed at last... I'm a little surprised they hadn't done it yet.

She's blessed with a wish (not that she needs anything more...) from a genie. I roll a dice to see what she's wishing...

And she's supposed to resurrect someone. I know who! Agrippina Nixotho, who's pregnant and left her little toddlers alone last round. She immediately moves back home. Apparently Sabina wants to make out with her...

The children keep to themselves or each other and I barely notice them most of the time.

Another party is thrown for Athenais birthday, where Ovidius takes Saturnina Callarai to bed...

I didn't manage to take a picture of her in the process of growing up, so you'll have to settle for this, sorry.

Here she is, by the way. Looks just like her siblings, gah...

This party proves not to be as calm as the last one. Germanus and Gordianus Callarai starts fighting.

Gordianus wins. However, since Germanus is still unmarried and male, he's allowed one plead.

His slave buddy Ovidius gets down on his knees, and Germanus stays with us.

The following day, Sabina is back to teaching another child how to walk.

And talk.

The children bring home Aetius Callius from school. They really are calm.

It seems Januarius is happy about Germanus still being alive, haha.

And just like Albanus before him, he WooHoos Augusta right before we leave... My patricians just can't keep their pants on when it comes to the teenage slave girls.