Mako

Mako is a core character created in the SimKorra Sims 3 save file, originally intended as a one-day joke with a segment of the Legend of Korra fandom during the hiatus between its first and second season. He was given a school uniform and dropped into a custom-built high school along with Korra, Bolin and Asami, to have his autonomous actions observed by the game's Mod for one in-game day. His actions were then documented in a handful of posts on tumblr. The characters' actions proved popular enough, the Mod created a separate blog and began documenting the characters' lives as the game evolved into a Legacy game. Mako is currently in one of the three households included in regular gaming rotation, and appears regularly throughout the blog.

Pre-Blog
Before the game's main events began to unfold, Mako spent one day visiting her old high school with his schoolmates, Korra, Bolin and Asami--all four making up Korra's "Krew". As it was a new game, they were all neutral acquaintances without significant "backstory," with Mako and Bolin having a sibling relationship.

While generally less brusque than his canon counterpart, his in-game avatar quickly mirrored some of the lighter and/or silly story beats of his Book 1 iteration, such as his time spent on athletic activities with Bolin and Korra, or the way both girls quickly marked him as "attractive. " Perhaps in a contrast to his canon persona, Mako was the first character to initiate romantic/flirtatious interactions. He exhibited an early tendency to seek Korra out, and in between athletic contests, their conversations were dotted with flirtatious interactions throughout the day, usually with him breaking the ice. When Korra was otherwise occupied, Asami would locate him and initiate conversation, turning it flirtatious.

University
At the end of his first in-game day, following the blog's community feedback, Mako was enrolled in University along with Korra, Bolin and Asami. He was signed in for the technology degree, with the fandom already aware that his canon character would be moved into Law Enforcement. It was at this time that Naga and Pabu were added to the household, however pets were not able to come to college and were left behind for the semester. The four friends were assigned to a co-ed dorm, with Bolin as Mako's roommate.

During orientation, aside from a brief participation in a group conversation with other dorm mates, Mako mostly kept to himself. A notable exception was an instance where his mood was souring and Bolin salvaged it by "brightening his day. "

Before the end of her weekend settling in, Korra was extended an invitation to a kegger, and Mako tagged along with Bolin and Asami. At the kegger, Mako split his time between taking a few drinks and playing games with Korra, who was at this point his closest friend. The kegger included a daring system, where individuals who accomplished their dares before the nights' end were given a §100 reward. Korra quickly became very drunk and was dared to kiss a "random sim ." Because autonomous kisses were not possible and would require Mod intervention, the community voted on her kiss attempts. Mako was her second attempt. He accepted her kiss and became her first romantic interest.

The rest of Mako's time in university was dominated by his studies. When he wasn't attempting to take care of his basic needs, he was brooding   or being pushed by the Mod to stay on top of his homework. However, some further social developments did unfold: Korra continued to grow closer with Mako, however complexities of a "love quadrangle" unfolded as attractions triggered between Mako and Asami , and Asami and Bolin (the latter of whom was interested in and rejected by Korra early on ). Early in the semester, Asami showed a tendency to follow Mako and initiate flirtatious interactions, which he reciprocated. She also gained the wish to kiss him, which the Mod assisted her in doing. He accepted her kiss, becoming her romantic interest in addition to Korra's and thereby earning a Naughty romantic reputation. Group outings were complicated, and often involved upset feelings on the part of at least one individual in the group. Asami was pursuing the same degree as Mako and therefore tended be with him much of the time. However, Mako often sought Korra out for interaction, and the two shared frequent friendly encounters  , with their interactions only occasionally turning flirtatious in nature. When it was flirtatious, Mako was usually the one to initiate the tone shift, with Korra usually reciprocating.

While they did not make significant romantic physical contact again throughout college--apparently due to Mako's conflicting feelings for both of the girls--Korra and Mako did have two more uniquely romantic incidents during the semester. The first earlier in the semester, during a group trip to the local bowling alley, in which Mako invited Korra to stargaze with him outside. Following the outing, Mako attempted to affectionately take Korra's hand, but she rejected the motion on account of being tired. The second moment occurred following midterms, when the Mod attempted to send the group to a Fall festival for a fun outing. Bolin was not able to join the outing, and Mako, Korra and Asami went as a trio. While Asami got her face painted, Mako and Korra joined a pie-eating contest. Asami became tired and left the festival of her own volition, and Korra and Mako began to flirt, turning the outing into an impromptu date. The "date" culminated in games of rock-paper-scissors and falling asleep for a nap together on Mako's bed.

Following finals, Mako and his dorm mates threw a Halloween party. Though he failed his final exam out of stress, upon receiving his final grades, he was reported to have passed the semester with top marks.

City Life and Relationships
At the end of the semester, the blog's community voted to end the Krew's time at university. As such, they were moved in together into a modified three-bedroom penthouse in Republic City (represented by MAXIS' Bridgeport). Naga and Pabu were able to join the game's activities. Mako was assigned to the Law Enforcement career track.

Naga began an amusing trend of sleeping on Mako's bed, forcing Mako to spend multiple nights sleeping on the couch or elsewhere. Mako's relationships with the Krew continued on mostly the same track as in college for about a month, due their work schedules. Mako, Asami's and Bolin's jobs were done almost exclusively in the morning, while Korra worked at night His interactions with Asami petered out--while Asami reached out to him occasionally and still considered him a romantic interest, she spent much more of her time pursuing interactions with Bolin. Meanwhile, Mako continued to flirt with Korra when they found time alone, eventually getting as far as holding hands and revealing he had feelings for her.

Change came one afternoon when Korra and Mako had the penthouse to themselves for about an hour and became flirtatious, with Mako eventually inviting Korra to a slow dance in the living room. Asami came home from work and became hurt and angry with Mako for his more overtly romantic behavior with Korra going so far as slapping him. In the fallout with Asami, Korra's interactions toward Mako became more frequently romantic in nature, which he reciprocated. In a mixture of autonomous actions and wish-fulling assistance from the Mod, the pair went on their first planned date and had their first genuine kiss. The kiss sparked Mako's desire for "Woohooing" with Korra, but they kept their hands to themselves as they closed the date with a private dinner in their apartment. Following a two week "cool down" period, which included his date with Korra and wherein Mako made no attempt to reach out to Asami, Asami decided she was no longer interested in pursuing romance with Mako.

These changes in Krew relationships altered the group chemistry. To help them find a new balance, the group was sent on a vacation to Ba Sing Se (China). There the group was able to re-establish positive interactions with each other--however Mako's interactions were largely centered around Korra. When he and Korra weren't sparring or tomb raiding together, they had a dinner date   and started experimenting with nudity around each other on separate occasions. When they were apart, Mako would stare out of windows, brooding, rather than find something else productive to do.

Following their trip, Mako and Korra continued to make passes at each other repeatedly, and the relation took more and more of Mako's attention. In private, Mako took a moment to ask Bolin's Magic 8 Ball about whether he was on track for finding True Love, and was informed he was. However, no major changes took place until the end of the year, when the Krew threw a party to celebrate the new year and invited the friends they'd made from work. At this party Mako approached Korra, and the two retreated to the apartment to finally have sex for the first time. Korra confessed to Mako she was in love with him, and Mako privately began to have thoughts about being a father, although not necessarily with Korra in specific.

Commitments
Following New Years, Asami and Mako returned to friendly terms. Korra and Mako continued to pursue a casual romantic relationship, but now with frequent sexual encounters  which were often without protection. After four months, with no wishes prompting changes in their relationship statuses but also showing romantic no interest any other sims, the Mod set an ultimatum for Mako and Korra. The duo attended the Spring Festival together on Love Day , and Korra was prompted by the Mod to ask Mako to consider officially going steady, which he accepted. Becoming a "real" couple resulted in him choosing to "move" into Korra's bedroom, bumping Naga from her preferred spot on Korra's bed. In May, Mako was brought to meet Korra's parents in a humorous visit. Although his and Korra's activities were questionable, he managed to establish friendly interactions with both her parents, with special "approval" from Korra's mom.

During the development of Mako's romance with Korra, Bolin had lost interest in her and taken an interest in his co-worker, Ginger, who became pregnant in a spontaneous tryst with Bolin. Following community feedback, the Mod elected to "house swap" the Krew with Ginger's flatmates. This placed the Krew in a six bedroom penthouse that would enable them to continue living together while Bolin worked on his relationship with Ginger for their unborn child. The move took place about a month after Love Day, in May, Mako moving into the same room as with Korra again. While the Krew's dynamics continued mostly without further change, Ginger proved to be a difficult personality to get along with, and Mako's relationship with her was rocky.

In June, after Korra contracted an illness and then began a period of violent nausea and vomitting, Mako and the Krew went on a vacation to the Fire Nation (Isla Paradiso). The trip played out in a similar fashion as their trip to the Earth Kingdom, with lots of fun, friendly interactions and activities. They rented a house boat and spent a lot of time in and on the ocean. At one point, Mako had a nasty encounter with an invasive paparazzi.

After returning home from their trip, the Mako and the Krew went back to their regular routines, while Korra continued to be sick on a frequent basis. Mid-July met the onset of the Summer holiday, and Mako went camping with the Krew, Ginger and a fairly new romantic interest of Asami's, Iroh. While the trip involved fun activities, it was somewhat upset by Korra's bouts of illness becoming more violent as time wore on. Two weeks later, Mako was invited alongside Korra and her friends to an end-of-Summer party by her mother, where Korra came to a key realization during a conversation with her mother. Soon after, Mako was informed by Korra that she was pregnant, and he responded positively, buying a stuffed animal for their developing baby.

Two weeks after learning about Korra's pregnancy, Mako started to contemplate marriage. With Korra indicating similar aspirations, the Mod helped Mako propose to Korra another month later, which she accepted. They visited her parents later that evening to share news about her pregnancy and gain permission to marry, which was granted. After polling the community, it was decided that Korra and Mako should marry before Winter. The couple was married one month after their engagement on October 26th. The ceremony was a simple affair held in the living room of their apartment and attended by close friends and family.

Mako spent the next several months working and preparing for their baby with Korra. The blog's community got involved choosing the right name, and in mid-December a partially-concealed ultrasound revealed the baby would be a girl to those who wanted to know beforehand.

New Parenthood
While Mako was ultimately sped to marrying Korra by her pregnancy, Bolin's relationship with Ginger dramatically deteriorated. Ginger never committed to Bolin exclusively and officially ended her romantic interest in Bolin sometime around Mako and Korra's wedding. About a month after giving birth to a boy named Nuktuk (born on December 30th), it was decided it didn't make sense for Ginger and Bolin to be living together. A custom apartment began to be built.

In February, Mako moved with Korra into their own three-bedroom apartment, with Bolin and Asami living in the other two units in the complex. On March 5th, after a month in their new home, Korra gave birth to her and Mako's first baby girl, named Aruna. The birth went well, with Mako exhibiting strange fluxes of emotions throughout it. Once home, Mako immediately took initiative as a hands-on father, feeding Aruna her first bottle and generally doting on his new daughter. He took some PTO, while Korra threw herself back into work in the evenings almost immediately. Once both were back to work, they established something of a "parenting shift" system that would be maintained for a few years: Mako worked in the mornings while she stayed home, then she would head out to her work while he took care of the home in the evening. While the system was mostly effective, Aruna was a bit of a mama's girl early on. Mako still attempted to meet his baby's needs even when she usually ended up with her mother. Humorously, he wished he could text Aruna when she was less than a month old. He did eventually close the relationship gap.

About five weeks after her birth, Korra and Mako took Aruna to Love Day festival, where they presented her to her grandparents for the first time.

Afterward, Mako's life started to find a rhythm balancing his work with his expanded domesticity. He continued to devote mornings to work and evenings to fatherhood, with Korra following the opposite pattern. While this meant they spent a good deal of time apart, they made good use of the time they did have together, spending a many of their earlier mornings  , Mako's days off, and holidays together.

Growing Family
On July 13th, Mako attended Asami and Iroh's lavish wedding with his family as part of the wedding party. He and Korra then left Aruna with Korra's parents while they travelled with Asami and Iroh on a double honeymoon to the Earth Kingdom (France), with Bolin also tagging along. The trip was simple, with Korra and Mako amusing themselves by visiting museums and tombs together. At one point, Mako ended up shopping half-naked, which was "storified" into being a lost bet between him and Korra. While exploring a barrow, the topic of having a second child was brought up by Mako. They also spent some time with Bolin, Asami and Iroh sampling drinks.

Upon returning home, it was discovered Bolin had gained a female roommate named Debbie. Soon after their return was the Summer festival. While Mako goofed around in the roller skating rink, Korra began to feel ill again and mostly took it easy and tended to five-month-old Aruna. Coming home that evening, Mako ordered everyone a pizza and watched the stars with his wife.

At the end of the first week of August, Nuktuk moved back in with Bolin for his six month custody turn, and Korra and Mako began helping Bolin tend to their nephew alongside Runi (a petname coined by Mako for Aruna). This resulted in Nuktuk bonding with Korra and Mako as surrogate guardians.

At the end of of August, Mako came home from a long shift to Korra announcing she was pregnant with their second baby--they both affirmed their hopes for a boy. A few weeks later, he took time off so they could get an ultrasound, although the result was kept partially concealed from the blog's community to enable a surprise birth for those who wanted it.

In the Fall, due to her questionable behavior around the children, Debbie was kicked out of Bolin's apartment. Korra and Mako took seven-month-old Aruna to meet her two-month old aunt Malina for the first time. In October, the Krew co-hosted a holiday feast, prepared with decorated pumpkins and candy. Mako baked a pie. The party included lots of friends and avatars of blog followers. A couple weekends later, Mako attended a follow-up party with Korra at the tumblr household, however not much happened besides Korra watching TV and Mako getting cornered into talking about unicorns with the host.

The end of Fall signaled Korra and Mako's first wedding anniversary, and the pair checked into a resort out of the city. They spent a large part of their time in the pool and chatted over a fancy dinner. Coming home, they took their first official family portrait together.

The onset of winter cozied and slowed things down. Mako read books, cooked and took care of the babies when he wasn't working, keeping busy enough he had instances of running on very little sleep. He attended Nuktuk's first birthday party with his family, and continued to care for him alongside Runi through the year's end. Due to his and Korra's increased level of fame, he was gifted a new higher-quality bed that replaced his and Korra's old bed.

The Last Pregnancy
2004 was welcomed with a gift exchange party with extended family. The party had some uninvited guests, including a nine-month pregnant woman who went into labor in the middle of the gift exchange. Nuktuk returned to his mother for six months in February, around the same time Asami's mother-in-law was visiting and got in a heated altercation with Mako. Mako and Korra began planning a birthday for Runi, who reached her first birthday in March. While continually more occupied with his own little family, Mako did have some moments to spend with his brother.

On March 16th, just short of two weeks following Aruna's birthday, Korra called Mako from his work to meet her at the hospital, where she gave birth to their son Atka that night. Mako took time off to take care of the children while Korra rested. Due to the timing of Atka's birth, Korra and Mako skipped out on Love Day formalities and stayed at home with their children. However, the family did take an opportunity before the end of the season to spend time at the Spring Festival together. And in spite of having their hands more full, the couple began toying with the idea of adding one last baby to their family. Mako developed funny desires for bonding with his son. He made additional use of his time off by having Korra coach him on his exercise routine. They continued to maintain a healthy love life in addition to their friendship.

After Asami gave birth to a baby boy in June and Korra hired a butler named Camilla to help out with their babies and puppies as a live-in nanny. Mako continued Korra's efforts to teach Aruna how to walk and tried to teach her her shapes. He also attended a celebrity pool party with his family, courtesy of Bolin , however it was mostly uneventful. Similar to Aruna, Korra built her relationship with Atka more quickly than Mako. And in July, the couple also took a new round of family photos with their children. In early August, after a mom-tired and hangry moment in which she turned down Mako's romantic advances until after she'd had some dinner, Korra pulled Mako into an intentional attempt at conceiving a third baby.

Nuktuk moved back in with his father for the half-year, and the adults took the opportunity to continue their annual tradition of a trip abroad, this time to Whaletail Island (Roaring Heights). They dolled up in themed attire, visited the beach, museum and gym  , gambled a little, had a swanky dinner , made out , and attended a carnival. In spite of it being an adult getaway, however, Korra and Mako couldn't shake thoughts of their kids throughout the trip. After returning from the trip, another round of family pictures were taken to include Nuktuk.

In mid-September, Mako received a promotion to Lieutenant, with a raise, a patrol car and a schedule set in the afternoon. Korra shared the news of a third pregnancy with Mako. A cold that Nuktuk brought into the home spread to the other children and adults, so a doctor's visit was arranged for the entire household. A partially-concealed ultrasound revealed the baby's sex to those who were interested in spoilers.

Two weeks later, Bolin set Korra and Mako's kitchen on fire, but Mako missed the incident. Two weeks later, Mako got himself a motorcycle. The Fall ended with a costume party, during which Korra and Mako slipped away for a go in Asami's car. Approaching their second anniversary in October, Korra and Mako began to have some rough times with Aruna, who overall was a well-mannered toddler but could run away when it was time for meals or bed. This led to some sleepless nights for the household and pushed both parents' limits. However, the couple demonstrated an ability to smooth rough patches out quickly and still have time for each other.

For their second anniversary, they took another one day getaway to the mountain resort again, plus a dinner at a restaurant. They also had breakfast the next morning at the resort. Camilla disappeared and was replaced by a new butler named Ida. Between work and family, Mako talked about his kids with Korra, possibly planning for the winter holidays. He pulled some all-nighters to tend to his kids and Nuktuk, while the other parents slept or worked. At the precinct, Mako impressed a victim of a robbery with his work and offered him a large check, which he declined via decision of the Mod --instead, the victim paid for the station's lunches for a week.

No More Babies
In January, the families took their kids to the arcade and park for some fun time out of their apartments, especially since Nuktuk was returning to his mom's custody soon. Mako tried teaching Aruna to walk in the snow, and surprisingly she finally got the hang of it. One of the apartment's shared washers broke, and Mako took some time to repair it himself. It was broken again within a month. By March, Aruna finally learned how to talk with her mother, followed two weeks later by Atka's first birthday, which was celebrated privately. As Korra's due date came closer, considerations started to be taken for how to fit a third crib in the nursery. The family took more pictures to reflect their latest changes, also seen in the children bonding over play and Atka revealing a penchant for singing.

On May 6th, Korra's water broke in the early morning and Mako accompanied her in a taxi to the hospital, where she gave birth later in the day to their second son, Ryu, fulfilling both her and Mako's remaining wishes regarding their offspring. Their babymaking abilities were completely disabled with a NRAAS mod while they were at the hospital, with the intent of locking in their family at three biological children. Mako took time off for unofficial paternity leave. Atka began talking in the same month, apparently having a boost by observing his sister's speech patterns, and Mako and Korra were thrilled. Towards the end of the month, Mako got a hankering to show the toddlers the beach, so he and Korra took a day to treat their two older children to an outing and dinner. The evening ended with Mako watching the kids while Korra caught up on her sleep, a trend that would continue for a while. In June, the couple changed their surnames to a shared portmanteau of their family names: Avamatsu, per community feedback. Mako and the other adults took all the children to the beach again, although this time without Korra or Aruna. Mako bonded quickly with Ryu, breaking tradition and being the preferred parent early on. The Avamatsus also updated their family photos once again. Mako returned to work and attended Asami's son Zuko II's first birthday.

By July, the summer festival was in full swing and the family gave it a visit. Mako reached an offer to switch to forensics for his job, but "elected" (via community feedback) to stay in the field and received another promotion. In August, Bolin introduced a flea infestation to the house, which required a thorough cleaning to prevent it spreading to the children. Both parents continued their typical balancing act between their careers, children and each other. Sometimes, that balance shifted temporarily: in September, Mako decided to play hooky from work and canoodle with Korra --they also goofed around on the complex's trampoline, until Mako fell off. For the year's Fall holiday, the Krew visited the Fall Festival together, where Korra and Mako found a way to roll in the hay. Later, they hosted a costume party at the high school with their extended families and friends, although Mako got called into the station and had to leave early.

Mako's time for the rest of the Fall was mostly spent between working on investigative cases and bonding with his family.

Grandparents Move In
While Korra and Mako's marriage was solid, Asami's marriage to Iroh had had some shaky moments due to her apparently harboring feelings for Bolin and being overly flirtatious with him. So in October an emergency house-swap moved Korra's parents and sister into Asami and Iroh's apartment. As a result, the children were able to be watched and doted on by their grandparents, especially when Korra and Mako stepped out together, as they did for their third wedding anniversary --notably their first anniversary with no pregnancy. They seemed happy to capitalize on that fact, as they spent most of their anniversary having sex    and visiting the pool. Mako got a massage from Korra and they took a break to go out to dinner and dance in 1920's attire. Mako also played with a rubber duck in a bathtub.

After coming home, Mako and Korra had a tendency to gravitate to each other to the point of needing to be physically separated by the mod. This created some opportunities for Mako to spend time with Bolin. On one occasion, Mako turned Korra's advances down due to being tired.

With winter approaching, the parents had their food processor confiscated due to habits of making too much baby food and leaving it lying around, cluttering the apartment and forcing them to eat in odd places. Mako got another job offer across industries, with the chance to becoming a Pro-Bending captain, but it was turned down. Because of this, he was promoted to become an undercover specialist. In December, Mako and his family attended Nuktuk's third birthday party. With his extra mobility, Nuktuk tried to sleep in Korra and Mako's bed, and Mako had to establish new boundaries that barred Nuktuk from access to his and Korra's room. New family pictures were taken to feature their expanded family.

First Days of School
In January, Mako welcomed the New Year at a gift-giving party. The stove in Senna and Tonraq's borrowed apartment caught fire, and he put it out with some difficulty. Mako kept working, romancing Korra and bonding with his kids. He spent some time teaching Atka to walk. The family visited the spring festival once the snow melted --Korra and Mako had sex somewhere but the mod wasn't able to figure out where or how. He and Korra threw Aruna a party for her third birthday, just in time for her parents to send her off to pre-school. They also barred her from access to their room to avoid indiscretions. Mako started reading Aruna bedtime stories at her request and helping her with her homework. He also started getting more urges to spoil their kids with toys.

In the last week of March, it was noticed that the families were so busy with their children that they missed a group trip abroad. As such, Mako took a trip with the adults and school-age children of his family, back to Ba Sing Se. For Mako, it proceeded rather similarly to their first trip , with the added experience of having children to entertain along the way   , and trading his and Korra's skinny-dipping escapades for having sex in such various places , including the hostel's shared showers.

The Last Pregnancy???
As the trip approached its close, the Mod noticed Korra's parents attempt to have unprotected sex, which should not have been possible on vacations, due to vacations' countdown clock replacing the game's typical clock functions and making pregnancies incapable of progression, resulting in Maxis' decision to disable conceptions abroad and/or allowing pregnant sims to travel. However, the blog moderator had forgotten about installing a NRAAS mod, which had at some point enabled pregnant sims to go on vacations anyway--the pregnancy was just locked at the point of conception for the duration of the trip. In investigating this behavior, the Mod also discovered that NRAAS's autonomous settings relating to sims woohooing and conceiving children was tied to the town they were currently in, not the individual sims or households themselves. Learning this information, and knowing Korra and Mako's proclivity for favoring unprotected sex over protection, the Mod decided to run a check on Korra and discovered that, as luck would have it, she had managed to conceive a fourth baby, a second daughter. The narrative explanation was decided that they'd left their protection at home and hadn't bothered to replace it.

Because the vanilla travel system was implemented in a way that cloned the traveling sims, there was a chance that the pregnancy would only exist in Ba Sing Se, and then not be passed back to the version of Korra that existed in her homeworld, especially since in her homeworld Korra was blocked from pregnancy --it all depended on how the NRAAS mods handled the situation. The Moderator waited til the end of the trip, then checked Korra's status. The pregnancy had carried over and was progressing successfully. The Moderator polled the community, who collectively decided to allow Korra to keep the pregnancy and play it out.

Love Day followed, with Korra and Mako taking the children to the Spring Festival. To save money, Mako tried eating some of the excess baby food. Nuktuk had learned how to the use the phone since moving out and began calling his uncle for chats every now and then. A month after the love day festival, Mako figured out Korra was pregnant before she was able to tell him. At first Korra decided she wanted a third boy, while Mako wanted a girl , but they later switched opinions.

In May, Korra's parents switched back to their own home with Iroh and Asami. This revealed that Asami was also pregnant, only about a week ahead of Korra. The two set their pregnancies' first pre-natal appointments together with their first ultrasounds. Although Mako and Korra's baby's sex was spoiled in the earlier chaos of discovering her pregnancy, it was discovered that there was a 40% chance that she was carrying twins. Mako went with Korra to visit Katara to clarify the pregnancy, but Katara was unable to do so. They had sex during the visit. The following day, Korra and Mako privately threw Ryu's first birthday party, and Mako got hit on by Katara.

Mako was doing well at work and generating plenty money to keep the family very comfortable and build a solid amount of savings, however in the beginning of summer a promotion shifted his work hours to overlap with Korra's.

Unexpected Losses
The onset of summer also brought more weekend beach parties. Mako's family time was split between childcare , celebrating Aruna's stellar school performance , hosting Nuktuk for mealtimes and stargazing on the summer nights with Korra.

In early September Korra experienced a spontaneous miscarriage of her pregnancy. The loss was a rough patch for Korra, with her actively mourning for several weeks. Mako was supportive throughout the ordeal, as he made efforts to cheer her up with flowers and friendly sparring matches. While the couple normally had a tendency for romance to an almost excessive extent, neither one of them made any attempts at sleeping with each other, instead sticking to more low-key or platonic interactions. Eventually, the mod planted a cherry blossom tree in the Apartment's front yard to simultaneously memorialize their unborn child, who would have been named Reika, and help the game's fanbase move on from the loss. Due to the somber nature of the event, and to acknowledge Korra's recurring wishes to have more children, the Mod decided to remove Korra and Mako's pregnancy blocks so they could have one last child at their leisure.

By October, Korra was essentially back to her old self --she set the pace for romance with Mako to resume --in time for the annual Halloween party, which the couple spent together. After putting his own kids to bed, Mako had a night of uneven sleep by helping Asami with Zuko, as she was taking care of Nuktuk. Mako potentially stayed home from work for a day, and seemed to largely spend it with Korra. A puzzling phenomenon began with a mysterious group of gnomes growing and congregating around Reika's tree.

The. Last. Pregnancy.
Keeping with tradition, Korra and Mako took off for a resort escape for their Fourth Anniversary, this time starting the night before. They swam, ate and Mako gave Korra part of a romantic massage. Although it was interrupted by a wet dog, the massage managed to get Korra "feeling fertile ." Korra was summoned for a special ceremony at City Hall, recognizing her exceptional work in maintaining balance with the city's spirits. So their time at the resort was temporarily interrupted by Korra and Mako attending the ceremony together that afternoon. Afterward the pair returned to the resort, where they became fixated with romantic encounters in the the hot tub. After multiple risky romantic encounters throughout the night with little to report    (besides some amusing glitches     ), in the early morning they had a final unprotected coupling which resulted in a special conception with 100% certainty of twins. (The Mod was not amused, but formed a game plan for fitting their family in their apartment .) The pair kept copulating well past sunrise in the first snow of the year, and eventually word got around town of their activities. Senna and Mako's boss, Lin, were displeased with Korra in particular.

Coming home, Aruna wanted time with her father and Mako held a game night with her, apparently talking about work with her. With the increased traffic from the children, toddlers and Bolin's live-in girlfriend, the apartment staircases were replaced with an elevator system. Ginger reached out to Mako for an attempted date, which was dismissed.

In mid-December Korra shared the news with Mako of her pregnancy confirmation under Reika's tree --although, for a third time, he'd already puzzled it out before she could tell him. At an ultrasound and a subsequent examination by Katara, it was revealed that one baby would be a girl, but the second baby's existence was not acknowledged. After going a few weeks without sex and starting to feel socially ostracized, Mako stayed home from work for a day to be with his family. He received multiple date propositions and a party invitation from various women, which were all turned down.

At the end of the month, he brought his wife, brother and brother's girlfriend to a pool party thrown by tumblr sim, Lauren, where Korra and Mako engaged in their typical inappropriate behavior. Mako also received another promotions, shifting back away from night time hours to a brief afternoon shift--allowing him to spend plenty of time at home with the kids, without overlapping with Korra's regular work schedule.

Baby Boom
With the year changing, Korra showed an interest in developing a better friendship with Asami, who was stircrazy following the birth of her second son. So Mako spent a night watching their sons while Korra and Asami took Aruna and Nuktuk out to the movies. He and Korra attended a late New Years' party with friends and family in the latter half of January. Mako brought a homemade pie and tried his hand at the teppanyaki table. While at the party, he and Korra also crossed paths with her cousin Eska, who was noticed by follower to have a slightly rounded belly. If including Asami, who was also pregnant again via artificial insemination, this meant that four women at the party were expecting children Mako could consider family, including a potential niece or nephew from Bolin's girlfriend. After Bolin successfully proposed to his girlfriend at the party, new family photos were later taken of Mako and Korra's rapidly growing family. Mako also enjoyed the rest of the winter holiday playing with his wife and children.

February marked Bolin's bachelor party and Mako attended as best man --Korra listened to his toast from home. In March, Aruna and Atka turned four and three respectively. A party was held for Atka and he was enrolled in school. At the end of the month, Mako attended Bolin's wedding to Lu (later Opal) with her family as part of the wedding party. The wedding was held on the beach, and after enjoying the ceremony, dancing with his wife in the sunset , and wrangling his kids , it eventually began to rain , and Korra took their children home soaking wet. They were soon tucked into bed warm and dry, however, with Mako's help.

April marked Atka's first day of school. While Mako had to leave Korra virtually alone to watch Asami's children and Ryu for a few hours each day, he continued to be hands-on while at home and minimized her workload. He showed anticipation for the birth of the twins, although there were still several months left to go, and started figuring out how to put Atka to sleep after the child discovered a fixation for checking family beds for dark spirits. His latest work schedule also enabled him to often go to bed and eat breakfast with Korra. A few weeks after the actual wedding, the families held a re-dressing of "Opal" and Bolin's wedding party for a commemorative photo. They also went to the city graveyard to "visit" their dead family members. However, a storm hit before any spirits could wake up, so they were eventually sent home and got to work putting the kids to bed. Almost. Ryu never went to sleep, and Mako stayed up all night with him.

The end of Spring hit and the families made trips to a new park for parties and picnics, where Mako entertained his kids by throwing things at them and teaching Ryu to walk. With the start of summer, the mornings before school showed their family was loud, bordering on chaotic, happy and full of love , as were the evenings. When their family didn't all need to be in bed at the same time, Mako would make breakfast for whoever wanted it, including Asami.

In June, a joint baby shower was held for the apartment's three expectant mothers and Mako ran support while it went on. Female friends and relatives were invited, which allowed Mako to meet his grandmother for the first time and introduce her to his wife, but unfortunately not their children yet. A few weeks later, Eska gave birth to Mako's first niece, and the Krew families dedicated one of their park trips to Zuko's third birthday , although Mako took a detour on the way for some dumpster diving at the grocery store. After a brief time in the pool, Mako met with Korra in a hot air balloon for some alone time, and then got in a water balloon fight with the older children. He also chatted with Zuko II and his grandfather Zuko over birthday cake, before taking Ryu home for bed.

July went by to mass impatience, with Mako mostly going to work, spending time the kids , and having sex with Korra when she asked. Although he did take some time for himself in small doses every now and then. Finally on August 3rd, Korra went into labor. The two traveled separately and met at the hospital, with Mako for some reason deciding to walk and ride his bike. After 12 hours of labor, Korra gave birth to her and Mako's second daughter, Emiko and two more sons, Kai and Kesuk. While she only had a 17% chance of birthing triplets, she gave birth to a surprise third baby, even after the Mod attempted to avoid the situation with a save scum. The couple immediately began their new routine of tending to the newborns and went to bed. Because his name had be voted on before the TV show's third season introduced a character by the same name, the blog's audience voted to rename Kai to Riku. The babies were also assigned a "color code" to make them easier to tell apart.

With this birth, the Mod once again enabled Korra and Mako's pregnancy blocks, and declared that the couple was absolutely done having children--with the promise that any pregnancies resulting from loopholes the couple discovered would be terminated, without question.

Breaking of the Krew-lowship
With the surprise baby boom, the Mod examined Korra and Mako's apartment and realized that, while it individually could accommodate five children, it would potentially require that they give up the study to serve as a fourth bedroom. The upcoming edition of two more babies--potentially more, if "Opal" and/or Asami managed to also produce a surprise bonus baby--meant that the apartment would hit at least ten children. The household's pets were also approaching seniority, and the Mod decided it would be good for both of them to have litters of their own offspring, so a pet could stay with each household after the older pets passed away. With six adults and several pets in addition to the broods of children, the Krew's household was on track to be thoroughly overstuffed and was straining the already two-years-bloated game file's performance, through half hour load/save times, frequent crashes, lagging etc. It was therefore decided that the timing was right for each individual family to live in their own, separate homes, and for the gameplay to switch to a system of rotating between the three families.

With this understanding, Korra and Mako built their own large home, and about a week following the birth of their triplets, moved in with their children and Naga. With the Krew now separated, the mod rotated play between the three households. As such, Korra and Mako's household was visited about once every six weeks (aka every 3 sim!days). And because the family suddenly had four dependent babies, Mako's grandmother Yin moved in with them to help them manage.

On the 16th, "Opal" gave birth to Mako's second nephew, Hiro. By mid-September Mako began wishing to go back to school, but it was determined that would not be doable, as they now had a large home with more children and less collective paychecks--he needed to work and the game would not allow him to keep his job and go to school at the same time. It would have taken him away from being with his family, which would be regrettable, as Mako had proven over the years to be a very co-operative husband to Korra and enthusiastic father to his kids    --sometimes so involved in his parenting as to take over caretaking tasks from Korra or leaving Korra to nap while he took care of the house. He'd also grown to be a talented cook. Surprisingly, despite the 2:1 child to adult household ratio, the couple also still managed to have time for each other worked into their day. However, the babies still dominated their attention. These trends would repeat with very little variance for the next year of their lives.

The Krew saw less of each other, due to their living on separate lots, so efforts were taken to gather their families together at least once every three months, for holidays,birthdays and other special events. The families held their first get together at the arcade in the middle of the Fall, at Bolin's invitation. Korra and Mako hooked up in the photo booth before splitting up for their own activities. They eventually reunited to wallflower together, have Mako give his wife a massage and have sex a second time (which was noticed by some of Tenzin's children ).

Peeking at their household while playing Iroh and Asami's revealed that Korra sometimes stayed home with the children while Mako went out to the gym and for drinks.

A New Family Life
Mako's fifth wedding anniversary with Korra arrived in October, with both of them wishing for tattoos. On their way to their brunch date, they revealed their autonomously bought sports car. They were dressed in flipped color palettes and sent to the restaurant where they'd had their last New Years' party, where Mako ordered turkey. At the end of their breakfast, Korra began working out, so the Mod thought it'd be a different outing to go to the gym together. Once at the gym, Mako decided to try practicing ballet until Korra interrupted him with a challenge to a shoot-out on the basketball court. The hoop got commandeered before they could start, so they caressed each other's faces for a while. They hooked up in the elevator, and then split up for individual activities again. Mako returned to the ballet barre. Rumor broke out of the couple's hook-up. The couple was checked into their usual hotel for the evening. Once checked in, Korra waited patiently for Mako finish taking a bath so they could get down to their usual business. Tabatha Bolin was in their entryway at the time. On a second go, Korra snuck them into the room next door to theirs, which also had people present. They finished the night at the pool, where Mako cracked open a book.

In November, the Krew reunited at Iroh and Asami's home for a birthday party for their son, Kaito. Mako tried to help the couple with their daughter Inara, but Iroh wouldn't let him. Eventually he gathered with the families at Kaito's age-up, but Iroh was now sour with him. Kaito's cake caught the dinner table on fire while Atka was eating his dinner. Fortunately, he moved away from the fire as Mako and Iroh were busy staring each other down over which one would help put the fire out --Korra put it out in the meantime. Mako cheered for his wife and then Iroh resumed his heckling of Mako, to the Mod's amusement. He fed Kaito after the other adults vacated the dining room, feeding into the joke that he and Iroh were now rival soccer dads. Mako sought his wife out for a hook-up in Asami and Iroh's bed , before going home for the night. Kaito's aging up began what would be called the Toddlerpocalypse.

It snowed, and Mako and Korra's house was decorated for the winter. At the end of the month, Mako was found at the arcade and returned to a house piled up with dirty laundry. While he and Korra mostly were able to tend to their children in timely fashions, occasionally they would get locked into lengthy tasks (like sleeping) and some of their babies would get impatient and wake the whole house up with their screaming. Earlier patterns of Korra napping while Mako tended to them would resume, however there was also a new development of Korra waking up and allowing Mako to sleep--taking shifts, as it were. However, this had limited success, as the triplets began to develop preferences for certain parents, and could be stubborn about their choice , again waking sleeping adults up when the parent of their choice wasn't tending to them. Specifically, Emiko and Kesuk were very close with Mako, while Riku preferred his mother.

Their house showed a tendency for a lot of noise and messes. Grandma Yin did prove helpful when either parent needed to leave the house, and in cooking the family's favorite foods. Yin also took a new family photo to include the triplets. Mako established a pattern of priorities--once his and the babies' needs were tended to, Mako would clean the house.

Parental Leave Ends
Asami visited their home near the first of the year with her son Kaito, although Mako mostly hovered around her. In mid-January, Bolin invited the couple and their two oldest children to a late New Years' party. Mako mostly spent his time with Korra and chilling by himself. In the same week, Prince Wu bought the police department at which Mako worked.

The year progressed. Mako tried on a look that mirrored his appearance in the fourth season of the show. The house built its messes again, but the family was kept happy. They were invited again to Iroh and Asami's house so the children could play. Mako again occuped himself by tending to Iroh and Asami's children. He paired up with Korra before leaving again --however they never left the property and were invited back inside. Mako hung back outside, pondering near some bushes, before eventually joining the group inside and changing into his pajamas. However, he again left soon after to go to work.

Mako spent some of his freetime with Aruna and meeting Korra in their children's treehouse when they were away from the house. Somewhere in this time, Mako mastered the woohoo skill. After an incident with Atka attempting to spend the night at his uncle's house without permission, Korra grounded him. The grounding was thorough enough that she and Mako both kept him home from school. Aruna had been signed up for ballet and after her latest class was excited to show off her plies to her father --Mako was proud of her. The moment was interrupted when Naga, who had been mated by the Mod with another polar bear dog in town, gave birth to another litter of puppies. Korra returned to work from her maternity leave, and so Mako returned to the old arrangement of taking the "parenting night shift" so Korra could focus on her job. Mako and Aruna played football together to round the night off --he didn't go easy on her. After he tucked her and himself into bed, he was called to work on an emergency. The next day, he reached the top of his career track, which enabled him to conduct raids.

In March, Mako's boss Lin had a falling out with her sister, with whom she had been living. He had a strong friendship with her, and therefore she chose to move into Mako and Korra's home , sleeping in a bedroom they put together in their basement. Additionally, at some point in the month, Korra and Mako had an unknown disagreement that resulted in Korra "creeping out" Mako. They patched things up over a conversation, some flirting, and watching the sunrise together , even though they were both exhausted and should have been in bed. They tried to go to sleep as their kids left for school, but were woken up by their younger babies.

Toddlerpocalypse
On a weekend in April, Korra allowed Aruna to throw a slumber party. She and Mako took turns napping while the kids played. In May, they took the adults and older children to a sports bar. It was revealed that Mako and Korra buy their children expensive electronics, in spite of their age. Mako and Korra threw Ryu's his third birthday party at the park. The family moved the children's rooms around, since Ryu was now old enough for a "big boy bed " and he was finally enrolled in school two weeks later.

During the summer, Mako would take his older kids out on private outings, such as when he took Aruna to the beach in June. He took advantage of free moments alone to read, when possible --sometimes staying out late enough that Korra went to bed without him. They made up for it later. For about two weeks, Mako wore glasses. Mako's level of experience at work made it common for him to be called into work at odd hours of the night or day. He was also given the option to go on a business trip to Ba Sing Se. Nuktuk would sometimes come home from school with Mako and Korra's older children. The triplets became more demanding and picky about their caretakers, and Korra would sometimes send her and Mako's older children to stay at her parents house for afternoons and evenings. It started to become tricky for the older children to maintain Mako's attention while at home, as he was often occupied with the triplets. Despite the demanding and busy nature of their lives, the couple was happy and financially comfortable, and invested in their children's futures. Sometimes Mako freed his time up enough to join his older children in their play.

In late June, Korra arranged a pool party for families at the gym, and Mako helped bring the children on the outing. It also became clear that Korra and Mako prioritized education for their children, as the older three demonstrated a "homework first, play later" ethic. In August, Mako organized another party in the park for the Triplets' first birthday. Mako also attended the parties of Opal and Bolin's son, Hiro, and Asami and Iroh's daughter, Inara, in the weeks that followed , where "uncle" Mako doted on the other families' children. New family photos were taken to celebrate the milestones. Mako also began to again seriously with getting a tattoo.

'Family' Reunions
In September, Mako took his kids on a brief outing to a vampire lounge. The adults and older children gathered to go on a new Annual Krew Trip, returning to the Ember Islands. The large group set up in a rented home before switching to a large houseboat acquired by Asami. They also checked into a luxury resort for an evening. Mako spent his time on the beach, playing games with his friends and family      , catching up with friends , messing with fire , and having romantic escapades above and below the water with his wife. They ended their trip with a night of fireworks.

After their trip, Mako visited the local tattoo parlor with Korra to explore getting a tattoo. Korra got the opportunity to team up with Mako for work, and he shadowed her and cheered her on during hers. Several of their children came down with bouts of the cold and flu  and had to be taken in for treatments and immunizations, which was costly. Mako got to bring his children with him to work on a field trip. Mako attended an early Halloween party Korra organized for friends and family, although many were sick and the party was low-key.

At the end of the month, Korra celebrated her sixth wedding anniversary with Mako. They got tattoos with matching elements and spent two nights in a secluded cabin in the mountains together. A few days later, they attended a belated wedding party for their mutual friend, Jinora, with their three older children. At the end of the year, Mako received a romance-seeking letter from Asami, but did not respond.

Full Toddler
Mako attended a New Years' party, this time hosted by his brother.

Achievements
WIP

Appearance
Mako is modeled after his appearance in Korra's animated television series. He has a higher than average muscle mass, and was let at a standard height to allow his to appear accurate relative to other in-game characters.

Personality
Mako's brooding trait creates a personality that has him keep to himself unless he feels a particular drive to interact with someone: such as another sim's actions, his attraction to Korra or a particular animosity for someone else. Mako is an excellent cook, overall orderly and a lover of mental development. As such, he has the most extensive personal library of recipes, and tends to seek out activities that develop his logic. While he has no traits related to family or children, Mako has manifested a highly developed paternal instinct, being the first member of the Krew to wish for having children and an extremely hands-on father. He is very responsive to the needs of children, whether or not they are his own, and has a tendency for ignoring his own needs if there are children requiring an adult's intervention on whatever lot he's occupying.

Relationships
Mako is a family man, with his wishes and autonomous interactions dominated by his wife and children, sometimes to the detriment of his other relationships. He loves Korra deeply, with his attraction to her outranking any other known romantic attraction in the game, and he enjoys playing games with his children and taking them on one-on-one outings. His bond with his brother Bolin is amicable but has never managed to "max out." He has a few strong work relationships, mostly with his boss Lin and whoever is has been his police partner at a given time. He also developed close friendships with his nephew Nuktuk, and Asami's son, Zuko, whose father Iroh was somewhat absent during his early childhood. While for several years he was a close friend of Asami's, they have grown very distant in recent years.

Lifetime Rewards
WIP

Skills
* Hidden skills

Trivia

 * In Years 2 - 4, Mako had a habit of spending a good amount of his time staring out windows, due to his Brooding trait--almost exclusively when Korra was away or occupied by other activities. The joking crackship Mwindow was suggested by this fixation.
 * Mako's relationship with Aruna is the most popular parent/child relationship, and has its own tag: Makoruni and Cheese.
 * Mako has dressed up for Halloween almost every year. His costumes have included a scuba diver, a sci-fi spacesuit , Maes Hughes , an Attack on Titan Survey Corps member , a jet pilot , and Takashi Shirogane.