At 7 hours 37 minutes old, Five Cheese passed away, surrounded by everything she needed. I’d petted her and encouraged her to eat food and seeds, but she only laid there. She took a nap, woke up to say “me love mom” and then promptly passed away.
She and all the other Generation 1 Norns are available for download. Please feel free to download them to meet them and raise them yourself.
I retired the wolfling vendor and gave the beach ball and pepper plant to Bethany to enjoy.
While she played and ate in the Norn Meso, I set about hatching all the eggs for export. We’ll get to meet everyone once the next world is started, so please don’t get mad at me for not sharing pictures just yet! ;D
In the time it took me to get everyone ready, Bethany became Ancient. She was just as angry as ever and continued to drink her Calm Balm, just as before. It almost seemed like the world was slowing down along with Bethany, though. I was starting to get errors every few minutes and Bethany was taking more and more naps. At 3 hours, 54 minutes, though, she was already starting to live longer than most of the other grendels.
I watched her eat tubas and shuffle around the lift for a while and even started crocheting. It reminded me of the times that I used to have a single creature to play with while I learned how to play the game. My creatures typically didn’t live for very long before they were beaten to death by grendels, but I was pretty relaxed by now anyway. Soon, Bethany hit 4 hours flat, still not quite reaching Impartial Relation’s record of around 4 hours, 20 minutes.
She watched the popping pappus seeds drift down and stared at the flowers as they grew. She was still fascinated by the Awkwood Creeper and watched as the seeds fell.
Eventually, she passed away, amongst the seeds she admired so much. She survived to 4 hours, 24 minutes of age and is survived by 2 eggs.
She will always be remembered for her dedication to both her lover, Gifted Waves, and to her fascination with the Awkwood plant.
Before I could celebrate Five Cheese’s longevity, Tuatara, sadly, passed away. He was 3 hours, 49 minutes old. He is not survived by any eggs because of a genetic disorder that he shared with his sister, Wide-Eyed Payment. Bethany was nearby when he passed away so I know he didn’t die alone.
Bethany has returned to her favorite activity, watching seeds fall and sipping on Calm Balm. She spends a lot of time sleeping as a result of the potions, but she doesn’t seem as wracked with grief as when Gifted Waves passed away. At 3 hours, 5 minutes old, she was now Old but didn’t seem to be slowing down. I scooped her up and moved her to the Norn Meso. Here, she at least wouldn’t have to deal with mosquitoes. Not to mention a giant bottle of “Happy Juice” to keep her calm.
Well, we’re back. It seems like there’s bad news every time I start to write lately. The three norns are all resting and the three grendels are up to their usual shenanigans. Tuatara is bored and running around, hitting seeds and Gifted Waves and Bethany are flirting below the Terrarium door. Suddenly, though, Gifted Waves passed away. I felt awful for Bethany, having lost the love of her life right in front of her. He disappeared in a green cloud and Bethany left the spot to sulk in the grass.
I started to fetch seeds for Sour Drink since she said she wanted them. She and the other norns have stopped moving altogether at this point and I thought they were getting very old. I brought her a seed from the top level of the terrarium, left to get more and then she died while I was away. Apparently, she’d decided to take the lift down while I was gone and I found her like this.
I love you too, sweetheart, and darn it, I want to make sure you know it before you die. Speaking of love, though, I think Bethany may have been depressed. I was worried that she wasn’t feeding herself because of the death of Gifted Waves so I showered her with a banquet… which she started to wolf down like she had nothing else to live for. I started to think that my worried were unfounded, but she still chose to stay in the spot that she and Gifted Waves had spent so much time in. She’d taken to only eating the Awkwood Creeper seeds and spoke very rarely now.
Scandalous Laborer was next and she died in pain. Lowly Adjustment was walking away from her when I found them and I was ready to drown him I was so angry. More likely than not, he didn’t kill her and it was just bad timing. I sent him to the hill for a while after a swift spank.
Next was Lowly Adjustment. He was the most violent in the end though I don’t think he genuinely killed anything in his life. I’m sad to see him go, too and always thought that he was the most eccentric of the bunch. I’m not even sure why.
They spend most of their time napping and kissing. It seems the spark hasn’t left since they first had their 2 eggs together.