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Eventually, it had to happen. Someone other than Lydia had to get sick. This time, it’s poor Bobby. Luckily, his illness seems to be less serious than nearly all of Lydia’s. Before he even had to eat, the illness worked its way out of his system. That said, it didn’t stop him from playing that fun “run away from what you’re holding in your hand” game that norns like to play sometimes.

I collected Cassy’s egg and before Bobby was back in good health, Opal decided to have another egg. These ladies have always moved quickly, I have to say. To save time, I opted for a CSection which, tragically, seems to have killed poor Opal! Oh no!

This makes me very sad. I hadn’t expected this to go so poorly. I really only wanted to save time so that I could do the soft reset before any more norns got pregnant or sick. I’m sorry, Opal. I wish I’d known this could kill you.

Still, I had to start the world fresh so I couldn’t linger and grieve. After hatching the eggs and exporting the babies, I had 10 unnamed babies to introduce in the future. That’s a very large number. I would have to decide what to do with the little darlings but posting them for download wasn’t attractive.

That’s something to wonder for later, I suppose. For now, Opal’s death has got me down.

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Happy Birthday to me! 26 years old now. 😛

I think I’ll celebrate with ramen and video games.

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Naturally, Lydia picked the most rational and responsible way to celebrate her good health – getting pregnant.

Turns out getting sick wasn’t enough, now she had the stress of making a new baby to sap her strength.

At least her health wasn’t declining quite the way it does when she’s sick, so I suppose that’s a consolation.

Her pregnancy proceeded as normal but I was starting to feel bad for Aidan, staying by the tree all by himself. I led him to the others and he and a trio of other norns left the island with him by taking the boat back to the tree. Lydia, Bobby and David seemed thrilled to see him! There was a lot of kissing, at least.

As they took the boat (again) to the island, Lydia prepared to lay her next egg and I took the peace as an opportunity to feed Opal. She was always obedient at feeding time but she rarely took the initiative to feed herself.

Finally, with everyone in relatively good health (Lydia still sat at a precarious 41%) I figured it might be a good time to introduce another baby. This little guy is Danny, one of the eggs saved from before the “soft reset”.

I love seeing happy faces on babies. He smiled for a while, too! Carrots and toys quickly became his favorite thing and he didn’t spend too much time out of the house.

I spent some time fighting with Lydia to get her to eat some food but I thought it might be time to move on. Her health was down to 30% but she might have been at the end of her rope. Perhaps she’d prefer to go down on an empty stomach?

Aidan meanwhile, slapped Cassy and Opal in the lowest level of the island and was chased off when the girls decided to give him a taste of his own medicine. He’d lost his game in his old age. Bobby spent his time hanging out with a sea horse instead. Can’t say I blame him with all that commotion downstairs.

Finally, when I wasn’t looking, Lydia ate again and her health started to slwoly rise. Perhaps she had more life in her than I first thought?

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Good ol’ Aidan. Every time I see him, I’m just glad he’s up and moving around again. There were a few hours of his life where he’d hardly moved due to some kind of world-glitch but now he’s better.

He’s also quite old, at 9 and a half hours old. Lydia is even older, though.

Of course, the old girl wasn’t about to give me a break.

I begged her to eat, as usual, and did my best to keep the other creatures away from her. She managed to eat a Parsnip and her health went up for a short while, but it got as low as 36% before she finally decided to eat. This game can be very nerve wracking. She spun helplessly into the glass every time she coughed.

As I tended to Lydia, Opal, despite her old age, managed to get pregnant again. This meant I had two norns I had to keep healthy and well fed. Lucky for me, Opal was at least cooperative when it came to feeding.

Lydia managed to eat more off-screen and as her body fought Antigen 4 she slept. When her body had won that battle, I was finally free to let Opal and David visit her.

Once Lydia started her recovery and Opal laid her egg, it was time to make my rounds, which was very simple. Aidan was picking carrots in the swamp by the tree and all the other norns were on the island.

Hopefully, nobody on the island would get sick. Getting everyone else sick would be an absolute tragedy.

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