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Next to join us was Mikaela. I always enjoyed her design and was happy to finally see her joining us. The group was finally getting so big, I felt tempted to call it a mob instead!

Naturally, amidst the slapping, even Anai, who was relatively new to the group, was able to get pregnant. Dark Cat and Spurius feuded in the low levels of the Norn Terrarium and Lin made herself comfortable in the Medical bay, just to wander in and tickle Dark Cat a few minutes later.

I did my rounds as usual and found Synergy, Logic and Mikaela still in the Norn Meso. I’d be lying if I said I was surprised since I’d gotten so accustomed to at least Synergy and Logic preferring less crowded areas but I was a little sad to see the rest not exploring more to escape that crowdedness.

I planted some food in the Grendel Jungle and the Ettin Desert and waited to see who would migrate. Dark Cat was the first to move to the Jungle but Peri and Lin were the first to find each other outside of the Norn Terrarium. Lin already liked the Medical Bay but Peri, I suppose, decided to keep her friend company.

Verax soon followed after the two girls and the three of them spent a better part of their time staring at the Umbilical. Eventually, they travelled to the Norn Meso and I introduced the next baby, Delia.

Before I could get a proper look at her, I noticed that she was experiencing pain and repeatedly said “ow”. It wasn’t just her, either. Peri and Lin also complained about pain! At first, I thought the issue was related to wall bonking but the girls didn’t have to be near walls to feel it. I pulled the girls away from the walls just in case, and the issue seemed to stop. Strange, since I hadn’t installed the Creature DoneTo fix in this world. Just in case, I applied a fix to stop the wallbonk script and reinjected the scripts.

When I’d finished, a small crowd was forming in the Meso! Flame, Delia, Lin, Mikaela, Logic, Olga, Verax and Synergy were all here now and Anai was just out the door, on her way in. When I checked the other Terrariums, Dark Cat was still by himself in the Jungle Terrarium and everyone else was in the Norn Terrarium.

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Next to join us was Verax, another boy from the run. Because of the tremendous number of eggs, that were being laid, I was almost relieved that it wasn’t another female. Still, I won’t be hatching these eggs. Instead, I’ll be making all the offspring available for download, complete with a parentage chart.

For now, the eggs just kept on coming. I rounded everyone up to feed and once everyone was satisfied their needs were met, the egg count continued to climb.

When my counter ran down, it was time to introduce yet another baby and this time, Flame was the lucky baby chosen by the game. During the live event, he fathered two babies but still didn’t turn out a winner.

Just after I’d added him, I removed the Offline Portals and rounded up the norns one last time. I decided that the group should start in the Norn Terrarium but I still wanted them to roam. Calling them back to feed them as a group was starting to get in the way of their exploration and I think the Offline Portals were moving them around in a way they didn’t quite understand.

Then, out of the blue, Lin, Logic and Synergy all started slapping other norns! It was very strange. I moved them all away from the group and they weren’t slapping each other. I guess someone must have made them angry.

Logic made his way back to the Norn Meso and Synergy played with the elevator in the medical bay. Synergy tried to follow logic but was temporarily gripped by EE. I sent her through the Umbilical and she made her way to the Meso where she ate plums with Logic.

Having gone on that short adventure, I decided to check on the other groups. Lin had stayed by the Norn Terrarium door and was getting hungry. When I led her back to the elevator leading to the first floor of the Norn Terrarium, a huge group of norns walked up and started kissing her! Males and females alike! I guess she was missed.

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Synergy spent all of her time in the corridors of the Shee Ark now. She still ate when she was hungry and still smiled broadly when all of her needs were met.

Though she did make a few trips here and there, she always seemed to come here, to this elevator. I wasn’t able to watch her very closely, but I did wonder if there was some significance in this place for her.

Solitary norns were starting to crop up more frequently. Logic complained of loneliness but hadn’t moved away from the plums since he was a baby. I guess, despite them all having very similar genomes, some still had their preferences. Perhaps some just didn’t like the prospect of being around norns that they strongly disliked? Who knew. It’s not as though I’d be able to ask.

Still other norns, like little Anai seemed to enjoy the company of others. Come to think of it, nearly all of the norns seemed to like being around others and even made small groups with each other. Chang and Adelphos spent most of their time together, Daedalus and Kerplunk had become friends and Drake didn’t move around much, but he liked a lot of norns. I guess he figured lying in the middle of the Norn Terrarium made it easy for him to talk to everyone and every once in a while, an apple would fall down for him to eat anyway.

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After moving literally everyone into the Norn Terrarium, there were four more pregnancies and much more “X like Y” and “A dislike B” conversations. There was a way to fix these loops but I didn’t have them installed. In future, I will have them but for now, the creatures were naturally very chatty.

Drake in particular didn’t seem very fond of his fellow creature and started saying “drake hate norn”. I have no idea who he was thinking of, but many other creatures seemed to like him very much! Strange, that.

Soon enough, my counter ran out and I had to add another creature. This time, Anai joined us. Unfortunately, Anai was the first to pass away and died in the volcano as a baby during the live event. This time, she should live a much more fulfilling life.

Many of the other norns seemed most content to just rest, though. Synergy was still taken in by wanderlust and strayed away from the pack, enjoying the other rooms on the ship. Drake hardly moved from his perch in the Norn terrarium and still others huddled together and complained and admired each other.

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