Category Archives: Creatures 3 / Docking Station

We’re down to just 7 norns now. We have our loner Sapling, our Grendel hunters Selena and Major Tom, our stuck norns Wanderer, Bosco and Blinky Bill, the last of whom is being rescued by our intrepid explorer RNG.

Somehow, Blinky Bill ended up in the Ettin Desert, probably by using one of the available Offline Portals and got separated from RNG who is still in the Grendel Jungle.

It wasn’t long til one of the Grendels was at risk again.

Being a grendel means that he’s immune to Antigen 5 but Glycotoxin is maxed out here. We’ll see what happens to him. Speaking of Grendels, the female was still being beaten up by Selena and Major Tom. Wanderer was still stuck and Sapling was content to eat lemons away from everyone, just as always. Bosco let out a cry next to the elevator button.

RNG played with an elevator in the Grendel Jungle and made his way to the Ettin Desert to rescue Blinky Bill yet again. Good luck, guys!

It wasn’t long before RNG was in the same position as Pan was but, unlike Pan, he had Blinky Bill and the male Grendel with him to keep him company. While he ran to the left to avoid the rocks coming out of the volcano, the other two stayed in the middle of the desert, hopefully acting as a lure. Blinky Bill, save your buddy!

The slapping between Selena and the female Grendel intensified and the grendel even yelled “grendelfem grish selena”! I can only assume that means hate. While they waited for RNG to come out from hiding, the Male Grendel and Blinky Bill actually seemed to make friends. I’m not certain what “flabber” means, though.

Speaking of friends, Sapling finally got to meet another norn; Major Tom! He made his way back down to the middle level of the Meso and finally back down to the female grendel for more slapping. Oh well. Sapling got a little taste of interaction.

Another pregnancy notification popped up and, shocker, it’s Selena and Major Tom again. It’s already looking like one of these two will be the winner based on the number of eggs they’ve had!

Blinky Bill checked out the pool in the desert terrarium. I can only assume he was looking for crobsters. RNG still strugged to escape from the rocks and, as usual, Bosco and Wanderer were stuck.

There isn’t much movement now and as of writing, the norns are now 1 hour and 25 minutes old each. Even lively Selena seems stuck after laying her recent egg in the bridge. With the lull I was able to restock some of the food in this world. Thankfully, none of the rooms seemed depleted.

Finally, sadly, Wanderer passed away at 1 hour 33 minutes. Reaching 1 hour earns her 10 points and the additional 33 minutes net her another 3. 13 points! With Selena out in the hallway, not moving it was starting to look like things were in Sapling’s favor. Bosco, who hasn’t moved from his spot in the Norn Terrarium hill became sick with Glycotoxin and continued to cry quietly.

Unfortunately, RNG was the next to pass away. I can only assume that he was scared to death by the Volcano (ok, Radiation poisoning is more likely) and he lived to 1 hour, 36 minutes. Like Wanderer, this nets him 13 points.

Soon, Bosco was sick with 1 Bacteria, Glycotoxin, Histamine A and Antigen 0. It got him standing and sneezing but I was more worried about his health than before now. Antigen 0 reduced so that it wasn’t detectable anymore but now he had both histamines. He didn’t seem interested in moving and even started to feel pain.

Everyone else seemed relatively happy and healthy. Blinky Bill took to napping on the desert sand, Major Tom meandered around the bottom of the Meso and Sapling stayed true to her strategy. Selena was still stuck in the Capillata Hub (I call it the bridge) and Bosco was still fighting Glycotoxin. He seemed to be doing a good job of it, considering.

Soon there was another lull. It was a good 15 minutes before anything of interest happened and, even then, it only marginally affects our competition. The male Grendel became sick with Antigen 7 and died at 1 hour 23 minutes. Naturally, he is awarded no points because he isn’t part of the competition.

Blinky Bill took to marching in the Desert Pond afterwards and I’m not sure what he’s trying to do. Other than the death of the grendel, Bosco was still sick, Selena was still suffering from EE in the Bridge and Sapling still stuck to the top floor of the Meso.

Nearly two hours into the run, the female Grendel became an adult. She looked much more formidable now but Selena, unfortunately, was still on the bridge. Bosco fared no better and Sapling stuck to her guns. Major Tom and Blinky Bill also seemed content to keep doing what they were doing; Blinky Bill ate seeds in the desert and Major Tom ate carrots on the swampy Meso floor.

Finally, two full hours into the run it was time to cut things short. We had a pregnancy, another unfortunate case of EE, some illnesses and three deaths. Hopefully things pick up and cheer up in the next part!

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Fallow Male Pan: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

Fallow Female Liberty: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

Chichi Female Seres: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

Hardman Male Jake: 40 minutes old – 4 pts

Bengal Female Annabelle: 42 minutes old – 4 pts

Harlequin Male Bobo: 44 minutes old – 4 pts

Harlequin Female Patches: 49 minutes old, 1 egg laid – 9 pts

Bondi Female Sunshine: 49 minutes old – 4 pts

Male Treehugger Fern: 52 minutes old – 5 pts

Female Astro Wanderer: 1 hour 33 minutes old – 13 pts

Male Chichi RNG: 1 hour 36 minutes – 13 pts

Footnotes: Selena 4 eggs; Major Tom 5 eggs

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The grendels have been merciless this time! Our remaining norns are Sapling, the female Treehugger who’s done her best to avoid conflict by keeping to herself in the Norn Meso’s top floor; Wanderer, the Astro female who hangs out in the medical bay; Selena, the fearless grendel-smacking female Hardman who likes the NornGarden; Blinky Bill the male Bondi who started exploring; Major Tom, the male Astro who is chasing after the male Grendel; RNG the male ChiChi who likes to hang out with his friends in the Norn Terrarium; Fern who has done his best to avoid notice, as a male Treehugger would apparently like; and finally, Bosco the male Bengal who also favors the Norn Terrarium.

We’ve still got both Grendels but Selena’s done a good job of keeping them on their toes. Major Tom, who was routing the Grendel Male soon got his fair share of beatings, however. Sapling, ever the survivalist, stuck by the lemon vendor and RNG and Bosco continued to relax by the beach. Wanderer was still stuck in the medical bay.

Fern managed to get himself in trouble with the Female Grendel and soon his life was taken. He was 52 minutes old, netting 5 points.

Blinky Bill was still in the Grendel Jungle and Major Tom escaped the Male Grendel only to find the female. Senela seemed interested in making short work of the Male Grendel but seemed content to only slap him minimally. I was hoping to have a Grendel hunter on my hands.

Wanderer was a sobering sight. Every time the game cycled to her she was alone in the medical bay and seemed to be slowly starving. Major Tom was our next adult and was soon followed by RNG and Bosco who were playing in the tree house in the Norn Terrarium. Every once in a while the game would visit Blinky Bill who almost seemed to be kicking seeds in the Grendel Jungle. Somehow, Wanderer also became an adult. Major Tom almost started to seem sick of getting hit by the female grendel and started to retaliate.

Thankfully, there was finally a lull which meant that the norns and grendels were too busy to fight. The medical monitor soon showed Glycotoxin in the Grendel male’s system, however. He metabolized it slowly but I secretly hoped one of our threats would be eliminated to make for a more peaceful run.

Selena left the Grendel Male to his illness and Major Tom evaded him on his way into the NornGarden. Selena, who seemed to read my mind, started to slap the female Grendel in the Norn Meso instead. Sapling stayed safe above. She was still a Youth at this point and now everyone was an hour old. Blinky Bill seemed content to stay where he was, surrounded by seeds to eat in the Jungle. Wanderer still seemed frozen.

The lull continued for a time, only to be interrupted by the sound of slapping when the camera switched to Selena slapping the female grendel. The male grendel was now down to 44 glycotoxin and didn’t seem to slow down all that much. Soon it was out of his system.

Sapling, who’s kept to herself has finally become an adult leaving only Blinky Bill the only Youth left.

In the midst of beating up on the grendel, we had another pregnancy! Selena and Tom were now pregnant with twins! Congratulations you two! 10 more points awarded to each of you. Selena left the Norn Meso to lay her eggs in peace. Both eggs laid in the safety of the bridge, she travelled back to the Norn Meso.

Bosco seemed stuck on the hill in the Norn Terrarium now. He hadn’t moved from the elevator button in quite some time. That left us with three stuck norns, Blinky Bill (who had RNG coming to the rescue), Wanderer, who I wasn’t especially hopeful for and Bosco.

The male Grendel gave up on his pursuit by now and seemed content in the NornGarden. Except for the frozen norns, the grendel beat down and Sapling’s brilliant survival tactics, not much else was going on. RNG was now eating mushrooms in the Jungle Terrarium and made his way to Blink Bill who seemed to snap out of his trance when approached.

The Grendel Male teleported to the Grendel Jungle and made his way to the Seed bank. Some seeds had made their way there and he was hungry.

With things slowing down it seemed like the perfect opportuity to take a break. See you all next time!

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Fallow Male Pan: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

Fallow Female Liberty: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

Chichi Female Seres: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

Hardman Male Jake: 40 minutes old – 4 pts

Bengal Female Annabelle: 42 minutes old – 4 pts

Harlequin Male Bobo: 44 minutes old – 4 pts

Harlequin Female Patches: 49 minutes old, 1 egg laid – 9 pts

Bondi Female Sunshine: 49 minutes old – 4 pts

Male Treehugger Fern: 52 minutes old – 5 pts

Footnotes: Selena 3 eggs; Major Tom 4 eggs

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When last we left off, we had three deaths and added two grendels.

Now, for the females, we’ve got Sapling, Wanderer, Annabelle, Patches, Selena and Sunshine. For the males, Bosco, Jake, Major Tom, RNG, Fern, Bobo and Blinky Bill remain.

Things were carrying on as before with most of the norns now moved into the Norn Meso. Fern kept to himself and Sapling still insisted on staying on the top floor. Wanderer and Bobo were developing a friendship playing with the elevators in the norn meso and Bosco, Blinky Bill and RNG were eating apples and napping in the Norn Terrarium.

The female Grendel seemed to be making friends with Selena and the Grendel Male steemed more interested in the seeds and mushrooms in the Jungle Terrarium. So far, he hasn’t left.

It wasn’t long til Selena started smacking the female Grendel and Wanderer, fittingly had finally wandered from the elevators and was examining the airlock switch. No worries, however. She was soon on her way to the Norn Terrarium.

Selena seemed to need a break and headed back into NornGarden and the boys Blinky, RNG and Bosco were still content to relax in the Norn Terrarium. They didn’t seem to notice Wanderer approaching them yet.

The rest of the norns were still huddled in the bottom layer of the Norn Meso and complained of being crowded. Sapling stayed above the noise and Fern sat with the Female Grendel, pushing the elevator button.

I got a notification in the medical monitor saying that the Male Grendel was feeling pain and, go figure, he was now in the NornGarden with Selena, getting viciously slapped but slapping her back. Selena seemed to be losing the fight until Jake ran in and scared him away.

Wanderer made her way back into the medical bay away from the boys. She approached the portal between the Capillata and the Shee Ark. She developed an unusual walk where she’d take two steps forward, put her arms up and look at the camera. Odd.

Before I could comment further, the Grendels claimed their first death. It was Jake. He survived to 40 minutes, netting him 4 points total.

Another death soon followed and Annabelle was the unfortunate norn this time. She lived 42 minutes, netting 4 points. We’re now down to just 11 norns and the grendels seem to be making short work of them.

Oh, but what’s this? Our first pregnancy! Selena is the mother and it looks like Major Tom is the father. And another! Major Tom also impregnated Patches. Remember those numbers!

Before I could celebrate, the Female Grendel made short work of Bobo who lived to 44 minutes.

Blinky Bill discovered the Offline Portal (again) and made his way to the Grendel Jungle.

Selena is now our first adult. Major Tom was soon attacked by the Grendel female but was soon rescued by his own slapping ability. The Grendel Male was being hunted by Selena who was now much bigger than him and Sapling continued to play by herself. Wanderer seemed to be suffering from EE by the portal between Capilata and the Shee Ark and Norns were starting to leave the Norn Meso for its lack of food and safety.

It wasn’t long til Selena and the Grendel male were having a slap off and Sunshine was being beaten up on by the Female Grendel. Blinky Bill didn’t seem to know what to eat in the Grendel Jungle.

Bosco and RNG were making fast friends while Sunshine tried to escape from the Grendel Female and the Grendel Male still seemed to be a punching bag for Selena. Poor Sunshine didn’t seem to know how to escape. She eventually did but Patches came down and soon became the Grendel’s next victim. She only lived to 49 minutes, earning 4 points for her time alive and another 5 for her egg, netting her 9 points total.

Sunshine was next to go, killed by the Male Grendel. She tried to escape to the NornGarden only to find an angry Grendel Male who was probably tired of getting beaten up on by Selena. She lived to 49 minutes, earning 4 points total.

So much has happened and we haven’t even hit the 30 minute stopping point that I’d hoped! We’re now down to only half of our original contestants and things are only going to get more interesting and fast paced! Tune in next time for what I’m hoping isn’t the epic conclusion of the wolfling run.

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Fallow Male Pan: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

Fallow Female Liberty: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

Chichi Female Seres: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

Hardman Male Jake: 40 minutes old – 4 pts

Bengal Female Annabelle: 42 minutes old – 4 pts

Harlequin Male Bobo: 44 minutes old – 4 pts

Harlequin Female Patches: 49 minutes old, 1 egg laid – 9 pts

Bondi Female Sunshine: 49 minutes old – 4 pts

Footnotes: Selena 1 egg; Major Tom 2 eggs

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To get things started, let’s meet our contestants!

1. Bengal Male – Bosco – Owned by Kappsune – Metaroom 8
2. Bengal Female – Annabelle – Owned by HavenHoney – Metaroom 11
3. Astro Male – Major Tom – Owned by Nutter – Metaroom 2
4. Astro Female – Wanderer – Owned by K@nilb – Metaroom 12
5. Chichi Male – RNG – Owned by KittyTikara – Metaroom 7
6. Chichi Female – Seres – Owned by cptmashek – Metaroom 6
7. Treehugger Male – Fern – Owned by mlohse – Metaroom 4
8. Treehugger Female – Sapling – Owned by Laura – Metaroom 1
9. Hardman Male – Jake – Owned by Frick – Metaroom 4
10. Hardman Female – Selena – Owned by Grendel Man – Metaroom 1
11. Bondi Male – Blinky Bill – Owned by Malkin – Metaroom 7
12. Bondi Female – Sunshine – Owned by clohse – Metaroom 2
13. Harlequin Male – Bobo – Owned by Pippy – Metaroom 8
14. Harlequin Female – Patches – Owned by cake – Metaroom 10
15. Fallow Male – Pan – Owned by LoverIan – Metaroom 9
16. Fallow Female – Liberty – Owned by DarbyDoo – Metaroom 11

The metaroom numbers after their names shows which room they’ll be starting in. View the chart above to see what rooms correspond with what numbers. For example, Sapling starts in the Norn Meso, Bosco starts in the Grendel Jungle.

By the time everyone is placed and unfrozen, the oldest norns are 7 minutes old. I release everyone from their frozen states and soon they’re off! I turned on autotab to guide my camera.

Already, the norns are deciding what to do with their companions. Fern and Sunshine seened content to relax in the Workshop, Selena and Jake sauntered on the bridge, Blinky Bill, Wanderer and RNG were in the Norn Terrarium eating everything in sight, Bobo was walking further into the Grendel Terrarium and I was turning on the Hand Hider. Sapling, Jake, Major Tome and Patches were all in the Norn Meso and Jake would be the first to learn his vocabulary from the HLM, at 11 minutes old. Pan was in the desert, frightened because of the rain of volcanic rocks and Seres seemed to be fixated on the buttons in the medical bay. Liberty layed outside of the Desert Terrarium and, like Seres, cried.

Rather than bother herself with the other norns, Sapling spent most of her time with the Hoverdoc. Annabell made her way to the other norns in the Norn Terrarium which, by now, was starting to look crowded. Sunshine, meanwhile, was playing with the portals and the norns in the Meso were getting friendly with the HLM.

So far, so good! No deaths and they’re all too young to have babies. Things are already starting to look grim for poor Bobo, who stopped moving in the Grendel Terrarium, Seres, who seemed trapped in the Medical Bay and Liberty, who was stuck by the desert door.

As things settled, it was time to start introducing our primary hazards, the grendels.

To keep things somewhat balanced, I opted to add only two grendels. One would go to the Grendel Terrarium and the other would go to the Lost Cave, a somewhat harder to reach metaroom.

While I waited for the Grendels to hatch, Selena moved on to the next life stage and all of the norns started to convene in the Norn Terrarium and Norn Meso. Now we had two Adolescents, Jake and Selena. By now, everyone was 18 or 19 minutes old.

Our frozen norns, Seres and Liberty were still stuck but Bobo managed to free himself and moved to the Norn Terrarium.

It wasn’t long til everyone started to catch up with Jake and Selena with their life stages and it wasn’t long til our female Banshee grendel teleported into the Norn Meso. She seemed more preoccupied with the toy and the Male Grendel seemed more upset with the bugs in the Jungle Terrarium.

The first norns to start slapping were Annabelle and Bobo, though. Wanderer felt pain from the slapping and quickly retreated. Meanwhile, the game focused on the Meso again and I caught the female grendel inadvertently feeding the norns instead of slapping them. She was using the empathic vendor.

Selena seemed stuck on the door in the Norngarden and I feared we’d have another stuck norn. Fortunately, they all have the CFE update so I was still hopeful that our stuck norns would snap out of their stupors. Pan was still hiding in a corner from the volcanic eruptions. It’s unfortunate but he started next to the ettin mother and wandered up where he would be frightened. Poor thing.

Annabelle left the Norn Terrarium and seemed to snap Seres out of it. They both started to play with the elevator but progress is progress. Seeing another norn seemed to help Seres start moving again. Wanderer soon joined them in playing with the elevator. Sunshine, Fern and Jake were having a feeding frenzy next to the empathic vendor and Selena made her way back into the Norn Meso. It wasn’t long til Jake decided to start beating up on our female grendel, though.

Soon, our first death notification would pop up. It was Pan. Then another for Seres and another for Liberty. That left us with only 13 norns left and because the 3 all died at 32 minutes old, a score of only 3 for each of them.

It’s going to be a tough run but there’s still lots of hope for our remaining contestants! See you all next time.

Fallow Male Pan: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

Fallow Female Liberty: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

Chichi Female Seres: 32 minutes old – 3 pts

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