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When I returned, the norns were still in one very large group. Eventually, some of the norns wandered off, though I couldn’t see any particular reason why. Perhaps some of the norns were finally starting to feel crowded enough to wander away?

As I expected, it didn’t take long for some of the females to become pregnant and even have twins! It seemed like the older, more prolific females were starting to lose their edge and there were no clear favorites among the males.

Soon enough, it was time to introduce yet another baby. Next to enter my care was Eve, another little lady.

With so many Norns returning to the Norn Meso, I thought she had plenty of adults around to help raise her, and I was right. They offered her the same advice that they’d offered each other and she occasionally listened to it.

More pregnancies came and went and soon, 35 eggs were in storage, waiting to be hatched. Including the egg that accidentally hatched too soon, we had a total of 36 babies waiting and we still had 13 more norns to import into the world. Naturally, the pregnancies kept coming.

Eventually, it got to the point where I was so busy just keeping everyone fed that I hardly had time for anything else. Before I knew it, it was time to introduce yet another Norn.

This time, it’s another one of our winners, Kerplunk. This cute little guy tied with Drake and Stain for first in the wolfling run. Hopefully, he’ll be a more successful breeder this time around

With the addition of him, our norn population reached an impressive 14 members. Our oldest norn, Synergy, was now over 3 hours old, though! Soon, her coat would take a different color and she would be out of the running when it came to mating.

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Synergy and Dark Cat were still the only norns in the Norn Terrarium and Synergy almost seemed like she was enjoying taking a break from laying so many eggs. Besides, Andromeda was happy to become the next in line to be a successful mother. It would be a while yet til Lin, only 15 minutes old, would be ready to start breeding for the next generation.

The next baby happened to be a lady, though. This is Marysia, a pretty little purple girl with a puffy tail. She seemed to get along famously with Lin and the other, older ladies didn’t seem intimidated by her. In fact, they even offered her eating advice.

Sadly, the boys weren’t getting along so well. Well. Drake and Chang weren’t.

I think part of their problem is that they both like the same girl. Maybe. Olga took the opportunity to get pregnant again amidst their fighting and the boys carried on slapping each other again. Oh my.

To see if it would improve things, I decided to bring everyone to the Norn Terrarium. They had about 7 minutes to spread out before I introduced the next young’un and the lake had a Mind Arrow on it to keep Norns from drowning.

Not a bit to my surprise, though, they all stayed in a pretty tight group, despite “dislike so and so” being repeated over and over amidst cries of admiration for other norns.

It took some time for the group to change. Rather than the norns splitting up, however, they instead broke off into two groups, with just a few wanderers.

Finally, it was time for more new blood. Akuma is our little star this time. His name always stood out for me for some reason (Tekken?) but what I really liked about him was his color. Actually, one of my favorite features about this group is just how diverse their appearances all are.

The norns slowly spread out further and things started to calm down. Drake kept slapping everyone so nobody stayed near him for too long at a time. That probably encouraged some migration.

Marysia, Daedalus and Andromeda were the most active when it came to this and the three of them competed for the medical bay elevator. It was fun to watch but eventually, I had to pull myself away.

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Gracious me, Synergy is 2 hours old. According to previous experience, and this convenient wiki entry here, that means she only has three and a half hours to live. I might not have enough time to introduce all the other babies before she passes away! Before I get caught up in that, though, let’s bring in our next little one. That said, we have 15 eggs now and about half are hers.

Ahh, Dark Cat! I was wondering when we’d see one of the stranger looking creatures. I have to admit, he was one of my favorites when the run was on. I guess I just like unusual things.

Almost immediately, he made his way into the Medical bay, then into the Shee Ark’s main corridor then into the Grendel Jungle.

Unfortunately, my vigil wavered and an egg hatched before the timer set up I had could catch it. It might be time to shorten the wait, I think. I named the little thing “1” and set it aside for later. No spoilers, not even its gender!

After more of the usual (slapping, kissing, more eggs) it was time to introduce another baby. Lin would be our newest addition. I’d actually forgotten about this little lady, but I decided not to dwell on it. A few of the norns were finally starting to explore, including agoraphobic Synergy. To my knowledge, she hadn’t left the Meco since her lonesome experience. Til now, anyway.

Beside her, Dark Cat was exploring the Norn Terrarium. When I spotted him, he was taking the lifts up to the top and Synergy came in the bottom door. Perhaps she was ready to stretch her legs.

Meanwhile, the other norns stayed in the Meso. Chang didn’t seem to like Daedalus and Drake wasn’t doing a great job of making friends. He’d started slapping Chang and Daedalus but Chang was stubborn enough to defend himself. They got into something of a slapping fight but since they weren’t doing serious damage, I didn’t put too much effort into stopping them.

I’d made my rounds and fed everyone and found that, besides the fight with Drake, the other norns were healthy and generally pretty happy.

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Olga quickly became pregnant again with one of Adelphos’ babies. It was clear that Adelphos was going to be one of the most successful fathers in the run, especially given his head-start.

Young Drake was more interested in finding neat places to nap. He visited every place reachable by an Offline Portal and before long, he found his way back to the Meso, where he ate carrots and rested.

Synergy and Adelphos were kisspopping above, at the top level of the Meso. Olga and Chang tried to join the pair but perhaps Olga had too recently become pregnant and was still recovering from laying her egg.

Drake managed to get away from the others again and this time, when he’d traveled, he complained of loneliness. I tried to encourage him to push the portal but we didn’t get back to the Meso. I decided to see if he could make his way back on his own, since my interference didn’t seem to be helping.

Eventually, he did and just as he did, Synergy became pregnant again. This time, Chang was the father! It’s good to see the gene pool getting some diversity already. Next, before Synergy had the opportunity to lay her own egg, Olga was pregnant with another of Chang’s.

Next, Andromeda was brought in. Thank goodness it’s a girl! I was starting to worry that we’d only have boys for a while then only Synergy and Olga would get to breed til the end. Speaking of, Synergy became pregnant with Adelphos again.

Olga wasn’t especially kind to the new lady but a quick smack on the butt and “push norn” was enough to encourage her to play nice. Soon enough, though, Olga played nice with Adelphos and another egg was on the way. Goodness! These girls are in a rush to get all their genes well established for the second Generation. When Synergy got pregnant again, I opted to take the honorable way out and stop reporting on pregnancies here.

About four more eggs later, it was finally time to introduce the next norn. Meet Daedalus, another male, and quite a handsome one at that!

While he got acquainted with some of the others, I decided to make my rounds and found Andromeda exploring the medical bay and Drake eating apples in the Norn Terrarium. I was a little puzzled to see just him in there, especially given how hospitable that particular area was. Then again, Chang, Adelphos, Spike, Olga and Synergy were all probably perfectly content to eat Bouncing Plums and mingle with each other. Maybe, with any luck, they’d start to spread out a little?

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