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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