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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.
The almost squeaky quality of their voices made it easy to tune the norns out, but I always kept an eye on the Observation Kit. It seemed like medical emergencies were rare, but to keep everyone safe, I made sure to make my rounds every once in a while.
I started to fall into a pretty hands-off style of play, like I use when I play Creatures 1 and Docking Station. It was actually kind of nice to just let the horde of norns do their own thing for a while. While they weren’t always happy, I was ok with that – real life is full of ups and downs so there was no reason it couldn’t be the same in this game. Besides, when I made my rounds, it was really just to ensure no one had fallen into an ocean.
The squeaking and drinking continued and I felt it was even safe enough for me to get up and clean my teeth. Given my strangely thorough cleaning regimen (due to lousy gums), this was quite a statement.
When I returned, Clarise was KO’d and there was nothing I could do since I lacked access to the Science Kit. All I could do was watch and wait.
I had mixed feelings about the state of her. Part of me was sad to watch and I felt helpless since I had no means to help. Some other part of me was planning on introducing Nova Subterra genes to the pool to prevent starvation related death like Clarice’s. When she eventually passed away, she was pregnant and took her final egg to her with Silicon Heaven.
Now, I was faced with a dillema. I had a lot of dumb creatures on my hands and I doubted I could get Nova Subterra genes to dominate the pool given Clarise’s success as a breeder. I quietly exported all of the creatures and decided to post them for download. Perhaps a smarter breed would be less frustrating for me.
Sometimes, it’s just hard to comment on Creatures when things are going smoothly. Even with the threat of Death Cap in the last Creatures 1 update, things were going pretty well for everyone.
A long, peaceful period like this is usually a good indicator that it’s time to introduce somebody new, though. All safe and clear? Let’s hatch an egg.
And by that, I mean let’s import one of the previous babies. This time, it’s a little lady who I’ve named Peony. She was good and learned all her words right away. She even ate a carrot and since her lessons were done, I let her go to roam and interact with the other Norns.
It was when I was trying to feed Cassy and Danny that I got the bad news.
Aidan had passed away at the ripe old age of 13 hours, 17 minutes. At least he spent his last hours with his favorite companions, the bees. He seemed to really enjoy their company for some reason. Perhaps it was the abundance of food? Maybe he liked to watch them? Whatever the case, he died a healthy, happy old norn.
None of the current norns seemed especially shaken by this news but then, Aidan was alone at the time. Perhaps they hadn’t noticed. Still, he fathered many of the creatures alive now, and his genes would live on.