As usual, I started out my visit into the Shee Ark by making my rounds and encouraging the norns to eat food, eat seed, and eat fruit. Also, as usual, things were very peaceful, though I knew full well that the norns were all on their way out.
Our oldest now was Andromeda, who was surrounded by some friends. Akuma, Aster and Peri all stuck close by.
By now, the groups were starting to seem more exclusionary. The norns didn’t complain much at all about the creatures nearby since, I guess, they were either lucky when I moved them around or they simply packed up and left behind creatures they didn’t like.
A few still seemed to prefer solitude. Dark Cat spent his time eating chocolate roses on the second level of the norn terrarium, near the norn hut. He also seemed to like playing with the lift and only rarely met with Mese or Delia.
Fidget, who was once the center of attention in the desert was now wandering alone, slapping gadgets. It wasn’t that she disliked any of the norns there, it’s just that she enjoyed a wander, I guess. She still came by to mate every once in a while and had a lot of pregnancies.
And then, of course, there was Lin, who prefered the desert’s underground area. She’d always seemed to prefer being alone, given all the time she spent in the Medical Bay, by herself.
When Andromeda’s time finally came, she was with her usual group of friends. Akuma, Peri and Aster all surrounded her.
Beside that, she also went out on a full belly! Now if only all norns went out quite so comfortably.
Andromeda’s death made Daedalus the next oldest norn and, of course, the next in line to go. I wasn’t especially worried, though. He always had Verax, Fidget, Kerplunk and Logic nearby. Mese even showed up and joined the group.
I was actually more worried about Marsyia, who didn’t move and only ate when told to. I made the decision to move her into the norn Meso, where she might get more stimulation from the other norns. It seemed like nobody wanted to be in the Norn Terrarium except for her, Delia and Dark Cat. At least Delia and Dark Cat took care of themselves.
I moved her next to Stain, where she finally ate something of her own volition. I guess the Comfort Candle was just too much of a distraction for her.
The Jungle group consisted of Lin, who liked to migrate and the three permanent residents, Anai, Flame and Suprius. This room was perhaps the quietest and had the lest going on. The norns all took care of themselves and didn’t fight much at all. They were also the least chatty. Still, every once in a while, a pregnancy would come out of this room, so that was something.
