Our Oldest Norn Dies

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The game rolled-back and, as it turns out, Opal was going to die anyway. I’m a little bummed out that she can’t join us in the fresh world, but here we go anyway.

bandicam 2015-01-15 00-27-36-877 copyThings were a little bit of a mess getting started. There was a lot of slapping, a lot of kissing and a lot of chaos. Amidst the chaos however, Lydia managed to become pregnant.

bandicam 2015-01-15 00-34-49-156 copyWhile I waited for Lydia to lay her egg, I glimpsed Grub below, taking a nap on his way from the hooch still.

After Lydia laid her egg, I decided to add just a few food sources and leave it at that. No more refrigerator, no learning aids till eggs started hatching, nothing. I added Muppetboy’s carrots and watched the world play out.

bandicam 2015-01-15 00-56-55-076 copyDavid and Cassy were in the house together and, not long after David had his nap, I decided that the pair should try for an egg. Lydia was already over 12 hours old and was coming to the end of her life soon, so another egg couldn’t hurt. In fact, as I fed Aidan, Lydia passed away riding on the automatic wagon beneath the ocean. It was more than a little saddening to see her go, but she led a happy life.

bandicam 2015-01-15 00-59-10-071 copyThe next baby I introduced was a son of hers, though. This is Perry, son of Lydia and Gavin. What a broad smile! It’s always a treat when a baby has such a big smile on its face right on import, er hatching.

As he learned his words with them, David and Cassy decided to have an egg. Maybe if we’re lucky, her egg got some education while it was in her belly, huh?

I did realize something, though. With Perry in the world, the sex ratio was wildly out of whack. Cassy was our only girl! She had to share Albia with Adian, David, Bobby, Danny and Perry! I’m sure she wouldn’t mind, but I’m still a little dumbfounded. Oh well. I guess I could look at this as a way to slow down egg production a little bit. With one egg in the world and 9 babies on hold waiting to be imported, I still had quite a few young ones to welcome.

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Too Much to Keep An Eye On

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bandicam 2015-01-10 21-05-59-423 copyWhen 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.

bandicam 2015-01-10 21-19-37-316 copySoon 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.

bandicam 2015-01-10 21-35-42-843 copyThis 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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Oh No

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bandicam 2015-01-08 15-45-28-903 copyEventually, it had to happen. Someone other than Lydia had to get sick. This time, it’s poor Bobby. Luckily, his illness seems to be less serious than nearly all of Lydia’s. Before he even had to eat, the illness worked its way out of his system. That said, it didn’t stop him from playing that fun “run away from what you’re holding in your hand” game that norns like to play sometimes.

I collected Cassy’s egg and before Bobby was back in good health, Opal decided to have another egg. These ladies have always moved quickly, I have to say. To save time, I opted for a CSection which, tragically, seems to have killed poor Opal! Oh no!

bandicam 2015-01-08 15-47-46-094 copyThis makes me very sad. I hadn’t expected this to go so poorly. I really only wanted to save time so that I could do the soft reset before any more norns got pregnant or sick. I’m sorry, Opal. I wish I’d known this could kill you.

Still, I had to start the world fresh so I couldn’t linger and grieve. After hatching the eggs and exporting the babies, I had 10 unnamed babies to introduce in the future. That’s a very large number. I would have to decide what to do with the little darlings but posting them for download wasn’t attractive.

That’s something to wonder for later, I suppose. For now, Opal’s death has got me down.

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Big, Tight-Knit Groups

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bandicam 2015-01-05 00-28-05-365 copySynergy 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.

bandicam 2015-01-05 00-30-17-205 copyThe 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.

bandicam 2015-01-05 00-33-03-822 copyI 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.

bandicam 2015-01-05 00-41-46-505 copyNot 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.

bandicam 2015-01-05 00-46-00-654 copyFinally, 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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