What a Lousy Day I Had!

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Since starting my YouTube channel, I’ve had to find ways to make time for recording, editing and to write for this blog. I love doing all of those things but there are times when some of my hobbies become so challenging that they become frustrating. For example, the day I’m writing this, I recorded 5 episodes and none of them were usable. Two due to technical difficulties and the other three because of low energy and just bad quality. Finally, I pulled through and succeeded.

bandicam 2015-02-08 22-31-05-396 copyToday, Creatures is intended to be my break from all that frustration and heart ache. Unfortunately, Aidan was so old, it seemed like I wouldn’t be able to enjoy his presence as much as I’d hoped. Still, he’d be able to go up to Silicon Heaven and enjoy life with his old companions Lydia and Opal.

His passing away would also mean that another female would be able to join us, which was at least a small consolation for his inevitable passing. I couldn’t remember what genders the stored babies were, but it seemed like as good a chance as any for me to introduce some Generation 1 girl to the scene.

bandicam 2015-02-08 22-36-40-330 copyI poked around the world and noticed that all the younger boys were napping – only Bobby and Aidan seemed interested in exploring in their old age and Cassy was fascinated by old Bobby – she hardly left his side and he never left her sight! I’d also (re)installed Jessica of Discover Albia’s sprite and body data fix and the edits seemed to hold this time. There were still some glitches here and there, largely due to some issues with this game running on my particular system (64 bit? Too new a Windows?) but there was a definite improvement in the sprites. The best guess I had was that the graphics just didn’t get along well on my computer in the first place.

bandicam 2015-02-08 22-42-03-194 copyOf all the norns in the world, I don’t think any slept as much as Danny. His health always seemed high, but I doubted he’d impress any female norns with that kind of lethargy. Then again, all it would take is a broody female norn passing by for him to have any offspring. Creatures are funny that way!

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Crowded!

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bandicam 2015-02-07 23-40-48-321 copyAfter moving literally everyone into the Norn Terrarium, there were four more pregnancies and much more “X like Y” and “A dislike B” conversations. There was a way to fix these loops but I didn’t have them installed. In future, I will have them but for now, the creatures were naturally very chatty.

Drake in particular didn’t seem very fond of his fellow creature and started saying “drake hate norn”. I have no idea who he was thinking of, but many other creatures seemed to like him very much! Strange, that.

bandicam 2015-02-07 23-43-54-028 copySoon enough, my counter ran out and I had to add another creature. This time, Anai joined us. Unfortunately, Anai was the first to pass away and died in the volcano as a baby during the live event. This time, she should live a much more fulfilling life.

Many of the other norns seemed most content to just rest, though. Synergy was still taken in by wanderlust and strayed away from the pack, enjoying the other rooms on the ship. Drake hardly moved from his perch in the Norn terrarium and still others huddled together and complained and admired each other.

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No More Volcano For You

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First, I’d like to apologize. Due to issues with my computer, I wasn’t able to finish this post on time. Instead, this post will go out on the 7th and Docking Station’s post will appear on the 8th. After that, the blog returns to its normal schedule.

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bandicam 2015-02-05 14-26-46-694 copyWhen I returned to Albia this time, I found Clarise was the only norn with a smile on her face. Donny and Jonathan were still rubbing their backs on the door to the volcano and I had to push them away with my hand.

Naturally, I had to intervene by introducing some new genes. The truth was, I was just fed up with how dumb the norns were.

bandicam 2015-02-05 14-50-41-932 copyI hopped onto Creatures Caves and downloaded the Nova Subterra norns. The first of this improved breed to enter my world was Veronica, a female Emerald Nova Subterra norn.

As with the others, it didn’t take her long to eat and learn her basic lessons. Right away, I tried to lead her to the rest of the group. Once I realized there was some kind of navigation issue around the bridge, I caved and carried her to the group myself.

bandicam 2015-02-06 22-57-54-324 copyOnce I got there, I found Jonathan in the ground, where I got used to finding Clarise after a ‘door party’. Feeling a frustrated, I decided to open the door to the volcano. Staving in the ground didn’t seem especially merciful compared to overheating in the volcano, at any rate.

bandicam 2015-02-06 23-02-53-188 copyOnce they started to explore the volcano, it didn’t seem like anything immediately dangerous was happening, anyway! Despite a long fall, Donny was actually smiling!

Veronica wasn’t faring so well, though. It took quite a lot of Defibrilant and some Liquid food to get her back on her feet. For some reason, she really seemed to struggle with hunger and the volcano. I took a different approach to this group as a result. Instead of taking Norns to their certain doom, I decided to start them back at the Incubator and let them arrive at their doom themselves.

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Peace and Quiet

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When I checked on the old Norn, Aidan was being bullied by Grub, who kept saying “Grub angry”. I don’t even know why! Still, a few slaps from an angry Grendel seemed to get Aidan awfully interested in food for some reason so he ate a carrot and managed to flee just in time.

bandicam 2015-01-22 22-48-55-359 copySpeaking of eating carrots, I caught half-brothers Danny and David eating Darkling Cave carrots on their own in the low level of the temple. My mostly hands-off method of raising seemed to be paying off. I certainly wasn’t used to norns who learned how to fend for themselves.

Granted, Opal was a fantastic example of an independent norn and Danny was one of her sons. Perhaps good genetics lent a hand.

bandicam 2015-01-22 22-54-19-938 copyCassy decided it was time to have another baby and started hassling Danny in his sleep. When he awoke, she chased after him, flashing me the biggest smile!

Perhaps to her dismay, Danny didn’t give in and she wasn’t pregnant again. Good news for me, I had enough eggs and babies to deal with already! I need the break.

bandicam 2015-01-22 22-56-54-403 copyI do joke, of course. Age was starting to catch up to not only Aidan, but to his son Bobby, too. Having the same face meant they had the same tired expression on their faces. My heart ached knowing that I would have to say good bye to each of them pretty soon.

Danny caused my heart to skip a beat when he ate a weed and “Sick” appeared on the Observation Kit. Thankfully, it was just a relatively harmless BaoBab and only a nibble.

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