Gracious me, Synergy is 2 hours old. According to previous experience, and this convenient wiki entry here, that means she only has three and a half hours to live. I might not have enough time to introduce all the other babies before she passes away! Before I get caught up in that, though, let’s bring in our next little one. That said, we have 15 eggs now and about half are hers.

bandicam 2015-01-04 23-56-33-093 copyAhh, Dark Cat! I was wondering when we’d see one of the stranger looking creatures. I have to admit, he was one of my favorites when the run was on. I guess I just like unusual things.

Almost immediately, he made his way into the Medical bay, then into the Shee Ark’s main corridor then into the Grendel Jungle.

Unfortunately, my vigil wavered and an egg hatched before the timer set up I had could catch it. It might be time to shorten the wait, I think. I named the little thing “1” and set it aside for later. No spoilers, not even its gender!

bandicam 2015-01-05 00-13-14-048 copyAfter more of the usual (slapping, kissing, more eggs) it was time to introduce another baby. Lin would be our newest addition. I’d actually forgotten about this little lady, but I decided not to dwell on it. A few of the norns were finally starting to explore, including agoraphobic Synergy. To my knowledge, she hadn’t left the Meco since her lonesome experience. Til now, anyway.

Beside her, Dark Cat was exploring the Norn Terrarium. When I spotted him, he was taking the lifts up to the top and Synergy came in the bottom door. Perhaps she was ready to stretch her legs.

Meanwhile, the other norns stayed in the Meso. Chang didn’t seem to like Daedalus and Drake wasn’t doing a great job of making friends. He’d started slapping Chang and Daedalus but Chang was stubborn enough to defend himself. They got into something of a slapping fight but since they weren’t doing serious damage, I didn’t put too much effort into stopping them.

I’d made my rounds and fed everyone and found that, besides the fight with Drake, the other norns were healthy and generally pretty happy.

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bandicam 2015-01-08 21-26-54-366 copyThe three continued to put toys in their mouth for a short while and as they did, I wondered if I should lead them to the foresty area. I couldn’t do much exploring myself since I was basically tethered to each of the little darlings, but I was still planning to nab the rest of the gameplay power ups.

bandicam 2015-01-08 21-30-17-996 copyBecause his location was convenient, I took Jonathan up to the bridge leading to the new area. He was still drowsy, not having an opportunity to sleep since he and the girls started trying to eat toys, but he marched on. I should note that I was happy to let him rest, but he looked like he wanted to just get it over with.

He made his way to the waterfall and enjoyed a quick rest by the telescope before moving on.

bandicam 2015-01-08 21-36-20-132 copyHe nearly drowned in this shallow pond but when I came to his rescue, he had a new lady friend. I’ve named her Bella (Magic School Bus, anyone?). Unfortunately, she didn’t last long. I took her down in a lift after forgetting that Frog Norns die if taken too far from their pond.

bandicam 2015-01-08 21-43-04-683 copyEventually, I was able to lure him around to get two more power ups. When he got the Advanced Science Kit I had to act quickly, though. He was a star at pushing implements but he basically flung himself into the Volcano. I was able to use PickMeUp just in time to keep him from colliding with the ground.

bandicam 2015-01-08 21-50-19-063 copyJenny, the youngest female, was the first to get sick. She didn’t infect any of the other norns and she was fine after some honey and a Tomato. Thankfully, the problem wasn’t worse.

Clarise was the next norn I took on an adventure. I’d spotted the Neuroscience kit and got her to collect it for me after lots and lots of struggling.

bandicam 2015-01-08 21-58-13-426 copyUnfortunately, I didn’t know a thing about creature brains so while it’s nice for the sake of completion, the kit did nothing practical for me. Still, to celebrate our return to the incubation area, where the other two Norns were, Clarise decided to have an egg.

bandicam 2015-01-08 22-30-35-736 copyAfter it was laid, I scooped the tiny thing up and put it in a basket. With that, I thought I should add another male. Things were certainly starting to get crowded in the incubator area, but the Norns that were already here might be able to help teach whoever I hatched next.

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Happy Birthday to me! 26 years old now. 😛

I think I’ll celebrate with ramen and video games.


bandicam 2015-01-08 14-40-35-029 copyNaturally, Lydia picked the most rational and responsible way to celebrate her good health – getting pregnant.

Turns out getting sick wasn’t enough, now she had the stress of making a new baby to sap her strength.

At least her health wasn’t declining quite the way it does when she’s sick, so I suppose that’s a consolation.

Her pregnancy proceeded as normal but I was starting to feel bad for Aidan, staying by the tree all by himself. I led him to the others and he and a trio of other norns left the island with him by taking the boat back to the tree. Lydia, Bobby and David seemed thrilled to see him! There was a lot of kissing, at least.

As they took the boat (again) to the island, Lydia prepared to lay her next egg and I took the peace as an opportunity to feed Opal. She was always obedient at feeding time but she rarely took the initiative to feed herself.

bandicam 2015-01-08 14-55-39-238 copyFinally, with everyone in relatively good health (Lydia still sat at a precarious 41%) I figured it might be a good time to introduce another baby. This little guy is Danny, one of the eggs saved from before the “soft reset”.

I love seeing happy faces on babies. He smiled for a while, too! Carrots and toys quickly became his favorite thing and he didn’t spend too much time out of the house.

I spent some time fighting with Lydia to get her to eat some food but I thought it might be time to move on. Her health was down to 30% but she might have been at the end of her rope. Perhaps she’d prefer to go down on an empty stomach?

bandicam 2015-01-08 15-06-38-886 copyAidan meanwhile, slapped Cassy and Opal in the lowest level of the island and was chased off when the girls decided to give him a taste of his own medicine. He’d lost his game in his old age. Bobby spent his time hanging out with a sea horse instead. Can’t say I blame him with all that commotion downstairs.

Finally, when I wasn’t looking, Lydia ate again and her health started to slwoly rise. Perhaps she had more life in her than I first thought?

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Olga quickly became pregnant again with one of Adelphos’ babies. It was clear that Adelphos was going to be one of the most successful fathers in the run, especially given his head-start.

bandicam 2015-01-04 23-00-53-918 copyYoung Drake was more interested in finding neat places to nap. He visited every place reachable by an Offline Portal and before long, he found his way back to the Meso, where he ate carrots and rested.

Synergy and Adelphos were kisspopping above, at the top level of the Meso. Olga and Chang tried to join the pair but perhaps Olga had too recently become pregnant and was still recovering from laying her egg.

Drake managed to get away from the others again and this time, when he’d traveled, he complained of loneliness. I tried to encourage him to push the portal but we didn’t get back to the Meso. I decided to see if he could make his way back on his own, since my interference didn’t seem to be helping.

Eventually, he did and just as he did, Synergy became pregnant again. This time, Chang was the father! It’s good to see the gene pool getting some diversity already. Next, before Synergy had the opportunity to lay her own egg, Olga was pregnant with another of Chang’s.

Next, Andromeda was brought in. Thank goodness it’s a girl!bandicam 2015-01-04 23-11-26-977 copy I was starting to worry that we’d only have boys for a while then only Synergy and Olga would get to breed til the end. Speaking of, Synergy became pregnant with Adelphos again.

Olga wasn’t especially kind to the new lady but a quick smack on the butt and “push norn” was enough to encourage her to play nice. Soon enough, though, Olga played nice with Adelphos and another egg was on the way. Goodness! These girls are in a rush to get all their genes well established for the second Generation. When Synergy got pregnant again, I opted to take the honorable way out and stop reporting on pregnancies here.

bandicam 2015-01-04 23-42-29-095 copyAbout four more eggs later, it was finally time to introduce the next norn. Meet Daedalus, another male, and quite a handsome one at that!

While he got acquainted with some of the others, I decided to make my rounds and found Andromeda exploring the medical bay and Drake eating apples in the Norn Terrarium. I was a little puzzled to see just him in there, especially given how hospitable that particular area was. Then again, Chang, Adelphos, Spike, Olga and Synergy were all probably perfectly content to eat Bouncing Plums and mingle with each other. Maybe, with any luck, they’d start to spread out a little?

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