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Gracious, what a picture. One of our oldest norns, Aidan, looking at the bright, young face of our youngest norn, Cassy. It’s downright charming. Actually, I wouldn’t mind this for a sticker to put on a binder or my next ipad case.

Anyway, I took the books to Grub to teach him his words. Hopefully, this would help him communicate with me and the Norns.

Aidan and Cassy slapped and stared at each other in the garden while I tried to convince them to eat some carrots. Unfortunately, I had no luck because they were so preoccupied with each other. Bobby played with the instruments and I occasionally brought him food – I think he was in the grasp of creative inspiration. David was sad, spending a lot of his time on the pier. I don’t think he much liked being lonely but I tried to lead him to the island where Opal was trying to reach the sea horse and Lydia and Grub discussed the food and the wooden cart.

Just then, Opal’s hair turned a bright, silvery white. It seemed to me that Opal aged the most gracefully so far. Aidan’s hair has fallen out, Lydia looked very tired and even the tips of her ears were white now but Opal seemed, if you’ll allow me to break the fourth wall, like a simple recolor of her younger self. She’d even retained her size!

When I’d finally gotten David over, he and Grub looked out over the ocean together and I actually glimpsed a smile. I guess the poor guy was just lonesome. It got me thinking that maybe Bobby could use some company and with the help of some lifts and the air tram, I got him closer to the others.

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Amidst all the chaos and illness in the last few entries, I hardly had any time for poor David who was now on his way to being a young man. The poor guy. Normally, I like to impart some handish wisdom in their first 20 minutes of life. I did find time to teach him about herbs and weeds but he seemed to know enough already. He learned to rest and eat on his own, so I wasn’t too worried about him.

I did need to hatch a lady friend, though.

This is Cassy. She learned her words with the help of the books, and got to eat pretty quickly. She and David have already met so, with any luck, they’ll become friends and become a pair when they grow up. I already like the odds of the Horse Norn look becoming popular in my world. I gave the two a chance to get to know each other and took some time to get to know this world’s grendel, Grub.

So far, the big guy hasn’t left the island and he and Lydia have become fast friends. The two of them spend most of their time staring at the sea horse and playing with a ball I’ve brought them. To make life simpler and easier on the island-goers, I added Bliumea plants from Jessi’s Cobs. And for variety, I added Rodirea near the hooch. Lastly, I added Muppetboy’s Parsnip patch.

Food was looking very abundant this time around. Despite this, Opal still had trouble finding food for herself. The parsnips hadn’t grown yet so I decided to bring her some food in the shape of a garden carrot.

Soon, she was smiling again. I guess the game decided to give me a break after so many heart-attacks in a row. 😛

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It took some time but a lemon and some firm smacks on the butt later, Lydia was finally totally recovered. I don’t think she was pleased with me, but her improving health should have been reward enough, I think.

Now, Lydia was 9 hours old, with Aidan over 8, Opal over 6 and Bobby over 5. With this new medical crisis over, it felt like a good time to introduce some new blood.

Despite the two new eggs in the world, it should be noted that the eggs from before the “soft reset” take priority here.

Meet David. Till just a moment ago, his name was “1”.

He took off like a shot, running out of the house but I managed to chase after him with the Encyclopaedia Nornica and teach him all his words. The sad truth was that I was getting tired of teaching them all the old way and this was much quicker. I did have to change a few things, the hand would be called “Mama” and the “ugly” would be called a “grendel”.

After lessons were done, it was time to get the little guy fed. Then, as though I wasn’t stressed enough already, Lydia’s health dipped because she wasn’t eating and Opal became sick. I dumped a load of food by Lydia and the grendel at the island and tended to Opal, who ate a lemon right away, but was still not well. Unlike with Lydia, I checked to see what was making Opal sick. This time, it was Antigen 3 and though she continued to eat, the decline in her health was only slowed, not stopped.

I tried to deliver a feverfew to her to see if that would cause any change. Instead, she slept a while. Once her nap was over, she happily at the plant and I brought her some toys to entertain her while she was in quarantine. She ate well on her own and downed some honey and carrots. It seemed like she wanted to be a very cooperative patient.While she napped, I quickly checked on the others but I was very worried. Her health was still on the decline despite her excellent eating habits.

Below, David visited the temple and Opal had just pressed the lift to go down. I guess she wanted to see the new baby, being a mother of many herself.

It was then I was worried that disaster would strike. Thankfully, Opal had just recovered from her illness. To celebrate, opal drank the alcohol on the piano. She finished her glass then went on to explore, like usual. I collected the empty glasses and placed them by the still, but I wasn’t about to spread the drinks all over Albia, hilarious though that might be.

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