Wow! Remember how badly my Random Event Run during the 2014 CCSF went? Well, if you don’t, I sure do, and I’d like to make up for it.
Rather than take these babies and run them through the competitive ropes again, I decided to take them into my world and nurture them. So, let’s see how they do when properly cared for. To make things more Creatures 1 or Creatures 2 like, I’ve decided to use Hands Off! to limit my control.
To keep things easy on me, I’ve decided to introduce each of the babies on a set interval. A new baby every 15 minutes seemed like it would give each one plenty of time to adjust without driving me absolutely insane trying to keep up.
All that said, let’s get started. I’ll be letting the game decide what order to import these little darlings in.
This is Synergy. You might remember her as the longest lived female of the run. Tragically, she wasn’t a mother then and ended up drowning in the ocean after wandering into the volcano.
Rather than spend my time teaching all these little norns their words or using the HLM, I’ve opted to use a Vocabulizer to automate their word learning. That means Synergy and I can get right to lessons about what to do when tired, hungry, etc. She didn’t take long to start feeling lonely, and who could blame her, being the only creature in the world. In just 10 minutes, she would have company, though.
Once I got her petting critters to help ease the loneliness, she started to feel a little better and started exploring. Being a toddler meant she still had to spend a lot of time sleeping and she spent the rest of her 15 minute alone-time napping, eating and pushing toys. I didn’t leave her alone for too long at a time and I think she started to like me.
Once the 15 minutes was up, it was time to introduce someone new. Olga, one of the Run’s mothers, was imported. I lead her to Synergy and I encouraged the two to push norn. With any luck, neither of them would have to feel lonely again!
I taught her the same lessons as Synergy and before long, the two were pretty independent. I did have to remind them to rest when sleepy, but they still got on alright.
Poor Synergy. She didn’t seem to like travelling through the Offline Portal. She found herself alone in the Norn Terrarium and immediately came back to the Meso, where at least Olga stayed. There, Synergy reached Adolesence and I waited for the time to count down so I could add the third baby. Who would it be, I wonder?
