Another New Tribe Member

As time passes norns grow older but also grow closer. Fabi has stopped following Corran, perhaps because of all the slapping and abuse, and has decided his new best friend is Jago. Jago happens to be happier with this because before Fabi came along Jago was alone all the time, and with his constant frowny face he looked very lonely. I am happy to see him smiling much more often. Here Jago and Fabi pick fruits together. It is interesting to think back on Fabi's long, full life and consider that he got along much better with the males than any female. He preferrred to hang out with other males.

Near the big treehouse a small fallow norn head peeks up from the dense vegitation. Meet Nyrn's newest inhabitant, Nikorasu! Nikorasu is related to Lionel and came from the same world, and has also passed the IQ test, though not with so many flying colors. He still does well in taking care of himself. When I set Nikorasu down in the dense vegitation under the big treehouse his expression lit up with wonder at the world before him and he was very happy. I wonder, is it very different than the one he left?

Nikorasu was recieved with open arms by the whole community. I was very pleased to see norns periodically saying they liked Nikorasu when ever he'd pass by them. He soon found his way to the main gathering place where everyone liked to be and was, and he fit right in. Then not long after he discovered the lifts, something annoying happened, a like fest! Over and over again "~insert norn name here~ like Nikorasu" was repeated. OOOoohh make it stop! Nikorasu seems just delighted with the extra attention though and felt very popular.

Nikorasu found the lifts and immediately lifted him self and a few other norns with him to the bridges up above the swamp. He didn't stay there long, however, because there was no food or vegitation. Nikorasu enjoyed looking over the vast swamp and the norns below but decided being down with them was the best idea.

Down below another romance is brewing. Shadow and Juana have again found each other. These two norns especially, like each other very much and when ever one strays too far from the other they seek each other out again. I think norn love is in the air! In the shadow of the bridges above and over the glistening green waters of the swamp below Shadow and Juana kiss.

And of course a pregnancy is the result! Juana was not new to the experience of having an overly large belly to drag along the ground this time! She happily waddled to the specially picked place for the future egg to be! This time she went there with confidence written all over her face, she's simply glowing!

And once reached the thick vegitation and grass of the big tree house yard Juana laid down and layed the egg, the future generation of the Nyrn norn tribe. This egg was a firey red and yellow color, or you could think of it as mustard and katchup, though I doubt it would taste as good. There are times when I wish there was a reason to the colorings of the egg, something you could tell from the colors.. like because maybe due to influence of the invironment? Or weather? Or maybe stimuli like crowdedness? Sadly, the egg colors are chosen at random by the game I'm told.. I wonder if there could be a mod to change that.

I have begun to look at my norns genes with a tool that allows me to compare them to a "normal" norns genes. I'm quite interested in this, but i'm not yet an expert at it so I can't understand everything I see yet. Maybe in the future I can become better at this. Most of my norns are pretty normal with no extremely odd behavior or instinct differences. I found most of my norns, not counting the fabulous five, have a small but interesting adaptation. If I read it right my norns are more suseptable to antigens. Not every norn, but most of the norns that I looked at: their "gain"'s are higher than a normal chichi genome by anywhere from 3 to 10 points meaning they recieve more injury from antigens. I have not seen many of my norns getting sick though, perhaps it's because I try to keep a clean world.

More specifically, looking at Juana: she also didn't have that many differences and the ones she does have aren't super extreme. I noticed that, like the other norns, antigens seem to be more painful to her. Hearing creatures speak actually decreases crowdedness, just ever so slightly, only -2 points. "I have dropped" (Not sure what that means).. decreases boredom by -1 and laying eggs causes just ever so slightly more pain than with a normal norn, just by 1 more point.

As I said it's not an extreme difference, but perhaps the beginnings of evolution?

Current norn population: 9

New Visitors

I was in the forest by the treehouse with my norns when to my complete and utter surprise a norn warped into my warp room! This thing rarely ever happens and hasn't happened in so long that at first I didn't know what was going on! I switched over to the warp room to find a little fallow norn with a disconnected head. Meet Lionel. I'm not sure why it's doing that, maybe some of my sprites are messed up. The world in which this norn came from was apparently full of nothing but fallows judging from it's name. I quite enjoy fallow norns and think they're adorable. I accepted him into my world and set him on the floor to run the standard IQ test. As always a new norns goal is to make it from the bottom of the warp room all the way to the meso without getting side tracked by the many distractions. He was soon followed by a girl from the same world whom I rejected.

I was just about to get ready to leave him to it and head back to the C2 forest because IQ tests usually take a few minutes to do (or die from), but just as I was leaving I realized he was wasting no time! Immediately he pushed the lift button, rode it to the top level of the warp room, and walked to the door with an obvious 1 thing on his mind. His mind reader agent said "approach seed". Now, there isn't any food in the warp room. The only room that has the food is the meso which is why that is the goal to make it to. Little did I know that the locked communications room had seeds all over the floor that I had accidentally spilled one time when fetching agents! I always keep this room locked, it's my room only and not meant for norns. The door serves as a good distraction test though. Lionel stopped at the door and continually pushed it. Needless to say I was thoroughly impressed! No other norn I currently have or have had in some time has ever been smart enough to know exactly what he wants, exactly how to get it, and exactly where to go to get it before! So, as a reward (and to clean up my room for me, muahahah! I'm lazy!) I let him in to the communications room. He immediately hoovered up the seeds and then took a nap.

Not long after Lionel had arrived and before he had reached the communications room a third norn from his previous world arrived in elder age. This norn was named Aijirou and soon died. He didn't have the same drive as Lionel, and I suspect he died from old age. 

When I went to check on Lionel he had already made it to the meso... not only that but he was in front of the empathic vendor pushing the seed button, and then snatching up and eating the seeds it produced! :O :O OMG! How smart!(I watched he was actually pushing the button) I have to keep this norn! I carefully picked him up and plopped him in his new forever home. Welcome home Lionel! His joy at suddenly being sorrounded by every food he could ever want showed in his joyful expression. He wastes no time in eating whatever he wants and playing with the toys. You're now living in a garden of eden Lionel.

Lionel has done two epic things so far. Pass the IQ test AND THEN SOME, and show that he knows how to use machines and what they're for. Lionel did a third epic thing that will go into the shee history books. He was the very first ever norn in Nyrn to use the treehouse lift! He rode it to the top, rested a while, and then rode it back down. He repeated this but accidentally hijacked the little girl norn along the way so I had to stop him soon after. Who would have thought the very first norn to discover this treehouse would be a foreigner and not a native Nyrnian.

Things began to go downhill from there in the world though. Always eager to keep a watchful eye on ALL my norns I visited the brotherhood of the tomato next to find out Corran has begun to abuse Fabi. Corran was hitting Fabi and when asked why I discovered it is how he alleviates his boredom. I kept trying to suggest he play with or hit the toy dog instead, but he refused to awknoledge it. Whenever Fabi expressed he was bored corran would suggest "Maybe hit norn". (*facepalm*) I give Corran's behind a little slap every time he suggests that. Poor fabi has been stuck in a seemingly never ending scared or hurt expression because of all the slapping.

Once more I attempted to feed Fabi by dropping a handful of food, fruits and seeds by his feet. He simply stared at them, or ignored them. I suggested he "eat food" and suddenly Fabi began walking and eating all of the food off the ground! I was suddenly in awe as if he'd just performed a double back flip out of no where! Fabi not only ate all of the carrots, but began eating all of the seeds and fruit as well. Good boy Fabi!! I breathed a sigh of relief knowing Fabi wasn't going to die of starvation after all. I did notice one thing, with all of the slapping going on I guess Fabi hasn't had the time to care for his tomatoes because they all died out. There is no more tomato garden and thus was the degeneration of "the brotherhood of the tomato". But you never know, there could always be something else in the future.

But someone else did. Unfortunately apparently the game did not catch the last moments of Alfonso like it usually does so I had to use an old picture of him, but Alfonso has passed away. He spent most of his days gardening the tomatoes with Fabi or picking fresh fruits from the forest garden and even had a tender moment with an incubated egg. Rest in peace Fons.

A fourth visitor arrived from the land of fallows. Meet little Nikorasu. Boy these names sound familiar, it's obvious he was autonamed. Nikorasu doesn't seem nearly as intelligent as Lionel and isn't that intent on leaving the meso, but he sure is cute. Good luck to you little guy.

By the swamp bridge Jago struck a pose with a bright smile for the first time in ages. I'm not quite sure what changed in his life, but his life certaintly is looking brighter to him. For the longest time his only expression had been that of fear but he suddenly seems happy again. I'm glad to see it.

Shadow left Jago's side and traveled west into the forest. I had my attention on the little girl that is smaller than the rest of the norns and happily helping herself to the honey from the hive. She had a little yellow honey pot in her hands and a bright smile on her face, obivously enjoying the sweet taste.. when I watched Jago making his way over to have some honey too I thought "what a sweet moment this will be, adult norn and baby norn both enjoying the honey together". But when Shadow arrived he took the honey right from the little girls hands and began eating it himself. How rude! There wasn't much I could do about it though, and besides if the little girl wanted honey that bad she could just get another pot from the hive. Still that wasn't a very nice thing Shadow. Are you practicing your ninja thieving skills?

Current population: 9

A Self Imposed Famine Sweeps Nyrn

Nyrn appears to be a sweet, quiet little village of norns with each norn happily frolicking among the abundance of fruit and food. There are even honey bees warmly buzzing about the heads of these norns, happily providing for them any honey they could ever want. But one thing that isn't suspected is the norns aren't eating very much of anything, and indeed this shee was taken by complete and utter surprise.

The day started with Adairan happily kisspopping Java as if he was confessing his love while Java didn't appear too thrilled, she was having a bad day. I was very excited to hear the kisses because it tells me the norns are indeed firtile and interested in continuing their genetic line, interested in having children of their own! Java, however, appeared to look more and more unwell. Everything was provided for her though, and I have even been paying special attention to her so I didn't know what the problem could be.

Not long after the kisspopping and with Adairan still by her side she layed down in the flowers and lush grass for the last time. She had not yet even reached the age of elders so I was shocked. I quickly grabbed the hoverdoc to see what might have happened. She was clean of illness and bacteria, had no toxins in her. I was saddened, though, to see she seemed to have starved to death. Java had just stopped eating even though her hunger drives were through the roof. I was very, very sad about this, but glad this "problem" of not eating will not be passed down through a genetic line any more.

Only a minute or two after Java's death Aengoth had met the same fate. I inspected him the same way to find out he too starved to death. I believe Aengoth is related to Java and so this trait could be genetically inherited. Their bodies will disappear into a glittery puff of smoke but the norns will not be forgotten.

When no more deaths immediately popped up I let out a sigh of relief but immediately thought of Fabi. He never eats anymore either, and the other two had died from that. I went to dump a fistfull of food at his fins (as seen here in the gradually disappearing yellow color on the floor. Those were lemons) with the hopse he would eat. These things I try not to do and only use as a last resort, more to test the norn than actually feed them. I don't want them to become dependant on me for food, but learn to feed themselves. I had tried this a few times with Fabi in the past, he never eats any of the food I offer, even if I try and teach him to eat it with words, hand motions and if nothing else works, spankings. Fabi, even if he may be starving, seems perfectly happy and never misses an opportunity to display a bright, feline smile!

Once again Wedge had come to visit Fabi and help him with his tomato garden. I can't help but wonder why they garden tomatos if they don't eat them. With Corran gone Fabi and Wedge have become best friends.

One more death occured before I left the game for the night. Adairan curled up beside a tomato stalk and passed away. This one, thankfully, was due to old age and not starvation. Adairans little white head just peeked over the tomato plant and I believe his passing was very peaceful.

Java's death opened the door for a new queen to arrive in Nyrn. Java's sister Juana! Juana is the fourth sister in a family of 5. Of Jeshi, Jasmine and Java, Juana is next. Juana clearly shows a mixtured of chichi, easter bunny and zebra norn sprites and is cute as a button! She also shares Java's enormous belly.

Tonight I'd like to close on a happier note than I started on. Life goes on and will continue to do so no matter how many norns die, more will always arrive in Nyrn. At the small tomato garden Fabi has not only Wedge but another visitor. I forget who exactly this little grey headed norn is behind Wedge, I can't see his body clear enough to see the markings, but they seem to have formed a little brotherhood of sorts. The brotherhood of the tomato? 

Current population: 8

Finally Another Birth

In the cool Nyrn forest our little tribe of norns is living peacefully. There are no predators and very few things to be of any danger to them so their lives are pretty calm. Unfortunately there have been no births either, female or otherwise to further the genetics of these norns. They seem too preoccupied with enjoying themselves in their lives, eating the abundance of fruits, seeds and playing with toys. Worry had just begun to set in when I began noticing many of the norns growing into old age without having sired any children. Still, I would like to weed out those norns that refuse to breed easily so I hold back interfering as much as I can. Meanwhile Java, our star norn here, seems to be a little bit confused. In her adult age she has decided that staring at fruit and seeds is the same thing as eating them. An occasional slap on her bottom doesn't help either, yet I don't want to pass such an issue on to little norns so I don't interfere any further then that.

Slapping sounds are beginning to become more numerous through the forest and my attention is repeatedly brought to naughty Corran. Corran has begun to bully other norns with slapping and thinks its a grand old time to do so! Poor Java here is the victim this time and makes a frightened face as Corran happily lays in to slapping her! I, of course, did my best to stop this, tugging his hand away and giving him a couple little spanks. I've yet to see if this tactic of slapping the slapping norn works though, or if it just encourages them.

A bit later I had been watching Corran a little closer to prevent him from going into one of his slapping episodes, but he and Java have seemed to have grown a love hate relationship with eachother. I watched with "awww" as Corran romanced Java on the swampy bridge where there was no one else around, and produced a pregnancy. Java was very swept off her feet by Corran and enjoyed his company. The romance ended when they split up and Java began her long trek to a more suitable place to lay an egg. Along the way her belly grew and grew, so big that as she walked (she's actually walking in this picture) her big belly dragged along the ground because her tiny little legs just wearn't long enough. But she looked very pleased to become a mother again.

Eventually she had to stop. She chose a nice, cool, earthy area among plenty of rich plants to lay the egg, but it was a big task! Immediately after finally laying, her face drooped in fatigue and she rested tiredly. I was so thrilled to finally see another egg and I just hoped it would be a boy to welcome into the world! My anticipation was so great that I watched the egg closely.

My camera remained on the egg for a long time as it grew and grew.. and then I was surprised to see Alfonso walk onto the screen! The Fons had journeyed all the way from the volcano door over to the treehouse in the forest area by himself, leaving Fabi by himself over there with his tomatos. The Fons passed by the egg once, but then returned to it and layed beside it, perhaps to keep it warm. It had hatched while he was laying against it and from the thin shell popped a little girl norn. I decided to name her Alfe, the first daughter of Java! Tiny, baby norn eyes peeped open for the very first time to see the new world she'd emerged into, her first view being of the green leafy plants sorrounding her. Fons left soon after and didn't seem that interested in her though.

Back near the swamp lifts where everybody is crowded Jago seemed to be having some issues. He stood in place looking very frightened and occasionally taking a step left or right, or just looking like he didn't know what to do. At first I thought it may be the storm clouds rumbling through, but after they left he remained as frightened. It took a long time, actually, to figure out he was feeling extremely crowded and expressed this out loud. I gripped his hand and tried to help by leading him away from everyone, but no matter where I lead him to another norn would soon follow. Poor jago, hang in there.

Eventually Jago found some rest and peace by himself in between the swamp and the treehouse. Deciding it would be safer to sleep standing up though, he refused to lay down to do so. Perhaps it was just in case another norn came near, he would be able to run away faster.

I have been looking for butterfly egg launchers for a while now, but every time I find one it autokills whenever I try to launch an egg. I've just given up on them, but grabbed a seed launcher from the tree house to set on the ground, since the flowers it produces have died out. It's in the middle of summer now and I think there should be more flowers on the ground! I set it down, knowing norns love to push things and would go to town on it, and they did! Corran especially loves it and immediately walked on over to it, Other norns, as you can see, also enjoy pushing the machine. I even watched as Java took a couple pushes at it with her tiny T-rex arms! Corran excitedly blanketed the forest floor with many tiny red seeds!

Wedge decided to take a vacation from all the rucus and slapping drama of the other norns. He didn't pack any fruit with him, but decided a trip accross the swamp bridge would be fun and he was also very curious what the Fons was doing on the other side. The fons has returned long before Wedge decided to travel. But when Wedge finally reached the other side he stopped in shock at how many norns were there! It was Fons, Fabi and the third norn that had decided to join them. All these norns seemed to be just too much for Wedge, he had tried to leave the crowdedness behind him! But he was just so curious! Wedge approached, retreated, caught his breath and turned around to approach again, retreated. And this continued, each time it seemed he could not let go of the curiosity causing him to want to know what they were doing, but not wanting to approach them. Eventually Wedge just gave up and headed back home.

Back home I found Agning in what he appeared to percieve as seed heaven! I couldn't help but laugh at the look on his face as he too had found the joy of pushing seed dispensers! Seeds covered the ground around his feet and bounced off him as they flew from the dispenser. Agning just looked on in joy!

Current norn population: 10 (not including baby girl)

Growing Up Is Hard To Do

Aengoth has grown into an adult and unfortunately has not grown into his arms and legs. He still moves around quite efficiently without any trouble or anything which I am pleased with, but looks a little confusing. His arms and legs are reduced down to nubs, perhaps i'll just chock this one up to birth defects. Aengoth has been happily wandering around from the bridge to the garden and back, picking fruits and eating as he does. Occasionally he'll stop to hit a toy and the joy he finds in life is apparent in his bright, serene smile. 

Anging is also an unfortunate victim of "birth defect" because he has grown into youth I believe and still is very disjointed, even worse than Aengoth. Like Aengoth though, Anging wanders around quite happily. I don't think he nor any other norns even pay attention to his different looks. He's a member of the tribe and that's all that matters. Anging has more of a playful personality and likes to play with other norns more often.

Fabi has reached old age and his fins have come up with a whole new look. I quite like the new look, but was a little sad to see because I do like the old, plump looking fins better on him. This catfish didn't even notice when his age changed though, and it doesn't slow him down one bit! He seems very happy in spite of his new elder stage. This is the first time I've ever had or seen a mer norn of this type so this change is new to me and quite interesting! Fabi has been creating and tending his own tomato garden. So far it's pretty small, but he is determined that it's going to be a great garden on the right end of the bridge! I don't know why he prefers that area, perhaps it's warmer due to being so close to the volcano.

Shadow has also aged up and he looks quite handsome! Shadow mostly keeps to himself, not drawing much attention and lives up to his name a bit in doing so. Occasionally he will be the unfortunate victim of an elevator hijack but not so often, and he tends to retreat quickly. Shadow spends most of his time playing with the fun toys that lay around. He seems unsure about many things and I occasionally find him wandering around with a confused look on his face.

Shadow decided to do something he's never done before and take a long trip away from the main tribe of norns, across the bridge. For the long trip he took with him a single fruit he had picked before heading out. As I watched him he made it half way across the bridge then stopped for a rest while the waters of the swamp washed over his feet, making him a little bit wet. The humidity probably

isn't helping either. While he rested he turned to look at me with a happy smile, as if acknowledging my presence there. How cute!

Poor Wedge is another norn that has aged up into youth and not grown into his body (or is it head?). Again, he doesn't seem bothered by it. Wedge enjoys picking and eating the tomatos in the garden.

Fabi has a partner in his gardening dream with Corran. Corran and fabi happily tend their tomato garden together, occasionally picking a fruit from an adult plant, and then planting it (dropping it) so it will grow more. Fabi and Corran seem to have some type of bromance going on and rarely if ever leave eachother's side.

Shadow finally arrives from his long trip accross the bridge and happily helps himself to some refreshing tomatos without even asking Fabi and Corran... but they don't seem to mind and happily watch with smiles decorating their faces. They even seem to be proud to show off what they've accomplished so far with the tomatos! After a while Shadow even began to help plant his own.

Something new

I was looking at my pageview stats today for my second blog and realized that someone new has discovered it, and I think (feel free to correct me if i'm wrong) it was someone who was viewing this blog. I was delighted to discover this! I suddenly realized, however, that they might look at the lack of updates on this blog and think i'v completely scrapped it for the other. No worries though! I'm writing this to tell you i've not forgotten about this blog, i've just gotten slower to updating it because of my new, second blog!

Those of you who have not discovered it yet, if you like Oblivion, you'll love my other blog! Look in my links section. :)

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