A Celebrated Return to Veridia for the Norns
Written onVeridia became a real sanctuary after a near disaster in the Daedalus metaroom. Everyone quickly became stressed out in every way possible, which only exasperated the constant slapping. The females had grown up together, and had never shown any overly violent behavior. I was appalled at the slapping matches that went on! Even worse, Simteo showed absolutely no interest in the females for nearly half an hour. My gentle prodding produced a few kisses and kisspops, but Simteo’s testosterone was at the lowest level I had seen. I moved everyone back to Veridia, hopeful that this trusted area would bring everyone’s blood pressure back to normal! Caeriv and Simteo were thrilled with the move: Those smiles had been hidden for a long time.
The appearance of an egg was like a wave of relief over everyone, myself included! Caeriv actually had another set of quadruplets, and her previous experience made her handle this round with a little more poise. She took a long nap afterwards, which refreshed her like never before! Levia decided to run away from the strange new object, although it was clear that she enjoyed stretching her legs in the enormous bottom level of Veridia. Dizor, the only son from Caeriv and Simteo, originally lived in Veridia, but I moved him to Daedalus temporarily. I considered moving him in with the other Norns, yet there is a good chance that he will have another brother or two soon!
I worried that Simteo’s aloofness early in life would mean a problematic start to the next generation. The move to Veridia made him a much happier camper, though. It wasn’t long before Amanora had a few eggs of her own beginning to grow. Although she is descended from a different female line than Caeriv, they look exactly alike. The look on Simteo’s face made me laugh, for it seemed like he wanted to be a monogamous male, but mistook Amanora for Caeriv! He didn’t react violently, though. In fact, the amount of slapping was at an all time low, which made life a lot happier for the Norns.
Two females seemed to have been banished from the group: Wynda and Grinae traveled far from the others. Grinae was the victim of the constant “dislike” chatter, and Wynda decided that she had enough of the bullying. These two had also been some of the more battered victims of the slapping, which was often dished out by Hartinnia. Although they ended up very far from Simteo, I was happy to see them actually smile! Veridia turned out to be a wonderful place for everyone, and I decided that this generation would make their home here. I was hoping to have a change of scenery, yet happy and healthy Norns remain the ultimate goal.
Aww, it’s nice when you can keep the critters happy ;)
I still find myself going “stop slapping her/him, you nits!” every once in a while. Generally that happens with the Draconians as the target, for some reason :( Otherwise, it’s when the Norns mature into Youths and, I guess, are frustrated at the lack of the other gender about!