Creatures Caves

I apologized if I've posted this one before (I couldn't find it on this board at least), but apparently someone is curious about the "story" I talked about having written in part 3 of my post in The Saddest Norn Death Thread (First page, somewhere in the middle).

As a disclaimer, I was about 12 or 13 when I wrote this. It is absolutely ancient (11 years I think), incredibly corny and embarrassing, and mostly here for a laugh.

What makes it worse is that this is an actual "true" story, in the sense that it's a move-by-move journal I kept on the life of an actual norn that I was fawning over. Of course, some elements are very obviously exaggerated.

Anyway, without further rambling:

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The Story of Bibblita

One beautiful morning, an egg was laid by a small but very violent norn. She laid her egg, walked off and got pregnant again. Her egg hatched and a baby norn popped out, only to be beaten to death by her own mother! I watched it in horror. Then I waited for the mother to lay her egg, and then I exported her. Suddenly, the father died! Now I had an egg holding an orphaned norn. I took it to a safe spot. I heard it crack, and then a small female norn crawled out. I named Bibblita. She had a nice tiger striped body and tail, and a Bruin head. I took her to another norn, a boy. They started to play together and so I let them be. Suddenly she started coughing and sneezing like crazy! I quickly took her to the medical pod, and saw that she had histamines A and B, antigen 2, and glycotoxin! It was the antigen that scared me most, because I had never been able to get rid of it. So I got to work; a couple arnica injections, some antihistamine and antibodies?

One day, a miracle happened. Bibblita was cured! I grew to like this norn quite well, so I checked on her often. She was released from her little hospital room to go play with the other norns. All the norns seemed to like her, and she liked all the norns. Many funny things happened from that point on, including this:

"Tangerine like Bibblita"
"Jessie like Bibblita"
"Tangerine like Bibblita"
"Jessie like Bibblita"
*Tangerine hits Jessie*
"Tangerine like Bibblita"
"Bibblita dislike Tangerine"
"Bibblita like Jessie"

She became an adult before I knew it, but she wasn?t the super breeder I thought she?d be. She liked all the norns, but no breeding! But one day she met a Norn named Kovu. They instantly bred and had a baby boy called Bibble. I made Kovu and Bibblita king and queen that day.

One day a grendel invaded the norn area! The norns were scared, and I was scared! He went through, slapping every norn in sight, I shook nervously as he approached Bibblita. I couldn?t watch. I covered my eyes until I heard the moan of a dead creature. I opened my eyes to see Bibblita standing next to the dead grendel. She had saved the norns! Shortly afterward, she had another boy whom I named Ollie. Then she had two girls, Arcin and Skittle.

One day, something awful happened. Kovu went crazy. He hit every norn in sight until it was almost dead, even Bibblita! I quickly exiled him to the desert. When I came back, Bibblita was sitting in a corner, saying, ?Bibblita sad, Bibblita get norn? Suddenly, a norn called Bibble came and kissed her. They instantly kisspopped and had a baby boy named Chipper, and a girl named Scamper. I made Bibble the new king. Shortly afterwards, Bibblita became old. Her hair turned white, and her color faded. I paid extra attention to her during this time. I knew her time was getting near, and I wanted her to be as happy as possible in her last days. She was 4 hours and 42 minutes old, an ancient, when she suddenly bred twice! Now I was worried. She was so old, would she live though it? She laid her eggs and went on as if nothing had happened. Then I realized something. All the norns alive were related to her in some way! Could it be a mutation of some sort, which she passed on to her children?
Bibblita was 4 hours and 54 minutes old, Only 6 more minutes left. I nervously watched the time go by. I checked her stats. She appeared healthy, but then I saw something. Her life chemical was at 100%! The life chemical is supposed to slowly dissolve, as the creature gets older. When it disappears, the creature dies. I checked the stats of another Norn. Her life was at 25%! I checked another, younger Norn. Her life was at 75%! I relaxed. Bibblita still has a lot of time.
Bibblita. 5 hours and 31 minutes old. Has another child. Kills a Grendel. Has a check-up. Life was at 65%. Injury Level: 1. 1 bacteria was detected. This was bad, very bad. It didn?t say which bacteria though! Suddenly, It went away. I was so relived!

Bibblita had another child, whom I named Love. She was sweet and gentle. She was destined to be the queen after Bibblita! I loved her, and watched her closely. She was loved by all.

One day a Grendel came in. As usual, a crowed of norns gathered around and hit the Grendel to death. But the Grendel wasn?t the only one. After the Grendel died. I noticed a furry brown body beside him. It was Love. She had been killed in the mob.

Now, back to Bibblita. She was old and had taken quite a beating from that Grendel. With her life force at 60%, I estimated she would live about 40 more minutes. This was very frightening to me, as I started to think about what I would do when she died. Her life suddenly went down to 50%. She could go any second?

Meanwhile, Kovu (remember him?) had one minute left to live. I let him say goodbye to Bibblita, and then, he died. Although he was violent, and had to live with the ettins, He was still a Norn, and I loved him.

Bibble turned white. Now he?s old.

Once again, Bibblita was pregnant. After laying the egg, a Grendel quickly stole it! I said, ?drop? and he dropped the egg. It hatched, and the girl was named Joy. Bibble was now very, very old. His life was at 5%.

Okay, I know this has nothing to do with anything, but I had a little ettin that hangs around in the basement. Her name was Daisy. She played with the baby norns and kept away grendels. Once she got very sick, but I saved her. She was very sweet.

Bibblita?s life was at 26% Bibble?s was at 4% His life dropped much more slowly than hers. Bibblita was 7 hours old. Now I?m worried. She is always tired and sleepy. So is Bibble. I knew they didn?t have much time, so I decided to take them on a vacation. I packed food and toys, and set off on the trip to the aquatic area.

The aquatic area is the most beautiful place on the spaceship. Bibblita and Bibble had a great time relaxing and watching the fish swim by. Bibblita started to go deaf. She didn?t hear me when I said eat food or push toy. But she heard me when I said rest. Strange.

One time, Bibble did the sweetest thing! Bibblita said she was hungry. Bibble picked up an apple and gave it to her! Then he did it again and said, ?Bibble love Bibblita!?

Bibblita?s life was at 20%. Bibble?s was 3%. This got more and more scary. Bibblita had another child! It was a boy, whom I called June. He looked almost exactly like Bibble! I was pleased with him, and knew he would be the future king. Or should I say, king in a minute.

That?s right, shortly after June?s birth, I heard a moan. I looked over and saw a good friend, father, and king, lying on the ground. Bibble had died.

Bibblita?s life was at 17%. I decided to let her say good bye to all her children and grandchildren. She went over and kissed June, Ollie, and even Daisy, the ettin! But after Bibblita was out of sight, Scamper became old and gray, June was, ?Intensely sad? and Ollie died. Poor Ollie. Poor, Poor Ollie. I brought her back, but, Ollie was gone.

Bibblita was playing with Daisy, when she turned on her! Daisy was beating Bibblita! After finally getting Bibblita away. I realized Bibblita was hurt badly! ?Bibblita very scared!? ?Calm down,? I said. ?Bibblita very calm? Soon she was on her feet again, but as for the ettin, she would be watched carefully from now on!

Bibblita life force was at 10%. I gave her a feast of every food item in the Spaceship. She quickly ate it all, maybe she was hungrier then I thought! After dinner, I let her play with several toys. And take a nap. Visit the fish; go for a swim in the deep of the sea, one last time. Bibblita knew how to hold her breath, and she loved water. Then I took her back to the medical area and gave her the blue Norn doll, which she had grown to love over the ?Years? and would not let it out of her sight. She held it tightly to her chest with one hand, while I held her other. She started to choke. I held her hand tightly and said, ?Be calm, Bibblita? She said ?Bibblita very calm? Then, with her norn doll in one hand, and my hand in the other, she laid down, drew her last breath, and slipped from the world of Grendels, pain and disease; and into the world of eternal paradise.

I let go of her limp hand and watched it hit the ground. Then I took the sacred Norn doll and put it in the aquatic area, along with all her other favorite things. No norn, ettin or grendel of any kind was to ever enter that area again. Bibblita, lived 10 hours and 33 minutes, was the mother of 16 children, and was my friend.

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Bonus material, a rare surviving picture of Bibblita and Bibble:

I get kind of sad reading this, actually. I get the feeling all my goals of trying to develop ways to feel attached to our creatures stems from stories like this, that remind me that once upon a time it was possible for me to see these creatures as real.

I'm not sure anything I can develop will replace a child's imagination and ability to suspend disbelief, though. >:

Anyway, feel free to poke fun! I won't take offense