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Chapter 3a, Day 5 – Chance at Freedom Kūta’s throat aches, which isn’t an unfamiliar feeling; but this time it’s mostly from cold instead of his sickness. His paws would probably feel like they’re about to fall off, but he can’t feel them at all, so he can only assume. He can’t help but sneeze every few minutes, and he’s starting to get tired of it; he’s been tired of it his whole life, really, but the cold seems to make his illness worse than ever. Everyone else is already on the shore. It’s probably warmer there. When he finally does reach land, he manages not to stumble until he’s in the grass, but once he’s there he immediately flops down and tries to get warm. It’s freezing on this strange island, and he’s almost as unadapted for cold as Pipiri is; he has fairly thick fur, but he also has a different tail to the others, one that doesn’t keep him warm. It’s several minutes later by the time he’s only shivering every second instead of non-stop and his fur is starting to dry. Kūta groans and hauls himself to his feet, which are tingling as they become un-frozen; a sensation that is honestly more unpleasant then numbness. But he can’t hear anyone else and suddenly he’s scared they’ve abandoned him, so he forces himself to start moving despite the unpleasant feeling. Luckily, a trail of crushed grass points him in the right direction, and a minute later he hears a very loud and unpleasant shouting sound that seems suspiciously like Rōre. Kūta hesitates and then he thinks of bearyenas. Which should probably have made him run the other way, but he breaks into a sprint heading toward the sound instead. What he sees when he tumbles out of the grass and onto a freezing, grassless beach isn’t that alarming, though. Rōre found a treestump – apparently that was why he was yelling – and his loud noise brought a wanderer female to him. There seems to be some sort of argument (or normal conversation, since Rōre can turn just opening one’s mouth into an argument) going on between the three over there, the wanderer staying largely uninvolved by the looks of it, and none of his tribemates pay Kūta any mind; but the wanderer looks briefly in his direction, seeming a bit surprised. She says something to Pipiri, who glances his way – also looking a bit surprised – before shrugging and turning away, maybe to say something. Kūta’s ears flatten and he steps back into the grasses. It’s obvious he’s not wanted over there. As he sits gloomily just before the place where the beach begins and the grasses end, he wishes Pipiri would see him for who he is, for once, instead of for who his parents where. It’s obvious in her amber eyes whenever she looks at him. He can tell what she’s thinking; oh, the half-wanderer. The sick one. The forbidden child. The one who isn’t as good as Mīwa or Shasi. The only one who doesn’t look at him at least kind of like that is Rōre, and what Rōre’s eyes say when they look at Kūta is idiot. At least he can take comfort in that Rōre looks at everyone like that. Either idiot or get lost. And really, that’s not very comforting at all. Mīwa looks at him like why is he here and not Kōri, but that actually makes him angry, because he can handle her wishing he was someone else – someone she loved, and who she’s lost now – but she never looks at him with the slightest hint of guilt. It’s like she doesn’t recognize him as the one whose life she ruined. Maybe she really doesn’t recognize him at all. He’s pulled from his thoughts because he really had to sneeze, and after he does that he realizes that it’s partly because of a weird, pepper-sweet smell that’s winding around him, making his nose itch. It’s somewhat familiar, although he doesn’t recognize it immediately. But there isn’t any threat in it so he decides to follow the smell. Better then brooding, anyhow. It’s only a few bushes’ distance away when he finds the source, tucked away and hidden in the grass. He looks at it for a moment before it clicks; a healing plant! He’d only seen it once before, but they’re very distinctive looking, and paired with the unique smell it’s pretty easy to figure out what it is. More interestingly, there’s crushed grass around it and some of the grass covering the plant has been cleared. Sniffing it reveals Pipiri’s scent, meaning she found it already. More interestingly still, however, is that this particular plant currently has the distinctive and strange orange-ish flower that these plants produce growing in the center. A flower that is known to have very potent healing abilities. And this one is ripe for the picking. Kūta looks at it, and an idea is forming in his mind. An idea that could free him from his illness, for the first time in his life. Chapter 3b, Day 5 – A New Home Sēse had been having a pretty normal morning. Wake up, sniff the air to check for danger, and go out foraging for berries, nuts, and roots. Maybe get a rabbil if she was lucky, but she was normally too slow to actually get one, and her reddish-brown coat with no camouflaging markings made it hard to sneak up on any prey. That day, she’d decided to go down to the beach. It had been a while since she’d gone there; she’d gathered most of the roots and berries on the highland, so there was nowhere else to go, really. The closest nut tree was a good half a day away from her normal sleeping-spot, and she’s getting old; so she doesn’t usually trek over there anymore. Too little gain from a few tiny nuts anyway. Plus, she wanted to check out that healing plant near the best berry-bush she knew down by the sea; just make sure it’s still there in case she ever needs it. She wasn’t aware when she left her nest that morning that she won’t be returning there for a while. If she had known, she would’ve stashed those leftover berries from breakfast much better. But she was in a rush and so she left them lying loosely in her nest as she scrambled over the tree-stump beside it and trotted down to the shore. Sēse’s day takes a turn for the worse when she hears that horrific wailing about a half-hour later. First thing she considers running toward it to help, then she considers running away, then she decides that it doesn’t seem particularly distressed. And then she remembers that tree-stump on the beach, washed up there in the last big storm. And finally she actually hears what the shouting nicheling is saying – something about giving out food – and of course she has to go investigate. She pokes her head out the grass and immediately sees the nicheling causing the noise. And some others too apparently. The one on the stump is pretty odd; one webbed foot, one velvet; strange horns like the ones who came from the savannah port had; dark yellowy fur with a grey mane. Also, he’s currently choking, for some reason, so that’s interesting. The one next to him on the sand is even stranger. She’s a rather unpleasant bright yellow, covered in pale near-pink blotches, and she has two velvet paws; but the strangest thing is her body. Sēse has never seen a creature except fish with a fin like that, in all her life; definitely never a nicheling looking like that. The one who’s just run up and is standing next to the splotchy one, out of breath, is actually pretty normal-looking; big bodied, good for cold, platypus beaked, one deformed paw like those annoying rogue males often have. Anyway, they aren’t attacking her so Sēse decides to check out if shout-nicheling was being honest. “You serious with that food offer?” she asks hopefully… but doubtfully, because who would actually give food to strangers in exchange for, what, giving them more benefits like safety and, she doesn’t know, more food? “Because I’ll take it.” He’s managed to stop choking and is staring at her weirdly. Maybe he thinks she’s being impolite? Should she give a reason? It’s been ages since she’s actually spoken to anyone. Oh, yeah; she’ll pretend it’s about the noise. “Anything to make you stop that racket, honestly,” she adds not very honestly at all. He nearly chokes again (maybe adding that was even more impolite?) but then he notices that very-strange-nicheling is glaring at him with a look that says do NOT offer her those berries, so he jumps down and offers her some berries. “Of course!” His voice – which is much pleasanter to the ears when not screeching – is odd to find here; more of a grassland accent, maybe a bit of an aquatic accent too. She doesn’t remember hearing it often, except… Sēse suddenly remembers the port with tall grass just across the beach, near the healing plant. Aha. She guesses that these three came from there, across the sea… which explains their odd looks and his accent. And also the way they behave. Well, he’s holding berries out to her so she doesn’t hesitate and snatches them right up, stashing them neatly among the spikes on her back. “What was in exchange for those again?” she asks. She can tell he’s baffled by how quickly she scooped up the berries, blinking at his outheld paw and then at her. But he clears his throat and replies, “Oh, well, joining us! Our tribe!” She raises an eyebrow – partly because a tribe with three members is rather interesting to see, and partly because the very strange nicheling looks like she wants to kill him. “I am the leader!” she bursts out, tail whipping furiously. “You can’t just INVITE NICHELINGS TO JOIN OUR TRIBE when you are not LEADER!” Ah, that would explain the look. Although why a three-member tribe wouldn’t want more member is entirely beyond Sēse. Also how come the least cold-resistant of all of them got to be leader. That’s rather baffling too. The loud one glares at his leader. “We need members,” he growls. “And how else are we going to get members except inviting them?” Having cubs together, Sēse thinks with amusement, but decides not to say aloud. Because those two look like they’d rather have cubs with a dodomingo than eachother. She watches the interaction with interest, noting how the well-adapted nicheling says nothing, but glares at the shouty one, backing their odd leader up. “THAT-” begins the not-leaderly leader, and then she stops. Her eyes narrow and she takes a deep breath. “That is true.” Clearly she finds it very hard to admit the other one is in any way right. He smirks. “But you didn’t ask my permission,” she snaps before he gets too smug, and his expression reverts to a scowl. “And you may have just wasted five berries.” “Suuure.” The leader struggles to regain composure before turning to Sēse. “So, do you want to join?” she asks, voice hard. “Because if not, I strongly advise you return those berries.” Sēse considers saying either Well after that little exchange, you’re really lucky that I’m actually still going to say yes! or Of course I’ll join; that was a very interesting interaction and I like being entertained. However, she decides both of those would probably get her flung into the ocean and settles with saying, “I’d be happy to. Thanks for the offer.” Leader-nicheling gives a slightly strained smile. “Than welcome to the tribe- uh. I don’t know your name.” “Sēse. What about you?” “I’m Pipiri,” she replies, seeming proud of her name. Sēse thinks it’s kind of weird but she still says, “Nice to meet you, Pipiri.” “You too,” Pipiri replies with a nod. She turns to the quiet nicheling. “This is Mīwa.” The one called Mīwa smiles. “Hi.” Then Pipiri turns to the shouty one and opens her mouth, but he quickly interjects before she can say anything, “I’m Rōre.” Sēse wasn’t really paying attention, however, because she just noticed another nicheling poking his head out of the grass, across the beach. He’s a bit of a distance away, so Sēse can’t see his expression; but she gets the impression that he knows these three. “Who’s that?” she asks, surprised. “Huh?” Pipiri glances the way that Sēse was looking. Spotting the other nicheling, she blinks, then shrugs and turns back to Sēse, looking kind of unimpressed. “Oh. That’s Kūta; he’s also part of our tribe.” And from your tone, you wish he wasn’t, Sēse observes. She sees Kūta’s head withdraw into the grasses. She decides to ignore it, for now. She’ll probably get to meet him later. Focusing back on Pipiri, something occurs to her. “What’s your tribe called?” And for some reason, Pipiri hesitates. Some expression Sēse can’t decipher – sadness, anger, uncertainty? – crosses her face. She looks down, and Mīwa looks at her with concern, before turning to Sēse. “We used to be called the Tribe of Scattered Isles,” she explains, “but our tribe sort of… doesn’t exist anymore. We just arrived here this morning.” That explains a lot. Like why they only have three – four, I guess – members. “Well, you might want to rename it than,” Sēse suggests. Mīwa gives her an odd look, so Sēse elaborates; “Your tribe. Maybe name it after this island?” Pipiri looks up, taking in the low mountain that rises over their heads. “…I suppose so,” she says, voice quiet. “What do you call the island then?” Sēse puffs up her chest in pride; this is her home they’re talking about, after all. The place she’s lived in since she was a cub and will probably live in until the day she dies. “It’s called the Summer Mountain,” she replies. Author’s Notes: So! I did it, another chapter! Well. Kind of like 2 chapters? I wrote them together, but they’re from different POVs, so I decided to split them into chapter 3a and 3b. We get to learn more about Kūta – who’s also pretty fun to write, poor nicheling – and properly meet our new wanderer friend, Sēse! We also learn some other things. First is that the tribe used to be called the Tribe of Scattered Isles. And second is that the island this takes place on is, in fact, the Summer Mountains island! It’s cold and there are pockets of mountain biome between the grass, but it won’t snow, as far as I know. Also; I have to apologize for the images, which are literally just cropped versions of the image in the last post! I didn't take a bunch of pictures for this playthrough, but having a few is better then none I suppose, so these are what you get. Well, that’s it for now. If all goes well, Chapter 4 should be posted tomorrow. Hope everyone is still enjoying this though! I’d love to have some feedback – like what did you or didn’t you like about the characters, do you think there’s anything I could change or improve, etc.? Thank you in advance if you do give any! Bye! ❤️

Chapter 2, Days 1-5 – Denizens of the Mountains Content warning: POV character being bitten by a leech, mentions of blood. Note: the day counter in the title will be for the in-game days. By this point in the game, it had been 5 days since we started, but in the story it’s still only their first day on the new island! Rōre hangs back as Pipiri, Mīwa, and Kūta hesitantly start wading through the icy waves toward shore. He’s still fuming with rage after the conversation held between the four Nichelings, his mind filled with frustration at Pipiri’s arrogance. I can’t believe the nerve of that stupid brat! Just because she’s the daughter of our former leader she’s soooo special, and now she’s our new leader apparently! He grinds his paws down into the silky, chilly sand beneath him, and as he often does, wishes he didn’t have such useless forepaws as he does; one webbed, one velvet – the same as both of Pipiri’s paws. It only brings him further frustration that he holds any resemblance to their supposed new leader. Thanks a lot for the stupid genes, Mom and Dad. And the thing is, he doesn’t even feel guilty for thinking like that. He’s sure some Nichelings would be all shock and horror at having venomous thoughts like these. But he can’t control his parents’ actions, so he shouldn’t have to suffer for them – and he does, every day! Like Kūta, actually; the only one of the other three Nichelings that Rōre can find the smallest bit of sympathy for. A forbidden child, he’s lucky to even be alive, nevermind the fact he’d actually been raised in the tribe and not banished. Still, he lives with the consequences of his parents’ actions every day, too; being sick, for one, and being an outcast – it’s obvious from the look in Pipiri’s eyes whenever she regards Kūta that she holds no respect for him. Talking of that brat… “You coming?” Pipiri yells over her shoulder, annoyance clear in her voice. For some reason she decided to stop and wait for him, standing shoulder-deep with waves washing around her about halfway to shore. Kūta is a bit closer to the island Rōre’s on, with his head buried in the water for some reason… Oh, he’s… eating shells? Whatever. Meanwhile, Mīwa is pressed against Pipiri’s side, clearly to keep her warm, like she thinks she’s so great for being a blindly loyal idiot. Rōre nearly got distracted with hating them again. And now Pipiri’s staring at him like he’s stupid, ugh. “YES,” he shouts loudly, partly to be rude but partly because the waves are making a ton of noise, and then he leaps into the water with a splash. He didn’t realize, but it’s deeper then it looks, and he stumbles, his head slipping below the surface. There’s a lot of splashing and a bit of swallowing water before teeth grab his scruff and yank – hard. He surfaces, choking and coughing, to find Pipiri standing over him, unimpressed. He’s surprised she bothered to come running over and help him. Rōre pauses. He can’t bring himself to thank her. And anyway, he would’ve been fine on his own. So he just narrows his eyes and brushes pointedly past her- Only to immediately feel something else chomp onto him, and this time it isn’t a nicheling. “OW!” he yelps, leaping backwards and frantically trying to look at his shoulder, where the thorn-sharp pain is coming from. He finally manages to get a look at it and groans. A fat, tan-colored leech is clinging to him. He unsuccessfully bites at it several times, his teeth always snapping shut on nothing but air and stray tufts of fur, before giving up. “Can someone get this thing off?” he growls, his voice cracking a little at the end because OW, that actually really hurts. He turns, gritting his teeth, and finds Pipiri staring at him in disdain. “Not until you thank me,” she snaps. “Thank you?” Rōre feigns confusion, not very well due to the fact that he has a leech trying to eat him and it’s not fun. “Whatever for?” To his pleasure, Pipiri actually loses composure. “YOU KNOW WHAT FOR!” she yells at him, slamming a paw down in the water like a cub having a temper tantrum. He narrows his eyes as water splashes over his face. He was going to keep it up a bit longer, see how angry he could make her – but he suddenly feels another sharp prick of pain from the leech in his shoulder. And the water’s so cold he can barely feel his paws. So, he decides to just do what she wants, so she can get the stupid leech off already. “Fine. THANK YOU.” Pipiri stays glaring at him for a second, but apparently the murderous look in his eyes gets to her because she soon leans forward and pulls off the leech with her teeth. That hurts, too, and he struggles not to yelp, but after a pause and a lot of blinking he feels better. He realizes Pipiri is licking the wound now, cleaning off the blood; he waits a second longer, until it’s not so sore anymore, and then pulls away from her. She makes a face, and then dips her muzzle in the water to clean off the traces of blood. Rōre watches her for a second, and then decides it’s more trouble then it’s worth to not show gratitude. “Thanks,” he says, shortly and not very sincerely, before suddenly shivering from cold. The shore looks really far away, and he’s wasted enough time with all this, so he starts moving toward it. “You’re not very welcome,” Pipiri mutters behind him. He ignores her, breaking into a trot… or trying to; it’s apparently impossible to move faster than a walk in water this deep. After embarrassing himself with a lot of splashing and near-falls, he gives up and just walks instead. And he STILL makes it to shore first because Kūta is busy eating more shells and Mīwa decides to be ‘noble’ or whatever and wait for Pipiri so by the time they catch up, he’s already clambered out of the freezing water and has shaken his coat dry, and now he’s moved into the grass where there’s a bit less of an icy wind. Pipiri and Mīwa are the next to climb out of the water. Pipiri is shivering badly, her teeth chattering, while Mīwa appears supremely unaffected by the cold but is watching their oh-so-great and oh-so-cold leader with concern. Kūta is floundering towards shore, sneezing every few seconds. Rōre is so busy glaring at him that he stumbles into a berry bush. He jerks back, furious, and raises a paw to destroy the stupid smug thing before remembering oh, we do actually need food, and also he’s weaker then a MINNOW so if he tries to destroy the bush he’ll just squish their much-needed berries and also embarrass himself. So he doesn’t bother to try. He just starts picking some berries with his velvet paw instead, quietly fuming at the injustice of having dumb paws and no food. After a minute, Pipiri joins him, pointedly staying on the far side of the bush. He ignores her. “Hey, look here,” Mīwa suddenly calls from the grasses nearby. Rōre’s ears prick up and he leaves the bush – which is mostly without berries now, anyway – brushing past Pipiri as he trots in the direction of Mīwa’s voice. The berries he gathered are tucked into his fur (which is how most nichelings carry things), so he doesn’t have to worry about leaving them behind. He hears grass rustling behind him and guesses Pipiri is following. He pushes through some grass and comes upon Mīwa, standing beside some moss-looking thing in the grass. “See, it’s-” she begins, her tone oddly excited, before realizing who it is. “Oh. Hi, Rōre.” Her tone goes from pleased to disdainful in seconds. “Right here,” Pipiri says, poking her head through the grasses and very un-subtly pushing Rōre out of the way. “Oh!” Her eyes light up. “Is that a permanent nest?” A… NEST? Trust these idiots to get excited about a NEST. Rōre rolls his eyes and turns away, brushing through the grasses. The voices of Pipiri and Mīwa get fainter behind him, and he can only barely hear them when he suddenly stumbles out into the open. He finds himself standing on a grassless stretch of shore, grey sand covering most of it with patches of hard dirt or cold rock. The wind is stronger here, and he shivers. He pauses, and is about to move back into the comparative warmth of the grasses, when he notices something. A tree stump! He’s seen them before, and he knows that they can be used for attracting other nichelings. Should he do it? The tribe could probably use more members… then again, more members need more food, and Pipiri would be furious. Of course, once he has that thought, he has to do it, so he breaks into a run, heading towards the tree-stump. “Hey! What’re you doing?” he hears someone shout from behind him – sounds like Pipiri. Of course, he doesn’t slow down. A moment later, he’s near enough the tree stump to take a flying leap, landing on it neatly… and nearly sliding off due to his velvet paw and webbed hind legs slipping on the half-frozen wood. Luckily, he manages to regain balance before anything embarrassing happens, settling his paws in a comfortable way and fluffing up his coat to protect it from the freezing wind. Then he clears his throat and tips up his head. And starts yelling. “HELLOOOO! ANYONE AROUND? WE’LL GIVE YOU FOOD! IF YOU JOIN US!” Out the corner of his eye, he sees Pipiri, who was running after him, cover her ears with a grimace. This gives him inspiration and he yells even louder. “HELLOOOO! WE-” Then, to his surprise, a strange nicheling stumbles out of the grasses. Rōre chokes on his next shout and it takes him a minute to recover, at which point he just sits and stares at her, probably looking like a startled crabbit. He didn’t actually expect it to work. “You serious with the food offer?” the nicheling looking up at him asks, her voice hopeful but somewhat dubious. “Because I’ll take it.” After a pause, during which he still says nothing, she adds, “Anything to make you stop that racket, honestly.” (Ignore that she has her back turned; it’s the best photo of this scene that I have. Also, yes, Kūta is next to a healing plant in the background. Pipiri actually found it just before following Rōre to the log, but Rōre doesn’t know about that, so it’s not mentioned.) Author’s Notes: Hey everyone. So, Chapter 2 is here! In this chapter, we discover that Rōre is really not a very nice Nicheling. He’s a jerk, honestly. Which actually makes him pretty fun to write, but I don’t think Pipiri appreciates it very much… We’re also introduced to a new nicheling, a wanderer! I’ll tell you her name; it’s Sēse. But you’ll have to wait until the next chapter for further information on her Next chapter might be from the perspective of Kūta, but it might be from the perspective of… someone else. *secretive music (whatever that means)* Also, on the topic of posting schedule for this; I want to post every day if I can. Since I didn’t post yesterday, I’ll try and post two today. That’s it for now. Hope everyone is enjoying this so far! Bye! ❤️

Have some dream SMP designs

Hello there!

*drops and runs*

I'm glad you can see where everyone is coming from; that's what I was hoping to achieve so I'm glad it works!! Unfortunately I can't promise children very soon, but after the next chapter or two there'll likely be a time-skip since there's a while where not much happens. Also thank you for being my first reply on here haha, I appreciate it! And everyone who has reacted so far too. Very glad people are enjoying this!

Maybe the frozens and burnings can unite against Onion's newest tribe. Yay for Tiger's Eye doing the right thing!

Alr so my sister wanted to make something so we made a storm pokemon. I may make a baby pokemon version of it cause it seems right. It's based off a golden eagle. Not supposed to be op, honestly rlly smol lol, minimum wingspan for golden eagle is it's size. raigul [ray-gull]

Honestly I kinda like Rore. But I think I like Kuta the best. I don't dislike Pipiri, though. I understand wgere everyine is coming from. I'm shipping Kuta and Sese (or maybe Sese and Rore cause he must have le heirs), but as long as any children happen soon I'll be happy! Great playthrough! The images are few and far between but with all the text describing the story they aren't really needed. With how long it takes to get through you may want to do a time-skip at some point

I think I missed this by a bit, but we hit 5.2k views! This honestly feels surreal. I expected to get maybe 700 views, if lucky. But 5.2k? Holy. Crap. Tysm everyone for getting this little idea I had to this point!!

*SCREECHES IN EXCITEMENT* AAAAA Okay okay. this is amazing. I love this playthrough I'm starting to really feel sympathy for Evergreen. And TIGER'S EYE YES!!! GO!!

Yay! Great job!! Yeah, I feel like adult stage is a bit brief (especially as pregnancy is at 3 days). Should I change it, or would you rather I don't since you've already finished? If I did, I would make it 29 days instead of 23. Also; you have some pretty nichelings! :0 I really like the teen with violet eyes (violet eyes are my WEAKNESS) and the pregnant female (Also, sorry for the late response. Busy writing chapter 3 in Those Who Remain!)

Fight Fire with Fire The post you've all been waiting for! Evergreen heard a low growl from above. She looked up, and to her horror, Firecracker and some other nichelings she didn't recognize were looming over her. The rest of the Frozens backed up, looking at Evergreen in confusion. Laika stepped forwards and hissed at Firecracker, her gaze set on Evergreen reading, "You had one job!" Firecracker: "Ah, Evergreen. You thought you could replace me by simply killing me?" She glared down, before adding, "And Emu." Evergreen wondered if Firecracker didn't care about Emu by her tone towards him; maybe she just wanted power. And she clearly didn't care about Parrot. "You what!?" Fearless glared at her, snarling and hissing. "What the hell is wrong with you? You lost the vote! You're not the true leader, and you never will be!" Remembering everything Laika and Almond had drilled into her head, she tried to think of how she wasn't obligated to be the leader, but she couldn't; it was everything she was told. Fearless' words had stung like the acidic venom she shot onto others. "She is the true leader!" Laika snarled at Fearless. "How else can she avenge her Father and live up to familial legacy? Only children of the leaders should be the next leader, not siblings." Evergreen wondered if she really deserved to be the true leader. Actually, if she wanted to even lead anyone. . Suddenly, Firecracker charged off the stump. Evergreen had barely any time to react, and pulled herself up to block her vitals; she could feel pain fly across her eye, and she recoiled backwards, a long scar from under her chin reaching up over her eye. Wiping the blood off her fur, she stared up at Firecracker, who flexed her bloodied claw maliciously. She just wanted power. She doesn't care about anyone. When I die, I'll tell Emu that.. Firecracker reared to attack Evergreen, and she shut her eyes, waiting for her crimes to catch up with her. But then- "I'm sorry Firecracker, but I won't let you kill my sister."

100 days have passed in Jungle Gate, these guys are very inbred I feel like the adult stage was too brief, I had to make sure they had children immediately. At some point I gave up on remembering who was related to who, which is unusual for me. I don't know why I didn't breed nichelings of different gens. So yeah, surviving gen 7 and gen 8 are here. I had bad luck with immunities and gender ratio, though I also ignored wanderers since they mostly came when everyone was taken or a teen. Every single rouge male had K immunity I swear.

Gen5 is doing better now, except that my son Maine and his half-brother Wax are single

Gen6: *is born* The game: You have unlocked normal blood clotting. Me: Uh????

Thank you for sharing again! It's really fun to hear about haha! Also... I don't know why I found that funny- Oh no, I hope not! That would be terrible. I wish you luck!

the idea of the Tree Gang as a possible threat is really cool, and I love the Prish-Pine-Puddle dynamic

Prish looked at his best friend Pine. He wasn't the most beautiful of nichelings, but Prish didn't care about appearances. He was kind, funny, supportive, loyal, gregarious! Okay now he was going to chat with him, about... something? Oh no he didn't think that through. Should he ask his mother? No no, she's busy guarding the kits. Oh come on! He can talk to his best friend! Now, let's approach Pine. Try to get him to start the conversation, so that Prish doesn't have to improvise! Slowly approach- Puddle came out of the shore and started talking to Pine before Prish could reach him. He'll just wait for their conversation to be over, it would be rude to interrupt. ... They are still talking. ... How long has it been? ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! ... Well, he'll talk with him tomorrow! Yeah! That... will definitely happen! Prish screamed internally. What if because of this Pine got with Puddle and they had 40 children and forgot about him? Why couldn't she have been taken by that bird- Oh. He really thought that about his own sister? Perhaps he deserved being alone forever... Pine would hate him if he knew what he really felt about everything... He really didn't have a chance, did he?

I accidentally gave Prish a sliver of personality, might make a post to show it and develop.

this one gives me happy chemical

they :))

let the artdump commence

posting an animation meme here cuz why not could be better since it’s my second ani i’ve done so far but oh well whatever edit: this is like the first part the actual meme itself is 40 secs or smth IMG_1964.mp4

Its Graystripe. It took me like 12 hours to make.

I think I'll join

I am done with my turn! Will post screenshots and save file when I can. Putting down some challenges/reminders for next person with savefile before I forget. Kuku took some unfortunate damage from a bearyena (which he then obliterated) shortly before we left. He is low on health and as such you should breed him and his mate as much as possible and try and find a healing plant for him. Also maybe try and sheild him in case a predator attack if possible. That being said, he won't be easy to protect as he likes to hunt and will try and protect those he cares about. Only his mate and his adoptive brother Moaroara may be able to talk him out of it. Though he is smart and will likely try and have other strong members help him, he probably won't try and fight predators on his own. Is also respected by most everyone. I have used gems to mark family lines and breeding pairs. If a nicheling has one or 2 gems that arent green its simply their family line marked. If a nicheling has 3 colored gems then the other nicheling with those colors is their mate. Eli likes to hunt and fight. She also likes to explore. She's often impulsive and headstrong. Her mate Garnet is good at fighting and has a tender heart. He's protective but also wise. He doesn't go looking for trouble but will sacrifice himself for the sake of the group. Garnet is able to convince his mate not to do something stupid sometimes, amd she may also listen to Kuku since he is strong. Also, these two should breed soon to prevent one of them dying without passing on their genes because I think their personalities make them prone to it. Quinn Jr. doesn't like the barren rocks of the mountain at all. But he ventures out of the grass from time to time to dig roots. Was first coaxed out by Kuku. Kappa is Kuku's mate and she loves him dearly. She fears he is weakened by the bearyena encounter and will soon die. She is eager to have children. She also has a great love for water and hangs out near the shore alot. Moaroara is the explorer. He knows alot and his speed and knowledge. are appreciated. He doesn't mind the boring task of gathering berries or putting his life on the line to protect the tribe from predators. The only child of Makiia, abandoned by his mother, he was adopted by Retare and shares a brotherly bond with his adoptive brother Kuku. He has no mate at the moment, but is certainly not opposed if he finds the right female. Raella is the fishy miracle child that was "picked up" to be brought to the other side of the island. Moaroara is the one who picked her up and as such he practically raised her. So she views him as her father and sticks closely to him. He loves her like his adoptive mother loved him. She isn't very close to Eli, though she has seen her before when she was a baby and their mother was alive. Chie was raised by her sister Yukiko. She is sad her sister didn't want to come to another island, (Yukiko loves the swamp where she was raised and didn't want to leave). Chie is a bit clingy to Kuku atm cause he is the one who took the poor child hunting. She is tentative and a bit shy. She isn't very good at hunting but still wants to succeed in it because of her heritage. Rufus and Swan are in love and care about eachother. They are a mating pair expecting their first child. Swan dove right into the icy water to find food, (she didn't like water early in her life but has developed the love of it swimming near the port with her father, Bear). Rufus doesn't like water, especially cold water, but will do anything for Swan so he dove right in after her. Swan and Rufus are quite practical and focus on gathering food. They are the only tribe members who enjoy berry-gathering. Rufus is also the official bug-eater now that Yukiko is gone and will come help his tribemates should any bugs need eating. They will defend eachother and will also come help and defend Kappa if neccesary. Kappa and her sister are quite close.

That's what i'm doing currently

Neither does Prish

I would too normally, but I decided to make it this way so nichelings can have a max of 8 children; because this challenge is about evolving I wanted to make it trickier I guess? But I think it is a bit too hard (my attempt at doing it failed miserably haha...) so I'm likely going to lengthen it even more honestly. Maybe to 41 days? That would give an average of... Probably around 8? and max of 12 offspring per Nicheling.

with pregnancy being 3 days I would make adults have at least 50

i want join 👉👈

anybody still down for this? id definitely be open to it, but idk if were all just over this by now lol

yhello

Hello! Welcome to this cursed land! I'm the local squirrel that screams about either hermitcraft or dsmp hope you have a nice time here :DD

I will now call you Terrence, or terry hello.

hello new person :)))

Yoooooooooo Friend:DD

sure

Nope, you use the whale island port to go straight to it then stay there until you reach 100 days on that island, to give your creatures a chance to adapt to it!

Adorable bab~ If you can get her over to the port fast enough without the moveoccupant command, then definitely bring her. She is baby. I feel like using the console commands would be cheating . . . but those are good genes, and we don't wanna waste food on babs that we don't need too. Hmm, maybe just for going to the ports we could use moveoccupant if the nicheling we want/need is too far away/too young to get there faster/our turn is ending? How about we have one use of moveoccupant per turn? Also, is your screen okay? It looks like it died a little bit . . .

@Modiano @SafiraCoyfolf @Mothpool If I cannot bring the fishy I will have to bring another creature with decent genes near the port. I would like to complete my turn today either way, so let me know soon.

How does this work? When you leave whale island do you have to migrate until you reach your randomly generated island?

So, I'm trying to get to the next island before my 25 days is up (and before we waste any more food on nichelings who aren't coming). I have carefully selected all the nichelings to bring to the next island. I am 3-4 days away from having used all 25 days in my turn. (Also no internet rn so I'm using my sister's unlimited data phone to msg this to u.) All look like they will make it, except one baby on the far side of the island. I would like to bring them because of their good genes and because they are a child of Memela and Priddukir (and because their fish face looks cute and if I don't bring them nobody with gills will come). I would like to use the move moveoccupant command to have an adult "carry" them to the ports. But this would be cheating and may break the challenge. What do you guys think? Pic of their genes:

No, probably a glitch. This post is only covering what happened with Fire Opal, Dodo, Bronze, and now Jay. Next post will cover either what Onion and Fire Ruby did or what Tiger's Eye and Evergreen did.

Adika regrets disowning her daughter and makes up with Rusty. The child is named Puddle and a sibling is on the way A gorgeous daughter is born from Glory and Dusty Cheeto, she is named Tais (I wonder why) Arrow returns to the main camp and requests to talk with Adika. Rusty notices she is pregnant and asks who the father is, Arrow just stares at his soul. She will talk with the Alpha tomorrow.

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Setup Multipliers You can set the age setting multipliers however you'd like, but it must add up to 50 days total. Pregnancy is void. Damage multipliers are all set to 100. Healing is 0. Genes You can start with as many nichelings as you'd like. All must have randomized everything; gender, genes, age, etc. The only two things that can be set is name and fertility. You are required to have no fertility for all nichelings. World Disable nests and dodomingos. You don't need them. Gameplay Start with 50 food and 0 nesting material; blind genes. Rules - The tribe must always have 0 fertility. When inviting in a new nicheling, set their fertility to 0. - The tribe needs to stay separate. If a nicheling goes in seeing / smelling / hearing range of another nicheling, they will fight. roll to see who dies. When a new nicheling shows up, they have 2 days to get away from whoever invited them in. - Since each nicheling is separate, they must gather food for themselves. Use gem colors to signify how much food each nicheling has collected (green means they haven't collected food, orange means they have enough for the day, blue means they have enough for 2 days; the next day, set their gems to orange) 6 pieces is the maximum they can store. If a nicheling fails to collect enough food, remove ten pieces from the food storage and give said nicheling sleeping sickness. Once the sickness is gone, they have a day to collect, and then the process may repeat. When the sickness is there, food keeps vanishing. (so the tribe can be dragged down by one bad apple) Good Luck!