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  1. Day 12 The Argument

    "My time is coming soon," said Strawberry, "and I want this pack to be able to go on without me."

    "Of course," said Fang, "we will." 

    "No," said Strawberry, "you don't understand. I want this pack to continue for generations." We may be the only pack left.

    "I'm sure we will," Fang assured, "but what does this have to do with me?"

    "Don't play dumb with me," Strawberry said, "I've seen the way Run looks at you. It has everything to do with you."

    "I'm not the only male in this pack," spat Fang, getting defensive all the sudden.

    "And you think your son is ready?" asked Strawberry.

    "No," said Fang at a growl, "but Run is so young and I'm so old. It wouldn't and shouldn't work."

    "I feared you would react this way. I wanted to see you two happy together, but you don't allow it. So then, age is the only factor? Would it work with someone older?" Strawberry pushed.

    "You mean yourself," Fang jumped on that right away.

    "Not neccesarily-" Strawberry was cut off.

    "So that's what this is about! You pretend to care about Run's feelings, but really that's a cover so you can ask for cubs yourself," Fang spat in a raised voice.

    "How dare you accuse me of such a thing!" yelled Strawberry, "I raised Run ever since her pack perished. She is like a cub of my own. But it's no use letting both of our dreams die just because of your unwillingness to commit!"

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    Run heard the yelling, everyone did, are they in danger? She began to run up the hill.

    "Stop!" called Mimime, and Run turned around.

    "I'll go check on them," Mimime said.

    "But why?" Run said, "If they're in danger we should all go."

    "If they were in danger, my sister would've called us herself. There's a stump up there," Mimime explained.

    "What's the yelling about, then?" Run asked, confused, are they fighting? But why?

    "I don't know," said Mimime, "but I will go check. I'm more stealthy than you, and Stalker needs to keep the cub busy."

    "Fine," said an annoyed Run, what if Fang is in trouble? I want to be there. But she figured there was no use, she trusted Mimime to come and get them if there was something they could do to help.

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    (Sorry this look isn't too in line with the story, but it's the best screenshot of this scene I have. I originally planned a different plot line but I had to improvise when bugs hit)

    Mimime snuck behind the stump, around the side. She listened carefully, making no noise.

    "But it is not because I am unwilling to commit!" she could tell Fang was struggling to keep his cool, just from his voice.

    "I think it is, you are afraid to commit to any sort of romantic relationship! What if it wasn't commital at all?" Strawberry suggested.

    "I am not that kind of male! I'm no stud! I was commited to my mate!" Mimime peeked over the stump to see Fang's eyes aflame with rage, and something else, worry? Anxiety? Fear? Dread, dread and fear.

    "Then it's not commitment, it's being afraid to loose again. But doesn't Run deserve a chance at what you once felt?" Strawberry pushed.

    "Don't pretend this is about Run's feelings," said Fang, "this is still about you. You know I would never go for being with Run, you're still hoping I might chance it with someone I care less about."

    "No," said Strawberry, "I want you and Run to be together. So Stalker can see you happy again, and know what a family looks like."

    "My son is my first priority! Love will only distract me," Fang's voice raised slightly, but nothing like before.

    Then, as Strawberry again opened her mouth, Fang flew at her, claws poised in the air to strike.

    Mimime turned around and ran as fast as she could back toward the others. They had to get up here and break this thing up. They just had to.

     

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  2. Days 9-12 Surprises Encased in Ice 

    The rock ice thing continued to crack until finally the pieces seperated and fell to the ground. When that happened it revealed a carcass, some sort of elk or deer it appeared. Run was so hungry that she immediately took a bite. She shivered, the meat was cold! But she chewed it none-the-less and swallowed. The second bite was warmer than the first, and soon she was chowing down. Fang who was beside her began tearing off meat chunks and throwing them to the others.

    Then, she heard a squeak, she looked up, is there a rabbit or other small animal around? 

    "What is it?" asked Mimime.

    "I heard something," said Run, "but I don't smell or see anything." She took another bite.

    Then, the carcass moved. I must be seeing things. But it moved again. Run backed up quickly, food still in her mouth.

    "Momma?" It's talking! How can that be? Maybe the dead animal came back to life and is after me! I was eating it after all.

    Then it moved again, and a head popped out from under the carcass. Run screamed.

    The head retreated back under the carcass.

    "Run! Why did you scare them?" Strawberry asked.

    "But-but-scared? I'm the one who's scared!" Run retorted.

    "Why? It's just a cub!" Mimime was quite annoyed.

    "A cub?" Now that she thought about it, the head did look suspiciously like the head of a cub.

    "Yes, a cub!" said Mimime, "Now the poor thing is terrified!"

    "What did you do that for?" asked Strawberry.

    Run deflated, completely embarressed, what was Fang thinking of her now? She risked a peak over at him.

    To her surprise, he defended her, "Don't be so hard on her."

    "She terrified a poor cub for no apparent reason," said Mimime.

    "She probably thought the animal was coming alive again to haunt her," said Fang. Not only is he defending me, he really understands!

    "What kind of weird thought is that?" said Mimime, "And how do you know what she was thinking?"

    "Is this true Run?" asked Strawberry.

    "Yes," Run said quietly, it sounds so ridiculous.

    Mimime began to laugh.

    "You don't have to be so mean," retorted Stalker. Run blinked, I didn't expect to have so many defending me. Honestly I don't deserve it.

    "I am sorry for scaring the cub." Run said, then she turned to Strawberry, "Do you think you can coax it out?"

    "I'll try my best," Strawberry said.

    After a few minutes, the cub crawled out again, "Momma?" it asked, more cautious this time.

    "Yes," said Strawberry, "I will be your momma. Do you have a name?"

    "Taisra," said the cub, "momma said name, Taisra. Before bad things."

    Strawberry nodded, "Come on Taisra, welcome to our pack. You don't have to be afraid."

    The cub eyed Run nervously, "Sorry little cub, I didn't mean to scare you."

    The cub scampered behind Strawberry, growling a little bit.

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    It had been a few days since they'd found Taisra, and this morning, Stalker felt cold. His teeth chattered and he felt stiff. 

    "Are you c-c-cold?" he asked Mimime.

    "No, but I bet you are!" Mimime said.

    "I-I'm no-" Stalker decided it was best to be truthful, even as much as Mimime got on his nerves, "How did you know?"

    "There's only one saber at your side, and that's me! You need at least one on either side to be able to huddle and stay warm properly. The snow and cold wind on your one side is chilling you," she explained.

    Now that he thought about it, he was alot colder on the side opposite Mimime. Even the warm pool on his one side couldn't warm him enough because the other side had no warmth at all. "Humph," he said, not wanting to admit she was right, "well, can I move up to huddle with you and Run?"

    "Of course," said Mimime, smirking. Stalker flicked his ears in annoyance as he walked up into the greater throng of bodies. 

    "I want to talk to Fang for a minute," said Strawberry.

    Stalker's father looked surprised, "Go ahead."

    "No, I mean in private," Strawberry replied. Stalker was quite confused, and a bit worried.

    Fang nodded.

    Strawberry turned and said to the group, "Keep an eye on Taisra for me," and to Taisra she said, "stay here with aunt Mimime and your friend Stalker."

    "And scary?" she asked, peering at Run.

    "And Run too," said Strawberry, "she's your sister, remember? She isn't that scary."

    Taisra didn't look convinced, but she nodded. As Strawberry and Fang went up the hill, out of sight, she scampered over to Stalker. "Play?"

    Stalker began to play tag with the cub, putting away his worry about his father. He can hold his own, right?

     

     

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  3. Just now, MOD PUMPION said:

    Maybe she mated with him out of necessity

    (That's sort of the reason, but she didn't even know Fang was dead yet so...Imma say he was a double clawed rogue male, he was sick too so that explains why he'd be a rogue 

  4. Well, it worked! Actually, apparently it didn't even have to be a home island animal, just one spawned in with the command. Though home island animals did spawn as well. I couldn't invite one in so I killed them. I still don't know if I could invite one in after that, but I found a wanderer and I just decided to try it and right away it was fixed. Unfortunately I killed a beautiful home island baby, and Fang died of old age in the process. Also Run got sick from a wanderer and got others sick too but they are all cured now. I had Run breed with a wanderer and will probably say he was a sort of rogue male....same one she got sick from. I know that's low but Fang was dead and I can't imagine she'd ever love anyone else. At least I don't have to delete the save now, and we have a new member.

  5. 13 hours ago, MOD PUMPION said:

    Some might be, you could alternatively send them to home island and recruit a creature there. Though you might have to delete the save instead. Did you make it over a story mode save?

    No, I don't think so. My storymode save has always been slot 1 (or 0). I don't remember all the saves that have been in this slot, but I don't think a storymode save ever was because I've only ever made one. Unless I downloaded and played a storymode save of someone in that slot, but I don't remember doing so. I will try the playeranimal command and hope it works.)

  6. 4 minutes ago, MOD PUMPION said:

    That's the story mode message, what's it doing in sandbox? Maybe that's why nichelings can't breed, it thinks it's story mode? 

    (Yeah maybe, so hopefully inviting in a home island nicheling will fix it

  7. Days 6-9 The Famine

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    Fang was so confusing to Run. When she tried to cuddle with him in the night he pushed her away, hitting her. When it came time to eat, he had given her his portion. He had tried to explain it away by saying he could live with less food, that he had done it before. 

    "Dad, why is there no prey around?" the question cut through Run's thoughts.

    "I don't know why we haven't seen anything, but maybe Strawberry did and that's why she called to us," Fang replied.

    "Yeah," said Run, "hopefully."

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    It took a couple days traveling. Mimime's stomach pain had turned from an aching pain to a sharp one, my body is complaining! Well, it's not my fault, do you think I like to starve? 

    She pushed through the snow now half her height, teeth chattering, bones aching. "Do you see my sister?" she yelled to Fang and Stalker who were ahead of her.

    "Not yet," said Fang.

    Then Stalker said, "Wait-"

    "I see you guys!" Mimime heard Strawberry's voice.

    "Where are you?" called Mimime.

    "Atop a stump," said Strawberry.

    "A stump?" yelled Mimime, confused.

    "Yes, remember Stranger told us about them?" Mimime tried to remember, she did remember Stranger, a large, scarred, tough, yet old male saber who had taught them nearly everything they knew.

    "Ah yes," remarked Mimime suddenly, "I remember now! They make you louder when you stand on them."

    "Exactly," said Strawberry, "and you can see further too!"

    "Did you catch anything?" said Fang, pushing through the snow.

    Strawberry's tone changed all the sudden, "No, nothing. Let's move on from this area, maybe we'll find some prey someplace else."

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    Fang bounded through a meadow, laughing. A reddish brown female ran along-side him. They talked as they walked, but everything was muted, Fang was talking but heard not even his own voice. Yet he was happy, and continued to chatter on. They hunted together. It was exciting and fun, all was well. Until the deer hit the ground, and changed. It was a strange animal with fluff like a Snow Flower, and though Fang and the female ate happily, there was a sudden feeling of dread in the air.

    Then Fang was in a den, there were cubs here and he was joyful for a minute, but something wasn't right. He ran out of the den. He ran faster and faster, and then came the cries for help. He knew he wouldn't get there in time, but he had to try. He saw a group of strange creaures as he arrived at the scene, stranger than the one they had hunted. And as they cleared away, he saw the female. Completely still, drenched in blood. 

    And he was surrounded, sorrounded by the Snow Flower covered creatures bleating, laughing at him. In a rage he attacked one, but it was a mistake. The stranger creatures came again, and tied him up so he couldn't fight them. One by one his cubs died before him, one they killed. Another to a bear, another to a fox, another to other smilodons. Each one reminded him of the reddish female. One more dropped into the icy depths of the ocean. He thrashed about, trying to free himself.

    Then Stalker sat before him, the last one. He was reminded of the reddish female every time he looked at him. Fang had to burry it deep inside, and protect the last cub with his life. The strange creatures were gone now, so were the ropes. Never again. Never again will I love so much, it would kill me to do so. Fang felt the cold wind all the sudden, and the ground beneath him was cold. A female was next to him, Run. But behind him was Stalker, caught by the strange creatures. They threw a stick into the ocean. They had a sharp object on Stalker's ropes. 

    Fang knew what he had to do. He plunged into the ocean, and Stalker was freed. But the bleats of the Snow Flower creatures ran in his ears as he began to freeze to death, and then the strange creatures swarmed him, stabbing him. The Snow Flower animals still bleating. And someone was crying, and someone calling for help.

    Fang sat up, breathing heavily. Run was indeed next to him, and he made up his mind to move. I had a nightmare, it's been a while since I last had one. 

    Run awoke, her own eyes wide as she sat up and looked around, "What's wrong?"

    "Nothing," grumbled Fang, "nothing at all."

    She looked hurt and confused, but he couldn't help her. She'd have to get over her own feelings somehow. Fang's were tormenting him, being pulled every which way. But he had good self-control and a realistic sense about the world. He would not put Stalker in danger by not focusing on him, and he would not put himself in danger of loosing a mate again.

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    The group had been pushing their way through the snow when Run shouted, "Ouch!"

    Strawberry whirled around, worried, "What happened?"

    "It's nothing," said Run, "I just bumped into this large chunk of ice and rock."

    Then came the sound of something cracking, Mimime jumped, "What was that?"

    "It's coming from this thing," said Run, backing up, bumping right into Strawberry.

    "I smell something good," said Strawberry, "where's it coming from?"

    "I do too, this rock ice thing smells like food!" Run went back over to it, and began to dig at it.

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    Also for some reason I got this message but I don't think anything happened.

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  8. Thank you @MOD PUMPION for all you've done to help already! Did you try changing their fertility/age and it didn't work? If so, I'll jump right to spawning in home island animals, if not, I will try those first. It would make since if I could use spawn commands to fix it since spawn commands probably broke it.

  9. 48 minutes ago, Zixvir said:

    subnautica.

    the bladder fish is already pretty questionable, but this makes it hilarious that you EAT one.

    That's actually not where this came from but good guess! I don't remember how exactly this came about. I think my dad mispoke and my brother expanded upon it. You'd think it had to do with online friends or something but somebody actually said (actually sang) this in real life so who knew

  10. The breed icon won't even show up! Not even with nichelings who should be compatable! I'm on the island Long Winter. The breed icon did show up before, but there is multiple things I've done since. I used the increase spawn command on rabbils and ramfoxes. I also used the changeberrycount command. I recently freed a nicheling from the ice. The only thing I have off in sandbox settings is rogue males, but I was able to breed before. Only the banish icon shows up, as you can see.

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  11. Description contains spoilers! Hilight it by selecting the text to unhide it (it is written in white text).

    In this video, Elana finds a wanderer called Kirduk. He is an odd sort, having a claw, and liking to be in the dry desert grasses of the savanna. But he is willing to defend Elana and to accept her unborn child of another male. Elana thinks she may have found a good stallion, but to her dissapointment, he is infertile (or impotent). Meanwhile, the main herd migrates and breeds for what is probably the last time before Tanopri dies. The bachelor herd to the south migrates into a small swamp where they discover poison berry bushes.

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  12. Description contains spoilers! Hilight it by selecting the text to unhide it (it is written in white text).

    In this video I introduce the main harem of zebras. They are led by the lead mare Isisana, who has had two female children so far and is the eldest. Tanopri is the lead stallion, and he hates other males, even his own sons. So he attacks his first son, child of Elana, and though I only meant for him to take damage, he dies cause apparently when you don't specify the cause of command damage the game treats it like predator damage which babies can't survive. After this, Elana hates Tanopri and will not breed with him again and avoids him. Grace leaves her male child with Stripes' son Kirnuku, and thus our first bachelor herd is formed.

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  13. Copied from this thread:

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    The starters start on a penninsula and quickly decide to go inland in search of berries. They are led by lead mare, Isisana. The lead stallion stays in back to protect the harem as they move.20210713202014_1.thumb.jpg.58fba4529414797c965abeaf1152f577.jpg

    We find a berry bush! It's picked clean quickly, providing quite a bit of food. Then, we search for more bushes, moving in our migrating pattern.

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    We breed for the first time, all compatable females the same day. Elana finds a nest first, but she is disturbed by young Grace who has curiously wandered over. She contemplates chasing the female off, but they are close in age and kind-of friends. Grace occupies herself with picking berries.

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    Our first foal is born! A male, though. The lead stallion is not too pleased...

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    After chasing off a rogue male I forgot to get a screenshot of, the stallion comes over; determined to do something about this. Elana stands her ground, protecting her infant son, refusing to move. Meanwhile, the other two females have nested in preparation for their foals.

  14. Welcome to the island of Nissaana I just made that up by squishing together Niche and savanna. 

    The zebras of this island were few and far between, especially after disaster struck, bringing those harems that had developed to ruin. But a new harem has just arrived at the southern port.

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  15. 11 hours ago, Zixvir said:

    BACK FROM ROADTRIP.

    so my gramma attacked me alot during the roadtrip but I'm cool and take martial arts so I blocked attacks.

    and also she shoplifted 2 coca colas and a lays from a subway.

    I tried to stop her but even if I persisted through the fight my mom wouldn't have let me get far enough to do anything about it.

    anyways I'm back.

    UM Is your grandma apart of a crime ring? And what about your mom not caring if her mom steals stuff??? This is a bad family to grow up in

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  16. Days 5-6 When Plans Fail

    Stalker nearly ran into the grasses, but Fang cautioned him, "Don't scare away the prey."

    Stalker nodded and slowed until he was creeping through the grasses. Each step he looked around. He saw nothing except grass. He sniffed the air, grass, ocean, and far away scents. He heard a rustling of grass, and perked up his ears, standing still, but after hearing nothing else he took another step. There it is again! Wait...it's just me. Stalker deflated.

    "Anything?" whisper-yelled Mimime.

    "Nothing," Stalker reported, walking out of the grasses.

    "I don't smell or hear anything," agreed Fang.

    "Let's head back," said Mimime.

    "Yeah," said a quiet and sad Run. 

    Then white flakes began falling from the sky, and when they touched Stalker, he found they were cold, is that...

    "Snow!" said Run, delighted, catching them in her mouth. Mimime rolled her eyes, and Fang cocked his head.

    "Let's get going," Fang said after a few minutes, "we're going to get cold quickly, so stay close to stay warm."

    Mimime's teeth were chattering as she took a step away from the group, then began to run. Stalker was quite confused, before he ran after her and saw she had found a warm pool. Stalker didn't quite trust the pools, but it was her life.

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    Strawberry had reached the burrows Mimime had found. She watched them for a long while, hoping that a rabbit would show, but no success. Both were eerily still. She had eaten her last meat chunk on the way up here, and now she had nothing to eat. She hoped the others had more success than her. The situation was desperate now.

    She saw a nearby stump, and climbed atop it, hoping to spot far away prey. But there was nothing. The others need to hurry up. How can I get them here fast?

    She remembered Stranger had once told them about calling from a stump, it amplifies your sound, and may attract other sabers. Not a smart thing to do unless looking for a mate.

    Maybe the others will come quicker if they hear me, and so she let out a shout, "Hurry up!" That was it, short and sweet. Her stomach growled as she got down from the log, waiting for the rest of the pack to arrive.

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  17. 1 hour ago, MOD PUMPION said:

    Rabbils don't spawn in Long Winter until after the first snowfall

    (yeah I figured that out....the screenshots are still behind. Do they spawn after it stops snowing? How long after?)

  18. Days 3 and 4 Plan B

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    "Keep up!" Fang called to his son.

    Stalker was behind, but sped up in order to catch up to the others. Once he did, however, he was exaughsted. "Can we rest here?"

    "Yes, of course," said Strawberry, "we are now nearby the rabbit burrow, and all we have to do is wait."

    So they waited. A few days passed, it felt like forever. Stalker was so bored, he regretted ever asking to rest. "Can we go someplace else now?" he asked.

    "We must wait a while longer, it takes patience to catch a rabbit fresh out of the burrow," replied Strawberry.

    He looked at his dad, "Can't we go look for rabbits instead of waiting for them to come to us?"

    "Do you hear or smell any? It seems they haven't come out yet," said Fang, "but if by tomorrow none have come up, we'll have to change our strategy."

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    Run saw Mimime coming back toward the group, and asked hopefully, "Did you find anything?"

    "A couple rabbit burrows up this way," she said, pointing and shivering. 

    Maybe I should offer for her to huddle with us...but I don't want to upset Fang... "She looks cold," Run told Fang.

    "I can see that," said an annoyed Fang, then he turned to Mimime, "you can huddle with us if you want."

    "You don't have to ask me twice," Mimime said, squeezing between the two of them, "though I found an even better way to stay warm. There's warm pools all around the place; you're standing right next to one, Run."

    "Yes, we noticed them too, but they look kinda suspicious to us," Run replied.

    "It did seem strange at first to me too, but they're safe and soooo warm! Only problem is they're so small that only one saber could fit in them at a time," Mimime explained.

    "So they're good if you travel alone," noted Fang.

    "Exactly," said Mimime. Why did he lock in on that? Doesn't he plan to always have a pack? Or is he going to leave us at some point? The thought filled Run with anxiety.

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    "This isn't working," Fang told Strawberry, "no rabbits have come out of this burrow yet, and we're running out of food."

    "That is a problem," agreed Strawberry, beggining to worry herself.

    "We should head back to the grassy port, some prey may be hiding there," Fang suggested.

    "But what about the burrows I found?" Mimime butted in, "Somebody has to check them."

    "I'll go do that," said Strawberry, "I'm a good enough hunter to catch rabbits on my own, and I won't get cold as easily. You all head to the grassy port, and huddle to keep warm."

    "I should come with you," protested Mimime. No, it's my job to keep you safe, not the other way around. Though I will be sad to be apart from you, it won't be for long.

    "You stay with the others and make sure everything goes smoothly. Check out the grasses, and if you find nothing head back this way," Strawberry replied.

    "Alright," said a saddened Mimime, "the burrows are that way," she pointed up the mountain.

    "Love you, see you again soon," said Strawberry.

    "Love you too," said Mimime, and then Strawberry turned and headed the direction Mimime had pointed.

     

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