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The Toxic Norn Pack

The Toxic Norn Pack is available for purchase online at the Creature Labs Mall. Like the previous Norn Packs this one contains a whole new Norn breed and a few really cool agents too.

What do you get in the pack?

- Toxic Norns - a completely new breed of Norn with some of the weirdest genetics ever seen!
- Cack-in-a-Box - a toy that dispenses a tasty Toxic treat.
- Toxic Trashcan - so disgusting inside that even the rubbish is trying to escape!
- Macrobacteria - an unusual bacteria / detritus symbiont. Deadly to most Norns, but essential for Toxic Norn health.
- Stinking Stump Plant - not exactly the sweetest smelling plant in the world, but reknowned amongst Toxic Norns as the source of some very delicious detrital delicacies!
- PST-001 - otherwise known as the Trapdoor Bouncer, this bug will creep up on you, just when you thought you'd got away!
- PST-002 - the Trapdoor Slinker always seems to be close at hand.
- PST-003 - this Hoverhook Bouncer will hover and hook your Norns without remorse!
- Toxic Cookie Recipes - if you've got the Quirky Cookie Machine from the Treehugger Norn Pack then you'll now be able to make special Toxic Cookies using ingredients found in the Toxic Norn Pack agents.

What is so unique about their genome?

These Norns have some radically mutated genes which allow them to digest toxins and poisons that would usually kill any other Norn.

They've evolved to eat only the purest of detritus (rotting material) which is present on the Creatures 3 Ark and the Docking Station Capillata, but you can also find it in plentiful supply amongst the cool agents included with this new Norn Pack.

Caring for Toxic Norns

At first, due to the mutations in their genome, these Norns will take some extra care and attention. Once you've worked out what they want and need, you'll find it will become much easier.

But to help you we've prepared a Care Guide which explains more about their strange genetics and how to take care of them. You can find the Toxic Norn Care Guide by clicking here.

The Toxic Norn Story
From the Docking Station Story

The Lone Shee put down his genetic screwdriver and watched, fascinated, as the bacteria continued to grow and divide within his flask. This was unprecedented! He'd been to a lot of strange places recently but that last planet was just so ... well, alive. So alive, in fact, that every inch of the forest floor had writhed and slithered with the movements of a multitude of life-forms. The atmosphere had been damp and humid, and the air thick with the smell of a thousand digestive systems digesting.

As he cast his mind back he was struck by the link between life and death - wherever there is life in such abundance, death is not far behind. Maybe because of this the creatures of this planet had developed a resilience far beyond anything he'd encountered before. The remains of the fallen accumulate and feed the needs of the living, the fight for life goes on.

The Norns he'd collected from that world exhibited major digestive changes - they had grown up (and survived!) in that toxic environment and were capable of eating the detritus that carpeted the floors. Their immune system shrugged off infection that was normally fatal, and allowed them to eat the rotten foodstuffs they seemed to love. They actually showed little inclination to eat the 'normal' food on the Capillata, so he made sure that the plants, animals and other items he brought back from the planet all provided the necessary nourishment for these Toxic Norns.

The relatively sterile environment of the Capillata was no problem for some of the organic specimens, he found that without competition they soon took over and before long covered every surface. He was forced to adapt them for the sake of the other inhabitants, and it was at this point he made a mistake. It was while dissecting a particularly foul smelling plant that a bunch of small spherical things jumped out and bounced across the floor. He tried to capture them but they either disappeared into the solid ground or floated out of reach!

Ever since then these critters had appeared with blatant disregard for his authority and proceed to slink, slither, bounce or float around his ship! Would he ever be rid of these pointless squidgy things?

> Toxic Norn Care Guide
> Norn Packs page

Purchase the Toxic Norn Pack
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