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|     Creatures 1 to Docking Station     |
|		Version 1.0              |
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Welcome to the readme for C12DS. As you're probably just glancing at this 
while you wait for the bugger to install, you might want to stop reading.
As this will contain interesting information that may take away from your
highly regarded playtime. WARNING: Interesting content to follow!

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|         From Carrots to Tomatoes       |
|            The C12DS Story             |
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It all started in 2000. I had read some people on the Docking Station
Message boards talking about how they liked the art in Creatures 1 over
the art in Docking Station and Creatures 3. This is when It donned on me 
to create a conversion.

At first I thought of this as a way to increase my knowledge of the CAOS 
language. However, it quickly overcame my skills as a programmer to make.
At this point I enlisted the help of my first team: Apollo, Fizzstickle,
C2BMike, Skywalker and Foster_Mum. We progressed to a semi complete state 
at the time referred to as Beta1. Aptly named after the zipfile from whence 
it came. It was unstable and buggy at best... a hazard to norns everywhere at 
worst. 
At this point we stopped; many factors occured to create the stall. It was
over a year later the Clucky, with a keen sense of programming, came to our
rescue and began finishing what we started.

With the new life of the project brought new members, Don, Skywalker and MNB 
now joined the team. After much trial and tribulation. only Clucky, Don and 
myself took it upon ourselves to finish this project.



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|                A   Toast               |
|             Lacota's  Notes            |
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With the nearly unending list of people I wish to thank, I should start with
you, the lucky downloader of this rather large project. Without you This 
project would have never started. I hope that you enjoy this addon as much as 
we have had making it. 

Now, for the people I'd like to make special note of, in alphabetical order:

Aftran
Alanna
Apollo
Beth
C2BMike
Chani
Clucky
Eem Foo
Data
Don
Foster_Mum
Frimlin
Gryphon
Helen
Hex
Kristin 
Masha
Muffin
Random
Sharon
Skywalker
Speckles
Treesprite
Vadim

I hope you enjoy this addition. I hope that this will inspire others to 
create more and help the Creatures Community become what it once was. 

Enjoy your Stay on Albia.

Christopher "Lacota" Montgomery
C12DS Creator and Creative Director.


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|              Eem   Bibble              |
|              Other's Notes             |
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Apollo says:
   "I'd like to thank everyone that helped out with the C12DS project.  I 
    honestly can't believe that it's already been five years.  I only wish 
    that I could have done more to help. If the C12DS team ever tries to 
    tackle another project, then I'll be glad to help with anything that 
    is needed."

Gryph says:
    "I may not have been around for the full length of the project. I might 
    not be very devoted to the Creatures series anymore. I'm not even 
    sure why I'm on this list. However I'll be around, if the team dares to 
    try making a sequel -- And, uh, hey there, community people.  
    Please don't try too hard to break this thing.  That would make me sad."



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|          Last Shee's Journal           |
|   The Original C12DS Back Story Idea   |
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This was the original idea sent in by Speckles for the C12DS Backstory.




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Return to Albia
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After injecting the C1 world into DS, the tip of a device that appears to be 
hewn of stone appears in the Norn Meso. The device has strange patterns on the 
surface (like the stones of knowledge) and appears mostly buried in the soil. 
The description of this agent reads:
Something buried:

There seems to be something buried here. What could it be?
If a Norn touches the stone object it begins to glow and rises out of the soil 
to stand roughly Norn height. The strange markings appear similar to a heart 
shape as the machine cycles on. The heart lights beat slow and steady. The Norn 
grabs its face in awe and stares at the device (to be known as the Shee Scribe), 
which begins to tell a strange story. 

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Start of 'cut-scene'
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"Greetings, little Norn! I was hoping you would find me. I used to be known as 
the Shee Scribe, but that was long ago. My time is growing short as I haven't had 
anyone to attend to me in millennia. I need to fulfill my promise to a Norn very 
much like you. Your forefathers need your help back on Albia! 
Hundred of years ago when the Shee boarded their vast starship from Albia with 
their favorite species and set a course for a new world, they left behind a 
scientist, as you probably know. The same scientist that built the small ship, 
Capillata! 
What you may not know is that he destroyed our beloved ancestral Albia in his 
haste to catch up with the rest of his race. When he cut through normal time 
and space, he caused several strange things to happen as well. Those are what 
destroyed Albia! How do I know? <chuckles> I was there! I am a recording device 
built to record the revised history of the Shee - wherever their influence may 
be felt.
You see, I am not merely a device, I am as alive as you are. I was also created 
by the scientist we speak of. He was a proud and arrogant Shee - he always 
wanted to prove just how smart he was. 
Watch this, little Norn..."
A hologram appears and displays a pristine panoramic view of Albia which looks 
just like Creatures 1 Albia, except that there is a peaceful looking volcano in 
the distance - the same volcano as in Creatures 2, but before the volcanic eruption! 
The scene transitions to a much less dusty looking Shee Scribe (with a brighter 
heart-shaped light that is also beating faster!) standing outside of what appears to 
be the side of the volcano.
The hologram appears to shake violently as Capillata ejects through the cone of the 
volcano and begins a journey through time and space!
Think black darkness covers the area. When it clears, a sad looking ancient Norn 
named Amy is walking near the Shee Scribe. 
"Me hungry! Me tired!" says Amy. 
We hear the Shee Scribe speaking softly to the old Norn. "The Last Shee seems 
to have upset the ecology of Albia. You are like him in a way, you are the last 
of your kind still alive. I know you can't understand me, little one, but here 
is something that you probably understand!"
The Shee Scribe uses some of its mystical energy to reproduce a small piece of 
cheese. Amy takes the cheese and tries to eat it, but the Shee Scribe can tell 
that she is going to pass on - she's just too old and weak. The Shee Scribe 
creates a teddy bear for her instead and she lays down next to it and... smiles. 
She blinks several times and closes her eyes. She starts to snore. In her sleep, 
Amy passes on.

The hologram disappears. The Shee Scribe starts speaking again:
"Now listen to this, little Norn. There are other events just taking hold that 
I must oversee. I have only a few moments left with you. Before I go, I must
 try to fix some of the damage that the Last Shee has done to your kind. You 
have seen that I am a being of all times, a Scribe of the past and present, 
and the future is being written by you.... <pauses>" 
The Shee Scribe displays an image of the teleporter to the C1 world
Go through this teleporter, my only gift to you, other than your history.
 Go into the world as it was long before the destruction. In there, you may 
find the eggs of the ancient ones. With your help, they can live on forever 
in the new world - the world of the warp. Goodbye, little Norn! <chuckles> 
The beat of the heart-shaped lights slows down and finally stops.
The Norn goes through the teleporter into the C1 World and there is a large 
stone device in the garden with the same markings and a faster beating heart 
light! 
"It is up to you now that I have shown you the way." The machine states.
 "Go now. Search this world now and see what changes I have been able to make 
to help you bring the old ones back. You may find more help here from some of 
my old friends."

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End of 'cut-scene'
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So then later, as a user happens to wait in a particular area, a mist may begin 
to swirl around that forms into a ghost-like figure of an old female banana Norn 
that either says two words as a hint, or points at something.
The ghost vanishes and the rock begins to glow! Is disappears into the ground 
and is replaced by an egg machine and a tattered old book.
The C1 egg machine has 6 C1 eggs inside. They allow the user to select a random 
C1 egg. As the hand mouse over an egg, the gender of the creature is shown.
A book can be found on the tropical island. When you click the book, it opens up 
a window on the screen from here you can turn the pages by clicking on the arrows 
and close it by clicking on the X!
The book reads:
"After years of working in isolation, and only straying from the task for tea and
 biscuits, the warp device was completed! The others had all laughed at my plan. 
Literally jump across dimensions and to a spherical world without leaving the 
comfort of Albia? Preposterous! I had persisted and those long nights of twiddling 
with my machines had paid off. Finally I had a device that would allow the Shee to 
explore the rest of their universe with ease and it was all my own work. I couldn't
 wait to see the look on the others faces.
By then I had spent so many days working in an underground cave that I never 
realised that my fellow Shee had left Albia without me, the Norns are still running 
around happily but there are no Shee. How could they forget ME, their most brilliant 
mind!?! It was I who created many of the Norns in the first place! I remember Ron 
whom I looked after and studied. He was the very first Norn. I created him and 
cloned him. I gradually improved on their design. I single-handedly created the 
beautiful Chichi Norns. Perhaps they left because they could not bide living in 
my shadow!
I have decided to go and find them and prove myself worthy. I wish my Norns luck
 as I can only take two eggs with me and I have decided to take my Chichi norns 
eggs. Capillata is capable of space travel and the time gate may prove useful in 
the future! I will continue to discover new species of Norns and continue my work 
on the Warp. I will leave a few of my possessions behind in order to aid the Norns’ 
survival and then I shall leave this world in search of a better place.
There are no more pages. The Last Shee must have left his journal behind....

