Albia Amazonia

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ALBIA AMAZONIA
by JayD

Story
One star-filled night a norn emerged from the safe confines of the
Incubator Room to enjoy the cool night air and watch the stars
twinkle in the heavens. The Hand watched as the norn took the
elevator to the surface and smiled. The Hand flew to the other
side of the world to get this smart little norn a tasty bouncing
fruit from the Cornucopia Bush that still had some hanging from its
branches this spring season. Meanwhile the little norn sat on the
sand and watched the stars. Suddenly one of those stars seemed to
grow brighter it seemed to our little norn stargazer. Yes it did
grow bright and it also moved. The norn continued to watch this star
and he realized it wasn't getting brighter, it was getting closer.
The norn climbed up the platform on the dead tree for a better view.
A few minutes later the star fell like a burning boiky ball onto the
desert sand. Excited and curious the norn jumped down the platform to
get a better look. Around this time the Hand came back with a handful (hehe)
of fruit. The Hand saw the falling star but didn't realize it fell so
close to the little norn. The Hand arrived just in time to see the little
norn get within reaching distance from the fallen star, which now burned
itself out and is now a smoldering black rock. The norn reached out to
touch the object saying, "push dat". The Hand yelled, "No, push dat NO!!"
Norns being stubborn, ignored the Hand and pushed the rock. At the norn's
touch the rock cracked open and a pink mist started to seep out from the
crack. "NO!!" the Hand yelled, but it was too late. The norn breathed in
some of the pinkish mist and then he fainted. The Hand flew to the norn to
try and revive him. When the Hand reached the norn, he was already getting
up, but the Hand noticed that the norn was no longer a he but a SHE!!! The
norn looked the same but now it is a female. "What do you have to say for
yourself?" the Hand angrily said to the norn. "Okra doh.." was the reply.
The Hand picked up the strange rock and threw it into the ocean. But the
damage has been done, within a few days all male norns transformed into
females. The Hand tried many things to reverse the affects to no avail.
Worried that the norn population would die out, the Hand made a magic stone
that will make new norns to replace the old and dying. Over time the Hand
came to like the new all female world. The Hand officially named the new
Albia, "Albia Amazonia" and wondered if it should paint it fingernails.....

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