Today was Tavros Nitram's fifth wriggling day. This came without much fanfare, like all other wriggling day before it. However, this wriggling day was special to him. This was the wriggling day he had been waiting sweeps for. The day that he could begin his adventures he's been waiting sweeps for.

Tavros's respiteblock was filled with posters and plushies of Fiduspawn related items. Since his wrigglerhood, he was obsessed with these things. His lusus was the gym leader of the Town of Rock and Roads, after all. Well, he didn't exactly have a lusus. The trolls that lived for Fiduspawn were raised by other Fiduspawn players, ensuring the rightful instruction of new players. Because of the numerous gym responsibilities that his lusus held, Tavros almost never saw him.

He flipped through his Encyclopedia of Fiduspawn he received during the last Twelfth Perigee's Eve. He wasn't exactly looking forward to lugging around this gigantic tome all around Alternia. It was one of the many necessities of a breeder, though. Unlike other trolls that began their adventures to fight alongside their Fiduspawn, Tavros decided a long time ago he wanted to be a breeder. He imagined how horrible it would be a fighter, considering his strong bond with the beasts. Some of his friends ranted about how wonderful of a fighter he would be, considering Tavros had the ability to commune with the various Fidubeasts. But he couldn't bear to make them do such barbaric things! Instead, he would force them to breed with other beasts, destroying their free will to find a mate of their own. It was much less barbaric than fighting.

He turned on his husktop and ran through the names on his Trollian. Many of his friends hadn't talked to him in weeks; this didn't worry him too much. They were all probably working on their adventures. He was just a little disappointed that they hadn't sent him any airmail or something depicting their journeys. One of his main priorities on his adventure was not only to raise and breed his beasts, but also to find his old buddies.

There was one person on, though. Before he could open up a chat window and talk to them, she opened one first and started typing.

:33 hi tavfuros!

nEPETA,

hI THERE,

yOU ARE ACTUALLY THE ONLY ONE HERE, aNYMORE

:33 i know! its really furustrating

:33 but youre leaving tomorrow, right?

:33 im going to miss you!

yES, i AM LEAVING, bUT I THINK I'LL TRY TO KEEP IN TOUCH,

yOU KNOW,

bECAUSE I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE, lEFT ALONE BY OTHER PLAYERS,

:33 you dont have to do that!

:33 i know you n33d to go have fun on your own for right now

:33 and im leaving in a little while, you dont have to worry about me

aRE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

:33 im

:33 pawsitive

oKAY I WALKED RIGHT INTO THAT ONE,

:33 h33 h33!

:33 when i start on my journey ill fly you over some mail

:33 and arrange to m33t in purrson, right?

aBSOLUTELY,

:33 alright! go get some sl33p, tavfuros! you have a long adventure ahead of you!

:33 s33 you soon!

She disconnected shortly after that, before he could say goodbye. But she was right, sleep sounded pretty good.

The phone rang from the wall, and Tavros walked over to pick it up. It was his lusus! A big grin grew on the troll's face as he spoke to him about his plans for adventure. First he would go around the whole Beta region and collect every Fidubeast that would serve him well. He expected that this would take about a sweep, but his lusus corrected him and said it could take maybe three, if he was going at a reasonable pace. There were also some great nuggets of advice from the man, saying that Tavros would get so much more ground covered if he found a couple of aspiring Fiduspawn Masters to tag along with. Tavros nodded and promised he'd try to find a couple comrades. He told him about his initial plans about finding his online buddies and talking to them, which seemed acceptable to his lusus.

His lusus told him to go to Professor Scratch's office first thing the next night. Tavros agreed, and promised not to oversleep. He said his first destination would be the gym at the Town of Rock and Roads, and said goodbye. He put the phone back on the hook.

Tavros glanced at the clock, realizing how late it was. It wouldn't be any use to sleep in and miss his chance of getting a wonderful starter! Well, it wasn't as if some of the starters weren't wonderful, but he wanted to choose himself. Tomorrow, he would walk to the Professor's house, and he would be blessed with his first Fidubeast! Tavros got into his golden pajamas and leapt into his recoopracoon. This was going to be an exciting life, he thought to himself. It was going to be so sweet.