Now with pictures of the journey!
It started innocently enough. I liked how Madexx's blue skin looked on Petopia! Why not get me one? It beat fending off 99 million people for Sambas (And I really feel for anyone camping him. The folks in general ranged from nice to completely awful.

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So there I parked. I'd gather cinderbloom, answer questions in general and so on. It took me a couple of weeks of fairly intensive camping to meet...

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Grimm! I met him about oh, 10PMish? Server. I thought 'fwee~ What luck! Only a couple of weeks!' I love his classic rock look and he's sneaky in pvp.
But something wasn't settling. I liked Grimm. I was grateful to have found Madexx. People were happy for me... But the bug kept biting.
I wanted blue or green! So I went back out and parked. And parked. It's bad when most of General chat recognizes you at this point.

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And along came Malachite! Army scorpid of doom! I just like how earthy this one is. Caught me by surprise one evening (5-7PMish).
Green! O Glorious Green! I had my rainbow madexx!
... right? I did lots of pvp and TB dailies alongside Grimm and Malachite. But something didn't feel set.
So back I go. Just a blue one, I promise myself. I really, really like blue. I kinda went back and forth on it - I felt like a greedy butt-hat for it, since I swore I'd be happy with just a greenie and a black!
... so I put on my butthat and went back to the desert.
Few long, long all night camps later, along came Azure! (thinking of changing the name sometime, but not sure)

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I don't have a whole lot of personality set for this one yet, but I adore how pretty and elegant blue is, gold tip and all. Maybe they like painting?
Well, I'm done! I thought. Then the RNG proved me horribly, horribly wrong. I was out of herbs and not in the mood to fight for whiptail, so I did a lap to grab some cinderbloom, yatta. Suddenly as I start over the wastes, AWWOOOOGAH! A bronzie! I recalled giving one away to a good home, but this one was waving! I tried to call a hunter over, but no one showed interest. VERY WELL. DEHTA would be disappointed and so would I if this beautiful bouncing bug ended up a kill.
So, about 10 seconds later, Caramel! The sassy scorpid. When I saw her spawn, she was waving her pincers without a care. And so she is in this picture! Bronze is growing on me. It has attitude.

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I'm done right? But then I recall homing a red, and seeing a friend's red Madexx... I really like those eyes! And the burgundy color! So elegant!
I'd never even LIKED scorpids until now. Now it's like yay! Scorpid.

And I even see other scorpids as more beautiful now that I see them wave and watch them attack. Funny how that works.
So, with the bug firmly attached to my heart, I set out again. Once more unto the breach! I'd heard the horror stories, witnessed people quietly going insane (Along with me) waiting for their dear Madexx to appear.
... why was I doing this again?
The answer came at about 9:59PM, as I was sadly doing my final lap before bed. That's it, no bug for - WOOOOOOOOOOGAH - and who was that wriggling their pincers and tail as if to say 'Nuh uh! I'm right HERE /wiggle /wave' in the sands?
RED MADEXX. I almost died. I knocked several buttons off my bar trying to target her in a frantic horror (What if someone questing came along? I saw quite a few...! O hurry! Dang where's my tame button!) and ended up landing on the poor bug. Must. Trap. OR TAG. THEN TAME.
And in a moment later, whaddya know.

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Still thinking of a name. Maybe Ruby, Rose, Gemma, hrrrm. The strangest part is, a part of me is sad it's all over. Much as I hate camping, there's a deep satisfaction seeing NPCscan go off and 'There's my baby!'. But that's a very tiny part of me (Alongside with the part that enjoys filing income taxes. HORF.). I am glad to be done with it, aside from aiding others. If I see a madexx, I will find him a good home. I promise that, Mr. Scorpion.