Here's another update!
Sodel has been given the task of avenging Edem and saving the fortress, so obviously she's hauling rocks. I disable all hauling except for item hauling and forbid the rock she's currently holding. Reluctantly, she lets go of the marble, again.
Stodir is relieved for a short while as Avangusil passes out.
What is this! Stodir is missing? So far I've lost two dwarves and one is dying, and it's only the 15th of slade! Will Dur ever see the face of justice!
The caverns have become to dangerous for my dwarves. I order them all to retreat inside.
The brrow also extends into the spire, so that Sodel can reach the weapon, just in case.
Kadol goes to plant seeds, even though the farm plot is offlimits and he is not our farmer. At this point I open dwarf therapist to see what jobs my dwarves have enabled. I then set the jobs how I like them. Kadol is no longer our farmer.
Shem has found her way back in to the fort! She may live after all! Water hauling is now enabled on all my dwarves.
Speaking of which:
The river is flowing again! I just need to extend the burrow and hope the goblins won't notice a dwarf getting the water. Judging by the way they responded so far, they will probably leave us alone.
Kadol lets go of his plump helmet spawn and embarks to save Shem.
Sodel goes to take her to the bed.
Kadol still couldn't get to the water. Apparently, he couldn't get to the water without stepping outside of the burrow. So I order a ramp built so he doesn't have to. Kivish the woodworker picks up a block of marble and goes to build the ramp.
Astesh decides to give Shem water, but since the ramp hasn't been built yet, he probably won't succeed.
Sodel picks Shem up. What a great friend! Caring so much about her that when everything looked so bleak, and everyone thought she wouldn't make it, Sodel helped her! So heartwarming!
Sodel dumps Shem beside the bed and walks away. Well, at least she dumped her in the hospital zone...
Okay, it's time to get our fortress back into shape.
First, Astesh becomes a miner. He will be mining marble until we get a few barrels and free the caverns so that we can to make drinks. We have about 50 drinks left. That will be more than enough.
Second, we make barrels. So that we don't have to do it later. We have a lot of free time on our hands anyway.
Everyone else is busy so we have no third.
Unfortunately we have no picks, so Astesh will be idling.
And since Kivish is constructing the ramp, we have no one to make barrels so Kadol gets carpentry enabled.
Dammit. It's to dangerous to go to the caverns with Avangusil lurking around so I'll have to postpone making barrels.
Wow, we did have picks! Astesh will not be idling.
Cursed dust! But Kivish is outside!
It appeared near the northwestern tower, west of the spire. Hopefully it's far away from us. Though I'm still curious about what it does. Maybe it will get to the goblins on top of the tower.
A troll comes out of the spire as the dust spreads. Perhaps out of curiosity? Is it new to the trolls as it is to the dwarves?
No, actually the troll avoids it, and some other trolls come out and start running in the other direction. One, however is dangerously close to the cloud.
What a lucky bastard! he is standing one tile away from the cloud and it is still not touching him!
A beak dog is covered in dust but nothing is happening to him. At least we know it's not thralling dust.
Kadol has finished the ramp! Now someone can get the water. The cursed dust may reach the river before my dwarves do, bu that's a risk I have to take. since we know it is thralling we can get the water without fearing immediate consequences.
The expedition leader is the one who will save his subordinate.
The dust does do something. The troll is having a fever, though nothing lethal. The beak dog is also okay, just having a mild fever.
Kivishis hanging outside as the dust creeps in.
I don't understand. The burrow has been designed perfectly! At this point I just removed Astesh fro the burrow.
And naturaly, he decides to make a bed. So I remove Kadol from the burrow too. Since I don't want dwarves hanging around outside while the dust is around I remove the part of the burrow that covers the river.
Which is when I realize that the river has no down slopes and the dwarves can't reach it. So I order Astesh to drop the bed and make some down slopes!
The dust approaches our tower and Astesh is still hauling the bed even though he has no furniture hauling and the bed is forbidden.
Kadol goes to give water to Shem but...
After dumping the forbidden bed at the construciton site (and not completing it), he goes eating.
Kadol too goes eating and walks straight into the dust. He gets a fever.
Astesh does the same thing except he completely avoids the dust. A cat right next to him did get the fever though.
Kivish also goes eating. Wonder how that will turn out.
Astesh is eating his plump helmet on his chair in the tower, gloating.
Kivish manages to grab a snack without going feverish, since the mist has receded.
After a long rain, lasting about a week (15th slate - 21st slate), the weather has finally cleared.
After finishing his snack, Astesh takes a drink.
This is apparently consumption season since everyone is going for a meal or a drink, except, of course, Shem!
Also, since Kadol has been stricken by a fever, he will be resting and in need of water too.
My healthy dwarves are sitting outside the tower and enjoying their drink. The mist has receded, thankfully.
Oh no. Avangusil is on the farm plot. I'll just hope it doesn't decide to walk into the tower.
It is going for the stairs!
NO!
There is only one way to deal with this menace!
As Avangusil arrives, so does Usbu. Maybe he''ll help us? We have to try...
I lock all the doors so that Usbu can't go to his hallway. Oh, and by the way, Kadol came into Shem's hospital and sat on her bed while she 's still struggling on the floor. Yep.
Sodel engages Avangusil.
Sodel didn't take her mace! Usbu is our only hope!
Sodel Punches the toad in the guts. She may actually save the fortress.
When Usbu sees the door is locked, he turns back.
Astesh actually managed to sneak behind Avangusil, and is now planting seeds! And the only damage he has are to bruised lungs, Which happened due to alcohol not toads. Two lungs? Um, crap.
Sodel is thrown down the pit. If Avangusil follows it may see Astesh and will go unnoticed by Usbu! So kivish has been selected to keep Avangusil's company.
That fall hurt Sodel pretty bad.
Usbu steps down into the graveyard.
And walks away. Now it's up to my dwarves to save the fortress.
Another cool thing that happened is that when Sodel fell she actually grabbed the wall and remained hanging until she climbed up. I didn't take any screenshots, though, so you'll have to take my word for it.
She then bruises one of it's lungs.
She knocks it unconscious!
For some reason, probably the burrow, Kivish takes the long way around and one of those graveyards to the south are revealed.
And Avangusil woke up.
It doesn't remain awake for long.
Kivish approaches the toad.
After and hour of beating the toad, it wakes up.
And now Sodel dies too.
The future of Cagithoddom remains to be seen, in the next update.
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