Cilob's Journal, 9th of Sandstone
Phenix struck a vein of Microcline while digging out the bedrooms. Nobody wants furniture made out of the stuff, so I've told the jeweler to practice carving it like gems for a bit. She says she'd rather work on the olivine we also dug out, so I'll let her work on that too.
Young Dakost Mozibducim has come of age! Seems her mother planned it this way, so she'd start her adult life at our new fortress. She still isn't sure what she wants to do for a living yet, and I don't have any pressing need for her yet.
She does seem to be setting in well here.
Now that our 'genius' clothier has figured out how to make charcoal, I've told Phenix to dig out some more of the magnetite. She didn't jump to this as quickly as I'd like. Seems the magnetite is in the middle of an aquifer, and she's scared of flooding the entire lower chambers. She insisted on installing walls and doors to halt any flooding if someone accidentally digs too far and breaches the aquifer.
Far too cautious, if you ask me.
I have also asked Fishybang to set up a trade depot. General Reg is going to be sending someone by the end of the year to check on our progress, so I might as well make them feel welcome.
CoraiUnki was happily cutting wood to make beds in his new carpentry workshop. Cilob had insisted on moving the workshops down into the new stone hall as soon as there was room. Corai missed watching his birdie friends fly past while he was working, but the mechanics workshop where Fishbang sometimes worked was right across the hall, which was nice.
Cilob had told him they'd need lots of beds, with all the children arriving. For some reason Cilob never seemed happy about all the new friends showing up.
Bed was finished, time for another one. Corai ran up the ramp to the main store room. Oh no! There was no wood left! Someone took the last one! Time to go cut some more.
On the way to the trees, Corai passed the white marble trade depot Fishy had built. It was really pretty, just like Fishy.
From up ahead, between the trees, there was a strange buzzing sound! Among the dry grass, one of the cage traps that Fishy had built had caught something. Corai ran forward to see what new friend had arrived.
Cilob's Journal, continued.
A giant mosquito. And guess who gets to tame it. What am I even supposed to feed that thing?