From the Journal of Saint, Empress of the Deeps, Templar Grandmaster, Master of the Void-Wraiths, Overseer of Murdermachines, Favored of Armok
HEMATITE 1, YEAR OF ARMOK 252
Bim's gone gibbering off to her room. Everyone else is keeping a wide berth. This was the only event of note that occurred today.
HEMATITE 4, YEAR OF ARMOK 252
Sent the squads out to get some live training on a few giant sparrows that were nipping at some masons. They got some good training in running, I'll tell you that.
HEMATITE 9, YEAR OF ARMOK 252
I think I know why my host was so fat now. noodle0117 is throwing a party to celebrate.
I will, of course, not attend. Actually, as it stands noodle and AtomicAvocado are the only attendees.
HEMATITE 10, YEAR OF ARMOK 252
Olon made what can be humbly declared the best fucking cage I've ever seen in my life. I mean, wow, that is an amazingly well-sticked-together pile of sticks.
MALACHITE 2, YEAR OF ARMOK 252
Raptor's withdrawn from society. Considering he had the idea when he was carting shit around, I can't say I'm too enthusiastic about what he may produce.
MALACHITE 3, YEAR OF ARMOK 252
Bastard's claimed a craftsdwarf workshop. Yeah, this isn't going to be spectacular.
MALACHITE 4
He's started sketching skeletons and leather. If he makes some sort of living creature out of this, I take back everything I've said.
I think I might be focusing unhealthily on Raptor, so let's take a look at the other most interesting thing in the past month!
Yeah...Bim's, uh...Bimming, I guess.
...
I wonder if I put a classified in Monsters Weekly we'd get another were-ape attack?
MALACHITE 26
Immigrants! Immigrants immigrants immigrants!
Welcome, brothers and sisters in Armok! Our glorious temple nears semi-almost-completion!
Well, we've got the blood-altar set up, at least. I'd pop Bim in through the hole up top first, just to shut her incessant babbling, but I'm not sure if she's too far gone to not set off a cage trap.
Instead...
I wonder how many of these immigrants have friends?
GALENA 1
Well, we all knew it'd happen eventually. The looney wasn't even drinking towards the end! And now the nudist is dead, and the halls are quiet once more.
...I think I'm going to scream if things don't get more interesting soon.
GALENA 9
Dortimus produced a meatshield of his...her...its very own!
GALENA 16
Humans spotted! Their wagons appear to be taking the incredibly long, winding, and inefficient route - maybe they think the suspense will make us more likely to give them a good deal on these damn fine wood cages?
GALENA 17
AWWW YEAH TIME FOR SOME ACTION!
Goblin pedophiles spotted off the port bow! All military squads ahead full.
...
I arrived a bit later of course, as I was out hunting giant mosquitoes with my darling son. You can't catch mosquitos without live bait, after all!
Ah, family bonding...I remember back before the Void, when my father would take me out to hunt the Great Mosquitos with him...he tied me to a tree then, too. Just as I have done for my son. He'll be a Templar one day!
23 GALENA
The wagons finally arrived. Negotiations commence, Jables at the head.
The deals are hard and the prices likely illegal in some of the more tightly-scrutinized bazaars, but we come to an agreement with the humans; they walk off with a good number of rough gems, a masterwork cage, and a few bars of silver, and in exhchange we get a few bins of leather, wild strawberry seeds, and a few picks.
28 GALENA
The altar is complete! Let the test run commence!
I order a cat to be sacrificed to the Stonemaker. I will die permanently one day, I know it, and I want the Halls to be open for once more, dammit!
2 LIMESTONE
Well...at least he isn't streaking.
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Hey, guys, how's that cat sacrifice coming along?
It...it lived.
This is a very bad omen, isn't it?
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