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[TD1]

Sees menacing vampire. Casually tosses a rock and blows his head up. And everyone always asks why I like dwarf fortress

[Sappho]

To be fair, I did throw about 100 rocks at him before he went down. You'd think he would have grown curious about all the flying rocks. He even dodged a few of them. But he never saw me.

Just played a few more game days and took plenty of pictures. Will probably write tomorrow. Exhaustion from my last week at my horrible job. : /

[Moon Label]

Sign me up, please. I have an itch to do some storytelling.

[Sappho]

Moon Label is added to the list.

Spoiler: The Thrilling Conclusion (click to show/hide)

Hm… It’s getting pretty dark out. I suppose I’ll have to stop for the night in this other little miserable hamlet.



Bogeymen? What the hell, locals? What kind of place are you living in?

17th Obsidian, 4078

Well then. Good morning.



*yawn* *stretch* *scratch absent-mindedly*

Wait a minute… What do we have here?



Hi there, beautiful.



You going my way?



Well that sounds a bit kinky, but I'll try anything once.

What’s that? Bloodspire? Last refuge, etc? Sounds excellent, baby. I just gotta go pick someone up on the way, alright?



Bikda, beautiful Bikda, where are you baby…



Bikda! Darling!



Aw, baby, don’t be that way. Velvetpeaches is smooth and soft enough to go around. Now come on, pack your things, and let’s get a move on.



So that’s it then. You don’t need to be sarcastic, baby. I’ll just go. I’ll think of you always…

Trekking north together, our heroes stop at a fort to rest and get directions. Inside they find a few items of use.



Ahhhh, that’s better. Properly outfitted for a long journey at last.



Oh, no! A goblin! Yo, goblin, what’s your deal?



Oh. You’re just a slave. Sucks for you, I guess!

…

Bye!



Oh, another fort. Maybe we can find ourselves some pleasant company here. Er, uh, not that your company isn’t pleasant, my lovely Riloth…



Hm, a memorial of some sort. How ominous…



I wonder what it says…

Oh, well! Onward to the keep!

Hello, there, my lady.





Why, it’s nice to meet you, too. Mind if we crash here for the night? Up for a little… pleasant company?

18th Obsidian, 4078

*yawn* *stretch* *scratch* *grin*

Time to move along, I guess.

An uneventful day passes as the duo trek northward.



Hmmmm, a cave. Well, we’ll have to stop here, because I’m beat. Hope there’s nothing nasty hiding in there.



Eeeeeek! A kobold! Kill it, Riloth! Kill it quick!



Ugh. Even dead they’re hideous. I just hope there aren’t any more of them around, because I’m too exhausted to find a better spot.

19th Obsidian, 4078

Well I’ve had better night’s sleeps, that’s for sure. But at least nothing ate us in the night. Onward!



Oh, dear. I was afraid this might happen. Riloth, darling, would you happen to know how to swim?



Well, it can’t be that difficult. Dive in, kick your feet, that sort of thing. Off we go!



*gulp* *pant* *cough*

Riloth! RIIIILOOOOOOOOOTH!!!!!!

*sob*

My love. My darling. I’ll get you out of there….



An hour or so is spent learning how to swim without breathing in too much water.



My darling. My precious love. At least I’ll carry you to a more appropriate place to make your final rest. I remember there’s meant to be a cave up ahead.



I’ll just set you down here while I make sure there’s nothing icky in there that might eat you.



Oh, for the love of… Has it seen me, or is it another one of these pathetic loners talking to himself?



Oh. Well that would appear to be fairly obvious then. *gulp*



Well, you look to be in fine shape, my friend. Tell me, how do you keep yourself SURPRISE ATTACK!!!

So that's that. I've been kind of sick and I don't really feel up for more tries, so I'll pass this along to Argonnek. The save is uploading now but my upload speed is horrific, so I'll post the link when it's ready.

EDIT: Link's up! http://www.filedropper.com/necropiapostsappho2

[Argonnek]

Downloading the save now.

The Story of Naspa Beardrooted.
4th Granite, 4079.

Jasro died last week. I didn't hear how. He was a good smith. I still remember his eyes. His strange slit pupils. I remember how he would always greet me. "Hey, Naspa! How's the beard coming!" And we would laugh. But now there are no jokes.  Now his odd eyes look into the infinite distance, seeing nothing. We buried him nearby.

He's not the only one. A lot of people around here have been dying lately. Many of the houses now lie abandoned, empty. Neighbors, beloved friends, hated enemies. There are so few people now, the fields are quickly becoming untended sand. Come winter, I don't think many will survive.



This was our house. As I stand here I remember. Days of sitting here, talking, joking, dreaming of great adventures. Of romance, of epic battles, of discovery. No more. Now the house we built is in ruins. Being slowly overrun by grass and sand. I crouch down and sift through the sand, as I have many times before. But this time I find something, something sharp. Idly rubbing my cut finger, I look closer and see a dagger, buried in the sand. I pick it up and study it. That's not my blood on the blade. I hear quick footsteps from outside the building.

"Here! He's in here!" someone shouted.

I stand up slowly, looking around, dagger in hand.

"See! Like I told you, he was the one who killed Jasro!"

A group of people stood outside the broken walls of the house. One of them, a mechanic I didn't know, was pointing and shouting, tears running down her cheeks and a look of grief on her face. A few of the stronger looking ones slowly advanced toward me. These were good people. People I knew, people who knew me. People who should have known better. But the way they looked at me. Some with fear, some with doubt, some with burning hate. I feel like I don't know them anymore. But they don't deserve to die. So I run instead, to the east. To the fortress of Faithfullakes.

[Niyazov]

I'd like to request a turn. Can't possibly turn out any worse than getting punched to death by a naked dwarf... right? Right???

[Ruhn]

It was funny how Sappho's guy was a womanizer, bummer about getting killed.

[Argonnek]

12th of Granite, 4079.


Ravens peck at insects, and the wind whispers through the abandoned towers. The fortress I heard so many tales about as a child. The horrors that this fortress has seen. That ended when the people left almost two thousand years ago. We were always warned never to go here. But what do I have to lose?

I search the keep, and find a bag beneath the dust and mold. Inside, somehow perfectly preserved, are an outfit, a copper helmet and gauntlets, and a flask made out of a heavy grey metal. The flask is covered in decorations, including a picture of a fight between our ancestors and an ancient enemy.


I look closer, and see the date scratched into the metal near the picture. "Midsummer, 79." In a few months, it will be the 4000th anniversary of this fight. "But enough history," I say to myself, "I need to..." What? I need to do something. I can see a tower in the east. It shouldn't take too long to get there. I wonder what's inside.

Though the sun now approaches the western horizon, I've made it to the tower in the middle of the rocky wastes. On the northern face is a door. I approach slowly and quietly. A dwarf shouts at me from the door and charges, but whatever lies inside does not follow. I dodge and the fight begins.

And so the fight ends. I conceal myself in shadows, and approach the door. Peeking inside, I see walking abominations. Elves, dwarves, and humans all in various states of decay standing in the hallway. Among them stands one that is not dead. A human, with eyes colder than the ice of winter. He notices me immediately, and the abominations run at me!


Deciding to take the smart route, I run. If I get around the building, I might be able to-- GAH!



And so the story ends. Oh well. I killed a necromancer, and ended up becoming a zombie myself. The next poor fool shall have his/her story told soon.

[Argonnek]

NOTICE: I'm going out on a family trip for a while, so I won't be able to play. I had started a second adventurer, but didn't get past the training phase. So, I'll just upload the save to keep the game moving. Also note, there is a strong and fast person in one of the southern villages. Be warned, creatures of the night!

http://www.mediafire.com/?y66dcy3vz20j6f6

[Sappho]

Niyazov added, Infernal_Dalek PMed about his turn.

FYI, my mother is visiting for the next week, so I might not be around much.

[Infernal_Dalek]

Roger doger, reporting for duty! I pledge my heart for the king!



Edit: On second thought, you should just skip me. I'm pretty scatter-brained and I haven't been playing much DF lately.

[Sappho]

OK, Th4DwArfY1 has been PMed.

[TD1]

Starting now.

[TD1]

Just to be sure, I'm not allowed to quick travel?

[Sappho]

You can quick travel all you want. Just no allocation of skill points at the beginning, and you have to make it to the tower within 14 in-game days.