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[fractalman]

so, in an alternate timeline, my crystal was indeed used-
*crunch*
...
oh.  Well that happened. 

I probably just set off every thaumometer or thaumometric array in the world with that burst...wait, no, most of the energy would have gone back in time...

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Ah.  yes. here it was, an entry in a random diary: "but of course you can't change the symbol without changing the thing! everyone knows that! maybe i've been drinking too much?...nah."

Yep. there was a record of my power-after all, my powers changed the symbols without changeing the thing...as a side effect.  furthermore, it happened In the past.   It only lasted a couple days, which is why I didn't really notice it


I wasn't about to track down the diary's owner and tell them that humans didn't know that cause they couldn't see the symbol of things unless they utilized an extra-universal perspective, and that elves had a way of temporarily changeing the symbols...

The last time I talked about that stuff, the dwarves tried to burn me for witchcraft...
I got up and left after their third attempt to set fire to a pile of waterlogged driftwood. 


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Confused? lets clear it all up...or maybe make it even more confusing...

Timeline 1: Dan's sickness is caused by an amateur's attempt to cast fire without drawing upon demonic power.  They inadvertently tap into something else, something which is harmless enough on its own, but which doesn't mesh that well with dwarf fortress physics.  Dan's not the only one who gets sick in that world, merely the most sick. 

my crystal is taken to the place where that spell was cast, and shattered, releasing the counerspell, quarantining the original miscast.

But, apparently, dan getting sick is a "fixed point"...
TRANSITION:

So the laws of magic get rewritten ever so slightly, so that shamanistic magic sometimes conflicts with large quantaties of adamant magic...


timeline 2:

The spell is still mis-cast, but the worst of the effects are quarantined by a spell from the future.

However, the spell exerts an acute strain on the local fabric of spacetime, triggering a temporary change in the graphics.  The adamant barrier releases a large burst of power to compensate, triggering the magical software conflict between shamanistic power and adamant power.  said conflict looks so similar to the original pseudo-meta-balefire incident, I proceed to design the exact same treatment plan.  the final spell is triggered by sheer accident. 



What is NOT clear is why timeline 1 still exists...
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i've changed my mind. I'll stick around to study the results of my messing with time...
*Squish*
"why is there pus all over the stairwell?"

[Gnorm]

I'm starting to recall as to why Corley disliked the FractalEntity so.

[fractalman]

Heh. Don't worry, that's the last of my reality warping stunts for this fort.

[Gnorm]

Heh. Don't worry, that's the last of my reality warping stunts for this fort.

Unless of course Corley can convince Fractal to side with him. Granted, Corley is under the impression that the FractalEntity has a lot more control over his powers than his own journals reflect. Of course, I could be entirely misinterpreting their language.

[TheFlame52]

After looking at a lot of the forgotten beasts, my danger scale goes like this: Beneficial, Hilarious, Harmless, Negligible, Low, Medium, High, Dangerous, DEADLY, BEYOND DEADLY. Beneficial usually means the poison causes numbness only. There are a few FBs like that. Hilarious implies harmless, but with some funny twist. BEYOND DEADLY means the poison isn't deadly, but will leave the person suffering for the rest of their life.

Some overseer should make an FB trap, even if it just traps them in a room with a drawbridge. We might be able to use cave-ins to catch a webber FB to capture more of them.

[Deus Asmoth]

Sounds like a lot of trouble to go to considering we know that if we ever tried to use a beast as a weapon against our enemies, either:
a) It would turn on us and kill us all
b) The enemies would drop it with a single shot to the brain
c) It would turn out that its deadly dust creates husks

[TheFlame52]

Who says we need to use them as weapons? Why can't we just put them in the Forgotten Zoo?

[FallenAngel]

It's mid-summer now. Nobody who got hit with the extract has suffered any longterm effects, despite the note on my door written in pus saying it's deadly. The problem is all the pus that's pooled at the very bottom of the stairwaterfall. It's starting to smell.
Preparations on making the spider into a bunker are underway and should be done before the end of this winter.
Two people and their three kids can survive on the supplies down here, as well as the farm plots and workshops.
Vlad is still unhappy but at least he's sane.
Currently, we have a little under 15.5k food, with more flowing in every day. Lots of beer. Lots of prepared meals.
Besides all this, nothing much has really happened.

[danmanthedog]

"Hmm man this is getting hard to dissect these Forgotten ones... hmmm wonder If I could get some help with dissecting it. Harhhh I can't believe they shot the damn soul gem."

[Deus Asmoth]

Who says we need to use them as weapons? Why can't we just put them in the Forgotten Zoo?

We obtain something... and we... don't weaponize it? I'm afraid you're going to have to hand in your dwarf card.

[FallenAngel]

Who says we need to use them as weapons? Why can't we just put them in the Forgotten Zoo?

We obtain something... and we... don't weaponize it? I'm afraid you're going to have to hand in your dwarf card.

I'm planning to weaponize the spider building somehow, just so you know.
It's a tad too small for siege weapons, though, but I can make it work somehow.
I could make it so it spews water when an internal lever is pulled.
It'd be really awesome if I could put tame GCS inside it and release them during a siege.
The things I can do.

[FallenAngel]

I found one of the slightly not fearsome forgotten beasts:

No gas or dust or bite or anything.
If it gets in, it'll be of low threat.

[Senshuken]

I found one of the slightly not fearsome forgotten beasts:

No gas or dust or bite or anything.
If it gets in, it'll be of low threat.

The best way to kill giant snails is to pour salt on...

...That bastard.

[danmanthedog]

Ah to think another blob Forgotten one would come... Now I just need it's soul gem but how do I get it when the caverns are on lock down? Maybe that Thaum dwarf could help, *Takes out soul gem but instead of blue it's dark black* "Come to me little ones of annoyance!" *Out comes a few roachs* Arh I new the soul gem is losing power but at least I summened these little guys. "Now go find the thaum dwarf and bring him to me please."

[Deus Asmoth]

Picture of Dan talking to roaches: