Gnomes : Year 1 – SpringI have no idea of what I am doing
The team takes some time to write a quick inventory of everything they could salvage. There is a few kiwi chicks who were to be reintroduced into the jungle. A huge horse that humans sold to the university a couple of years ago, the pack animal who was still attack to the wagon. There is not a lot of food, as most barrels were washed away by the river, but at least there is tools: picks and hatchets, plus a crate of delicate geology gadgets.
After a simple session of voting, counter voting, arguing, anonymous suggestion gathering, bias detection and report writing, the group has chosen a manager, psychiatrist, chief medic, broker, bookkeeper... and Noodles as a leader. The other six gnomes decided to repeat the process from scratch and Noodles ended not only as the leader again, but broker as well! The team estimated its chance of survival at 4.16%, if they ignore a few scenarios involving natural disasters and humans.
Because the gnomes hopes for help to come as quickly as possible, they named their camp “Shipdirect”.
No one likes geologyNoodles pulled a food barrel aside, climbed on top of it and, adjusting his glasses raised his hand prepared himself for his introduction speech. “Listen everyone! We know we are not living an optimal start right now, but I want you to acknowledge that under my guidance, even your incompetent minds will be able to unfold the secret of time and space as we know it. So if you all execute my instructions to the letter, our progress will be legendary!”, that is the speech he wanted to give to his colleagues. Unfortunately he was cut short after “Listen!” as the barrel vanished under his feet. Everything became a blur as the scientist fell through through the ground.
“Ah, you found a natural geologic formation Noodles!” shouted a gnome outside, “What do you see? Is it safe?”.
“Ow, ow ow! It hurts, what do you think I am, a dwarf! It's dark down there...”. In an attempt to get away from the complaints, the glassmaker walked around the area, taking note of the quality sand that will let her produce decent test tubes, what seems to be ore in the hill side and otters playing in the water. The webs hanging on the trees seems to indicate that spiders might be lurking nearby.
The team moved its meager reserves in the cavern.
It's like a teeth rot for rockSince Burosige enjoys pulling plants, he is sent downwards to gather both woods and fruits. Meanwhile the miners started enlarging the cave into rooms. The gnomes lack construction materials so living in the daylight is not going to happen and they will have to dig a bunker instead. In the future the gnomes hope to dig windows and let the light in.
A farm to plant the few seeds they could find and to harvest eggs from the kiwis.
A simple square area nearby that will serve at everything until proper rooms are built.
And of course the first workshop that will produce the tools required for the laboratories (and survival).
No one like spelunking eitherNoodles screamed out of nowhere (again), as lizardlike humanoids ran around sniffing the new arrivals. Those 'Nith' as they are called apparently lived in the lower parts of the cave and does not seem to be hostile, suggestion has been made to befriend them as a social experiment.
Then bad news came from the food stock. Food is disappearing faster then expected and claw marks can be found around the stockpile. The logical conclusion is that moles are taking the few fruits gnomes saved from the disaster. As noble feeding hungry animals is, the seeds from those fruits will be missed.
The excavation somehow rendered the upper layers impossible to reach. As a change of plan a simpler entrance has been dug at ground level to reach the outdoors. Also the niths killed two kiwis, that's an interesting development.
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The gnomes seems to have issue with the place's geometry and stopped going and picking items despite running up and down the hill and are spamming me with inaccessible items warning.
Living area + Food, a farm the gnomes won't plant seeds into (probably what the innaccessible spam is referring to). The meeting hall is under construction and will have a well in the middle.
The main entrance I added when gnomes stopped reaching the food stockpiles. The first workshop are producing furniture and beds as well as blocks to complete the entrance.
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