BunnyBunches the Rabbit-Hut
07) Stomping the Learning Curb08) What do you mean "Traders have arrived" ??
So far, nothing has died or huskified on the surface. Animals come and go, and sometimes it is peaceful around here.
Another cloud of foul vapor drifts nearby, but it doesn't go anywhere important.
I still have no idea what it does, and I'm not eager to find out.
The GFGHOC that was watching my migrants is still flying around.
No problems so far.
The GFGHOC leaves and a mountain goat corpse arrives.
Not so bad, but a foul vapor appears.
Thankfully, the mountain goat runs away from it.
When the surface calms down again, I order some more surface development.
My main fort entrances are in the SW corner of the map, in a non-evil area,
so I can develop it when the bad stuff is in the NorthEast quandrant.
We continue roofing a second pasture (the original wagon-pasture is almost full).
We start chopping some trees.
And you can see that I haven't deconstructed the wagon yet.
When the Mountain Goat Corpse swags back in our general direction, I order the development halted and exits sealed.
Still more work to do.
Then I get a holy message: The Outpost Liason has arrived !
He and the traders spawned near our primary entrance, and the only wildlife seems to be a living small bird.
Good timing.
The gates are open and the friendlys arrive.
During this time I finall get to deconstruct the wagon, it is Mid Autumn right now.
Also, I find at this time it's probably a bad idea to have one dwarf be the woodcutter/expedition leader/broker/doctor...
I'll cross my fingers.
Even though my dwarves are terribly busy, I've still had time to improve a little bit.
I was able to move the workshops out of the main hallway and also add another stockpile.
While my dwarves carry all of our cut gems to the depot, some kobold theives arrive !
They have a hard time sneaking inside, because my dwarves are always going in/out to perform surface labor and do trading.
One of the caravan guards shoots the third kobold thief, then a hammerdwarf finishes him off.
But now he is outside and dead, and in Terrifying areas that is a problem...
Fortunately for me, he is dead in an untamed-wilds area, so his corpse hasn't risen (at least, not yet).
...
Wow, it's been so long since I've seen living traders that I've forgotten how to use the trade screen.
My broker/expeditionleader/woodcutter/doctor is extrememly busy hosting meetings and doing trading,
but I still manage to complete my trading in pretty good timing.
(Thankfully his break finished just as the liason arrived)
In the end, I manage to trade out my cut Cherry Opals, a few statues, and the dead kobol's possessions for:
: 3 leather bins
: 5 wooden logs
: 1 bucket
: 2 pairs of gauntlets
: 1 steel spear
: 1 helm
: 1 chain leggings
: 1 Doe Rabbit
: Some seeds
: Lots of food
: A single dog, which happens to complete a breeding pair
I wasn't able to pick up a shield and booze, but overall I'd say that's a good haul !
Now the traders and the liason are getting ready to leave ...
Winter is upon you