Summer Update!Continuation to Vuohiparta's overseer diary
Murderflood
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2nd of HematiteWhat is a nice way to start your day, and a new season? Counting the people living in our coffins! So far, we have gathered around 70 dead dwarves in our catacombs. There's a odd merchant here and there, but the majority are our fortress residents. I just cannot keep myself from wondering how large the amount will get..
7thThe first magma bunker has been built on our entrance. The concept seems simple and effective, so another one is immediately ordered to be built.
9thA human diplomat arrives.
11thHuman diplomat: The world is the same as ever
*Leaves*
Why aren't the goblins bothering humans?
12thAnother dinosaur-beast arrives at the first cavern level:
Is he a worthy challenger? May he be the one to defeat the undead sauropod plaguing us? We might be able to tell, if the creature would just stop swimming aimlessly at that pool..
13thThe human caravan has arrived. Numerous wagons and animals make their way to our depot.
17thThe keas had laid eggs, and naturally someone stole them immediately! No kea eggs shall be cooked in this fortress! That is an order!
18thThe human merchants don't seem to possess anything interesting. We actually have it quite good here in Murderflood. The only thing we lack is wood, and so do the humans..
23rdA peek at the first cavern level reveals something disappointing. Stasno is slowly getting his ass kicked by reanimated gorlaks and their hands.
28thOur cavern peekers now spotted something quite disturbing.. Stasno is killed, by ANOTHER
UNDEAD theropod from forgotten legends. This creature is located some distance away to the southwest of our planned airlock entrances.
With all these dino-wars going on, no-one is quite sure if they want to go anywhere near the caverns.. I'm not sure if I have it in me to try the airlock.
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5th of MalachiteWe appear to have some buildings that look like they've left unfinished. No-one quite knows the purpose of some of them, but one seems to have new living quarters in it. I order some dwarves to finish them. Artistic approaches are permitted.
8thI took a look at the Kea nesting grounds. The Keas had laid new eggs, but someone was again already carrying the said eggs away. STOP STEALING THE DAMN KEA EGGS!
We need to build a dwarf-free space for our birds.
11thNomal has gone quite oblivious.
Someone said he's been a bit down lately.
At least he is not trying to assault anyone.
18thHere's another attempt at canal draining/grate placement. The temple feng-shui is suffering from the lack of visible water.
Why did we even bother? Well, we do have fine mud now.
25thRith has become depressed. Sadly, this was quite expected *(his feelings can be seen in the previous update)*
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1st of GalenaThe second magma bunker is ready! I was a bit worried if draining magma straight from the dike would lower the magma level inside the dike, but so far the said dike looks quite untouched. Splendid! The advantage from draining from the dike is that we only need one pump (and pump operator) per bunker to fill them. The pumps are a bit vulnerable to trolls and other creatures that like to destroy things, but I don't think it matters too much. Anything that destroys these pumps while the bunker is full will get a valuable lesson in life. The levers for both bunkers can be found inside the hammer-shaped building. It's a place that can be accessed quite quickly if the need comes.
5thA Kea shack has been built. No dwarf is allowed to enter for now.
You can also see Taupe training our giant desert tortoise. He's been doing it for weeks now. The tortoise is repeatedly crawling it's way to the nest boxes and back to Taupe. Someone said the creature looks like it wants to lay eggs, but it also seems to want to finish his training.
Oh please, someone topple the nest box already.
9thAs suggested by Triaxx, we now have dwarves given with the responsibility of Kea training:
Imic, Keamaster
Taupe, KeablasterThey were the ones to volunteer for Kea training duties. They both are also our only capable trainers. Blitz also came in my office and offered yet another fine roast. He wanted again to persuade me to let him forge weapons. Apparently, other overseers had not given him enough smithing duties, so his skill is still dabbling. I give him access to a forge where he can work. A spare weaponsmith wouldn't be a bad idea. The problem is though, that Blitz has also been drafted to our military, so he propably doesn't have too much time to invest in smithing. But when he has the time, he's allowed to do whatever he wishes with our stockpiles of copper.
13thNomal is feeling down now. He's crawling on the dike walls and looking gloomily through the fortifications at the magma below.
Is he going to do it? Don't do it..17thAzula has been possessed! She claimed a craftsdwarf's workshop.
21stThis is what the airlock looks like now. There are some animal baits ready to be slaughtered by a herbivore dinosaur. Some lever linkages were constructed, and all the bridges should be working now. We're trying to mentally prepare our pump operator. We don't really have too many people to be sacrificed, so it would be great if he made it alive.
22ndRith is throwing a tantrum. Luckily, he calmed down quickly and no-one was decapitated now. Someone asked if he should be convicted for assault. I guessed it could be a good idea. I tried to ask someone about our options for conviction, but an enthusiastic military-dwarf took him away, without me even knowing how long the sentence would be! Well, I guess they'll let him out someday. If we're still alive by then..... ....
27thAzula has created a scepter. It's quite valuable actually.
28th
Autumn is here. No disasters were found striking us this time. I believe whether using the airlock or not, will be the biggest question we have in the next season.
It's also nice to see we have a mayor who's doing fine, and doesn't have a problem being yelled and cried at.
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Here's the update! And sorry for the delay. Blasted real-life responsibilities.. Autumn is now in progress. Now what do you think, shall we try out the airlock?
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