TheCheeseMaker's report, continued:So, up until this point, everything was going on about how you'd expect. Then, one day, in early summer, everything decided to go insane. I wasn't paying attention to the exact date, but I have dubbed this day, the Day of TheCheeseMaker, because in addition to my new quarters, I need a holiday named after me. Anyway, in quick succession (as in, with about a three second break between each), I receive the following reports:
In quick succession, the fortress is rocked by three, unrelated deaths in three major incidents. Two dwarves and a cat are traveling through the mine-cart track when a mine-cart flies through. The resulting collision immediately kills the cat and crushes a dwarf, later killing him. The second dwarf is alive, but crippled.
Before I can give any orders to deal with the situation, the hammerer begins his execution of the evil criminal. Most of the wounds only cause some bruising, but one of the strikes tears the nervous tissue of the dwarf, causing her lungs to cease function. She died a few minutes later.
Far below, the forgotten beast decided it was tired of waiting, and broke down the door, charging in. The militia didn't make it yet, so it was able to kill a civilian.
The child finishes its artifact. I don't have time to look at it closely before I get another announcement.
The militia arrived and killed the forgotten beast without incident. A new door was constructed where the old door was knocked down, and the militia returned to their training.
The dwarf who got the kill on their beast named their axe Chasmtest. A fitting name, if you ask me.
Thob, the dwarf who was crippled by the mine-cart, was successfully rescued and taken to the hospital. His only injuries were a complete mangling of all his arms, hands, legs, and feet, as well as a broken hip. Before beginning to operate on the severely crippled and dying patient, the doctor decides to attend a party.
It looks like everything is just about over, and that the horrible day is done, but at the worst possible moment:
The militia was still returning from the fight with the forgotten beast below. Zuntir, a craftsdwarf, was hauling the body of the evil, executed criminal to the corpse room, when the wereass attacked.
After a quick, brutal fight, Zuntir is killed by the beast, which continues to the fortress. Finally, a lone militia member, who was sleeping when the order came to kill the forgotten beast, arrived and killed the wereass.
The mayor, who oversaw one of the most tragic days in fortress history, sentenced a dwarf to death for not making what he wanted quickly enough, and indirectly killed Zuntir by causing her to be outside when the wereass arrived, was re-elected the next day. Because do you want someone in office who has no experience, or someone who is ridiculously incompetent and corrupt? Obviously you want the latter.
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