Glad you're OK, Kyubee.
Opal, 107
I suspect the Moroi living in the tavern might be the cause of the drained corpse found in the tavern. Further investigation needed.
Whim's banned the export of hatch covers for some arcane reason. Our war gengar is missing, and our charmelon went rogue and had to be stopped.
In spite of those events, this month is going pretty well. Not much has happened, and my projects are all coming along. I put a can-cell in the corpse dump last month to replace the war litten. However, I had to take it out later after a possession incident.
Here's my zoo so far. The pit in the middle is supposed to be a pond, but I had trouble with getting the water in there. Most of the cages are occupied, I'm just waiting for something new to put in the last cage. I'd also like to have some aquariums, but I need to get the glass ready and get some live fish.
Eric finally got his office. It only took about two years.
(We'll get the table in there shortly.)
The merchants all left, and we're alone again. The month went out with an elaborate dance featuring clones, doogans, and all manner of things.
Obsidian, 107
Obsidian's here and New Years comes, bringing the end of my term with it. Can't come soon enough, I say. Soon this place will be in someone else's hands, and I won't need to know about every little apocalypse anymore. Another forgotten beast has entered the caverns.
Maybe they'll kill each other. That'd be neat. Upon entering our sight, Stuzang immediately chased down and killed a giant rat. It used Boiling Extract during the fight, but the rat didn't last long enough to show the effects.
Trouble in the tavern again. The brownie child went rogue and began to attack patrons. That ended when two shots from a nearby droideka crippled the brownie and a crobat finished them off. For some reason, seeing this caused a fire monster to emit a huge cloud of smoke.
I let the engravers design most of the artwork in the tavern, but I did make sure to commission one piece for you all to remember my reign by. I also found an engraving of Eric.
I've got some instructions on the Mug for future overseers, should you continue my plans. I think it should be about 3 levels tall, made entirely of stone. The first level is done and the second level is starting. The general shape is easy to get. The handle should also be 3 levels tall, with the middle including an open space. Various scaffolds have been raised to help build, and should be removed once construction is complete.
There's been something terrible spotted out by the Ultimate Mug. I could hardly listen to the report. A dragon has come to Borechanced.
I'm calling a general alert. Everyone is retreating underground. Thankfully, the dragon's giving us time to prepare. It's just hovering outside the Mug right now. I'm hearing that a clone trooper tried to engage. His blaster flared once, and was silenced.
No panicking. I'm the great Enemy Post. The trapper. I sent our esteemed Wookiee out to try and lure the dragon into the cage traps I've placed all over the only entrance to the fort. She made it to the Mug before I decided to call the mission off. However, that was when the dragon spotted her. She dodged lightning blasts, slipped out through a crack in the wall, and made a break for the traps. The moroi who lived on the mug struck and attempted to slay the dragon, but was quickly devoured. The midwife droid, one of our own monsters who had been stuck in a tree, and that Moroi who flew around in the blood glacier were all slaughtered on the way.
However, the wookiee made it past the first trap, and the dragon almost went over it. However, at the last moment everything went wrong. A monster walked upstairs and tried to fight. This provoked the dragon to fire a stream of molten nickel, incinerating the traps.
I deployed the militia. Dust, lightning, and smoke filled the air. Many fell in the chaotic brawl as the dragon slithered down the stairs. Eric, our wookiee, Kyubee, Whim the mining droid, and many others died while barely slowing it down. One of our troops was wounded and knocked into a cage trap. The galvantulas were mauled as they contributed their webbing. A tanner managed to fracture the dragon's lower spine with a mighty punch before being crushed under a thrashing horn. With the dragon weakened, a miner named Shyren managed to pierce the dragon's throat before dying from her injuries. Finally, Asin held the creature's attention as its blood spilled from its neck. He died horribly, but moments later so too did his foe.
The losses were grave, but Borechanced has defeated its first major threat. With that, I end my term. We go into the new year with both hope and fear.
Here's the save.