Overseer’s Log Entry Five: First Orders
With the essentials out of the way I can finally get down t-oh
Let's see… check, check, check. All three are contained safely.
Back to business!
After quickly shouting at some cooks for trying to use precious alcohol as an ingredient I made my way down to see what was the deal with the cave-ins.
On the lower levels the miners reported that the collapse was intentional, a plan to drain the cavern’s lakes to make a tree farm. In the roof of that cavern, other miners report that they were ordered to dig around, I think it might be to get ores or gems or something. Either way, they dug through a stalactite and cause a minor collapse. Upon further examination, a small section had been successfully drained.
Knowing little about tree farming, I’ve decided to just let these guys carry on for now.
Upon looking at our stocks, I realized that we have a metric fuckton of both granite and schist blocks. I’m ordering an expansion of the surface defenses as well as the construction of an archer tower. We don’t have any archers, but it never hurts to over prepare. The idea for the tower actually came to me in a dream a few days ago, quite a strange one too…
Shortly after construction began I received reports that we are out of adamantium strands. While it would be amazing to have more, I do not wish to run the risk of delving to deep. I’ve heard stories, dark tales of fortresses overcome with greed.
So let's see, this has been four, five orders into my term? I think i deserve a little reward.
I’ve ordered that an overseer’s (and secretary's) quarters be constructed in the empty room near the temple. To help speed this up I have started construction on a bronze door and some statues to decorate. I think I’m doing quite well at this, being my first time as a smith and all.
Life really flies by when your working, I think I’ll go for a quick drink now, lugging these ingots around is very tiring.
Overseer’s Log Entry Six: Construction And Confusion
How time does fly.
Construction on the new walls and first level of the tower has been finished, once my room is done I’ll order for a kill room/airlock building at the gate as well.
My quarters are going along nicely, and I’ve put up flyers for a secretarial position, preferably someone who can read all the chicken scratch some of the reports are written in.
I had another dream about the tower too, it was standing on a windless, cloudless day. It dwarfed all the surrounding woods and the fort itself. Down the center was a tube. At the bottom of the tube was a room with a singular door. In the room was blood, red and flowing. The walls shimmered and glistened with the blood, voices screamed and twisted at the top of the tower, whilst at the bottom silence was complete. It was a skyless day, a groundless day, a dayless day.
Robes and masks concealed the wandering shapes that flowed and writhed.
And all wept.
And all screamed.
And all Bled.
I woke up outside the temple, slumped against the wall in an uncomfortable position. My best guess as to what happened is that I went to long without a stiff drink and my body tried to compensate by simulating drunkenness. Either way, the tower looks quite nice so far, a room for mechanisms and windmill parts has been added to the bottom too, we’re going to squeeze every bit of productivity we can out of this thing!
After a shortage of marble for my quarters I ordered the excavation of an extension on the hallway to provide what we need. I think i’ll have a main room, with my secretary's office/dining room and bedroom to one side, and my quarters to the other. I’ve worked quite hard so far, so I definitely deserve this singular, megar, luxury!
That time already? Our liaison is a human? When did this happen?
Forget The Human Business! I’ve got a promotion inbound, just gotta have a little talk with the mayor and I’m off to be a baron!
Who cares about that? I’m gonna be a baro-
Oh.
The mayor said he recommended the Voidgod.
The Voidgod.
Realy?
At least I’m still overseer…
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