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[Megaman_zx]

I got busy and wasn't able to finish Donu's Spring Update before Summer 139, so here is the Spring Update. It's pretty long, so I'm keeping it in the spoiler.

Spoiler: An Update From Donu (click to show/hide)

Zothoabo climbed onto a table, held his mug in the air and proclaimed, "One more glass and I go home!"

Donu shuffled over to him, "I think you've already had four to many." She reached up to help him down, and he clumsily tumbled down, landing on top of her. "Get off me dad, you're drunk!" She pushed him off and helped him to his to his feet, then guided him back to the hospital.

After making sure he made it to his bed, she reached into her pack and handed him a biscuit, "Eat this and go to sleep." She patted his head as he curled up on his bead and began gingerly chewing on the mystery biscuit. "Now it's my turn to take a nap." she said as she wandered out into the hall, and began walking towards the temple.

As she made her way to her room, she heard a soft voice ask, "Donu, are you ok?" As she tried to stop and look at the person asking the question, she tripped over her feet and landed squarely on her butt in the middle of the hallway. "oww, that hurt."

When she looked up from rubbing her bruised backside, Sirris was standing in front of her with a worried look on her face. "hey Sirris, what's wrong?"

"Are you ok Donu?" Sirris asked, "You seem.." Sirris struggled to find the right word, "stressed."

"Me?" Donu let out a burp "I'm happy." She forced herself to smile as best she could, then shook her head and slapped her cheeks, "You know me, Mate's number one food taster. I'm just enjoying life as a working, productive member of society."

"What about what happened to your mom?"

Donu felt her lips trembling and her eyes began to tear up, "Oh... uh, I don't - " Donu stopped and wiped her eyes and nose on the sleeve of her robes.

"I know how you feel." Sirris sat down next to donu, and put an arm around her shoulder, "My mom was killed in one of the first goblin raids. I still miss her today."

Donu leaned into Sirris and began sobbing, "She cared so much about the safety of her children, she never thought something terrible could happen to her."

Sirris held Donu and let her cry it out for a while. Eventually, she was able to regain her composure. "Thanks Sirris, I know we weren't too close before this, but you really helped me out. Maybe we should hang out sometime. I'm going to have a lot of free time once they make me a priestess."

Sirris chuckled aloud, "That sounds fun, but I've been kept busy with training. I don't know how much time I will have."

"I'm sure I could find a way to get you out of training." Donu smiled and gave Sirris a hug, "You're a good person Sirris, I'll try to bust you out of training soon, so we can go to the tavern together."

"Thanks Donu, I - " Sirris sentence was cut short when Zefer stepped forward with a flower in his hand.

"Take this." he said, placing the flower into Donu's hands.

After standing there awkwardly for a moment, Donu blurted out, "You know I'm becoming a priestess not an herbalist, right?"

"Er, well... I thought.." Zefer stuttered and his face turned beat red. "I just wanted to cheer you up." he blurted out nervously.

Donu began laughing, "You're so funny Zefer!"

Zefer chuckled to himself, then muttered an excuse and walked away. Donu finished her conversation and returned to her room. She didn't have a good place to put her flower, so she stuck it behind the last page in her journal.

Donu's Diary
5th Felsite 139

Dear Diary,

I'm still pretty sad about what happened to Mom, but Dad seems to be taking it worse than me. I haven't spoken to Valken since, and I think I will have to wait a while before i do. Just the thought of Mom, trapped in a room, starving and forgotten is too much to bear right now. Once I become a priestess I will have more free time to look after Dad and make sure he is doing alright. Maybe I'll eventually work up the courage to talk to Valken and Mom again.

I did have a good talk with Sirris. Sometimes I forget about the other people who have lost people in this fort, and it was good to make a new friend. I'll have to devise a plan to get her out of training so we can talk some more.

I also ran into Zefer. He gave me a flower. It's funny imagining him trying to pick flowers out in the field. He's normally so strong and serious it was funny seeing him with a little flower in his hands. It was really nice of him to do though. Zefer has always been a good friend, and he's super strong. Maybe I should spend more time with him. He's still a soldier, so he may have a way to get Sirris out of bootcamp.

It's been really crazy around here since Mom was attacked, and I haven't had much time to write. I'll try to give you another update when things settle down.

<3 Donu <3

[Zefermcdwarfpants]

I got busy and wasn't able to finish Donu's Spring Update before Summer 139, so here is the Spring Update. It's pretty long, so I'm keeping it in the spoiler.

Spoiler: An Update From Donu (click to show/hide)

Zothoabo climbed onto a table, held his mug in the air and proclaimed, "One more glass and I go home!"

Donu shuffled over to him, "I think you've already had four to many." She reached up to help him down, and he clumsily tumbled down, landing on top of her. "Get off me dad, you're drunk!" She pushed him off and helped him to his to his feet, then guided him back to the hospital.

After making sure he made it to his bed, she reached into her pack and handed him a biscuit, "Eat this and go to sleep." She patted his head as he curled up on his bead and began gingerly chewing on the mystery biscuit. "Now it's my turn to take a nap." she said as she wandered out into the hall, and began walking towards the temple.

As she made her way to her room, she heard a soft voice ask, "Donu, are you ok?" As she tried to stop and look at the person asking the question, she tripped over her feet and landed squarely on her butt in the middle of the hallway. "oww, that hurt."

When she looked up from rubbing her bruised backside, Sirris was standing in front of her with a worried look on her face. "hey Sirris, what's wrong?"

"Are you ok Donu?" Sirris asked, "You seem.." Sirris struggled to find the right word, "stressed."

"Me?" Donu let out a burp "I'm happy." She forced herself to smile as best she could, then shook her head and slapped her cheeks, "You know me, Mate's number one food taster. I'm just enjoying life as a working, productive member of society."

"What about what happened to your mom?"

Donu felt her lips trembling and her eyes began to tear up, "Oh... uh, I don't - " Donu stopped and wiped her eyes and nose on the sleeve of her robes.

"I know how you feel." Sirris sat down next to donu, and put an arm around her shoulder, "My mom was killed in one of the first goblin raids. I still miss her today."

Donu leaned into Sirris and began sobbing, "She cared so much about the safety of her children, she never thought something terrible could happen to her."

Sirris held Donu and let her cry it out for a while. Eventually, she was able to regain her composure. "Thanks Sirris, I know we weren't too close before this, but you really helped me out. Maybe we should hang out sometime. I'm going to have a lot of free time once they make me a priestess."

Sirris chuckled aloud, "That sounds fun, but I've been kept busy with training. I don't know how much time I will have."

"I'm sure I could find a way to get you out of training." Donu smiled and gave Sirris a hug, "You're a good person Sirris, I'll try to bust you out of training soon, so we can go to the tavern together."

"Thanks Donu, I - " Sirris sentence was cut short when Zefer stepped forward with a flower in his hand.

"Take this." he said, placing the flower into Donu's hands.

After standing there awkwardly for a moment, Donu blurted out, "You know I'm becoming a priestess not an herbalist, right?"

"Er, well... I thought.." Zefer stuttered and his face turned beat red. "I just wanted to cheer you up." he blurted out nervously.

Donu began laughing, "You're so funny Zefer!"

Zefer chuckled to himself, then muttered an excuse and walked away. Donu finished her conversation and returned to her room. She didn't have a good place to put her flower, so she stuck it behind the last page in her journal.

Donu's Diary
5th Felsite 139

Dear Diary,

I'm still pretty sad about what happened to Mom, but Dad seems to be taking it worse than me. I haven't spoken to Valken since, and I think I will have to wait a while before i do. Just the thought of Mom, trapped in a room, starving and forgotten is too much to bear right now. Once I become a priestess I will have more free time to look after Dad and make sure he is doing alright. Maybe I'll eventually work up the courage to talk to Valken and Mom again.

I did have a good talk with Sirris. Sometimes I forget about the other people who have lost people in this fort, and it was good to make a new friend. I'll have to devise a plan to get her out of training so we can talk some more.

I also ran into Zefer. He gave me a flower. It's funny imagining him trying to pick flowers out in the field. He's normally so strong and serious it was funny seeing him with a little flower in his hands. It was really nice of him to do though. Zefer has always been a good friend, and he's super strong. Maybe I should spend more time with him. He's still a soldier, so he may have a way to get Sirris out of bootcamp.

It's been really crazy around here since Mom was attacked, and I haven't had much time to write. I'll try to give you another update when things settle down.

<3 Donu <3

>sees Zefer as some super strong guy.
Why does the image of a big beefy guy holding a small daisy come to.mind when this topic comes up? It's humorous

[Megaman_zx]

Spoiler: How Donu Sees Zefer (click to show/hide)

jk, it's not that bad.

He is the strongest person in the fort tho, and the idea of a professional soldier picking flowers is pretty funny for Donu who is still kind of oblivious.

[Cathar]

Man I feel for Zotho :c Thanks for the stories, they are adorable as always. I have some responses in progress, for Digo and for Donu/Zefer, and I'll post them as part of summer's update. Summer was pretty chill, nothing crazy happening, so right now is a good time to relax.

[JCdestr0yer]

Out of interest has ser made any more books. I know I don't post any stories or anything here uni work is busy. Just curious and keep up with the updates great read so far. 

[Malfinal]

A quiproquo between him and Zefer about Donu would be absolutely epic.

I'm pretty sure Zefer would (physically speaki ng) snap the axe man in half over Donu. That being said, wasn't Zefer supposed to give Donu a flower? Haha.

honestly i  myself would like to see a small brawl  between zeref and erod over donu, though erod has no interest  in her.

[Zefermcdwarfpants]

Spoiler: How Donu Sees Zefer (click to show/hide)

jk, it's not that bad.

He is the strongest person in the fort tho, and the idea of a professional soldier picking flowers is pretty funny for Donu who is still kind of oblivious.

"ALL OF THE NEW FEMALE RECRUITS WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR....TINY COPPER SKIRTS!"

[Cathar]

Oh god I wish we could make short skirts made of copper. But I know full well most of our male population would adopt them as the latest fashion before we could equip anyone with them.

As for Ser I'll give you all relevant informations in a few ! Sorry, I'm taking a bit of time to finish my stuff.

Also for Zefer/Erod shodown that could be fun but that's typically the kind of stuff I won't be enforcing against the players will

[Zefermcdwarfpants]

Oh god I wish we could make short skirts made of copper. But I know full well most of our male population would adopt them as the latest fashion before we could equip anyone with them.

As for Ser I'll give you all relevant informations in a few ! Sorry, I'm taking a bit of time to finish my stuff.

Also for Zefer/Erod shodown that could be fun but that's typically the kind of stuff I won't be enforcing against the players will

It's sad to think that the male populous wears skirts more than the woman populous....

Why do I imagine the male (dorfed male that is) characters wearing skirts now.

Dammit Cathar.

[Cathar]

I did actually made skirts. Each time I made pants, they would wear them, then a robe over them. So I thought adding a skirt would give them one more layer, why not...right? Except when they decide to wear skirts, they discard absolutely everything beside it. This is very awkward.  We're producing pants again now.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"Stupid, stupid, stupid."

Digo struggled with what felt like his six hundreth push-up this evening.  His arms felt like they were on fire - his flimsy frame wasn't built for this kind of effort.  He had finally learned to bear his burden in relative silence- complaints only led to more exercises.  Captain what's-his-face was clearly too thick to give up, but that didn't mean Digo had to like it.

"Would Digo like to tell everyone how, exactly, what we are doing here is stupid?"

Rats.  Did he say that out loud?

"Go on, Digo.  Tell the other recruits what you think we should be doing instead of training."

Well, too late now.

"We could be building traps."  He looked around at the other recruits.  One of them was even younger than him.  "A corridor full of automated traps could kill off or capture an invading army without risking the lives of any of these young recruits.  We could live the rest of our lives in safety and security.  Instead, we're wasting our energy getting ready to fight and probably die.  That's why I think it's stupid."

It was pointless, of course.  The idiot would probably start babbling about the importance of courage or valor in combat or some other garbage.  These soldier types were all the same.

"Tell me, Digo.  How much do you know about werebeasts?"

Digo paused.  "I know they are... people.  Who turn into monsters at the full moon.  And, uh they can spread their curse by biting."

The Captain stared at him silently, just long enough to be uncomfortable.  Then he began to pace up and down in front of his recruits.

"A werebeast, soldiers, is the perfect blend of man, beast, and evil magic.  A werebeast knows neither mercy nor fear, but they are far from stupid.  Rather, they possess a unique combination pf human intelligence and animal instinct that makes them cunning, agile, and most importantly," he finished, stopping directly in front of Digo, "completely immune to traps."

"The Land of Confining is home to a family of werebeasts.  We have already felt the bite of some.  More will be coming.  A trap corridor serves no defense against werebeasts, soldiers.  There is only one defense that works, and that is through combat.  It is my job to turn you all into fighters capable of defending our fortress against the beastman menace."

Digo stared, slack-jawed.  "You're going to send us to fight werebeasts?"

"Quite possibly.  Now everyone drop and give me fifty, courtesy of Digo."

Digo dropped to the ground, ignoring the angry glares from the other green recruits.  It was bad enough being sent off to boot camp for "building character".  But actually seeing real, life-or-death combat?  Him?  He was an engineer!  He was supposed to protect the fortress with his constructions, not by whacking things with sticks!  Fighting was for... expendable people!

Digo was going to find a way to get out of it.  There was no way he would wind up being eaten by some werebeast.

Please excuse the stupidity

As for Ser, he doesn't seem to have authored anything new. This is a bit strange. I'll give him some time off to gather more inspiration and refill our quill stocks, just in case. Also don't worry about not writing stories, it's a-ok, real life always comes first

[Haspen]

They had TOP KEK

...for a while

[Paxiecrunchle]

Oh god I wish we could make short skirts made of copper. But I know full well most of our male population would adopt them as the latest fashion before we could equip anyone with them.

As for Ser I'll give you all relevant informations in a few ! Sorry, I'm taking a bit of time to finish my stuff.

Also for Zefer/Erod shodown that could be fun but that's typically the kind of stuff I won't be enforcing against the players will

It's sad to think that the male populous wears skirts more than the woman populous....

Why do I imagine the male (dorfed male that is) characters wearing skirts now.

Dammit Cathar.

Whats wrong with males in skirts, robes, kilts,etc. Its better than being forced to wear those barbarous pant things, and that was the ROMAN perspective on things, and they were definitley patriarchal so I find this debate a little silly.

[Zefermcdwarfpants]

Oh god I wish we could make short skirts made of copper. But I know full well most of our male population would adopt them as the latest fashion before we could equip anyone with them.

As for Ser I'll give you all relevant informations in a few ! Sorry, I'm taking a bit of time to finish my stuff.

Also for Zefer/Erod shodown that could be fun but that's typically the kind of stuff I won't be enforcing against the players will

It's sad to think that the male populous wears skirts more than the woman populous....

Why do I imagine the male (dorfed male that is) characters wearing skirts now.

Dammit Cathar.

Whats wrong with males in skirts, robes, kilts,etc. Its better than being forced to wear those barbarous pant things, and that was the ROMAN perspective on things, and they were definitley patriarchal so I find this debate a little silly.

Know what? The men just need to be brazen and go in just loincloths. Nothing is more stupid intimidating than a bunch of crimson haired badasses taking 500 goblins in nothing but underwear.

[Paxiecrunchle]

Intimidating but impractical and arrogant (I mean the goblins have armor and bows right? they wont hesitate to take advantage of such recklessness)now maybe if they dressed in the butchered remains of goblins....NOW THAT would be intimidating and still provide a modicum of protection. Sadly pearlite ethics will not let us, methinks.

[Zefermcdwarfpants]

Intimidating but impractical and arrogant (I mean the goblins have armor and bows right? they wont hesitate to take advantage of such recklessness)now maybe if they dressed in the butchered remains of goblins....NOW THAT would be intimidating and still provide a modicum of protection. Sadly pearlite ethics will not let us, methinks.

This is the sad truth, but we make it up in spades by having absolutely mudertastic soldiers...i mean who can say they are from Watershield unless they can cut down a werebeast with a single cleave?