At last, the defensive gates guarding the upper barracks and the siege entrance have been constructed. One lever was already in place and is being entangled with the barracks gate. Now go get to the other lever while I put these notes up.
Ahh, Lukupayngis is back. I can hear the screams of "LUKUPAYNGIS NO IS SAY! Going of the NOW IS!" from here. Admittedly, that's less impressive when considering that I'm less than a hundred paces from the bugger.
Over the screams and shouts, I can hardly tell what is going on, but apparently all three of the kobolds managed to escape pursuit unscathed. Lukupayngis' yelling is still faintly audible, which is almost cute.
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oh dear EturOn top of this, we have dwarfs needing traction, and Imic's knees are injured.
Now can one of you lot explain why there are a pair of unlabelled levers here?
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Kib is now scuttling through the halls, babbling incoherently about the Great Vortex. This makes some sense, considering the head trauma he took from Aban punching him repeatedly.
That's right disgusting. Aban, apparently deciding that Kib had not been beaten enough, came back and caved in Kib's skull with his fist.
doesn't give a damnWe'll be keeping a
very close watch on you, Aban.
Meanwhile, the other Kib is in shock. I cannot blame him.
WHAT THE HELL IS THATwhen did this happenWhy was I not made aware that a POISONOUS BLOB OF HOSTILE, SENTIENT MUD was in the halls? This happened in Galena? It is currently
Limestone, you daft twit.
NO MATE
STOP
he has the gall to call himself "Puppyguard", but maybe he's guarding against the puppiesTwo different dogs, a single punch each... What the hell is with you, mate?
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some fine poetry herePuppyguard, stop
attacking a duck with an action figurineNo, mate, what are you doing
PUPPYGUARD
STOP
DEAR ETUR
What the hell was that, mate? You want to talk about it?
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What? A visitor? Who? A human?
interestingvery interestingHe brought with him a swordsman. Presumably a bodyguard, but these apes are known for treachery. He claims to be here to meet with the mayor. I'm sure he was sent as a spy and assassin, given human tendencies. He will not be leaving.
As expected, another armed human has appeared, and the three are wandering about the place, examining everything. The entire militia is to stand by and await the command to "welcome" the lumbering fools- what? Dwarfish caravan? Sod it, eliminate the humans. Immediately. And keep it quiet- Derpy, get away from the shambling soon-to-be-corpses, what are you doing? "Conduct Meeting"? Bloody hell, mate, you know that they're just lying to get a view of the halls, right? Derpy? You alright, mate?
apparently notAban? Is that you?
well that's not goodMate, you're probably going to die. Earth and stone embrace you.
Aban is gone. Expired while trying to crawl to the hospital, yakking his guts up across the temple floor as he went. The two mystery levers are somehow coated in his sick. Wait. Ezum, what the fuck, mate? He was already dying, you didn't need to
gut-punch him!
who taught you how to fight with a spear - - - - - - - - - -
Lunardog? Mate? Oi mate, you doing alright?
shit, mate, been there - - - - - - - - - -
The humans are dead, and with no dwarfish casualties. Bandithorses endures the human threat.
Now, taking a look at the caravan- WHO THE HELL ORDERED SO MANY RABBITS
I SWEAR TO ETUR
Whatever, they're cheap. Just give us all of them- What? You already got all of them? Every last rabbit, every metal bar, llamas, goats, cows, a ram, every bag of sand- DEAR ETUR WHAT THE HELL IS THAT
"Deep Stalker"?
Why the hell would you get that, mate? Just... grab those books and let's be done with this.
Get a drink to calm my nerves...
THOLTIG
MATE
STOP
DON'T PUNCH THE BONECARVER-
MATE
PUNCHING A PLANTER IS NO BETTER
PILE OF COW
What? Requests for the merchants? Hens, cats, paper. More rabbits, because they
are adorable. EVERY BIT OF FOOD THEY CAN BRING. Unrefined coal, aluminium, magnetite. Gneiss for pots. Bags. Bags of sand. Eggs. Delicious eggs.
Hah? What they want? Fine, let's have a look.
Heh, the wars hit elsewhere, huh? Hooray for insanity, right? Get lost.
Seven rabbits for the fastest to claim them, yes.
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IDEN NO
GUARDS
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Iden seems to have completely snapped, the poor bastard. He's up top, shooting at the pastured creatures. Namely, a "molebull" has somehow attracted his ire and is currently looking more and more like a giant pincushion.
Dear Etur, these creatures are vicious when provoked.
Well, that's the end for poor Iden. Coattails came up and
cleanly decapitated him.
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again?WHAT THE HELL, MATE
living up to their titleMATE
PUNCHING A SWORDMASTER IS NOT A GOOD IDEA
STOP
CHOKING STRANGLING THAT GUINEACOCK
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No, mate, not you too!
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"Growldaub"That's... Actually, I'm not sure what to make of this. In addition, Zefon has become quite attached to that spear of bronze.
very attachedMeanwhile, the third floor of the cemetery has a strange ectoplasmic floor.
well that's interesting(OOC: Seriously, what? It is a blank black tile, above ground, that displays that.)
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DERPY
MATE
NOT YOU TOO
she was starting to recover, tooI can't watchWhat was that sound?
ohjust as well, after a liver injuryThrough horrors worse than the rest of us had to endure, our dear baroness held out for an admirably long time. Earth and stone embrace you.
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WILL YOU LET ME FUCKIN' EULOGISE DERPY BEFORE YOU GO ON MURDERING
ROTTING COWNIPPLE
food fight!Damn it, youngbab, I know you got hit by a flying brain - which, admittedly, is somewhat disgusting - but you did not need to start murdering people for it! CALM DOWN
(OOC: I noticed just now that "King" Zultan claimed two of the seven rabbits we got from the caravan. Stoat... got none. As usual.
*chortle*)
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"BUCKEEEEEEEEEEET"
"WE NEED SOME BUUUUUUUUCKET"
Oh dear Etur, not again. Bloody bucket fetishists. Just make some bloody buckets, you daft twits.
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Sakzul is crawling around the halls, screaming and babbling about some "untempered schism" while scattering her clothes about. She's quite clearly been driven mad, her mind snapping like the dozen before her. Alas, I fear that she shan't recover. Earth and stone embrace you.
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The third floor of the cemetery is almost complete, and the second floor is... full, I'm told. I've had the... excess, on the ground, walled off, so that we needn't see it while it awaits a move to the cemetery.
"Nationsdimpled"Alas, Bomrek is running around, stripping his clothes and howling like Sakzul before him. Earth and stone embrace you, mate-
What? Up top? Quithe? Oh, the elf? Well what happened?
another victim of BandithorsesShe's dead? Oh, he? So
he's dead. Goddammit, this place.
Someone explain why these two HAVE NOT BEEN BURIED YET.
Bloody 'ell, Imic, what was tha' about? Wait, tha' look-
well that's a firstRUN FOR YER LIVES, YE DAFT TWITS
Dodók, you poor, daft fool. Earth and stone embrace you, you moron. Unfortunately, I doubt that we'll be able to bury your body. Someone make make some memorial slabs, and engrave one for Dodók.
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Two words: Peter Principle"Profanesteppe", and guess who's getting their door replaced as a reminder - - - - - - - - - -
Mafi, elf scholar, has begun running around and screaming while throwing her clothing everywhere. I suppose elves go insane much the same as dwarfs.
Ducim and "king" Zultan got into quite the altercation, each dealing nasty injuries, as the winter months came about.
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OOC time! I've added [N]otes to label various things, such as important rooms and each known lever. Stress should plateau here and, hopefully, begin to recover, assuming we don't get any more surprise corpse piles. If another siege or ambush party comes, I'm simply going to lock up the outpost gates and wait it out(or let my successor deal with it).
As for the hospital, there were no traction benches at all. The hospital now has two, and will likely need more if things continue this way.
That weird floor ended up being constructed (again?) and now appears to be a normal floor.
Pikachu's offspring are not in the fortress, unfortunately. I discovered their names after inadvertently discovering that she was married to Maximum Spin.
I'll check for her parents and siblings-blimey a lot of our dwarfings are closely related.
Edit: I've redwarfed you as Cerol, your (formerly) older sister.