1st of MoonstoneThe goblins have arrived and are here in force. Even a couple of pokemon, a gengar and a strange species that they were riding that I couldn't name. I had some cage traps and stone fall traps set up earlier but that wont deter them for long.
Fortunately though, redgem the blue gem has a secret weapon and I sent one of our marksdwarves out to unchain it while the rest of us are assembling at the atomsmasher. The goblins noticed him and gave chase while I raised the drawbridge. Foolishly, they followed him thinking another way into the fortress was to be found on that snowed in building on the hill. Our marksdwarf arrived and did his job then headed wisely for the secret path to the trade depot
UNLEASH ZYGARDE!
AHAHAHAHHAA!! GO ZYGARDE! REND THEM LIMB FROM LIMB AND TEAR THEIR FLESH ASUNDER!
Zygarde was ripping them to pieces one by one, quite slowly and painfully I should add
that said, Zygarde stopped screwing around when I saw one goblin manage to nail Zygarde in the head with a crossbow shot despite all these injuries
Zygarde then stopped screwing around. I couldn’t see much of the battle due to the wall, the snow storm and the clouds of slade zygarde was throwing up, but its safe to say the goblins suffered Land’s Wrath
A few minutes of this and Zygarde went back into its home on the hill while the goblins fled in terror. We captured a goblin during the scuffle, sadly though none of those weird pokemon they were riding. We in the military didn't even need to go out and kill stragglers. Petrel had trained zygarde well.
19th of MoonstoneI personally visited Scourge today to see how he was getting on. He had remarkably changed since his incarceration having regretted starting those fistfights except against the human lasher. He told me that with nothing to do except eat, drink, sleep, meditate and admire the well designed furniture and restraints he's had a lot of time to think things over.
"Any regrets?" I asked.
"Many, but that lasher was not one of them. Next time I will tell Kol about it."
"What's the first thing you're going to do once your time is up?"
He thought for a few moments before responding.
"I think...I will do some reading. I've spent a long time thinking about what I've done and what got me so angry, now I want to think about my future."
I simply nodded
Then unlocked his restraints.
"Go then" I said with a smile. "The library awaits."
(ooc, he's gone from 16000 stress to -4000 and stopped thinking about that miasma as much and a goblin corpse)
3rd of OpalOpuntia has apparently grown attached to his Avocado wood crutch. The doctors have talked about replacing it with a better one considering how many times he appeared to smack goblins with it. Now that I'm seeing this extremely undwarven display I moved the metal crutch to the top of the work orders immediately. The smiths apparently seem to content to be drinking instead of smithing until I shout at them so give me a minute...
Paddy also made her first masterwork carpentry piece today. A bed that I had installed in Opuntia's room now that its finally been walled and floored. I'm still deciding on her furniture but for now that should be ample compensation for her work.
When I saw Paddy or Padme as she's been referring to herself lately crawl her way back to her bedroom I decided to follow her.
"Paddywagon"
"Recon" came the reply. Blunt and with a mixture of well deserved disrespect and reluctant respect.
It took me a moment to admit this but admit I did.
"I feel that I may have slandered your reign a bit. I also found out what happened at GoldSilver and Pocketball. Including about your sister and your several deaths. I'm not clear on how you keep possessing dwarves, the only thing I'm an expert on with ghosts is slaying them with a big stick."
Paddy's eyes filled with anger when I mentioned GoldSilver then brimmed with tears when I mentioned Pocketball.
"What I'm saying is, I've been a bit harsh on you and I'm sorry.
I've ordered a pedestal and some swalot statues for your room. Any of them that's less than superior is getting dumped. What's going on the pedestal? A frogadier bone artifact sceptre fit for a queen since I doubt you'd want to be reminded of being possessed. You are also getting a new crutch. One of the doctors also mentioned your arm infection is gone. Just your hip one now and you can walk again.
I left the room then. I think its been a while since she smiled at me for something other than dead goblins.
18th of OpalThe pump housing has been designed and built by my hands and those of the hauliers who I haven't had to cut alcohol rations because they decided the pumping corridors were good shortcuts to get to the dining hall. I installed the artifact floodgate made during Paddy's reign, a lever to control said floodgate. All I need now is to fill everything with water.
Cole came up to me and asked if we had any more writing supplies for her research. She told me that she went through all the paper I bought from the mountainhomes in less than a week and she'd been spending the time trying to train that "troll" without success.
I checked the stock records and Arceus above how have we lasted this long with no renewable supply of papers.
We can't grow papyrus as its too cold
The kiln hasn't been fired for a while to make quicklime due to fuel shortages despite having tons of eelektrik skins that Paddy was gleefully cutting.
Finally, the third method of using cloth plants was being used in well...cloth and none of it set aside for our paper. No screw press either apparently.
We also had no scroll rollers or quires made to turn into scrolls, codices or books.
I sighed, apologised to Cole and placed down more work orders. Better to solve this in my reign while I have the chance.
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Right, Question: whose the next turn after me and how do I hand over the save? Next update is the last of my reign