First I travel to the Chapel of Clearings, the temple of Loli.
It's a pretty nice place. The whole thing is built out of hornblende. Also you can see my dog! Her name is Simo and she is very sweet. She started following me around last month and I feed her scraps.
There are a lot of statues in the temple. Most are variations on these two:
Loli isn't always a nice god.
The view from the roof isn't bad. There are 6 floors, but only 3 are above ground.
This is the shrine, where we keep the artifacts. Also, the sacred pool.
I take the wood opal like XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX said.
Loli, what do you think?
Oh. Um.
I'm not sure this journey will end well.
Simo whines and bumps my hand.
Good girl.
Before I embark on my journey, I'm going to need some food. I'll go to the market and say goodbye to my friends while I'm at it. Luckily, the market is a short walk to the west. I give a few friendly waves to the merchants, who all know me.
I walk up to my friend Domi, who sells the best spleen in town.
"Domi, I'm going on a trip and I need to buy all the spleen I can!"
"Wow, really? How far are you going?"
"I'm going all the way to the Museum?"
"The Museum!? Do you know how far that is!?"
"It's pretty far, but not that far, right?"
"Let me put it this way. If you travel north across the Steppe of Ticks, wade though the Swamp of Guilds, crossing the great river there, and then walk through the Natural Fields, you'll come to the Tundra of Heroes. Put on your warmest clothes, then keep walking north, though the snow, goblins, and necromantic abominations, until you reach the Adventurous Steppe. Then, THEN, you might be able to find someone to guide you the rest of the way! So what I'm saying is, you should stay here."
"But I have to. I want to see the world!"
"See this part of the world! You'll die in the frozen tundra!"
"Aaah! Here's a gold and three silver! Just sell me my spleens!"
"Fine! Here's 20 snapping turtle spleens! Don't fucking die! Goodbye!"
And then I left, to start my trip north. Behind me I heard Domi call out, "And take care of the dog!"
Word traveled though the city as I made my way north. Nearly a hundred people waved goodbye as I left. Goodbye, Strifefularmor.
As I entered into the wilderness, I marveled at all the
green. And some white. The cherries were in bloom, and some of them were ripe. I climbed up into a tree and ate some. Then I gave Simo one of the spleens that I was going to eat.
Then I just decided to fill my backpack with ripe cherries.
Spitting cherry pits, I kept walking north. I walked, and walked. All day. It wasn't too bad, because I usually walk around the city all day, but the terrain was worse. I spent the night with Simo under my coat, giving me warmth. I couldn't feel my fingers and toes in the morning, but they warmed up once I got walking. It snowed on the second day, and I packed snow into my waterskin and kept it under my coat. I drank the meltwater and added more snow as I went. The spleens ended up being mostly for Simo, because there were fruit trees and other edible plants everywhere. Then I made it to the great river.
There was some kind of giant turtle lurking in the dark water, which scared Simo away, and frankly, I'm not THAT confident in my swimming. But I had to cross sometime, and I went looking for a bridge, following the river. The hamlets I visited had no bridges.
Folks say that the river turns to the south a bit west of here, so that's no good. I'll go east instead.
And I traveled east, following the great cataract, until I came upon the town of Streammartyred. ((It was at this point that I realized I could cross the river at night while it was frozen, but bear with me here.))
As I entered the town, night began to fall, and with it, snow.
I came upon a cluster of buildings. Each one was silent and empty. The snow was pristine, and the world was silent.
Where are all the people?
Wait... Is that...
A bridge!
I cross, and continue on the other side. Simo is getting tired and cold. I open another door to peek inside, and she squirms though the open door, curling up on a pile of clothes.
I guess we're staying here for the night.
Nothing bad happens overnight, and as we walk out of the door, we're surrounded by... cats?
Hey, these barrels still have alcohol in them!
And with that, we're out of the dead city, traveling north. We're almost to the Tundra of Heroes. It... hasn't been as hard as I expected.
Blue circle is me, red circle is where I came from.
The tundra is so... empty.
After a couple of days, here's how close I am:
A couple of days later:
That wasn't hard. I'll walk back after I buy some more food in the town to the north.
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Topic: Museum III, adventure succession game (DF 0.47.05) (Read 473593 times)