Back, and with update! Also, hey, I’m the 99th post. We are just cruising along here. DwarfOfDefeat, I renamed Narglard ‘Nalar,’ as it was similar enough without the masculinity. Spartan 117, I changed Spartan to ‘Sparta’ for the same reason.
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17th Slate, 13~Life is chaotic here. As much as I’ve improved my organizing skills, it’s just about impossible to keep track of everyone. Our population went from 9 to 30 in an instant, and I’m not sure we have jobs for everyone. Most newcomers have been put to work doing generic masonry and carpentry work to continue work on the cabin – some, though, insisted on serving in military duty. Since Rykue and Dermonster have been ordered to clearcut the jungle, they’re again out of the barracks. Our new fightin’ force consists of new migrants Grath, Sulvor, Randall, Sparta, Nalar, Angron, and Ubik.
Between sparring sessions, Sparta and Ubik had been bothering me about getting some crossbows built, as they were hoping to become archers (the others have picked up our obsidian swords and have been cutting each other up). I ordered one of the new artisan immigants to do it – Doom, I think; I was trying to learn names quickly. She responded with “You do it yourself!” I don’t know if she was just trying to sound rebellious or actually be rebellious. Most likely the former as she ended up making the crossbows anyhow. We got some archery ranges up, and our two new archers have been steadily practicing.
Some more raccoons attacked, and after we cleaned up, I noticed a bit of a scuffle happening. Irwin was hissing at one of the new migrants… Pasakoye? Something like that. He was a butcher, and the two were fighting over the corpses.
“It’s not a point of contention. I’m better than you. I’ve seen the way you handle a cleaver; you’re no good at it.”
“Hiss! Spat!”
“That’s not a counterargument!”
I let the two sort it out for themselves – best not to interact with Irwin anyhow – and I later saw Pasakoye with a bag of raccoon bodies heading over to the stables’ butchery.
I’ve been trying to sort out living space for everyone. A married couple immigrated, so it’d be prudent to get them their own space. The communal bedroom, on the other hand, is… a bit cramped.
In other, less… orthodox news, yet another migrant went into some sort of fit. She attacked Gutendorf, who had been touching up some of her stone intruments for the autumn caravan, and claimed the workshop for herself, shaping a bunch of bones and wood together obsessively. I can’t recall her name, but she refused to talk to anyone for a few days, eventually producing… well, it’s uncomfortable to talk about.
Nobody’s quite sure what to make of it, though it seems to be worth around 3600. It’s rather disconcerting, and… draws you in, really. We don’t like to talk much about it, although the dwarf in question (Boltspirals? Something like that, I never caught her first name) has become quite the bone carver.
As a final item of news, this place of hell has been blessed with a child!
Its traditional name is Besmar, but Rykue and Gute are still discussing a more colloquial name for the boy. How exciting! I’ll have a crib made up immediately.
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So, lots of fun stuff is going on. The swordsdwarves are all trained in wrestling to about level 7-9ish prior to their swordsdwarfship training, and will hopefully be tough enough to take down a single orc squad. First mood was secretive; thank gods, since my last fort only had one non-possessed mood in 10 years. Think I managed to fit in all the new guys somewhere in there, though the military didn’t get much face time. Later, I guess.
In terms of the baby: I don’t want to leave them open for dorfings as I previously did, so here’s the new plan.
Rykue and Shintaro Fago, the first one of you to respond gets to choose the baby’s first name and their dwarf’s last name becomes the new family last name (through DC).
Legendary count: Morul Boltspirals (unclaimed dwarf) is our 3rd legendary, in bone carving; Rykue is our 4th in wood cutting, and Quinn’s become the 5th (and first multi-legendary) in organizing. My little admin’s got quite the stats now! 6 Strength, 6 Agility, and 2 Toughness. I’m thinking about giving him some rasslin’ training so he can become an emergency defender.
Since school's back on for me now, updates will probably be less frequent, though I'll do my best to do one a day still if I can. Stuff like four a day will likely be right out, though :P
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