I know this sounds absolutely bonkers, but dwarves can do anything- what if we obsidian casted an exact replica of the tower right next to it?
Complete with pump stacks, clear glass+magma royalty cube, and everything? :o
10th Granite, 1068It's a marvel of dwarven engineering.
It's also completely incomprehensible.
And why do we have no military?
The king lives here?! and he's not being properly provided for?
Well, that's easy to fix, at least. I order some artifacts that are lying about to be installed in his rooms. A weapon rack, a rope, an animal trap, and a quern.
Hey, he didn't say they had to make sense.
I also get a report from a miner about "dangerous terrain". I have a quick look, and...
... It's an obsidian farm. Fascinating. The current orders are for it to be micromanaged and channeled out one row at a time. I've no idea why.
To be frank, I've no idea what's going on in this fort at all. I'm just going to continue the ribbon and call that my contribution.
12th GraniteIn order to properly continue the ribbon, I'll need a set of masonry shops set up to produce nothing but orthoclase blocks. Currently, all the shops are next to "everything
but orthoclase" stockpiles. The point being, I suppose, to not waste ribbon-worthy orthoclase on such things as doors and weapon racks.
Here will do.
4th SlateThere's a forgotten beast running around in the caverns, too. Some huge one-eyed swan with a bulging trunk, fluffed feathers, and poisonous gas.
I...
think it can't get to us.
18th SlateI may as well give myself a bedroom overseeing the process, after all, it was my idea. ... The block factory, not the ribbon itself.
6th FelsiteI've finally finished the unconstructed half-layers of the ribbon that the previous overseer left for me and started building it on my own. It's kind of intimidating...
(technically this happened a while ago but I forgot to mention it then)
12th FelsiteA carpenter has been possessed!
17th FelsiteShe's started building... whatever it is. She's muttering "Dumurrab Rorashingish" over and over.
21st FelsiteAn armor stand, eh?
1st HematiteSummer has arrived. So far I've added two levels to the ribbon.