Night 22...
2 torches are consumed.
Azurist and Nirur stand guard. The chill night wind blows from the west. At first the night is uneventful, but a pack of Houndeye's wanders in. At first they are not seen, despite Nirurs vantage point. They eat a little of the crops, jsut enough to start making some sounds and draw attention. Nirrur motions to Azurist who approaches on the ground and Nirrur holds up his torch to shed some light. he shoulders the borrowed crossbow and lines up a shot. despite zero skill in the crossbow, his fine coordination is without peer, and his steady hand guides a bolt straight through one of the three houndlike creatures.
The beasts Flourescent innards spray out in a circle as it is torn open and deflates into a pile of sludgy skin. The creatures run around a bit in a panic before spotting Azurist creeping low through the young shoots of the crops. They charge, hopping between the plants and surrounding the hammerdwarf. But Azurist strikes first! He swings his hammer true, and catches one of the hounds mid-skip. its bloated fluid filled body absorbs the impact and sends it hurtling against the tower wall. It exploders in a rain of green glowing gore! Some of the crop is coated with slime and begins to wither.
The remaining two creatures pounce at Azurist while his back is turned, He turns to face one as it bodyslams him but to no effect, however its hollow quills dig in and anchor into his skin! They stick out of his neck and torso! The Creature hands off of him barely touching the ground! The second Houndeye collides into his legs striking him behind the knees, nearly knocking him down, but he is far too strong even for such sneaky tactics. The quills stick in deep and painfully.
Nirur finishes reloading and aims down at the houndeyes, firing immediatly. The bolt skewers the one near his legs, and it pops open- its innards going splat all over the surrounding area.
Azurist feels woozy, he violently shoves the critter away, but it slides off the limply hanging creature. The creature drains nourishing blood from the anchored in quills! Azurist feels faint! but he grabs the creature and throws it off, tearing peices of skin off with it! He picks his hammer back up and clumsily charges in to smash it as it gets up. basically exploding it.
Azurist losses quite a bit of blood and feels weak and tired.
The rest of the night is also eventfull. Nirur sees a bonfire blaze on the steep slope of the volcano. He squints and peers trying to see but it is too far, but he thinks there are some figuires dancing around the flame. The flame dies out after a while, but a rockslide takes place soon thereafter. Rocks pour down the mountainside and nearly cover the fortress entrance, The tremendous noise interrupts everybodys sleep, and the loose rock tramples any supplies left along the mountainside. Including Cogs tent.
Day 23 Approaches
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