Events of the 20th of Limestone, 308Dodok Amnish apprehensively made his way up into the pyramid. Inside, the two caged Nightwings were waiting to be assigned to a chain. He had the misfortune to be assigned to move the first one. He cautiously made his way towards the cage sitting carefully stored right next to the chain. The beast was snarling and spitting inside with seemingly limitless energy. Some dwarves said that these creatures never sleep and they’re always watching.
He only had one chance to accomplish this. A haunch of beef that he had snagged from the kitchen would suffice as a distraction. He began to wave the haunch under the Nightwing’s nose. It watched carefully with intelligent eyes. Then Dodok threw the meat into the cage on the far side from the cage door and chain. The ravenous beast dove onto it and began ripping it to shreds.
Dodok sprang into action. He grabbed the chain and pulled the pin from the door to the cage. Before the Nightwing could react, he threw the collar around the beast’s neck and pulled it tight. The beast roared with surprise and turned to attack him. Naturally, Dodok ran, the beast close on his tail. The chain rattled as it was pulled to its limits and then Dodok heard a loud thump. He turned to see the Nightwing flat on the ground, pulled downwards when the chain hit its limits.
The beast thrashed around, biting and clawing at the steel chain but it held firm. The beast was contained.
However, there was no way Dodok was going to set foot in that pyramid to chain the other one. The second Nightwing had been watching carefully and he doubted it would be fooled by the same trick. Besides, the last thing he wanted was to have the chained Nightwing breathing down his neck while he tried to capture the other one.
Cogs Journal, 21st of Limestone, 308The first Nightwing has been successfully chained but none of the dwarves will go in there to chain the second one. They won’t even retrieve the cage from the room because they’re so scared of the Nightwing. I’ll have to rethink the design in the future but for the moment at least we can try feeding the beast to see what effect it will have.
On another note, Catten Ubalmafol our finest miner seems to have gone round the bend. The maniacal laughter echoing through the dining hall is rather unnerving. It’s possible she’s been overworking herself down in the excavation site far too much lately. I haven’t really seen her around much in the past months. Perhaps I’ll stop in down there today and suggest she take a holiday, we certainly have the dwarf power to cover her while she relaxes for a while.
I’ll have to be somewhat diplomatic when I suggest it though. Not quite sure how far gone she is and she’s quite possessive of the work site. They’ve just started excavating the 6th floor now.
(OOC): The dwarves won’t chain the second one. Once the first was on a chain, the second job just got canceled repeatedly due to interruptions from a dangerous animal. I’m thinking I might be able to set up a system where both the Nightwings would be loose inside the pyramid in the future but this will do for now. Hope you like it breadbocks!
@tuxman: Whatever works for you! Sorry there hasn’t been much to report for Catten lately. Things have been going unusually smoothly in the excavations. In fact, there haven’t been interruptions in the dining hall quarry from any creatures for at least 3 years. Catten has been working steadily down there for at least the past two years pretty much non-stop. As a result her relationships seem to have suffered a bit as you can see here:
Also, here’s her latest status report.
@Scaraban: Indeed. I’m keeping them as busy as I can but they still seem to find time for odd hobbies.
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