And we’re back! Sorry for the delay!Cog’s Journal, 22nd of Opal, 313Well that forgotten beast wasn’t even remotely a threat thanks to Derm. That creature soul was well and truly chopped. Now on to more important business. I’ve given Comp the go ahead to chop down the trees around his living space in the caves. It’s entirely possible the other woodcutters will be down there to give him a hand as well. Soon we’ll have some farms up and running down there.
The Meatworks industrial area is open although there isn’t a lot of activity there yet. At least most of our animals have been moved down out of the upstairs breeding area. All the other animals still need to migrate down though. So far we’ve got breeding pairs of both black and grizzly bears, both camel species and of course our regular livestock. I’m still looking through our cages to see if any others are available. But soon we’ll have a steady and varied supply of meat and bones.
The central room will eventually be our dedicated milking and cheese making area. I’ve already got a dwarf interested in the job as well! Bone storage and crafting will be on the north side, leather storage and crafting to the south. Kitchens and stills are next and will be installed soon in the industrial area across the hall from the butchery.
Also, once the miners finish their current tasks I’m putting them all on temporary engraving duty. Digging has gotten way too far ahead of smoothing. It’s time for the miners to take a break and let everyone else start catching up.
Cog’s Journal, 28th of Opal, 313Today I got a suggestion from Derm the Soulchopper of all people. He’d like a pool so he could train his soldiers and others to swim. With the dangerous channels of water that are being built around Towersoared, there’s a lot of logic to his idea. He brought it up in the dining hall, so naturally a fantastic conversation about evolving the idea developed.
Several ideas were thrown around including designs for a shower hallway that dwarves could use to clean themselves. There’s not a dwarf that I know of that doesn’t enjoy a mist bath so I’ll have to look into building both ideas. Granted, it’ll require mining time but since the miners are currently taking a break and helping the engravers I can easily reassign one crew to developing a bathing area and swimming pool. I’ll have to ensure that the system is safe, wouldn’t want dwarves drowning or the fort flooding.
Of course, unlike mountainhome, the dwarves who have migrated here seem to have excellent hygiene habits. Despite being coated repeatedly in blood and vomit, our residents seem to take great pleasure in keeping themselves clean!
Cog’s Journal, 19th of Obsidian, 313Today Ilral Asteshlaltur the mason came into the dining hall with a most incredible creation. Apparently he’s been working in secret for several days now. He built a bed out of stone.
Amazing work as always even if the Hammerdwarf squad might find the name a little insulting. I think it was meant to be rhetorical since there aren’t any images of Shorast getting injured on it. The creativity of my fellow dwarves really never ceases to amaze me.
OOC: Seriously, I checked as many dwarves as I could after I saw the post about the bathing. As it turns out, the dwarves here in Towersoared are fastidious about personal hygiene. Not a single one has a speck of blood or vomit in their inventory, not even our soldiers. It seems Derm runs a tight ship.
@Urist Imiknorris: A very deep funeral indeed! The mist will certainly provide happy thoughts and mist probably still cleans dwarves. I like that design, I’ll have to decide where to set that up, I don’t want too much mud in my core halls but I should be able to rig it up in some of the back hallways.
@dermonster: I should be able to rig up a swimming pool. If I recall correctly, 4 deep water is required to make dwarves actually swim without drowning. I may have to station the military squads in an empty room and then pour a pre-measured volume of water in. I’ll play with a design and let you know what I come up with.
@Syntic: A waterfall does clean dwarves off, but interestingly enough, Towersoared dwarves actually keep themselves clean. Every once in a while I see a dwarf with the “Clean Self” task.
Also, as promised, here is a selection of the best engravings in your bedroom:
An image of a masterful prepared meal.
The only image of an artifact being created.
There are two different images of the foundation of Towersoared.
This is another masterful creation, this time a bridge.
And probably the best image in the room, a shot of one of our fine axedwarves at work.
@dragonshardz: Those are interesting designs, thanks for posting them on Urist Imiknorris’ behalf! No worries about the funky walls, I see what’s going on there.
@bcd1024: Thanks very much!
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