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Re: Towersoared - Chronicles of Construction (Community)
« Reply #690 on: March 25, 2011, 12:01:37 pm »

Pfft, yeah, I love casual dialogue like that.

*Guy gets stabbed in the shoulder or something*
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« Reply #691 on: March 25, 2011, 12:52:46 pm »

Watch out for Zanfar!  That guy is just bad news. 

Stupid Zanfar.....
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« Reply #692 on: March 25, 2011, 01:06:46 pm »

Thor's journal
2nd of Malachite 316
Today Derm The Soulchopper got to fight Gerthu the Destroyer. Why do these idiots keep comming here anyway? I mean really... that monster was dismembered in seconds. Oh well if they keep coming we'll keep killing them. Now I think I shall polish my hammer and wait for the next wave.
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« Reply #693 on: March 25, 2011, 06:27:25 pm »

This reminds me of the story where a dragon besieged an unprepared fort, and while the fort was scrambling to get the militia ready... the dragon fell into the volcano and died. The end.
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« Reply #694 on: March 25, 2011, 08:26:04 pm »

Syntic's Journal:
So I think I've figured it out. When the nobles back home picked this location for Towersoared they claimed that this was a completely different place than it actually turned out to be. Then over the years we keep hearing about how people back home really have no idea what this place is like. Back home the tales of this place are twisted and distorted to the extent that I'm fairly sure that people don't believe that all the fine crafts coming from here are actually from here. However it's the forgotten beasts and the things like that two headed monster that keep attacking us, that I think I've figured out.

The nobles back home wanted to get rid of some dwarfs that they felt might get in the way of the status quo, and so spoke lies about this place. I'm sure that the monsters are the same way, telling lies to their fellow monsters that are getting in the way of their status quo and sending them this way. But if one thinks about it a bit more, one quickly realizes that killing these legendary beasts wouldn't maintain the status quo but drastically change it at the new power vacuum.

What seems to be going on here in the monster world is some relatively young monster or group of monsters is trying to establish themselves as the new power, and instead of going about this using the brute force method are instead going about it in a stealthy way by taking out the current power holders.

Anyways enough of that random musing, time for some thoughts as to who it was that let the Nightwing out. I had been thinking that someone just blatantly pulled the lever and then got out of there, but Cog suggested that a forged order could have been placed so that the real culprit would have been no where near the lever in case anyone saw the dwarf that pulled the lever. I'm not to sure how likely that is, but if that is the case then the dwarf that did pull the lever should be fairly confused as to why we are claiming anything went wrong with that lever all on it's own. He's likely to think one of three things:

1) The most likely, that Cog is over worked and had meant to place the order for some other lever, but in a moment of confusion as to all the levers put in the order for the wrong lever. They'll likely believe that Cog had no idea that the lever was even pulled, and that Cog is still expecting a lever to be pulled. If this is what they believe they should come forward of their own accord in an attempt to clear up the confusion, and at that point we should be able to see the order that they received to pull the lever. If they don't come forward though I've an idea that should cover that, but we'll get back to that in a moment.
2) They could also believe that Cog already knows about the order and is trying to cover something up. If this is what they believe then they are likely to not come forward on their own as no one smart person confronts a powerful person about a cover up unless they have proof to back it up. Even then one doesn't confront a powerful person directly in a cover up as a powerful person can make proof disappear. Instead they'll likely start rumors among the populous about the cover up, and the person that forged the order will likely try to recruit the dwarf for their purposes. Again I have an idea for that situation, but I'll get to that in a moment.
3) The last possible thing that happens is that the dwarf understands on there own that they received a set of forged orders, and that an investigation is going on to find out what happened. They'll naturally come forward on their own to assist unless they believe they are a suspect. If they think they are a suspect them coming forward will likely have solely to do with the personality. Again, I have an idea to get them to come forward even if they think we think they are a suspect.

Alright, so I've said three times that I have an idea on how to get the person to come forward, and yet I've not explained it. So here it is for all three of them. We wait a bit in case it is number 2 that happens. We give it time for rumors to start, but not to much time as we don't want the rumors to get out of control. We then have Cog announce that he recently put in a request for a lever to be pulled and that his records show that someone completed the task, but that it appears to have not yet been done. We have him ask for any dwarfs to have received an order the pulling of any levers to come in so we can see where the mix up was. The reason we want to wait for rumors to start is that if that's going to happen then we need to narrow down the suspects based off of who's spreading the rumors and who's acting on the rumors. Then after Cog makes his announcement about the lever that should have been pulled, the rumors for the most part will be quelled.

Of course that idea is only really needed if the dwarf doesn't come forward on his own that pulled the lever. If he comes forward then we go from there, and need not say anything about levers publicly.
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« Reply #695 on: March 26, 2011, 06:44:34 am »

A note from Rifotangir`s notebook:

.....lakes begin to drain away and now it seems that a living piece of crap is sitting in one of these.
Weird.

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« Reply #696 on: March 27, 2011, 01:18:10 pm »

Cog's Journal, 5th of Malachite 316

Syntic talked my ear off a bit today but I think I got the gist of his idea.  The statement about the lever malfunction being a probable cause has already been released but we're still investigating.  We'll keep things quiet for now and see if the dwarf who pulled the lever comes forward to speak with us.  If that doesn't happen within a month or two at most, we'll put out a call for all dwarves who recently operated levers to help sort out some work order confusion. 

Syntics theory about why we are here is also intriguing, I'm going to have to chew on that  one for a while.  The only hole I see in the theory is how this new power could possibly anticipate how strong our military has gotten.  If it can anticipate that, I'm very concerned for our future. 

Events of the 15th of Malachite 316

Odbok was working away carefully at excavating the North industrial hallway.  It would be about another few weeks to finish excavating it.  He took one last swing with his pick and braced himself for the inevitable drop.  As he fell, the world seemed to blur around him and suddenly he found himself standing on the top of a precarious stairway in an elegant hallway. 

He carefully made his way down and looked around.  It was the north industrial hall, finished exactly as planned.  Nearby he saw dwarves walking to and fro.  He ran over to them, suddenly seeing shock appearing on their faces.  “What on earth happened?” he asked them.  One of them pointed and said in a wavering voice, “You’re still alive?  You’ve been floating up there for about 4 years now!” 

Odbok was shocked and went to sit down.  “It’s only been a few seconds, how can so much time have passed?”  He looked around at the beautiful fortress.  He had a lot to catch up on; there was no doubt about that.  Then the hauler standing next to him spoke, “You know, you’re on the military roster for training this month.  You might want to go grab your gear.” 

Odbok stared at the dwarf in disbelief.  “I’ve been floating outside of time for 4 years and you’re worried about me training?”  He hauled himself to his feet.  “I was a legendary miner 4 years ago, and now I’m in the MILITARY?”  The hauler stepped back, eying the pick nervously.  “Well not exactly.  Cog thought it might be valuable to have everyone receive basic military training and some light armor.”  Odbok shook his head in frustration.  Obviously he had a lot to catch up on. 

Events of the 24th of Malachite 316
 
Feb Logemeshim was depressed.  The official statement that mechanical damage had released the Nightwing had shocked him deeply.  He knew now without a doubt that the lever he had pulled was directly responsible for releasing the Nightwing.  His soul hurt from the guilt at almost causing another dwarf injury.  He would have to step forward to correct the record soon, but first he needed to take some time away to reaffirm his loyalty to Towersoared and rekindle his creative spirit. 



Cog's Journal, 10th of Galena 316

Reports have just arrived of a lone human approaching the fortress.  I wonder what he wants; it doesn't appear he's traveling with a caravan.  The humans haven't sent any officials beyond the merchants in the entire history of our fortress. 



More importantly, I also had one of our haulers in my office in a panic today.  He claims to have seen a ghostly miner floating on the hillside near the obsidian factory construction site.  Apparently it resembles Kib, the unfortunate miner who fell into the magma pipe some years ago.

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Apparently we have a real ghost to replace our time lost miner who recently returned to reality.  We may have to do something about this.  And about the poor quality graveyard we currently have.  I've been meaning to fix this for some time now.  Hmmmm.  Pen to paper time!   

OOC:  I decided to free Odbok.  He was messing up a few things with the miner squad and the poor dwarf deserved to be freed after this much time. 

@dermonster: Nifty, glad to hear it!

@Xandira: Heh!

@kisame12794: Soon, hopefully soon!

@davros: Yeah, I was expecting something a bit more “fun”.

@Syntic: Ok, I think I got it.  Your plan is a good one and has been implemented.

@magmaholic: Yup, very weird indeed. 

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« Reply #697 on: March 27, 2011, 01:21:14 pm »

Oh dear, a human diplomat.
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« Reply #698 on: March 27, 2011, 02:13:06 pm »

Journal of Triaxx:

Hi ho, hi ho, it's away work on me new home I go... Apparently the architect in charge is worried I might get burnt on the magma pipe and wants me to keep the size down on my tower to keep me safe.

Actually, I think he's worried that I might accidentally punch through it and vent it off his carefully laid out pump stack. Not a problem by me. I'll just be sure I stay away from it. Pick away!
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« Reply #699 on: March 27, 2011, 03:53:03 pm »

>Martini: Begin "control room"

Man. I just caught up on the last 13 pages. <3 And I've quite a few project suggestions.

#1: Project "Domain": Begin making the entire surface world smooth, either by work of engravers, or by paving of masons. Remove unsightly cliffs if possible, instead replacing them with nice smooth ramps.

#2: Project "Safe House": Begin scattering buildings and caves around the surface and caverns. Set these as burrows, and have small booze and food stockpiles and two beds in each, so in the event of such things as sieges or floods or meteor strikes, the poor dorfs outside the safety of the fort no longer need to make mad dashes back to base.

#3: Project "Welcoming Inn": A place for new migrants to stay, made entirely of gems and steel, with a wooden roof, to show both the sheer wealth of Towersoared, that they can expend such time and resources on such a aesthetic thing. The mayor keeps his office and stuff here, forcing the Liason to acknowledge the wealth. All previous mayors can keep an office, and current mayors also get an extra office for each term they serve.

#4: Project "Control Room": Martini's secret project, that not even Cog knows of. It is hidden deep underground, with the only access covered with a hatch, which is linked up to a lever hidden in the back of Martini's room, behind a locked door which only he has the key to, which only he knows the code needed to pull it. Inside the control room is row upon row upon row of levers, each one linked to each and every thing in the entire fortress that levers can be linked to. Stop others from accessing this by making a entire map spanning burrow(To save some time, you can actually do multiple z levels at a time) and then taking the cr out, and assigning every non-Martini Dwarf to it.
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« Reply #700 on: March 27, 2011, 05:16:26 pm »

Can I request some sort of big project for my dwarf? I haven't thought of anything at the moment, just making a request.
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« Reply #701 on: March 28, 2011, 12:16:40 pm »

Cog's Journal, 14th of Galena 316

Feb Logemeshim the Thresher came into my office bearing a bow that would bring an elf to tears.  But it is distinctly dwarven and more importantly, distinctly of Towersoared.  It bears an image of Derm the Soulchopper striking down a forgotten beast and an image of a second forgotten beast.  It is a weapon no dwarf could wield and will instead remain here as a testament to our skill in all things. 

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Feb then informed me that he was the dwarf who pulled the lever in Old Towersoared.  Apparently he received a work order slipped under his door one night.  He hadn't given it much thought, and didn't find it that odd.  Apparently that's a common occurrence at mountainhome.  Regardless, I’ve asked him to be more cautious in the future and I’ve also asked him to craft a few new crossbows. 

Cog's Journal, 17th of Galena 316

I received word that the human caravan arrived today.  I've dispatched Derm's squad to inspect the area for goblin ambushes. 

On a separate note, Indri finished his first order of clothing.  We had two more cases of frostbite go unreported in the mining guild this year, fortunately not as severe as the last time.  Regardless, I had Indri create some simple cloaks and mittens specifically to keep them warm.  They are also wearing armor so that covers the feet and body as well. 

Another note for this week, Martini, the slightly stoned Bonecarver finally achieved legendary status as a Bone Carver.  He came by my office with three interesting ideas for  the fortress.  “Domain” was an interesting idea involving smoothing the surface but I had to inform Martini the project was mostly redundant due to future construction on the hillside, including his magma waterfall plan. 

His other two ideas he calls “Safe House” and “Welcoming Inn” are both excellent ones that I can easily incorporate into the master plan for Towersoared.  The safe houses are of particular interest to me since some parts of the fortress; particularly the caves are quite unsafe for citizens still.  I'll put them both on the books, but some will be slower to start than others.  The obsidian factory is the utterly top priority right now, plus armor production has pretty much exhausted our steel supply. 

Events of the 25th of Galena 316

Cog was in the dining hall putting the finishing touches on the draft designs for the halls of the dead when he felt a presence behind him.  He turned around to see a pale thin dwarf behind him.  The unfamiliar dwarf spoke with a deep, emotionless voice, “That will simply not be adequate Architect.  Not adequate at all.  I will take over design of the graveyard and handling of the dead.”  Cog looked at the dwarf uncertainly. “Who exactly are you to make such a demand?  What qualifications do you have?” 

The mysterious dwarf simply looked confused at this statement.  “I am Undertaker, Shepherd of the Dead.  What more qualifications would I need?  Now, you have a ghost problem.  I can solve it without incident and ‘I’ will ensure an appropriate place is created for our dead.”

Cog was taken aback at this statement.  This odd dwarf was making him more nervous than most.  Syntic would have to watch this one.  But graveyards were not his forte, Cog preferred to design for the living.  It would be nice to have this job taking off his hands.  “Very well, as long as it fits in the fortress.”  Cog said.  Undertaker looked satisfied and began to walk away, replying in his flat tone once again.  “It will be appropriate Architect.  It will be.” 

Cog's Journal, 28th of Galena 316

This Undertaker character still makes me a bit nervous, but I'm pleased to put the task of designing a graveyard in another's hands.  I did check over his file and look into his history.  He arrived many years ago in the same migration wave as Thor, Bennet, Rifotangrir, Rushmik and many others.  He was one of 20 migrants, and he's been working as a hauler ever since.  Not sure what prompted this change, but I'll have Syntic keep half an eye on him. 

Apparently the human diplomat wants to talk with Zasit our mayor, not the baron surprisingly.  The baron was livid, much to my amusement.  I also gave Omen the orders to train a few war animals.  I've put two tame black bears and a tame cougar in the training room.  I wonder what he'll make of it. 

OOC:  Wall of text update.  Nothing much picture worthy has happened recently. 

@Urist Imiknorris: Maybe, but he seems pretty harmless.

@Triaxx2: Mostly keeping it away from the sides just for looks.  :)

@breadbocks: Wait, what?  You can set burrows across multiple Z-Levels?  “Facepalm!”  I'll see what I can do, some of those.   I've replied to three in character.  Project 4, “Control Room” has some interesting story possibilities so I'll see what I can do.  Looks like Martini is going to cross train as a miner and mechanic!  You want this place established as only accessible through the third cave level or just accessed through a side tunnel down at that depth?  Also, should Martini be taking a break from bone crafting to start this command center project?

@Comp112: Sure, no problem at all.  If you're inclined, you could take on digging out the cavern safe houses to start.  But you if you have other ideas you're welcome to let me know!  Lately I’ve had your dwarf idly smoothing the walls of the cave section he controls, and farming in the caves. 
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« Reply #702 on: March 28, 2011, 01:36:34 pm »

Omen's Journal, 28th of Galena 316

A bear!  Two bears and a cougar!  Cog's really letting me show my stuff.  It's really fun learning how to go about getting the animals to do what I want them to do, and learning how to understand what they can't say with words. 

Training is going okay, nothing to really write about, I guess.  I'm sticking with it, if only to be able to take care of the bears and cougar when we go out exploring.

There was a ghost spotted.  It was Kib's ghost.  What with him being in magma and all, we couldn't get his body to bury.  The good news is that Cog's going to make a nice burial grounds.  I wonder what elaborate tomb catacomb that will be!  It is a little inappropriate, but I wonder if I could tame a ghost . . .  nah, he used to be a dwarf, it wouldn't be right.  I guess.

OOC: How's Omen doing with learning skills?  He make any new friends, or enemies? 
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« Reply #703 on: March 28, 2011, 01:57:55 pm »

Battlecat, go ahead and have him dig out the safehouses until I think of something else for him to do.

Or whatever you decide.
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« Reply #704 on: March 28, 2011, 02:07:59 pm »

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Seems like you'd need a Legendary mechanic for this project...
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if you're agreeable we could combine your control room with my room o' random mechanical things into one project
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