Events of the 21st of Opal 316Indri was cheerfully gathering webs in the second cave level, unconcerned by the absence of Thatdude the marksdwarf who had gone to get some much need rest. But then out of the corner of his eye, he saw the plump helmets in the distance move. Hmmm, that was odd. Then Indri froze briefly as one of the plump helmets stood up and stretched to a full humanoid height and then immediately dropped back down into concealment.
It hadn’t seen him. Indri finished up gathering the webs and then made his way back up into the fortress to weave the webs into thread. Thatdude would take care of these critters, Indri was sure of that.
The Book of Undertaker, 22nd of Opal 316At last the dead can find their home here in Towersoared, just as the living. Dwarves have bleed and died for the building of Towersoared and yet they find themselves in a rude home in a side room on the surface. Pets have died and rotted; forgotten on the floors. No more. The dead shall reside in the depths, properly interred in a true tomb. It shall be as the lord of the dead prescribes, carved in the forms of necessity and chaos.
As with life, simplicity and order shall rule the beginning but it is the exception, not the rule. I have need of other materials as well. Coffins of marble for dwarves. Statues. Doors and engravings. It shall be as it must; I will speak with the Chief Stoneworker and make the needs of the dead known.
Events of the 25th of Opal 316Cog looked up to see his door opening. The two fortress doctors came in. Cog greeted them, “Michael, Mistem, what can I do for the two of you today?” The two dwarves looked at each other in discomfort and then the male dwarf spoke. “Actually, that’s what we’re her to talk to you about. Her name is Michael, my name is Logem.”
Cog looked at them in confusion for a moment and then walked over to the cabinet in the corner overflowing with documents. He pulled out two folders and brought them back to his desk. He looks them over with his brows furrowed and then looks up at the two dwarves. “Are you telling me that I’ve had your names mixed up ever since you arrived in Towersoared?”
The two medical dwarves simply looked at him and nodded.
“I’ll get that fixed right away. So which of you is actually the chief medical dwarf?”
Michael (the real one) raised her hand. “I’ve been taking care of all the details. Logem has been kind enough to pass misdirected requests over to me.”
Events of the 27th of Opal 316Indri had idly muttered something about ambulatory plump helmets in the second cave level. Given that Indri wasn’t prone to hallucinations, Thatdude decided it was worth a look. She went down into the caves to have a look around. Sure enough, right near the cave entrance were several humanoid creatures that looked like plants. Plump Helmet men! They were just milling about, not really doing anything. She raised her crossbow and let loose a stream of bolts at the first one.
Bolt after bolt slammed into the creature, solidly lodging in its body. But strangely, it hardly seemed to notice. In fact, it just stood there dumbly looking at the bolts sticking out of it. Its friends took no notice. Thatdude emptied her quiver into the thing and then watched as it toppled over but still looked perfectly fine.
With her quiver empty and the thing standing their stupidly, she stomped over and began started bashing it with her crossbow. It just watched dumbly as she beat it to death. Every hit of her crossbow sent parts flying.
She looked over at the other two, standing there dumbly looking at her. Well that was satisfying but ultimately a waste of bolts. She headed upstairs to reload and to inform Derm that there were some targets in the cave for practice.
OOC: Or I could get my act together and post the first half of today’s update right now. Two updates tomorrow to round out the year since I like putting the New Year update in a separate post.
@Urist Imiknorris: Not yet but there were plans for one. Someday, somehow!
@dermonster: Tis yours indeed! Rounds out the badass look quite nicely.
@Syntic: Yeah, there was one being discused some distance back. Also, there was going to be a mist generator above the spiral stairway but that isn't started yet anyhow. I got a bit sidetracked. I’ve already got the list started for the New Year post tomorrow. Thanks for the idea!
@Scaraban: Not impossible, just very challenging.
@Triaxx2: You’re getting a lot of assistance on this project. Cog is treating it as a prototype for other cave based defensive setups.
@bayar: Glad to hear it. I incorporated my mistakes into the story above, just because it works. This is the real Michael. I believe we will have no further problems with mixing up medical dwarves.
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