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[Yoink]

Rest in Peace Logen.

Hardly get any soap made these days, it seems! Always something dangerous/exciting/stupid/crazy happening.
Poor Madushkubuk!

[Mayerm]

read this entire post today... GREAT JOB! could you dwarf me? preferably a mechanic/architiech prodegy appreticed to mestob to make the new mountainhome great and bring the dwarves into easy living! my first design? build the fountain in the great hall out of... wait for it... WAIT FOR IT... soap. a soapy monument!

[Foxbyte]

This is one of the greatest tales I've read since the days of Boatmurdered. You've inspired me once again, after months of absence, to take up the pick once more.

[peregarrett]

Never leave your dead unburied.

[zephyr_hound]

[Seeing as we are now at popcap, I have dwarfed cahocachi as a woodcrafter and Goat as a farmer, you guys will have to train up at your chosen skills (glassmaking, bonecrafting). I have dwarfed JacenHanLovesLegos as a farmer (same deal, will need to train up) and Mayerm as an architect. I think that is everyone, if I have missed someone please post.]



27th Timber



"Someone explain to me how this happened," I said.

"Well," Vudnis said unhappily, "we were distracted by what was happening to the merchant caravan--"

"WHAT was happening to the merchant caravan?"



"And then a bunch of spearmen appeared at the gate--"



"And we shouted for help but I guess the Crystalline Oceans didn't hear us in time, so we had to try to stop them by ourselves, and while Amante was shooting one of them another one sneaked past her--"



"--and, er, I think a horse has gone berserk over there."

"A horse," I said. "Has gone berserk."



"Well, so much for trading this year. Where's Amante and Endok?"





"You are kidding me."

"Excuse me," said a grim voice behind me. "Might I have a word, Mr Madushkubuk?"

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Merchants go insane immediately now if they get attacked??

and GODDAMNIT I AM KEEPING OUR GATE OPEN SPECIFICALLY SO THE AMBUSHES COME TO US INSTEAD OF LURKING THE MAP EDGE WHYYYYY. ALL OF MY HATE

[peregarrett]

Yes, that's why I was talking about underground entrance to guard towers. 

Berserk horse, rofl! 

[zephyr_hound]

I had actually just started work on the underground guard towers, believe it or not. Not fast enough evidently.

[Gamerlord]

Can you dwarf me as a mechanic? Male, Shane Sabreking, alright if you need to use me as a fighter. Would also like a pet dog (NOT war dog) called Keisha (my dog in real life) if there are any free.

[zephyr_hound]

Can't name dogs, Gamerlord, the dwarves name them what they want to name them. Otherwise yes.

[Neyvn]

Wow, that sucks...

[Gamerlord]

Forgot about naming dogs. Aw well.

[katana]

Oh dear.

Poor Endok, he can still craft right?

[nanomage]

Oh dear.

Poor Endok, he can still craft right?

Actually, one-handed dwarves fight just fine wielding both weapon and shield with one healthy hand. Don't know if they gain penalties for it though.

[zephyr_hound]

The liaison had not been impressed with our performance this autumn. My ears were still ringing.

"On the plus side," Peregarrett said cheerfully, "we still got the steel we ordered. And there's only seven melee soldiers to kit out now, so we don't even need as much as we did before."

"Snatcher! Snatcher!"



I went down to the phyllite layer, entered my bedroom, opened my nice phyllite cabinet, put my head inside and screamed. Quietly, so as not to wake the neighbors.



9th Obsidian

"How do you feel?" I asked anxiously.



"A bit like a metal barrel full of meat." Nevyn's voice was muffled. "Are you sure this isn't overkill?"

Peregarrett looked proud. "Are you kidding? This is the good stuff. They won't get through that."

"I'm not sure I can get through it either. I may need a straw." He clanked away, awkwardly, to go and get a drink.

I turned to Peregarrett. "How much have we got?"

"Seven full sets," the armorsmith said. "Enough to kit out all the melee dwarves."

Should have been nine, I thought glumly. But Logem was dead and Oddom--I couldn't in all fairness leave her in the squad, though she'd said she was still willing to fight. Maybe after she'd learned to get around on that crutch...



At least no more ambushes would get the more lightly armored marksdwarves. There was no way now to get onto the fortification points except by going underground.

I got billybobfred to put a couple of cage traps in the underground passage that led there anyway. Not that I was paranoid or anything...

[Neyvn]

Regardless, I think I may be needing a bit more practice with the swords. I want to see a Bloody arc of blood around me, alone, and not a single scratch on me.