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Author Topic: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort: Reclaimed, Again! (And Again)  (Read 182983 times)

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Re: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort (.34.02!)
« Reply #750 on: February 29, 2012, 03:37:27 pm »

Ooh, I have a great story to give once my dorf reincarnates.
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Re: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort (.34.02!)
« Reply #751 on: February 29, 2012, 08:02:30 pm »

So, no real update yet (because I'm exhausted and covered in snow, that's why) but something odd just happened. Odd to me, at least.

These two just arrived in a migrant wave:



They're traders. They had flashing grey "X"'s like normal migrants, but they aren't controllable. They're listed as "friendly" on the unit list. I don't know what it all means!
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Re: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort (.34.02!)
« Reply #752 on: March 01, 2012, 12:03:16 am »

So, no real update yet (because I'm exhausted and covered in snow, that's why) but something odd just happened. Odd to me, at least.

These two just arrived in a migrant wave:



They're traders. They had flashing grey "X"'s like normal migrants, but they aren't controllable. They're listed as "friendly" on the unit list. I don't know what it all means!
They are Spies!!!
Or Nobles.
Or deities taking form of dwarves.
Watch them, in any case.
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Re: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort (.34.02!)
« Reply #753 on: March 01, 2012, 04:25:28 am »

They're bug. Build a wall and bridges around them quickly or make sure they're safe by any other means!
If they die you get permanent ghosts.
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Re: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort (.34.02!)
« Reply #754 on: March 01, 2012, 04:31:17 am »

They're bug. Build a wall and bridges around them quickly or make sure they're safe by any other means!
If they die you get permanent ghosts.
It's Oceanbridge! Permanent ghosts suit it well.
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Re: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort (.34.02!)
« Reply #755 on: March 01, 2012, 08:38:08 am »

They're bug. Build a wall and bridges around them quickly or make sure they're safe by any other means!
If they die you get permanent ghosts.

Sounds like witchcraft to me.
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Re: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort (.34.02!)
« Reply #756 on: March 01, 2012, 09:07:16 am »

I should write up a personal Story for Dimaga... Not sure if I can pull it off.
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« Reply #757 on: March 01, 2012, 04:08:48 pm »

((Sigh. The first year or two are always a bit dull.))

From the Memoirs of Wilberforce Amber Ropenourished


One year has passed, readers, since the re-founding of Oceanbridge. Or maybe it's the re-re-founding. The terminology is unclear, and probably unimportant.

I've made a few more discoveries about the state of things, mainly by casually chatting with my fellow dwarfs. Most of them come from various camps and small outposts, it seems, the mountainhomes having gone the way of non-evil birds, and so on. These outposts aren't exactly the safest these days, what with the undead birds and zombie otters, so these fellows got together an expedition, the goal being to find old Oceanbridge and rebuild it as a new home. A fine goal, but I have a feeling that they were expecting more of it to still be standing. Still, we soldier on, as always.

It's odd, but I've got the feeling that I'm not the only "old member" here. There's one who bears a strong resemblance to my old friend Neo, and another person who looks quite a bit like the engraver who went by Aussieevil.



My suspicion was also roused by the fact that they are calling themselves Aussieevil and Neo, respectively. Quite a hint, that. I'll watch A.E.; if he starts engraving horrors, it's probably the same man.

There's also a new animal trainer about by the name of Landrus, arrived with a group of refugees this week.



 Not much for her to do here, I'm afraid. The undead aren't much for training. Unless she intends to train them to devour all living things, which, come to think of it, she may.



.............................

Next: Spies and Thieves! Ok, just Spies.


((No doctors yet, no vampires, and not much of anything happening. Lots of bridge building, though. Aussie's a novice engraver, but a far more skilled blacksmith. Only engraver we've got so far.))
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Re: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort (.34.02!)
« Reply #758 on: March 01, 2012, 04:59:34 pm »

Ill take a speardwarf please. female preferably.
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« Reply #759 on: March 01, 2012, 08:29:38 pm »

What spheres are associated with my new deities?
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Re: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort (.34.02!)
« Reply #760 on: March 01, 2012, 10:14:03 pm »

So I guess that's a no to my previous redorf request, right?
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« Reply #761 on: March 01, 2012, 10:33:19 pm »

What spheres are associated with my new deities?

Freedom and... Jewels. Huh.

So I guess that's a no to my previous redorf request, right?

No, no. Your dwarf will be back. Just trying to work out how, story wise.

Things are actually starting to happen! Bad things, of course. Update soonish.
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Re: Oceanbridge - A Fortress Defense Community Fort (.34.02!)
« Reply #762 on: March 02, 2012, 05:15:42 am »

Freedom and jewels, huh... I guess I'll need to see some of my engravings first then, before I can write an IC post.
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« Reply #763 on: March 02, 2012, 12:43:42 pm »

Spring, Year 2

The Mountainhomes had been lost. Countless lives had been lost. The world itself seemed to be falling to pieces. But one thing had not changed since the early days of Oceanbridge.

Dwarfs still could throw one hell of a party.

Dimaga De'Baleroc wasn't among the revelers. She was on the shore, looking for some sign that this actually was where the old fortress had stood. All of the usual were missing. There were no  heaps of broken bricks, no suspiciously regular hills. If it hadn't been for that strange crown that one of the crafters had found... and there was no proof that the thing even came from Oceanbridge!

As soon as her brother arrived, they could start a dig. And that would answer the questions she had once and for all.

She was walking back to the fortress when the harpies attacked.



Harpies were interesting creatures, from a curious, intelligent dwarf's viewpoint. Just how a species of semi-sentient half-humanoid bird creatures had survived, and even flourished, for so long might be something worth close study.

But not this close.



Cursing herself and the lack of weapons, Dimage fought back as best as she could. She managed to knock one of the monsters to the ground before the other leapt onto her from behind and began clawing and biting her unprotected head.



If Ishar and the rest hadn't managed to drag themselves away from the celebration, it might have been over for her. As it stood, Dimaga was still in trouble. There were no doctors in Oceanbridge.

.....................

Next: Surgery

((Action! Well, a little bit of it, anyway.))
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« Reply #764 on: March 02, 2012, 01:13:43 pm »

Could I request a dwarfing? Mason/axedwarf if need be named Essen please.
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