1st Moonstone, 1052
Winter is here. To celebrate, Catten came out of her forge and proudly displayed her masterpiece: Sedilesast, a silver bed. She calls it "The Angelic Evaporation". A silver bed? Sounds like it could be interesting. Well-polished silver has particularly lovely sheen. Too bad the name doesn't make any sense at all. These "legendary" crafters are all a few bars short of a full bin, if you know what I mean.
Everyone crowded around to get a look at this new artifact. The murmur of excitement quickly died away once we got a good look at it. Now, what two consenting adult dwarves do in the privacy of their own room is really no one else's business, so long as they keep it there. And here, in her craftsmen's masterwork piece, Catten shoved it all out into the open. I kid you not, this thing has built-in yak leather straps and cuffs. Catten claims it's just "adorned with yak leather". Uh huh. Sure. And on the headboard? She says that elaborate silver inlay is "a pipe section". Yeah right. Anyone dwarf with a brain can tell what it
really is. No wonder Catten has no friends. She's a pervert.
See? I warned you that whatever she made was going to be ugly. But it's even worse than I could have imagined. Shazat knows I'm right, too. I'm going to find a deep dark cavern somewhere, and have this thing sealed inside. Hopefully everyone will forget it ever even existed.
5th Moonstone, 1052
Tun Zugonbzuntir must be as tired of these stupid pandamen as I am. She grabbed a crossbow and some of the copper bolts, and went hunting. What she brought home wasn't a pandaman, just a plain old panda. She claims she killed it before it could grow up into a real pandaman. Panda tripe roast for dinner, I guess.
20th Moonstone, 1052
Anaris finally met with the liaison from the Mountainhome today. I told him to request some blue diamonds. When the meetings was over, Anaris told me the liaison said he can't get any blue diamonds, and the best he could do was blue garnet or yellow diamond. I can't be sure which one of them is lying. Maybe both of them.
At least Anaris was able to request some aluminum and platinum bars, nuggets, and blocks for the crafters, gypsum plaster and thread for the hospital we'll need to build, silk cloth, llamas for breeding, barrels for those that like the local brew, and lots of that fancy, imported booze. At least that's one thing the Mountainhome knows how to do: brew a good barrel of rum.
3rd Opal, 1052
The miners are halfway done with the second level of bedrooms. I'll lay out the third soon. Probably won' get around to actually digging it. Witht he way things are going, we probably won't even finish digging the second level. Even so, two is enough to house all the dwarves we have now, and there's still all that stone we have to haul. Moving it all the way up to the crafting level was taking too long. I've told the stone haulers to just dump it in the corner of the main stairwell for now. We can move it somewhere else later. I've suspended all non-essential tasks in the interesting of cleaning up all this stone. Not sure we'll get all the moving done before spring, though.
25th Obsidian, 1052
Onu Orkogan, the weaponsmith, has decided to get his piece of the popularity pie, too. He dropped the stone he was carrying and ran off to the magma forge. He's hammering away on an iron bar, and wont tell anyone what his plans are. This had
better not be a repeat of the last incident. Judging from how long it takes these crazy crafters to actually finish their work, that will most likely be for the next overseer to deal with.
Epilogue
Well, that's the end of my shift as fortress overseer. And none too soon, too. It's been a year since I've had a good bender. Here's some wrap up notes for the next lucky dwarf that gets this crazy job.
First, the glass roof on the indoor/outdoor farm needs finished. We got started, but ran out of glass.
Second, those hills outside need to be turned into cliffs, and a proper second level of walls built where it meets the cliffs. We got a good start at it. Most of the ramps have been removed, and one portion of the second level of walls was completed.
Third, we need to get serious with the defenses. Now that some jerk has told the elves where we are, I'm sure goblins will probably be along any day now. Those treehuggers are the gobbo's forward scouts. Trust me on this one. We're going to need a lot of traps, weapons, and armor. And that means a lot of steel.
Fourth, the second level of bedrooms needs dug out. It's half done already. I've left plans for the third level in place, if needed. Jut tell the miners where to put in the stairs, and get our of our way.
Fifth, you probably should finish furnishing the bedroom level. The masons are hard at work on all the cabinets, coffers, doors, tables, chairs, etc., that will be needed for the first level. Stakud will be happy to take care of making what's needed for the second. Just let him know when to get started.
Personally, I don't really care if you ever get around to furnishing the rest of the bedrooms. My room's done, and I'm going to bed.
Right after I find out where the next overseer is sleeping, and give him a good kick in the ribs.
Zaneg Indirik Tangathkilrud
Legendary Miner
Finally, a decent bedroom.
Some sketches of the current Fortress status.
The walls are finished, and most of the hillside turned into cliffs.
The (slighty smaller than originally planned) new warehouse and indoor/outdoor farms.
The new enclosed crafting corner, with partially completed walls.
The final excavation of the top bedroom level. Partially smoothed, partially cleared, and partially furnished. But my room is done. And that's all that really matters.
