The Bad News
Fate has not treated OffhandTopics the Apes of Idiocies very well.- Xx_LoliMaster69_xX has died
They were hauling recently fell wood when they were attacked viciously by a giant snapping turtle.
When the other dwarves found her she was torn to pieces. She has been laid to rest.
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Worse however, is that we have some unwanted visitors. Unfortunately we had barely begun work on the planned entrance to the future fortress, and we would have stood no chance in a fight; outnumbered and unequiped against monsters who dont feel pain.
So we were forced to abandon our animals on the surface and run to the temporary home that we had dug into the dirt, locking the door behind us. Luckily they were unable to break down the jet door.
The army slaughtered every animal we had, the war dogs attempted to fight back, but only managed to dent the head of a single soldier. They chased the camel for 2 whole months, poor thing was dying of infection the entire time. they are just kind of sitting there in the rain now, waiting. Also it rains a lot here.
This is even worse news considering what season it is. We were due a wave of migrants in the fall, and they will only meet their deaths if they show up now. We desperately needed those dwarves too. Not to mention if there was any hope of actually getting a trade caravan from our broken civilization, our new friends will make sure they dont get here. I've created a tavern in hopes that it may attract some wandering adventures who may be able to deal with our friends, but its unlikely.
The Silver Lining
Before the siege the dwarves had set up a farm good enough to feed and provide alcohol for all 6 of them, so they arent in any real danger as it is now, we just have to put the fortress on hold for a bit and are cut off from the outside.
This whole thing has really brought the dwarves of OffhandTopics together. They've had 3 months of free time to just chat, drink, and sing and have all become close friends, kindred spirits, and even lovers. I've honestly never seen dwarves this happy in the face of pure death.
bambinex and the shortest one have found love together. Who knows, maybe it will progress to a marriage?
congrats on the dwarven boyfriend bambinex! did you realize you picked a girl to name btw?
Also, Monica Lewinsky and igorsprite seem to be great candidates for our future hospital, Monica showing great promise as chief medical dwarf and diagnostician, and igorsprite as a surgeon, wound dresser, and bone-doctor.
We may need to rethink our plans for the fortress, the option is always there to dig deeper and take our chances with the monsters lurking in the caverns in hopes that we can find enough resources to retake the surface.
I honestly didn't expect to get enemies this soon, we had really only just put the door on the base and they all come lumbering over the hill to the south. Usually you get at least a year before things show up. Also if I ever do this again, I'm probably not going to use a 32x32 tile set, I just dont like it tbh, and this tileset had a few mods that I'm not a fan of.
