Relicgrooves - 75 Early Summer by Tharis

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• ¶ 172. 1 Meet Reg Crossfountains
  I signed on to do masonry. Really, I did. I looooove stone. It's the best building material ever!
  But tragically, I am the strongest, toughest dorf among us, so they trained me to dig. And I'm the smartest, so they trained me to machine and cut gems. But I can't do all of this at once! Gah! - Tharis
• Δ 172. 2 Trade Depot
  So, we were milling around. Tun was talking to the bookdorfs, and I was getting bored. Soooo bored. So I went and dug out a tunnel. Reg ran to catch up with me, and I told him. "I've got it worked out! We dig in about ten cubits, and then we dig out a big circle. Let's say...25 cubits! That'll be our main cave. Once that's done, we'll unload and see where we are.
  Reg nodded and got digging. I was pleased to feel the clink of stone continue as the pick struck jet. "Perfect for the Trade Depot!" I thought. And then...hematite! Huzzah! We got iron! - Tharis
• Δ 172. 3 Offices! Pillars!
  Gushud ran up to me. "Sir, if you don't mind." I noticed he was backing off a little from me. "Out with it!" I said.
  "Ah, yes. I think we could use some office space. And isn't this an awfully big room to be unsupported?"
  "Of course! I'll take care of that! Let's see...one office for each of you, right by the entrance. And pillars! Of course!" I did some brief calculations. "Here, here, and...Shoot! We dug it out already. I'm too busy to build things!" Hmm...who's not working...
  "You there, what's your name?"
  The herbalist looked up at me, eyebrow raised.
  "I said, what's your name?"
  "I'm Athel."
  "Well, since you're not busy, why don't you start the masonry business."
  He look at me kind of funny, then without a word, ran off to set up a workshop. "And could you put up a pillar right there, on the southeast corner?"
  He learned fast. Before long we had a nice big pile of chert building blocks.
  And I can see Tun getting stronger with each swing of the pick.
  Neither of them shall keep up with me, though. - Tharis
• Δ 172. 4 Here was a tree
  While I was digging, I noticed some of the dorfs were getting tired. Of course, not all of them can be as tough as I. I looked around, where was the woodworker? Ah, well, there she is. "Hey, Ral!"
  "Yes?"
  "Have you thought about beds?"
  "Well of course. I was just trying to decide which tree to cut first. There are so few of them."
  "What about that white one up there? It's pretty close?"
  "Crossfountains, they're all pretty close to here, really. And I'd rather save those. That's a feather tree, you know, better for making bins out of. How about that highwood over there? For one thing, it's huge. It's also going to be dangerous if I have to run out there later. Yep. That's it. You'll have beds to sleep in soon as you have space dug out for them."
  A mighty crash echoed across the hillside as the great tree fell. And then the resounding reports of her copper ax making quick work of the immense thing. We still haven't made space for it all, hopefully we'll have enough beds for at least the first migrant wave from this. - Tharis
• Δ 172. 5 Farmwork
  "Lokum!"
  ...
  "Hey, Lokum!"
  "Eh?"
  "Where should the farms go?"
  "Oh, anywhere."
  "But where?"
  "Why not try that vein?"
  "Why?"
  I like the aesthetics of it. Dig out the hematite to the end, and you'll see where the farms should go. I'll start planting, you know, after you've dug it out."
  After we'd established a few shroom rooms, the manager helped her out with the planting. She's kind of hard to predict...I've never seen someone who could be so dour and flighty at the same time. She flits about like a silent sparrow. - Tharis
• Δ 172. 6 Animal Processing
  So, Lokum is also our butcher. I planned and dug out some workrooms and a butcher station, and she got around to setting up that shop.
  Nobody wanted the job of tanning hides, so we drew straws and it fell to Geshud, good sport.
  As luck would have it, one of the first migrants, Edzul, was also a tanner. We could tell he was experienced by the way he smelled. She walked up to Reg and said, "And I can organize too!" Reg had to explain to her, gently, that we already had a manager, but we didn't have a tanner. She took it well, considering. - Tharis
• Δ 172. 8 Livestock
  While I was sitting in my stone throne, I heard the murmur and mooing of migrants.
  What on earth were they doing bringing in a baby horse, a baby cow, and a baby freaking water buffalo? Don't they realize this is basically a rocky wasteland?
  We'd already set our existing stock on the grassiest space in the region. And as you can see, it's not that grassy to begin with. Something is going to have to be slaughtered soon, which means we'll need more rock pots and barrels. Lancetrade (the other Reg) reminded me as he was going to bed that it'd better be rock pots, as timber is scarce out here.
  And the migrants, which means more beds and dining, and more workshops, more digging.
  Well, I'll keep digging, soon as my break is over.
  Hey, is that a gem cutter? He can have the job. We'll give him a workspace in magnetite below... - Tharis
• Δ 171. 7 Workshops
  And then more digging. I've been resting, so Reg has done most of this. We keep hearing him shout from down there.
  "More hematite! Magnetite! There's GOLD in these here hills!"
  I also take some pride in this design, ensuring that further expansion is possible, or storage, depending. We'll see when we get there. - Tharis

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• Fortress Name: Relicgrooves
• Map Year: 75 Early Summer
• Author: Tharis
• Submitted by: Tharis
• Date Added: 15/08/2014