1st day of the first month of Autumn
The Aki Sisters are in full swing again so we best make haste to prepare for the winter. But the season range out with another crash….
Another cave in took place at the pit, which will be filled with lava soon. It turned out Rika foolishly mined in the wrong spot where Xan II was channeling. As a result they both got caught in a cave in and plummeted 5 stories down.
The amazing part is they both survived. But not without bad injuries…
Both Xan and Rika now have badly damaged legs and arms, but Xan’s in critical condition while Rika’s only moderate. Along with that, some stray Sakkuyakkuris were caught in the cave in as well and while some of them were killed, others survived with wounds…
Both miners have been taken to beds while they rest…. As for now Aviater will have to finish building the pit, which will be for the BRIDGE OF DEATH!
2nd Day of the First Month of Autumn
After talking to Mayor Purvis, we decided that the injured Sakuyakkuris could not be of any good to us, so he ordered me to get the butcher shop running and put them down. Looks like we’ll be having bean paste tonight!
9th of the First Month of Autumn
The First Bridge has been completed; all that is left is to install the mechanical gears to it so it can rise.
When the merchants come into our depot we will remove the floor above and place a bridge there as well…
All that will remain is a way to control the lava….
11th of the First Month of Autumn
The Suika traders finally came by everyone's going out to gather material left over from the biokkuris to get them ready for trade. Here's hoping we can get some Baxuite!
17th of the First Month of Autumn
As our Suikas ran out gather some items that they were going to set up for trading, they were caught in an ambush set up by the Biokkuri! It mainly consisted of 3 Shizuha and 3 Koa types. They mainly caught some of our people and pulverized them! Right away the champion squad was sent out to neutralize them.
I happened to be caught in the mess that day and I was thankfully able to survive because I only took a blow that knocked me down. However I was feel a bit sick….soo…. yeah… I’ll deal with trading with the other Suika once I fell a little better…..
Top things off, MAyor Purvis was caught in the mess as well and was being chased by some biokkuri, our Mayor must survive at all cost. Champions get your arses moving!
And thus they began to rip and tear the evil yukkuri like paper….
20th of the First Month of Autumn
We successfully rescued Mayor Purvis and the Lasion from the biokkuri assault and managed to drive away the biological menace.
However we suffer a few casualties at the cost…Three Suikas fell that day. They were a bone crafter, a Thresher and a Lye maker….
Guess we’ll have our peasants replace them….
As of right now…once everyone’s inside we should get the orders to go back outside to gather the rest of the goods….
At least it wasn’t as bad as the last assault…
There's still one left and it's chasing Ramis, we'll let the champions go after it....
21st of the First Month of Autumn
I guess I should of expected this….but they’re at it again! They snuck in though the back door after the guardians were assigned to chase the Shizuha type going after Ramis.
It was left open for the Suikas to walk through to collect water for Xan II and Rika until the bridge was complete…. Damn, can’t they leave us alone?!
I’ve sent the other squad of three to go to the Bridge at once as their fellow comrade had been pulverized along with her child and sent the other two trainees to hold off the assault till the mayor could escape safely and lock the doors, Of all the times mayor...drinking your sunshine, unaware of the battle that's taking place….get running!
During that time the Champions manage to get to Ramis and beat down the biokkuri that was chasing her… (don't ask me why the picture messed up..)
Inside however, the biokkuri were fixing to clash with Suika army near by the bridge. The mayor just happen to be nearby as she was busy drinking Sunshine as this event unfolded… In the midst of the battle one Suika was killed, but eventually a Suika from the caravan came armed with a crossbow and fired at the biokkuri squad making it unable to fight before long before it died from internal bleeding…
As a result the biokkuri squad feel back and retreated as the War Sakuyakkuris were chasing after them.
22nd of the First Month of Autumn
It was just then the champions returned to their post when they found the biokkuri leaving the area, they managed to get to them and intervene. A sakuyakkuri tried to aid them, but even with her knife and razor-sharp teeth she could only do so much and was ripped apart however it gave the Suika enough time to beat every one of the squads as they were retreating!
In fact one Shizuha type was pulverized to oblivion before it finally gave in and died from the pain it was receiving as it was battered up and bruised beyond recognition. Pretty much they were all having the bean paste beaten out of them, but this one was over the top!
But as of now, the battle with the biokkuri has ended so now we can rest easy for now. The Champions will continue to work their post while our squads go into training and show our new recruits the art of combat…
Meanwhile Alviter will finish making the pit so Ramis can start working on the bridge….
As for me… I got Trading to do!
It can be noted that in this battle in total 6 Suikas were lost brinking the population back to 69..
26th of the First Month of Autumn
After some drinking to settle my stomach down, I went and negotiated with the fellow Suika traders at the depot.
They sure brought a lot of things this season. In fact a lot of things were good. So I bought out a good portion of what they had to offer.
Pretty much bought their metal bars, their wood, their gems (both large and small), their steel weapons, their steel armor, some meat, some metal goods and even their stone blocks! Sadly they didn’t have bauxinite…..
So it appears we will have to postpone the completion of Operation BRIDGE OF DEATH. However…not without completing the bridge first…
As soon as Purvis gets a chance, he needs to tell the Lasion to order Bauxinite….lots of it….
Also, since I’ve been working the trade skills for so long, I’ve become rather good at understanding trading so I’ve decided to become a trader myself. Course this doesn’t mean I’ll quit my day job.
30th of the First Month of Autumn
The Lasion finally had a chance to talk to Mayor Purvis about what he wanted from them…after much negotiation, the mayor told them that we needed bauxite since that was a major priority for our projects. And to top it all off he’s also asked them to bring different types of metals along with weapons, armor, and ammo. I think the fact that he’s become a near victim to the biokkuri twice now has the mayor worried. So it looks like we will be working overtime!
4th of the Second Month of Autumn
The Lasion returned with an offer for his list of items their Suikas want. Based on what the mayor told me, it appears they demand similar things like he wanted. So I guess they must be pretty desperate to be seeking armor, ammo and certain weapons. So maybe we should consider making some armor for them?
6th of the Second Month of Autumn
The passage to the outside through the main entrance has been finally cut off. So we can now get started on constructing a bridge to for our project… once that’s done and the mechanisms are in place…there will be only one thing left to do…. But at this rate….it may take till next year to complete it since we lack the Bauxite for our protection….
As for now, all the Suikas will have to take the back door if they have plans for any out door activities…
14th of the Second Month of Autumn
The Suika Merchants have decided to leave….
But…. We got a bit of a problem….their only form of transportation to leave here is not available…. I’m certain they can be patient though…a few days…a month or two at most?
27th of the Second Month of Autumn
At last, the Bridge was finished, the Suika were able to cross it safely and continue on their journey. Now it's time to have the mayor put the mechanism in the bridges...
28th of the Second Month of Autumn
I recently gave the command to Artievir to begin working on the room that will be the obsidian farm. Here it’ll serve as out place where was can use the lava and water to make obsidian, a great recourse for making swords and other goods. The only thing that is important to know is we have to plan it carefully. Again, like with the BRIDGE OF DEATH, the smallest mistake with the plans to the farm can spell disaster to our underground home. So it’s important that we plan everything out!
As of right now, Artivier has discovered Aluminum in the area, so I’ve ordered him to dig it out. It should have its valuable uses…
2nd of the Last Month of Autumn
As the Aki sisters finish their work for the season, Artiver begins mining the main room floor for the Obsidian Farm. During his digging she found copper within the area, I guess we’re going to be making some materials with this stuff!
Meanwhile Mayor Purvis is moving the switch for the bridges further back to allow easier access for the Suika during the invasion. Once the mechanisms are put in place we shall inform to Suika to steer clear of the are while we conduct the first test….
8th of the Last Month of Autumn
The First test was a success! Both bridges lift the shortly after the switch is activated. This should make any Biokkuri that enters the fortress become either really hurt after dropping seven stories or get crushed…but we still need that final touch…. In the mean time, I’m going to have a team create some walls in one area of the pit. The other will remain open till we get the parts for the lava flood gates…
11th of the Last Month of Autumn
Some Suika have migrated to our fortress! Most of them seem likely to become part of the army based on what I see, but we do have a carpenter, a gem setter and a Wrestler joining among our ranks. As of this point, our Suika population has hit 80. Cheers!
16th of the Last Month of Autumn
Our Glassmaker has gone stalk raving mad! She’s running around blabbering like a fool as she start pulling her clothes off. She’s gone absolutely insane! Best we prepare the graves for her….
Looks like one of our new comers it taking over glass making.
Final Autumn Report
As of this point we’ve successfully made the base format of our BRIDGE OF DEATH and the obsidian farm, all that remains is to extract and remove the copper form there and then start working on channeling out the rest of the floor needed for this afterward it’s just a matter of obtaining the Bauxite for the lava….will we find it or will we buy it? I don’t know. But we have to work at it. Plus now we got to keep our guard up especially with all the biokkkuri onslaughts that keep happening. I can tell the Mayor is getting nervous even though he seems calm. Cause it seems they are aiming for him particularly…. In the mean time we shall continue to work on building and figuring out what to do with the rest of the structure….
As for a fun question, where should I put the metals I’ve been finding? Should I just make another stockpile on the first floor to place the copper? Or should we make a room to store it in here?
As for now here's a portion of the Fortress's layout as of this point.
Surface
Main Floor: Storage and workshops
B1: Living Quarters
B2: Magma metal works factory, burial and soon to be Obsidian farm
B6: Bottom of the Pit for the BRIDGE OF DEATH! and sealed off mined area
Ok any thoughts or suggestions before I continue on?