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[Urist Imiknorris]

I'm playing right now. Sorry for the delay.

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[Oglokoog]

ARGH. I deleted the wrong folder when reorganizing my various cluttered DF folders, so I've lost my save and I just can't find the motivation to play the whole year again. I'm sorry for causing a delay and also equally ashamed to be one of The Skipped Ones, but I'll just have to ask to be skipped.
(a bit of advice: the flooded central staircase isn't perfectly sealed... which makes the situation a bit more urgent. Just a tip.)

[Dariush]

How about using R-Studio or something similar?

[malkomk]

This makes me wonder if the fortress will survive till my turn comes
Oh well... if it doesn't I'm sure that I will be able to hunt up a old save and revive the succession game from a earlier point in time, courtesy of Urist McWizard!

[Urist Imiknorris]

Welp.

[Oglokoog]

Welp.

I guess I'm just bad.

[Urist Imiknorris]

No, that was directed at the save which I am now downloading.

EDIT: Started playing. Holy shit.

EDIT2: I think I'm going to wait a while (Wed.) before tackling this. First priority is aquifer plugging, and I have a plan, but we'll lose a well temporarily.

[Urist Imiknorris]

Diary of Urist Imiknorris, 1^st Granite

Apparently I'm in charge of the fortress now. Must have been one hell of a party last night. Anyway, the first thing to catch my attention was the state of the central stairway, and I believe I have found the cause:

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I found some notes left by an overseer early in the fort's life:

While digging the new dining room we encountered a slight problem.

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Damnit, aquifer! Luckily no-one drowned, as I had the foresight to install doors.

Apparently the digging was interrupted by damp stone and the miners decided to see where all that water was coming from. A ghost seems to have destroyed the rightmost door, letting the water into the middle of the fortress. Obviously the water itself is a secondary problem and nothing can be done until the aquifer is sealed back up. The hole in the aquifer is currently feeding a well and a pump which is itself feeding another well, so I may have to be cautious in my solution. I decided to go up to the surface and see if anything could be done from there.

Spoiler: Welcome to Failcannon! Pardon the mess. (click to show/hide)

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What luck! A section of natural wall is sitting right above the breach point. I'll give the order to drop it into the depths immediately after I get rid of the stuff in its path.

[malkomk]

I certainly hope you succeed in plugging the foul forces of liquid !!Fun!! that have come surging up from the depths 

[Urist Imiknorris]

The depths are fine. It's the shallows that are the problem.

[Scaraban]

The depths are fine. It's the shallows that are the problem.

http://instantrimshot.com/

[Urist Imiknorris]

Would you guys be okay with me running dfcleanmap? After the flooding is dealt with, I'm going to try and salvage some FPS.

EDIT: Apparently, when whoever installed graphics did so, they forgot to re-add the bone block reaction. I threw that back in, so we'll have more "diverse" building materials.

[Urist Imiknorris]

It occurs to me that I have yet to choose a name for myself as leader. That changes today, in part because of the plan to seal the aquifer, and the success (so far) thereof. I may be an animal caretaker, but my interests are much more mechanical in nature.

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Pictured is the new bone bridge that will be serving as a garbage disposal for the rest of my rule. But enough of that - the collapse went perfectly:

Spoiler: After the Collapse (click to show/hide)

Now we just have to drain the flooded area.

Diary of Urist Imiknorris, 3^rd Shale
Rigoth the appropriately-named bone carver is now a mother. On a separate and unrelated note, Pyromaniac has mandated the creation of a trumpet. I don't think so, sir mayor. The craftsdwarves will make whatever they damn want.

I heard... sounds today, as I was climbing the stairway to the forges. It sounded like some horrifying creatures were in pain.

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Given the type of horrifying creatures we normally see here, I can only assume it's good news, and that perhaps the beasts in the caverns aren't immune to each other's poisons.

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Also, I found this guy in the ocean. Seriously, this is not a way to kill a goblin. It wastes a perfectly good cage.

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EDIT: Some more hastily-scribbled notes

Failcannon and the surrounding lands have been made a county.

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Spot the odd dwarf out.

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Also, I have naught but faith in my drainage system.

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The rest of the page is illegible due to water damage

[Dariush]

OH SHIT IT'S ZOLAK THE SLUG

HE CAME FROM ALTERNATE TIMELINE TO HAUNT THE FOTRESS

RUUUUUN

[Urist Imiknorris]

Eh, it's killing the other beasts with its secretions. At least I assume it's Zolak, because there are about seven of the fuckers sitting in the cavern three slime lake and it's the only one not rotting.

EDIT: We may lose the four dwarves that were caught in the forging area when the water hit. They're all thirsty, and the flooding shows no sign of letting them out soon. I'm trying to dig another path down, but...

EDIT2: Goddamn magma teleportation means the drainage didn't work (I was draining it down the stairway to the forges, diverting it with floor hatches at a certain point after which it would pour into the magma sea, but the magma splashed back up and the obsidian got stuck)