>>3756651
Yep, i can't post images right now.

>>3756651
You didn't say anything. Having a horse would be great and all but it is another mouth to feed, you are already struggling as it is.

It was one of those rare moments when the ominous clouds were absent from the skies. A twinkling sea of stars was dancing around the silent moon. Kajal stoked the fire, spraying more that blue powder.

"You should get some rest..." said the man with a hint of concern while staring at the skies.

>Stay a little more with the human
>Your body is in shambles. Go to sleep.
>Pretend to go to sleep, slip by unnoticed to steal what little valuables this caravan has [D??]
>Write in

>>3756709
>Go to sleep

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>>3756709
>Your body is in shambles. Go to sleep.
It's been a long day. But inquire about what the blue powder is.

Also RE request for meemz and art, I would post some but most of my collection is WH40K-related and not appropriate for a frozen fantasy quest. Best I have is what I wish we could be doing in our hovel rather than trudging around in the cold.

>>3756709
>Your body is in shambles. Go to sleep.
We've had a long day

>>3756798
it is cool anon
>>3756768
Yardus, 14th of Uolk (?? Ar)

One of the children has woken you up, the humans were already packing, ready to leave. She was actually Saiden's little sister who had a little surprise of you for saving her brother.

>You have Yohrn Powder (1)

Ah, so this is what the Blue powder is called. Obscuring both the light and the warmth of any campfire can prove to be vital to avoid future predators and bandits.

You never saw Juno in such state before...a terrible silence was cast on her. Whenever you tried to maintain an eye (Fungal) contact, She would avert her head the other way. She did follow your commands though without a pip.

Kajal had one last thing to say to you before moving on "We have a more fortified camp on the road. Two days from here, just follow this road till you find this a large floating shard in the crossroad, take a right and you will find us. I will inform the men there but..." He glanced at your silent darkling "...try not to bring your spawn with you."

>You have learned of a new location: Migrant Camp

"Safe travels, Human." You waved as the caravan (after circling around the trap without an accident) was leaving. You wonder whether you would go there in the future...maybe, maybe not.

It was time to return to the spire. Juno hauled everything leaving you with nothing to carry.

>roll 1d100, best out of three.

>>3756963
*Vendus

Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>3756963

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>3756963

>>3757169
another roll please.

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>3757232

>>3756997
>>3757169
>>3757243

[Great Success]

The trip back to the spire was smooth and safe without any notable slowdown from Juno. You really should fortify the place; anyone or anything could easily get inside to steal your belongings.

Adam stood idly in front of the stairway, having almost cleared the way to upstairs. There was a door at the end. Soon..

>Adam's WF is now 4/100
>Clearing the way is now 98/100

Juno had buried her new corpse in the mound before waiting for your next command. Before you would say anything, you suddenly heard a certain tapping nearby.

It was from behind the chained door.

What are you going to do about it.

>>3757256
>write in

>>3757256
>wait a bit to see if there's a pattern to the tapping
>press ear to door and try to figure out if there're multiple creatures on the other side
If it's just one creature, we can probably take 'em with Juno, even if she's a bad mood.

>>3757302
Remember Juno has no weapon, unless she carted back one of the giants' crude ones.

>>3757302
It was...weak and infrequent. Every couple of seconds, you would hear it at the bottom of the door. For some reason, you didn't perceive it as something threatening. It was hard to tell what is causing this sound. You don't know what or who is behind the chained door. Juno didn't show any reaction to the gentle tapping, preferring silence over expressing her useless opinion.

>Ignore it for the time being, it seems to be harmless.
>Do something about it [Specify]
>Write in

>>3757347
I was thinking she could just do a Florida Man and bite its face off. Even if we just have a knife and her teeth, it'd still be a 2v1.

We should get that axe fixed at some point if we find the time.

>>3757387
>Ignore it for the time being, it seems to be harmless.

_________

THE SPIRE
_________

Supplies should last for 0 days!! (1 you +1 Juno. Note that Juno won't be able to work to her full potential unless she was fed 2 per day.
water should last for 11 days

Surface:
-Undefended surroundings, no door at the main entrance, large area of shallow and deep water.
-Level 0 (Main Entrance) : Constant tapping sound, cluttered with rubble, poorly disorganized resources, chained room, blocked staircase, trapdoor leading to underground. No designated room/area
-Level; 1: BLOCKED, UNEXPLORED

Underground:
-Level 0 (Juno's living place) : Disorganized, Fungus/corpse mound bed, your bed, unstable platform, ladder leading to surface.
-Level 1: disorganized , several broken platforms, blue rust orc corpse. bone not ladder to level 2
-Level 2: mostly undamaged, two gaping holes, clean, organized.
-Level 3: UNREACHABLE
_________

OCCUPANTS
__________

Gaeleath Yesthyra: You, a 137 year old elf from A'ethya, You have a bright mind which is set on finding a permanent solution for the Frostbight.

Intelligence: Above Average
Strength: Subpar
Arcanus: None (A terrible shame to bear amongst elvenkind)
Machinus: Some Potential
Consumption: 1 per day (Up to 1/4 per day in dire times)
Focuses: Tinkering (1), Construction (2), Thermotheruge (1)

Juno: A darkling who is your current slave, always eager to do your bidding. You know very little of her other than she used to have a previous master. She can be quite useful at simple labor, you wouldn't rely on her to do complex tasks

Intelligence: Child-Like
Strength: Superb
Arcanus: None
Machinus: None
Consumption: 2 per day ( Up to ??? per day, despite her figure, she could endure malnutrition/starvation much better than you)
Focuses: None

____________

CONTACTS
____________

Conm and Hobn: Neosm scavengers who have stumbled upon your spire. Conm is slightly more reasonable than his blood-thirsty sister. Potential trading opportunity with them.
Kajal: A human who guards caravans travelling to a new settlement in the Labyrinthine.
_____________

ONGOING PROJECTS
_____________
-Temporary door: 20/150
-Clearing the way: 98/100

___________
PERSONAL BELONGINGS
_____________

-small knife
-Daggers (2)
- rusted iron shield
-Dubious practices of Chief-meat Mg-shrru (Unread)
-Blood-soaked Journal (Unread)
-Leather Diary (Unread)
-An account on Yyraz Skymines, Vol 1 (???, Unread)
- Intricacies of Khzifltas [Focus:???, Page 133 out of 200]
-Elven Bow and quiver of arrows (12)
-Red String Bow and arrows (10)
-Colorful fishscales (50)
-Waterskins (3) [Capacity : 5 days of water each]
-Light leather armor (Usoloc)

1/?

KNOWN LOCATIONS

-EverBlossom: Reachable, if you weren't exiled.
-Human Settlement beyond the valley: Reachable?, In the Labyrinthine
-Migrant camp: Reachable, 2 days worth of walking from the spire
-Khziftas mines (Mxntrd, Gokafirt, Varbakin, Erdkmns, Fedramzn and Yradne): Unreachable, ???

________________
RESOURCES
________________
Wealth:
-524 Gold
-1 Golden Necklace

Refined:
-Copper Wire (4)
-Small gear parts (5)
-Small iron scraps (5)
-Medium iron scraps (1)
-Large iron scraps (2)
-Large Iron Sheet (1)
-Various Blue Rust iron scraps (10)
-Bricks (14)

Raw
-10 Higz of fresh throatblood (in a pot)
-Rubble (365)
-Bone Barrel of Juno's sludge (2)
-Flint (2)
-animal bones (150)
-poorly skinned white fur
-chunks animal meat (5)
-red string leaves (28)

Misc:
-metal barrels (2)
-culinary ware (5 pots (1 has blood), 5 spoons, 3 forks, 4 plates, 1 large cauldron)
-broken wooden wheel

TOOLS AND GADGETS
_______________

-Working tools: A pickaxe, A woodsman axe and a hand saq
-Strange Glove: No known use for it
-Blue Ribbon Key: No known lock for it
-Gtezfl: A dwarven lockpicking tool kit which can virtually unlock all door with enough skills and patience. Can be broken after many attempts
-Anvil and Hard tools (hammer, chisel and tongs): for your various smithing purposes
- Gujim orbs (2) : Gift from Neosm scavengers, 'fleeting warmth' upon squeezing it.
- Jardoun (9/10 uses): a precious metal detecting compass Another gift from the Neosm scavengers
- Gamon: A Temperature apparatus
-Small crude carving tool: used to carve out small chunks of ice. Highly time consuming and insufficient.
-Broken tools (4): It has no use, broken beyond repair
____________
AUTOMATONS AND CONSTRUCTS
______________
Adam: An unmodified Faerik, your first creation

Power Source: Manual Winding up
Work Force: 4/100
Self learning: None
Complexity: Very simple
Strength: Below Average
Agility: Poor
Known Commands: (Self Identification, Idling, Waving, Dig (10) )
_______

NOTE TO SELF
__________

-NEED FOOD
-Need corpse for Juno
-Need another ladder
-Need proper storage
-NEED WARMTH
-NEED LIGHT
-Need to have defenses
-Need own place
-Need Mapping
-Need to clean, reorganize place
-Need to explore upper and lower levels of spire
-Need to work on the way of the Machinus
-Need to know more about Juno and spire
-Need revenge against Venalath
-[write in other notes if you want to remind yourself of them later]

3/?

2/?

This tapping is starting to get on your nerves, you ought to do something about it. You will have to eat raw meat today if you don't want to cook what you have in stock.

Select up to three actions, prioritize them into 1ry, 2ry and 3ry

Tasks:
>[Tinkering] Modify Adam? [Sp. D20, time??]
>[Tinkering] Make small crude tools out of what you got ? [Requires at least 2 small metal scrap parts, specify, sp. D20] [Time: less than an hour]
>[Tinkering] Make a Mgihnn, a small rat sized brass toy [Requires ??, specify how many, sp. D20] [Time ??]
>[Construction] Make a larger tool [Requires 1 small iron scrap and 1 medium iron scrap , Specify, sp.D20] [Time:less than an hour]
>Write in

Projects
>Address the general lack of light and how to combat it [Time ??]
>Clearing the way 98/100
>Temporary door 20/150
>Address your non existent defenses and how would you install them [Time ??]
>[Thermotheruge] Construct Gaileta's Bl-shgr, a basic blood powered apparatus which will ward off the frostblight...maybe [Missing Requirement, sp.D20] [Time ??]
>Write in

Miscs
>Deal with the constant tapping behind the chained door
>Travel to a known location [Specify]
>Train Adam to do something [Specify]
>Wind up Adam [Time ??]
>Approach the water body next to the spire
>Use your Jardoun [D?? Specify where]
>start a fire, cook some meat [time ??]
>Organize Juno's living place and/or the main entrance [D20, Time ??]
>Try to start/continue reading any of your books [D100. Time ??]
>Try to catch giant fireflies? [D??, Specify]
>Write in

From now on,Your slave will blindly dedicate her body and soul for you in complete silence and obedience.

Juno (300% efficiency)

>Train Adam to do something [Specify]
>Wind up Adam [Time ??]
>Order her to bring more water [ d100, the whole day]
>Have the darkling scout either the surrounding icesheets or the mainland (Note: Most whom she will stumble upon will be hostile due to her darkling nature)
>Command her to do a manual labor of sort [Specify]
>Order Juno to try and forage/hunt something (Note: Most whom she will stumble upon will be hostile due to her darkling nature) [D??, Time ??]
>Write-in

Adam (100% Efficiency, 4/100 WF)

>Dig/Haul (10 WF/ Hour).
>Identify friend/enemy (0 WF/hour)
>Remain Idle (0 WF/Hour)
>Write in

>>3757493
*in Resources, Miscs, there is Yohrn Powder (1)

>>3757547
>Wind up Adam
>Finish clearing the way
>Ignore the tapping by reading Intricacies of Khzifltas
>Order Juno to try and forage/hunt something

>>3757578
wind him for how long?
what is Adam's action?

>>3757444
Wait a minute. Where did this 11d of water come from? I don't recall getting any between when it said 1d and now.

>>3757598
2 waterskins (one from dead body, another as a reward). 5+5+1=11

>>3757547
>Use the broken wheel wood to do some cooking
>Finish removing the last few stones
>If the handsaw works on metal, start sawing away the the door chain
>If not, continue bricking up the doorway
>Juno: Wind up Adam
I'm mighty suspicious of New Juno. Something is very wrong with her, and I imagine we'll find out at some point.

>>3757547
>start a fire, cook some meat
>get Juno to wind up Adam
>finish clearing the way
>explore the upper level of the spire, using the gtezfl if needed
>keep reading the book

Rolled 3 (1d3)

>>3757638
>>3757637
>>3757578

>>3757638
Wind adam for how many hours?

>>3757690
Until Adam reached max WF

(although didn't >>3757578 win since he was the third post you quoted?)

>>3757638
You used the broken wheel to start a fire, it should last for the rest of the day.

Would you like to add a day's worth of water to make a proper stew?

>Yes
>No

>>3757746
i always go by the first post and so on. Qoutes dont matter

>>3757769
>Yes

Now you wished you had taken some of the human's vegetables. Oh well

>Your food supplies should last for 1 1/2 days, granting you +20% to your original roll.
>Your water supplies should last for 9 days

Spectacular! Juno has spent only two hours to wind up the construct spinning the handle at an insane speed. You heard a distinct pop sound behind you, The darkling had a limp arm after spinning so furiously. The handle remains somewhat intact. Good.

>Adam's WF is now 100/100

The Automation was on its way to continue its former duty. This shouldn't take long.

She felt your gaze, grunting in response and retreating to a darker corner where the darkling held her arm tightly only to suddenly jerk it upwards. It seems better now. She crawled next to your feet, awaiting your next command.

>Command her to do something else [Specify]
>Nothing for now, She can rest.
>Write in

>>3757895
>Nothing for now, She can rest.

>>3757895
>Nothing for now, She can rest.

>>3757938
>>3757972

Alas, after two whole weeks, the path was cleared. Adam returned to its previous idleness leaving you to take the very first steps upwards

>Clearing the way is now finished!
>Adam's WF is now 95/100

The door had various snakes on its front hissing in defiance. They sure fooled you, for a second, you thought they were real. What a fine craftsmanship. The door was sadly locked, your first idea was to try unlocking it with the blue ribbon key. You gave it a go aaaand...

It didn't fit, too small. Curses. However, The door itself feels so thin to you (compared to the chained door). You can use the dwarven picklocking tool...though you barely know anything about this thievery art as well as how locks actually work. You will have to fumble about but there is actual little risks at hand. Another good alternative for you is Juno. She can break it for you, you have faith in her...or Adam if you trained it properly.


>Examine the door further before anything [D??]
>Train Adam to Brute force the door for you (if it can) [Kick, Elbow bash commands,Time ??]
>Brute force the door yourself [D??]
>Have Juno brute force her way into the door [D??]
>[Contraption] Use your trusty Gtezfl [D??]
>Leave it for now
>Write in

>>3758123
>[Contraption] Use your trusty Gtezfl [D??]

>>3758123
>Examine the door further before anything

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>3758230
>>3758245

>>3758230
>>3758245
alright, roll 1d100, best out of three.

Rolled 28 (1d100)

>>3758341

stopping here for now

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>3758341

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>3758341
last one

>>3758429
>>3758359
hey guys the QM said last thread if there isnt enough rolls after like 20 mins feel free to roll again, i assume dear QM just wants to keep trucking and im all for it

>>3759185
I checked the thread last night and I thought I saw three rolls. Guess I was wrong.

>>3758359
>>3758429
>>3759185
[Tremendous success]

There was more than to meet eye with the snakes; the eight fangs of the four snakes were in fact hidden switches. All but one were in a neutral position with an option to switch it either backwards or forwards. The non-neutral fang was switched backwards, it was heavily tarnished too with a notable green tint. Strange.

You still had no idea what purpose these switches served. Should you tamper with them? If only you had something found here in the spire to help you...

The current setup is [N=Neutral, F=Forward, B=Backward, No.=The fangs]
1N-2N-3N-4N-5N-6N-7N-8B

>Tamper with the switches [Select Fang(s), Change their position(s)]
>Train Adam to Brute force the door for you (if it can) [Kick, Elbow bash commands,Time ??]
>Brute force the door yourself [D??]
>Have Juno brute force her way into the door [D??]
>[Contraption] Use your trusty Gtezfl [D??]
>Leave it for now
>Write in

>>3760168
>Leave it for now
Well, brute forcing it my well do something very bad and there's an obvious hint the answer is around here somewhere. I reckon it might be in the chained room, so:

>Start sawing at the door chain

>>3760268
We should check out that journal we found but never read. It may have some clues

>>3760277
The journal was from the woman in the Baby Eating Incident. I doubt it will have anything on the tower's mechanisms, but by all means we should read it at some point.

>>3760290
Whoops, thought we found a journal in the spire for some reason. Guess I'll back trying to open up the door

>>3760168
You were glad that you took the working tools as a reward. This handsaw should deal with the pesky chains. You returned to the main entrance,almost tripping over a sneaky pile of rubble, saw in hand. It was time.

The tapping stopped as you were sawing the rigid chains. A sudden snap announced your success.

"Juno, Get ready..." you ordered your slave to open the door, expecting some a beast of sort to leap forward.

There were none.

A narrow corridor enshrouded in darkness. You couldn't see anything but nightmarish hints of what lied ahead.

The air itself was...ancient, something felt terribly wrong about it. The floor, the walls had an endless stream of wires, made from an unknown material to you. They varied in sizes and shapes. some were torn apart, others had blue rust on them and....they are moving?

No, amongst the wires, what looked like a snake's tail was purely hidden between them extending further into the unknown darkness. It was the tip of the tail that kept tapping on the door. However, it felt otherworldly to you.

It was an amalgamation between rotten green scales and rotating mechanical parts. It gave you the same malicious vibes that necromancer gave you. The tail slowly slithered back into its jungle of wires, disappearing afterwards. One final thing to note was the small puddles of a bubbling green ooze. Probably Hazardous.

>Step forward into corridor without any source of light
>Have your slave brave the first few steps into the darkness
>Order Adam to march into the abyss
>Order Juno to tear this door for it to b used elsewhere
>write in

>>3760277
>>3760290
>>3760459

>>3760459
Go catch another firefly first

>>3760474
how do you aim to catch the giant fireflies?

>Just like last time, run to the edge blindly with two sludge coated leaves [d100]
>Think of a more rational plan [D?? specify]
>Disregard this idea, do something else
>Write in

>>3760547
could we instead use a piece of the broken wheel we started a fire with as a torch, also we should probably say sorry to juno for hitting her the other day, i dont want her to snap and kill us

>>3760547
Tie some of the red string together as a crude net

>>3760618
I was going to say making a net might be really hard till i remembered these things are the size of dogs, but it seems like our red string spontaneously combusts you sure it worth the risk?

>>3760611
>>3760618
>>3760636
alright, roll d18, average of tthree

Rolled 17 (1d18)

>>3760714

Rolled 3 (1d18)

>>3760714
D18? That's unusual.

Rolled 18 (1d18)

>>3760714

>>3760718
>>3760735
>>3760769
You used all of your leaves to create a solid net, all that tightening and twisting has made the leaves awfully warm. Now, you aren't so sure about its actual strength. That remained to be seen...

>You have made a red string net
>Your Construction skill is slightly increasing...

Now to catch these bastards, four of them were in the middle of what you assume to be a mating dance. Perfect timing.

>Roll 1d50 , best out of three.

>>3760798
* [Decent Success]

Rolled 23 (1d50)

>>3760798

>>3760735
if this goes up in flames im so gonna say told you so

>>3760735
because our construction level is (2) while this task is a (1)
Don't expect that much of skill increasing from performing inferior tasks. The larger the gap is, the lower the increase will be. You can't be a master constructor by making a million shovel.

>>3760804
two more rolls, please.

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>3760798

>>3760804
If it crit fails and bursts into flames again, I'll break something

Rolled 41 (1d50)

>>3760873
>>3760798
sorry OP lost track of time

>>3760874
Donk, that was a D100. Halve that for 44.

>>3760804
>>3760874
>>3760877
[Great Success]

Your Net initially caught three fireflies but due to their size, two has escaped sending flashes of blinding light with their departure . The third one was about to follow their step if it weren't for your quick reaction.

Unlike last time, this one is at its full strength without any injury. You can't open your eyes to deal with it properly. Shame about not having some sort of a container for it before hand.

What are you going to do in your current pesudo-state of blindness?

>Write in

>>3760900
Drop to the floor and keep hold of the net until the blindness fades.

>>3760970
It was an endless cycle, one that would last for hours;whenever you try to open your eyes, the bug would try to blind you again and again. It finally succumbed to exhaustion, passing out and allowing you to take hold of it.

You trapped the firefly inside a metal barrel until you figure out what to do with it. You want nothing but the comfort of your bed. The darkling stood silently next to your bed, waiting for another chore to perform for the rest of the night.

>Order your slave something to do all night long [Specify]
>Nothing right now, she can sleep.
>Write in

>>3761018
>Write in

"rest Poor Juno, and what i did to you the other day was.... wrong i hope we can move past it and you can be cheerful again"

>>3761147
The darkling slowly backed away to her fungal mound, silence was reply.
.
.
_________

THE SPIRE
_________

Supplies should last for 1 1/2 days!! (1 you +1 Juno.) (20% bonus)
water should last for 11 days

Surface:
-Undefended surroundings, no door at the main entrance, large area of shallow and deep water.
-Level 0 (Main Entrance) : cluttered with rubble, poorly disorganized resources, wired corridor room, cleared staircase, snake door with switches, trapdoor leading to underground.
-Level; 1: UNEXPLORED

Underground:
-Level 0 (Juno's living place) : Disorganized, Fungus/corpse mound bed, your bed, unstable platform, ladder leading to surface.
-Level 1: disorganized , several broken platforms, blue rust orc corpse. bone not ladder to level 2
-Level 2: mostly undamaged, two gaping holes, clean, organized.
-Level 3: UNREACHABLE
_________

OCCUPANTS
__________

Gaeleath Yesthyra: You, a 137 year old elf from A'ethya, You have a bright mind which is set on finding a permanent solution for the Frostbight.

Intelligence: Above Average
Strength: Subpar
Arcanus: None (A terrible shame to bear amongst elvenkind)
Machinus: Some Potential
Consumption: 1 per day (Up to 1/4 per day in dire times)
Focuses: Tinkering (1), Construction (2), Thermotheruge (1)

Juno: A useful slave.

Intelligence: Pathetic.
Strength: Superb
Arcanus: None
Machinus: None
Consumption: 2 per day ( Up to ??? per day, despite her figure, she could endure malnutrition/starvation much better than you)
Focuses: None

____________

CONTACTS
____________

Conm and Hobn: Neosm scavengers who have stumbled upon your spire. Conm is slightly more reasonable than his blood-thirsty sister. Potential trading opportunity with them.
Kajal: A human who guards caravans travelling to a new settlement in the Labyrinthine.
_____________

ONGOING PROJECTS
_____________
-Temporary door: 20/150
___________
PERSONAL BELONGINGS
_____________

-small knife
-Daggers (2)
- rusted iron shield
-Dubious practices of Chief-meat Mg-shrru (Unread)
-Blood-soaked Journal (Unread)
-Leather Diary (Unread)
-An account on Yyraz Skymines, Vol 1 (???, Unread)
- Intricacies of Khzifltas [Focus:???, Page 133 out of 200]
-Elven Bow and quiver of arrows (12)
-Red String Bow and arrows (10)
-Colorful fishscales (50)
-Waterskins (3) [Capacity : 5 days of water each]
-Light leather armor (Usoloc)

KNOWN LOCATIONS

-EverBlossom: Reachable, if you weren't exiled.
-Human Settlement beyond the valley: Reachable?, In the Labyrinthine
-Migrant camp: Reachable, 2 days worth of walking from the spire
-Khziftas mines (Mxntrd, Gokafirt, Varbakin, Erdkmns, Fedramzn and Yradne): Unreachable, ???

1/?

________________
RESOURCES
________________
Wealth:
-524 Gold
-1 Golden Necklace

Animals:
- firefly (trapped, weakened, healthy)

Refined:
-Copper Wire (4)
-Small gear parts (5)
-Small iron scraps (5)
-Medium iron scraps (1)
-Large iron scraps (2)
-Large Iron Sheet (1)
-Various Blue Rust iron scraps (10)
-Bricks (14)

Raw
-10 Higz of fresh throatblood (in a pot)
-Rubble (365)
-Bone Barrel of Juno's sludge (2)
-Flint (2)
-animal bones (150)
-poorly skinned white fur

Misc:
-metal barrels (2) (1 has firefly)
-culinary ware (5 pots (1 has blood), 5 spoons, 3 forks, 4 plates, 1 large cauldron)

TOOLS AND GADGETS
_______________

-Red String net: A highly flammable net. Use it with caution
-Working tools: A pickaxe, A woodsman axe and a hand saw
-Strange Glove: No known use for it
-Blue Ribbon Key: No known lock for it
-Gtezfl: A dwarven lockpicking tool kit which can virtually unlock all door with enough skills and patience. Can be broken after many attempts
-Anvil and Hard tools (hammer, chisel and tongs): for your various smithing purposes
- Gujim orbs (2) : Gift from Neosm scavengers, 'fleeting warmth' upon squeezing it.
- Jardoun (9/10 uses): a precious metal detecting compass Another gift from the Neosm scavengers
- Gamon: A Temperature apparatus
-Small crude carving tool: used to carve out small chunks of ice. Highly time consuming and insufficient.
-Broken tools (4): It has no use, broken beyond repair
____________
AUTOMATONS AND CONSTRUCTS
______________
Adam: An unmodified Faerik, your first creation

Power Source: Manual Winding up
Work Force: 95/100
Self learning: None
Complexity: Very simple
Strength: Below Average
Agility: Poor
Known Commands: (Self Identification, Idling, Waving, Dig (10) )
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NOTE TO SELF
__________

-The current setup for snake door is [N=Neutral, F=Forward, B=Backward, No.=The fangs]
1N-2N-3N-4N-5N-6N-7N-8B
-NEED FOOD
-Need another ladder
-Need proper storage
-NEED WARMTH
-NEED LIGHT
-Need to have defenses
-Need own place
-Need Mapping
-Need to clean, reorganize place
-Need to explore upper and lower levels of spire
-Need to work on the way of the Machinus
-Need to know more about spire
-Need revenge against Venalath
-[write in other notes if you want to remind yourself of them later]


2/?

Goltus 15th of Uolk (Summer) (-27 Ar)

The frostblight is flaring up, this day marks the end of summer, Tofrina is coming...so will autumn. A strong blizzard has awakened making it impossible to go outside. Curses.

Your hair colour is changing, without a proper heat source, the claws of death will drag you to your doom. Summer was gentle with you, You won't say the same for this season.

Your clothes won't do at all, you will need to change your them. The bandit armor is lighter and intact but it has the ram all over it. Any stranger could mistake you for a bandit.

>Change equipment for you and/or your slave? [You have normal set of clothing, poorly skinned animal fur, knife and elven bow and arrow. The darkling has nothing.]
>You are good with what you have
>Write in

>>3761274
>Change equipment for you and/or your slave? [You have normal set of clothing, poorly skinned animal fur, knife and elven bow and arrow. The darkling has nothing.]
Lets combine our normal clothes with the bandits and loose furs using the sludge to glue them together since we lack needles and thread, and whatever is left over we'll make juno something

Also we might as well try on that glove

>>3761331
Support.

We should try to find a person we can exsanguinate so next time the travelling merchants come by we can build ourselves the "Gaileta's Bl-shgr" (a basic blood powered apparatus which will ward off the frostblight...maybe ). I think we have the money for parts, we just need to kill somebody

>>3761385
we have throat blood we're just missing some of the other bits i guess
-culinary ware (5 pots (1 has blood), 5 spoons, 3 forks, 4 plates, 1 large cauldron)
-10 Higz of fresh throatblood (in a pot)

>>3761403
I believe we need 20, meaning we need another person.

>>3761473
hmm, well here's hoping OP posts a pastebin with the crafting recipes we know
also what do you think about sending juno down a few levels for some wood?

>>3761331
It served you well but it had to go, you tore down your previous clothes patching it up with the bandits armor. The new armor didn't feel comfortable at all (The man was shorter than you). It SHOULD conceal all the rams.

>You lost your clothing and your poorly skinned fur
>You have Concealed Light leather armor (Usoloc).


The glove was really peculiar, it was soft like silk but heavy as a brick with unknown signs all over it. Whenever you tried to put it on, it would curl up on itself . You almost lost your finger trying to wear this damn thing. Not today

You felt a presence at the entrance battling its way to enter the spire.

"50208? 592056 4992...93593."
Juno stood in front of you awaiting you command. An Argean in the flesh, well in the meta with a distorted voice spouting gibberish. Sentient constructs responsible for the Blue Rust...hunted down to near extinction. He looked far stranger than any elfoid you have seen before, rough metal skin, bald head, various scars and an arm missing. His right legs were hot red radiating immense heat. From your understanding, his race can also modify themselves.

The unknown man was in a bulky armor, the chest pieces was vibrating on its own. He had a large box strapped to his back, He draw a strange serrated sword with sparks dancing wildly on the blade.

"589 583930, 6884 89 2840..." He didn't swing it (though it made your slave more aggressive). Instead, he pointed three times: One for the raging blizzard, Another for the rubble-riddled floor and the last one was for his throat which had small sparks appearing and disappearing. He pointed the sword towards you, expecting an reaction...

>Juno: Attack [D??]
>Attack this metal devil [D??]
>Say something to the metal man
>Write in

>>3761526
>>Say something to the metal man
"you need repairs? or you are here for my life?"

>>3761484
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>>3761543

>>3761548
He rolled his eyes "560 0005 05345 293401." He pointed outside again before sitting down. The metal man put his sword aside giving you and your slave a shooing gesture. Can he even understand you? Not all races know human languages.

>Juno: Attack [D??]
>Attack this metal devil [D??]
>Ignore him, He doesn't want to talk to you
>Make some hand signs of your own [Specify]
>Say something to the metal man
>Write in

So any ideas on how to talk to this guy guys? i think its safe to assume he's not hostile but i feel itd be a missed opportunity not to talk with him

>>3761603
>Make some hand signs of your own [Specify]

Point to ourselves, then point to Adam and wind him once, then point to our own throat and then point to the Argean.

>>3761644
>>3761603
backing that's a solid plan

>>3761644
>>3761650

"84!! 49294~" He broke into a fit of laughter which sounded like metal grinding. You weren't sure of his intent back there. The Argean opened the box behind his back rummaging through its content for a couple of seconds.

Glittering coins were thrown on the floor followed by him raising his index finger towards his mouth "6666662..."

>You have 20 Gold

He rested his head against a piece of stone, still holding his sword. Is he...sleeping? Can his race go to sleep in first place?

>Juno: Attack while he is vulernable [D??]
>Attack this metal devil [D??]
>Ignore him, He clearly doesn't want to talk to you
>Steal his precious box while his guard is down [D??]
>Say something to the metal man
>Write in

>>3761718
>>Ignore him, He clearly doesn't want to talk to you
well thats pretty funny, but >>3761644 bromigo whats your plan with that firefly and the new room?

>>3761736

Select up to three actions, prioritize them into 1ry, 2ry and 3ry

Tasks:
>[Tinkering] Modify Adam? [Sp. D20, time??]
>[Tinkering] Make small crude tools out of what you got ? [Requires at least 2 small metal scrap parts, specify, sp. D20] [Time: less than an hour]
>[Tinkering] Make a Mgihnn, a small rat sized brass toy [Requires ??, specify how many, sp. D20] [Time ??]
>[Construction] Make a larger tool [Requires 1 small iron scrap and 1 medium iron scrap , Specify, sp.D20] [Time:less than an hour]
>Write in

Projects
>Address the general lack of light and how to combat it [Time ??]
>Temporary door 20/150
>Address your non existent defenses and how would you install them [Time ??]
>[Thermotheruge] Construct Gaileta's Bl-shgr, a basic blood powered apparatus which will ward off the frostblight...maybe [Missing Requirement, sp.D20] [Time ??]
>Write in

Miscs
>Deal with the firefly [Specify]
>Approach the snake door
>Approach the wired corridor [Specify]
>Travel to a known location [Specify]
>Train Adam to do something [Specify]
>Wind up Adam [Time ??]
>Approach the water body next to the spire
>Use your Jardoun [D?? Specify where]
>start a fire, cook some meat [time ??]
>Organize Juno's living place and/or the main entrance [D20, Time ??]
>Try to start/continue reading any of your books [D100. Time ??]
>Try to catch giant fireflies? [D50, Specify]
>Write in

The darkling will pour more effort into serving you.

Your Slave (400% efficiency)

>Train Adam to do something [Specify]
>Wind up Adam [Time ??]
>Order her to bring more water [ d100, the whole day]
>Have the darkling scout either the surrounding icesheets or the mainland (Note: Most whom she will stumble upon will be hostile due to her darkling nature)
>Command her to do a manual labor of sort [Specify]
>Order Juno to try and forage/hunt something (Note: Most whom she will stumble upon will be hostile due to her darkling nature) [D??, Time ??]
>Write-in

Adam (100% Efficiency, 95/100 WF)

>Dig/Haul (10 WF/ Hour).
>Identify friend/enemy (0 WF/hour)
>Remain Idle (0 WF/Hour)
>Write in

>>3761736
Hmm not sure on both counts desu, the firefly’s must eat something and given that they live in the dark I imagine they probably consume fungus similar to Juno’s so may be worthwhile trying to track down what they eat otherwise it’ll just end up dead and we’ll need to catch another, as for the snake corridor I say we avoid it like the plague until we’re more knowledgeable about the blue rust as I imagine given the snakes partially mechanical nature there could be a blue rust creature of some sort lurking in the shadows and that’d be a rip for either us, Adam or Juno.

>>3761736
>>3761821

Adding to this as far as containing the firefly, I’d suggest making a cage out of animal bones and glueing them together with sludge and utilise the hammer and chisel to make the lid have a latch so we can open and securely close it

>>3761821
>>3761857

Id be cool with avoiding the snake hallway and the snake lock door cause we have more immediate things, also do you have anyway to keep them from blinding us? cause we probably need glass for that but i THINK that they'll glow for a bit if you kill them and use the guts like irl, also your second post come in while writing this, so i think that's a good way to make a cage it doesn't solve the blinding issue

>>3761863
You raise a fair point about the blinding issue but to be fair it only did that when we had it in a net and were literally holding it, if it’s trapped it may not do the blinding thing repeatedly as that took a lot of energy out of it hence it passed out (may be a fight or flight type thing and if it realises there’s no escape it may calm down), and even if it does it then it just becomes a matter of placement, I envision the cage acting more as a standing lamp and less a lantern at this point since we don’t really have the materials for a lantern that’d prevent the blinding issue if it’d still occur

>>3761857
>>3761821

Us
1ry
Move the rubble/bricks towards the door to start blocking it off a bit
2ry
making a cage/lamp out of animal bones and glueing them together with sludge and utilise the hammer and chisel to make the lid have a latch so we can open and securely close it
3ry
Read Intricacies of Khzifltas
Juno
send her into the depths to find wood or food

what do ya think? im willing to work on the cage too but>>3761891 well this sounds reasonable

>>3761863
>>3761891

Alternatively we could try to fashion a lantern out of the cauldron and use the copper wire and/or metal scrap to fashion a a barred latch lid (utilising the hammer, chisel and the automaton strength of Adam to punch holes through metal, hopefully) that way the light is only let out in one direction, but it’d be a very cumbersome lantern

>>3761895
I’ll support this, blocking the entrance is becoming fast more important as the seasons become colder

>>3761895
I think we should swap that first action to teaching Adam how to do that for us. He would probably be much more efficient.

>>3761917
We could have Adam learn it whilst we do it in the first action and then have him take over when we do our other actions

>>3761935
>>3761917
I get the feeling that this task might be too complicated for Adam, but no reason not to try it

>>3761789

>Us
>1ry
>Move the rubble/bricks towards the door to start blocking it off a bit have adam help us by hauling rubble/teach him how to do this
>2ry
>making a cage/lamp out of animal bones and glueing them together with sludge and utilise the hammer and chisel to make the lid have a latch so we can open and securely close it
>3ry
>Read Intricacies of Khzifltas
>Juno
>send her into the depths to find wood or food

Also I think when we can next venture out it’d be a good idea to bring Adam or Juno with an axe and have them shop down and haul some of the giant flowers we get the red leaves from, we need a surplus of fuel to do things like power steam engines (when we eventually learn to make them), cook and not freeze to death so having a few of them hauled back to the spire would be invaluable and we’ll need them for sure come winter

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>3761959
>>3761895
>>3761935
>>3761917
alright, roll 1d80 , ao3
20% will be added to the final outcome
rolling for Juno

Rolled 75 (1d80)

>>3761970
id prefer Adam, juno isnt very friendly these days(mild regret there) but thats a solid idea

>>3761979
your dice sir

>>3761970
>>3761979
>>3761917

Rolled 34 (1d80)

>>3762021
>>3761979

Rolled 79 (1d80)

>>3762021
>>3761979

>>3762056
>>3762032
>>3761985
[Tremendous Success]

With Adam by your side, you showed him how to build a somewhat decent wall, It was hard work especially without Juno to help , you did scrape the last of her first bone barrel during your work.
>Your construction skill is slightly increasing

>Temporary door is now 60/150 (60/100 wall and 0/50 door)
>You have used 14 bricks
>You have used 52 Rubble
>Adam has learned a new command: Build wall , 15 WF per hour.
>Adam's WF is 75/100

You will probably need the second barrel to finish the wall, unless Juno can produce more, you might be a little short of sludge when you are done

>make a bone lamp [Will consume 50 animal bone + 3 copper wire for handle+ some sludge, sp.d18, ao3]
>do something else
>write in

>>3762096
>>make a bone lamp [Will consume 50 animal bone + 3 copper wire for handle+ some sludge, sp.d18, ao3]

>>3762096
>make a bone lamp [Will consume 50 animal bone + 3 copper wire for handle+ some sludge, sp.d18, ao3]

>>3762100
>>3762103
alrright, roll please

Rolled 12 (1d18)

>>3762106
>>3762096

Rolled 12 (1d18)

>>3762106

Rolled 5 (1d18)

>>3762106

>>3762125
>>3762108
>>3762107
[Decent Success]

Is it a lamp? a cage? Why not both?

>Your construction skill is slightly increasing..
>You have made a bone Lampage

You made it a bit more spacious for the firefly; you want it to be able to move around at least. It took some time though, you couldn't tell anything beyond the relentless blizzard.

The fleshless squatter has woken from his slumber. He kept to himself tinkering with a small metallic object with the minuscule tools protruding from the tips of his finger. He didn't like you staring at his work so you left him alone. You doubt that he will try to steal anything....as if you had something of value to speak of.

Juno still hasn't returned. You don't know why you told her to bring wood from the depth below, meat is plausible but wood? You may never know, there might be some underground trees hidden out of sight and mind.

You wanted to finish your dwarven book, you stopped reading at quite a cliffhanger...that or the author is exaggerating things.

>roll 1d100, bo3

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>3762160

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>3762160
Ill admit the wood is a bit of a reach, but ya know a lot of shit is made of it so i assume with the 400% bonus she'll bring back something

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>>3762190

>>3762191
>>3762190
one more roll please

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>3762216

>>3762196
Second time today having back to back rolls. Strange rng

>>3762221
>>3762191
>>3762190
[Decent Success]

Deep underneath the city was a hidden forge. It had a different design than anything in Khzifltas, So...chaotic and yet perfect in its own way. The author theorizes that the forge is built by automatons FOR the automatons, no dwarves involved in its construction. There was nothing here that could be controlled by the One Finger.

It is not a secret that some of the dwarven's creations could malfunction but this was not a separate case. There is prove of dozens of automatons working in this forge , stealing in secrecy from above. What they were making? It is up to debate.

There were a LOT of discarded schematics of various projects, most of them were a tangled mess but few were really promising and could be built on. The greatest discovery however was a giant mould for a head, not just any mould; it was made to host the living metal.

The author fears that this could be heavily related to technomancy, the so called Acdeus are artificial 'gods' granting their worshipers great powers (and the rot). While they are less powerful than actual gods, they often intervene more frequently than the divines who did little to stop the frostblight. Some pretends to act for the good of all but the true this far more grim than this. The mould could be part of a new god, it is not certain. May be it can act as a large shrine for the followers to receive their boon. It is unknown.

The author has no lead on the fate of the giant head. The last remaining pages were about some of the incomplete but note worthy schematics she had found.

>Intricacies of Khzifltas is now 170 out of 200

"Dar'sylask, You have my thanks." the metal man finally said something by the time you finished reading "Stel guides you..."

>Attack the Squatter [D??]
>Say something to him [Specify]
>Watch him leave
>Write in

>>Say something to him [Specify]
"Glad to have a friendly face stop by, you interested in trading? i don't have much but it seems like you're not going to kill me for it"

y/n guys?

>>3762312
Sounds good

>>3762312
>>3762297
for real vote

>>3762349
>>3762349
>>3762348
"Nothing to spare.." It was fine, not everyone is up for trade. He braved the ongoing blizzard vanishing from your sight.

[Great Success]

Your slave has finally returned carrying the unexpected...

A headless male darkling missing a leg and a hand, drained of his blood. he was at least thrice your size, heavily covered with black scales. You have no idea how in the blazes did she manage to kill him let alone carrying him.

Juno was injured all over her body, scratches, clawmarks, bites. Some of her wounds ran deep trickling silent blood. She didn't express any form of pain in front of you. This transition was very strange, first up, she was afraid of the males of her kind and now she is actively hunting them??

As for the wood....well, She brought a small statue? Of a serpent coiling around a column and hissing. It looks like it dropped from the spire.

>You have a male darkling corpse
>You have a small wooden statue.

Your slave was struggling to stand on her flayed right foot. She was waiting for the next command.

What are you going to do with the darkling corpse?
>You won't go this far! For your health, morale and sanity.
>Meat is meat, you will chop up the darkling tomorrow
>Your slave can have it, you doubt cannibalism is a taboo in her primal race
>write in

And your slave?

>Punish her for bring back this foul food
>Give her another thing to do all night long
>Tell her to go to sleep
>Write in

>>3762405
>>Your slave can have it, you doubt cannibalism is a taboo in her primal race

>Write in
"Come here and i'll fix your foot up a bit before you go off to sleep"

>>3762410
Supporting.

stopping here for now

>>3762410
This

>>3762463
Kay then.

>>3762410
I think you're going a bit far with suggesting we'll fix Juno's foot. We have no way of doing that and it doesn't seem right. How about we instead order her to take better care of her self and to try and heal her injuries. Maybe mention something like "you're too valuable to die on me yet."

>>3762410
>>3762445
>>3762486

The Darkling shrank away when you raised your hand while offering her to examine the flayed foot.In an instance, she bolts towards the safety of her fungal mound. There was nothing you could do further. As you were fading away into the world of dreams, you heard a muffled weep...

1/?

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THE SPIRE
_________

Supplies should last for 1/2 days!! (1 you +1 Juno.) (20% bonus)
water should last for 8 days

Surface:
-Undefended surroundings, no door at the main entrance, large area of shallow and deep water.
-Level 0 (Main Entrance) : cluttered with rubble, poorly disorganized resources, wired corridor room, cleared staircase, snake door with switches, trapdoor leading to underground.
-Level; 1: UNEXPLORED

Underground:
-Level 0 (Juno's living place) : Disorganized, Fungus/corpse mound bed, your bed, unstable platform, ladder leading to surface.
-Level 1: disorganized , several broken platforms, blue rust orc corpse. bone not ladder to level 2
-Level 2: mostly undamaged, two gaping holes, clean, organized.
-Level 3: UNREACHABLE
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OCCUPANTS
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Gaeleath Yesthyra: You, a 137 year old elf from A'ethya, You have a bright mind which is set on finding a permanent solution for the Frostbight.

Intelligence: Above Average
Strength: Subpar
Arcanus: None (A terrible shame to bear amongst elvenkind)
Machinus: Some Potential
Consumption: 1 per day (Up to 1/4 per day in dire times)
Focuses: Tinkering (1), Construction (2), Thermotheruge (1)

Juno: A useful slave.

Intelligence: Pathetic.
Strength: Superb
Arcanus: None
Machinus: None
Consumption: 2 per day ( Up to ??? per day, despite her figure, she could endure malnutrition/starvation much better than you)
Focuses: None

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CONTACTS
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Conm and Hobn: Neosm scavengers who have stumbled upon your spire. Conm is slightly more reasonable than his blood-thirsty sister. Potential trading opportunity with them.
Kajal: A human who guards caravans travelling to a new settlement in the Labyrinthine.
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ONGOING PROJECTS
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-Temporary door: 60/150
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PERSONAL BELONGINGS
_____________

-small knife
-Daggers (2)
-rusted iron shield
-Dubious practices of Chief-meat Mg-shrru (Unread)
-Blood-soaked Journal (Unread)
-Leather Diary (Unread)
-An account on Yyraz Skymines, Vol 1 (???, Unread)
- Intricacies of Khzifltas [Focus:???, Page 170 out of 200]
-Elven Bow and quiver of arrows (12)
-Red String Bow and arrows (10)
-Colorful fishscales (50)
-Waterskins (3) [Capacity : 5 days of water each]
- ConcealedLight leather armor (Usoloc)

KNOWN LOCATIONS

-EverBlossom: Reachable, if you weren't exiled.
-Human Settlement beyond the valley: Reachable?, In the Labyrinthine
-Migrant camp: Reachable, 2 days worth of walking from the spire
-Khziftas mines (Mxntrd, Gokafirt, Varbakin, Erdkmns, Fedramzn and Yradne): Unreachable, ???

2/?

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RESOURCES
________________
Wealth:
-544 Gold
-1 Golden Necklace

Animals:
- firefly (trapped, weakened, healthy, hungry)

Refined:
-Copper Wire (1)
-Small gear parts (5)
-Small iron scraps (5)
-Medium iron scraps (1)
-Large iron scraps (2)
-Large Iron Sheet (1)
-Various Blue Rust iron scraps (10)

Raw
-10 Higz of fresh throatblood (in a pot)
-Rubble (303)
-Bone Barrel of Juno's sludge (1)
-Flint (2)
-animal bones (100)

Misc:
-bone barrel (1)
-metal barrels (2) (1 has firefly)
-culinary ware (5 pots (1 has blood), 5 spoons, 3 forks, 4 plates, 1 large cauldron)

TOOLS AND GADGETS
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-Lampage: A bone lamp and a cage. A Lampage.
-Red String net: A highly flammable net. Use it with caution
-Working tools: A pickaxe, A woodsman axe and a hand saw
-Strange Glove: an unwearable glove?
-Blue Ribbon Key: No known lock for it
-Gtezfl: A dwarven lockpicking tool kit which can virtually unlock all door with enough skills and patience. Can be broken after many attempts
-Anvil and Hard tools (hammer, chisel and tongs): for your various smiting purposes
- Gujim orbs (2) : Gift from Neosm scavengers, 'fleeting warmth' upon squeezing it.
- Jardoun (9/10 uses): a precious metal detecting compass Another gift from the Neosm scavengers
- Gamon: A Temperature apparatus
-Small crude carving tool: used to carve out small chunks of ice. Highly time consuming and insufficient.
-Broken tools (4): It has no use, broken beyond repair
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AUTOMATONS AND CONSTRUCTS
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Adam: An unmodified Faerik, your first creation

Power Source: Manual Winding up
Work Force: 75/100
Self learning: None
Complexity: Very simple
Strength: Below Average
Agility: Poor
Known Commands: (Self Identification, Idling, Waving, Dig (10), Build Wall (15) )
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NOTE TO SELF
__________

-The current setup for snake door is [N=Neutral, F=Forward, B=Backward, No.=The fangs]
1N-2N-3N-4N-5N-6N-7N-8B
-NEED FOOD
-Need another ladder
-Need proper storage
-NEED WARMTH
-NEED LIGHT
-Need to have defenses
-Need own place
-Need Mapping
-Need to clean, reorganize place
-Need to explore upper and lower levels of spire
-Need to work on the way of the Machinus
-Need to know more about spire
-Need revenge against Venalath
-[write in other notes if you want to remind yourself of them later]


3/?

*Wooden statue in Misc
Hailus, 1st of Tofrina (Autumn) (-29 Ar)

Sleeping while wearing an armor is never comfortable, doubly so if you are slowly freezing to death. Thank the gods; the Blizzard is gone but that is not the end of your woes. Why is it so dim?

Oh. The fireflies are gone.

>Without any source of light, it is impossible to work at any level but entrance and Juno's living place after the sunset. Any work will be treated automatically as critical failure (Juno will have slight penalties instead since she seldom relies on the light)

Wonderful, Fantastic! May the Blue rust claim them all! At least you have one who is about to die too from starvation. You only have a single chunk of meat since your slave was a complete halfwit bringing disgusting meat instead of proper one yesterday.

What are you going to do about the lack of warmth?
>Nothing, It will all be fine.
>No other option but to use the Gujim orb on your self
>You will start a fire, using whatever you can [Specify kindling for the fire]
>Write in

What are you going to do about the last chunk of meat?

>Eat it by yourself, obviously
>Give it to Juno, She is still recovering from her injuries
>Give it to starving Firefly? Does it even consume meat?
>Write in

What are you going to do about the soon-to-be lack of light?
>Nothing, who needs to work afterdark?
>Start a fire [Specify the kindling]
>Try to Put the firefly in the lampage, endure the near endless waves of flashes [Unless you have a better idea on how to avoid the constant flashes without harming the firefly]
>Write in

>>3764210
>You will start a fire, using whatever you can [Specify kindling for the fire]
>Eat it by yourself, obviously
>Start a fire [Specify the kindling]
Use the wooden statue, it's all we got

>>3764288
>>3764210
Backing

>>3764288
Shame to burn this beautiful statue but you are forced to in these harsh times.

select up to three actions, prioritize them into 1ry, 2ry and 3ry

Tasks:
>[Tinkering] Modify Adam? [Sp. D20, time??]
>[Tinkering] Make small crude tools out of what you got ? [Requires at least 2 small metal scrap parts, specify, sp. D20] [Time: less than an hour]
>[Tinkering] Make a Mgihnn, a small rat sized brass toy [Requires ??, specify how many, sp. D20] [Time ??]
>[Construction] Make a larger tool [Requires 1 small iron scrap and 1 medium iron scrap , Specify, sp.D18] [Time:less than an hour]
>Write in

Projects
>Address the general lack of light and how to combat it [Time ??]
>Temporary door 60/150
>Address your non existent defenses and how would you install them [Time ??]
>[Thermotheruge] Construct Gaileta's Bl-shgr, a basic blood powered apparatus which will ward off the frostblight...maybe [Missing Requirement, sp.D20] [Time ??]
>Write in

Miscs
>Deal with the firefly [Specify]
>Approach the snake door
>Approach the wired corridor [Specify]
>Travel to a known location [Specify]
>Train Adam to do something [Specify]
>Wind up Adam [Time ??]
>Approach the water body next to the spire
>Use your Jardoun [D?? Specify where]
>Organize Juno's living place and/or the main entrance [D20, Time ??]
>Try to start/continue reading any of your books [D100. Time ??]
>Write in

The Darkling pours more and more effort into serving you

Your Slave (500% efficiency)

>Train Adam to do something [Specify]
>Wind up Adam [Time ??]
>Order her to bring more water [ d100, the whole day]
>Have the darkling scout either the surrounding icesheets or the mainland
>Command her to do a manual labor of sort [Specify]
>Order Juno to try and forage/hunt something [D??, Time ??]
>Write-in

Adam (100% Efficiency, 75/100 WF)

>Build wall (15 WF/Hour)
>Dig/Haul (10 WF/ Hour).
>Identify friend/enemy (0 WF/hour)
>Remain Idle (0 WF/Hour)
>Write in

>>3764380

1ry/2ry
>Try to put the firefly in the lampage, endure the near endless waves of flashes
heres hoping for the best
assuming we pull it off

3ry
finish - Intricacies of Khzifltas [Focus:???, Page 170 out of 200]

>Order Juno to try and forage/hunt something [D??, Time ??]

Adam
>Identify friend/enemy (0 WF/hour)

>>3764444
Will support.

>>3764444
by identify friend/enemy, Adam will identify a person/creature according to Your preference like setting Juno to be an enemy to you and Adam for an example
there is currently no one be identified. you will need to be more specific of your command

>>3764483
well lets just have him idle for now

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>3764506
alright, 1d100 bo3
rolling for Juno

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>3764526

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>3764526

>>3764545
one roll please

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>3764554

>>3764619
>>3764546
>>3764545
[Decent Success]

You managed to cram the obnoxious bug into the lampage but not before receiving a horrible flash that has blinded you for a considerable time. It was a desperate attempt from the fly to break free, now it radiates a dim light in its new home.

>You have a firefly lampage

If you don't feed it, it will eventually die, so you will have to keep that in mind. You took a brief glance at ominous wired corridor, this unnatural tail has revealed itself, beckoning you to come closer.

"Surface dweller?" you looked to your right. What a pleasant surprise to see the Neosm once more "Faring well?"

"Yes,yes i..." you donned a fake smile, everything is taking a toll on you. Hard to remain optimistic. "...i am fine."

"Absolute, Falling season is unyielding than previous seasons. Trading?" Conm had one his round constructs behind him.

"Not! Trading gold suffers more, Trade item for item." Spat Hobn as she argued with her brother who begrudgingly followed her words.

>Trade items for items
>Trade items for gold [x1.5 cost]
>Don't trade with them [This may offend the Neosm]
>Write in

>>3764695
>Trade items for gold [x1.5 cost]

>>3764869
You have 544 Gold

>Sell an item for gold [Specify , they may or may not like it]


Weapons
>Vakavn [600 Gold], A Neosm spear capable of paralyzing smaller creatures/ stunning humanoids. Extremely deadly underwater.
>Iron Arrows x 50 [300 Gold], normal arrows, usable with any standard bow
>Stela Tears [350 Gold] A pair of heavy Argean gauntlet made of Colsiem, specifically made for miners in hostile areas.
>Tanga-ang [400 Gold] A cruel enchanted catch pole which can extend and retract whenever it tastes blood. Popular among slavers/hunters

Armor and garments
>Gasm [450 Gold] , A surface dweller sized suit made by the Neosm. Allows the wearer to go underwater for 10-30 minutes (not swim) without freezing to death. Extremely heavy with a button to puff up the suit allowing its wearer to surface. can be modified
>Trives Fungal clothes [75 Gold]. A living strain of symbiotic fungus which forms a protective suit around its host protecting him from various poisons and caustic substance, however, it heavily increases one's hunger as if he is eating for three persons per day. Can be dangerous if not fed.
>Sessynea scale [1050 Gold]. A suit of red scale scavenged from an underground dragon worshiping cult. Protects its wearer from extreme heat, can fool less forms of dragons (basilisks,drakes...etc)

Tools and Gadgets

>Astr Torches x3 [450 Gold] A special kind of floating torches which can also serve as a emergency weapon spouting a wall of flame if needed.
> Virnpla x1 [300 Gold] A single use only flute which can induce sleep to any creature [As long as it can sleep in first place]
>Yarfne Gauntlet [450 Gold] A Blue Rust resistant gauntlet, Will break after 5 uses
>Long Rope [150 Gold], A standard rope with multiple uses.
>Faole Totem [75 Gold]. A totem granting brief invisibility
>Ug-tok-ok x5 [300 Gold], A orcish mishmash of scraps put together to resemble a ball. Can be thrown to burst into dozens of pieces. Very deadly against soft targets.
>Yurgthr's sight [200 Gold] , One of the Acdeus' tool of the god Yurgthr. A goggle capable of sensing any beating heart nearby, causes slight rot with each use.

Books
> Guests of the Silent [150 Gold], a book describing some of the aquatic and non aquatic creatures
> Moam and the hundred ore [75 Gold], A book written by a Neosm named Moam. It entails how to extract and mine various ores.


Materials
>Small iron scraps x8 [75 Gold]
>Large iron scraps x4 [150 Gold]
>Small gear parts x6 [70 Gold]
>Tolrite Katalic Crystalx2 [75 Gold]

>>3764987
>Moam and the hundred ore [75 Gold], A book written by a Neosm named Moam. It entails how to extract and mine various ores.

Alongside whatever other people want

>>3764987
>Tolrite Katalic Crystalx2 [75 Gold]
>Small iron scraps x4 [75 Gold]
>Long Rope [150 Gold], A standard rope with multiple uses.
> Guests of the Silent [150 Gold], a book describing some of the aquatic and non aquatic creatures

Open to selling something or changing up what we buy though

>>3765063
You bought:

>Tolrite Katalic Crystal x2
>Small iron scraps x4
>Long Rope [150 Gold]
> Guests of the Silent
>Moam and the hundred ore

for 525 gold. What a scam..

The twins have left shortly afterwards, You didn't bother to pay them to bring you a specific item. You wanted to strangle the life out of the greedy sister, maybe you should release your slave at her next time. This could be amusing to watch...no...you need them desperately to survive sadly. The human settlement is tempting but the horrid walk is a much worse alternative.

You rested close to the fire, ignoring the wiggling tail who wants you to enter its corridor. It was time to finish your dwarven book.

>Roll 1d100 , bo3

stopping here for now

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>3765106

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>3765106

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>3765106

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>>3765314

>>3765117
>>3765202
>>3765314
[Tremendous Success]

There were some interesting designs drawn in the last pages, most won't come to fruition but you have learned a great deal of knowledge from the book and its illustrious author.

>Intricacies of Khzifltas is now FINISHED, Focus; Steamworks, Technomancy
>Your Steamworks skill has drastically increased! It is now (1) which allows you to:
-Install/Remove any Steam Pivot/Steam core
-Know how to handle Livisur, the living metal
-Much more...

>Your Technomancy skill has slightly increased
>You have the schematics for Cazfxt Forge, a prototype forge for Liviusr smithing/storing as well as other dwarven related processing projects
>You have the schematics for Liviusyr, a prototype projectile weapon which shoots devestating hot Living metal
>You have the schematics for Makrvt, a prototype steam powered boots which allows its wearer to jump at higher elevations
>You have the schematics for Strmakn, a prototype light diving suit with extra appendages.

It felt good to finish this book, one step closer to cure the word from the frostblight. Maybe you should sell this book to the Neosm next time; you got it all stored in your mind in.

Your glee and sense of triumph were shortly lived as the serpent's tail has lunged itself from the sinister corridor towards your legs dragging you to its nefarious den!

You try to struggle back but to no avail, your knife did nothing to stop this malicious thing, it coiled around you some more, its grip was tighter than a hangman's knot. You gasped for air until darkness prevailed...

1/?

Your eyes began to slowly open readjusting to the lack of light, an agonizing pain has dawned upon you. A collar, one that had a will of its own slowly moving around your neck. There were literal hundreds of small wires and snakes around you, hard to tell which is which in your current state.

"You cretin (CRETIN), You absolute fool..you dare to ignore us (US)?" A man and a woman spoke in unison. You eye darted all over this nightmarish room to find the source of this wicked voice. Nothing.

"Who...who..are you...?Why..?" You were struggling to remain awake, your limbs were growing numb just a hair's length above the floor.

"(You) YOU IGNORED US, WE LURED THE (Infantile) INFANTILE BEAST, WE (Lured) LURED THE VACUOUS FLY. YOU IGNORED OUR HIGHER (Calling) CALLING."

From behind, a giant serpent with glaring red eyes had emerged. Moth sewn, Flesh rotten, metal broken. It was too big to slither comfortably around this mess. You have noticed two things, a notable bulge in the serpent's abdomen and a series of attachments at the back of the snake...broken crimson crystals with only a single one remains intact.

"Serve us, Masters of Machin (MACHIN) and Arcin. Imprisoned and feared (FEARED), or PERISH (PERISH) PERISH (PERISH)PERISH (PERISH)PERISH (PERISH)PERISH (PERISH)!!!!"

At this moment, you were set free, you dropped on the wriggling floor. You couldn't see an exit in this bowel of darkness. Only you and your captor.

>Bend a knee, pledge servitude to this unknown serpentine entity
>Refuse, Elves are always superior in all aspects. you would rather die instead.
>Attack the giant serpent with your fists [D??]
>Say something to the snake/man/woman? [Specify]
>Write in

Yaaaaay, yet another curveball we can't avoid sent to screw us over.
>>3766774
>Refuse, Elves are always superior in all aspects. you would rather die instead.
It's about time we stopped being a pushover. If it leads to our death, so be it by this point. My stock of fucks to give has been slowly worn down to critically low levels over the past month, and it might be a welcome release from this wretched, dead-end existence. I'd rather go out flipping off an eldritch abomination wanting to enslave us than slowly starving to death because it's too cold to hunt for food.

"I'll take you away
To somewhere that the skies aren't quite so grey
I'll be your escape
The stars that lie above us will embrace"

>>3766774
>Say something to the snake/man/woman? [Specify]
"I should serve you? I, Gaeleath Yesthyra, have been surviving and growing my power base to defeat the Frostblight. You are rotting and dying. Why should I serve such a creature? Know that should you slay me, you will have slain your only hope in this dying world and condemned yourself to death."

I'm gonna one up the guy above me, and straight up give it a burn. Not a literal burn, since we don't have fire, but still.

And on the topic of song lyrics, I think this is an appropriate one.

"We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine,
and the machine is bleeding to death,"

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>3766827
>>3766878

>>3766827
>>3766878

>>3766827
The entity remained silent for a few precious minutes. The collar slithered away from your neck, the lingering tension still remained in the room however. Finally, It spoke:

"So be (IT)it." Your legs were getting swallowed by a whirlpool of silver. In true desperation, you tried to crawl away to no avail.

No. This is the beginning...of something far more greater...
.
.

You found yourself in an endless plane with silver foreign skies, a shallow lake of mercury...so still and silent. You took a few steps forward, leaving a golden trace behind each step.

You were overwhelmed with a sense of tranquility and acceptance. Where are you? Is this the afterlife? You continued to walk further and further until you spotted something in the distance.

A bare child with long silky hair and eyes from the heavens, innocently playing with a white snake. When it spotted you, the snake hissed in protest.

"Forgive my mother, She can be overly... protective of me at times..." He put his snake aside.

The child gently held your hands"I am aware of your curiosity and i am eager to satisfy them as far as i can. But please, make haste, my true body has little of time left. Child of Machinus, I have a great favor to ask of you..."

>Ask the nameless child some question(s) [Up to three, Specify]
>Inquire about this 'favor'
>Attack the child and his vile snake [D??]
>Write in

>>3766911
*plane of existence

>>3766911
>Ask the nameless child some question(s) [Up to three, Specify]
Who are ye?
What do I need to do?
How do I do it?

Classic question bingo cards out, everyone.

Well, that was unexpected
>>3766911
>Inquire about this 'favor'

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>3766930
>>3766932

>>3766930
Actually, that sounds good. I'll back that instead.

>>3766930
>>3766932
"They called me Nevhl or perfection. What good is a name in a desolate world? I have been alone for centuries and centuries. A name is worthless to me. I cherish only my mother's: Ikz" He stroke the snake afterwards.

You didn't want to press further, moving on to the next question "What do I need to do?"

"They fashioned me as a vessel for all the arts of the Arcanus and the Machinus...then they feared me fragmenting my mind and soul. Oh, how long did they torture me and my mother." His heavenly eyes sparkled with tears yet none has made a trail over his cheeks "To sustain this world and our decaying bodies, I require Guiana's tears.."

"What are those?" You have never heard of them.

"Rare Crimson Crystals. brimmed with the essence of Mother Guiana. We have some in the prison here. Be warned: You will need a special glove to handle them. One of my jailers had one, do you have it? "

>Yes, I do.
>I have nothing
>Write in

>>3766971
I have nothing.

>>3766971
>Write in
"I have found a strange glove that resisted attempts to wear it."
[Give brief description of it.]
"Is that what you speak of?

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>3766979
>>3766982

>>3766979
>>3766982
"How fortunate we are, I recall his name: Willisk. He relocated me here in this temporary prison...after an unknown cataclysmic event."

Your eyes widened; is this child toying with you? He has to, no one could have outlived the frostblight even the mightiest of elves never truly reach longevity or immortality. You spent a good spell talking about the frostblight.

His reaction was genuine, melancholy washed over his face "My...mother poured her soul to save me when your Frostblight happen. All i have is but her docile reflection and her emotions. It must have been equally maddening for her to remain in the waking world. Alone."

"Would you like my to convey any message to her?" you offered.

"That won't b-" For a second, the world around you shattered intoa thousand piece, Nevhl clutched to his chest "P-please, return to my mother and ask her about our Jailer. She will help you with the glove. Take this. Crush it to return to your world."

>You have a silver-shell egg


>Say something to Nevhl [Specify]
>Crush the egg
>Write in

>>3767029
>Say something to Nevhl
Am I correct in assuming you are of Livisur, the living metal?

>>3767119
"No, I am beyond these infantile materials. They fashioned me from something so ancient. A wedlock between two arts...perfection."

The miracle child coughed twice, shattering the world around him for a blink. You had to crush the egg, It had no yolk inside, instead, Your body began to vanish without a trace.
.
.

You returned to the same spot with egg being still intact. Strange. The serpent or Ikz was anxiously waiting for your arrival.

"Is our precious child (CHILD) well?" This emotional bond doesn't seem to convey a lot of information between the two.

"He wanted me to ask about your jailer, Willisk? I can\t use his gloves."

"THE HOUND (Hound), THE FLEA (flea). HIS CORPSE IS IN THE PORTAL ROOM (room). FIRST FLOOR. BRING ME HIS HAND (hand)."

You had a lot of question, only a single one has managed to squeeze its way out of your mind "I can't get to the first floor, there is a locked door with some fangs on it. Can you help me with that?"

"This prison has a lot of traps(TRAPS) and hidden secrets. Willisk had a leather diary (DIARY) with him every time he tortured us (US). Find it."

>Say something to Ikz [Specify]
>Crush the egg again?
>Ask Ikz to leave [Select another action]
>Write in

>>3767145
>Say something to Ikz [Specify]
"I did actually find a leather diary before. I think it is the one you speak of. Also, you said that you had lured the infantile beast and vacuous fly. What did you mean by that exactly?"

>>3767213
"The creatures living (LIVING) with you. " Aaah, yes, you do recall Juno trying to chew the chains and your first fly bumping into the door. So this snake influenced them to do so?

"I actually have the diary. I think."

"GOOD, READ IT AND GO TO THE FIRST FLOOR, DON'T DIE (die)"

The half mechanical tail wraps itself around you before leading you back to the entrance. It was getting dark and Juno still hasn't returned. Concerning. Adam was in the same spot you had left it, well, it had more some snow on itself from outside.

>Read the leather diary [1d100,Bo3]
>Do another action [Specify]
>Write in

>>3767350
>Read the leather diary [1d100,Bo3]

>>3767360
actually, the leather diary won't have any rolls since it is not a skill based book.

>>3767360
Or should i? books like the guests of the silent is not a skill based book either but they should have a lot pages. what do you think?

>>3767370
I would say it depends on what you think the roll represents and what the gap between failure and success is. If I were running a quest like this, I'd make books that aren't particularly difficult "easy reading" and have a certain, fairly high, number of pages read per unit of time spent. For books that are hard, I'd consider it more "academic reading" where getting through it can be slow because of density, difficulty, or something like that. Something where you might just pick it up and not make any progress or might have a burst of motivation/inspiration and blaze through it. I'm thinking of the difference between reading a WH40k novel and reading a mariner's guide on whale blubber (or w/e). Still, the end choice is up to you and what you think would fit the quest better.

>>3767399
i think i will split reading into two big categories:
- Skill based Learning books :
>can require some prerequisites like Salvaging (5) for an example to actually understand what is going on
>requires generally high dice,
>relatively slow progress (usually 1/x of the roll) but highly rewarding
>can have Eureka if you kept reading them for on daily basis
> CAN have failure if we are unlucky and by that i mean they we didn't digest what we had just read

-Non Skill based books/letters/etc
>Most don't require a prerequisite, if some do it won't be skill based (example: an untranslated dwarven fishing guide, you must know actual dwarven first
>requires generally low dice,
>relatively high progress (Y times roll) but little situation niche-like rewards (Like how to differentiate a precious gem from a crystal mimic for an example )
>can't have Eureka
> CAN NOT have failure if we are unlucky. the purpose of the roll here is to find anything between the lines or anything hidden, we will overlook said potentional secret if we failed

i think this sums it up, instead of 100, give me d20, bo3

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>3767413

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>3767413

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>3767413

>>3767417
>>3767450
>>3767458
[Slight Success]
This Willisk's fellow handwriting awful, it was more of a horrible scratches of ink splattered on worn paper. It is amazing for the diary to have survived so many centuries.

Willisk was once a human slave who escaped an underground elven kingdom. Ah, he comes from a time where elves were a tad harsh on their slaves...castrating them, offering their children to the gods. It was a BRIEF time in elven history (for the most part); a happy slave is a better slave...many elven societies learned this truth (the easy or the hard way)

Interesting. He describes surviving a greenish hellscape . This has to be pre frostblight. A very interesting tidbit here:

"A winged Angel saved me from certain death! Oh, my savoir! my goddess! She holds me in her arms and off we fly! We soared the red skies across the mountains landing on an island! hidden from greedy dwarves selling us like cattle to the cruel dark elves! My new home? More of my goddess! Majestic! "

After that, a couple of pages had nothing but pure nonsense then the pages started to get bloodier until the words start to make some sense again, the handwriting was marginally different. You almost thought it was someone else but the composition was still the same, here are the first lines:

#%&^%$,^&^* (Probably a date, it was heavily crossed out)

Meat No.1, Skyfolk, female, hatchling.

My masters, bless them, bless them. I have a purpose. It was tantalizing.

They hated their scales, their wings. Children of dragons? Bah! They are meat. Oh masters, generous of you to give me free reign on this little girl..
My children, my tools of the trade. Hush, hush...don't cry, i will bath you all in sweet virgin blood. Why not tighten her better?

Oh she screamed! A CHORUS TO MY EARS. HER FLESH WAS SINGING! SINGING, My body was aflame! I-"

You couldn't read anymore or rather you couldn't have the stomach to continue barely holding your vomit. Of course a jailer/torturer would have archived his atrocious deeds! You only want to know how to open that blasted door. Not...not this!

>Leather diary is 76 out of 200-?? (There are a lot of blank/ruined pages, you are not sure)

>You had enough of this diary and everything. Wait for Juno to return
>Muster up some grit and continue through this disgusting content [d20, bo3]
>Skim/Skip through it, no need to read his fantasies for the sake of your mind [d10, bo3]
>Write in

stopping her for now

>>3767476
>>Muster up some grit and continue through this disgusting content [d20, bo3]

>>3767476
>Muster up some grit and continue through this disgusting content [d20, bo3]

>>3767476
>Muster up some grit and continue through this disgusting content

>>3767526
>>3767532
>>3768407
alright, roll

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>3768424

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>3768424

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>3768424

>>3768427
>>3768438
>>3768440
[Slight Success]

One Victim after another, tortured, mutilated. They were either these 'Skyfolk' who you know nothing about or other elves. On a side note, he refused to 'perform his art' on other fellow humans.

Death by agony. What drives a human to be so cruel? The more you read, the more hatred you garnered for Willisk. Another interesting parts:

"Master Gafil has entrusted me with a secret task. She want me to smuggle a prisoner out of here to an abandoned spire in the far side of the island. I followed her words. Why does she want this high profile prisoner out of sight? The other master don't know a thing about this. Am i doing the right thing?"

And there was more.

"Master Gafil is pleased of my work. She wants the prisoner to stay alive, the rest is up to me! She has sent a trapmaker and an architect for renovate the spire. I hate them, leave my new palace alone!"

Some pages were torn off, luckily for you, you didn't skip the following;

"Curse that trapmaker! That fool almost costed me my life thrice! He will pay...

(Some incoherent words)

The Sunrise beckoned Oxpheiu
Ever Hungry for more
Fangs drawn
At the rising fawn
The Dawn beckoned Gourpha
Far away, Shedding skin
Fangs Still
At the Silent hill
The Dusk beckoned Ahazthu
Withered, Cautious and weak
Fangs Meek
In the scorching bleak
Alas, The Sunset beckoned Hovcis
Putrid, Mangled , bleeding heart
Fangs apart
Fate Sealed from start.

>Leather diary is 132 out of 200-?? (There are a lot of blank/ruined pages, you are not sure)

You had enough for today.
[Tremendous Success]

Juno has returned, limping, various large spines was stuck in her back, arms and even her face. While it looks extremely painful, these Injuries had no impact on your slave. She has caught a rather large amphibious lizard creatures with pulsating dagger-sized spines all over its body.

>Order the darkling to do more work all night long [Specify]
>Nothing for now, she can rest
>Write in

>>3768621
>Nothing for now, she can rest

>>3768794

THE SPIRE
_________

Supplies should last for 0 days!! (1 you +1 Juno.)
water should last for 7 days

Surface:
-Undefended surroundings, no door at the main entrance, large area of shallow and deep water.
-Level 0 (Main Entrance) : cluttered with rubble, poorly disorganized resources, Ikz's dark room, cleared staircase, snake door with switches, trapdoor leading to underground.
-Level; 1: UNEXPLORED

Underground:
-Level 0 (Juno's living place) : Disorganized, Fungus/corpse mound bed, your bed, unstable platform, ladder leading to surface.
-Level 1: disorganized , several broken platforms, blue rust orc corpse. bone not ladder to level 2
-Level 2: mostly undamaged, two gaping holes, clean, organized.
-Level 3: UNREACHABLE
_________

OCCUPANTS
__________

Gaeleath Yesthyra: You, a 137 year old elf from A'ethya, You have a bright mind which is set on finding a permanent solution for the Frostbight.

Intelligence: Above Average
Strength: Subpar
Arcanus: None (A terrible shame to bear amongst elvenkind)
Machinus: Some Potential
Consumption: 1 per day (Up to 1/4 per day in dire times)
Focuses: Tinkering (1), Construction (2), Thermotheruge (1), Steamworks (1)

Ikz: A giant snake made of flesh and metal, the supposed mother of Nevhl, the miracle child

Intelligence: High
Strength: Gargantuan
Arcanus: High
Machinus: Unknown
Consumption: ???
Focuses: ???

Nevhl, The miracle child: An artificial entity that predates the forstblight, resides in its own dream world away from its slowly dying body.

Intelligence: God-like
Strength: Subpar
Arcanus: God-like
Machinus: God-like
Consumption: ???
Focuses: Everything and all

Juno: A useful slave.

Intelligence: Pathetic.
Strength: Superb
Arcanus: None
Machinus: None
Consumption: 2 per day ( Up to ??? per day, despite her figure, she could endure malnutrition/starvation much better than you)
Focuses: None

____________

CONTACTS
____________

Conm and Hobn: Neosm scavengers who have stumbled upon your spire. Conm is slightly more reasonable than his blood-thirsty sister. Potential trading opportunity with them.
Kajal: A human who guards caravans travelling to a new settlement in the Labyrinthine.
_____________

ONGOING PROJECTS
_____________
-Temporary door: 60/150
___________
PERSONAL BELONGINGS
_____________

-small knife
-Daggers (2)
-rusted iron shield
-Dubious practices of Chief-meat Mg-shrru (Unread)
-Blood-soaked Journal (Unread)
-Leather Diary (132 out of 200? pages)
-An account on Yyraz Skymines, Vol 1 (???, Unread)
-Guests of the Silent (Unread)
-Moam and the hundred ore (Unread)
- Intricacies of Khzifltas [Focus: Steamworks, technomancy, FINISHED]
-Elven Bow and quiver of arrows (12)
-Red String Bow and arrows (10)
-Colorful fishscales (50)
-Waterskins (3) [Capacity : 5 days of water each]
- Concealed Light leather armor (Usoloc)
1/?

KNOWN LOCATIONS

-EverBlossom: Reachable, if you weren't exiled.
-Human Settlement beyond the valley: Reachable?, In the Labyrinthine
-Migrant camp: Reachable, 2 days worth of walking from the spire
-Khziftas mines (Mxntrd, Gokafirt, Varbakin, Erdkmns, Fedramzn and Yradne): Unreachable, ???

________________
RESOURCES
________________
Wealth:
-19 Gold
-1 Golden Necklace

Animals:
- firefly (trapped, weakened, starving, )

Refined:
-Copper Wire (1)
-Small gear parts (5)
-Small iron scraps (9)
-Medium iron scraps (1)
-Large iron scraps (2)
-Large Iron Sheet (1)
-Various Blue Rust iron scraps (10)

Raw
-Tolrite Katlalic Crystal (2)
-10 Higz of fresh throatblood (in a pot)
-Rubble (303)
-Bone Barrel of Juno's sludge (1)
-Flint (2)
-animal bones (100)

Misc:

-1 Spiky lizard corpse
-bone barrel (1)
-metal barrels (2)
-culinary ware (5 pots (1 has blood), 5 spoons, 3 forks, 4 plates, 1 large cauldron)

TOOLS AND GADGETS
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-Long rope: A standard long rope
-Silve-shell egg: An egg which can teleport you to the dream world of the miracle child.
- Yohrn Powder (1) : A power which conceals the light and the warmth of any fire
-Firefly Lampage: A bone lamp and a cage. A Lampage.
-Red String net: A highly flammable net. Use it with caution
-Working tools: A pickaxe, A woodsman axe and a hand saw
-Crimson Glove: a special glove for handling Guiana's tears
-Blue Ribbon Key: No known lock for it
-Gtezfl: A dwarven lockpicking tool kit which can virtually unlock all door with enough skills and patience. Can be broken after many attempts
-Anvil and Hard tools (hammer, chisel and tongs): for your various smiting purposes
- Gujim orbs (2) : Gift from Neosm scavengers, 'fleeting warmth' upon squeezing it.
- Jardoun (9/10 uses): a precious metal detecting compass Another gift from the Neosm scavengers
- Gamon: A Temperature apparatus
-Small crude carving tool: used to carve out small chunks of ice. Highly time consuming and insufficient.
-Broken tools (4): It has no use, broken beyond repair
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AUTOMATONS AND CONSTRUCTS
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Adam: An unmodified Faerik, your first creation

Power Source: Manual Winding up
Work Force: 75/100
Self learning: None
Complexity: Very simple
Strength: Below Average
Agility: Poor
Known Commands: (Self Identification, Idling, Waving, Dig (10), Build Wall (15) )
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NOTE TO SELF
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-The current setup for snake door is [N=Neutral, F=Forward, B=Backward, No.=The fangs]
1N-2N-3N-4N-5N-6N-7N-8B
-Need another ladder
-Need proper storage
-NEED WARMTH
-NEED LIGHT
-Need to have defenses
-Need own place
-Need Mapping
-Need to clean, reorganize place
-Need to explore upper and lower levels of spire
-Need to work on the way of the Machinus
-Need to know more about spire
-Need revenge against Venalath
-[write in other notes if you want to remind yourself of them later]

2/?

Mailus, 2nd of Tofrina (Autumn) (-31 Ar)

Malicious winds, Malignant winds making its way through the half-opened entrance stealing any hint of warmth. You could even have a good night sleep,This can not continue.

Your slave was in abysmal state, She didn't bother to do anything with the puncturing spine. The darkling barely crawled towards your frozen feet, basically dragging herself towards you... still willing to serve no matter the cost...

Same could be said about the firefly, exposed to the winds, starving, soon to die.

What are you going to do about the lack of warmth?

>Nothing, you will endure this bone-freezing temperature
>Start a fire [Specify what to use as a kindling]
>Use the Neosm Doodad
>Crush the egg, ask the miracle child for aid?
>Approach Ikz's room, ask her for aid?
>Write in

>>3768976
>Approach Ikz's room, ask her for aid?

>>3769204
The giant snake showed disdain when you asked her for help "ARE YOU GOING TO SAVE OUR (our) PRECIOUS SON (son) THIS DAY?"

You nodded, Anything for a hint of warmth.

"So be (IT) it." You felt a painful sting behind your back, a smaller mechanical snake slithered back to the floor. How did i-

You collapsed on the floor, every single muscle scream in pain for a mere second. Then a powerful warmth radiating from your very heart. You were starting to sweat.

"We are not going to be so (GENEROUS) generous next time." You wanted to say something snarky at return...best not to provoke someone of that size.

>You have Ikz's Kiss which warms your blood up to -50 Ar but decreases your rolls by -30% for the rest of day.

It was time to start your day proper.

Tasks:
>[Tinkering]
- Modify Adam?
-Small crude tools
-Makrvt
-Mgihnn
>[Construction]
-larger tools
>[Steamworks]
-Liviusyr
>Write in

Projects
>Temporary door 60/150
>Address your non existent defenses and how would you install them [Time ??]
>[Construction]
-Faerik
>[Steamworks]
-Strmakn
>[Thermotheruge]
-Gaileta's Bl-shgr
>Write in

Miscs
>Deal with the spiny carcass
>Crush the egg, speak with the miracle child [Specify]
>Approach the snake door
>Travel to a known location [Specify]
>Train Adam to do something [Specify]
>Wind up Adam [Time ??]
>Approach the water body next to the spire
>Use your Jardoun [D?? Specify where]
>Organize Juno's living place and/or the main entrance [D20, Time ??]
>Try to start/continue reading any of your books
>Write in

The Darkling must serve her master...

Your Slave (600% efficiency)

>Train Adam to do something [Specify]
>Wind up Adam [Time ??]
>Order her to bring more water [ d100, the whole day]
>Have the darkling scout either the surrounding icesheets or the mainland
>Command her to do a manual labor of sort [Specify]
>Order Juno to try and forage/hunt something [D??, Time ??]
>Write-in

Adam (100% Efficiency, 75/100 WF)

>Build wall (15 WF/Hour)
>Dig/Haul (10 WF/ Hour).
>Identify friend/enemy (0 WF/hour)
>Remain Idle (0 WF/Hour)
>Write in

>>3769272
*Cazfxt is in steamworks

>>3769272
Collect wood or kindling.
Deal with the spiny carcass.
Continue leather diary.
Have Juno hunt for food.
Adam build wall.

>>3769339
alright, note that the trip to the shore will take a lot of time (at least 12 hours back and forth)
what would you like to bring with you and Juno?

>>3769339
At some point, I think we should let Juno just rest up and heal. She's been looking progressively worse and we can't afford to lose her. In addition, we should try feeding the giant firefly we found. Perhaps we can tame it, or at the very least keep it alive.

>>3769367
>>3769272

>>3769393
Asking me to set tasks? I'll back
>>3769339
I was just making a suggestion for later on

>>3769352
>>3769453
since he hasnt replied yet

>>3769454
For what we'll bring to the mainland, I'll say bring the woodsman axe, the rope, our elven bow/arrow, our knife, Jardoun, the powder, and a Gujim orb. Can't think of anything else

Rolled 9 (1d10)

>>3769464
Alright, roll 1d100 bbo3
rolling for Juno