-8- Rockmeet (6) Time for an investigation.

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Journal of questionquality, Record Keeper
1st of Granite, Spring 106
As you may know, I like to count. I do it for a living. Luckily for me, someone else has done their job well enough.
Anyway, I'm here to personally get some answers from this place. The reports sent home has been lacking, to say it mildly. Not in detail or gore, but certainly in explanations.

'HALT!' I tell the world when I arrive. It stops to a pause so I can inspect the surroundings, much like the five previous overseers. This time is different, though. This time, we'll get to the bottom of it!

Since the leaders won't tell us about their doings, we'll let the engravings of the people speak their language. A language Unown to some, but I will surely be able to decipher it.

Much like I feared, the walls and floors are smooth like the tongues and journals of previous leaders. But wait! The mayor's room, an old tomb, and a large, empty room are all engraved. Some are by various engravers, while the ones in the tomb are 'Fake Robot' renditions. Uh, the murder drama. Let's read up on that, shall we? (1), (2), (3)

Still 1st of Granite, Spring 106

This is what I found of note in the tombs. However, some rooms were also engraved. I left notes in the rooms.
It all seems so complicated. These engravings tell a different story than zenerbufen's account of the time. His account, you've all read. Dora was accidentally locked out, which wasn't so bad since she was a murder. But then fake_robots comes along and claims the lock-out was on purpose. And kills zenerbufen. Of that, I'm now sure. His remarks about a certain lever in the tomb, and a small discovery of mine: that lever is connected to a room-sized so-called atom-smasher in a room near the well. The evidence is clear to me. The motive? The double-edged godess Osal is certainly partly to blame for his beloved's death. Love and disease. Now, is he still alive to receive punishment? I'll check the list. Nope, deceased. Wonder what killed him. Lots of weird names there, though.

Now for the guilt of zenerbufen. After pondering on his position as both leader and psychiatrist, I have come to the conclusion that he, too, is guilty in murder. If by nothing else, then by neglect. Even if the whole affair was an accident, he, as a psychiatrist should have used his magic psychiatrist powers to feel the deep hunger in Dora's stomach, because as we all know, psychiatrist magic is very powerful and can even pass through walls. Remind me again why we don't currently have one?

With the case cleaned up, I'd like to close it up as well, so I've decided to build a memorial hall to this case. I'll show you when it's done.

I'd not like to be interrupted too much in my research. So I'm a little worried about the lack of roof over the courtyards and grate in the canal. Free access for Honey, Keas and Carps! I hope I can find some way to fix that.

I have appointed every dwarf a member of the Truth and Reconciliation panel to help me in the investigation. That means they'll get a chance to engrave anything they'd like in the Truth and Reconciliation Room. I do this in the hopes that some of them will engrave the happenings of the past. For the next couple of months, any dwarf who hands over valuable information in the form of an engraving will be granted amnesty. Even if that dwarf is the (vampire?) mayor currently imprisoned for murder.

The hard-working local bookkeeper is only nine years old.

After handing out a dozen blueprints, it is now the time to let the world move through time again.

5th of Granite, Spring 106
A couple of administrational decisions.
I need an office to keep my notes. The mayor doesn't need one, he's in prison. So I'm assigning myself as mayor for now. Also, why are the hard-working nobles' demands only half met? Better fix that.

It seems also, that I've forgotten to present myself. I am questionquality, resident record keeper of the proud civilisation: "/r/succession". I'm quite able, if I may say so myself

The honey bees' honey is finally being washed away! By sheep's milk.

10th of Granite, Spring 106
The nobles' rooms have been engraved. They are still not satisfied. The positions: Preacher, Psychiatrist and Prophet of Armok are yet unclaimed ..
In our stores, I have found some old statues of known subjects .. perfect, they won't have to be done all from memory then.

13th of Granite, Spring 106
I realised something. The common people aren't good enough at engraving. They'll need practice before they can express their thoughts. I'll let them practice first, then..
I also still don't know which levers go where. And I don't dare pulling any of them. We've still got a siege knocking on our doors, though that is not hard to forget.

2nd of Slate, Spring 106
A Fire Elemental is burning our citizens to death! It destroyed all the workshops by the candy, opening up for further invasion down there. I'm gonna try to seal that part.

• Why do the dwarves keep running down there? I forbid everything!

5th of Slate, Spring 106
An armored Mastiff saved us! Down to 89 dwarfs, though, including 24 babies / children

7th of Slate, Spring 106
I had a dream tonight about nobility arriving from the mountainhome, claiming Rockmeet as Mountainhome. I'm for sovereignty, I'm gonna put a ban on the export of all crowns!

14th of Slate, Spring 106
Our Stone Savant Minkotthocit, has done some great work, carving a masterful statue of zenerbufen for the Truth and Reconciliation Room. He is the nephew of fake_robot so their relationships is clear, but I can't find any record of any contact between him and zenerbufen or Dora.. I'll probably have to give the job to someone who knew them...

16th of Slate, Spring 106
Minkotthocit managed to carve a masterwork fake_robot statue. Great! In the meanwhile, I've found the first of the currently alive dwarfs to arrive: 'Farm' Nalthishlektad. He luckily has some (55%) engraving potential, so I'll put him to work shortly in the hopes that he'll put out something useful.
The forge room is still destroyed, but at least I managed to floor over the gaping holes into the magma sea. Hopefully, we'll see no more fire elementals peeking up.

7th of Felsite, Spring 106
Still no statues of Dora at all. The waterfall system is almost done, though. Just a few more grates...
I've been so busy investigating that I didn't notice all the sheep's milk that's been pouring down recently.
I need a bath.. NOW!

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Journal of 'quest- JR', Ranger, now also Mayor
8th of Felsite, Spring 106
My brother, 'questionquality', went insane and berserk today. Luckily, his skull was cleaved before hurting anyone, but unluckily, he didn't finish his investigations.
I am unsure of the reasons as to why he went A(r)mok. Judging by the last entry it seems the lack of baths finally got to him. I will run the fort in his place, and finish the Truth and Reconciliation project along with the waterfall bathing system (of course).
I'm also granting myself the great honour of burying carrying him to the corpse stockpile myself.

15th of Felsite, Spring 106
Time to turn on the WBS even if it still lacks a few grates. We don't want any more good dwarfs going insane from the stickiness.
I've also ordered the whole main staircase smoothed for engraving practice for the masses. I want them to be at least adequate before being allowed to touch the Truth and Reconciliation Room.

12th of Malachite, Summer 106
Orders are being executed. Just as I was going to complain about the lack of mood (except for the well known tantrum mood), one of the young miners were possessed. He runs off immediately to .. a craftdwarf's workshop. He's picking up some raw candy .. Interesting.
Anyway, things are moving slowly. The unemployment is down to 3.4% .. which makes any new project impossible. I guess the engraving training is where they all are..

17th of Galena, Summer 106
The Orcish creatures left and I didn't notice. Then an army of Dark Strangler Wrestlers arrived. I'm not sure if those really are dangerous to an equipped army, but I don't know how equipped the army is, and I don't want to take any chances.

23rd of Galena, Summer 106
'zener- JR' is still on break, though he promised he'd use his newly gained powers to our gain at the Shrine to Armok.

14th of Limestone, Autumn 106
It's autumn and we've just dug up a treasure chest filled with gold, silver and platinum bars!

24th of Limestone, Autumn 106
Yes sir Urist mcprophet! More padded leggings on their way.

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