The imps seem to uand that the goblin is out of their league. Maybe the trauma of their initial summoning is partly to bme for it. Either way, they steer clear of the goblin. Which actually gives me more opportunity. Another imp scampers close by, and after an hour, I've added a fourth imp's meat on my butcher rack, and go back to the cavern to watch.
As I watch, a sed goblin emerges from a side cave, and simirly kills an imp and devours it. It someprehensively approaches the existing goblin, but after a few moments of tearing, they both seem to reae kind of agreement, and both sit down. One of the goblins points towards the cave exit, and they both get up and head out that way.
After a while, I see them e back down carrying a torch. What the heck. Are they just getting fire outside? Where? I didn't see anything there before. Either way, they make their way back to the campfire, and start it up. I wat envy of the goblins now roasting imp over the fire. I think I could maybe kill a single goblin, but multiple would be hard. Plus, who knows how the fireball goblin would react. I think I'll keep to myself instead, and patiently wait for another imp, if I get the ce.
After a while, the two goblins go and kill an imp, and begin cooking it. I'm a little jealous. While they're cooking, another imp gets close enough, and I again kill and harvest it. At this point though, I'm feeling tired, but I also don't want to get killed in my sleep, so I close off the entryway with stone again, making a double yer. The first yer is a little further out, then I put the two buckets with refuse from the imps, and then a final wall to my room. Thankfully this is a pretty big room, so if I need oxygen, I shouldn't run out, although I'm not looking forward to the smell of the iween room. As I fall asleep, I check my status again.
Thankfully, I'm not awoken by an attack this time, and I enjoy an easier m. Although the meat isn't dried pletely, there is at least meat and raw roots. I stomach my breakfast, and begin the process of opening my room out into the cavern again. I was right to seal off the refuse. It doesn't smell good in the closed spa between. I very carefully sowards the cavern, and peek out. Well, it looks like I missed out on it this time, but the fireball goblin must have been here. The oblins are gone, and there are dead imps strewn about. Thankfully, the campfire is still going, if only just.
Before it goes out, I hurry bato my room and grab some firewood. After the fire is safe, I suppose it's that time again to get to butchering. I gather up what imps seem salvageable, and begichery process. The ones killed by the goblins are a lot harder to harvest. They're either torched in a way that damaged a lot of them, or brutalized with shattered bone, but among the imps that have something to harvest, I double my meat supply, although I lost t in the mid teens when I was harvesting them, there were a lot. In fact, there was enough that I made a stone drying raplement my wooden one.
As for all the bodies, I know I slipped before due to char, and I'll o be careful, but I think this time I'll burn all of them. The refuse from harvesting this time isn't nearly as rge, and is frequently smaller ks, so I pile it up using the buckets, back where I cracked the stones. I'll have to gather a bunch of wood again soon. I'll pn on going out tomorrow to do so. After having spent my whole day today butchering, I head bato my room, and again seal off the entrance before I sleep.
I know I shouldn't put my firep the backburner, but I really want to get rid of all the butchered imps. It looks gross, and I fear what it will smell like in a few days. So I make my to the surface to gather wood. I bring both buckets up, ahem in my spot for colleg water. I also think I maybe know where the fire came from now. There is a semi-circle of burned material around the entrao the cave. I wonder if the gobli a fire there to keep any would-be escapees trapped. By the time I left the cave st time, rains had probably washed it away.
I go about my business, colleg wood, but being very cautious. Sihe goblins have been here retly, I don't want to run into one. By the time I'm done, one of the suns is up, and right nearby is the massive moon. I wonder if there will be an eclipse soon? Maybe we're already teically in one? I 't see the sed su, it could be behind the mooher way, I'm already tired, so tomorrow, I'll be burning the refuse.
The process of burning the refuse gees a lot of bad smells and smoke, so I only go out to che it occasionally, and instead focus my efforts throughout the day on pleting the tunnel I need for my room firepce. Unfortunately, I don't plete it today, but I'm almost certainly very close. Although I'm tired, the refuse fire isn't out yet, so I take the time to start ing up the stone marbles that have been spilling out of my unnel. Bucket load by bucket load I empty them out into the lowest part of the cavern. After six loads, although there are still plenty more, the fire has died down enough that I feel fortable sleeping, so I seal off my room and do so.
After getting my rest, I che the remnants of the fire. The big pile of charcoal reminds me of when I cracked the rocks the first time. This time though, there is bone meal and anic waste mixed in. I'm sure the pnts will love it, but I do not. I've got a few projects backed up, and about 9 days of roots left. Although I haven't found a new root source, so maybe I should pn on searg sooner for a new area with them. The first thing I want to do today though, is finish the firep my room.
It only ends up taking a few hours before I break through to the cavern. Then I begin the process of w backwards, starting with putting a grate over the cavern side, and smoothing the way back. It takes half the day to finish the tunnel, and I spend the rest of the day designing and shaping the firepce proper. tent, I make a fire in it, a it out.
I keep an eye on it for an hour, and after I don't notiy smoke spilling into the room, I'm satisfied, and decide to go to sleep.
The firepce is nice, and I'm happy to have it, but it's going to take all day to gather all the marbles scattered in the room. Well, although you saved my life once marbles, I'm afraid the time for us to part is now. I don't want any more acts if I prevent them.
As I haul the st load of marbles down the low point in the cavern, I think about what I should do . I o find a new source of roots, although I guess I could go back to an all imp meat diet if I o. It's o supplement when I though. I also want to up the burned area, which means I should make some kind of shovel holy. It would speed the process immensely. I've also noticed another issue. I've been using magic at whatever pace I want, thanks to the crystals, but I've actually already used up around 20% of my crystals. Although I know I recharge them, I'd like to figure out a way to do so, and maybe do some more resear them.
With those things in mind, I etto my todo list: 1. the burned area. 2. Research crystals. 3. Find a new source of roots.
As I go to sleep, I check my status again.