Immigrants - when you don't actually WANT your job.

Things have been very good recently. Domas and I got to take a break at the same time and talk. A bunch of new people moved in yesterday, so I'm stuck making all the furniture except bed for their new rooms. That's a lot of work. Everybody is complaining about a lack of chairs in the dining room, so that's my job too.


--Inod Idensat
2nd Timber, 251


Ha! Remember how Kivish was like "You're our broker," and I was like "...Okay?" Well some guy Îton Dùstikobok came here yesterday, and he's a merchant! I gave him a big hug, because now I don't have to do that job. All I need now is a mechanic to show up so I can devote all my time to gem setting like I'm used to.


--Iden Oslankifed
2nd Timber, 251


These last eight months have been great. We have a grand dining hall and nice bedrooms. The water doesn't taste that good when we have to drink it, though. Inod and I got to have a chat while we were taking a break together. In this most recent wave of new guys, there was some lady who says she's really good at farming. That's really great news for me because I don't have to do it any more, and I can devote all my time to brewing.


--Domas Sazirimush
2nd Timber, 251


My wife Zulban and son Tun and I arrived here just yesterday. I heard they were looking for a hunter. I myself am a dyer, but my dad and I used to hunt when I was a young dwarf, so I'm pretty competent with a crossbow. Apparently that's the most crossbow skill anyone in the whole fortress has, and there's not exactly a huge textile industry at the moment, so I figure I'd better make myself useful. It'll be like an adventure! A nice safe adventure... hehe...


--Urdim Nishtholest
2nd Timber, 251

Well-oiled Rube Goldberg Machine

Today, I was looking at the trade depot, thinking about how great it looks. Then I looked down the entryway and thought: "Huh... that doesn't look wide enough for a caravan. I measured the opening and realized it needed to be three times as wide as it is. I immediately set to work resolving the issue with my pick.

--Kivish Etascilob, Expedition Leader/Miner
20th Limestone, 251, 17:52


My husband Nish and I moved here to Zustashmonom (which they call "Ancientpapers" here) about three months ago. He is a doctor, the best one around. Our 4 year old son Sodel is already so strong! Perhaps he will be a woodcutter like me, or maybe he will join the military. Anyway, I got up this morning and there was an order to chop down several hundred trees. This is going to be a long week.
--Edëm Kantekkud
27th Limestone, 251



This plase is grate! I love it heer so much. :) Im pretty shy, but peepol tok to me enyway. Thay are very nice too me. The onle thing we need arownd heer is mor chares.
--Mafol Cattensterus


My wife Dodók and I just arrived here a few months past. It's okay I guess. There isn't enough alcohol or chairs, and there's too many vermin. Something woke me in the middle of the night, too. The wife seems to be having a better time of it, though. Weirdest thing happened recently. Kivish comes up to me and says: "Hello there, Iden. We've been looking for someone to fill the position of broker, and we think you're the best candidate." Dunno what he wants me to talk to the traders for. I don't even know what any of this stuff is worth! I guess being a gem setter makes people assume you know something about how much your craft sells for. We haven't been doing much with gems yet, so I was also assigned to create mechanisms. Frustrating task when you don't know how the little buggers work. I ended up throwing a couple of them across the room.
--Iden Oslankifed, Gem Setter/Broker
1st Sandstone, 251


While I was out working on the trees, I was interrupted by a big green parrot. It looked like it wanted to speak with me...
--Edëm Kantekkud
10th Sandstone, 251