No you can’t be arch chief, you are “Little Chief” for at least a few more years.
Also we carved out a log to see if the bees just…fly on into it I guess. We’ll have to see if that works at all.
In regards to the Halik, they’re moving into the Chanai territories so that’s a whole thing we have to get through. Who are we going to send to do that? Also is our game plan still to intimidate people? That might not be as effective when trying to trade for anything, or get them to migrate a second time from the Chanai unless we damage the Chanai enough to make our status as the superior tribe clear. Also we could just steal their stuff, that would fit well into the whole intimidation strat.
Also I have informed everyone to start using the sundial to arrange tribal councils instead of taking a guess when its close enough to noon. The Dozen are wary of our plans to make time a consistent thing just so that we may or may not make it inconsistent.
Well we spent the last three weeks working our way through the stone caverns very carefully to avoid the green rocks. We have discovered that it is quite tough, and completely black. No discoloration or specks of other things at all, it seems to be quite hard too. On the way to it, we found more of them hidden in the stone. Each time they seem surrounded by a thin layer from the stone of the island rather than embedded. We brought back some samples and the most we can make of it is that….they’re very smooth and shiny rocks. I was able to corrode one, and that went slower than usual but still as expected. I was also able to break one by hitting it with one of Sawiri’s bone clubs. Despite their shine, they don’t seem to bear any particularly extraordinary properties as far as we can tell. The blue and gold ones on the island, as well as the floaty green ones, are definitely of greater interest. None of us are exactly rock experts though.
I found an easy spot we managed to dig out into a holding area. The entrance is small though, to make sure we didn’t dislodge anything important. The theory was that if I just left enough ground to prevent any rocks from escaping while I excavated that they shouldn’t be able to fly off anywhere. Seems to have worked, there are a few stuck to the ceiling though. So basically the same scenario as our digging to the smooth black rock.
As for the bird bones, Sawiri claaaaims to have found a potential solution. Its a series of linked charms that in the end allows someone to, in his words, fall from a great height and not go splat. Though the quirk to it is that it doesn’t actually slow you down, just makes the sudden stop hurt less. So its impossible to test on any height that wouldn’t injure someone without risking the injury. He managed to convince someone to jump off of a fairly high rock and it worked as far as we can tell. However, no one is particularly volunteering to jump off the island with it and see how well it holds up with that kind of a drop. Also doesn’t necessarily help them get back up.
So far the extendable bone idea was possible but Sawiri can only get it to triple its length, still a few thousand feet short of reaching the ground. Sawiri says he might have a more practical solution to the issue but he needs the bones of a peculiar type of cat that is only found in the western jungle and miiight be a pain in the ass to find as they’re known for having strange abilities to be in multiple places at once. The island won’t drift that far for a little while but we could just send some people to walk over there. The issue is that Sawiri himself would have to go in order to preserve the “freshness” as he says. Which would mean sending him far away and hoping nothing bad happens to him.
In regards to aquatic creatures, maybe save that for after we fix the lake. So far while a short term solution has been found with ooze filtering, waiting to cultivate a lot of snails will take awhile.
Kennae is with the team headed back down to the ground for a little while with the others. While he does travel up and down with Wehilani instead of by basket, she will be staying with the ground camp for a little while which means so will Kennae.
With Avonaco heading down as well we’ll have to pay closer attention to the events at the rock. So far the visitors seem to be rather mild and easy enough to handle, at least now that the rowdiest of the bunch have been dealt with already.
We’ve been enforcing our domain over the mountain a little more lately just to clear off some of the suspicious visitors. As we drift further from the mountain, and word gets around, it is likely their visits will become less frequent. We’ve also managed to recruit one of the harpy’s that were lurking around.
I’ve sent the four down, seems our clan were the only ones so quick to respond to the plan. Just as well, none are as suited. Except possibly the two who are already down there all the time. We’ve sent them along with the new knives for a field test of the materials.
They’ve managed to at least collect a shaman and a woman as instructed, a few other tagalongs as well. Though the bulk of the orc group seems to be interested in getting involved with another growing alliance down on the plains that intend to go to war with the Chanai. We could go ask the other group of orcs that split off and see how they feel if you want to continue the orc collecting.
While no one is entirely sure what it is, Ragash and Avonaco found some evidence that there is something strange going on around the ground in the shape of some killer who has no interest in food or supply. I’ve had the camp ensure its defenses carefully in case they might run into whatever strange thing this might be.
Speaking of weapons materials, the best we’ve really come across is somewhat dependent on the situation. Against large beasts, you want a stone that can hit many times as it will take several good whacks to bring them down. Against regular men, fractured obsidian works well to demoralize and cripple them. Hardwoods can make for great clubs, sometimes better than rocks. They are also easier to sharpen, while they don’t cut as well as obsidian they do last a little longer and are easier to maintain. Though those kinds of trees are a bit rare around here, and appear more often to the west and in the far south.
Also we put the wooden stake in the ground to keep the basket a bit more tied down.