Limestone 7

I've seen those odd clouds around, but only at a distance when I take a nice flight to relax.  Then, today, one almost blows over the settlement!  Thankfully, it dissipated just outside.  Still, I don't like the look of those things.  The sooner I get a kitchen with a roof, the better.

The date is messy and scribbled over, but Limestone 23 can just barely be deciphered among the mess of swears directed at parasprites.

Limestone 24

Those motherbucking parasprites!!  Every time I start to calm down, I catch a glimpse of one of those dead bastards and then I fly off the handle again!  They ate my glorious meals!  Those sammiches are for ponies, you shits!

Ok, calmed down a little again.  When I saw what they were doing, I lost it.  I kicked over the cooking stand and upended a few barrels before storming off towards a room.  I kicked a chicken out of the way, then kicked the door down to boot before laying on the bed to seethe.  I should probably go apologize to the chicken... but all I can think about is another swarm of those motherbuckers swooping down to eat all my delicious food again!  I need to talk to Temperance and convince him to get the food inside somewhere!

Timber 1

So, I've been talking with Serenity.  She says I have anger problems, which isn't too surprising.  I'm usually a friendly mare, but when my buttons get pushed... anyway, she's rather soothing to talk to.  I'm pretty sure she's been talking with Maize, too, but I didn't want to bug her about it.  Well, not too much.  I can understand that some things are private.

Oh, and there are some new faces around!  Another doctor, a family of carpenters, a tailor, and somepony who was eying the quern and the fields.  I didn't get to talk to them much, though, dinner was pretty busy and I didn't have a chance to.

~Maize's thoughts~ 7th Limestone, 269

H͕̳͖í̝̖̻̪͔͚̗s͖̺̜ ̭̦b͖̪̟͞re҉̮̮̭̩̰̝a̫̤͈̜̫̠t̷͙͚̞̯̰h̬̩̤͙̞ ̞s̺̻̪w̹͎͞e̙̘e͚̝͎p̴̩̟̫s̻͉̖̻ ̮̤̮̟͖t̜̯̦̪̮̫̰h̰̝̗͇͝ͅe̢͎̩̟͍͚͇͓ ͞l͢a̴͉͖̤͇̤nd̤̮̭

̠̟I̖̳̱ͅt̠̞̭̦͙̮͝ ̯̫̣͢c̻̩̦͈̯͖͟ͅo̱̺̪͕̼n͚̭̱͇̕s̷͔͕̺͎̼u̴̩̲̝͈͓̟̗m̵e͔͙̯̥s̰̟̮̱̫ ̞̳̭aĺ͔͖̞͇̮̹̖l̯̘ ̘̜̯̪̣̟ͅi̫̻͉̰̜͔n̼̬̭̖̪̺͘ ̷̞̮̞̭͉̘i͇t̕s̢ ̴̫̹̤͎̦͔p̟̠͕͚̖̠à̙t̳ͅh̖̟̜̯̰

͕̙͙̠A̵̤̜͕̘͖ͅn̢̹̪̻̰̪̝͎d ̰̪͙̼f̨̺̳̠̱̮r͔̩̝o̖͎m̷ ̨t̻h̡̙̪͎e̖͍ ͏͖̲̘a̹͓̻s̡̤̺̦̙̼̺̻h͏̣̤̥̝̜e̯̙̳s

Ar̮̤̗̫̠̙̳e̱͚̫̰͍̗ ̸͙͎̲b̖̭o͔̪͎̥̞͘r͙n̼̮̥̯͔ ͎͖̪̮h̰̘̝̺̱̪̖i̮̪̦̪s̸̹̠͉̳͓ ͔̜͎͚c͚̲͇̼̻͔͟h̳̱̣̬̝͟i̖͖̙̗l͈͉̫d̗͇re͔̥̲͎̙̞̹n͈̤

̥͈̩̳̤̳̯͠Her̭̝̘͍̬ͅe̼̱̞͎͍ to̰͉ sp̻̺̠͇r̤̲̞͈͖͖͜è͔͍̠a͈̟̹͟d͖̜ ̵͔͎̯̘̳̗ṱ͔͍h͖̮͙̻̱͚e҉͖̰͖̹͓ ̥̝̖̱͎̩̖w̠̫͉̗͖̪̻o͏͈͙̳ṛ̭d͙̰͓̝̥̀

̮̘̦ͅO̷f̠̦͈ ̲̞̹̬͕C̠̫͡h̬̥̹a̺̪o-

Owww, my heaaaad.....

14th Limestone

I went to see Morning Dew today. I brought the sunflower, too, she seemed to really like it. She seemed to be doing really good, but I had to tell Case Study about the little bit of brown growing on her hoof. He promised she'd be alright, and that he'd excise it immediately. That means 'cut off,' right?

Temperance also told me he'd be making the new bedroom mine. I told him he didn't have to, but he insisted, because I'm 'a hero'. I don't feel like a hero still, but I can't really say no, and it is a nice room...

23rd Limestone

Oh, how I hate parasprites. I used to have to stomp the little buggers when they came and tried to eat all my plants. These are a lot bigger than the ones back home, though, the soldiers were having to chop them up with swords.

They even stole poor Cream Puff's sandwiches! I tried to talk to her, but she was so angry and I had to go tend to the farm eventually. I hope she's okay.

5th Sandstone

Morning Dew came out to work today. I guess that means she's better, although it looks like she still can't walk perfectly. I managed to show her around the farm, at least. She gave me a hug, too, and thanked me for saving her. I... was caught by surprise and freaked out for a moment, but I was able to calm myself before anything bad happened. I even gave her a hug back! I wonder if that means I'm getting better.

13th Sandstone

Oh, Cream Puff... apparently she's been beating up on the chickens. The poor little thing got its leg broken. It reminded me a lot of when Fa-... my father had that dog...

I hope I don't have to remember it next time I talk to her...

1st Timber

Cream Puff is better now. It's nice to be able to talk to her without her yelling curses at the air. Plus, a couple more ponies showed up. It's starting to feel kind of cramped, even in my beloved field.

Entry 7:

There is a red cloud.

I know what that means. I just hope no one else does. I want this place to last. Discord-ponies are feral beasts.

Oh gods.

I need to talk to Temperance. He might not know.

"The next entry looks hastly-written and filled with scratched-out sentences and pictures"

Entry 8:

Well, where to start?

Heard that the pony who got mauled by a badgerpony has a infected hoof. Never thought I would have to build a coffin this early.

Heard Maize talking to herself. Going to talk to Case Study about it eventualy.

Temperance has been looking at me oddly. I hope he's not upset at me.

Parasprites. A lot of them.

Flamberge went crazy on them. Lots of dead 'sprites.

It's always the quieter ones. Cream Puff went nuts on a chicken.

Two new carpenters. Two pegusi. Nice folk. Going to suggest that they try and stay off the surface if they see the red clouds.

Need to start a party. This place needs a party. They make everything better.

Commander Flamberge Field Journal 7th Limestone, 269

We've had a couple of sightings of strange red dust storms, they give me a bad feelig. Whatever they are, they aren't normal weather. I considered instituting a Weather Patrol draft and having the pegasi help me blow them away, but not knowing what they are, and that they have not come towards the town yet, I have not yet done so. I'll keep my eyes open for any heading towards the town though.

Commander Flamberge Field Journal 22nd Limestone, 269

Praetorian ordered Redhat to dig the defensive trench in place of Smoothblock. I asked him about it, and he said it was a disciplinary action, for insubordination. A bit surprised to hear that, I probed deeper, but after getting the full story I believe Praetorain did well and I certainly agreed with the punishment.

Addendum: Looking over Redhat's work, I'm not really happy with it. It's a trench, sure, but the sides are too smooth. This won't do to keep anything out. Still, it isn't his job it was his punishment, and he did the majority of the work, I'll see if I can get Smoothblock to finish the job and get us a more sharp wall, at least on the inside of the trench, that should keep the animals out, though we'll need the carpenters to put together an improvised bridge for us, preferably something we can collapse quickly if needed. I'll talk to Temprence and the others.

Commander Flamberge Field Journal 22nd Limestone, 269

Parasprites attacked the town today. I gathered the militia and we tried to defend the food stores. Ponies tend to underestimate these little blighters, I assume because the small body and big eyes they find them rather cute. But those things are not cute. I've seen a swarm of them tear a full grown war trained dog to pieces in minutes. They rarely attack living things, but when they do, they are like flying, colorful, land piranha.

I killed a lot of them, the strange thing is, I can actually remember doing it. It is fuzzy, but I kept control, mostly. I know Crosshair was there by me, through the whole thing, I think she might have been worried I'd go berserk. Her being there did help I think. She only shot one of them, though that is likely because she was trying to keep an eye on me. Redhat made some jokes about her not wanting to get "bug-guts" on her. I told him to stuff it.

Commander Flamberge Field Journal 2nd Sandstone, 269.

It's been a awhile since Cream Puff's last tantrum over the lost prepared food, she has calmed down a lot since then. Today though, I noticed she didn't show up at the kitchen at all. I am going to go look for her now. I hope she is not feeling ill.

Crosshair's Diary: 7th Limestone, 269

*this entire page have been scribbled with nonsensical doodling*

Ȟͨ̃ͯͦ̋îs̯̋ ̭̙̞̔̿ͨ̑̒͘bͥ͜ͅṛ̺͍̼̬̙e̛̖̭̞͕͉̼̹ȃ͍̣̤̝͔͗̾̚t͇̜̮͓̥̣̓́͊̀h̺̫̟̗̙̭ ̗͚̜͓̈́c͓̟͎͋̿̎ͫ͘ȯ̳̥͓̟͘n͏̭̤͚̹ͅs͌ͬ̓͆űͤ̄̍̿͛҉̻̪͇̪̺̘͓ṁ͙̜̒͢e̵͓̱̦s̯̬͖͉̜̻̃ ͍̲͑ͪ̈́̍̽́a̶̞̿͗͒͊̑̑l̞̥̖̥̟̉̐͟l̻̗̠̣͚̽ͤ̚,̰̣̺̓̏͒ͅ ͈̺͖͖̟̌͂ͬ͜ṱ͎̳͈̥͍̤̏̕h͔͓͎ͫͧ̓̈́̕e̛ͥ ͇̲̣͎͎͌̇m͊̈́͋̈́ͣ̀ā̬̘̖̒͛̎ḓͤ̊͒̂͟d̗͉̘̦̩̀̈̈̒i͓̞̺͋ṉ̨̈ͯ̇̉g͎͇̤̞̠̥̓͝ ̖̣̪̜̥̦̝͐̃ͨ̄̍̎ͯr̮̤͉͂̀ͮͯ̑̂̃e̿̈́͗̐d̋̽̓̽͗̈́ͫ҉̣̙̹ ͇̞̭͕̬͙̲̈p̡͉͈̹̜̑̇̑͋̿ͧͅaī̓n̦͚ͩ̆,̪̯̱̩̀̈́̓ͤ͌ͬ̄ ̡̫̟̱̻̍͆̽̃hͫǐ́̾̾҉̰̗͎̞͔s̖̺̬͕͑̋̋̽ͤͩ̿ ̫̫̰̿ͧͣ̃̎͒̍͞c͖͓̬̩ͭͭ͑h̖̹̙͉͕́ͫͮi̠̔̈ͣ̎̋ͫl͎̤̫͕ͅd̯̘̹̩̻̃ͫ̾̅ͧ͋ͧȓ͖ͧ̂͆͐ḛ̹̰͕̭̽̃͊ͬ̈́̔͗ñ̝͓͉͓̮ͮ̾͗ͩ͊̕ ̢̞̙̯́ͅͅw̶̩̍ì̾l͍̊͂̏ͪ̚͞l̡̯͉̂ ̗͔͘â͚̻̠̤̓̾̾̾̀r̦͔̝̋̆͑͆ͧͮ́i̫̋̇̿̅̑́̚ş͇ͮ̍e̩̓ͪ̔͒ ̱̖͕f̈́̓ͬ̂̿r̹̹̘̦̰̃ͫo̬̘͎͞ͅm͎̱̗̊͐̎ ̡̻̣̤͈ͩ̐̌ͣͬt̩͇h͔̣̳̭͕ͬ͐̒̿̌ͣe̎ͥ͒̍ͬ̑̚҉̹̖̩̳̗͔ ̞͗ͭ̂̐̆ͪͨv̧̻̠͓̲͉̱ͮ̿͗ͮͦͧȯ̤̪̪̳̘̱ͮͤ͘i̛ͅd̰̠̭̤̳̖͌ͤ̔̽̀ͅ ͔̫̟̺͕̼̾̓to̺̤̒͂̓͘ ̹̑͂s̻̫̬̮̲̪̿ͭ̌̒̑́͂p̟͖̥r̴̥͕̲̯̮ͣ͑͂̽̆͗ͅea͊̈́ͪ̿҉̙d͇͓͛̒ ̛͔̩̭̜͍̹̖̐̓ͨ̽̊̓̚h̹͈̟͓͋͑ͦͨ͐͘i̥͛͒̊ͦ̋ͦ͌s͇͚̥͓͎̘̪͑̋͋̏̿ ̶̔͑͌͆̋w̬̳̗͕̺͉ͧ̐͐̍̀o͏͇r͕͕͓̗̰̭ͫ͐̀d̗̜̰̻͓̣̫ ͣͬ́̒̓o͆͊́ͦͩ͝f̲̝̞̗̫ͤ͟ ͎͎̪͛̌͒ͦͬ̈́h͔̰͍̟͈̓̍ͯ͑i͚ͮ͊̾s̝͍͕̪̝̋̐͡ ̴̺̞̩͖͓̬̟̈̇̾ͬ͒g̶͋ͭl̺͔̳̆ͧ͊̋͞õ̜̟̺͙ͤ̆ṛ̣͍͌̚͢i̶͔̥͕̗ͅo̍͑̾ȗ̱̕s̮̦̖͇̤̜ ̆ͯͦͮͯ͆̈́͏̲c͑͆͗͊ͯo̶̤͉̫̺̗̤̹ǹ̯̫̗̻̩͉̭̾ͣ͐ͣ͢s̎ͪ̊̀ͭ̅ŭ̺͕̗͕̞̘̲m̌̉̈̂ͮ̚i͔̮̮ͬ́̈͌̀n̮͖͎͙̮̘͈̉̉ͭ̕ğ̗͍̰̖̩͍͋͆ ̺c̟̦̗̜͚͙͛ͮͥͨ̑͟h̸͇ͣͧ̍ͯ̈ͣã̪͙̻̼̝̮͓̎̐ȯ̹̪̠͔̠͎ͯ̓̊̌ͭ͞ŝ͈̫̰̤̤̜ͦ́ ͉̪̒̈́ͬ͒̓ǎ̐͋n͎̼̞̺ͮ́ͭ͜ď̤͚̟͍̰͕͓̍̃̂̉͞ ̳̖̙̹͕̯̳̉ͩ̾͒̄b̢̹̬͚̆l͉̣̘̳̅͌̏o̳̤͉̻̘ͫ͊͗͆ͫo̝̮̖̝̗̱̥d̫͔̳͔ͅ.̡͉̰͎͂

Crosshair's Diary: 8th Limestone, 269

Yesterday was very weird, I can't remember writing and drawing all these.. stuff.. on the diary. I think I might need to go talk to somepony about this..

Crosshair's Diary: 12the Limestone, 269

I feel like I haven't been talking to everypony so much lately, been so busy training myself. I should go find somepony to talk to, Maybe Creampuff would enjoy it.

Crosshair's Diary: 22nd Limestone, 269

Apparently Somepony ordered Redhat to dig a trench around the fort. It's weird, I don't think it'll stop any flying things from flying over the trenches, but I guess it'll be better than nohing. This reminds me, I should get to know the other militia ponies aswell sometimes.

Crosshair's Diary: 23rd Limestone, 269

Parasprites raided out town yesterday! Ate months worth of food and made off with even more! I feel sorry for Creampuff that her sammich are stolen.. I need to go talk to her soon. Also, I've been keeping eyes on the Commander when we fought those things, Only had time to shoot one of those little bugger, Was a pretty good shot too! Those little things are hard to hit.

Crosshair's Diary: 13th Sandstone, 269

Creampuff haven't calmed down since that Parasprite attack, Today I saw her kicked a chicken and toss it out of the way with her wings! I really want to help but I don't think I can do much.. Perhaps I should wait a little longer..

Crosshair's Diary: 1st Timber, 269

Well, looks like I don't have to calm my friend up afterall, apparently she went to talk with Serenity about stuff and that calmed her down, Mare's good. I think I need to visit her sometimes, talk about that weird page of stuff I wrote a while back.. And now I can talk to Creampuff again! We're going to have /so/ much to catch up on.

[Found scratched into the wall of Wood Chip’s home after a bit too much wine.]

Cross+Berge? Crossberge!

Holly+Temp? Tempolly? Hollance?

Cross+Study? Crosstudy? Casehair?

Case+Chaff? Casechaff?

Steelhat? Maizorian?

....

Maizorian! Yes! Perfect!

....

Redlathe? Steelstone? Dewneer? Millpuff?

....

Cream Chip?

Ad Amici 1.7

Praetorian, hastifer of Duskfields, to Munifex, his brother and fellow-soldier, may Nokzam keep you strong.

Truly, to Kulet I give praise, for it so happens that I am doing her work here.

As I write this letter to you, I am also resting from a long day of instructing. First, of course, is my sole squadmate, a stallion called Redhat, whose discipline is akin to the miserliness of Aval.

The second is a special case, a young mare by the name of Maize. She's an earth pony, a little taller than Pulchra. She's not too physically gifted, and she's a bit inhibited on the social side, too, but she's a nice mare, and she tries hard. I've been teaching her a little bit of how to read and write, and it's going about as well as could be expected.

It's a different reason I want to talk to you, though. A strange sort of weather was witnessed here. A dust storm, but the dust was red, for some reason. Before you ask, the dirt and soil around here is brown, like usual. If you wouldn't mind putting the word on around our old comrades, and see if any of them know of any ponies who've witnessed this sort of thing, I would be much obliged.

Tell father that we've witnessed our first large group of animals - parasprites, naturally. We've done our best to hunt the little blighters down, and they shouldn't be bothering us again soon.

Tell our sister Pulchra that I am greatly pleased to hear of her news, and I wish her the best.

The gods' blessings be with you.

Ad Amici 1.8

Praetorian to Obsidio, victor of Mareway, husband of Graminea, and saviour of the Seventh Regiment.

May the blessings of the gods come upon you abundantly this day and every day. To Nokzam I still give thanks for you, for your breaking of the lines of the enemies surrounding us, and the safeguarding of our regiment from disaster.

Indeed I thank her for you more than even that. I thank her, for when I had served my term and was without a purpose, you called to me, and at your request, I did serve a second sixteen with your army. And when I was lost again and my love departed from me, it was you who suggested a third term, at this new outpost. Indeed, a place where my shame can be escaped from, and where I can use the only skills I ever excelled in.

While at this place, I have found a peace I never felt back in Coupledye when I was not in action or in the field. Though this place faces troubles as well, they do not seem to be as stressful as the troubles back in the city. And there are ponies here with whom I am now friends; Cream Puff, a pegasus mare, Flamberge, a pegasus stallion (and another soldier), and Maize, an earth pony mare.

And it seems that just as for your deeds were crowned with Grass, so I will be crowned with Maize, for we are entering a relationship together. Were it not for your actions, sir, I would be but another drunkard back in Coupledye, useless and a burden. But now I have a new feeling of life, a new sense of self-worth.

I thank the gods that you were there when I've needed you.

May the gods bless you this day, and every day, for your charity to all those who need.