Glyphs' glyphs, part 1
Okay, I know that's a bad joke but my sense of humor is a bit drained from working on these walls all the time.
I'd ask for a different job, but, back home you were given a job and you liked it, or left. Maybe it'll be different here.
Glyphs' Journal, part 2
I finally worked up the nerve to ask Virtue for a different job, I had been wanting to join the militia for a while.
So there I was in the dining hall all of my arguments lined up ready for a full blown debate, but she was fine with it.
No arguments no debate just a "let me see what I can do". Man now I wish I'd asked sooner.
Glyphs' Journal, part 3
I'm in the militia! Virtue shuffled some ponys around and split the squad into two.
I'm to work for miss Naginata, oops I mean captain Naginata.
I probably won't have a chance to write again for a while, I'll need to train pretty hard to be able to keep up with the rest.
Virtue's Diary - 5th Malachite, 254
I'm not sure how they keep getting in, but the miners ran into yet another pack of crundles in the mines today. No matter how thoroughly Halberd and his ponies search the mines and think they've cleared them out, more turn up. The caverns are pretty massive, we've only explored a small fraction of them for fear of running into more monsters like that... vomit... thing.
I was pretty frightened to hear that Naginata's son Rondel was caught up in one the fights with the crundles. From what the miners tell me though, he put up an amazing fight for a young colt. His mother would be proud, even if she spent the better part of five minutes scolding him for being down there in the first place. Panacea bandaged up his cuts quick enough, and he went off playing with his friends, who were quite impressed to hear of what he did. I hope they don't get any ideas and try to head down to the caverns.
14th Malachite, 254
Despite my fears, I haven't heard any news of any of the foals getting into trouble with things in the mines. Instead, I heard from Panacea this afternoon that Glaze gave birth to a unicorn filly named Purple Prose. The foal certainly was purple, but I'm not sure if she was joking about the name or not. I've never known Panacea to joke about something like that, so I'm putting it down as her official name in the roster.
In other news, I sort of hate to think about the fact that we still have close to thirty ponies without proper bedrooms. They've been sharing bedrooms up until now, so I designated some new bedroom construction against the east wall of the settlement. With a wall to work with, things should go a bit faster I hope. Once that's done we'll be moving on to finally getting a town hall set up. Carmine will be happy to know about that.
Speaking of Carmine, I asked him and Indigo to assist as masons for a while. With Glyph now in the militia, we were short one mason, but adding two in his place should make up for their inexperience. They both actually seemed pretty excited about the idea, since we don't have any use for their talents right now. Who knows, maybe they'll take a liking to working with stone?
26th Malachite, 254
Today is a day to celebrate, for sure! Carmine told me this afternoon that the last block had been placed in the wall, and we were now completely protected from sneaking thieves. With the drawbridge Flux helped design, we should be able to keep the badger ponies out with no difficulty. Of course, everypony that heads outside for any reason will have to remain vigilant, but it makes me sleep safer at night. To think, it took four years to get us to this point.
I was also happy to hear that we've got a few bee hives set up south of the dining hall. Sweet Nectar was happily setting them up and tending to her new... pets. I'm eager to get a little honey to eat with my bread or tea, or some mead with dinner, but I know I won't be straying anywhere near the hives if I can help it!
Naginata tells me that Glyph has been working pretty hard at his new position in the militia. I saw him headed to a practice session on my way back to my room this afternoon, and was pleased to note that the armor and weapon orders I put in for him have already been completed. He looked pretty happy, trotting around in the plates of steel, and I'm glad he's found something that he enjoys.
Naginata's Diary - 25th Malachite, 254
Things have been shaping up around here lately, that's for sure. With the new wall complete, we can finally start doing our job properly by monitoring the only choke point into the settlement: the drawbridge. I'm pretty confident we can keep it secure in the event of another attack by the badger ponies.
I hope we don't see any signs of those thieves again for a long time. Virtue asked me to take over my own squad, picking up half of our old squad plus a new recruit: Glyph. He's got a long way to go learning to fight, but he makes up for it with enthusiasm. And I have a lot to learn about leading and teaching. I just hope I can keep him out of trouble in a fight if it comes to that. I'd hate for him to get hurt because I haven't taught him properly.
I've also made quite certain that Rondel doesn't head anywhere near the mines again. He's got a lot of energy, but he's biting off far more than he can chew. He doesn't know how lucky he was to only get scratched up in that fight, and it would crush me if he got hurt badly. I think he understands though, he's a good colt and smart enough to know what could have happened.
I am a bit proud of him though, I must admit. He's got a bit of his mother in him, I suppose.
Glyphs journal 4
Well journal, I've been working hard at my new job. I never knew how tough training was.
Hauling stone, building walls, I thought I was pretty tough, well first time I put on that armor I practically fell on my face.
That stuff is HEAVY! Still it's better then working stone all day.
Glyphs journal 5
Apparently captain Naginata's colt snuck into the caves while nopony was looking.
I don't think that I've ever seen the captain so freaked out. Luckily he wasn't hurt but After the tongue lashing he got
I bet he wished he was. With any luck he will have learned his lesson but maybe I should watch him for a bit.
Glyphs journal 6
The captain told me I was making some progress. I'm definitely getting the hang of movin' around in armor, but
I still don't think I'm good enough. I've got to keep working, I have to be good enough to make Naginata proud.
To show that Miss Virtue's trust was not misplaced, I can't let either of them down!
Flux' Journal, Malachite 26
The wall is finally finished! Even better, it looks like the military is almost fully equipped as well! I'll be showing Virtue my new entryway design. It'll be a bit complicated, but I think it'll be a huge step up in security. Bridges and blade traps, I'm so excited!