It was midnight, and they come from the North. Nothing had prepared us for what we were about to see on the horizon.



A red mist fell and screams echoed from afar. The order came: "Pull the lever!" Psychotic shouted. They had no choice. Half of the population were out there, but it was home or nothing. Psychotic turned to his trusted advisers.

They lay dead.



It was only then the true consequences of the lack of resources gathered caused. With no water, the citizens of Spoonproblems began falling, one by one. And with the Goblin invasion happening outside the borders, there was to be no help. Psychotic prayed.

Outside, the hunt raged on. Veteran Loony BoB ran from the onslaught.



But Pike was not so fast.



The situation was dire. Many Dwarves had been struck down and many were choking from lack of water. The casualty list grew and grew, until a blessing arrived. Even during great tragedy, there was hope yet.



And it worked. The Goblins began leaving. Most of the remaining Dwarves reconvened within The Great Hall after a national emergency was declared.



Mayor Psychotic was panicking, but perhaps all was not lost. The Masons had made more buckets in their workshop, which meant that more water could be traded. He rushed to the infirmary to inform Quin, his last hope, and his best love.

Nothing had prepared him for this.



He knelt down with his head in his hands. All was lost, Spoonproblems was to be no more. The remaining Dwarves, dehydrated and hurt, looked to the skies. The list of casualties was too much to bear, and it was growing yet.

Dead:

Remon
Zeldy
Levian
The Man
Miriel
Timekeeper
Fire_of_avalon
RSL
Wolf Kanno
Marshall Banana
Quin
The Ceej
Hypoallergenic Cactuar
Genius Lynx

Wounded:

Dignified Pauper
Aerith's Knight
niKotine
Kaiserdragon
Goldenboko


They were doomed.



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And the story is still told fifty years later to many children. They would come to the great ancestors, and they would say "How did we survive?"

And the ancestors would laugh. And one word is all they needed to utter. The one word that would change the face of Spoonproblems forever.
"Steve"