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Investigations into the runes uncovered in the old tunnel have already begun (woo!) and I'm busting to get stuck in. However, we're lacking equipment and a quiet – or not so quiet, depending on the research project! – space separate from the everyday goings on at [HOME]. Not to mention there's still all that rubble sitting there in a heap outside the tunnel.

As a first step in construction, I'm just moving the rubble down south a little bit and laying out some foundations. At least I think that's what I'm doing. I've never built a building before, and don't actually know how you're supposed to make foundations. This will probably take me at least all day, and I won't be able to get onto anything else myself.

Also, just a note on the location. I picked here so that, when we complete projects, we'll have to pass through [HOME] on our way to deliver our discoveries to the in-progress library (assuming, hoping it gets built).

Wow, the place is looking sweet! It's real back-breaking work clearing this rubble out and, I've gotta be honest, I did start to wonder if we couldn't put it into the construction of some sort of research lab, that we could use to figure out ways to save us ever having to do this kind of work again. But it's picked up, and I'm not really sure it'd be a good idea to cut this sort of work out of our lives.

What could be worth doing, though, is deciphering these runes! Who knows what secrets they hold? I'm up for starting construction on a research lab tomorrow, if no one else does, whose first project could be dedicated to these runes...

Here, let me give you a hand, Tom. I'm pitching in, moving debris outside and adding to the pile, wondering if we could somehow put this material to good use somewhere.