Both thanks and apologies are due to my coplayer, SuperiorSarcasm -- the thanks because he sent me the game, and the apologies because I took so long to connect with him. My meteor didn't show up for a while, so I took as much time as I could preparing. Thank God for AH's guidance, or I never would have known how to prepare myself. I had enormous piles of things I planned to alchemize by the time I ran the file, and I had a great idea for what to prototype: She's been with me since I was young, and I don't know how I'm ever going to get to sleep without her, but I'd say it's worth crippling the Dersite king and queen, wouldn't you? As for weaponry, I found some knives around the house and I allocated the biggest one I could find to my strife specibus. It's been enough to fend off imps so far, but they're quick little buggers. I'm thinking about alchemizing something heftier. We'll see what that turns out to be. I have yet to explore my new land, but from what I can see from the window, there are a lot of trees. I'll take pictures once I've contacted my coplayer and helped him out.