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The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)
Chapter 60.5: Broken Facade
Part 3/3
“Okay, so, here ya’ go,” Tiffany said, handing the slip of paper back to Samuel, “The translation is right on the bottom.”
Star eagerly jumped onto the floor for some reason. A sly smile crept on her beak… that was, if birds could smile. Samuel snatched the paper and began to read the decryption sentence by sentence.
“I miss you too, Samuel,” Samuel read. He raised his eyebrow, “Huh?”
Star’s tail began to wag.
“Don’t cry. I will always be with you, even in the dark.”
“I have always accompanied you since the beginning, my friend. And know that whatever you go through, I will always stand by your side. We will find the way out together.”
As Samuel’s eyes wandered to the bottom of the page, his heart began to beat faster, and he felt his breathing get ragged. Signed, at the bottom of the page, was Star’s true identity.
Samuel felt the piece of paper slip out of his hands, and his head turned to Star, who was staring intensely at him. Samuel smiled at her, his eyes wavering.
“Nova?”
Star’s chest began to glow, and a bright flash of light engulfed the room. Samuel shielded his eyes, and as the light began to clear, standing in front of Samuel was a woman with a deep tan, and flowing black hair that fell to her chest.
A smile grew on her face, a smile so bright it outshined the stars in the night sky. Like a supernova that exploded into the remnants of dust that hung within the reaches of outer space.
The woman reached for her shoulder and flicked a dodo’s feather off with her left hand. Inside her wrist was an implant embedded with two gems. Her black graduation robe was covered in a blanket of sand, but gravity made the particles fall off.
“Took you long enough to get me out of that prison,” Nova softly laughed. Her laugh made Samuel’s heart twist and turn. He gave a smile back to Nova.
“Hey best friend,” Samuel replied back in awe.
The two stared at each other for a moment, before Samuel leaned forward and wrapped his arms around Nova. Nova reciprocated, wrapping her arms around him.
Samuel didn’t really care that his heart was pounding so fast, and he didn’t really care that Nova could probably feel his tears dripping down onto her shoulder. Nova was here with him now. She was okay.
And that was all that mattered to him at the moment.
The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)
Chapter 60.5: Broken Facade
Part 2/3
“Stupid Samuel,” Aurora muttered to herself, “Making me feel a way I shouldn’t.”
The soft dirt pattered behind Aurora, and Aurora could see the reflection of a boy in black graduation robes approach him. For a moment, the reflection flickered to a past lover, but Aurora was not fooled anymore. This was Samuel. Eyes without a spark, Samuel walked up to her and took a seat next to her.
“I’m sorry,” Samuel immediately claimed. A sharpness stung Aurora’s ears.
“Are you really though?” Aurora snapped back softly.
Samuel took a moment to ponder, before shaking his head no.
“No. I’m not.”
“Then why bother coming out here to apologize.”
“I just thought it’d be the right thing to do, no matter how I felt,” Samuel honestly replied. He hung his head in shame, and Aurora sneered at him.
“You know how remorseless you are, right?”
“I don’t know.”
Samuel turned to Aurora.
“I need you to be honest about your feelings about me. So we can end this. Do you like me?”
“And why would you need to know that,” Aurora murmured, turning away. Her face began to turn rosy. Samuel spotted the blush on Aurora’s face and looked away.
“You shouldn’t like me,” Samuel firmly told her.
“Why, because we’re on this island and we can’t let our feelings get in the way?”
“Because, I don’t know how to even feel about myself. What type of person I should be,” Samuel replied, “Answer me this. Remember what I told you, ask yourself who do you love? If you don’t know the answer to that question…”
“Ask yourself what type of person you want to love.”
“And do you want to love someone like me?” Samuel asked.
“No,” Aurora whispered.
“Then move on.”
Just then, someone called out to Samuel from the window,
“Samuel! The translation is finished!” Tiffany hollered with her hands to her lips, “It’s REALLY interesting, you might wanna come quickly!”
Samuel got up from the ground, staring down at Aurora pitifully.
“This is for your own good. After all,”
“I’d never like you.”
The corner of Aurora’s lip quivered, and Samuel turned around, walking back into Tiffany’s home. A smile grew on Samuel’s face.
“Finally. I’m gonna figure out this message.”
The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)
Chapter 60.5: Broken Facade
Part 1/3
Night was already beginning to cover the entire ARK in a blanket of darkness.
Tiffany sat at the dining table, a light pinned at the piece of paper that contained the encrypted message Star had given to Samuel. Tiffany was inspecting the lines, and writing something down at the bottom of the paper. The gills that lined her neck after she had entered the cave were now gone, along with the loud heartbeat that filled the air like loud drums in a war.
Andres was taking swigs of his energy brew while staring out at the pen of dodos that was outside his home. He reached into his pouch and pulled out handfuls of berries, tossing them into the crowd of birds. Instantly, they all began to dive and dash for their share of the meal like vicious hounds. Andres sighed.
Footsteps clacked on the hard wood behind him, and Samuel approached, resting his hands on the window sill. Andres looked at him with eager eyes, like a puppy begging for treats.
“Hi Samuel!”
“Hey,” Samuel replied, looking out into the crowd of Dodos. He rubbed his hand on his left wrist, where there was no implant. How many knew about it now? One, two?
“Only Aurora and Skyler,” Samuel thought to himself, “But they know I might as well not need one.”
Samuel felt like he was missing one more person, but he passed it off as his imagination. Samuel looked at Star, who was sitting on one of the dining table chairs. She seemed much more awake now, and was watching Tiffany intensely. She was wagging her tail excitedly.
Andres turned to Samuel.
“You know, you’re very mean to that woman.”
“Aurora?”
“Yes. The valedictorian,” he said with a frown, “Why are you so mean to her?”
Samuel groaned and clenched his fists.
“Because we made a deal. She’d treat me as her equal, but she’s not been doing me any favors with her irrational feelings.”
Andres put a comforting shoulder on Samuel, and he flinched.
“Not everyone can be like you Samuel,” Andres told him, “I think she’s trying her best. Cheer her up, please. It hurts seeing a kind man like you go out of your way to berate her.”
“You think I’m kind?”
“Of course. You spared me. You went out of your way to warn me,” Andres said, “You didn’t have to do that. I’m really grateful for that. Those scouts under the Crimson Crusader wouldn’t hesitate to kill me.”
“If Aurora tried to kill you, why are you so defensive about her?”
“Because I forgive her for what she’s done. It was a misunderstanding. She feared her safety just as much as I feared mine.”
Andres’ hand slipped off Samuel’s shoulder, and Aurora walked past the window, pausing before she took a seat on the soft grass, looking out onto the waterfall. She hugged her knees, and Andres nodded his head at her.
“I think you should apologize. I think it will make her feel better.”
Samuel looked on past her, and after making his decision, removed his hands from the sill and began to head out the front door. Before opening the door up, he heard the squawk of Star. Samuel turned around, and Star nodded her head at him in approval. Samuel nodded back, and after leaving shut the door behind him.
The Raptor is the best starter cave tame and PvP tame
1: craft some bolas( 3-5 would work just in case you miss or there's more then one)
2: make sure you have a Wooden club and meat( prime meat would be good if you can get your hands on it)
3: find a raptor and bola it
4: once it's trapped beat it up with a wooden club(lol)
5: once it's knocked out feed it meat in it's inventory
6: level 18 is when you can get raptor saddle for 9 points
7: to pounce swipe down on mobile
These are stronger than the rex, and tame one of these beasts instead of some old rex. 1. they get an underwater buff when up to mid body in the water and farther. 2. on two legs their attacks are faster and stronger then a rexes but they walk slower,and on four legs they are faster, but not as strong. If a tamed one is following you, they will do this automatically, when riding you must do it on your own. 3. They're easier to tame then a rex! So if you're debating on taming one of these bad boys, or the infamous rex, choose this dude. These beasts need more recongition.
Dionysus the god
Ben, I read chapter 60.5!!! So Sunnyfox was right and Nova was Star!!! That transition was Awesome!!! And she has two gems!!! Interesting, does that mean she has two powers?
I think Samuel’s answer to Aurora was genuine. But I think it was the wrong time to mention it and felt a bit harsh. Poor Aurora.
I really enjoyed it!! And I can’t wait for the next chapter!!!!
U.N.T!!!!
-PrimalApex:)
If you have no moral compass, like me, if you cryo a baby rex after hatching it, find a carchar, uncryo the Rex and kill it, baby rex’s give 100% trust…. So yeah
Waning Unity is such an excellent story that it shouldnt have been hidden away in the clutches of a dye section. Goodness gracious that was a tear-jerking, toe curling ride. THIS is top tier writing. President Loki and CL1 did a phenomanal job on this story.
- Ben
Official server: don’t try to club or fist knock out. Just gather the stupid narco berries, make the stupid tranq arrows, bola one, start firing. Hopefully this will knock it out before the bola wears off and it flies away. Have had them fall asleep mid take off.
You will need to tranq it some more if you’re using raw meat.
Narcoberries work, but i usually just stick em in the wing with another tranq arrow. Check its health first.
Also, it won’t pick up a raptor, but it will pickup a baby raptor.
God I love survival ascended.
Really it’s just because you can find plenty of babies to imprint on. Kill or take the parents and press imprint on the baby
DODOS ARE NOT DANGEROUS CREATURES. THEY ARE A BEACH BOBS / NEWBIES BEST FRIEND, USUALLY YOUR FIRST TAME ON THE ISLAND.
Just found out something really useful about Brontos! You can use them to transport goods a long way, but sometimes you have more than the bronto can carry, so, if you pack your resources on something like a high level parasaur or iguanodon, and put it on the platform saddle, it only takes the Dinos drag weight, not resource weight, allowing you to carry tons of materials at half the weight!