Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
A Broken Memory
Chapter 3
As ZMDE sorted through the bullets, he quickly checked for a poison.
"Give me a knife or somethin'," he said. The nurse handed him a shiny metal knife.
He cut the bullet in two, and a dark green liquid dripped from the insides. Inspecting it from all sides and smells, he knew this was Titanoboa Fang venom. Different from titanoboa venom in a way of effects.
"Hey, nurse, Crimson?" ZMDE turned around to look at them. "There's Titanoboa Fang venom in here, do you know of a cure?"
"Uhh.." Crimson shook his head. "I have nothing to do with venoms. Ask her."
"Yes, actually," the nurse replied. "But it's very hard to get."
"Go on, then," ZMDE longed for an answer to Cooper's loss of memory.
"It's the blood of a broodmother." The nurse shook her head. "It's too dangerous for you two to go and try to get it."
"But we will," Crimson said sternly. Sometimes, it was like Cooper and Crimson were brothers. ZMDE on the other hand.. Well, that's a different story.
"Go get your tames at the redwoods, there is a lot of creatures there. Bring your guns and such." The nurse instructed, sighing.
The two men walked outside, ZMDE had his tranq gun and Crimson was going to shoot with an assault rifle.
The longneck rifle ZMDE was holding was heavier than his everyday gas bombs and radioactive fire bows. It annoyed him how long and stupid the design was.
"You can ride on my equus," Crimson suggested, as it was a long way there. His equus was a huge, bright orange horse with thick fur and a tough tail, named Flametail. They hopped on and Flametail galloped his huge hoofs down the hill.
(ZMDE's past. Optional for reading, scroll down for more story)
ZMDE was about twenty-six and his real name was Zeemdeeiahn Fuhlotr, which was a really weird name compared to the others, so they nicknamed him ZMDE.
Crimson was Crimson's real name, Crimson Hartford. He was luckier with a simpler life and past.
ZMDE had to live with his grandmother after his parents had been killed in a hut fire at the age of eleven. His direwolf, Max, stayed with him. Max was a huge dog with light brown and gray fur, though ZMDE's grandmother hated wolves and released Max into a nearby forest. When ZMDE had found out, he considered running away. He had to cry himself to sleep at night. After the harsh past, he eventually ran away into the forest to try to find Max. The only thing ZMDE found was tufts of fur next to a therizino trail. He backed off from there, running back to the field next to the Plyar central where his grandmother lived, only to find Max dragging a juvenile therizino corpse.
ZMDE applied for the fighters at age seventeen and asked for the direwolf and toxicity area. Turns out, he got the direwolf and still being able to learn about toxins, venoms and more. Max fought with him until he retired into Crimson's home with his family, and now ZMDE has a new companion.
(More story)
"Wait," ZMDE called. "I forgot something."
Without waiting for an answer, ZMDE left his longneck rifle on the grass and sprinted back. He reached the tame kennels and went to his, only containing a direwolf and a microraptor. The microraptor was a bright gold and black named Goldstone. He flew on ZMDE'a head and sat. The direwolf was a black with white spotted, huge dog with big ears and a love for running. Her name was Hawksong because of her loud bark, and ZMDE got right on without a saddle, riding back to Crimson as he called for Goldstone to land on him.
ZMDE laughed constantly as Goldstone covered Crimson's face in feathers.
"Come on!" He groaned, pushing away the microraptor. ZMDE grabbed the longneck rifle and called for Goldstone to land on him.
"You're no fun," he chuckled.