Dododex

ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Of Kin

Act I: Scarlet

Chapter 3

Corvi flew towards the squawking and looked around. This is of a nest and what looked like eggshells littered the ground. There was another squawk, leading her to a gray argent, dead and burned on the ground. Another squawk. Corvi lifted the argent's wing to find a small, silver hatchling under it. There were two other hatchlings there, but they were dead. The hatchling looked up at her, teary eyed. Corvi's heart broke as her thoughts went back to her own nest, Her brother's eaten, and her father strangled, leaving her all alone. She slowly and gently lifted the hatcheling from under the dead argent's wing and sat it on the ground in front of her to get a closer look.

He looked at her for a second before running to her and curling his wings around her leg, sobbing. "There you are," came Riot's voice. She turned around to see him and yhe blue argent. "Was starting to think you ran off." He flew down and took a look at the dead argent and hatchlings with a sigh. He turned around and looked at Corvi. "Ash died protecting her eggs. Looks like it was all in vain."

He caught a flicker of movement near Corvi's leg. He looked down at the silver hatchling. "Maybe not. Why, hello there, little fella." The hatchling hid behind Corvi's leg. Riot chuckled. "Looks like he likes ya'." The blue argent who had been impatiently silent the entire time scoffed, " Don't act like she has a right to that hatchling. She's an outsider. She'd probably join the Infernals first chance she got."

Corvi looked at Riot. "Infernals?"

Riot sighed. "Infernal Kin, traitors to Scarlet's Kin and bane of the flocks." The blank look on Corvi's face told Riot that she understood none of what he had said. "Alright get comfortable. This is going to be lengthy."

[Lore inbound! P.S. I don't know why I derive such pleasure from making Corvi suffer through childhood trauma...]

~CL1