Dododex

ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Guns n’ Rexes

Chapter 2: Man Lives On Money

Feels like this place is all I’ve ever known. Well, I know it ain’t true but after a year or so surving here it’s like this was all there ever was.

Turned out that the name of the guy that took me under his wing was called Jesse. He had a proper wooden bow and arrows to go with it, as well as that horse I mentioned before- it’s name was Winchester. It was a beautiful bay, with ears as soft as silk and a temperament as tough as a boulder. He taught me how to ride his horse, how to make arrows and shoot a bow well enough to hit a moving target accurately. Then we moved on to getting myself a mount.

When you live in a place for long enough, you learn the way of the locals. Whilst visiting a nearby village, we saw that they had domesticated dinosaurs- I couldn’t believe my eyes. I looked left, right, all about- every corner had some new creature with a saddle on its back. After trudging about the town for a while, we stumbled upon their biggest street, which was packed full of stalls to sell stuff and stables for dinos. Some sold food, some sold weapons, some sold dinosaurs. From Sabertooth Tigers, Parasaurs, Pteranodons to Raptors- they had them all. Problem was, I had no money. No rare minerals or expensive items to trade, I realised that with nothing to trade, I was helplessly unequiped for this world. But what skills did I have? I’m no master chef or blacksmith… But I am decent with a gun. When Joseph pulled out a sack of crystals and glistening gems of every colour you could imagine, I asked him how he got all that. He leaned in close and told me:

“We live in a world where if you ain’t the one that pulls the trigger, you’re dinner. Just hav’ to pull the trigger on the right person, tha’s all there is to it.”

Then I realised that to get further in this world, you need a bow and some balls.

-Hope you enjoyed! Next one should be in Direbear, last one was in Deinonychus!

-Nightfall