Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
The Five Talons of Abberation, Chapter One...
Kiri sat atop a stack of crates, in the back of the small general store of their little underground town. She polished the wood of her violin, tapping her boots on the crates and creating a steady beat, staring at the carvings in the glistening mushroomwood of the violin. Suddenly, she heard a tremendously loud crash sounding from in the main part of the store, followed by a shout. "Oh, no... not again..." She muttered. She set her violin down in the case, before hopping down from the crates. "Mitsuto!!" She yelled, calling for her Yi Ling. Her boots clacked as she walked on the hardwood floor, stepping into the room to a distressing mess. Mitsuto lay on the floor, one wing stretched across the wood floor, the other tucked at her side. She had knocked over several shelves, and one of them lay overtop of her, squishing her. "Mitsuto..." She groaned, putting her hand to her face. She crossed her arms, shaking her head at the Yi Ling. She squawked quietly in apology, twitching her tail, which only caused more of the glass jars on the shelf next to her to fall and shatter. Osmond, the owner of the store, stood next to her. He shook his head at Kiri dissaprovingly, his face tight with anger. "I told you to keep this... thing... out of here!" He shouted. She scowled, looking at the ground. "I am aware..." She sighed, picking up the shelves and taking them off of Mitsuto. "Look, we can help you-" "No!" Osmond yelled. "I want you and your beast out of here!" He said, kicking a shard of glass toward her. "Let me just-" She was cut off as he threw her out of the store, Mitsuto coming after her. "Well..." She said. "I guess that's the end of that." She got up off of the ground, dusting off her pants and pulling up the hood of her cloak. She re-fastened one of the buttons in the back, and then fixed the cloak-like fabric that was attached to her belt, and stopped at about her shins. She looked at Mitsuto. Her shimmery opal-white feathers were covered in jam and things, and a shard of glass was stuck in her featherless legs. She gently pulled it out, wrapping a white silk bandage around her leg. Then, she continued down the streets of the town, watching as people went from place to place. Finally, they came to a place where they could clean themselves off, and so they did.
Prologue is in Angler!
-SangToareGirl