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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Tales of Pandora

Origins of Salizar, Chapter 19: ~Darkhide~

In the caverns beneath the great Castle, Fort Olympia, an outcast scrounges for food. due to his unfortunate mutation his people rejected him, he spends his days alone, sad and lonely. “Will you shut up!” The outcast said. “Hmm the featherless rockdrake seems provoked, perhaps I should flee.” The narrator said. “This isn’t a documentary! Go away! And I’m not lonely..” The rockdrake said. “The poor drake is lying to himself, if only he were less rude.” The narrator said. “RUDE! It’s rude to be shunned eh? You know what!” The drake yelled as he lunged at the narrator. “they were in an open cavern, but there was still little place to run, luckily for our brave documentarian he is sly! And nimble!” He said. “Nimble this!” The drake yelled, swiping his claws at the little sinomacrops. The drake jumped onto the narrator, pinning his wings to the moist rocky ground. Suddenly a roar echoed through the chamber, the drake looked around him, confused for a moment, he looked back down to see that the sinomarcrops has escaped. “The kairukus are more interesting than you anyway, perhaps I’ll pay them a visit! Good day sir.” Nash said as he flew out of the cavern into the tunnel that led to the surface. “Good riddance!!!” Darkhide yelled as the creature escaped. He sighed and turned back to the tunnel leading a bit deeper, to his den. He quietly crawled down the winding cave and finally reached his den, unfortunately for him someone was there, waiting for him. “Stealing from children? You’ve hit a new low.” A green rockdrake said, her feathers shining off the crystal-lit cave. “The whelps have enough food, if you haven’t noticed my accommodations are quite lacking.. “General”” Darkhide said. “You did this to yourself.” The General said. “Ah yes, the evil flightless drake, how dare he go out onto the surface to take food from the land-dwellers. We really had no choice but to banish him!” Darkhide said. “You knew the surface was forbidden, our law is very clear.” The General said. “Ah yes the same laws made by the drakes that claim to be fair but don’t bat an eye at the way everyone ostracized me!” Darkhide said. “Classic Darkhide, blaming everything on his condition!” The General said. “Classic General Emerald! Only seeing the problem by the perspective of herself!” Darkhide shouted. They glared at eachother, but Emerald regained her composure. “The high counsel ordered me to bring you in.” She said. “Fine..” Darkhide said.

“Please councilman Terrace, I must ask you reconsider.” An orange and blue drake said in a hushed tone. “He’s our only option. And the rest of the counsel is unanimous.” A black and scarlet drake said. “Ah, General Emerald, we were beginning to worry you got lost.” Councilman Terrace said, the rest of the counsel chuckled. “Yes well, I’m here. And brought the scum you ordered.” Emerald said. “Good, where is he?” A counsel member asked. “I’m right here you blind bafoon.” Darkhide said standing a bit behind the General. “Oh I didn’t see you there..” the old drake said. Darkhide did blend into the dark rocks behind him. “This meeting is in order, we have no time to lose so I’m going to get straight to the point. The surface dwellers have gone silent, a few weeks ago we heard their entire force march out of their castle, since then nothing, they’re gone. What’s more worrisome is we’ve heard startling roars, roars unlike any heard before.” Terrace said. “So what.” Darkhide said. “So, we need someone to go out onto the surface and investigate these strange occurrences.” Terrace said. Darkhide began to laugh, “so, let me get this straight, you banish me because of going to the surface, and now you need me! Forget it Terrance, I’m not helping you after what you did to me.” He said chuckling. “We’ll un-banish you.” Terrace said. “Oh really? Ok I’ll do it! Not! I don’t give an araneo’s eggsac about your society!” Darkhide said. “Fine, we’ll pay you. All the food you could ever eat. You’d never have to hunt again.” Terrace said. “I said forget it.” Darkhide said, he turned to walk out. But Emerald followed him out into the tunnels. “Wait, wait!” She called from behind him, he ignored and scuttled on. “Darkhide stop!” She said. “What!?” He said turning around. “Please, you have to do this, if not for the people for yourself, your honor!” Emerald said. “Honor? What did honor get me? I went to the surface to find food while our people starved down here, and when I returned what did I get? A thank you? No, I got BANISHED! So don’t lecture me on honor, I don’t want any of it.” Darkhide said. “I-I didn’t know that..” Emerald said stunned. “Ya? Well you sure didn’t ask my side of the story, Some friend.” Darkhide said. “You’re right.. I didn’t ask, but you still broke the laws.” Emerald said. “Again with the laws! You always cared more about laws than anyone else! Tell your counsel I’ll go to the surface, but they better deliver on their end of the bargain.” Darkhide said, he turned and walked away, following the path to the surface.