Dododex

ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

The Island- Chapter VII

Day Nine…

4:47am

Marcel awoke early that morning, bleary eyed and tired.

He sat up, yawning, and reluctantly pulled himself out of is sleeping bag. That morning was chilly and damp, and Marcel watched the sunrise as he stretched. He looked to his left and saw Magnus curled up in a ball on top of Ghost. Both were sleeping. Marcel chuckled to himself, and prepared a breakfast of cold meat and berries.

Once he was done breakfast, he walked onto the beach. Stripping off his clothes, he walked into the water and bathed himself. As Marcel stood up, he saw his pile of clothes was rustling. Just then a small, feathery dinosaur head poked out from his shirt and looked at him dead in the eyes. The dinosaur screamed and leapt from the clothes pile, sprinting away with Marcel’s pouch of food.

“Oh you’ve gotta be KIDDING me”, Marcel shouted as he ran out of the water and grabbed a spear leaning against his house. He sprinted down the beach, buck naked, after the animal. The dinosaur twisted and turned, and jumped into the water of the inlet. Marcel swam after it and chased the dinosaur into dry land. Once he was close enough, he threw the spear full force at the dinosaur holding the pouch. It struck the dinosaur and it shrieked and fell.Marcel jogged over to the fallen animal and yanked his pouch of of its small arms. The first thing Marcel noticed about the creature is how…strange it looked. It had a small head with a beak, its back was humped and it had quill like feathers all down its head and back, with a long tail. As Marcel observed the creature, he saw something that surprised him, then shocked him, and then terrified him. There was a leather strap wrapped around the dinosaur’s -one that he now recognized as a pegomastix- neck. A collar. The dinosaur had a collar.

Marcel was in total shock. The fact this pegomastix had a collar on meant that it was domesticated, and for it to be domesticated meant…there were other humans. He wasn’t alone. He looked at the collar again and noticed etched into the leather read, “Chaz”. Now Marcel felt bad. He had just killed someone’s pet. As the knowledge he had just learned dawned on him. He heard a snarl from behind him. This was no dilo. Marcel had learned to tell apart the different animal calls he sometimes heard while going about his business. This wasn’t anything he recognized. He turned around slowly, spear in hand, to face whatever was behind him. A dinosaur was standing twenty feet away, not moving and not breaking eye contact with Marcel.

The dinosaur was six feet tall (Marcel knew this because he was about 5’ 10”, and the dinosaur was slightly taller than he) and about thirteen feet along. Its skin was dark, dark brown, and it had striking blue feathers atop its head. It had a blue stripe running from behind its eye to the tip of its tail, of which the tip was covered in feather as well, as were the forearms of the beast. Its eyes were orange, with cat-slits for pupils. Worst of all, its mouth was full of razor sharp teeth, and its arms and legs had deadly claws on them. Marcel only had to look for six seconds to tell this was a Raptor. He backed away slowly, and the Raptor chirped, the feathers on its head standing on end. Then it charged. Marcel raised his spear but it was too late, the Raptor was on top of him. Marcel fell on his back as the dinosaur landed on him and tried biting his fact. He raised his spear for protection but it did nothing, the Raptor was too close. He then felt a burning pain across his stomach. Marcel looked down in horror as he realized: the Raptor had cut him open. The Raptor then slashed its claws again Marcel’s chest and he fell to the ground. He felt the Raptor roll him over onto his back, and he felt something press against his back, and he then realized it was the dinosaur’s foot. Please make it quick. Please. He thought. There was a sharp pain in the back of Marcel’s head and everything went black.

I’m so sorry for the wait everyone, I e been really busy lately. I hope to get chapter VIII out soon! Check angler for chapter VI and check araneo for chapter VIII

~Jerrald