I tamed a Dunkleo in on a unofficial server and I never got a good chance to use him because he randomly got cryosickness and I then had to leave. I came back to find that I had randomly been reset back to nothing with my base and all my stuff fine but everything on me had vanished, including the cryopod with my DunkleođĽ˛. It took me over 2 hours to tame and wasnât even put to use.
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Fun fact about the Dunkyleosteus it actually doesnât have teeth! Itâs just sharp parts of its skull coming out of its head! If I get 100 likes Iâll write on the titanoboa ^w^
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Journey Through All Creatures
Chapter 9: Raid On the Mountain Range
Note: Story starts in Achatina, The Island ABC, and has a Prologue. Last chapter in Deinosuchus.
The NEXT CHAPTER is Chapter 10, the Giganotosaurus chapter. Iâve been building the storyline over time, thinking of how each chapter will go! Last time, Sodden completed the first section of creatures to kill for the day, then Serenity got him to go back to C Tribeâs base because SOMEONE IS THERE WITH A TITAN!!!! Chapter 10 will be a long chapter, maybe longer than Chapter 6. The chapters so far might seem boring to you, or uninteresting, thatâs just what I see, or maybe itâs fun, not sure. Either way, letâs prepare for Chapter 10.
âWait⌠youâre telling me that the person raiding has a Titanosaur!?â Sodden said as his Giga ran across the hills to Farâs Peak. âYes, he does. We havenât even thought about fighting a Titan.â Serenity said as her Giga ran beside Soddenâs Carcha. âDude. Iâll have to fight that someday to check it off the list. I cannot die. I do not want to lose my levels.â Sodden said. âWell, lucky you can come back at all because people in the C tribe cannot respawn!â Serenity said. âWHAT!? Why didnât you tell me sooner?!â Sodden screamed. âI justâŚâ Serenity said. âThis is a horrible time to tell me this. I cannot fight a Titan! Iâm only Level 26 and this is the only real Titan killer I have! What theâŚâ Sodden said. He looked up and saw smoke coming from the mountainâs base. âWhat the heck?â Serenity said. âI still have creatures to fight. I have to go underwater for the next three creatures. Think you can distract the Titan?â Sodden said. âWe can try to lead it away.â Serenity said. âOkay. We have a plan. Just be careful.â Sodden said. âYou too.â Serenity said. She threw a cryopod at Sodden and he caught it. Sodden nodded and ran towards the shore in the small valley. Serenity kept going towards the base.
When the Carcha stepped a foot into the water, Sodden hopped off and threw the cryopod out into the sea. Then a large Mosasaur came out. Sodden turned around to see his Carcha. âHey, stay here. Iâll be back soon.â He said. The Carcha murmured in agreement. Sodden ran into the water, hopped onto the Mosa, put on the scuba gear, and disappeared into the water.
Serenity arrived to the base to see Teradâs Giga army fighting a Carcha army. The Titanosaur was approaching the castle. âOh, no.â Serenity said. Terad noticed her in the distance. âDude! Leave! I cannot lose you.â Terad said. âYou cannot let your hate towards Rod consume you! You treat your tribe like slaves every time Rod comes. You keep us away. You can get hurt, or even die in this situation! That Titanosaur can destroy us! Focus on now.â Serenity said. âShut up! Just⌠NO!! Stop!â Terad yelled as he jerked his head towards the Titan. He ran to it. âNO! Stop! What about Grease! You love Grease so much! DONâT RISK SUCH A VALUABLE TAME JUST BECAUSE YOU HATE ROD!â Serenity screamed. Terad didnât respond or look back. He kept going towards the Titan to bite it. âStay away from my friends! You have no right to assault myâŚâ Terad said. The Giga bit the Titanâs leg and it screeched in pain. It turned around and looked down at Terad. Then someone walked to the edge of the saddle and looked down. âWell⌠I tried. Goodbye, my friend.â He said. The Titan lifted his feet. The Giga screeched and tried to leave, but Terad stopped him. âNo. We take down this monster together.â Terad said. Then the Titanâs feet came down and caused a huge shockwave that pushed everything and everyone within 400 meters away. The walls behind the Titan immediately exploded and almost all of the Gigas got pushed back. Terad got flung off and Grease got hit directly by the attack. He tumbled down the hill and then collapsed on the ground, unconscious. Terad landed in a bush a few hundred meters from the base.
Sodden rose from the water with a euryptid in the Mosaâs mouth. He put the Mosa in the cryopod and swam to shore. But when he was climbing on the Carcha, he heard a loud boom. The wind pushed Sodden off the Carcha. He stood up, climbed onto his Carcha, and set out towards the base. After a few minutes, he arrived there and saw the entire Giga army knocked down, part of the walls destroyed, and Terad nowhere to be seen. Serenityâs Giga walked up to Sodden. âWhat happened here?â Sodden said. âTerad snapped over Rod because he could not stand him. Then he decided it was a good idea to attack the Titan, something he couldnât do alone. And his rage got his favorite tame almost killed. Part of the wall is broken.â Serenity said. Sodden looked around the field and gasped. The Giga was lying below the Titan, unconscious. There was blood pouring out of its leg. Terad was nowhere to be seen, and the Giga army was down, injured, and unconscious. Then they heard a bush rustle. Then someone ran out of it. He looked around and saw the Titan walking away from the mountain. âTheyâre going back to their base,â Sodden said. âNot under my watch!â Terad yelled. He ran to his hurt Giga and tried to get him to wake up. âHey! This is not the time to lay around! We gotta kill that Reaper-feeder, nightmare bringer that ruined my plans!â Terad yelled. Sodden hopped off and ran to him. âTerad! Snap out of it! Look what you did!â He yelled as he pointed his arm towards the fallen Gigas and the survivors on them. Terad looked around and saw Serenityâs Giga. âOkay. We need to get Rod. Now.â Terad said. He ran to the Giga and hopped on it. He directed the Giga towards the retreating Titan. Sodden got on his Carcha and followed.
After around an hour, the Titan arrived at the Giga mountain. Soddenâs Carcha had a horse and Gali in its mouth. Terad was beside the Carcha, riding Serenityâs Giga. Terad shot a grapple towards the platform saddle and reeled towards it. He climbed on to talk to Rod. Rod immediately turned around and said, âDude. You have to snap out of it. I know there are better ways to deal with rage than this.â Terad didnât respond. He hit Rod off the Titan. He managed to catch Soddenâs Carcha and then climbed on. âOh. Hey, dude.â Sodden said. âTerad, calm down!â Rod yelled. Terad didnât respond. Instead, he jumped onto the Giga and ran down the hill. âDude!â Sodden said. âGive me Rod,â Terad sneered as his Giga turned around and started growling. âI was not in the Ravage! I did nothing to Serenity! I did not hurt her in any way! I did not send in that Carcha army! I only came with them to confront you! I did not hurt her or you or anyone in your tribe! You can shut up about theâŚâ Rod said. He was about to finish the sentence when something consumed the two survivors entirely, ripped them off the Carchaâs back, and pushed the Carcha off the mountain. Everyone gasped. That wasnât C Tribeâs Giga or Rodâs.
That was a wild Giga.
Sodden (Level 26) was killed by a Giganotosaurus (Level 135)!
Rod (Level 11) was killed by a Giganotosaurus (Level 135)!
To be continuedâŚ
-RelatingHen8906
I saw one fly once, the server wasnât even lagging to was literally flying, I saw him fly into the sunset and it was one of my favorite experiences in ark
Me:
Owo that looks cool I wanna tame it
Also me:
*uses like 500 arrows on it*
Me again:
You have tamed a dunkle, lvl 1
Fun fact dunkleosteus is 30 feet long so if the game was realistic mosasaurus was near a dunkleosteusâs size and there name means dunkels bone.I forgot I have a prehistoric fish book somewhere around here but Iâm pretty sure itâs dunkels bone dunkleosteus has zero teeth in itâs mouth there so called teeth are actually armored plates that protect its head and from studying they could bite through a smaller armored fish covered in chain mill
The Obelisk
-Chapter 38-
Forest was panting, gazing at the oozing mess of bug remains. A distant, rueful roar came from deep inside the cave, and then all was silent.
Several Terror birds turned to their kind-mates, checking each other for major wounds. Crimsons chest rose and fell as she breathed in and out, still filled with battling rage. One of her eyes twitched, and he realized there was a long scratch acrossed it.
The whole section of the forest was desertedâall nearby creatures had fled or hidden nearby. But now several birds were flapping down to see the battlefield, their eyes wide.
Spark ran forward and gestured with her head to Crimson, who nodded and hurried over to Forest and Rust.
âEveryone good?â Spark whispered.
âYeah,â Forest said as Rust answered, â a bit.â
âThen letâs get out of here, now!â Crimson snarled under her breath. âCome on.â She headed quietly for the cave and maneuvered around the fallen tree, then climbed up the hill. The others followed.
âWhere are we going?â Forest asked, catching up to her.
âAs far away from those Terror birds as possible!â She said.
âWhy? I thoughtââ
âI saw a threat and acted upon it,â she said slowly, keeping the pace. âSame as that soldier. Doesnât mean weâre getting any reward. theyâll just question us.â
âThe Terror birds are searching the area,â Rust called from farther down. âWeâd better hide.â
They reached the top of the hill where several giant rocks lay on top of each other, with a small redwood tree branching through the gap. It was very pretty.
âOh my gosh!â Spark gasped, thwacking Forest accidentally with her tail. âLook! The Shadowmanes! There they are!â
Forest scanned the landscape to see. Yes! There! He could see several colorful, long bodies trekking through the forest in a large drive. The Pego was right!
Dodo Tales (S3 Ep2)
It was behind them. The voice.
"I- it can't be..." Jerry trailed off.
There was no mistaking it...
It was Jerry's Dodo. Something was off however. Its eyes were glowing a dim purple.
Jerry checked his pockets. Where was the his element? Then it hit him like a ton of bricks. "Did he seriously eat my element?"
Jerry stared at Sergeant.
"Uh..."
The Death worm exploded out of the ground and immediately hurled sergeant into the air at least 15 feet. It grabbed him and pulled him underground so fast sergeant couldn't even scream.
"NOOO-"
Jerry was cut short by a hand grabbing and pulling him with great force. "Shhh"
A voice told him. "Come with me"
"But-"
The mysterious person pushed him hard into a cave. Jerry realized he only knew one person that would do such a thing. "Rick! It's you"
"Shhhh. It's still here" Rick said, starting a fire.
I tamed one when I was a newer player and was swimming back when I was attacked by a plesaaour and my megalodon died and I thought he died as well but I didn't see the message and fast forward two years and he was just sitting in one spot so I swam him back to my base and it took half an hower so slow but ironically it's what saved him
Ultimus Chapter Twenty-Four: How to Tame Your Beast
Erica, Jonathan, Sylas, and Andrew began to walk eastward through the city of Sanctuary, Erica found Sylas and Jonathan in the outdoor kitchen area making tea for everyone else. She tried to get them out of the tent as quickly as possible, but Sylas somehow spilled Andrewâs tea all over himself and had to change. Andrew looked very awkward in that scenario. It was such a weird moment too, it just felt completely off. But now he was acting really weird. He was in the far back of the group when he would probably been somewhere between Jonathan and Andrew, talking to someone. But for some reason, he wasnât. His breathing was very heavy and heaving, and his lips and eyelids seemed to droop yet he seemed wide awake. Andrew noticed it too, Jonathan was too busy looking at the pterosaurs flying above the city to notice. It was starting to worry her to see him in this state. But they had to move, they werenât in a safe place. She and Paul saw those defense units and those other machines and drones that warned the other machines there earlier and she thought they were most likely nearby still.
Erica chuckled as they were getting out of this area. She thought the city would be significantly safer than the protoarks or the wasteland with the defenses of Sanctuary. But with them dealing with crazy defective machines, crocodiles and kapros, spiders, and even rexes. It made her think twice about how safe the city was. But she had her rifle with her, and she couldnât help but notice that Andrew had brought his bow with him. This had her concerned too, but she had to remember that she would give him a chance. Even if heâs carrying a deadly weapon on his belt. She couldnât help but notice his armor too. It wasnât a standard issue Tek of the URE or Terran she knew. It was an older, military-grade Terran Tek. Having thicker armor and more practical parts to it like a belt loop and external pockets. So it had to have been used as those were harder to come by, explaining the marked spots from gunfire. And why he didnât wear a helmet, they were designed with retinal scanners for one-person ownership. So he wouldnât be able to access the suitâs full powers. She worked on one during her last few semesters while working on her PhD in engineering. But for this type of environment to live in, he was wearing some of the best stuff.
They continued moving onward out of the dangerous area and each time she looked back. The worse Sylas was beginning to look. Erica was getting really worried now, he was already looking like he was having a bad time, now he needed to stop before he fell over dead.
âAndrew, you go on ahead for right now. I think weâre gonna stay back and rest for a moment. I believe weâre in a safe enough region now that itâs alright for you to go off ahead of us now. If you see any horses or some sort of creatures that look fast. Come over and tell us.â Erica said, Andrew looked back at her and understood why she was stopping, looking over at Sylas who was hunched over.
âYou sure you donât want me to stay with you?â Andrew asked,
âOr me to go along with him, because I would much prefer to go gather more information on thes-â âI would like you to stay here Jonathan, just to keep me and Sylas company. But you should go, Andrew, no reason for us to hold you back from finding any animals.â Erica said, Andrew nodded softly. Almost disappointed, it almost made her feel bad for saying that he should go.
âOkay, Iâll come back if I find anything.â Andrew said, he walked off ahead of them and went around a building skyscraper to another block of the city. Erica turned around and looked at Sylas.
âNow what's wrong with you now Sylas? Why is your face drooping and heaving? Did you eat narcoberries?â Erica asked, Sylas scoffed in surprise.
âNoe, I only phap onccce.â Sylas slurred
âTHEN WHAT DID YOU DO!!â Erica said, Sylas eye that was open widened.
âI bibnâp bo amyphing. Ponaphan bib ip. He bruggeb Ambrewâs pea wiph bemon.â Sylas slurred again, Erica turned to Jonathan who was pretending not to listen in to this as he was sketching and writing some notes down on the pterosaurs above.
âJonathan.â
âYou know it never occurred to me that there would be more descendants of pterosaurs besides Dimopho-â
âJONATHAN!! WHAT DID YOU DO?â Erica interjected loudly. Jonathan groaned as stared at Erica.
âI didnât put any Titanoboa venom in Andrewâs tea. I was merely irritable with the fact that I had to explain myself again to this newcomer. And that for me entire introduction he couldnât understand.â Jonathan said irritably,
âTHEN WHATâS WRONG WITH SYLAS!?â Erica shouted in a panic.
âOh that, yeah I poisoned his tea with Titanoboa venom.â Jonathan answered. Erica's eyes widened.
âWhy in the name of sanity did YOU DO THIS TO HIM!!!! HE LOOKS LIKE HEâS KNOCKING ON DEATHâS DOOR!!â Erica shouted,
âRelax Erica, it wasnât a lethal dosage. If I wanted to kill him, I couldâve used a crossbow or a knife to the throat. He was just pestering me when making the tea that I couldnât take any more of it. So I put a pinch of boa venom in his tea if he was so afraid of me putting something in someoneâs tea. It might as well be his. Plus it was great fun hearing him suffer back there.â Jonathan said smiling slyly, but this was short-lived. He then gasped in shock as Erica slapped him over the side of the head. She then grabbed the shirt he wore and pulled him in the direction so that he stared into her furious eyes
âWhen we get back and we will, I will make sure you will do every dirty and filthy job back at the base until I find it fit for you to be done with them.â Erica said seething, Jonathan scooted as she held him there.
âIt was only a harmless prank.â Jonathan said, Erica glared at him intensely.
âAnd this âharmlessâ prank could have killed him if one of those enforcers or defense units targeted us!! And we couldâve been injured in the process.â Erica growled as she shoved him back and she helped Sylas sit down and then went off.
âNow where are you going?â Jonathan asked, she turned and scowled at him.
âGetting stimberries for Sylas, like you are going to do too. We need to get him back on his feet at a hundred percent before we go taming some animals. Hopefully, we can get him to their so we can catch up to the new guy. I donât like leaving him out of our sight.â She said, Jonathan groaned as he dragged his feet. He looked back at Sylas who seemed to be getting worse and rolled his eyes.
âShould have not pestered me while I made tea. Good thing you didnât drink mine though. Probably wouldâve died with the amount of poison in it.â He said, Sylas looked up with his one half-opened eye. And he just started blabbering nonsense. Jonathan rolled his eyes.
âJust shut it, you canât do anything as long as the narcotics are in your system. Then Iâll have a comeback for whatever you blurt out once you can speak properly again.â He said as he walked away to find berries.
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Andrew walked through the city alone, he had seen creatures all the time. He wasnât sure if the ones he had seen were the ones they wanted but he had seen horses, though he didnât watch the creatureâs whereabouts when it came to in the city. Only near places in the polluted environments outside the main city did he watch their whereabouts. Which wasnât helpful at this time to him. He had been traveling through the city for who knows how long, he wasnât sure entirely but maybe forty minutes. It was hard for him to judge though. He knew the city like the back of his hand. He heard someone describe their life that their full-time job that gave a check was their part-time job and their real full-time job was being at home with their family. How he would describe his lie is that his full-time life was scavenging Sanctuary and the Wasteland around it. He lived permanently at his old house, yeah, but as he got older, he spent more and more time out there. Trying to look for things that could help him understand what happened to the planet since his time asleep. But he didnât know where the UREâs databank was and while he knew the Earth was dying, from their studies on the effects of the Element in the Earth. It wasnât doing anything like what he saw now. The Earth almost seemed to have tumors growing on it while it tried to die. Almost prolonging itâs death. He needed to know what happened to cause this place.
But that was for later, he needed to find a good âtameâ for traveling. He wasnât sure what to exactly for by that description. He didnât know anything about the dinosaurs roaming around and what had what speeds. His dad probably would have, but not him. So he was just going to find some horses. He knew they were some of the best travel mounts in history. So it was the best option. The trouble would be finding them now, he would have to search the whole city for who knows how long before he would find any. He had no idea where to find them, but he knew how to track footprints, which wouldnât be helpful if he had never seen the foot of the animal he needed to track.
While he continued to walk, he felt like he was being watched again. He genuinely hated this feeling. It didnât start until he started burying Reuben, but it only happened when he was in around the area of Sanctuary. This feeling only grew more as time passed and as he moved on trying to ignore it though he continued to look around for anything yet found nothing. The feeling grew to become the feeling that he was being followed. He continued moving, hoping that this feeling would just pass away with time, but it didnât. He stopped in his tracks and closed his eyes, listening to his surroundings for movement. A twig snapped somewhere behind him. He opened his eyes and looked behind himself, grabbing his bow and activating it as he did to see Erica, Sylas, and Jonathan coming out of the brush. For a moment, panic struck him. Thinking that he would react more than he should. Erica saw that he had his bow gripped in his hand and her eyes seemed to judge him for it. He pursed his lips in self-frustration as he deactivated his bow and latched it back onto his belt.
âIâm⌠sorry. Thought you guys were a predator stalking up on me.â He said,
âUnderstandable, it has been a while since we saw you go off. Once I was feeling good enough. Erica tracked your footprints to find you. She and Freya are really good at that sort of thing.â Sylas said, he did look better. He still was a bit pale and breathing heavily. But he looked like he was doing a lot better since his appearance of knocking on deathâs door.
âYouâre going the wrong way if you're looking for mobile tames. There was a Gallimimus flock not too far away from where we were before.â Erica said monotone, Andrew could tell he did something that made him go backward on the scale. He was pretty sure it was his grabbing the bow.
âI, donât know what those are. Iâm sorry, I probably passed them. I really donât know what creatures are good for traveling.â Andrew said, Jonathan chuckled.
âThen how were you going to find a good travel mount if you Donnâs whatâs good for traveling?â He said in a condescending voice.
âWell horses are still good, right? Paul mentioned them, and Iâve seen them in history books and some movies before. I have seen them here too. That makes them more practical to tame.â Andrew retorted calmly, Jonathan rolled his eyes.
âTT, Un tel petit malin enfant .â He said condescendingly. Sylas stepped ahead of him and smiled at Andrew.
âYeah, they are still good. Not as good as Gallimimus but horses are a load more fun.â Sylas said smiling.
âEquus, not. Ugh.â Jonathan huffed. Erica sighed.
âAlright, Paul and I saw some a couple of days ago west of our camp. I would prefer Gallimimus but I guess EQUUS are alright. If we want to get them as quickly. I suggest we start backtracking as soon as possible. Sylas did you bring any rockarrots?â She asked coldly, Sylas smiled as he raised his left hand, and grabbed something from his implant. A handful of carrots appeared from thin air and Sylas showed Erica smiling.
âI never go anywhere without any.â
âGood, now since thatâs been settled. Letâs get movingâ She said, Sylas and Jonathan took the lead for the moment going back to where they came from. Andrew walked next to Erica.
âHey, Iâm sorry about pulling my-â âDoesnât matter. Letâs just make good time on finding those equus fast. We already wasted time going in this direction.â She said as she walked off. Andrew stood there for a moment to himself. He sighed. He needed to be less on guard near these people to gain their trust. He looked down at himself, at the two weapons strapped to his belt. He grabbed his bow and activated it, he went to the categories of arrows and chose the narcotic gas arrows then deactivated it and strapped it back to his belt. He still felt like he was being watched, but now he just thought it was his head messing with him. He needed to gain these peopleâs trust, and being paranoid would probably not help him. He quickly ran off to catch up with the others.
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Erica and the others started backtracking and making progress to where she and Paul saw the Equus. Andrew had got ahead of her and was annoying Jonathan with questions about the animals here. Sylas was walking next to her at an awkward pace as he was still slower than her or the others. He kept looking at her funny, though she pretended to ignore it for the longest time. But then he sorta nudged her arm with his elbow.
âWhat was that back there?â Sylas asked cautiously, Erica looked at him irritatedly for a moment.
âNothing.â
âI donât think it was nothing.â He said,
âIt was.â
âErica,-â
âDonât.â
âWhy were so harsh with him back there?â
âBecause I donât trust him, thatâs why. He has one of the most dangerous weapons from my era and he doesnât seem to be saying much about his life.â She blurted quietly,
âNeither do you Erica, yet we trust you. And the weapons are just for protection, just like your gun Erica.â Sylas said, Erica hushed him. Then she pointed up ahead.
âNot when Iâm from Sylas, these weapons were used to kill on the battlefield.â She said in a hushed tone,
âAll weapons are made to kill, Erica. You just donât trust anyone.â He said quietly, she looked at him irritatedly.
âIf you lived in my shoes Sylas. You wouldnât either. So quit pushing it.â She said in a hushed tone.
âBut-â Sylas was interrupted by Erica staring at him intensely. He stayed quiet after this, he really didnât want to aggravate her more on it.
Erica thought to herself about what Sylas said though, she knew she was being harsh on Andrew. But she just didnât trust him. With a weapon in hand, it just made it harder to trust him. She still wanted to give him that chance to earn her trust, but the weapons were going to make it harder for him to do so.
They continued walking for some time, passing loads of good travel mounts trying to find these stupid horses. She shouldâve just stopped fooling around with this mission and just tamed whatever was closest to them. Time was not their ally in this world, she knew the longer they took. The harder it would be to fight this place. And understanding the dangers of unrefined Element would make this a lot harder of a challenge than the Ark they were one. Especially if it was infecting creatures.
âErica.â Jonathan said, Erica looked up at him and he pointed to something up ahead. She walked up to him and saw Equus. A herd of them grazing in the streets of the long-forgotten city.
âFinally, letâs get these guys and get out. We need to prepare to find the main access terminal for the Reseeding.â She said.
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Andrew stood there as they scouted the animals, they pulled out these small telescopes from the implants they had and started looking at the animals in front of them. He was kind of nervous about this. He could see about twenty horses out there with stripes that were similar to the old untamed horse species he couldnât remember the names of, a good portion of them being quite large. Though from the photos he saw, they werenât much bigger than the ones from then.
âSo which one are you two picking, I think I want the tan one. It looks really nice and will probably tame easy too.â Sylas said smiling, Jonathan looked at him as usual
âTT, typical. Choosing a weaker one than a stronger and more experienced one. If anything you should have picked the grey one. Itâs more experienced and aged.â
âAnd it will tackle more time. Erica wants to get this done quickly. So the tan one is a better choice. And you know Iâm not good at breaking one too. And why did you describe an animal like a drink? Thatâs just weird.â Sylas said, Jonathan glared at him.
âHe has a point though. The grey equus is more experienced and is older. And while Sylas is right that it would be more difficult, itâs worth the effort.â She said, Sylas looked over at Andrew with a smile.
âWhatâs your pick Andy?â he said, Erica kinda gave a glance at Sylas. Andrew smiled at Sylas kindly.
âAndrew if itâs okay, I donât like Andy; and Iâm not sure. I canât tell the difference between them like you guys can.â He said as he stared off to the herd and tried to decide which one he wanted. He spotted a black one in the crowd of others, itâ head shaking up and down. Its mane was fairly long and had for some reason a beard. Its grey stripes gave it an aged look, though its black hair shined like it was young. Andrew pointed to it.
âI think I am going for the black one there.â He said, the others looked at him with concern. He raised an eyebrow as they remained silent at his choice.
âWhat? Whatâs wrong?â Andrew asked.
âThatâs a Stallion, he looks like the largest and most experienced of the Stallions here too. Which means heâs going to be a tough and long tame. But hey, if you get bucked off and die. Weâll make sure to bury you properly.â Jonathan said with a sly grin on his face, Andrew gave him a mild smile.
âThank you, I thinkâŚâ Andrew said, Erica punched Jonathan in the shoulder, hard enough that he said something in French and rubbed that spot.
âDonât listen to him, youâll be fine. Just be careful while doing it and time the feeds just right. Youâll be fine with it if you do.â Erica said, Andrew's eyes widened.
âUh, feeds? And why do I have to be careful? Isnât this a knockout tame?â Andrew asked, Sylas bit his lip.
âUh⌠sadly no. This tame has to be up and active to tame it. Specifically, you have to break it like a horse, like ride on its back and feed it when itâs trying to buck you off. All while you have no control over where it goes. Itâs actually really fun.â Sylas said, Andrew looked at Sylas with concern.
âOh, funâŚâ he said with a worried look on his face. He really should have gone with the dinosaur that she mentioned earlier.
âWell, I think our new friend just volunteered to take the first ride. Sylas, would you like to give him the rockarrots?â Jonathan said with a grin. Sylas glared.
âJonathan, thatâs not right for anyone to do. If anyone should go, it shou-â âItâs fine. Iâll try this taming thing now and see what mistakes I make afterward.â Andrew said interjecting. Jonathan smiled, and Sylas looked over at Erica who just shrugged.
âGive him the strange carrots Sylas.â She said, Sylas handed Andrew about twenty carrots or so and nodded to him.
âThrow this in front of the animal when it starts bucking. It distracts it for a moment. Good luck out there.â Sylas said, Andrew nodded as he took the vegetables and took a step forward.
âMake sure to stay low to the ground when approaching them. Throw the carrot in front of the animal you want to tame and then make a dash for its back. Itâll start bucking immediately so have your second carrot ready.â Erica said just before he took his next step. He looked back and smiled with another nod.
âThank you.â
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Andrew crouched his way through the long grass to the stallion he wanted, it hadnât yet noticed him getting closer to him thanks to the long grass, which was a relief but also the way he wanted to keep it. The stallion was about twenty or thirty feet away from Andrew and moving around a fair amount, it would take forever for Andrew to get close enough to it without getting spotted. He thought of an idea though to get around this. He continued forward, he knew he probably wouldnât succeed in getting close enough without distracting it. He threw some carrots up ahead of him about ten or so feet. Spooking the horses at first, it slowly grabbed their attention with the black stallion leading to find out what it was. He cautiously strutted his way to the carrots, his nose flaring as he sniffed the area around the carrots. Once he found the carrots and realized it was food, he started grazing on it. Andrew could hear the carrots getting crunched by the animal as its head hung low in the tall grass.
Andrew took this as his moment. He crawled up to the horse, stood up, and jumped on the horseâs back. The horse reared up and bolted, Andrewâs eyes widened as he held in for dear life as the creature ran uncontrollably through the city streets. The other horses bolted too, but everything else was blurred to him. He couldnât see anything around him, only in front of himself and the horse. He couldnât see or feel the horse turned back the way it came. Andrew held on for dear life to the mane and carrots that were still in his hands. Why was he holding onto carrots in this situation?! But he was too afraid to ease his grip, then the animal stopped dead in its tracks. Andrew hit his head against the animal's neck as he started bucking. Andrewâs brain went blank until he remembered he had to throw a carrot down in front of it. He threw one down in front of the horse and instantly the horse calmed down and started eating the carrot. Andrew took a moment to look at his surroundings to see that he wasnât that far away from the survivors. They waved at him and seemed to be getting close enough to stay in sight of him. Once the horse was done eating, it bolted once again. As Andrew held on, he thought that this wouldnât be so bad.
Time passed as the horse did this same thing several times over, and Andrew was getting really good at doing this he thought. He was barely letting the horse Buck before he threw a carrot down and soothed it. He would take a quick look around just before the animal bolted again to see where he was and noticed the animal usually stayed in the near vicinity of where he first jumped on the horse. He could even still see the survivors in sight and even the horses that had bolted earlier in the distance. He also noticed how smooth it was riding on the horse when it wasnât bucking. He expected it to be bumpy or rough. But it was surprisingly smooth and almost like he was floating.
The horse started bucking again and Andrew gave it another carrot. The animal was again soothed, he took another glance around again like normal. He saw the survivors and waved at them. The animal again bolted and Andrew grabbed the mane of the horse and he realized he had no more carrots on hand. Andrew had a couple more handfuls in his right-hand pocket. He took his right hand off the mane and started reaching for his pocket when the horse came to a dead stop and started bucking again. Andrew groaned in frustration as the jostling made Andrew want to grab the mane again and was making it hard for him to reach his pocket. The animalâs bucking was getting harder with each moment he didnât feed it. He tried reaching for his pocket again but the bucking was getting too hard for him. The horse then reared up and screamed before it bucked its hardest. Andrew got thrown off near the stallion, he looked up before he saw a flash of light.
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Erica's eyes widened in fear as she saw Andrew get kicked in the head by the stallion and drop to the ground. She watched for a moment more as she saw Sylas and Jonathan bolt over to him through the chest-high grass as the stallion ran off to the rest of the herd. She wasnât expecting him to fall and get kicked. He was doing so well. What happened? He had been doing pretty good for keeping the horse from bucking so much for the past hour. Why did he let the stallion buck him so hard? She finally got up quickly and ran over to the three of them. Andrew had landed on a clearing in the grass where the pavement still held on. Sylas was panicking over the body and Jonathan was checking him out. He had no medical training, but he knew how to check if someone was dead.
âWhatâs going on Jonathan?! Is he alive?â Erica asked, she was slightly concerned that Paul would be angry at her for killing their newest member. Jonathan looked up, he looked relieved but tried to play it off.
âHeâs alive, that's all I know though so far. We need to head back though, he could be severely injured.â Jonathan said, Erica sighed in relief.
âWe will. But we need to tame some travel mounts. Jonathan, I need you to go finish taming Andrew's horse. And Sylas, go tame your horse. Iâll stay with him to make sure he doesnât die. Iâll tame my horse once you guys have your horses and return to camp with him.â Erica said,
âAye aye!!â Sylas saluted smiling, while Jonathan seemed irritated but simply nodded his head.
âThat was a good horse, itâs gonna take a little more time for it to gain our trust after bucking him.â Jonathan said,
âItâs better than taming a new one for him. Just get it done Jonathan.â She said, Jonathan did a very arrogant bow right before he gestured to Sylas for rockarrots, Sylas smirked as he gave him a pile of rcokarrots. The two walked off in separate directions. Leaving Erica by herself.
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Sylas was getting close to the herd, he could hear the noises of the equus. The herd was more wary after Andrewâs attempt. He always felt he either got the short end of the stick or failed at his jobs. He suddenly remembered that he never finished the droids. He started stomping his feet in frustration that he forgot. How could he forget to do such a simple task!! They needed those to gather resources. Otherwise, they would have to continuously work out there. He was so ashamed of himself, that he could never seem to do right. All he did was make mistakes. He wanted to do something right for change, the last time he felt like he did this, was with sending them to Earth when Erica gave him the coordinates or when he first met them six or seven months ago. He just wished that he couldâŚ
He heard a T.rexâs call coming from the distance. Though it didnât sound quite right. Sylas couldnât care less though. He started bolting as fast as he could in a direction away from the herd. He could only think of running, he was so worried about the T.rex that could be near him that he didnât see a branch in his path. He tripped and crashed on the ground. He heard the roar again only louder, he panicked and turned his head to look behind himself. He didnât see anything. He quickly turned his head back and got up. He then noticed a peculiar creature. It looked like Parasaur, but it didnât have the same headgear. It had similarities to the one that crushed berries into seeds, Iguanadon was it? Anyway, it was too big and fat to be one of those. Suddenly a frog-like crocking skin appeared on its neck and two on its nose and it bellowed as though it was a T.rex. Sylas looked at it in confusion. It definitely wasnât a T.rex, thatâs for sure. It was eating grass and berries. What was this thing? Then Sylas smiled with an idea forming as he grabbed some kibble out of his implant. If he canât know what it is now, heâll just have Jonathan help him.
He threw some kibble in front of the creature and lay quietly in the tall grass. He heard the animal sniff as it tried tracking down the kibble it could smell. Once it did finally find the kibble. It started barking like a raptor before chowing down on the kibble with excitement. Sylas pumped his fist and smiled so excitedly at his discovery. It was a passive tame. He was so happy that he didnât have to beat or shoot the creature to death to tame it. But his enthusiasm was short-lived as he heard raptors calling back, the dinosaur heard it too. It started trotting or waddling away from the area as four raptors replaced the strange creature in its place. Sylas lay there in sheer fear as the raptors walked around him unaware, he felt himself relieve himself right then and there. He opened up his inventory and grabbed two things one was a stack of meat, the other was a flare gun. He threw the meat as far as he could. The meat fell to the ground with a thud fifty or so feet away from the raptors. The raptors looked up with enthusiasm and went searching for whatever made that noise. Sylas sat there for a moment until he heard the raptors start scarfing down the meat. He shot up and aimed the flare gun at the raptors, he knew he couldnât hit a target if his life depended on it. But he could hit the ground in front of them easily. He shot the flare and the raptors screeched as the flare landed on the ground fifteen feet away from them and blocked Sylas out of their view. He bolted out there, and when he felt he was out of sight and mind of the raptors he stopped. He never felt so invigorated in his life, and once he changed his pants. He was going to continue trying to tame that Qurupeco of a creature.
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Erica stood there in front of the unconscious man. He almost looked like he was sleeping soundly. Though she knew he could be on deathâs door as she thought of this. She felt bad for treating him so harshly, and she was somewhat worried about him. But she just couldnât trust him. Not yet, and most certainly like the others could. She sat down right next to him and she stared at him for a moment, he looked peaceful. His face was rugged and warn, he looked a bit older than twenty-three. But to be fair, if he had been living in this world since he was eleven and was alone. He wouldâve had to grow up quickly to survive this world, especially this world. She sat back on her hands as she thought about what he had told them and thought it through.
âGeez, how did you keep It together for all this time?â She said, she knew he wasnât all that good mentally too. He did ask if they were real and was talking to animals as though they were people. But if he had been alone for twelve years since he was a kid, how was he so stable? Stared at his face while he lay there. He looked very peaceful, which Erica was kind of envious of. How could he look so peaceful in his sleep when he lived in such a hopeless world? An absolutely hopeless world.
Her mind slowly began to wander from his words and how bad his life was to how much she changed when she was younger. She remembered she was so hopeful. She had so much hope in saving this world as a child. She remembered how she disappointed her parents by not wanting to follow in their footsteps to go into the Federation but instead the âCPU-heads and Cyber-hippiesâ and laughed about it with her friend. But she had hope then in saving this world, and saving humanity along the way. But she was no longer that person. She no longer had hope for humanity or this world. She looked back at Andrew, she sighed to herself as she stared at his warn Federation armor and weapons he carried. Maybe he wasnât as peaceful as she thought he was if he had to wear the armor constantly. Maybe he was terrified of what this place was just as much as she was. She would try harder to give him the chance to earn her trust. But she still couldnât trust him.
She noticed how quiet the area had gotten, the birds had stopped chirping and the insects had become quiet. She stood up and grabbed her rifle off her back. She kept the stock of the rifle close to her shoulder, she wasnât sure if it was a weather change or something else. But she knew it could mean there was a predator nearby. She quickly checked to see if there was a bullet inside. And there was. She looked around, surveying her surroundings. She couldnât see much through the chest-high grass around the clearing they were in. She held the rifle to her shoulder and looked down the sights of it. She noticed compys scurrying out of the long grass to her left. They werenât looking for food, they were running away from something. She turned to her left, aiming her rifle in that direction and controlling her breathing as she did. At first, she didnât see anything. But as she looked more closely into the field of grass. She noticed an arc of black that was poking out of the grass. She aimed and fired. The animal moaned with death as she heard a thud. She killed it, and the animal sounded like a big cat. She wanted to go check to see what it was, but she heard the growling. She looked to the right of her and saw something in the grass began to rush her. She loaded a tranquilizer dart and shot the animal below the shoulders. The animal howled but continued running at her, she loaded another dart in and shot again hitting the animal in the head as it lunged at her. She rolled out of the way of the animalâs lunge landing on her knees. She looked up to see what it was. A sabertooth cat, a large and battle-experienced one. Scars all over its snout and body. The animal growled and snarled at Erica, it swung its paw in a false attack as it began to pace drunkenly back and forth. Erica smirked, seeing that the darts were taking quick effect.
âOnly one moreâ she thought as she grabbed another dart. The cat then charged her, she quickly rolled again, landing on her knees again, and immediately stood up as she loaded the new dart into the gun. She held it against her shoulder as she looked around to see nothing. The animal was gone, but she didnât think it was torpor running. It was going for a different approach, ambushing. She took a moment to think if she should switch to a lethal round, but why waste a perfectly good travel mount that you already shoved two darts into? She heard the growling of the cat and aimed in that direction, the animal roared as it began to charge though not keeping in a straight line. She aimed and fired. The dart hit the animal in the neck just next to the head, the animal roared intensely and charged at her, but the animal was so drugged it didnât seem like it would even reach her. She lowered her rifle and her guard, thinking that the animal would go down. But the animal had other plans. As the animal's charge began to slow down, it leaped at her in a last attempt before passing out midair.
Ericaâs amber eyes widened with fear as the unconscious body flew at her, she had no time to react as the body slammed into her and forced her down to the ground. She lay there, with her breath knocked out and dazed as the body fell on top of her. The weight was overbearing and she yelled out in pain as she felt her body begin to bruise and her ribs get knocked out of place. She couldnât have this pressure on her anymore she shoved the body of the big cat off her and lay there for a moment, pain riddled her chest and she was having a hard time breathing, but she knew that would subside. At least enough for her to get back to Paul to diagnose her. Tears ran down her cheek as she gasped for air. She felt like a little kid when she cried, she hated feeling like a kid. She decided she was going to lay there for a time to let her lungs reinflate and let the pain subside, but once she was able to get up, she was going to slaughter several young dodos and carve up the other saber for meat to feed the unconscious feline next to her. She looked over at the fiendish creature she knocked out, its grey coat was glossy and clean looking extremely healthy with its slight mane. But she couldnât help but hate the animal at the moment, she bit her lip in pain and anger as she stared at the cat.
âA#%$*&@!!â
