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I actually tamed one of these on accident. I had built a trap for taming a Trike and when searching for one to agro I got jumped at by a Thyla and freaked out and ran to my base but the beast just jumped right into my trap. After that it was easy to knock him out with my tranqs. I named him Cole btw, he was a great guy. But just like any story about your perfect pet on ark.... you lose them. We were on a metal run and I was taking him because he can jump far. When I saw some metal I got off and started hitting it but suddenly I got attacked by 3 terror birds and Cole jumped right off a cliff to catch one. Normally these guys can survive a fall but after saving me from the terror bird he had fallen into a swamp :( . Instantly he was ambushed by a Kapro and two Sarcos. He fought well and killed the first Sarco but in the end he died. I have a gravestone at my old base which reads “ here lies a great frienship that came about by what seems to have been chance but was the invisible connection between him and his soon to be owner that would spend so much time together and still be protecting his beloved friend to his death.” RIP Cole 😰😥😭
This valiant Thyla who life was so unfair to. I just wish I had more time to tell him how much he meant to me. 😟
i once had a Thyla called Mango. Mango was light orange with brown stripes. Then I found a black female thyla who had rlly good stats. I built a zoo at that time and I had them all on wandering to make it realistic but I forgot to neuter my thylas… now mango and nyx (the black one) have millions of children. (They had triplets) I named them Orange, Banana and Maple Syrup. I love my triplets and my Thylas. So once the triplets grew up, I took Maple Syrup on a trip to my friend’s base across the ocean. My Wyvern dropped them in the ocean and they got attacked by a megalodon and killed. R.I.P Maple Syrup. 1 like = 1 flower for Maple Syrup.
Me and my friend started a server. We managed to clutch tame a 162 thyla. After she nearly attacked or knocked out carno. After dealing with 2 golems we finally got her tamed. We named her queen. She was a champ... We loved her. She helped us defeat the ice queen on rag several times. Thyla blood op am i right. We used her on the golem boss. We defeated it.... As we were leaving.... I was jumping a gap of lava.... A lag spike hit rubber banding me back... She fell into the lava... She gave her life so i could grapple to safety.... We have a grave set up for her on her favourite spot.... She leaves us with her children... Mutated thylas named ruby shade and topaz..
Shell forever remaim in our hearts and minds... Rest in peace queen our best friend....
The Riddles of The Phoenixes
The Lost World
Chapter twenty four:Blindness
Drums thump in a synchronized beat. Warm wind blows like hot breath. The soft sound of bells ringing echoed through the air. A childish giggle echoes across the meadow.
The grass waves in the wind. A woman stands in the middle of it. Her green eyes narrowed with confusion. A small girl danced in front of her, her green eyes twinkling and her black hair waving in the wind.
“Look!! Look what I can do!!” The little girl giggled, spinning around in a wide circle and dancing across the meadow. “Don’t do that!!” The young woman called. “You’ll get hurt!!” The little girl laughed. “Come dance with me!”
The young woman stared with confusion at the girl who was dancing back up to her. The girl put her small hands into the woman’s “Come. Dance with me. Dancing makes everything better.” A tear slid down the woman’s face and she sank down to the child’s letter.
“I-I can’t.” She cried. The wind spun around, whispering echoing through the fog and the bells ringing louder. The child put her hands on the woman’s tear soaked face.
“I know you can. Let go. It’s easier to forgive then it it to forget. I know you can do it.” The girl whispered, backing off into the fog. “Wait! Don’t leave me!! I don’t know how!!” The woman cried. But the girl was gone. Just like everyone else.
The bells were much louder now and a familiar tune drifted in and out of the rhythm of the bells. The same story. The same song. The same story. The same song. The same story. The same song. *RING DONG!!!!* *RING DONG!!!!* *RING DONG!!!!*
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“Rowan?! ROWAN!!!” Cedric bellowed loudly, snapping Rowan out of a daze. Her head shot up and she glared at him. “What?! Are you TRYING to break my ear drums?!” She snapped. “I called you’re name like fifteen times. Are you okay??” Cedric asked. Rowan rolled her eyes. “Ugh whatever. I’m fine.”
They kept walking in silence. Oliver led the group, pushing his glasses up every five seconds nervously. “According to my calculations, we should arrive at the dome in….precisely four days.” He said.
Elayne gave a loud sigh. “Ugh that will take foreeeeeeverrr.” She whined. “It’s not that long!” Liv said from where she was perched on Cedric’s wide shoulders.
“That’s the spirit.” William said, while yawning. Rowan rolled her eyes. “I’m really surprised that William’s not dead yet. So lazy.” Sunny said, as if reading Rowan’s thoughts. “And Kannon.” Rowan muttered under her breath.
They both turned in unison to stare at the mute boy. He was walking in the back of the group, staring up towards the sky. Rowan snorted and looked away. Sunny fixed her attention back on William, her amber brown colored eyes watching him carefully.
“Ooh look a shooting star! Make a wish!” Elayne exclaimed, pointing toward the sky. Sure enough a small speck shot across the sky. Rowan scoffed. “That’s probably a meteorite.” She said. Oliver pushed his glasses back. “Actually all “shooting stars” are meteorites.”
Rowan raised a eye brow at him. “I know this, nerd!” Oliver put his head down and shuffled his feet nervously. Cedric clapped him on the back, chuckling. “Ahh don’t mind her, Oliver. At least she didn’t call you something else. Nerd isn’t that bad. It isn’t like Dummy or Stupid.” Cedric said.
“Or Idiot.” Liv added. “Or Weirdo.” William continued. “Or Useless.” Elayne chimed in. “Or-”
“SHUT UP!!!!” Rowan roared. “I already have a headache and you lunatics aren’t helping.”
The other went silent, most of them snickering under their breath. “Or Fox.” Sunny giggled. Rowan glared at her. “I said shut up!” She hissed. The other stared at her. “What?!” She snapped. They looked away.
“Ugh I can’t wait to get home and away from her. Such a diva.” Elayne muttered, tossing her hair primly. Cedric snorted. Rowan set her jaw with anger.
Cedric yawned, scratching the top of his head. He shifted Liv around on his shoulders and glanced back at Rowan. Her eyes were darting back and forth anxiously and looked like she was muttering foul insults under her breath.
Kannon walked right behind her. Rowan’s blue eyes lifted for a fraction of a second and met Cedric’s in a narrowed stare. Her eyes narrowed with disgust and she looked away.
“What’s her problem?” Cedric wondered in his mind. William whistled as they walked, limping along behind Oliver who led the group. Elayne tripped along beside him, constantly muttering about how she hated this place and tripping over roots and tree branches and other “hidden” things and creatures.
A soft humming came from someone in their group but Cedric was unable to tell who it was. It was a strange tune that he had never heard before. Cedric shivered and shook his head.
Cedric looked backwards. Kannon had stopped moving, his eyes scanned the trees. “Kannon? Helloooo earth to Kannon??” Cedric called. Kannon didn’t move. “Hey. Kannon? You okay?” Oliver asked. They all stopped and stared at Kannon.
Rowan’s foot tapped with impatience. “Come on! We don’t have time for this!” She growled. “Kannon?” William asked. Kannon’s eyes switched to them. He brought his finger to his mouth and then cupped it behind his ear. They all went silent. Cedric could still hear someone humming but he ignored it.
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Emma ran her fingers down the small cup that was now empty. She tried focusing on the patterns of the cup. Trying to see it in her mind’s eye. If she could see a simple pattern on a object then she could see less simple things that were more important.
She traced the pattern. Over and over until she began to see it. She inhaled rhythmically, trying to see more than what was in front of her. Dark shapes, humans, lurked in her vision. Blackness. Shadows. Why couldn’t she see more?
“Aunt Emma?” A voice suddenly asked. Emma snapped out of the vision. It was Erin’s voice. “Hey darling. What is it?” Emma asked gently, pushing away her annoyance at being interrupted “I’m cold.” Erin said. “The house is so cold.”
Emma smiled softly and cocked her head. “Why not go get a blanket then?” She asked. Erin giggled. “I’ll go do that.” Emma listened as Erin trotted loudly down the hall.
Emma sighed, wrapping her hands around the cup again. She pulled away quickly. The cup was ice cold now. “What the-” Emma’s head shot up, she cocked it to the side. A soft sound. Like a feather falling.
What was there? Something or someone was in the room. “Hello?” Emma called nervously. She stood to her feet. “Who’s there?! Jay this better not be you.”
She heard the soft sound again.
WATCH OUT!!!!!
A voice suddenly screamed in Emma’s brain. Out of pure instinct Emma leapt backward. A whoosh swished in front of her where she’d just been standing. “Who’s there?” Emma demanded.
A giggle echoed across the room. “Hello Emma. Long time no see.” The voice said. “Who are you?” Emma said. “I’ve never heard you before.” The person remained silent.
“I may not be able to see normally but I can still see you in my own way.”
The voice laughed. “Ahh yes. I forgot. You can’t see. And thanks to me you won’t be able to see “the other way” either.” A cold gust of wind hit Emma suddenly in the face. She gasped as something locked around her throat.
It felt like a hand but it was rougher and it’s nails were sharp and dug into her throat, drawing blood. “Tell me Emma. Do you want to see death?” The voice giggled. “I can see you just fine. Thank you very much.” Emma coughed.
The grip tightened around Emma’s throat. “Oh i see. You’re not afraid of death. Bc you think your silly little medallion will protect you, ehh?”
“Well it won’t protect you from me..” Something suddenly hit Emma’s chest where her medallion rested. It was cold and painful. It sunk into the medallion and through her chest. Emma groaned in pain and tried to pull backwards.
The attacker laughed cruelly. “I’ll ask you again. Do you want to see death Emma?”
Emma gritted her teeth, refusing to answer. Something cold pressed against Emma’s forehead. A flash of light filled her vision, painfully cutting at her eyes. Then shadows began to lurk everywhere she turned.
Her attacker still laughed and was muttering under their breath. And suddenly…everything came into view. Emma could see everything.
The attacker let go of her. Something hung from Emma’s neck. Her medallion. A White crystalish substance had cracked the surface of it. Emma could feel where it had touched her chest, inhaling deeply. She could see…normally? But couldn’t feel anything, she felt numb, unable to see the past or anything that might be about to happen.
The attacker smiled softly, their bright eyes glimmering. They licked their lips. “Now nothing can stand in my way.” It said, it’s mouth barely moving as it spoke. “What. Are. You.” Emma gasped. She leaned against the floor, blinking at the dazzling lights that hit her eyes.
The attacker watched her, its eyes flickering with delight. “Who. Are. You.” Emma wheezed once more. “You’ll know soon enough. And by the way…say hi to Andrew for me.” Then suddenly with a quick lunge the attacker hit Emma and everything went black.
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Emma awoke a few minutes later. She was lying on her back, facing the ceiling. Something warm and wet dripped from her neck. Emma reached for it with a limp hand and dipped her finger in it before holding it up to her face.
It was a thick red liquid. Blood. Emma dropped her hand back to her side, still squinting at the light. The attacker was gone. Black clouds dipped in and out of her vision.
Small footsteps pattered down the hall. “Aunt Emma I can’t find my—” Erin, for that was who it was, stopped. She ran to Emma’s side. “Aunt Emma!! Are you okay?!” Erin exclaimed. Emma smiled weakly as more blood began to gush from her neck. She coughed, wincing from pain.
“I’ll be right back!! I’ll get help!” Erin told her, running from the room quickly. “Emma.” A man’s voice whispered. Emma turned her head to the side slightly. A man with sandy blonde hair and beard and forest green eyes watched her, his skin lightly tanned and his nose slightly lumpish.
Emma blinked and he was gone. “Emma!!!” A high pitched scream echoed. Emma immediately recognized her sister’s high pitched voice. Josephine collapsed at Emma’s side, her face pale and slightly wet from tears from earlier.
Her hazel eyes were bloodshot and new tears gathered underneath them. “Josephina.” Emma said, unable to speak any louder than a whisper. “What happened? And your eyes..it’s gonna be okay right Emma?
“Right?! This can be fixed! We need to-to get Nora!! She can help Emma! Or the medallion!” Josephine said, her voice raising its pitch even higher as she grew more hysterical. Emma rested her hand limply on top of her sister’s. She could feel the blood in her body slowly draining.
This was more painful then a quick death. This was intentionally laid out so it would be long and suffering. “Who did to you?” Josephina said. Emma inhaled slowly. “I don’t. Know. I can’t see them. And now I can’t see. Anything. I’m….blind.”
Josephina’s brow furrowed with worry. “Guards!! Send for Nora!!! Quickly!!” She screeched. There was no answer. The castle was relatively empty so to search teams and such looking for Willow and Camille. Brutus nudged Josephine’s arm with his nose. “I’ll go.” He said, then ran off.
Emma tightened her grip around Josephina’s hand. “It’s too late, sister. The deed has been done.” Emma whispered. “NO! No no no no no not again!! You can’t leave me Emma! Please!!” Josephina begged, sobbing.
Emma went back to facing the ceiling, hiding the tears that were coming in her own eyes. Not for her. But for Josephina. For her family. For those who needed her.
“Would you like to see death, Emma?” The voice echoed. Emma let go of Josephina’s hand briefly and reached for her medallion. With a quick yank Emma pulled the old trinket from her neck. She pressed it into Josephina’s hand, though it was soaked with blood.
Josephina’s eyes widened. Emma swallowed as a lump of blood filled her mouth, trying to speak. “Don’t-don’t cry for me Josephina.” Emma gasped. “Cry for those who will die if we don’t end this. That attacker, that lurks in the dark,—find them.
“They travel. Searching for its prey. Once it latches down on it…it’s all over.” Emma stopped, going into a fit of coughing. She rolled over to face Josephina, but still squeezing her hand, coughing up blood. It splattered all over Josephina and little Erin.
Erin clung to Josephina, her eyes wide with fear. “Please don’t go Aunt Emma! Mommy said I have to protect you!” She cried, latching unto Emma and hugging her.
A shard of pain hit Emma and she breathed in. She stroked her niece’s head gently but her eyes were locked on Josephina. “Remember to..” Emma stopped Mid-sentence. Tears rolled down her face and she smiled softly before going still, her eyes still on Josephina.
Josephina buckled over in pain and grief. “Emma!!!!” She sobbed, hugging her limp lifeless sister to her chest. “Don’t leave me!!! I can’t lose you too!! Please!! Emma I need you!!”
Erin cried softly in the corner. Heavy footsteps ran down the hall. Brutus charged in, Nora behind him, looking weary, along with Jay and Sylvia. “We’re here! Had to take a portal and—” Jay stopped. Sylvia grasped his arm to steady herself. Nora leaned down beside Emma. Her medallion lit up, a vibrant purple.
She held her hands over Emma. Slowly the blood melted away and the wound in Emma’s neck healed. But Emma did not move. Nora shook her head sadly and turned to Josephina. “I’m sorry. But my abilities only heal surface wounds. They can’t heal death. Nothing can, I’m afraid.”
Journey Chapter 19
Coal was confused, he had been carried for an hour by this creature. It was grunting as it carried him away from the castle. “Where are you taking me, I need to go back!!” Coal shouted, the creature didn’t hesitate. “Let me go!!!! I am the prince of the late Emperor Avalanche!” Coal shouted again, the creature still didn’t hesitate.
He was carried for a while long until the creature went down a tunnel and dropped him when they reached the end of the tunnel. “Finally, now what was your idea of taking me from my ho-. Bramble??” Coal said in shock, sure enough it was Bramble and he had taken Coal to his home.
“Well it’s good to see you too. At least I could get a thank you for saving your life.” Bramble said, Coal chuckled irritatedly.
“My father just died in front of me Bramble!! I’m sorry but I don’t see you ‘saving’ me when my people needing me the most as something I should thank you for. If anyone why didn’t you save my father!!” Coal said.
“Oh well, Sorry for saving your life then, you were just about to hit with a blast of ice and I didn’t want to see another person I know die.” Bramble said angrily, Coal lowered his head.
“Thank you.. for saving me.” He squawked.
“Well you’re welcome. I’m sorry about your father Coal.”Bramble said.
“Thank you. What were you doing over there when Fenrisulfr came though?” Coal asked,
“Well a friend of ours and the Five said that he saw Fenrisulfr come out of the Bifrost and saw him go eastward. And he told me to go and warn you and your father about it, but when I got there. I was too late.” Bramble said.
“Who was this friend?” Coal asked, “That.. would have been me.” A voice said. Coal turned to see someone who he didn’t recognize, a carnotaurus.
Coal continued to look at the carnotaurus to see if he could recognize him to again to make sure he wouldn’t make a fool of himself.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t think I know you. Who are you?” Coal asked.
“Oh, my name is Basil.” The carno said, “And how do yo-. Your name is Basil?” Coal said surprised.
“Yeah?” Basil said,
“Basil as in the brother of Spark?” Coal asked. “Yes, I’m Spark’s brother.” Basil said.
“Why have you been hiding? Your sister has been hunting you down across Fjordur!” Coal said.
“I’m not ready, I am just not ready to see her or talk to her. Especially since she is now apart of the Five. I feel like… like I failed her as a brother. And I don’t know what she would do.” Basil said,
“Okay, I can understand stand that. But she loves you, you know. Why else would she be hunting you down across Fjordur and the realms. Speaking of, where have you been hiding that she hasn’t found you?” Coal asked.
“Here.” Basil said,
“You mean in the redwoods?” Coal said.
“No, in Brambles burrow. I heard that he helped you and the Five, so I came here and asked if I could hide here until I was ready.” Basil said.
“When he came to me and asked to hide here, I told him it would probably only last a week before she looks here. I was surprised that a month passed and she still didn’t come to me to ask. Let alone a year.” Bramble said chuckling.
“Well I stayed here for several weeks and barely remember where your burrow is. Maybe she just couldn’t remember where it was.” Coal said.
“Okay, can we please get back on topic.” Basil said cutting in,
“Now I was on the edge of Vennaland and Runheimr when I saw a giant wolf enter into Runheimr.” Basil continued.
“Okay, well then how did you get to Bramble tell him about Fanrisulfr?” Coal questioned Basil,
“I got to him only a couple hours before you got here. It wasn’t much time to waste. I didn’t know where it was going but I knew it would be a matter of time before it would go to the terror bird kingdom.” Basil said.
“As soon as he came to me, I ran and found you and saved you from getting hurt or killed.” Bramble said.
“Okay, since we are all caught up and we know that everyone here is not a threat at the moment. What is our next plan?” Coal put forward.
“What do you mean at th-”
“I am kidding Basil. But I’m not kidding about the fact that we are in danger here and that we need to make a plan to escape and get help.” Coal continued cutting off Basil.
“Might I suggest that we do what we did last time we had to do something like this.” Bramble suggested,
“Good idea Bramble we do what we did with the Five.” Coal said.
“What was that?” Basil asked cautiously, “We’ll leave at night and head to the Shadowmane Tribe, and this time me and Bramble will both make it there.” Coal said confidently.
Hello I know a lot about prehistoric creatures, so I’m here to share stuff with you. Did you know that the Thylacoleo’s big front teeth are designed to crush the back of the skulls of primates such as monkeys or humans? In prehistoric times early humans were the thylas favorite meal. They would spend their time hunting us for food. They would hunt us down, and use their big front teeth to crunch through the back of our skulls!
That’s all for today thank you for reading!!!!
My Thyla(his name is War) is the lone survivor of a wild Giga base wipe. He limped away with 200hp. I lost everything...except him. We're searching for a new home now.
I named him War because is stomach is a fiery orange that fades into grey then ends in black at his spine. Like the burning buildings of a warzone. But on this day...his name takes a whole new meaning🔥
Map: The Volcano
Difficulty level: 8
Max level creatures: 240
Biome: Redwoods
I was heading out for a metal run on my fully mutated Argy, Chandra, (yes I watch Syntac a lot. It even had the same colors.) longneck rifle in hand just in case. Out of nowhere, a Thyla pounced on me. I pulled out my shotgun to kill it, but when I checked the level, I couldn't believe it. It was a 240, the max level on my world. After it let go, I knocked it out and tamed it.
The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)
Chapter 76: A Super Insane and Crazy Team Up
Ben and John were walking through the forest back to their thatch base in the woods. They had left the Mosasaurus and the singular eel behind at the shores, which would be used as soon as they were ready to raid the castle to rescue Ian and Chris. Ben looked at his friend and noticed he seemed more exhausted than usual.
“You alright?” Ben asked John. John nodded.
“Yeah. I just feel more… burnt out for some reason. I don’t know why,” John explained. He dragged his feet along the ground tiredly. Ben raised his eyebrow. He turned away and began to whistle a tune. He didn’t know why but he felt like his head felt lighter, as if a weight had just been dragged off his shoulder.
“Can you not?” John grumbled in irritation. Ben stopped whistling.
“Sorry dude.”
John rubbed his face with his fingers in irritation.
“No, no, I should be. I don’t know what that was all about,” John apologized, “I guess the stress is just getting to me. It isn’t easy when your friend’s life is on the line and he could die at any moment.”
Ben shoved his hands in his pockets, looking off into the distance slowly.
“Yeah. I get it. Thanks for caring. About us,” Ben smiled. John chuckled and adjusted his straw hat.
“Of course. You’re all the reasons I’ve cheered up since those dark times. I don’t think I would’ve made it without y’all. That’s why it was kind of hard when you just up and disappeared.”
Ben’s eyes darted to the ground, slightly ashamed.
“I know I shouldn’t have left without warning. For the past year it’s been a regret on my mind and… I knew I should have told you all before I was gone. I guess I was just too afraid to confront this topic.”
“Don’t worry Ben,” John said, rubbing his implant, “At least we’re all in this together now. That’s all that matters.”
There was rustling in the bushes. All eyes turned and they saw an albino capybara walk out. It walked up to John, and seemed to be chewing on grass. John placed his palm on the capybara’s head, his implant glowed, and the capybara smiled.
“Heh, look at how cute it is,” John chuckled as he began to pet it. Ben smiled at his friend.
“You’ve always loved animals huh. You said you wanted to be a zookeeper or something like that?”
“Ehh, maybe a veterinarian. That’s why getting to university was an important endeavor for me especially.”
“Hmm.”
“Something the matter?” John asked as they continued to walk along. The capybara continued to trudge along with them.
“Nothing. Just forming a theory about these implants,” Ben commented. John let out a yawn, stretching his arms and legs out as if he just got out of bed.
“Whew, that was pretty heavy. It’s like insta-taming these things takes a hit on my energy. Anyway, hopefully nothing crazy happened back at base or anything like that. I do NOT want to clean up any of the mess that Carlos may have made trying to cook something up for supper.”
“Heh heh, me neither, John, me neither…”
Just then, Ben felt something click in his mind. Ben scratched his head in confusion.
“What was that?” Ben thought.
“It’s probably nothing,” Ben’s inner thoughts told him.
“Eh. Probably right,” Ben thought again.
Ben and John continued to get closer and closer to base, and the mood seemed light despite the troubles they’d gone through since landing on the island.
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Bob groaned, groggily waking up to the sound of sobbing. Bob’s eyes instantly jerked open as he realized what had just happened.
“Alan!” Bob called out, jolting up and hopping onto his two feet. He looked around and noticed their Tyrannosaurus lying on the ground, dead and soulless. It had huge gash marks and blood still seeped out of its body. Flies and other prehistoric bugs were already beginning to gather.
Bob looked away and at Alan, who was weeping on the ground. Alan was gripping the sands tightly, and looking down as if there was something in the earth that made him this way.
“There you are! What the hell happened-”
As Bob rushed up to Alan, Alan got up and shoved Bob away.
“Stay away or I’ll get you too!” Alan sobbed, “Please, just, stay away! I don’t want to hurt you but I’m afraid I’ll-”
“Alan I don’t know what happened while I was out so I need you to tell me what happened. Are you okay?”
“No, NO I’M NOT OKAY!” Alan cried, “I ATE THAT GUY’S ARM DO YOU THINK I’M OKAY?! I’M CRAZY! JUST LEAVE BEFORE I END UP HURTING YOU TOO!”
Bob grabbed Alan by the collar and stopped him from moving any further.
“Listen, Alan. I’m not leaving. No matter what happens to me. It’s MY duty to ensure that all of you make it out safely,” Bob shouted at him. Bob looked away and muttered under his breath, “It’s all my fault anyway.”
Bob turned back to face Alan.
“We’re going to figure this out together so it doesn’t need to happen again. Got it?
“But-”
“No buts, Alan. Besides, I think I’ve figured out your power…”
Bob let go of Alan, and Alan stepped back. Alan looked around at the carnage and the blood with fear in his eyes.
“Okay. So, what is it?”
“I’ll explain. Later. We don’t have much time left. Look at the obelisks.”
Bob pointed at all three of them. They seemed to be pulsating brighter than before. Most couldn’t tell, but if you looked closely enough and at all three at once you could spot the difference.
“And what’s happening with them?”
“Nothing. But someone has to be collecting the artifacts. Those artifacts are used to escape this place, and the more we collect the more leverage we’ll have on getting the others.”
“So where are we going to find these artifacts?! If a bunch of people are out to collect them then by the time we find one the rest will be gone!” Alan protested, “Shouldn’t we just… go tame some more tyrannosaurus just in case we get into another fight with that guy?”
“No. That’s not an option, not anymore. As soon as all the artifacts are collected I’m 100% sure that we’ll enter the endgame. And once we do, we won’t have a chance to escape. Artifacts are the number one priority.”
“And where are we supposed to find them? It’s not like we KNOW where they are!”
Bob smirked at Alan’s statement.
“Except I do. They’re found in the caves.”
“And there’s a reason I chose this specific spot as a base location. Because there’s an artifact right up north just a hundred meters or so.”
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All of their tames had perished the night the albino Raptor had attacked Samuel, but following Ruby’s testimony on the strange “fight” she heard a whiles away, all seven of them decided they were going to investigate.
As the group were walking along, Andres was happily bouncing along with Ruby and Neddy, while Tiffany stayed by herself near the back, watching over everyone like a mother watching over her children. Samuel glanced over at Aurora, who seemed more distant ever since Samuel’s rejection of her.
“Samuel, you alright?” Nova asked as they continued moving along. Samuel looked at his best friend with a soft smile.
“Yeah. Last night’s still on my mind though.”
Nova looked away.
“I get it. Just the day in the life of this land, y’know?”
Nova began to look up at the sky, her eyes sparkling with fervor.
“If I’m glad about one thing it’s that nothing’s changed since we’ve arrived here. Things are still kind of the same in a way.”
“You’re not mad about what I did?”
“No. Not really. I knew you’ve always been like that with other people,” Nova whispered. She turned to look at Aurora, “I could care less about the valedictorian. But maybe it’d be best to apologize.”
Samuel shoved his hands in his pockets.
“I guess you’re right.”
Samuel began to walk up to Aurora, but as he did Aurora quickly walked away to the comfort of Ruby’s presence. Samuel sighed to himself as Ruby looked back and shot a look at Samuel.
“This may be harder than I thought,” Samuel thought as the sequoia trees finally began to fade away and a large volcano came into view.
Samuel stepped in something wet and gooey, and he looked down to see a pile of vomit. Samuel cringed and raised his boot to see it begin to collect around his foot.
“UGH! What in the-”
“EWWWW,” Nova gagged, “You just stepped in dinosaur vomit or something!”
All eyes turned to him as Samuel began to scrape the throw up with a stick. Tiffany found the situation humorous and began to laugh. But as Samuel looked down at the puddle, he noticed small bones inside. Samuel squinted his eyes and threw the stick away.
“Small bones? Looks like human vomit to me. Do dinosaurs even vomit?” Samuel thought. He rolled his eyes, “Whatever. I don’t wanna think about it.”
Just then, Ruby gasped.
“Oh my goodness. Look at what happened here.”
Everyone looked on in awe and absolute astonishment at the chaos that seemed to unfold. There was a dead, saddled Tyrannosaurus laying in the black sands, a small stone hut that seemed to have caved in, and the river was even running red with the blood of dozens of schools of dead fish. It was a massacre.
“Holy moly, it’s a T. rex!” Neddy gasped with wonder, “I guess they are on this island after all… But I have a feeling that whoever fought here must be pretty powerful.
Andres’ fists began to glow white.
“I say b-be careful. Just in case. The victor might still be in the area.”
The seven quickly and quietly traveled across the river to inspect the ruins of the stone hut. They didn’t notice anything of interest, but as Nova walked up to the dead beast, her eyes sparkled with realization.
“Hey, it’s still alive!” Nova shouted. The tyrannosaurus’ eyes darted to Nova, and then it let out a roar of pain. Tiffany walked up to the beast, and pointed at the wounds on its body.
“Look at these gashes. It looks like it came from another theropod. A big one at that,” Tiffany observed. Andres looked at the Tyrannosaurus with worry, and began to pet his head softly.
“D-do you think we can save and tame him? To make up for our tamed losses?”
Tiffany shook her head.
“No. I don’t think so. Besides, look at that saddle. Someone’s already tamed it. It’d probably gobble us all up right as it recovers.”
Tiffany’s implant began to glow, and her heartbeat began to pound in the air as her arm transformed into a sharp blade. She placed it at the neckline of the beast.
“Let’s just put it out of its misery, right here and right now.”
Samuel grabbed Tiffany’s arm.
“Hold on a moment, Tiffany. Perhaps we should let Nova finish the job. If your prediction is correct, she’ll be able to transform into one of these things once she kills it.”
Tiffany’s heartbeat stopped pounding so loud, and her arm transformed back into normal.
“Right. Didn’t think of that… It really was a good idea having you on my side. Go for it then, Nova.”
Tiffany withdrew, and Samuel lent Nova his spear. Nova stepped forward, and with a final blow plunged her spear into its skull.
SHINK!
A few seconds after Nova did that, Nova’s implant began to glow, and everyone gasped in shock as a white light flashed across the room and Nova’s body instantly began to transform into a Tyrannosaurus. As soon as Nova was finished, she looked around the area in shock, and then down at the others. She had a black body and a tan head. Most importantly, she had an implant embedded in her chest. She let out a fierce roar into the air.
“Awesome! WOO HOO!” Samuel called out, “You can come out now, Nova!”
The white light flashed, and Nova turned back to normal.
“That was good, that was good,” Nova commented snazzily.
“I’m not too sure who could stop us now. We’ve got Nova, Tiffany, AND Andres? Yeah, we’re practically unstoppable now,” Neddy said with pride. They heard footsteps behind them, and they turned around to see Aurora walk up to a trail of fresh footprints that weren’t theirs.
“Guys,” Aurora finally said, “Come look at this.”
Everyone quickly approached the fresh set, and they looked up to see it going up a small valley wedged in between the volcano and the other mountain. All of them seemingly already knew what to do:
Follow the tracks.
~
On the way to the cave, Bob explained to Alan how his implant attribute worked, or at least, how he thought it worked. Alan found great surprise in this discovery. In order to combat Alan’s ‘hunger pains’ they made sure to pack lots of food with them at all times, that way another situation like that didn’t happen again.
“You seem to know a lot about this island,” Alan asked, “How do you know?”
Bob smiled at the thought.
“Just some good ol’ predictions,” he lied, “But hey. I used to play this game back in my day that’s similar to our current situation.”
“Hmm. Well I’m grateful for that. Otherwise I might not even be around,” Alan laughed.
A few more minutes of walking and they made it to a small valley that had a small cave inside.
“Here we are. Not too far, right?” Bob said, signaling to the cave situated within the small valley. Alan shook his head.
“No. No it isn’t.”
Bob took out his crossbow, and Alan took out his pike (which Bob gave to him). Bob warned him, “Be careful. There’s going to be a lot of creatures inside.”
“Okay… What kind of creatures are we talking about?”
“Big spiders, scorpions, but the worst of the bunch are the bats. They give you rabies. So DON’T even think about getting bitten by them, otherwise you’re a goner.”
Alan gulped in fear.
“R-Right.”
The two slowly stepped into the cave, and a loud bellow echoed from within. Not the bellow of a beast, but the bellow of soft wind. It was dark, but green mushrooms and white crystals illuminated the cavity. Much to Bob’s surprise, there wasn’t a single creature in the area. In fact, it was not that big of a cave. It was just one large cavity with a single strange object in the middle.
Alan looked around suspiciously, looking out for any bats that might attack him at any given moment,
“Bob you said there would be creatures-”
Alan’s eyes widened as his jaw dropped at the artifact that laid dead in the middle. Alan walked up to the artifact and continued to stare at it some more.
“This is it?”
“Yeah. It is. I didn’t think it’d be this easy though. It was different than I remember…”
Alan reached out to grab it, but as his hand reached the artifact, it began to slow down. Alan raised his eyebrow in confusion.
“Why isn’t it letting me grab it?”
The mushrooms on the wall began to glow, and Alan looked up in wonder to see a sentence on the wall made of the mushrooms.
“Solve the three riddles to collect the artifact,” Alan read off the wall. The mushrooms began to shift into the first riddle.
“I am huge, feared throughout the land, and my home resides within the ashes. Whenever I hurt my eyes fill with rage and my footsteps shake the earth just as much as the sauropods. Who am I?”
“Giganotosaurus,” Bob answered.
DING!
The mushrooms glowed, and shifted into the next riddle.
“I am a man of horrors, a man who’s done wrong, and a man who can never be redeemed for his actions. I am a man second in command only to the president. Who am I?”
“What? The Vice President? He’s a bad guy?” Alan murmured.
“Bob,” Bob replied in irritation.
DING!
Alan looked at Bob with suspicion.
“Hey, you two have the same name and look similar! Cool…”
“Cool indeed,” Bob said in annoyance.
The final riddle came up on the cave wall.
“I am a man of mystery, a man of manipulation, and a man with a heart of gold, but a mind of iron. I am a man who plans for the future, I am a scholar and one of its best, I am a man who cares about those close to me. Who am I?”
“What?” Bob wondered, absolutely flabbergasted.
“These riddles don’t even make sense,” Alan moaned, “These aren’t even riddles!”
The two just sat there, staring at the riddle for a long, long, time…
Until they heard footsteps approach from behind them.
Bob instantly turned around and pulled his crossbow out on a group of seven people. All of them raised their hands in the air, but the buff one maintained his fighting stance.
“Who are you?!” Bob barked at them.
“We should be asking you that!” the buff one shouted back, clenching his fists tighter, “Y-you both look real mean! Why should we trust you? In fact, why should we be raising our hands in surrender? We should be fighting!”
“Andres, no,” the man wearing a graduation robe said. He walked up and put a hand on his shoulder, “He’s probably only doing it out of self-defense.”
Andres sighed, and lowered his fists. Bob, realizing they weren’t threats, lowered his crossbow and put it away.
“Sorry about that,” the man apologized, “I’m Samuel. Me and my… allies- no, friends, just wanted to follow the tracks and find out what happened down there at the river. But I guess we found an artifact too.”
One of the women was staring keenly at the riddle. She scratched her chin and pointed at it.
“Is that a riddle?”
“Yes, it is,” Alan replied, “But we have no idea what the answer could be!”
A man with glasses stepped forward, inspecting the riddle carefully. Then, he shrugged.
“Yeah. No idea who this is. I’m going to be passing it over to Samuel.”
Alan looked back and forth between all seven newcomers, and then he scratched his head in confusion.
“Maybe we should all introduce ourselves. There’s a lot of us.”
They spent the next ten minutes introducing themselves, and once they did they finally agreed that perhaps working together would be the best option. They turned their attention to the riddle when Samuel yelled out the answer.
“Samuel!” Samuel yelled out.
There was no ding.
Samuel looked confused, and Bob looked at him weirdly. Just then, Aurora stepped forward. She grasped at her gold heart locket, and sighed while looking at the riddle.
“Borealis.”
DING!
The invisible forcefield seemingly disappeared, leaving them to collect it. Neddy stepped forward and touched it, and the artifact entered his implant. Neddy looked at the others with a goofy smile.
“Well that certainly was a super insane and crazy team up.”