Futuristic ARK: Survival of the Fittest (Closed)

[Silverwings]

"Well, yea. We can focus on other things first. I think he's just saying that when we can afford to do it, he can get the engrams for a sturdier structure," Vera replied, "right now we can think about what is really important."

 

[Darkling0096]

Anna nodded, "And what's important right now is transporting all this stuff up to the canyon we showed you guys on the map." She gestured to all the storage boxes, "And you're going to need a big pack animal to get everything over there."

 

[Silverwings]

"So then taming a large animal," Vera said, "Thats our next big task."

 

[Darkling0096]

Jack nodded, "i've been rotting meat all day so we've got materials for narcotics, and I can make tranq arrows." He gestured to a mortar and pestle where said work was underway. "If we can drop a few triceratops, I'll also be able to make saddles for them."

"Good, we'll work on that in the morning," Anna agreed, "The sun's going down, I don' want to know what predators come out and feed on the weak at night."

 

[Silverwings]

"Roan is gonna have a field day with that," Vera giggled, "We should get some sleep."

 

[Darkling0096]

Jack nodded, "You two go ahead, I've got some stuff to work on." He intended to make use of some of the metal for a better weapon against the dinosaurs.

"Whatever," Anna shrugged, starting to climb the ladder back up. "Good night."

 

[Silverwings]

Vera moved closer to Jack, putting a hand on his arm, her voice lowered and soft, "Dont work yourself too hard.. make sure you get some rest."

 

[Darkling0096]

"I'll be fine," Jack smiled, "I can make stimulant if I get tired." Lil' Chicken chirped in agreement, gliding over to the ladder and climbing up with teeth and talon to try and demonstrate how to get up a ladder. For a predator that could take a human off their mount, it wasn't very smart.

 

[Silverwings]

Vera giggled, watching the small creature, "ok. Just dont overdo it."

With one last glance, Vera made her way to bed.

 

[Darkling0096]

After a while, enough metal had smelted, Jack gave his implant the command to craft the things he was after. By morning, the group would find four crossbows and metal pikes waiting on a table downstairs, with a box full of arrows and Jack still asleep a lot later than he usually woke up.

 

[Silverwings]

Vera was the first to make her way down to see what Jack had stayed up to do. She smiled, nodding in approval, "Nicely done."

 

[Darkling0096]

Anna woke up second, stretching and yawning and opening the window to look outside and see that things looked alright out there. No stormclouds on the horizon and nothing big hanging out outside the wall that she could see. Making her own way downstairs, she whistled at the weaponry on the table. "Whoa." She picked up one of the crossbows, "Didn't think a coward like him could make something like this," she noted.

 

[Silverwings]

Vera hummed, speaking softly as to not disturb the men sleeping above them, "He's not a coward, hes just cautious. "

 

[Darkling0096]

Anna rolled her eyes as she loaded an arrow into the thing. The box of arrows was half full of regular arrows, half full of tranquilizer arrows. With luck they wouldn't have to restock for a while. "Well, if nothing else he can get things done." Roan seemed a little more her style, willing to get out and do things instead of huddling up to build a massive surplus of resources in the meantime.

 

[Silverwings]

"He is really skilled in making things. I mean.. the man builds in bulk." Vera commented. She was glad there was someone concerned about their home. Making it big and strong.

 

[Darkling0096]

"Everything about the man is bulky," Anna chuckled, she put the crossbow away and took one of the pikes, "But he knows what he's doing, so I'll trust his work." Equipped with the new upgrades to her previous weapons, Anna went upstairs to go see about waking up the two sleepyheads. Injuries and exhaustion weren't excuses in Anna's house!

 

[Silverwings]

"He is strong and so is his work," Vera agreed as the other went upstairs, "Anna, shouldnt we let them rest? I mean.. our only goal is to survive, there's no deadline. Dont you think we can take a day to relax?"

 

[Darkling0096]

"We agreed on a timeline of events and we've gotta follow through with it," Anna shrugged, already halfway to Roan's door. "If you and Jack wanna stay here in your fortress that's fine, but we've been preparing to head north since we got here."

 

[Silverwings]

"Really, I'm serious," Vera said and made her way up, "That wasn't taking Roan's hands into consideration, and the two of them being tired will only result in half-assed work. Lets them sleep."

 

[Darkling0096]

Anna paused and looked back at Vera. She supposed in the few days they'd known each other they hadn't actually gotten to know each other, but she could have sworn Vera sounded different than normal. "Then what do you want to do? Go try and tame some trikes on our own?"

 

[Silverwings]

"No, why don't we just.. go fishing or something.. I dont have a fishing rod but we can spear fish." She suggested.

 

[Darkling0096]

Anna rolled her eyes and shook her head, "Fine, we can laze around today, I'm sure there's something to do around here."

 

[Silverwings]

"Sure, If you want to find something to do then," Vera shrugged. She grabbed a pike and made her way to the shore, looking to hunt some fish.

 

[Darkling0096]

Anna turned around and realized she knew absolutely nothing she could do to benefit the base that didn't involve killing or taming something. "Huh." She ended up just sitting down at the mortar and pestle and grinding out some more sparkpowder, laying out some meat for the sun to rot so she could continue to make Narcotics.

Sitting still and not doing things actively adding to the group's chances of survival didn't suit Anna's attention span. It took exactly thirty seconds for her to get bored and go find something else to do.

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Around midday, Jack rose, mostly because Lil' Chicken was begging for something to eat. He yawned and stretched as he got out of bed, opening a window to let Lil' Chicken out and looked outside in confusion. It was way later in the day than he'd expected to be woken. "ROAN!"

 

[Silverwings]

Roan started awake with the sound of Jack yelling, "What?"

He groaned and sat up, realizing it was later than he normally woke up, "The hell?"