Futuristic ARK: Survival of the Fittest (Closed)

[Darkling0096]

Anna shook her head, "We're gonna need resources for the workshop, anyway, and something to store materials." She rolled her eyes and went over to the fire pit to make dinner, "You guys hungry?"

 

[Silverwings]

"Absolutely, " Roan answered, joining her. Vera giggled and followed the two, "Its been a long day. I think he was just excited to build a bunch of stuff."

 

[Darkling0096]

"How much you wanna bet he's got something big in the works?", Anna asked as she started the meat cooking. "We're gonna have to resupply on meat, between narcotics and food we're running low." Even the raptors' inventories weren't as full as they used to be. "Plus we've got the argies to feed."

 

[Silverwings]

"Hunting trip tomorrow?" Roan suggested, "maybe we can explore a bit."

 

[Darkling0096]

"Yeah, we can do that," Anna nodded, "Since we never got any pelts for the fur stuff." She glanced up at Roan, "You're getting a little fuzzy around the face," she gestured to the growing facial hair on the man. Everyone's hair had been growing longer over time, actually.

 

[Silverwings]

Roan stroked his face, feeling the fuzz on his chin and jaw, "Yea, its getting a little long, but its not in the way."

"I kind of like having long hair." Vera said with a smile.

 

[Darkling0096]

"It's definitely warmer," Anna agreed, "Long as it's not tangled." Which it more than likely was, considering a hairbrush or comb was a foreign concept to the group.

 

[Silverwings]

"Speaking of tangled," Vera said, running fingers through her matted hair, "It is.."

 

[Darkling0096]

"By a lot," Anna noted, scared to check her own, "Think we can straighten it out or..."

"You can cut it, probably," Jack said as he sat down and pulled some meat onto a plate. "Use a hatchet, carefully, if it's sharpened."

 

[Silverwings]

"There's an engram for scissors," Roan said, looking at his implant, "But we need obsidian for it."

 

[Darkling0096]

"How do we get that?", Jack asked.

"Wait, wait, wait, can't we try and find a way to straighten it, first?", Anna asked.

"Hey, Roan and I got hair too," Jack shook his head, "But what's your idea?"

"Some kinda stick with a bunch of smaller sticks, like a tiny rake?"

 

[Silverwings]

"Wouldn't the sticks just break?" Vera asked. Just then Roan got an idea. Jumping up, the man darted to collect things from the storage, keratin and some stone. Getting to work, the man began carving the piece of old bone down, whittling it into a long stick with fine teeth down one side. It was sturdy, "Here, try this!"

 

[Darkling0096]

"I mean, maybe?" Anna shrugged, "I don't know, I've never seen this before- What's that?", she looked confused at Roan's invention as his implant lit up. 'New Engram Unlocked: Primitive Hair Comb!'

 

[Silverwings]

Roan moved over to Anna, "Here, let me try this on you."

With a little work, Roan managed to untangle a good bit of the woman's hair, "I'm a genius!"

 

[Darkling0096]

"Ow! Shit, you're pulling on my brain!", like one would expect from brushing hair that had never even heard of upkeep, trying to comb through Anna's hair resulted in pulling as much hair out as it managed to straighten.

"That just looks like a pain in the ass," Jack noted.

 

[Silverwings]

"Might be," Roan answered, looking at the pile of hair thst sat by Anna's side, "But then again, its our first time combing hair so I think this is to be expected."

 

[Darkling0096]

Anna grumbled something incoherent about the comb, "Might as well just get scissors and cut it off."

"If you start from no or short hair and maintain it as it grows, it probably won't be as painful," Jack offered, "We could try that."

 

[Silverwings]

"Jack has a point," Roan said with a shrug. Vera chimed in, "Or, now that Roan has your hair all tangle free, you can take care of it and keep it from getting that way again."

 

[Darkling0096]

"He does not have it tangle free, he ripped a chunk out!", Anna grumbled, Roan had only tried the comb on a section, and Anna wasn't very keen on doing that to her entire head. She might have a scalp once that was over.

"Well," Jack pulled out his hatchet, "I don't know about you guys, but I don't really like being stabbed in the eye by my own hair, so I'm gonna give the hackjob a shot."

 

[Silverwings]

"Why not wait until we have scissors?" Vera asked, "Probably safer."

 

[Darkling0096]

"Do we know when we're gonna get scissors?", Jack pointed out, "I don't even know what obsidian is, let alone where to get it."

 

[Silverwings]

"Who knows," she shrugged.

 

[Darkling0096]

"Exactly," Jack nodded, "So I'm gonna chop my hair, you guys can try and comb yours." He walked away from the group towards the workshop for something solid to lay the hair on before he made an attempt to hack it off. Somehow that was less dangerous than letting Roan try to rip a comb through.

 

[Silverwings]

Roan shrugged and tried untangling his own hair. It was painful at first but with a little care and gentle work mixed with elbow grease, he managed to gain a new beautifully shiny and silky look to his hair.

 

[Darkling0096]

Anna looked between the two options, "I guess... I guess as long as we do this once it'll be easier from then on, right?" She looked at the comb, "Roan can you make a couple more of those?"