Amber's Last Stand - Valheim

Chapter 2 - Survivor's Return

Alaric woke up, his head hurting, on a piece of cloth but in his own home. He was relieved to find out that his home made it through the storm. He tried waking up but he struggled as he had hit his had pretty hard, only for a stranger to calm him down, assuring him that everything is okay and he is safe. The survivor asked for his name, "Ruben", thy survivor retorted. Alaric, had an exceedingly long list of questions for the fellow survivor but none were stated. The newly encountered survivor had started a fire for Alaric and made sure he felt safe. Ruben asked, "I take it that you go by the name of 'Alaric'", "Aye", he answered shocked that he knew his name. Few minutes went by and Ruben could be vividly seen on the other side of the cabin chopping up meat, with Alaric hoping its deer meat and not any other sort.

Alaric heard a ruckus, which Ruben took no care in but Alaric could be seen that he was not feeling safe in his "home". Door opened in an assertive manner, only for Angus to **appear**. "Good to see you up old friend.", Angus greeted Alaric. Alaric, visibly shook, replying "You- you're alive, you're still alive." Angus told him, "I had a dream friend, that dream was to find other people, people like us, stranded, hungry, looking for a reason to live. I found someone Alaric, I found someone." Angus, speechless, not knowing what words to reply with, what words to even use in such an abnormal situation. Alaric, weak, barely able to stand on his pair of legs, tries to get up. He looked straight into Angus' eyes, barely able to stand, says "You left me, for days, for weeks, I waited for you, you-" Angus, tries to hold Alaric from falling, but Alaric puts all his remaining strength and pushes Angus to the ground, before leaving outside to take a breather. Ruben goes outside to speak with Alaric, but he wants none of it. Angus heads outside to speak with Alaric and says "We are out of options Alaric, we have got to stick together, I have a plan, to leave this island, find someplace better. We got here together, you need to trust me to get us out of here." Alaric, turns to looks straight into Angus' eyes, says, "You barged into my home with your new friend and you expect me to trust you?" Angus replies, "You would have died if we weren't here Alaric and you know it, now get yourself together, we're going hunting." Angus, angrily throws a set of armor and a blade along with it to the ground for Alaric to pickup.

Alaric, not yet willing to trust Angus, but still wants to make the best out of the current situation, picks up and clothes himself with the set of armor and grabs the blade from the ground and heads into his home. Only to find, Angus discussing the plan with Ruben. Angus, immediately shifts his stance towards his old friend, and gets him integrated into the plan. Angus recites his plan by saying, "Plan is simple, north, head north, as far as north goes, we should encounter a shrine, we are equipped with great armory, along the way, slaughter every deer you see. Rip its head off and-" Alaric, "Rip their head off? Where are we supposed to keep these heads?" Angus, "We'll get to that, kill all deer you find. Does everyone understand?" Ruben and Alaric nod and staying silent. Angus continues by saying, "Good, we're summoning Eikthyr."