Ark Survival Character Explorer Story (Ark Fanfic)

Navena Aliyar-Explorer Note #30

The Argy Round Up

With the creation of the defenders in the sky and people taming their own argents, the giant vultures have become a favorite in our community, the people feel safe with them. They are also used to travel between both of our lands.

Regal has recommended that everyone in the tribe had the right to an argy and that the birds could be used as an air supply drop instead of dangerously traveling on the ground.

Knox suggested that we trap a few wild argents and start a breeding program so we can have a supply of argents regularly and already tamed. It was a good idea and would create new working opportunities for the growing population. Regal added on that we should take some of the guards so they could learn to be better at fighting in the sky, which was also a good idea.

Regal had Beu make a new type of weapon, an improved bola. It would be longer than the average bola and have at least three rocks tied to each side, long enough to wrap around an argy and also heavy enough to bring one down. It was too heavy and too long to throw ourselves so we would need the assistance of a stick to throw it.

We took three of the guards with us, their names are: Keith, Harris and Alex, they were hand picked by Regal because they aren't doing too well on ground patrol so Regal wants to try them at something different in their guard duties. Something new.

We plan on taking them later today so I better eat some lunch and get Whiplash ready.
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Me and Regal paired the defenders with their flying mounts and made sure they knew how to fly properly, after a successful test, it is now time for us to capture some argys. Regal is already giving demanding orders so I already know that this will be a great trip. A great trip indeed.
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The argy round up went really unsuccessful and Regal is now more irritated than ever. He does take responsibility for what happened but now he is becoming more strict with his training of the guards.

The strategy of the round up was to aggravate at least 5 argys and have them chase us. We had to fly around them in a circular motion to keep them pinned up inside our formation. Our flight patterns had to be precise in order for it to work so Regal was tense and barking orders, he would criticize anyone who messed up in the slightest of ways, this was indeed one of his more tense days. Me and Whiplash ignored him mostly and did what we had to do.

After rounding the argents and keeping them pinned in our circle, we had to get them to move downwards so we could bola them at a safe altitude from the ground. That was the harder part but me and Whiplash were still just enjoying just working together.

Once we managed to lower the argents down by the ground, we got our bolas out and proceeded to throw them, I managed to strike one and after a few seconds of trying to fight the heavy weights, it plummeted to the ground. She was unharmed which meant we were doing this right. As soon as she went to the ground, I landed Whiplash, hopped of him and threw a smaller bola around the argent's mouth so I could knock her unconscious without the use of arrows.

On the other hand, when Alex tried to bola an argy, he wasn't successful, the argent moved last minute and instead, Harris's argent was hit with the bola, because of the unexpected throw, his mount had one leg get caught in the bola as it wrapped around his neck, the sound was not pleasant once the bird hit the ground. Regal was able to catch Harris with his own argent just in time to safely land Harris onto the ground. Me and Keith were able to unwrap his distressed mount quickly enough so it wouldn't be killed but the bird's leg had broken clean off.

Harris quickly rushed to his side to try and comfort the animal. Alex felt incredibly bad about what had happened and he stayed back expecting Harris to be upset with him. Regal had to go and have a chat with Alex, assuring him that it was just an accident and everyone knows that he didn't mean to do it.

Keith shot poison arrows at the remainder wild argents to get them to leave us alone so we could focus on helping Harris's mount. Regal suggested just putting the animal down and offered to do it for him but Harris didn't even waste a second to snap at Regal for even suggesting such a thing.

He tried to prove that his argent was just fine and could still live a happy life with only one leg. We all watched him awkwardly in silence as he tried to get the distressed bird to stand up but he was failing miserably, after a third try he just hugged his argent and cried. It was a sad sight to see and none of us knew exactly how to approach him. Just as Alex made a motion towards Harris, probably was going to apologize, Whiplash walked over towards the exhausted mount and proceeded to try and help him up. Harris quickly jumped up to help get the bird back up and they were successful this time. Whiplash kept himself leaned against the argent so he could catch his breath.

Alex fed the mount with some wrapped meat he had in his satchel and apologized to Harris who accepted his apology without a fuss. When I glanced over to Regal I could see him smiling warmly at the sight. We allowed everyone to relax awhile longer before we flew back. Harris insisted on flying his mount back, I guess he was trying to prove that even with a missing leg, his bird was still just as strong. I wrapped up the argent I had knocked unconscious with rope so Whiplash could carry her back to our arena.

The flight went smoothly, we talked and laughed the whole way back. Regal wasn't too upset after everything had calmed down, he too was enjoying himself so I think we are in the clear.