Chapter 8: The search for TIM
After my first sucesfull machine kill i went on roaming the Mother's Embrace with a very happy face, a face of a proud hunter that made is first kill, trying to find krest or some other trader that was willing to talk and trade with me was going to be realy hard but i was not giving up on this, i needed more suplies and Rost was out of the question, that dude have some atitude problems and a baby Aloy to care for and just going there would take me the rest of the all day.
After hours of search i had no luck finding him, i did find someone selling some stuff on the ground but the rude old dude was not talking to me and just point to the stream nearby with a angry face kinda telling me to get lost and go swim with the fish, so i got the message and gave him the middle finger and started to run away the fastest i could with my loot, having no magic space inventory was a hurdle, but staying on the positive side it did train your muscles and provide a nice cover for the rocks he was trowing at me.
Eating some of the meat i had prepared the night before and resting my tired muscles after loosing that old idiot in the wilds i took the time to look around, the Nora Embrace was truly beautiful, its was not hard to tell why the Nora call it the sacred lands, beautiful landscapes huge mountains that act like a natural barrier protecting the tribe from bigger threats, huge clifts that offer protection from the machines that cant climb and use ropes, houses to keep the people warm and strems of fresh water and plenty of game and fruits to feed the whole Nora tribe.
- It truly is the best place to start in this world.
The Nora tribe policy about the old world ruins was stupid and unfair but it was great for me, intact ruins were hidden benith my very feet full of wonders of the past, all that potencial loot and wisdom will be mine for the taking i just needed to find them and make sure no one would see me entering this places or i would be an outcast for life for being tainted by the Metal Demon, and i cant aford to be an outcast for life, i wanted to win the proving and get permission from the hight matriarchs to became a Seeker, that would make my goals to find loot, relics and wisdom of the past for the Nora tribe easyer to achive and also give me some influencie.
To be the King of the wild hunt.
To rule this lands and slap the matriarchs in the face, to improve the lives of the people and make my people stronger that ever before, for the enemys of humanity were many and dangerous only with a iron fist Kingdom the Nora tribe would survive, but for this to hapen i needed like minded people i could trust, so my new goals for the up coming years was to recruit some Nora that were made outcasts for simple wallking into these old ruins for simple curiosity of the unknow, kids are allways reckless and the Nora law was so hard that even kids were made outcasts and with my 22 year old mind and 10 year old body manipulating these young minds would not be that hard to achive in the long run, i just needed to find them first and took them base for some proper education.
After my lunch break and day dreaming for a while about my future plans i was ready to pick my stuff and start looking again for TIM, the isulive trader.
And so on i spend the rest of the whole day looking for him with no luck, no matter were i look i could not find this guys anywere, so i went back to my cave to store the loot, if i could not find him afeter so many hours it was best to do something productive for the rest of the day, like picking some herbs for my potions, fruits and hunt a few more animals for the meat and more important the XP, they only give 50xp but it was better that nothing, i was almost level 1, i just needed to kill a few more machines and i would get my first cheat skill.
I hunted one fox and one rabit before dark and going back to my cozy cave for the night, them i heard something, theres someone in my house messing with my stuff. MY STUFF!! MY LOOT!! MY FOOD!! UNFORGIVABLE!!
- Whoever you are get ready to be beaten blue and red, thats my stuff your thief, COME OUT NOW!!!