"Hey, is that a dead deer!?" A group of five boys approach all having large eye bags and one of their bellies grumble. Hmmm even if our ga is preserved correctly our combined catch probably weighs upwards of 90 pounds which is a lot of at for the five of us.
"Yes, we are heading back to our creek to cool it down and try to preserve it. You are welco to join us for the at!" All the boys smile happily and follow us even taking over to carry it.
"Thank you so much, sirs! What are your nas?" A blonde-haired one with blue eyes steps forward, perhaps being the leader of this depraved troop.
"I am Damon, the one with red hair is Georgios. The dark-haired one is Nero and the large one is Nikolaos."
"Ahhh the bomonike! And you were one of the finalists! Who is that one though?" He points to Litos who essentially is an indentured servant for what he did.
"That is Litos. He attacked our friend Nero and now we have him with us forced to make up for his cri." The blonde nods and the rest of the group offers no sympathies for Litos, two of them even spit at his feet.
"Well I'm Areithous and it's a true pleasure for us to join you all!" I nod and so does the rest of my group apart from Nikolaos. Nikolaos even stands beside and taps on my shoulder.
"Are you sure we can trust these guys? What if they are dead weight?" Nikolaos whispers the lowest he has ever spoken to and likely anyone else.
"They won't be dead weight in the future Nikolaos. Our ga is much too big to eat between the four of us before it spoils."
"Ahh, so you are just gaining easy respect due to our abundance of resources." I nod and he parts as we make it to our creek.
Our shelter appears much too puny, a bit of a gut punch on my ego. Perhaps if Nero and Litos never crossed paths we could've built a proper shelter fit for us.
"Everyone! To prepare for our al we need to cool it off and cut the at into pieces. Does everyone understand!? While I tend to the at I need all of you to begin to build shelters. My 3 friends can teach you the steps if need be!" Everyone adheres to my words and starts building their own shelters.
I begin to cool the at off by using the creek's water and as it cools I begin to build a deep hole into our shelter. I grab sticks and dried leaves that will be placed over the hole. Eventually, the at is ready and I separate the at used today and the extra. The extra being placed into the outside side of my cloak now makes completely buck naked.
"Everyone grab a piece of at! I have specially prepared 10 large strips of at for our al." Everyone grabs a stick and sharpens it quickly then cleans it off into our clean water. As soone has made another hole into the water log, one for drinking and another for cleaning.
They poke their sticks over our fire and we all huddle in a circle. No one notices that Nero sneakily grabs one of the at stripes giving one to Litos. I see no reason to interrupt his act of kindness for his assaulter. Litos stays in his corner avoiding any eyesight as he nibbles he soon notices my pair of eyes and quickly looks down.
"So how did your group et?" Georgios questions Areithous giving him a courteous smile.
"We t all the way back when we had to make beds, jeez that was a tough day. I can barely rember it but we all were struggling and had a laugh when seeing how behind we were. Eventually, we decided to team up and finish before being the last ones hahahah." Their whole group laughs loudly rembering the event.
"Rember the face of the boy that finished last!! Hahahah" One of the boys comnts and then takes a look at Litos at the corner his at strip already gone. "Heyyy I rember you! You're that boy!" They all hoot and holler making Litos turn red.
Perhaps if he was in a better condition he would have made the boy regret it but instead he just shafully hangs his head low.
"How about your group? How did you guys et?" Areithous questions and Nikolaos gives a devious smile.
"I rember it like yesterday! Damon and I t during Diamastigosis 6 years ago! He and I didn't fall down once and they had to quit with both of us standing... two boys did die though. Anyways! We then t Georgios who was a pity party back then and he begged us to play. Finally, the three of us t Nero who was crying over his dead friends..." Nikolaos's rembering of the events turns the whole mood sad.
"Huh, so you guys have been through a lot.."
"Yup, but this big buffoon softens the blows!" Georgios playfully hits the hulk making him smile again. We all eventually finish our al and I begin to instruct everyone on tanning the pelts. It will likely take a week so it's best to get this process started now.
The whole process takes hours and the vice leadership between Areithous with his own group allows them to further the construction of the shelters. The unstable and uncomfortable shelter of our own yesterday is now more wooden logs instead of wooden sticks.
Eventually dinner ti cos and we cook more at with Georgios offering expert scavenging allowing us to have fruits and vegetables. Our water log even becos water logs as many people enjoy having more and more clean drinking water after my explanation of how beneficial it is.
"It's night ti so we should all be getting rest." I yawn and my group nods with the newcors offering confused faces.
"Really I thought you guys just wanted us to help build you all more living spaces and in return we receive food?" Areithous scratches his eyebrow waiting for my response,
"No, not at all. In this area, we have the opportunity of fresh drinking water, hunting ga, and now shelters to live in. You are all welco to join us but of course, I want you all to listen to ." My group stands beside showing their stance with my statent while theirs all look at Areithous.
"... It would be an honor to join all of you." Areithous enters his claid shelter and the rest of his group follows. My own group enters our now pimped-up shelter.
"Do you reckon they could steal from us?" Nikolaos pokes as I lay down with Nero shaking his head.
"They seem nice, why would they do such a thing?" Nero questions Nikolaos making his face red.
"It's just a question, Nero!" Nikolaos then turns towards .
"No, they won't steal from us because they have shelters, food, and water. If things ever get bad it's a possibility but for right now we stand in benefit befriending these boys."
"Do you plan on accepting anymore?" I nod to Nikolaos's question since ideally, it would be good to gain a friendship with everyone in my class now. With Georgios's climbing and scavenging skills and Nikolaos's muscle, we could do anything now!
"Welp, goodnight everyone!" Nikolaos exclaims loudly making Georgios who was already in slumber jump but then head right back to sleep. Tonight is much more bearable compared to yesterday, with the insulation keeping us warr. Perhaps in the coming weeks, this can progress into a proper log cabin.
"Damon, wake up! Everyone is wondering what to do. You don't want Nikolaos to decide that, do you?" Georgios nudges as I begin to stand.
"Don't worry Georgios, I know what we need to get done..." I stand and walk out still nude to see nine boys all waiting for my orders.
"Everyone! This is not just the plan for today... No, this is the plan for this year! One, we are going to find and recruit every boy in our class to join us and we are all going to work together to create a proper community. Two we are going to find a consistent food source and perhaps even expand to farming. For now, we build spears, swords, and if possible Bows."
Everyone cheers before I can finish my speech. Nikolaos begins to hush everyone leaving silence in the ecstatic crowd.
"We will have pottery for our water, houses for our safety, and clothes for our comfort! I want everyone to now tell what they are good at so I can delegate the jobs." All 9 clap and begin to form a line under my command.
My first step of leadership was forming close bonds with Nero, Nikolaos, and Georgios. Now it's ti for the next step, launching my leadership of the whole class and gaining power.
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