{"sf1_id":2030360,"sf2_id":"214JlBGm","title":"Diamonds in the Dark (ADHG)","author":"PapaDelta","words":1518,"posted_at":"2023-07-28T21:40:05.000Z","tags":["ADHG","Bear","Cave","Forest","Greentext","Human","Interspecies","SFW","Semi Consensual","Third Person"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2030360-diamonds-in-the-dark-adhg","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/214JlBGm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/f7/09/f7099a7b-5156-4aaa-b107-4b5a6db7d950","description":"A caveman gets kicked out of his tribe and is forced to go on a long journey to redeem himself. He ends up finding a cave, and within it the end of his journey.  \n  \n~1500 words","content":"\\\u003eGrug hates this\n\n\\\u003eGrug hates being away from tribe, and having to forage for Grug’s own food like some kind of berry picker, and not having soft mammoth blanket to sleep on when the sun goes below the ground to rest\n\n\\\u003eGrug is respected member of mammoth hunter tribe!\n\n\\\u003eOr at least Grug used to be…\n\n\\\u003eDuring a night when water poured from the sky and light flashed across the plains Grug went outside his hut to pee\n\n\\\u003eGrug lit a torch to scare off any lurking predators, because Grug is smart and knows feral beasts hate fire\n\n\\\u003eFire makes pain when it touches skin, and lights fur on fire causing much more pain to man eating animals!\n\n\\\u003eSo Grug walks outside with torch, did Grug’s business, began to walk back to hut when-woosh!\n\n\\\u003eA great gust of wind picked the torch out of Grug’s hand and throw it onto roof of tribe leader\n\n\\\u003eTo keep a long cave painting short the tribe leader became very angry with Grug, told Grug he must go out on long journey and bring something back to the tribe to make up for burning down tribe leader’s hut, or else Grug is not allowed back with his tribe\n\n\\\u003eSo Grug makes a long journey across the plains\n\n\\\u003eThen the plains turn dark and lifeless, nothing but barren black rock as far as Grug could see\n\n\\\u003eThen lifeless rock turned to a green howling jungle!\n\n\\\u003eGrug made a long and dangerous journey through jungle, fighting off many feral beasts, cannibals, and strange scaly reptiles\n\n\\\u003eEventually the howling jungle changed into a tall tree place\n\n\\\u003eThe air grows chilly and the wind grows quiet in this new land\n\n\\\u003eA thick fog blankets the ground and tall, strange trees tipped with green needles touch the sky\n\n\\\u003eGrug walked under tall trees until his feet hurt and his body ached every single day, Grug wants to make tribe jealous with what he finds! He just needs to keep searching!\n\n\\\u003eMany moons pass until Grug finally finds what he needs to prove his worth to tribe\n\n\\\u003eGrug was walking under trees when he sees a big rock in the distance\n\n\\\u003eGrug drew closer until he sees something strange\n\n\\\u003eA big hole is in the rock, deep enough to where the sunlight dare not enter\n\n\\\u003eGrug walks to cave entrance and sees something colorful, something sparkling, something that Grug needs to take back to tribe!\n\n\\\u003eAll along the cave walls are gems of blue, green, and red embedded into the rock, sparkling with what little sunlight hits them\n\n\\\u003eGrug walks closer and sees the gems grow bigger the further into the cave they went\n\n\\\u003eGrug pauses\n\n\\\u003eWalk deeper into cave and risk fighting a dire wolf, a pack of cannibals, or worse, a cave bear?\n\n\\\u003eOr hope that nothing bad happens and Grug can find a nice big pretty gem that he can take back to tribe and make them all jealous?\n\n\\\u003eGrug knows what must be done\n\n\\\u003eGrug lights torch and clutches spear in hand, either Grug walks out with a big pretty shiny rock or Grug’s not walking back out at all\n\n\\\u003eGrug walks deeper and deeper into cave, the gems in the wall growing larger and larger as Grug continues\n\n\\\u003eGrug chuckles to himself, maybe if Grug finds big enough shiny rock the tribe make him leader! Then he’ll make old tribe leader go on a dangerous journey!\n\n\\\u003eBut Grug’s smile dies as he rounds a bend in the cave\n\n\\\u003eThere, barely lit by Grug’s torch, is a pile of dark thick fur, slowly rising and falling as it breathes\n\n\\\u003eGrug walks stealthily as jaguar and holds torch out to identify the beast\n\n\\\u003eStumpy muzzle, rounded ears, big body covered in thick fur coat\n\n\\\u003eGrug puts a hand to his chin\n\n\\\u003eIt cave bear, got to be\n\n\\\u003eGrug looks down and-there!\n\n\\\u003eLaying next to the cave bear is a big shiny rock! The biggest Grug’s seen!\n\n\\\u003eGrug takes deep breath and walks towards the dumb bear\n\n\\\u003eSurely the bear is hibernating and won’t notice Grug take shiny rock, right?\n\n\\\u003eGrug is almost there, just a few more steps and Grug will-\n\n\\\u003eThe dumb bear yawns and rolls over, almost covering the rock with it’s fur\n\n\\\u003eGrug curses bear gods, now he will have to move some of her fluff to reach the rock\n\n\\\u003eGrug holds breath and walks next to bear\n\n\\\u003eGrug holds one hand out, reaches into her fluff, and firmly grasps the rock\n\n\\\u003eWith breath still held Grug then slowly pulls the rock free of her fur\n\n\\\u003eGrug looks at shiny rock in hand, this is it, Grug is set for life with mammoth hunter tribe\n\n\\\u003eGrug will get all the Gruggettas when he gets back, they’ll all be begging to polish his spear\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eBut why not admire the beauty of this strange rock now that he has it?\n\n\\\u003eGrug holds the rock out in front of him and brings his torch next to it\n\n\\\u003eThe rock glows with bright unnatural light, and all around him Grug now sees points of blue, red, and green\n\n\\\u003eGrug is scared, Grug turns towards cave entrance but the points of light move with him!\n\n\\\u003e”Ah!” Grug yells, dropping the stone\n\n\\\u003eIt hits the cave floor with a loud crack and Grug hears something move behind him\n\n\\\u003eGrug turns his head\n\n\\\u003eThe cave bear is now standing on two feet, looking at him with angry, cold bear eyes\n\n\\\u003eTwo feet?\n\n\\\u003eThis not feral cave bear! This is cave bear anthro!\n\n\\\u003eGrug clutches his spear\n\n\\\u003eThe bear steps closer with a hunched posture and opens it’s mouth\n\n\\\u003e”Oh? What’s this? A curious little monkey man trying to abscond with one of my geological treasures? Such a brave, if misguided attempt at self-enrichment.”\n\n\\\u003eGrug not understand what cave bear says, words too big, brain hurt, prefrontal cortex not yet fully formed!\n\n\\\u003eGrug dance around in war posture and make frightening sounds!\n\n\\\u003e”Ah! Ah! Ah! Go away bear woman! You no eat Grug! Ah! Ah! Ah!”\n\n\\\u003eGrug yells and dances! Pointing spear at cave bear woman!\n\n\\\u003eShe chuckles\n\n\\\u003e”Heh, heh, heh. Nice try monkey man, but I know how poorly your eyes adjust to darkness. Too many cones, not enough rods.”\n\n\\\u003eThe bear woman leans forward and blows a mighty breath towards Grug’s torch, it’s flame flickering out\n\n\\\u003eGrug stands still as he feels her hot breath wash over his body in the pitch black\n\n\\\u003e”Not so vicious now, now are you? A brave little two legged man thing thinking he can just trespass in my underground lair and make off with one of my possessions. Thankfully I can think of one way you can pay me back for your transgression.”\n\n\\\u003eGrug shrieks in terror as he feels two large paws grip his shoulders\n\n\\\u003e”Grug sorry! Grug was only playing prank! Ah! Ah! Ahhhh!”\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\* \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eGrug sees entrance of home in the distance\n\n\\\u003eGrug grunts and shifts the weight of the deer on his back\n\n\\\u003eAs Grug gets close he sees beloved mama bear walk out of the dark entrance of the cave\n\n\\\u003eMama bear has a cub and a baby swaddled in cloth, they’re held in a wrap that goes across her back keeping them close to her chest\n\n\\\u003eGrug looks at mama bear and smiles\n\n\\\u003eGrug not mind staying with mama bear\n\n\\\u003eMammoth hunter tribe dumb anyway\n\n\\\u003eThey don’t even have safe cave homes or shiny rocks!\n\n\\\u003eMama bear walks near and lifts the deer off Grug’s back\n\n\\\u003e”A healthy catch Grug, this ought to feed us for quite some time. Though personally I’ve always been fonder of the local flora than the fauna. Speaking of which, did you get any sugary delicacies for me?”\n\n\\\u003eGrug gives an affirmative grunt and lifts basket filled with wild berries to mama bear\n\n\\\u003eShe smiles and plucks one from the basket, tossing it into her mouth\n\n\\\u003e”Delightful, as always. Grug, I’ve been pondering something for a while.”\n\n\\\u003e”Hmmm?”\n\n\\\u003e”Civilized life as it stands is so scattered and remote, I thought I may die alone in that cave without having seen another creature blessed with bipedal locomotion and coherent speech. What do you think about a society where males and females are instead paired with each other through some assignment process to prevent such loneliness, and in the process raise the happiness of all civilized life that walks the earth? What do you think about that Grug?”\n\n\\\u003eGrug puts a hand to his chin and thinks about what mama bear said until brain starts to hurt\n\n\\\u003e”Grug like idea. A mama bear for every Grug and a Grug for every mama bear. It’s eqwa-equit-eqita-“\n\n\\\u003e”Equitable.” Mama bear says for Grug, his tongue tied in knots\n\n\\\u003e”Yes, that word.”\n\n\\\u003e”Good. Granted I never said anything about it only being composed of human males and female anthros but I like the way you think Grug.” Grug and Mama bear reach entrance of cave. “Now come inside Grug, it’s time to make dinner and feed our growing offspring.”\n\n\\\u003eGrug gives an affirmative grunt and enters with her, content with his new life\u0026nbsp;","series":{"name":"Garden of Greens (Anthology)","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2030356-disturbance-in-the-neighborhood-hmofa.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2040962-maulaholics-anonymous-adhg.json"}}