Ray and Zek head to the houses. When they arrive, a handful of kobolds can be seen carrying carcasses and hides of creatures. One of the kobolds is Zel. Ray calls for Zel.
"How did the hunt go?" Asked Ray.
"Good chief. We managed to get three giant boars and five purple poison lizards." Said Zel.
"Good job! With this and the troglodyte meat, we should have enough food for at least two weeks. Oh, Zel, where's the young troglodyte?" Said Ray.
"He's bringing his kill over here, " said Zel, pointing towards the barracks.
"He killed something?" Asked Ray.
"Yes, chief, he killed a purple poison Lizard." Said Zel.
"Ahh, that's great. Zel, I want you and your group to hunt every two days and bring the young troglodyte with you." Said Ray.
"Yes, chief. Do you want us to increase or decrease hunting trips as needed, Chief?" Asked Zel.
"Yes, I'll leave that up to you. For now, let's organize the food and other stuff we brought over into the storage house, " Ray said.
"Zek, round up the clan and bring them to the barracks." Said Ray.
Zek nods his head and runs off.
"Zel, let's take some food to the storage house. I'll show you the layout, " Ray said.
"Yes, chief." Said Zel.
Ray, Zel, and the others grab food and head towards the barracks. As they approach, Ray spots the young troglodyte dragging his kill.
Ray yells. "Follow us over to the storage house!"
The young troglodyte nods his head and follows Ray.
They arrive at the storage house.
"Ok, so this one here is for storage only." Said Ray. Facing south. "The one on my right is the dining hall, the one on my left is the barracks. Let's store the food." Said Ray.
Ray realizes we don't have refrigeration.
"Athena, how can we keep the food fresh without refrigeration?" Asked Ray.
"Ray, you can smoke meat, use dehydration, or salt the meat, " Athena said.
"We don't have salt so that we will smoke the meat. I'll create a smokehouse—I'll modify a house and create a small smokehouse, " said Ray.
Ray heads outside and walks to the east side of the storage house. Ray looks around. "This should work." Said Ray.
Ray puts his hands on the ground.
"Athena, activate the house blueprint." Said Ray.
The image of the house blueprint appears in Ray's mind.
"Now I just need to modify the size. 10ft x 10ft should be enough, and I need a fire pit in the center. Perfect. Create! Said Ray.
Liquidity mass appears from Ray's hands and expands, forming the smokehouse.
As Ray finishes the smokehouse, the other kobolds arrive.
"Zek, Zel, let's go in." Said Ray.
The trio enters the smokehouse. Ray focuses on an iron short sword in his mind. He modifies the short sword into a rounded, slender hook. "Create." Said Ray—the hook forms in Ray's hand.
"Ok, Zek, Zel, this hook here! You hang this end up on the beams and stick a slab of meat on this end. But first, we need to build a fire. Ray creates five logs in the fire pit. Zek has the others bring twenty slabs of meat." Said Ray.
"Yes, chief." Said Zek. Zek heads out.
"Ok, while we are waiting." Said Ray.
Ray creates nineteen more hooks and starts the fire. Zek and a few more kobolds arrive with slabs of meat.
"Okay, place the meat on the hooks and hang them on the beams, " Ray said.
The kobolds hook the meat and hang it on the beams.
"Zek will need more wood. I will keep firewood outside the smokehouse. The older kids can help gather firewood. That will be part of their daily duties. Zek, the meat has to be smoked for twelve hours, and I want two people in charge of smoking the meat. Besides training, that will be their main job, " said Ray.
"Yes, Chief, I'll pick two reliable people, " Zek replied.
"Ok, let us head out." Said Ray.
Ray and the group head out of the smokehouse.
Ray yells. "Alright, gather around everyone! I believe that everyone should have their name! So tonight I'm gonna name everyone in the clan! We will feast tonight to celebrate our clan and for you, who are well named! But before doing that, we must finish clearing and gathering all the useful material around our village! We will build a fire pit between these three buildings! So let's get going, my clan!"
Everyone lets out a roar of excitement!!
For the next six hours, everyone is busy clearing and gathering. Ray spends the next six hours assimilating materials from the storage house: weapons, armor, gear, living necessities, wood, plants, herbs, skins, stone, etc. Ray used max assimilation every time it was off its cool down.
"Wow! That's a lot of stuff that I assimilated. This will be very useful to the whole clan. Let's get everyone to clean up and begin the feast!" Said Ray.
Zek and Zel inform the rest of the clan to clean up and prepare for the feast.
After everyone gets cleaned up, they all gather around the fire pit, which is lit and burning. They skewer two of the giant boars and place them above the flames. The kids gather a bunch of wild berries.
Ray goes over all the clan members in his head. "Thirty-two adult kobolds, 18 males, 12 females, six kobold children, four boys, two girls, five troglodyte kids, three boys, two girls. We have two kobolds named Zek and Zel. I have to come up with forty-one names."
"Okay, everyone. While we wait for the boars to cook, I will start to name everyone, " Ray said.
The first to be named is the short brown kobold. "Your name is Zak, " said Ray.
Next is a female kobold. "Your name is Sal, " Ray said.
Ray names the male kobolds with names starting with Z, and the female kobolds begin with S. The kids as well.
"The oldest troglodyte name is Wen." Said Ray.
Ray names them with names starting with W.
"Wonderful! Everyone has a name now. This makes me super happy, " Ray said.
Everyone cheers!!
Ray looks out over the clan and smiles. "This is only the beginning, " he says.
Ray shouts. "Let's eat!!"