Idiot! IDIOT!
IDIOT!!!!!
Doggo's dead.
And it was going so well.
I went off exploring to the West, cleverly using the radar pings to avoid nasty groups of predators and picking off the lone ones. Oh, but there was one awkward moment when a Diplodocus got angry at me trying to take a closeup screenie and I had to run away on foot as it charged me. I guess they don't like paparazzi.
But never mind, I escaped easily enough, the big ones look scary but they turn like a ferry.
So back on Doggo and I'm exploring away and I even manage to successfully get this good view without falling off a cliff...
I did get a bit too close to the edge when turning around to go back but Doggo clung on. *phew*
Good Doggo!
At this point I started to feel confident as I instructed Doggo to bash this Dilophosaur, smash that Troodon and any other Dodo that got in the way, all while pinging the radar to keep away from groups. It's all going wonderfully!
Then I saw a big green pillar. And it wasn't a supply drop. It must be my last death. And I think I was carrying some good loot. Should I?
Should I?
*Ping*
Hmm, Doggo says there's three things patrolling that area. Too much of a risk.
So I turn around and make my way back to the safe beach. Except... I can't quite find the path and I end up circling around to see the pillar again.
*Ping*
And look, all those predators have moved off. I think I might be able to get that loot!
I ride over. I jump off. It is indeed my previous death with lots of goodies. Pick it all up quick! And now back onto Doggo. But there was too much loot! I'm over-encumbered and can't move at all! This is over-encumbered Morrowind-style. And I turn round to see a dangerous thing with a smug, evil face running towards me. I'm sure it must have known all along what was going to happen and I've fallen right into the trap like some kind of Numpty!
"Clever girl," says that Jurassic Park hunter again, his patronizing voice echoing inside my head of increasing regret.
Please, Doggo, come a bit closer so I can pass all this loot onto you. But no, he's JUST too far away and won't take another stupid step when I whistle.
I try to drop some stuff on the ground but I don't want to drop EVERYTHING cos then I'll have no weapons, but trying to drop individual things when you're burdened with lots of stuff is far too slow and the evil thing's getting ever closer.
Quick, Doggo. Into the whistle menu and "Attack My Target" by which I mean that thing over there!
And he does! He really does!
Unfortunately lots of other things suddenly appear to join the fight and I have to stand there over-encumbered and unmoving as I watch Doggo get slowly killed by a gang of Dilophosaurs and more.
And then they come for me.
I stand my ground because that's literally all I can do and bash them with my damn axe. And I killed them. I killed them all with such vengeance and fury!
But then the ants come. Flying beetly ants. Then marching ants. A long line forming an orderly queue to take their turn at me. And they keep on coming. Until death.
On the plus side I did tame another Parasaur, this time using the bolas...
I have called it Dirge, but I don't have a saddle any more.
And Doggo was carrying SOOOOO much stuff of mine.
I'll have to go back there. I just have to.