ARK!
While the sun was setting I saw something quick and shifty across the water and suspected... Raptor.
But with the light fading I wasn't gonna start anything so I went back to my sandy shack and cooked a meal or two whilst plotting my attack and gathering some more meat from my cupboards.
When night-time was finally over I jumped into the water and swam across to the little island. The attacking Piranhas made me nostalgic for that raft that's miles away halfway up the eastern coast so I just pressed shift to try to swim a bit faster and pressed shift even harder as they continued to nip at my ankles.
I easily made it across without dying, the little fishies aren't too deadly if you don't have to swim far, but I had only taken two steps on dry land when that Raptor was racing for me. And it was a Tek Raptor!
But don't get excited just yet, it's coming to kill you. Get the Bola. What number do I have it as. Five. Yes it's five in my inventory thing.
*presses 5*
*swings*
*throws*
*MISSES*
Glad I was carrying two.
Got it the second time. Sneaked round the back away from its snapping mouth and slashing claws to give it the old rapid puncherooo. Punchpunchpunchpunch. Then I dump all my meat on the unconscious beastie and before you know it, I have a new friend, Tara the Tek Raptor!
Yeah, behind me those Freddy Kruger Therizinosaur things are a bit close now. We'd better scarper.
We had a little walk around the coast before the swim back, I don't have my Raptor saddle here so I had to just let her follow me but she killed those Piranhas that were snapping at my feet again.
And as we walked back to my shack I deliberately antagonized a Dilo so she could kill it and feed on it.
Then one of those annoying flying things came swooping close so I annoyed that to let the Raptor have another feed. But it was flying just out of her range and kept swooping down to get at me so I guess I'm gonna have to kill it. I spun around after it while swinging my axe and then suddenly my Raptor got involved and dived in the way while I was swinging.
And it wasn't a very high level Raptor either so it died pretty quick at my clumsy, blood-stained hands.
So poor Tara wasn't my friend for very long. But at least I got some electronics from the Tek body.