Ark stories?

A fairly short, recent story of my encounter in The North.

I went on an expedition to the North, and hopefully pick up oil at the same time. I wasn't too good at picking my engrams in armour as I've actually been pretty lucky in getting either blueprints or actual armour from Beacons, so I wasn't really developed beyond Hide. I flew to the North with only my standard gear: Metal Pick and Hatchet, Torch, Revolver, Steaks (8x at the time) and a bow I picked up along the way. Armoured in some rad Chitin and Hide black and red outfit. I took my Pteranodon named Pterry (Portmanteau of Pteranodon and the name, Terry) and I flew from my South East River Abode. Smooth flying and I arrive and pick up some oil and even kill a Saber. Then the time came...I spotted a mammoth and became ambitious and thought about that sweet pelt. I began shooting and stabbing it, it died and I was fairly wounded. Then a megaloceros comes by, and a nearby Argent decides to swoop down and attack it. Well my tard of a flyer decides to fight the Argent, attacking the Megaloceros. I'm cowering in a little wall crack with my fire as my ass is cold as fuck with the torch and campfire and garments doing nothing to stop the oh so dreaded - 7°C. Then the megaloceros dashes away -in my direction. I don't move because the fire is the only light source other than this excuse for a torch I have. The Argent kills the Megaloceros and my dumbass Pterry is just "orbiting" the whole battle. Then they decide to pull a Red Baron dogfight and just spin and spin spinspinspinspin up until I can't see them anymore. I'm calling my Pteranodon but I see no notification of either combatant dying. I eventually become consumed by the elements of Whitesky Peak, and cease to exist with my "GAH!" last breath. I decided to pull a stupid and take my raft all the way to the North, I'm talking a journey from the very bottom of the island to the very top. I went around because there are Spinos and Sarcos and the infamous bug wall which scares me so much. I finally reach the North after an uncountable amount of time so as to get my Pterry back. Well to just my luck a FUCKING GIGANOTASAURUS rears it's ugly head as I make a landing at the shore, but I'm starting into the sky searching for a hint of my Pterry. "ROAR" fling into the distance by a Giga and land into the water...right in view of a Megalodon...The End

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