~The Dilo Duo~

{A story inspired by a rather interesting Ark moment.}

One fateful night, the bright moon illuminated the sky. A female dilo watched nearby as it shone right at a male dilo in a clearing. His bright colors quickly caught her eye. To him, her eyes seemed to shine like crystal. A perfect reflection of beauty.

It was love at first sight.

They were a pair, the 2 Dilos. They teamed up to bite a Parasaur's ankles. To bully compies and spit in players' faces. They did everything together. They were nearly inseparable.

Until one night.

While the female settled down to drink at a small lake, the male ventured off to explore the new area they found. He discovered something strange. It was a little hut, where a Parasaur and a Raptor sat outside. No biting, no chasing. It was downright unnatural.

Confused and curious, he gets too close. Another Raptor emerges from the darkness with a player on top of it. But he doesn't even get to see it. His life could not even flash before his eyes.

Back with the female, hours pass. They've never been apart for so long. She goes searching, calling out to him. She runs along the beach back and forth, until she finally catches his scent. She runs, chasing the trail in excitement. She'll finally get to reunite with her mate! But then she notices... the scent leads to a pool of blood.

Her breath becomes shaky as she approaches her fallen mate, drenched in blood. If only it weren't his own. She stands over him, hoping that somehow he was alive... but his chest stayed still. Anger, sorrow, grief, and confusion overwhelm her. It hurt just to see him like this, but she stares anyway, not knowing how to move on. She refuses to move from his body, up until the same Raptor suddenly lunged at her.

But it wasn't the end. Instead, she wakes up, standing over her own body somehow. But that didn't matter, as she can see her mate standing in front of her.

The Dilo duo reunites again, setting their sights to the dark night sky illuminated by the moon, just like when they first met. They run up in the air in the direction of the moon, ascending right in the middle of the moonlight, heading towards the afterlife to spit on compies and bite Parasaur ankles once more.

The End.