Murderverse Falls

[Kennifer]

1. Yeah, we need to actually contain the capybara. It's swimming in the river, now. What are you going to do?
"Whoa! A fuzzy thing!" Maple ponders how to use insects to solve this problem, and swiftly realizes... he has no idea how bugs can help here. Oh well, he can still use the direct route - wade out into the river and grab the capy with his bare hands. This is a plan without flaw nor possibility of error.

The direct route works surprisingly well here. You do manage to grab the capy... and kind of ride her into shore because of your small size. Hey, whatever gets the job done! (Rolled 10).

2. Aww! The capybara looks like she's pregnant. I think we'll need to make a suitable location for the mama capybara to give birth. And we're gonna need some capybara food, she's going to be hungry.
"Oh, wow! It's gonna be a fuzzy mommy! Ummm hmmm...." Capybaras like grass and other plants, so Maple asks some plant-eating bugs to direct him to the tastiest plants and gathers those up to feed the capy.

... oh right the location! With advice from some carpenter bees, Maple builds a little enclosure out of sticks, with a nice little burrow for the capy to burrow in and a pond also to swim in.

You're a bit distracted getting your bug friends to help you that while you get some good plants (probably not quite enough since your plant eating bugs seem hungry too) your enclosure isn't as fancy as you'd like. Still, the momma capy is able to bed down and have her babies eventually. (Rolled 1 +2 for insect affinity on both parts for a total of 3.)

3. Where did the capybara come from? Do your best to help figure out where this capy came from and where she and her little ones should be returned to, presumably.
According to the Big Book Of Cool Animals (where did Maple find this?) capybaras live in South America. How did an animal get from South America to here? Maybe that doesn't matter right now. Maybe there's a capybara expert we can call for help. Check the phone book and the online and uhhhh other places?

Also maybe the anomaly had something to do with all this. Maybe possibly. Maple's taking a shot in the dark here but it seems worth checking.


"Animal care is hard!" Maple declares cheerfully.

You go through the phone book a bit and call around, finding a zoo the capybara has escaped from, and you get her returned. The wifi connection is a bit spotty for online research but at least you found it the old fashioned way. (Rolled 6.)

Maple has a total of 19 points, and still no idea if this incident was anomaly-related...