Video; Down by the Water

[notsheepish]

You guys! Oh my gosh, you guys.

[The voice is breathless, shaking somewhat along with the video feed as it tries to focus on the person in frame.]

Feel free to ignore me after this, but for the next few seconds at least, you have to see what I'm seeing.

[Finally the blurry figure focuses into a grinning woman in hiking clothes, her hair in a ponytail and a bead of sweat rolling down her cheek, who chuckles once before turning the camera around. It's a little unclear where the video is being recorded from, other than somewhere hilly outside of any of the porter cities, and it's a little unclear what everyone's meant to be focusing on as well. Until the shot zooms in a bit, framing about a dozen big, furry puffballs huddled up near a stream, including a few smaller ones playing together on the edge of the water.]

Capybaras! I'm, like, 90% sure they're capybaras, which makes no sense, but there they are! I, um- I know things have been... especially rough in the porter cities the last couple weeks-- [Including something about zoo animals that have been released or something, though that obviously isn't relevant to anything going on here, why would anyone think that??] --but maybe for a second we can all just chill and watch some baby capybaras play in the water?

I'm pretty sure this is the definition of therapeutic.

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[socialactivillain]

[ Before being Ported in and getting the power to talk to anything in the order Rodentia, Piper might've been less interested in this, but as it stands, it immediately catches his interest. ]

Oh wow, there's so many of them. Where is this?

[notsheepish]

[The shot is still on the capybaras instead of Ruby.]

Like, twenty minutes outside Maurtia Falls? Which is a long way from where they should be.

[socialactivillain]

[ That's fine by him. They're as fascinating as they are adorable! ]

Did they get loose from the zoo?

[notsheepish]

Maybe? Even then, making it out this far without getting caught is pretty impressive.

[socialactivillain]

Yeah, no kidding. I wonder if they're okay wandering around like that... I guess they must be, if they've made it this far out, and for so many days since the zoo break out.

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[divaricate]

Yes, this is the cutest video I have ever seen posted on this network.

[Wanda speaks with a smile. Ruby's cute excitement, cute baby capybaras, like wtf isn't quality about this video? Nothing, that's what. It is all 100% quality content.

Then there's a short pause.]

Oh yeah, I guess the capybaras are cute too. [#smooth.]

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[notsheepish]

[The shot is still on the capybaras, and it shakes as Ruby laughs from offscreen.]

Gee, thanks.

[divaricate]

What? [That gets a slight laugh.] I was complimenting your cute excitement over cute capybaras.

I do actually want to pet a baby capybara through the screen, though. Too bad I can't.

[notsheepish]

[Excuse you! She is a big, bad wolf! Not "cute!"]

I know, right? Look at those adorable little fluffs!

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[continuousgroaning]

DEFINITELY capybaras. And they're just running around in the wild like that?

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[notsheepish]

Apparently. Pretty sure Pennsylvania isn't their natural habitat though.

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[continuousgroaning]

No, I'd never even heard of them til I saw one on a cruise ship. It was the captain's pet. But maybe in this world it's different.

[notsheepish]

Huh. You know, I didn't even think about that. Maybe they actually are native here.

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[dr_eldarov]

If those are babies, where's their mother? [He is very invested in these small creatures all of a sudden. So cute, so fluffy, he must protect them.] ...is a capybara something that can be kept as a pet? Maybe we should contact their owners.

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[notsheepish]

There are grown ones too!

[The camera shifts over to a few somewhat larger furballs nearby.]

I don't really know if they're legal to have as pets here though, but they're definitely not native to the area.

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[dr_eldarov]

They get cuter as they get older. How is that even possible? [Though he does try to not get too distracted by the cute.] I suppose you would know better than I, I just... I want to make sure they're alright. That they have food and a place to sleep and possibly a blanket of some sort. If that species likes blankets, that is. I have never heard of them before this.

[notsheepish]

Honestly, I don't know much about them at all. They're from someplace waaaaay down south, at least in my world. Maybe it's different here?

[vidiocracy]

THEY WILL KILL YOU. USE KARATE.

[notsheepish]

What? No.

[vidiocracy]

YES. Do not trust. Carry disease. Pointy teeth. Don't say I didn't warn you.

[notsheepish]

It's fine. I'm not even anywhere near them.

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[prophesiedone]

[Even ruthless Sith Lords have to appreciate little capybaras.]

They're cute. [He can't stop a grin.] Too bad they can't be tamed. [Or so he assumes. Wild animals and all.]

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[notsheepish]

I think some people might?

Or I could be making that up. Honestly, I'm not sure. They aren't exactly common around here.

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[am_i_a_monster]

They're adorable. Are they okay there?

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[notsheepish]

As far as I can tell. I don't think they're someone's housepets or anything.