The Coyote Pack

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{
  "event": {
    "options": [
      {
        "outcomes": {
          "failure": {
            "text": "You throw a rock and it falls short. The coyotes don't move. They continue watching. You throw another - this one lands closer, and the lead coyote tilts its head. Then they all stand up simultaneously and walk away in single file. The coordination is unsettling."
          },
          "success": {
            "text": "You grab a fist-sized rock and hurl it toward the ridge. It cracks against stone and the coyotes scatter - but slowly, almost casually, as if they're humoring you. They disappear over the ridge. You don't see them again, but you walk faster."
          }
        },
        "skill_requirement": {},
        "text": "Keep walking but pick up a few rocks. Thrown stones usually scatter them."
      },
      {
        "outcomes": {
          "failure": {
            "text": "You hold the stare for two minutes. The lead coyote lies down. The others follow suit. They're not intimidated - they're comfortable. You're the one standing in the sun sweating. Eventually you just start walking. They watch you go."
          },
          "success": {
            "text": "You plant your feet, square your shoulders, and stare directly at the lead coyote. For a full minute, nothing happens. Then the lead animal yawns - elaborately, deliberately - and turns away. The others follow. You've been dismissed by a coyote. At least it left."
          }
        },
        "skill_requirement": {},
        "text": "Stop and make yourself look large. Sustained eye contact. Dominant posture. Wait them out."
      },
      {
        "outcomes": {
          "failure": {
            "text": "You're sure they're guarding a den, but when you circle wide to confirm, there's nothing behind the ridge - no den, no kill, no cache. The coyotes have moved to a new position and are watching you again. You've wasted twenty minutes trying to out-think animals that apparently just enjoy watching people."
          },
          "success": {
            "text": "Coyotes sit in a line facing the same direction when they're watching over a den or a kill. You scan downwind and spot it - a fresh deer carcass in a gully behind the ridge. They're protecting a food source, not stalking you. You give the gully a wide berth and the coyotes ignore you entirely once you're past their sight line. You also now know where deer are grazing - useful information for hunters."
          }
        },
        "skill_requirement": {
          "tracking": 3
        },
        "text": "That behavior pattern - you've seen it before. These coyotes are guarding something."
      }
    ],
    "text": "Four coyotes watch you from a ridge about forty meters off the trail. They're not hiding - they're sitting in a line, ears forward, perfectly still. Watching. Waiting.\n\nCoyotes don't normally behave like this. They scatter when they see people. These four look fed, alert, and completely unafraid.",
    "title": "The Coyote Pack",
    "type": 2,
    "uuid": "9a2c27a0-03cc-4a49-b8c6-777266f46098"
  }
}