fandomtownies | Red's is...

It's a long way from the dorms to town if you're a puppy. Cameron is panting and huffing by the time he makes it down to Red's. Only to be stopped by a shut door. He whines, looks up at the door. The sign is too high for him to read. He backs up a bit and the word currently showing is longer than he wants it to be.

He scratches at the door for a moment. Waits. No one opens, so with a soft whine, Cameron truts back to campus. He hates going uphill, but yay for fur.

Bounding back, the bag rustling nicely with Pollux helping it to rustle, the slid to a stop at the front door and see another one of them except not-red-one-of-them trotting away. "Dadda!" Pollux called out to him to get his attention but he may already be too far away.

He normally wouldn't have heard, but the super hearing that comes along with his current state works wonders as Cameron thinks he heard something. He trots back to the door and jumps up and down to see if he can see something inside.

It's a game! The cubs jump up and down with him, the plastic bag tied around Castor's neck flopping against his legs. They raced up and pawed against the glass from the inside of the shop and Pollux ran to the back of the shop and back to the front and to the back and to the front and to the back and to the front, sliding into the door and waiting.

Cameron is kinda confused about what is going on. He moves up against the door, puts his paws on the glass and just barely manages to look inside at the cubs.

Pollux raced to the back of the shop and out the small door set in the large door. Around the side of the building, appeared at the corner. "Dadda!" he shouted again, and disappeared.

Cameron looked from Castor to where Pollux had disappeared. Taking a risk, he pushed away from the door and ran after Pollux.

Waiting at the back corner of the building, when Pollux saw Cameron round the corner, he yipped and disappeared around further behind the building to wait patiently by the back door.

((Doing good so far!))

He understood that much and encouraged, Cameron almost bounced as he followed Pollux to the back door. He wagged his tail happily as he waited to see what Pollux wanted him to do next.

Pollux ducked in the door, the flap slapping behind him. He reappeared and layed his ears back. "Dadda!" he said and disappeared again.

Cameron just hoped Pollux meant Red with that and not him. He stared at the flap for a moment, then charged at it. He rolled through on the other side, looking a bit disorientated.

There were soft pawfalls going up the stairs and the sounds of movement. They came back down as a series of new toys bounced down the stairs, followed by the rustle of plastic and two sets of four paws, rolling about bowling into Cameron.

Castor tugged playfully on Cameron's ear to follow after a bouncy colorful ball.

He was pretty sure he was supposed to be here for something, but that ball looked very colourful. Not to mention bouncy. Cameron liked bouncy. He wagged his tail and jumped up, running after Castor to try and reach the ball first.

Cause and effect, if cubs understood that sort of thing. They chased the ball but their large paws kept hitting it, causing it to move away, so they chased and their paws hit...

Pollux pounced on Cameron and chewed playfully on his tail, then stepped on his head to launch over Cameron and Castor both to land with a tumble. His aim was off and he tumbled ahead of the ball to slide against the front door of the shop.

Cameron lay sprawled out on the floor and shook his head. He wasn't used to having people launch from on top of him. The ball however was still rolling away and he quickly pushed up, his paws slipping on the floor as he lunged after it. He slid across the floor, four paws going into different directions as he slid away from the ball and huffed in indignation.

Red could hear the crashing about, although to most ears they were rather quiet. After getting the Nyquil open and taking a dose, he padded down the stairs to check on the cubs before it put him back to sleep and noticed a new 'friend' among them.

"Well, hello there."

Oh right, he was here for a reason. Cameron shook his head again and jumped up to meet Red. His tail lowering a bit as he realised just how impressive Red was seeing him like this.

/Yo!/ He barked, the sound somewhat recongisable, as he continued to yelp and whine. He hoped this would work. /Red. It's Cameron Mitchell. I have no clue if you can understand me./

Blinking his eye, Red rubbed at it with his paw. He bent down to touch nose to nose with him.

He pulled back and sat down to regard him. "Cameron? How in the blazes did you end up in four-legged form? Not that I don't think it looks quite fetching for you..."

/Score!/ Cameron's tail started doing that wagging thing again out of its own will, not that he minded as he was bouncing in front of Red. /A hamster bit me and the next thing I know I wake up with fur. Dream's the only one in school who seems to be able to understand me./

"Have you been to the clinic?" Not that Red was sure if the clinic could do anything for a hamster bite that turns humans to animals...

He shook his head. "Well...Hm." Red had to think for a minute. He wasn't sure if this fell under anything Tara could help with. "Is there anything I can do to help?"

/No. Now that would have been logical./ Cameron shook his head. /I sang for Lorne yesterday and he says it will wear off./

He licked his nose and looked unsure up at Red. /There is something I'd like your help with. If you don't mind.../ He looked around him. /I realise that the shop is closed. I'm sorry for just walking in like this and then getting distracted.../

"I'll be glad to help in any way I can," Red offered.

Cameron bowed his head, looking embarrassed. /How do you drink? I keep snorting milk up my nose and it hurts./ He whined.

Blinking for a moment, Red stifled a chuckle and shook his head. How did he drink? It was something he always took for granted and now he had to teach someone who wasn't born to it.

He turned and headed toward the stairs at the back of the shop, cubs bouncing behind him. "Come with me, it's easier to show than to explain."

Cameron bounced after Red as well. He had to really as his paws were definitely a lot shorter than Red's.

/I'm realising I took a lot of things for granted. Walking on four legs? Not as easy as it looks./

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