Red's is Open

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With the coming of the holidays, business was slowing down. Red was okay with that. It gave him time to catch up on the things he'd always wanted to do but didn't have the time before.

The cubs played with their stash of new playtoys, the shop floor now a battle zone of squeaks, jingles and tug toys, they entertained themselves and kept out of Red's fur so he could play too.

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She opened the door and looked around. The smells were overwhelming, and the sounds...bothersome. She cocked her head to the side and walked through the shop, investigating.

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All three stopped in their activities and looked at the new customer...well, customer wasn't the right word.

The cubs padded over to her, keeping their distance and sniffed curiously at her.

Red shifted on his stool and grinned. "Hello, there."

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"Cooo crrroooroo?" She looks him over twice, her head tipped to the side. The cubs, being more on her level, draw her attention, and she sniffs them back. Her tongue darts out to taste the air around them.

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The cubs perked at the motion and they bounced where they sat. Following suit, they licked at the air too.

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Smiling, she beats her wings and jumps at them, cutting herself short. She leans in very close, almost nose to nose, and her tongue darts out again. "Crrooo?"

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Castor returned the lick and closed his eyes. "Dadda!" he squeaked.

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She shrieks loudly and beats her wings, launching herself backwards into the wall. Hitting hard, she slides down and sits on the floor.

"Cooooroo!"

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Red watched her and he was on the floor trotting over to her. He sat down, giving the cubs a growl to keep them back. "Are you okay?"

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Standing, brushing her bottom off, she's indignant. "Croooooo." she turns to the cubs and stares at them with her head cocked to the side.

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He looked over at the cubs who sat side by side, their ears flat and heads low. "They were just saying hello. They didn't mean to frighten you."

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Cockcking her head to the other side, she twitches her mouth before trying out a new sound, her tongue not quite up to the task. "Taaa?"

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She was an interesting little girl. Red wondered who she belonged to. "Would you like a soda? Something to drink?"

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Concentrating hard, eyes nearly crossing as she tries to see her mouth working, she manages a hard "Thaaa" before nodding and smiling.

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Not his, so trying to interpret what she was saying was a bit more difficult than with the cubs.

He trotted over to the small refrigerator and pulled on the rope handle to open it, revealing several kinds of sodas in cans and waited for her.

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Inside the box he opened there were shining cold, things. Curious, she moved slowly, peering inside. "Croo?" Reaching out, she touched a red one. Cold and hard, she put her finger in her mouth.

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Gently taking a can out, Red set it on the floor and hooked a claw under the tab to open it. He pulled out a paper cup and set it on the floor next and very carefully, poured the some coke into the cup, nudging it over to her with his nose.

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She peers into the cup, the brown liquid hissing at her. She hisses back, watching it.

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Sticking his tongue out, he lapped and licked at the air, lowering his nose until he was almost lapping up the coke. Then he nosed the cup closer to her.

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She picked up the cup, watching him. Tipping it up, she took a sip. She blinked rapidly as the bubbles tingled against her tounge.

"DA! DA! Daaa...Crroooo..."

She drank the rest of the Coke, smiling.

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"Dadda! DaddaDadda!" Castor and Pollux wiggled where they sat when she said something they recognized. "Daddadaddadaddadadda!"

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"Daaddaaa! Daaddaa!" Fascinated withthe new sound she can make, and perhaps effected drastically by the sugar and caffeine, she bounds around the cubs, shrieking and repeating the sound. "Dadadadadadadadadadadada...."