Red's Is Closed

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Red can be seen sitting at his computer, papers strewn out in front of him and a pencil tucked behind his ear. He's working diligently and isn't paying much attention to his surroundings.

With Christmas music playing softly in the background, punctuated by the jingle of a ball as it bounces by, his face was a mask of concentration.

If you need him or to get his attention, you can tap on the window and he will let you in.

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In his new USAF hoodie and with his USAF cap on, Cameron heads into town. He's got a bunch of packages for Red and the cubs with him. When he finds the shop closed, he's about to turn around and head back to the dorms when he notices movement inside.

Grinning, he knocks on the window and waves at Red.

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Distracted, Red heard tapping and after marking something off on one sheet and writing on another, he looked up to see Cameron. With a grin and a nod, Red leapt down and padded over to the door, unlocking and opening it for him. "Hello, Cameron! Come in! How are you?"

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"Great," Cameron smiled and entered the shop, grateful for the warmth inside. He really needed to buy gloves. "How are you?"

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"Since business is slow, I'm taking the opportunity to catch up some paperwork," he said. The door locked behind Cameron and Red trotted over to the counter and leapt up on it, his tail swishing to indicate the empty stool for him to sit down.

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"Yeah, things are getting pretty slow at the school too." Cameron carefully put the packages down, making sure he didn't put it on top of any of Red's papers. "I'm actually going home for Christmas for the weekend myself."

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"That sounds lovely!" Red said. "I take it that means you are coming back for the next term?"

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"Of course I am, I wouldn't dream of leaving this place." Cameron says cheerfully. "I won't be gone long either, just the weekend to show my parents that I'm still in one piece... and not barking."

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Red laughed. "We can hope for the not barking, I'm sure they'll be pleased with that. And I'm glad you'll be back."

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Cameron smiled. "Me too. I actually came to give you these," he said, motioning to the packages. There's one for Red (http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&vertical=SEARS&sid=I0008300030000100085&pid=041T1354000) and several (http://www.dogtoys.com/whirlwheel.html) for (http://www.dogtoys.com/dogactiontoy.html) Castor (http://www.dogtoys.com/sticksn.html) and Pollux (http://www.dogtoys.com/mallarddogtoy2.html).

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Looking surprised, Red's mouth opened and shut when he looked at the gifts. "Thank you so much, Cameron." He opened his gift and grinned. "Wonderful! I've needed more ties, the one I have is looking rather chewed up."

The cubs had a grand time tearing into their gifts and they took each one to their growing 'stash' of toys upon which Pollux immedately climbed atop of and preened.

((ooc: *dead from the gifts* I can't decide which one I like the most, the ties or the grunting duck. *dies*))

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"I thought you might be able to use a few more ties," Cameron wisely didn't add how awful the one Red had was to begin with.

He grinned at the cubs antics and got up from his chair to ruffle Pollux' fur. "Glad you like them," he said to the cubs and then half asked the question to Red. "Do you guys remember me now that I'm all human again?"

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Castor sat down in front of Cameron and started to sing the theme song to Blue's Clues for him, in almost recognizable English. Most of it.

...well...some of it.

Sort of.

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Cameron grinned, he only understand bits and pieces of it, but the tune was familiar enough. "Next time I drop by, I expect you to be able to say 'yo'," he told Castor and scratched behind his ear.

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Unhappy that Castor was now getting all the attention, Pollux tumbled off his pile of treasure and rolled over and into his brother. "Dadda!" he squeaked. "StairsPLAY!"

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Cameron laughed and looked at Red. "Okay, they do remember."

He snickered. "I'm not sure I'm that agile right now, guys."

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"Yes, they seem to remember you quite well." Grinning, Red nodded. "And I, and my insurance, thank you."

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"We had fun," Cameron remembered and playfully nudged Pollux. "We can play another game, if you want."

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The nudge game! Pollux nudged Cameron back using the top of his head. "'nother game!" he chimed in.

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"Uh huh. I don't think I've played this one before." Cameron grinned and nudged Pollux' side gently, then did the same to Castor.

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Pushed out of the way, Pollux tumbled head over tail, Castor landing on top of him in the game and they righted themselves with a shake and a tribbly growl before hopping over to Cameron again to head butt him in the calf.

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"Whoa," Cameron stumbled slightly. "You guys are strong," he reached down and ruffled the fur on their backs, trying to get them both off balance.

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Flipped over onto his back, Pollux wiggled around to his feet again and sneezed, his head shaking violently. He lunged forward and attacked Cameron's feet.

Castor trotted over to the pile of toys and pulled out the helix toy, dropping it at Cameron's feet.

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Losing the battle with Pollux, Cameron fell down on his ass but luckily not too hard. "Alright, you win!" He snickered and picked up the helix toy. "You wanna play tug?"

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While Castor had Cameron occupied with the toy, Pollux leapt toward him and bounced right in the center of his chest.

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"Umph!" Cameron hadn't expected it and fell back on his elbows. "Why you..." He laughed and ruffled Pollux neck and behind his ears.

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Pollux bounced in victory on top of Cameron. "Ahahahahahahaaaaaa!" he squealed. Crawling up onto his stomach, Castor bounced too.

Red, all the while, watched in amusement. "When you need rescueing, let me know."

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Cameron couldn't stop laughing. "I think I've been conquered," he snickered at Red and had no clue how he was supposed to get up now.

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"You have," Red said with a chuckle.

Tumbling and wiggling, the cubs played on top of Cameron, lunging toward his face with their long tongues and giving him sloppy licks.

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"Augh! Okay, okay! I give! You win," he snickered as it tickled and was generally wet.

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Satisfied, Pollux held his head high and leapt off of Cameron, trotting with a great deal of attitud to perch on top of the toys again.

Lying crosswise across Cameron's stomach, his head and tail hanging down Cameron's sides, Castor blinked sleepily.

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"Uh, I'm not going to get far like that, pal." Cameron scritched Castor on the head and snickered at Red. "It's beyond me how you survive this much energy on a daily basis."

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Red gestured his nose toward the pile of squeak, chew and tug toys. "My saving grace. If they are active during the day, they just might let me sleep at night. Thankfully, they are well behaved for all their energy."

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"I suppose it could be a whole lot worse, and they are kinda cute." He grinned and kept stroking Castor as he idilly wondered if he was going to be able to get up again today.

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"Feel free to let him ooze into the floor, otherwise the moment you start to move, he'll get heavier, thereby guilting you into remaining still." Red leapt to the floor and padded around to where they were piled up in the floor.

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"Smart too," Cameron nudged Castor and tried to move the cub off of him.

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A universal truth that has been proven through the ages. An animal, quite comfortable where they are, will increase in mass when the intention was to move them.

The moment Cameron's intent was to move Castor, he groaned and grew..heavier, if that was possible.

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Red did warn him. Sighing, Cameron scritched behind Castor's ear. "I know, pal, but I got some packing to do and I don't think I can take you with me to Memphis."

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Stepping forward, Red nudged Castor to assist him sliding off Cameron's body. "Escape now, while you still can," Red said with a laugh. "Otherwise you will end up with extra luggage Memphis."

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Cameron quickly got up and laughed. "I don't think I could quite explain them to my parents. Merry Christmas, Red." He said as he moved towards the door.

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Red followed him to the door. "Merry Christmas, Cameron, and have a safe trip."

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"Thanks," Cameron smiled and with a wave to the cubs, he slipped outside.

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((ooc: and thank you too! I and Red both like Cameron very much! He's fun to chat with.))

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