Furnado Animal Shelter, Tuesday

[puppy_fair]

Zack was in a pretty okay mood today at work, and he was spending his shift running his errands around the shop, telling Girl (who was basically his dog now and he was okay accepting that) all about his reasons for it. Sure, she didn't really understand the finer details, but she wasn't exactly complaining about the attention, or the fact that Zack was doing better today than he had been in a while. Every time he'd look her way, she'd give him an encouraging tail wag, and when he wasn't looking her way she was right at his side, pressing the warm weight of her body encouragingly against his leg.

Karla had really been on to something, bringing the trained therapy dogs here for him to find homes for.

Tseng had really been on to something, getting the animal shelter, of all places, for Zack to run, after everything.

He was feeling up to the 'actually dealing with the people' side of the job today too, so Zack put a Now Hiring sign in the window. Why not share the love, right?

And, uh, they probably actually needed more staff anyway.

[OOC: Open!]

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[studyingfear]

Even if he wanted to, which he didn't, Rufus probably wouldn't be the sort Zack would want to hire.

While Dark Nation played with his dust bunny friends at Book Haven, Rufus swung by the pet store over lunch.

"Oh," he said, affronted and dismissive all at once at the sight of... a SOLDIER. "It's you."

Fantastic.

[puppy_fair]

Sorry, Rufus. Even you can't ruin Zack's pretty okay decently not bad mood, today.

"Yeah," he agreed. "It's me. And this is my business. You didn't know?"

He thought you knew everything, Shinra.

[studyingfear]

Shut your face, SOLDIER.

"A momentary lapse," Rufus said dryly. "I won't trouble you long."

[puppy_fair]

"I wasn't too worried," Zack replied easily, crossing his arms over his chest. Girl made her way over to investigate the new person with a sniff. "What do you need, anyway?"

[studyingfear]

"I could just be looking," Rufus said, because... he couldn't help being a brat where he was unwanted. It was a personal issue. "I do have a dog."

Also, he was going to let Girl sniff at his hand before trying to pet her, sure. Shut up, he did not have a weakness for dogs. Honest.

[puppy_fair]

"I know," Zack replied, raising an eyebrow a little. "You had me watch him that one time."

He'd met Dark Nation. He liked Dark Nation. And apparently, Girl liked Rufus.

Traitor.

[studyingfear]

The dog had better judgement than the SOLDIER! ... Rufus was not surprised.

"I was just reminding you," he said mildly, more of his attention on Girl than on Zack.

[puppy_fair]

Zack sighed, crossing his arms over his chest.

"I never forget a good dog," he said, maybe a touch indignantly. "Is there something I can help you with?"