With a sighhhHeavy# the canine drooPedaled in, to vieWhat all the fuss was abouThis gianTeapot:
Straight ahead glistened a crystal donkey jaw fountain ⛲ …. To her right side some pajamas were slung oveRack… and to the left corneRose crayons√• stuck in an open jar of jam[÷]
*SquinTurning, bewildered by the items, she wearily approached the water to quench her thirst*
*The Whacoon jumped over the snakes head* "Which did she visit first?"
Currently Cheer was merely sniffling over the trickling skull, a few tears plummeThrashing her own reflection silently...
"By sssubmarine Hydrant!" Sparkles glimmered. "Perhapsss we've another dentissst at lassst... I'd never have guessed!"
"So it's been worth it this time," CasPouRemarked.
*Cheer bent her neck around, before trotting across the coppeRoom and tugging hopefully at the jammies. "C-could I keep these? It's kind of colDown here."
"Sssuppose we'll have to let you, sssince you gLeaked on them now.." wheezed Spark. She then leaned closer to CasPeer. "(Her function may rise only to babysssitter.")
“Yippee!…" Cheer flipped the fabric in the air, and tried to step into the slumber apparel. Once she managed the front legs suited, she grinned. "Are we done here now? I'd like to rest.”
"Hmm, we're done for today," Casper relented, picking one of his fangs. "but you've got a lot of studying coming on youRegimen."
“S-study? Why do I need to study?..”
"Didn't your gatHear your natural inkling Misss C.?" Sparkles rolled around like a ring. "You're getting ssset to become a fanggg repairer."
“Fang fixer? B-but i don't like looking at sharp things! I just wanna chase my toys and bathe in the sun..”
*SparklExtends tail on Cheers head softly* "Don't fret; every tooth you fixxx shall grant you an appliance or romp time in the bump-boot boat."
*she whimpered* “Thanks for that, except really n-need Master TrayBell to enjoy it properly...” and her head flopped beneath the green jammies.
Coon grunToward and tugs her ear up: "Keep complaining about it you'll arouse the stern fisType."
*she shrank and whined out* “S-sorry sorry!”
"Good girl then, keep yer snout from honking outta tune," he ordered, and began adjoining a chain to her originaLeash, before exiting the giant kettle.
*she swallowed and followed on all fours, ears pasted low upoNeck* “o-okay caspTore," *she said feeling the snake slither around her neck and ankle*
"Sssweet pup," sparkle coddled. "Now you can have the seaweed or the blubber cushion."
*Cheer ponDeliberated it before responding* + “Uhh, the blubber bed sounds less stinky, and very squishy too heh."
CasPoked her# "Just watch your tongue or you'll lose bedding privileges - rememba that honey."
She pinched off a gulp and nodded: “U-uh of course, i'm growing quite aware…”
The trio wenTrekking around a few stalagmites and locate the rubbery room*
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Cheer tilted her head at the rubbery room but didn’t mind too much, she was exhausted, and ready to let some emotions quietLeak once in private. She wouldn't give them satisfaction of anymore frantic distress.
Coon lead her to the holding chambers, and Sparklesnake slid away from her fur* "We'll register your arrival with leadership, and then call you for firSTudy session in a couple hours -- and then dinner after."
“O-oh okay. Dinner sounds pleasing!” She accepteDecent news, sending across a weak smile.
"Cool, don'Try anything funny or you'll regret it," he warned, before shutting the paddeDoor & bolting it*
Flinching as sHEard the latch grinding sturdily, she quivered momentaRelief, flopping down on rubbery bean bag, before curling up and sniffling mournfully* “Masterrr …if you the besttt…come rescue me pleasies,” She begged softly, before closing her fluttering firehead with sobbing, and strayed to sleep...
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CheeRoused to both a squeaky and [^~sloPoppiNoise")×
*shifting and stretching below, Cheer stuttered awake - peeking around with annoyance, she witnessed flashes of silver accompanied by melloWoodwind splashes* “GluMm?”
*A spurt of blue liquiDribbled over her nose*
She reverseDeduced the direction upward, to spot a zebraiColoRag wrapped around a stalactite*
*she shook her snout and slunGunk* “…what..ewwWeird…” *she looked up confused to gander this unusuaLump* “u-uH..ello?” the hound tested, scooting from under the leakage.
Flaps then raised at both endSide of the blob, revealing a lone cobalt pupil, surrounded by thinner wiggles of scarLight.*. "I admire your gratituDEvotion, new roommate…"
"R…roommate? I-I didn’t know I was go-going to live with someone else." she deliberated, tentatively sniffing the goo nearby.* "What are you?”
"You meet a species of Hippocampus (that is a sort of aquatiCentaur) *it floateDown, featherSwirling from the ceiling with a spread of chimes, revealing hooFour pencil-thin straws that taPlowed the floor upon landing*
“Ohhh okay! I’ve never really met anyone like that. I-I’m used to others like me and my master. I-I’m CHEER!”
*Creature spreads manifold appendages, almost like ribbons* "To be expected, since you're a land beast. Some call us fur~Maids.. but technically I'm ZebruSHuffleak."
“Ohhh, that’s…kinda cool actually! Are you going to be working with me too?”
*Trophy cup 🏆 shaped head riftSide to side slowly, with gills* "I'm not sure. It depends on which line of production or provision they picked for you by that test."
“Oh…we’ll they saiDenToothist…whatever that requires.” *CheeReleased* “Wish I could just play frisbee or hide and seek..”
"Ohh, it's not thaTough a puzzle as it sounds, when the mouth is bigger than mine -- myself, I baby sit because I possess dexterouSonar to maintain order (& because i lay eggs by nature...) Anyhow, this frisbee you speak of, is it shaped like a shell?"
“Sitting on babies sounds boring and unhealthy? Well kinda like shell, but not hollow. I lost mine when I got dragged under.”
*HorSEa rolls along floor spewing bubbles and pedaling hooves* "Unhealth-?-Weheehee, that's funny! NoTypically sitting on hatchlings outright, but supervising them. I'm sorry about your frisbee. How does one play that?"
*Cheer chuckled, nodding, stepping closer* “Ahhh that makes more sense hahaha. Well my master bought a disc for me, he would throw it and it would fly in the air like a dragon. Fast and far! It was really fun, maybe I can make one sometime.”
"Oh I don't suppose it submerges very well if it's fashioned to fly... You'll have to craft a model and demonstrate how this works. It may even entertain the little ones.."
Cheer bounced around, stimulated. "I think I could make it work one day! If.. . I'm given some materials down here. So hey um…how long have you been in this cave?”
*zebRipPiles head handles* "I can hover like that frisbee you mention.." flaps like a jelly~fisHover* "Hive been here 5 years. I’m actually the janitor," issues bubble.
*she giggled a bit* “Wow that’s a long time. Wait, I mistook you for a Jellyfish when they gave me treat a few hours ago!"
"NoTErribLong, and yes I do enjoy the chef service -- aside from scrubbing things clean - was positively born to brush and bake."
“Cooool,…I guess that makes you happy then you do what you do. I just wanna go home to my friends though.”
*HippoCamp bulges twice, nervously* "I've good news. May I... Perch on your ear so none hears?"
Cheer tilted her head confused but nodded quietly: “i oh…Sure.”
*Squirts over and saddles around shoulder*" I don't really agree wiTHese methods of dragging mammals down here... I prefer to set them free. And I have a special calenDolLever pack for smuggling them out."
*pup's eyes widened hopefully, as she pumps her tail gently* “You’re…you’re a liberator then; My lips are zipped, if you can zip me back to the surface!”
"Stealth is sorely needed indeed, sweetheart," *Hops off shoulder and zooms around the perimeter* "Your prayer touched me exceeding worrisome: yet I best not be seen hoof-knobbing Convo with captive."
Cheer volunteered an enormouSmile and bowed her head gently, “Of course, clean well friend.”
"I'll keep it smooth as an ice roof, deary!" ZeBrush vowed, and slipped right out through a gap above the door*
The hound chuckled, enjoying ShuffLEak's attitude towards responsibiliTidying. Cheer stretched and then observed the room once seeing what there was including the gap above the door*
Then a shadow gatHeared unDoor with some shuffling%-<
Alerted by the commotion, Cheer pawed the mattress in kNots, leaning back a few hairs anxiously on the cushion.*