*The bolt cranked free 🔩 from the door latch* - CaspeRacoon jerked his head, taking up 2/3rds of the door frame: "Time to hit the books baby!"
Cheer's ears perked and rollicked around* “B-but…" she violently shook herself awake, recalling she had meager alternative, upawNoticing the leash in his grip. "WoKey I’m coming...”
"Attagirl, nothing to a slideshow with a pinch of reading right? YoUh... You can read can'chew?"
“That’s not really the k-kind of school I w-went to…” she mourned, trotting over.
*The coon facepalmed* "So we have to teach you the alphabet or something?"
Her ears pinned back with a bark: “I-I didn’t need to read! I got to chase toys and roam around yards!”
"You'll get some of that action regularly, eventually," *Casper waved a hanDismissively & began attaching the white-leather collar* "And heck, lack of education shouldn't be a huge deal i guess; we’ll just have to hope the illustrations and diagrams are enough for a little pampered puppy to handle, huh?"
“Nothing wrong with that,” She bristled behind snout. “I helped when I was asked…but I didn’t need to read to be productive or happy.”
"Well most of us have to Earn our keep down here... So it’s time to grow up. No more growling you get that clear? Your determination is kind of rare, & so far you never noticed."
*The pup looked away, declaring annoyance multiplied, but signaled a slight nod, quaintly observing twinkles among some of the rocks* “Crystal. Clear..”
"We're going to class then, march your tail down the hall with me." When she stretched, he momentarily tugged the scruff of her neck.* "Hey don't stick your nose in the air either."
“Jeez!” she skipped & yelped before walking down the hallway* “Calm your claws,, I’m GOing.”
Accepting his statement as effective, the Coon pointed ahead. “We're going to that giant pearl over there on the right hand side."
Cheer gave a nod and angled down the jade-&-ametrine path toward the massive pearl, which rose at least ten times the coons height. She tilted her head slightly curious at the flow which seemed to swim. Was there light shedding in from anywhere more than the street lanterns?
"The door slides down," CasPoked her out of her muted search. "Just pull the coraLever attached there."
“How curious…” she remarked, and then with her teeth, pulled the stick and listened more than watched the dooRumbleDown with excessive scraping & a (thick, belligerent gong.+)
"None too smooth," she fished. "An old model?" she jabbed.
"Not at all," The coon mentioned smugly. "It serves as its own alarMovement, if an uncertified snooper should need be spotted. Lots of material inside that's prickly."
*she cocked her ears askance, but touCHin:* “okay CapSir, wanna make a Truce?”
"I've no interest in betraying my Company... That's why i gatta babysitcha since you're new & not yet to be trusted. But the beaver will be instructing you."
He followed behind her flank as they passed through a short archway, which opened up to a set of three juiSea blue tables & six silver seats.
*Wide-eyed she stared, before eagerly hopping into one of the loungy chairs* “Woah! Feels spongy,” she approved, sinking in.
*Why thanks, doll!" Ripped a beaver stepping out of a closet & sporting a slight underbite* "That was my own addition - helps beasts settle in, I say. You’ll be just as impressed with the tools I bet."
Cheer gazed across the furniture and toward the projector screen* “Ho, great design! What should I call you, Sir?”
There was a jumble of books in his hand, and duo drills spaced along each tabletop, including a large counter at the head of class* "Baxtree be my nest-given moniker = bud usualLeaf, DocTree Ax nowadays," he shifted a small green badge on his chest. We’ll get you up to buzzinGooDoctoring in a week's time!"
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*She clicked her claws quietly... "This sounds tiring," she sighed.
"Lesseeee, Casper, what's she gotta start with anyway?" DocTree Axed.
"Well she don’t read,” Casp revealed, and the beaver gasped. “Get the projector, Bax." He insisted.
"Sneaky shark, what a travesty!" Baxtree pounded tail against floor. "All the same, I can't keep track all these books anyhow…" he admitteDumping them, & heading back into the closet.
The hound stared between both of them and snickered. “He's a riot!…But you're just a greasy stick in mud.”
*CaspeRolls eyes* "I'm a guard, I can't afford to be clumsy or hasty. Besides, you're here to study not chatter."
*Beaver digging through another closet pulling wires out the way -- & having to move carts around*
*Laying her head down, she pouted* “Get a life, poser…wish I could just play some fetch or wrestling..”
*Casper grabs her ear* "If I hear one more complaint out of you dog, there's gonna be a different kind of pow wow for you to grapple with."
*she yelped and whined letting her tail fall between her legs* “ow Hey, ow! I-I’m sorry!”
*He grabbed a drill from nearby table* "You better pay attention too, cause I can arrange one of these bad boys to stir up your bones!"
*Cheer gave a courtesty flinch* “y-yes Sir..”
*he made it buzz and whirl just under her chin* "Now i like that proper title, Sir. Make sure you address us sirs for the rest of the hour too.."
*she gulped, feeling the breath of the metal, and whimpered*
"Easy now, Casper." Beaver finished plugging into a light machine, and begin to unroll a screen* "You never even went through technical training."
*Cheer took the moment to jump over to a further seat, & awaited the screen graphics* CaspeReplaced her warm spot with his own hindquarters, and dropped the drill back lifelessly. "Bax, I've sat through these classes half a dozen times now. That's why i'm the emergency back up."
"You still don't have field experience," the Doc mitigated. *The upbeat Beaver got the film scooting, & periodically stopped to elaborate on charteDetails of the anatomy: jaw shape, tooth categorizing, and types of infection*
*Cheer's earSwam around, listening to the range of foreign information she was being flashed with*
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"See first always rinse with special antibiotics and sterilizing creams before attempting any scraping..." DocTree dispensed.
“Righto!" the canine cheered. "Cause if we don’t it could cause pain and infections?”
*BaxTree peeked over his glasses and spectacles* "Quite contrary; the deteriorating will aHee, already begun, and the teeth may already be sensitive."
*She scratcHounded her ear swiftly* “ohhh well..I guess that makes sense..this feelStrange, b-but I guess I musTry to think ahead about caution.”
"Sorry the first week of this course is quiTEdious," Beaver apologized. "Just try to drink in what you can, and we'll recap a bit at the end," the Doc assured.
*Cheer burst into a small tail wag* “Thanks! Um how many cases do you guys get every day?”
"Never more than three, occasionally none."
“Do beasts take much care of their teeth?” she wondered, licking between her chops.
Casper adds, "We have plenty hygiene products laced in the drinks; main damages come from brawls really."
“…Brawls?! Why on earth would there be brawls?” (But internally she sensed why their may easily arrive backlash).
"Are the lights on upstairs or merely reflecting the projector mindlessly pup?" CaspeRake-torted. "Not everyone is here willingly."
“Oh…sorry Sir…we’ll I can go and settle them down then. I…C-can identify wiTHeir situation. I think they may be more comfy with friendly extensionStatus..”
"What is she babbling abouThere?" BeavERupts. "This isn't physical therapy, it's surgery. Don't let those sofas fool ya. The Dentist understands the tools, drools, tissue and substances - the patients merely keep their mouths open steady."
“Well…fine then Sir, if that’s how it is.” CheeRelented.
"ThaTIS how it is," he smacks the ground. "Now then where were we?"
*she flinched slightly and looked Down silently thinking to herself and losing herself in humdrums about going home*
"DAMiss," Beaver teach exclaims to Casper. "No extra questions off topic now on!"
Coon jabs her with elbow -"Pay attention for relevant questions only pup"
*She sat up taller* “Y-yes sir,” she pouted.
"Okay," beaver pointed stick at wall* "Here we have the simplest way to check nutrient levels and density.."
*she nodded and watched where he pointed* “Ho..okay is its horriBall?"
*Bax blinks* "I beg your pardon?"
“T-the um nutrients and density in a tooth or teeth, what if it’s bad? How would we be able to fix that?”
"That's in the next part;" DocTree divulged. "You won't know if it's below the threshold level or at safe levels until you perform the measuRating"
"Ok," she agreed. "JusThinking ahead."
"Very swell, gal. Now we will spend the rest of our hour, doing a hands on calculation of an artificially molded set of dentures," instructeDocTree. *Opens a case and sets in it front of her* "Use gloves, tweezers, and stethoscope to get a reaDensity of four separaTEeeth"
"Or make a bowl of juice from these 3 ingredients to target nutrient results - you can select which practice."
*she nodded and gulped quietly before deciding* “I-I uh can try to make the ingredients and see the results.” She didn't want to do the math of density measuREadings.
"Great, just remember not to mix all 3 together at any point," Beaver spoke slowly. - "Only mixtures of two at a time."
*she nodded at the bowl and jarStocked; she took one and dumped a pinch, starting to mush it*
"Hold on there put your gloves on or you'll get a rash!"
*She swallowed & began strapping some gloves hurriedly* “Oops-sorry!”
"Ride, do be careful; you don't want to harm yourself."
("Hey, why didn't you call him sir?") Demanded Casper
“Um…cause I was worried about the rash…”
The coon bopped her jaw.^ "Are you getting cheeky with me?!"
The hound yelped before swishing her tail and baring teeth. WitHardly warning, she seized Casper by the neck and lifted him up snarling* “Don’t. Touch. My. Snout.”
*CaspeRaked hind legs at her chest, as she pushed him down across the table* "BaxTEE help!"
*She slammed him with a snarl* “Shut up! I’m done with something who's DUMBER than me, acting BOSS-HIGH.”