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Daily Journal 14
3 years ago
Cecilia was too comfortable to notice Diana returning with a small basin of steaming water. She set it at the mouse’s feet. “Alright you two, she’s halfway to dreamland.” The rat said to the other attendants. The fox and squirrel nodded and went to get other supplies. Diana lifted one of Cecilia’s footpaws and placed it into the basin, the warm sensation brought her back to reality. She shook her head and looked down at her stylist’s smiling face. “Good morning sleepyhead, now we’re ready to start, sit tight get comfy.” The rat lifted one of Cecilia’s footpaws and took a circular brush with course bristles. She got to scrubbing the soles of Cecilia’s footpaws. Diana’s client was a special case, being a mouse with fur on her paws and footpaws. It left the stylist with more fur to treat instead of the usual skin care routine. She did her work scrubbing the footpaws in the hot water, working her wrist to scrub gently. Cecilia watched and wiggled her toes. Four long digits arranged symmetrically and tipped with pointed claws and a smaller one higher up on her footpaw. The brush went under, then over, then up and down the sides of her footpaws. Diana finished off by scrubbing Cecilia’s heels at their spot higher up on her feet. The squirrel attendant returned with a box that had different shades of green nail polish. Denice took the box and showed it off to the mouse. “Which green would you like?” she asked. Cecilia leaned in and selected a deep forest green. “Good choice Ms. I’ll get that started for you then.” said the rat. She then opened up a compartment of the box and took out eight spacers for the toes. Diana placed the spacers on her client, and got out a small file. “I’m gonna touch these claws up for you first okay?” Cecilia nodded, “thank you so much, I hadn’t had the time to get to them myself.” Diana smiled, “no worries dear, I’ll take it from here. The mouse felt a rough grinding at her toes as the claws were filed down to be sharp and narrow, a proper triangular shape. Just a few strokes of the file and the claws looked nice and sharpened, as they’re naturally meant to be. Diana set the file aside and took the polish. It was finally time to dip the brush in the liquid and apply it tenderly to the claws. Light strokes of the brush applied a full layer of polish over the claws one by one. The mouse’s footpaws felt rejuvenated and cleanly, and were now tipped with green claws that complimented the purple rings at her ankles. “There we are sweetie, how does that look?” The mouse wiggled her toes, “I love it!” she exclaimed. “Alright then, in that case let’s get to that other set of paws.” It was the same procedure, a bowl of warm water to soak the fur in and clean with a brush, then the filing of the claws, and lastly a coat of the same green polish was applied
