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Quick sketch I did yesterday
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A door clicked quietly shut. There were slow footsteps across the floor, a sigh, the sound of a jacket being thrown on a chair, missing and slipping to the floor. Another sigh. A small grey figure padded slowly across the rather expansive floor, leaving a trail of crumbly, grey pawmarks across its surface. There was a distant clatter, the sound of metal dishes being knocked over, disgruntled, but unusually polite cursing and the sound of heavy footsteps. A larger, and somewhat dusty figure appeared in a doorway.
"So how did- oh. That bad huh?"
"Ugh."
"THAT bad...?"
"The smaller figure had a definite wilted look and attempted to slouch in a chair. Said chair was actually a small produce box with a cushion, making the action rather difficult. The larger figure, a fox stood awkwardly, self-consciously trying to dust a heavy coating of flour from various parts of his body.
"Do you think I'm a real cop?"
A long pause.
"Well you got the badge right? There was a big announcement an' everything."
"I'm on parking duty."
"Uh..."
"There's actual, serious policework to be done."
"Well, we knew it wasn't gonna be easy. I've been going for three months now and I'm hardly moving anything. People jus' don't think you can do anything until you've already done it."
"I also got scammed out of 15 bucks by a pair of foxes running a downscale scheme."
"Uh..."
"That's when you buy cheap goods from larger mammals then split them up to sell it at profit to smaller mammals."
"Oh. And uh... that's legal?"
"With the right collection of permits, yes."
There was another long pause, filled with thoughtful silence.
"So you're sayin' that if I made some reeeeeal small pies-"
"Yes. Gid, I'm being serious here! The chief basically said I had no chance!"
"Hey, so am I! You think I could sell t' like, mice or soemthin'? Anyways, this chief, police? Big guy? Yells a lot?"
"Yes."
"So... like the other big, loud, police guy that said you had no chance?"
"Wait... who?"
"The bear."
"The drill sergeant? I don't think she was as bad."
"That was a woman?"
The rabbit didn't shift from her slouched position, but smiled a bit. He was probably serious, but possibly not. He still bore a grudge against the entire academy for forcing him to watch her badge ceremony online. (It did make sense though, family invites only; otherwise anyone could attend.) She felt slightly better already, but then she had a talent for bouncing back.
"Aw c'mon, has anyone ever said you could do anythin'?"
"Some people, yes."
"Well everyone's been wrong so far, haven't they? I give it two weeks tops before he's eatin' his words. You mess with the best, y' fall like the rest."
"You got that off TV."
The fox sat down on the floor; they hadn't yet been able to buy a proper medium-sized chair yet. In that position he was almost level with the bunny. Maybe he had seen it somewhere, it was hard to keep track. He wasn't good at motivating people, Judy usually managed to motivate herself, and him besides. It was disconcerting seeing her sitting there so quiet. Words failed him often, so instead he simply leaned over and kissed her cheek gently. It felt like the right thing to do.
There was a long pause.
"You got that off TV too."
He grinned, she was smiling now at least, even if her ears were still down. He was about to reply when a piercing noise split the air. Judy's phone. Of course, it was after all her first day and that meant that she was probably being called by-
"My parents! Get down!"
"Ooof!"
Gideon lay on the floor quietly listening to the somewhat frantic conversation taking place just a few feet away, the phone camera carefully angled to avoid showing off too much of the rabbit's surroundings as she fervently assured her elders that her meter maid uniform was in fact some sort of undercover disguise. It just went to show, no matter how down she got, she was still capable of moving like greased lightning. He had a very definite feeling he should be upset about this. As quickly as it began the conversation ended.
"Y'know, you're gonna have to tell them about us sometime."
"I know, I'm on it, But do you have any idea how many fox tasers I've been sent?"
"Three, I counted."
"So how did- oh. That bad huh?"
"Ugh."
"THAT bad...?"
"The smaller figure had a definite wilted look and attempted to slouch in a chair. Said chair was actually a small produce box with a cushion, making the action rather difficult. The larger figure, a fox stood awkwardly, self-consciously trying to dust a heavy coating of flour from various parts of his body.
"Do you think I'm a real cop?"
A long pause.
"Well you got the badge right? There was a big announcement an' everything."
"I'm on parking duty."
"Uh..."
"There's actual, serious policework to be done."
"Well, we knew it wasn't gonna be easy. I've been going for three months now and I'm hardly moving anything. People jus' don't think you can do anything until you've already done it."
"I also got scammed out of 15 bucks by a pair of foxes running a downscale scheme."
"Uh..."
"That's when you buy cheap goods from larger mammals then split them up to sell it at profit to smaller mammals."
"Oh. And uh... that's legal?"
"With the right collection of permits, yes."
There was another long pause, filled with thoughtful silence.
"So you're sayin' that if I made some reeeeeal small pies-"
"Yes. Gid, I'm being serious here! The chief basically said I had no chance!"
"Hey, so am I! You think I could sell t' like, mice or soemthin'? Anyways, this chief, police? Big guy? Yells a lot?"
"Yes."
"So... like the other big, loud, police guy that said you had no chance?"
"Wait... who?"
"The bear."
"The drill sergeant? I don't think she was as bad."
"That was a woman?"
The rabbit didn't shift from her slouched position, but smiled a bit. He was probably serious, but possibly not. He still bore a grudge against the entire academy for forcing him to watch her badge ceremony online. (It did make sense though, family invites only; otherwise anyone could attend.) She felt slightly better already, but then she had a talent for bouncing back.
"Aw c'mon, has anyone ever said you could do anythin'?"
"Some people, yes."
"Well everyone's been wrong so far, haven't they? I give it two weeks tops before he's eatin' his words. You mess with the best, y' fall like the rest."
"You got that off TV."
The fox sat down on the floor; they hadn't yet been able to buy a proper medium-sized chair yet. In that position he was almost level with the bunny. Maybe he had seen it somewhere, it was hard to keep track. He wasn't good at motivating people, Judy usually managed to motivate herself, and him besides. It was disconcerting seeing her sitting there so quiet. Words failed him often, so instead he simply leaned over and kissed her cheek gently. It felt like the right thing to do.
There was a long pause.
"You got that off TV too."
He grinned, she was smiling now at least, even if her ears were still down. He was about to reply when a piercing noise split the air. Judy's phone. Of course, it was after all her first day and that meant that she was probably being called by-
"My parents! Get down!"
"Ooof!"
Gideon lay on the floor quietly listening to the somewhat frantic conversation taking place just a few feet away, the phone camera carefully angled to avoid showing off too much of the rabbit's surroundings as she fervently assured her elders that her meter maid uniform was in fact some sort of undercover disguise. It just went to show, no matter how down she got, she was still capable of moving like greased lightning. He had a very definite feeling he should be upset about this. As quickly as it began the conversation ended.
"Y'know, you're gonna have to tell them about us sometime."
"I know, I'm on it, But do you have any idea how many fox tasers I've been sent?"
"Three, I counted."
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