this was a commision piece for

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and obviously the star of the show

Fankyooo milllion billion trillion for commissioning me. I really really appreciate it..also I thought i'd throw in a little story. not much, just something that cropped up as I was drawing this....



Gem was just in the process of having her diaper changed when the daycare worker tutted.
"What IS that racket?" She scowled as she lowered Gem from the changing table.
"Sounds like its coming from the boy's room" The daycare workers face turned from a scowl to a smile as she looked down at Gem.
"Go play sweetie. There's a good girl now"
Gem tottered off like a good little girl, not wanting to get in trouble, but her ears picked up the noise the worker had heard, and her ears twitched in the general direction of the nursery door. She knew the next room across was of the slightly older boys and she had always avoided it simply because she was frightened of boys even though she knew her older brother Kitsuno was in there. But the noise that was coming from that direction was intriguing her and grabbing up her plushie caterpillar named grub for security, she toddled towards the doorway.
The noise got louder as she approached, and usually loud noises like this would scare her, but there was something interesting about it, that even though it was getting incredibly loud she actually found herself liking it. When she finally toddled close enough to the doorway to peer through into the boys room she stood there and stared, her head slightly cocked to one side as she surveyed the scene with upmost curiousity.
She saw her brother Kitsuno with another fox both looked almost in pain, their paws covering their ears.
"Turn it OFF. OFF!!!" kitsuno was yelling but the blue fox in the middle seemed oblivious to the protests as he screamed into the barbie kareoke machine microphone and smacked a few buttons on the plastic toy electric guitar causing a carcophony of notes. Infront of the gigging foxcub a young seaotter bounded up and down dancing and grinning from ear to ear clearly enjoying the little gig.
Gem's ears perked up and she allowed herself a shy smile. She actually liked it. It was rare for Gem to find something she wasnt scared of and even more rare to find something she liked. She found herself trying to copy the seaotter's moves, being careful not to be seen. She didnt quite have the dexterity and ended up in a heap on the floor, her legs tangled up in her tail again. She giggled, before the daycareworker found her.
"There you are. it's lunchtime sweetie" the worker said as she plucked the struggling baby squirrel up and carried her away from her first proper taste in music. Gem looked back longingly as she was carried away. She had decided. She was going to be a rockstar when she grew up.