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With that, you feel the air wrap around you both like vines! When they unfurl, you find yourselves in an unfamiliar place… one faintly smelling of salt, sugar, and spice… but not the kind you’ve learned to worry about!

“ANTOOOOOOOOON~”

You don’t even have time to roll to dodge the musical missile that plunges into your side! Instinctively wrapping a shaky arm around the familiar fuzzball firmly fastened to your flank, you breathe an inward sigh of relief as a pair of yellow eyes tromps over accompanied by a relieved grin! T-Tzah-Tzie? Where are we?

“The Gift Shop, Rook!” Chirps the smiling Skog as her beefy tail slams against what you hope is a very sturdy display case, “Headed back here when you and Rez wandered off!”

A nip on your hand brings your attention back to the diminutive Durher! “Scurry off without us again and I’ll bite a finger off, got it!?”

Errr, you mutter, exchanging a wary glance with a somewhat-rattled Rezzie, y-yea… you got it…

“Swell~” Joining Volka in the happy tail-wagging hootenanny, Tzah-Tzie shoves a SMALL VIAL into your hand with a mischievous wink! “And hey, guess who got ya’ somethiiiiing~?”

Oh, uh, thanks, you mutter, your mind still two posts behind! TT answers with a chiding frown. “Is your head okay? You don’t even know what it is yet!”

You’re fine, you answer with the least-convincing nod ever, you just, uh… you’ll talk about it in a bit…” Your eyes wander around what little they can perceive and fall upon a TekSoul staring you down from what you assume is the cash till.

Preferably somewhere else. FAR from here.

“Okay…” The Spinner nods with concern leaking into her expression. “Well, um… it’s MUSK! Y’know, stuff boys wear to uh… to smell nice!”

Giving the vial a whiff, your nose is greeted with the faint scent of something sweet–like a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven! Ooh!

“Oh-ho~ did I guess right?” TT asks with mock contemplation and a cheeky grin! “Does my dearest of darlings LIIIIIKE it? Does it set his heart aflutter and his face aflush, I wonder~?”

“She told me she got it cuz’ it’s sweet! Like you!” Volka explains with a laugh before locking eyes with a now somewhat-annoyed Spinner! “Oh, crud! Sorry, TT…”

“Ngh… I was saving that line…” She mutters with a shake of her head! “Ah well, no harm done. Ooh, we got something for you too, Rez!”

“Creepy old fogey—huh? Wha?” Roused from her ramblings, Rezzie recoils in rapid realization when Volka places… something... around her neck!

>CONTD.