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Today at ReTail, I was greeted to a most surprising sight; I had finally caught Reese’s sleepy husband, Cyrus, awake at work.

He and his fluffy pink spouse stood chatting near the entrance. So busy the two of them where in gossiping amongst themselves that I was denied my usual “Oh, hello! Welcome!” that Reese usually gives me.

“Hee, hee, hee! Oh, you kidder, you…” she blushed in his direction. Upon hearing the front door click shut, she suddenly turned to see me stood gormless before her. “Oh, mayor! Welcome to the shop!”

“Mmm?” Cyrus muttered with a cock of his head. “Hey! I haven’t seen you around here before! Are you bothering my wife?!”

I was about ready to engage in mortal combat before Reese stepped in.

“Oh, Cyrus, don’t be so silly!” she giggled, apparently used to his unnecessary aggression. “This is our new mayor!”

Everyone who hears that sentence always has a different reaction, although they all fall under the umbrella of: “…wait, seriously?”. Cyrus was no better. He shot me with a glare, looking me up and down as if expecting us all to laugh at such a hilarious joke. When no such guffaw occurred however, he was greeted to the harsh reality that, yes, this bald monkey kid is in fact running the town.

“You’ve been here in town quite a while now,” Reese continued “…but my Cy-Guy is always sleeping since he’s so tired. I guess you two haven’t had a chance to properly meet yet.”

“You serious!?” Cyrus exclaimed “I can’t believe I haven’t met him until today!”

“You haven’t missed much” I said, finally managing to get a word in. “I mean, other than the whole ‘running off to a tropical island to try and worm myself out of the job a few months ago’ thing, I’ve just been happy to keep your wife company!”

“What does that mean!?”

“I-I m-m-mean I can see that y-you like your coffee! That must be what’s keeping you awake during the day, right? …right?”

“Well, you’d be right!” Cyrus said, cooling off as quick as he heated up. “If it weren’t for that Roost café, I wouldn’t be standing here today! …I’d be asleep over there instead!”

Reese, of course, found this joke hilarious.

“Sorry to get all in your face like that” he grinned, sheepishly “It’s just how my poppy raised me! You ever dealt with an alpaca poppy?”

“Um…”

“Well, DON’T!”

“Alrighty then!”

“Anyways, I’m Reese’s partner, Cyrus. I like messing with old furniture and refurbishing it to turn it into something new and interesting.”

“My Cy-Guy is the very best when it comes to refurbishing!” his wife practically swooned. I want what they have. “He can change the paint, redo the upholstery… if Cyrus gets his hands on it, any piece of furniture can become wonderful in the blink of an eye!”

“Ain’t that the truth!” Cyrus laughed. Man, I wish I had a woman to feed me compliments. All I have is myself and my fragile ego. “Say, I heard you needed a hat or something, right? I can whip something up. I’m not much of a tailor, but it’ll be a heck of a lot cheaper than what those hedgehogs’ll charge ya!”

“Nah, don’t worry about it, my man” I said with a wave of my hand “I got my hair sorted out yesterday. You can have your paper back!”

“Oh… are you sure?” Cyrus asked as I unfolded the scrap paper from my pocket. “You still look like you’re having a bad day up there…”

“Huh? Hey! This is what I wanted for a change!” Don’t let Cyrus sway you, my hair was back to its usual messy brown mop-top self, perhaps a little more refined, in fact. “Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a decent cut at Shampoodle? Here…”

Reese took the paper from my grasp and smiled warmly at the crude doodle of herself that Cyrus had drawn. In truth, I never really noticed that it was there.

“So that’s where it went…” Cyrus muttered, a little embarrassed by his wife seeing the drawing he had probably sketched in a half-awake state. “Never mind then!” he continued “Don’t forget, my services should be available whenever you need them from now on… but I better not catch you making goo-goo eyes at my wife, or I’ll make ya see things in 4D!”

Truth be told, if I didn’t rely on ReTail so much, that threat could have kept me away forever because sometimes Reese has me feeling a certain way.

…

Alright, I’m gonna leave before thing get even more awkward…

~Author’s Notes~
A very wordy episode, as the ones that copy dialogue from the game tend to be. I’m not incredibly satisfied with how the art turned out on this one. Cyrus’s body is a little too off-model for me.

Anyway, I hope you all managed to survive 2020 and I wish you all the best of luck in the coming year. We’re all definitely gonna need it.

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Today at ReTail, I was greeted to a most surprising sight; I had finally caught Reese’s sleepy husband, Cyrus, awake at work.

He and his fluffy pink spouse stood chatting near the entrance. So busy the two of them where in gossiping amongst themselves that I was denied my usual “Oh, hello! Welcome!” that Reese usually gives me.

“Hee, hee, hee! Oh, you kidder, you…” she blushed in his direction. Upon hearing the front door click shut, she suddenly turned to see me stood gormless before her. “Oh, mayor! Welcome to the shop!”

“Mmm?” Cyrus muttered with a cock of his head. “Hey! I haven’t seen you around here before! Are you bothering my wife?!”

I was about ready to engage in mortal combat before Reese stepped in.

“Oh, Cyrus, don’t be so silly!” she giggled, apparently used to his unnecessary aggression. “This is our new mayor!”

Everyone who hears that sentence always has a different reaction, although they all fall under the umbrella of: “…wait, seriously?”. Cyrus was no better. He shot me with a glare, looking me up and down as if expecting us all to laugh at such a hilarious joke. When no such guffaw occurred however, he was greeted to the harsh reality that, yes, this bald monkey kid is in fact running the town.

“You’ve been here in town quite a while now,” Reese continued “…but my Cy-Guy is always sleeping since he’s so tired. I guess you two haven’t had a chance to properly meet yet.”

“You serious!?” Cyrus exclaimed “I can’t believe I haven’t met him until today!”

“You haven’t missed much” I said, finally managing to get a word in. “I mean, other than the whole ‘running off to a tropical island to try and worm myself out of the job a few months ago’ thing, I’ve just been happy to keep your wife company!”

“What does that mean!?”

“I-I m-m-mean I can see that y-you like your coffee! That must be what’s keeping you awake during the day, right? …right?”

“Well, you’d be right!” Cyrus said, cooling off as quick as he heated up. “If it weren’t for that Roost café, I wouldn’t be standing here today! …I’d be asleep over there instead!”

Reese, of course, found this joke hilarious.

“Sorry to get all in your face like that” he grinned, sheepishly “It’s just how my poppy raised me! You ever dealt with an alpaca poppy?”

“Um…”

“Well, DON’T!”

“Alrighty then!”

“Anyways, I’m Reese’s partner, Cyrus. I like messing with old furniture and refurbishing it to turn it into something new and interesting.”

“My Cy-Guy is the very best when it comes to refurbishing!” his wife practically swooned. I want what they have. “He can change the paint, redo the upholstery… if Cyrus gets his hands on it, any piece of furniture can become wonderful in the blink of an eye!”

“Ain’t that the truth!” Cyrus laughed. Man, I wish I had a woman to feed me compliments. All I have is myself and my fragile ego. “Say, I heard you needed a hat or something, right? I can whip something up. I’m not much of a tailor, but it’ll be a heck of a lot cheaper than what those hedgehogs’ll charge ya!”

“Nah, don’t worry about it, my man” I said with a wave of my hand “I got my hair sorted out yesterday. You can have your paper back!”

“Oh… are you sure?” Cyrus asked as I unfolded the scrap paper from my pocket. “You still look like you’re having a bad day up there…”

“Huh? Hey! This is what I wanted for a change!” Don’t let Cyrus sway you, my hair was back to its usual messy brown mop-top self, perhaps a little more refined, in fact. “Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a decent cut at Shampoodle? Here…”

Reese took the paper from my grasp and smiled warmly at the crude doodle of herself that Cyrus had drawn. In truth, I never really noticed that it was there.

“So that’s where it went…” Cyrus muttered, a little embarrassed by his wife seeing the drawing he had probably sketched in a half-awake state. “Never mind then!” he continued “Don’t forget, my services should be available whenever you need them from now on… but I better not catch you making goo-goo eyes at my wife, or I’ll make ya see things in 4D!”

Truth be told, if I didn’t rely on ReTail so much, that threat could have kept me away forever because sometimes Reese has me feeling a certain way.

…

Alright, I’m gonna leave before thing get even more awkward…

~Author’s Notes~
A very wordy episode, as the ones that copy dialogue from the game tend to be. I’m not incredibly satisfied with how the art turned out on this one. Cyrus’s body is a little too off-model for me.

Anyway, I hope you all managed to survive 2020 and I wish you all the best of luck in the coming year. We’re all definitely gonna need it.

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