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It had been a slow day. Not many customers had come in, a couple of little kids who's parents wouldn't buy them pets. The owners were locking up and the animals soon got up and came to life. The big Labrador went over to the edge of the dog pen room, opening the door. Something the owners of the shop didn't know they could do. And soon all the animals were together.
The rat band, area 11 began to play, coming from inside the hole in the wall and sitting there with their tiny instruments.
The cats sullenly made their way around, lounging on the furniture. Lomadia, the blonde cat made her way to the Labrador, licking her paw as she sat down. "Slow day." She said. "Did anyone actually get bought?"
Lalna shook his head. "Nope, same as its been for the past month..." He shook his head slightly. "And that's even with the newspaper and magazine articles. Only animals who have been sold in the past few months are Benjii the mouse and Ravs the rabbit..."
"I think we should be thankful." Honeydew, the small ginger haired mouse squeaked as he made his way over. "Nobody likes it when we have to say goodbye to a friend."
"Yeah but Honeydew, we don't know what happens to the animals if they don't get bought. They just get taken away by the guys in the big vans and then we never hear from them again. And the owners are always upset after!" One of the fish spoke, the small black and white fantail called Ross.
"Its nice here, but were meant to have homes." Another cat, the black and white one called Nilesy, spoke with a Scottish accent from up on one of the shelves. "Were not meant to be kept in rooms all together like in the day time."
"Every night you all have the same argument as if it makes a difference." A female voice came from the door, and from under the door flap came a red fox.
"Evening Exza." Zoeya the hamster said.
"Good evening everyone. Rats I bought you some dumpster cheese. You should be very happy. In return I'll request some more... Rock style music." The fox spoke. Her voice was sly.
"I agree." Rythian, the black bunny added. "I'm getting tired of smooth jazz."
"But its so jolly!" Zoeya answered.
Xephos sat in the corner, watching as everyone interacted. He was a small dog, thin, not really a specific breed. Which always made it so people didn't really want to adopt him. His fur was a mix of colours, black on the legs with white paws, a red kind of colour on his back and a long black tail that matched the tuft of fur that was atop his head. His ears were long and one always flopped over his face every so often. But the strangest thing was his bright blue eyes. It was always strange for animals to have blue eyes, the only other one was Exza. Which was even stranger considering she was a fox. He watched the interactions happening, and thought back again to how slow it had been recently. He always had a bad feeling when one of the vans turned up, and one of the animals got put on a painful looking lead. A thin wiry metal one. And then not knowing where they were being taken, willingly went with a wagging tail or perked up ears to the van, and taken away to god knows where.
"Doing ok Xeph?" A squawking voice came form next to him, and he looked down to see Ridge the parrot with his bright coloured feathers stood next to him. Ridge always struck Xephos as a regal animal. He belonged to the owners of the shop, so he wasn't up for adoption like the others. "Seed for your thoughts?"
"Nothing really, just worried about everything..." The puppy answered.
"Still worried about getting adopted?"
"Yeah... And worried about not getting adopted... I've never had a home, but I just have this feeling that wherever they take us when we can't find one, isn't a home..." He lay down on the floor watching the cuffufle in the room as everyone began to get riled up a bit.
"Don't worry Xeph, leaving here won't be too bad. I mean when you do get adopted."
"But all my friends... Everyone, I don't want to leave you guys..."
"You'll have a new family by then." Ridge said. "These guys are great but... Humans are a good family, ones who can look after you."
"I guess..." The puppy said.
"Hey guys!" Sips the turtle said as he slowly made his way over, followed by the tortoise, Sjin.
"Hi Sips, Sjin." Xephos said.
"You guys ready to play some games?" Sjin asked, looking to the parrot and the puppy.
"What games are we playing tonight?" Xephos asked. He always enjoyed the games they played, usually racing or building challenges between teams.
"The building game first! That's what Ridge suggested earlier. We all know he's the leader of the games" Sjin said, and they looked to Ridge, who held his feathered wing out gracefully.
"Everyone get into teams on my word and fish, try not to forget your numbers this time." The parrot said.
"You know that fish actually have very good memories." Exza said sullenly making her way over.
"I know but the fish here are stupid." Ridge answered. Everyone laughed.
"Hey eat my shit bird brain!" The fantail, Ross shouted, bumping into the glass of their tank.
"Yeah we'll take ya!" Smiffy, the green squid added, attaching himself to the tank wall.
"Alright calm down. So the fish and the squid and the shark can all be together." Ridge said.
"Why do I always get stuck with these guysh...?" Zylus the mini shark asked.
"Because you can't breathe out of water!" Ross answered.
"Can we get on with it?" The goldfish Trott said.
"Indeed." Ridge answered. "Ok so, I'll give you all a number and get into groups, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3..." And it went on like that until they were on teams.
Rythian, Zoeya, teep, panda (the black and white bunny), and Honeydew were on a team.
Sips, Sjin, bebop (the green crab), Wilstrife (the yorkie) and Strippin (the white pug/bulldog cross) were on another.
Adam, the grey cat related to Exza with a strange addiction to burgers, Lomadia, Nilesy, Kim (the black cat with purple eyes) and Turps the tabby cat were on another.
Area 11, Martyn (the little white puppy) and the little runty grey pup Toby were on a team.
And finally, Lalna, Xephos, Ridge and Exza were on a team.
They all grabbed a bunch of building blocks, and they sat there waiting for the cue from Ridge. He raised his beautiful feathered wing, and then, gracefully and swiftly threw it down through the air, and everyone was rushing to build.
The turtles, crab, and two smaller dogs nudged the prices across the floor, attempting to push them on top of each other. The fish in their tank floated around pushing pieces with their fins while the squid just slowly picked them up and places them on top. The cats lazily grabbed species with their tails and batted pieces with their paws. The bunnies and hamsters etc picked the pieces up and slowly bumbled over to place them on top of each other. And the rats and dogs did the same. And finally the last group worked together, piling the blocks as high as they could. It helped that Ridge could fly, every team had an advantage. And pretty soon the game was over. And after counting everyone's blocks, Ridge congratulated his own team on winning.
"Good job us! Now. Whose ready for some survival games?" He squawked from up on his perch.

Description
It had been a slow day. Not many customers had come in, a couple of little kids who's parents wouldn't buy them pets. The owners were locking up and the animals soon got up and came to life. The big Labrador went over to the edge of the dog pen room, opening the door. Something the owners of the shop didn't know they could do. And soon all the animals were together.
The rat band, area 11 began to play, coming from inside the hole in the wall and sitting there with their tiny instruments.
The cats sullenly made their way around, lounging on the furniture. Lomadia, the blonde cat made her way to the Labrador, licking her paw as she sat down. "Slow day." She said. "Did anyone actually get bought?"
Lalna shook his head. "Nope, same as its been for the past month..." He shook his head slightly. "And that's even with the newspaper and magazine articles. Only animals who have been sold in the past few months are Benjii the mouse and Ravs the rabbit..."
"I think we should be thankful." Honeydew, the small ginger haired mouse squeaked as he made his way over. "Nobody likes it when we have to say goodbye to a friend."
"Yeah but Honeydew, we don't know what happens to the animals if they don't get bought. They just get taken away by the guys in the big vans and then we never hear from them again. And the owners are always upset after!" One of the fish spoke, the small black and white fantail called Ross.
"Its nice here, but were meant to have homes." Another cat, the black and white one called Nilesy, spoke with a Scottish accent from up on one of the shelves. "Were not meant to be kept in rooms all together like in the day time."
"Every night you all have the same argument as if it makes a difference." A female voice came from the door, and from under the door flap came a red fox.
"Evening Exza." Zoeya the hamster said.
"Good evening everyone. Rats I bought you some dumpster cheese. You should be very happy. In return I'll request some more... Rock style music." The fox spoke. Her voice was sly.
"I agree." Rythian, the black bunny added. "I'm getting tired of smooth jazz."
"But its so jolly!" Zoeya answered.
Xephos sat in the corner, watching as everyone interacted. He was a small dog, thin, not really a specific breed. Which always made it so people didn't really want to adopt him. His fur was a mix of colours, black on the legs with white paws, a red kind of colour on his back and a long black tail that matched the tuft of fur that was atop his head. His ears were long and one always flopped over his face every so often. But the strangest thing was his bright blue eyes. It was always strange for animals to have blue eyes, the only other one was Exza. Which was even stranger considering she was a fox. He watched the interactions happening, and thought back again to how slow it had been recently. He always had a bad feeling when one of the vans turned up, and one of the animals got put on a painful looking lead. A thin wiry metal one. And then not knowing where they were being taken, willingly went with a wagging tail or perked up ears to the van, and taken away to god knows where.
"Doing ok Xeph?" A squawking voice came form next to him, and he looked down to see Ridge the parrot with his bright coloured feathers stood next to him. Ridge always struck Xephos as a regal animal. He belonged to the owners of the shop, so he wasn't up for adoption like the others. "Seed for your thoughts?"
"Nothing really, just worried about everything..." The puppy answered.
"Still worried about getting adopted?"
"Yeah... And worried about not getting adopted... I've never had a home, but I just have this feeling that wherever they take us when we can't find one, isn't a home..." He lay down on the floor watching the cuffufle in the room as everyone began to get riled up a bit.
"Don't worry Xeph, leaving here won't be too bad. I mean when you do get adopted."
"But all my friends... Everyone, I don't want to leave you guys..."
"You'll have a new family by then." Ridge said. "These guys are great but... Humans are a good family, ones who can look after you."
"I guess..." The puppy said.
"Hey guys!" Sips the turtle said as he slowly made his way over, followed by the tortoise, Sjin.
"Hi Sips, Sjin." Xephos said.
"You guys ready to play some games?" Sjin asked, looking to the parrot and the puppy.
"What games are we playing tonight?" Xephos asked. He always enjoyed the games they played, usually racing or building challenges between teams.
"The building game first! That's what Ridge suggested earlier. We all know he's the leader of the games" Sjin said, and they looked to Ridge, who held his feathered wing out gracefully.
"Everyone get into teams on my word and fish, try not to forget your numbers this time." The parrot said.
"You know that fish actually have very good memories." Exza said sullenly making her way over.
"I know but the fish here are stupid." Ridge answered. Everyone laughed.
"Hey eat my shit bird brain!" The fantail, Ross shouted, bumping into the glass of their tank.
"Yeah we'll take ya!" Smiffy, the green squid added, attaching himself to the tank wall.
"Alright calm down. So the fish and the squid and the shark can all be together." Ridge said.
"Why do I always get stuck with these guysh...?" Zylus the mini shark asked.
"Because you can't breathe out of water!" Ross answered.
"Can we get on with it?" The goldfish Trott said.
"Indeed." Ridge answered. "Ok so, I'll give you all a number and get into groups, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3..." And it went on like that until they were on teams.
Rythian, Zoeya, teep, panda (the black and white bunny), and Honeydew were on a team.
Sips, Sjin, bebop (the green crab), Wilstrife (the yorkie) and Strippin (the white pug/bulldog cross) were on another.
Adam, the grey cat related to Exza with a strange addiction to burgers, Lomadia, Nilesy, Kim (the black cat with purple eyes) and Turps the tabby cat were on another.
Area 11, Martyn (the little white puppy) and the little runty grey pup Toby were on a team.
And finally, Lalna, Xephos, Ridge and Exza were on a team.
They all grabbed a bunch of building blocks, and they sat there waiting for the cue from Ridge. He raised his beautiful feathered wing, and then, gracefully and swiftly threw it down through the air, and everyone was rushing to build.
The turtles, crab, and two smaller dogs nudged the prices across the floor, attempting to push them on top of each other. The fish in their tank floated around pushing pieces with their fins while the squid just slowly picked them up and places them on top. The cats lazily grabbed species with their tails and batted pieces with their paws. The bunnies and hamsters etc picked the pieces up and slowly bumbled over to place them on top of each other. And the rats and dogs did the same. And finally the last group worked together, piling the blocks as high as they could. It helped that Ridge could fly, every team had an advantage. And pretty soon the game was over. And after counting everyone's blocks, Ridge congratulated his own team on winning.
"Good job us! Now. Whose ready for some survival games?" He squawked from up on his perch.