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  “Oh welcome! So you’re heading to Soxville too? Great! I’m Pearl! I bet we could be friends! Maybe best friends! I just want to get to know you a little more…”

  Rex absolutely did not remember going to sleep on a train, and it was jarring staring up into the face of a very shiny sparkling deer with crystalline looking horns. He was now asking some very invasive questions.

  “So what’s your name?”

  “I’m uh, Rex?”

  “Oh that’s a cool name isn’t it?”

  “Y-yeah?” Rex found himself wavering under the almost soulless empty gaze. He was smiling so cheerfully yet his eyes almost didn’t feel like they were looking directly at him.

  “They say the mayor is going to be coming soon! I wonder who the mayor is?” Rex didn’t respond to this. He hadn’t a clue. The best he could guess was it was this man, but at the same time he sincerely hoped it was not.

  “You know, they say there’s an island not far from this town that lets you catch bugs all day! I hope you brought your bug net! I really like bugs. I once started collecting shiny butterflies so I could fill my house with them, my last count was…” Before Rex could really focus in on a single other thing Pearl had to say they stopped. “Oh! We’re here! Time to go!”

  Getting off the train was a bigger surprise yet as suddenly people were shouting.

  “Welcome mayor!” Rex found himself getting shot in the face with a few poppers and confetti got stuck in his hair. Trying to brush it away made him pay attention to his hands. Or rather sort of hooves? All the people holding these poppers were all deer too, though all of them had different animal ears. And most of them looked unenthused about it at best.

    Turning to look at Pearl, as he assumed this whole joke about asking who the mayor was just that a funny joke, he found himself being stared at again with the sparkliest empty eyes he’d ever seen.

    “Oh my gosh why didn’t you tell me YOU were the mayor?! This is so exciting! My brand new bestest buddy is the mayor! Oh my gosh we’re going to get along the best, I’ll be your assistant and I’ll take care of everything don’t you worry! Maybe we can have an office pet that’s a golden beetle, I’ll take care of that first. We have to catch it then--”

    “Welcome mayor Rex. I’m Absinthe I run the local shop here and while everyone’s got their own homes you sure don’t have one right yet do you? But don’t worry! I’ll take care of that, it won't cost you that much after everything’s considered. Being the mayor is such a lofty goal… We can talk about the loans later if you want, don’t worry don’t worry I’ll take care of everything.” This brightly colored deer gave Rex bad vibes.

    “Oh boy, more neighbors. Maybe I should move.” Now he was being spoken to by a giraffe eared deer who lowered the now broken party popper and started checking probably too expensive of a watch.

    “I don’t think it will be that bad… Are we done though? I’m hungry…” Rabbit ears now, chocolate rabbit? Was he made of chocolate? Rex opened his mouth to try to say something but the sheer number of people speaking to him was a little bit overwhelming. Another pair of rabbit eared deer walked up and stood close to Rex.

    “Whoa you’re kinda tall, pretty huge. I’m Opal, you should put your house near mine. Oh you came with my little brother... Are you two friends?” Opal and Pearl looked almost nothing alike except for the fact that both of them were shiny. Rex was feeling completely overwhelmed by the amount of information he was receiving all at once.

    “You doing okay there mayor? I don’t think you’ve said a word since you got here. Oh, you’re looking a little woozy…” He didn’t even get this rabbit’s name, but he really appreciated his pink streak of bangs. “Hey why don’t I show you around, we’ll slowly introduce you to everyone. Come on Opie-”

    “Yeah lets rock and roll out of here, Jace, while Pearl’s distracted.” Drama between the brothers? He seemed to be avoiding Pearl every time the cheerful antelope moved in their direction.

    There were more people lining up to talk to him, a fashionable colorful deer had his hands clasped together and was heading Rex’s way next and there were even MORE people behind him. Before they could though each rabbit grabbed an arm and started walking off with him. Was this the way he died? Kidnapped by a couple of bunnies?

    Fortunately no, instead he was led over towards the beach where a couple of small houses sat close together. It was pretty obvious who they belonged to as the black and pink one matched Jace perfectly. Presumably Opal’s house was a light purple and they looked kinda cute side by side. Eventually once they were out of the crowd the rabbits let him go and Rex took in the Ocean from the cliff.

    He hadn’t seen the ocean in years, feeling very moved he didn’t even notice the two talking behind him until he’d realized they were talking about him.

    “Befriending the Mayor is a good way to deal with Absinthe if he really is up to something.”
    “You still don’t have proof of that Opie, not that I don’t believe you. But I’m really not sure that this guy is the mayor, he sure doesn’t seem uh… mayorly…”

    “Doesn’t matter at this point, everyone has accepted him as mayor and my darling little brother has declared himself his assistant.” Rex turned around to look at the two, they were leaned over slightly talking amongst themselves. He didn’t want to interrupt them while they appeared to be scheming but they noticed that he was staring and came his way.

    “Hey Mayor, so we don’t trust that Absinthe guy and neither should you. Between you and me I think he’s hiding something.” Opal shrugged and shook his head while Jace huffed.

    “Yeah we think there’s something going on under the cover of his little general store and home loaning business. It’s a little too convenient that he’s always providing such generous interest free loans and still making incredible profits somehow… But you can’t talk about that out in the open, he’s always listening…”

    “Jace I-” Suddenly however they were interrupted by a cat eared deer covered in colorful rainbows.

    “Hey! Just so you know, just cause you’re the mayor now doesn’t mean we all respect you.” Rex wasn’t expecting such a brash attitude from such a sparkly colorful cat but at the same time it was fine. He was about to say so before finding himself modestly distracted by another bunny eared deer carrying a bow and arrow, and shaking a full bag of money out of a tree.

    “What the hell is going on?!” Rex shouted loud enough that he woke himself up, sitting up in a cold sweat and looking back down at his very hand shaped hands and feeling his human shaped face.

    “Alright that’s the last time I play games right before bed.”

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  “Oh welcome! So you’re heading to Soxville too? Great! I’m Pearl! I bet we could be friends! Maybe best friends! I just want to get to know you a little more…”

  Rex absolutely did not remember going to sleep on a train, and it was jarring staring up into the face of a very shiny sparkling deer with crystalline looking horns. He was now asking some very invasive questions.

  “So what’s your name?”

  “I’m uh, Rex?”

  “Oh that’s a cool name isn’t it?”

  “Y-yeah?” Rex found himself wavering under the almost soulless empty gaze. He was smiling so cheerfully yet his eyes almost didn’t feel like they were looking directly at him.

  “They say the mayor is going to be coming soon! I wonder who the mayor is?” Rex didn’t respond to this. He hadn’t a clue. The best he could guess was it was this man, but at the same time he sincerely hoped it was not.

  “You know, they say there’s an island not far from this town that lets you catch bugs all day! I hope you brought your bug net! I really like bugs. I once started collecting shiny butterflies so I could fill my house with them, my last count was…” Before Rex could really focus in on a single other thing Pearl had to say they stopped. “Oh! We’re here! Time to go!”

  Getting off the train was a bigger surprise yet as suddenly people were shouting.

  “Welcome mayor!” Rex found himself getting shot in the face with a few poppers and confetti got stuck in his hair. Trying to brush it away made him pay attention to his hands. Or rather sort of hooves? All the people holding these poppers were all deer too, though all of them had different animal ears. And most of them looked unenthused about it at best.

    Turning to look at Pearl, as he assumed this whole joke about asking who the mayor was just that a funny joke, he found himself being stared at again with the sparkliest empty eyes he’d ever seen.

    “Oh my gosh why didn’t you tell me YOU were the mayor?! This is so exciting! My brand new bestest buddy is the mayor! Oh my gosh we’re going to get along the best, I’ll be your assistant and I’ll take care of everything don’t you worry! Maybe we can have an office pet that’s a golden beetle, I’ll take care of that first. We have to catch it then--”

    “Welcome mayor Rex. I’m Absinthe I run the local shop here and while everyone’s got their own homes you sure don’t have one right yet do you? But don’t worry! I’ll take care of that, it won't cost you that much after everything’s considered. Being the mayor is such a lofty goal… We can talk about the loans later if you want, don’t worry don’t worry I’ll take care of everything.” This brightly colored deer gave Rex bad vibes.

    “Oh boy, more neighbors. Maybe I should move.” Now he was being spoken to by a giraffe eared deer who lowered the now broken party popper and started checking probably too expensive of a watch.

    “I don’t think it will be that bad… Are we done though? I’m hungry…” Rabbit ears now, chocolate rabbit? Was he made of chocolate? Rex opened his mouth to try to say something but the sheer number of people speaking to him was a little bit overwhelming. Another pair of rabbit eared deer walked up and stood close to Rex.

    “Whoa you’re kinda tall, pretty huge. I’m Opal, you should put your house near mine. Oh you came with my little brother... Are you two friends?” Opal and Pearl looked almost nothing alike except for the fact that both of them were shiny. Rex was feeling completely overwhelmed by the amount of information he was receiving all at once.

    “You doing okay there mayor? I don’t think you’ve said a word since you got here. Oh, you’re looking a little woozy…” He didn’t even get this rabbit’s name, but he really appreciated his pink streak of bangs. “Hey why don’t I show you around, we’ll slowly introduce you to everyone. Come on Opie-”

    “Yeah lets rock and roll out of here, Jace, while Pearl’s distracted.” Drama between the brothers? He seemed to be avoiding Pearl every time the cheerful antelope moved in their direction.

    There were more people lining up to talk to him, a fashionable colorful deer had his hands clasped together and was heading Rex’s way next and there were even MORE people behind him. Before they could though each rabbit grabbed an arm and started walking off with him. Was this the way he died? Kidnapped by a couple of bunnies?

    Fortunately no, instead he was led over towards the beach where a couple of small houses sat close together. It was pretty obvious who they belonged to as the black and pink one matched Jace perfectly. Presumably Opal’s house was a light purple and they looked kinda cute side by side. Eventually once they were out of the crowd the rabbits let him go and Rex took in the Ocean from the cliff.

    He hadn’t seen the ocean in years, feeling very moved he didn’t even notice the two talking behind him until he’d realized they were talking about him.

    “Befriending the Mayor is a good way to deal with Absinthe if he really is up to something.”
    “You still don’t have proof of that Opie, not that I don’t believe you. But I’m really not sure that this guy is the mayor, he sure doesn’t seem uh… mayorly…”

    “Doesn’t matter at this point, everyone has accepted him as mayor and my darling little brother has declared himself his assistant.” Rex turned around to look at the two, they were leaned over slightly talking amongst themselves. He didn’t want to interrupt them while they appeared to be scheming but they noticed that he was staring and came his way.

    “Hey Mayor, so we don’t trust that Absinthe guy and neither should you. Between you and me I think he’s hiding something.” Opal shrugged and shook his head while Jace huffed.

    “Yeah we think there’s something going on under the cover of his little general store and home loaning business. It’s a little too convenient that he’s always providing such generous interest free loans and still making incredible profits somehow… But you can’t talk about that out in the open, he’s always listening…”

    “Jace I-” Suddenly however they were interrupted by a cat eared deer covered in colorful rainbows.

    “Hey! Just so you know, just cause you’re the mayor now doesn’t mean we all respect you.” Rex wasn’t expecting such a brash attitude from such a sparkly colorful cat but at the same time it was fine. He was about to say so before finding himself modestly distracted by another bunny eared deer carrying a bow and arrow, and shaking a full bag of money out of a tree.

    “What the hell is going on?!” Rex shouted loud enough that he woke himself up, sitting up in a cold sweat and looking back down at his very hand shaped hands and feeling his human shaped face.

    “Alright that’s the last time I play games right before bed.”