Tales From The BellHunterverse; Something Old; Something New

Summary: Set during the events of aLaW, this one-shot fic follows the end of Gus and Melly's night in the North Meadowland's shortly after the tithe and reception of Gus' dear friend Vernon Hunter to the controversial figure Dawn Bellwether. Well, Dawn Hunter-Bellwether now. It's been a crazy night, made all the more chaotic thanks to a drinking contest between Ada and Melanie ending with both mammals completely smashed. Now it's up to Gus to help his mate settle down for the night, which is never easy when it comes to a very drunk and ornery Melly. After all, they've got a life together to get back to early tomorrow morning, and Gus knows Melly's going to pay for this pissing contest. But as Melly resists Gus' attempts to calm her down and hydrate her, the vulnerable conversation from earlier in the evening is revisited, and it forces Gus to face some serious facts. Melly isn't the only one 'evading' things, and it's time for Gus to stop being indecisive and take a bold step forward for both their sakes. Story features sexual themes and lurid descriptions, but is mostly slice of life/drama/comedy fluff.

I gotta say, this was a struggle to write. Not for lack of inspiration or a proper outline. It was more a struggle against feeling like hot garbage during the bulk of the writing. I actually got new heart medicine just after finishing it that really helped me feel almost normal, but the work was done by then. That said, for all of the struggle, I think it turned out pretty well. It’s been a while since I added an entry to this series. I had the idea for the Gus and Melly fic a few months ago, and my desire to add something to this series pushed me to take a small break from tFV to add this in. Consider it...optional supplementary reading for one of the B-plots in the other fic. Plus you get some tender, heartwarming moments from my two resident goat nerds, and some added foibles from the Hunter pack members. For those on Fanfic (The Website) You know where to find my other stuff. Furaff, Etsy, Sofurry, A03, Patreon and Substar. I also recently added Newgrounds to my posting queue. And hey, I still have my ask blog, Askthebellhunters. It’s a com domain. I know Fanfic hates ‘URLs’, so I can’t just out an out post links. Expect more tFV and other fics in the future. Special thanks to my Editor KarakuriCentral! Your help is always appreciated!

Read the fic at any of the links below!

Fanfiction Link

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13350557/3/Tales-from-the-BellHunterVerse

Ao3 Link

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20036254/chapters/142917484

Furaffinity Link

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/56808882/

Sofurry Link

https://www.sofurry.com/view/2140138

The Family Vulpes Chp 7;

 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13578632/7/The-Family-Vulpes

Took too long to get this out, but it's here. This also means it's time to do some more writing, and there's some things I want to go back and fix up in the first few chapters I noticed upon re-reading it. Hope you guys enjoy this post Christmas gift. Happy New Year! Where's the tylenol?

-Wasty

Savage Love Page 3

 

The story continues with page three, Vernon now confessing his feelings to an equally lovestruck Dawn as the pair move into their first kiss. Well, really it was more Dawn, at least at first. She pounced on that kiss with all the force her little body could muster, and Vernon returned it in kind. It only gets spicier from here people...so gird your loins. literally.

I actually fought with this page quite a bit to get everything right. I was super worried about keeping Dawn and Vern's proportions consistent from the previous page...and I'm equally worried that's going to continue to be a struggle. Despite how long I've been drawing the both of them, I'm still not as confident keeping their designs in line compared to drawing something like Misfit.

Anyway, hope you guys enjoy this page. More to come...obviously. 

-Wasty

Savage Love (Page 2)

What a surprise, once again slightly behind schedule with my estimates. I swear I should just stop making them all together...but I suppose if I didn't create that little bit of external pressure to meet an established deadline, that would just make things worse not better.

    Still regardless, page two of "Savage Love" Is hot off the presses and ready to post. Ideally, I wanted to have this ready to roll last week but...my health has been rough and honestly, I still have yet to get it...well stable enough to know I'm gonna be able to get some real consistent work over the next few days.

    I don't want to bore you with specifics, as by this point I'm sure many of your regular readers are getting tired of reading this sort of thing, but I'm starting new medication now that....well I'm hoping will give me some degree of control over my 'condition'. In the meantime, the doctor told me I have to basically go out of my way to take it easy and rest, and actually give myself time to stabilize rather than jump right into work the moment I get an inkling that I'm starting to feel better.

    Enough about that, let's actually get on to a little write-up on page here. Picking up from...well it'd be wrong to call the first page a 'cliffhanger' I guess, but it ended quite abruptly. This time around we actually delve a bit into the actual scene as Dawn and Vernon share a brief back and forth in Vernon's living room, illuminated by little more than the backlight Vernon's HD TV. For those of you who read the REHAB fic, you'll know exactly what Vernon said at the hospital while he thought Dawn was in a coma and couldn't hear him. For the rest of you, you'll just have to wait until page three drops sometime in late May to earlier June (fingers crossed) for your answer.

In the meantime, the full-res of this page will be going up on my patreon shortly after I post here, so if having access to that sort of thing interests you, or if you just want to support their artist behind 'Ask THe Bellhunters' and their work, feel free to check my patreon out and consider becoming a member. Just pledging a dollar will get you access full res work and works in progress a full month ahead of the public releases.  

Working on a New Chapter

Yep, I'm working on the next chapter of The Family Vulpes, So asks are going to be a bit delayed. I'm also shooting for working on the next page of Savage Love this week...so I'm gonna be a bit busy.

-Wasty

Found Ask; Dorian, Zach, and Vanna; The Baseball Storm

 

Dorian: I dunno what yer talkin' about. *Chuckles* 

Zach: Yeah, I dunno what town blotter y'all read, but most o' them...er...'baseball' incidents were....misreported.

Dorian: Turns out that there was one o' them meteor showers that day. And what most folks don't know is that some o' them little buggers can actually make it to the surface...

Zach: Ulric said that...I think.

Dorian: But iffin' yer concerned I can safely assure y'all that after a thorough investigation we at the North Meadowlands Police Department have confirmed that the source of the so-called rash o' 'baseball beanin's' was from said meteor shower. So there ain't no...'baseball bandit' as some of the townfolks were mutterin' about. That's just the usual small-town rumor mill workin' as y'all would expect.

Zach: Open and shut case really...

Dorian: How is yer paw by the way Vanna? From the...er'...meteor I mean...

Vanna: Well I can feel my paw pad again, so that's something.

Dorian: Good, good...*chuckles* glad to hear it. was worried that y'all got hit-er' scalded enough to damage some nerves....from handlin' the hot meteor I mean.

Zach: Speakin' of them meteors...I just...er' wanna give y'all a heads up that there may be another er...'random' meteor shower come this Saturday...

Dorian: Fer about three hours...between two and five o'clock....maybe longer iffin' it goes into extra innings...

Author's Notes; I'm Sick. Also New Fanfic Chapter Drop!

   

Yeah, so that's why there weren't any asks this week, I've been saddled with a pretty nasty head/chest cold and I've been mostly trying to get over that. I was tested for covid earlier in the week, and came up negative (Thank god)

 That said, I can at least share with you that the newest chapter of 'The Family Vulpes" is live. Check out the link below if you haven't read it already.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13578632/4/The-Family-Vulpes

Reviews mean a lot, but since I can't respond to them outside of DMs, I....generally don't. I'm better with reviews on Furaff and what not. But I still read the reviews anyway!

 I may post some 'classic' asks later today, ones recently dredged and updated from the old archive.

Thanks for understadning!

 -WT

Found AU; Dawn on Marcus and Abuse.

 

WT: This is a post related to Elite Shade’s BellHunterverse AU “Found”. Check it out on Fanfiction.net and Archive of our own.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13128859/1/Found

Dawn: Well, I'd say probably the most important thing when it comes to dealing with that sort of trauma is having a strong support network of mammals who care about you. Mammals that you are comfortable and close enough to be able to open up to, and look for to comfort when...well when your memories drift back to those horrible moments. Of course, a therapist can help, but close friends and family, obviously excusing past abusers, are probably the most important thing to have on your side.

Even after I 'escaped' my abuser...this was back in my 'pre-night howler' case days, I never really had that safety net. I didn't have mammals to confide in about my doubts and fears, and what my father had done to me growing up. Sure I had...acquaintances... network contacts and those who dealt with me for political reasons. But I didn't have any confidants, any real friends. Doug pretended, of course. Told me he was a true friend, that he cared. But all he did was feed me the same sort of tripe my father did, to keep my mind molded to their way of thinking.

Perhaps, if I had even on mammal who had actually been looking out for me, one person I could rely on, maybe...maybe things wouldn't have turned out the way they had with the night howler scandal. Maybe I could have gotten good advice, or the courage to stand up toe Leodore. At the very least...I could have gotten a much needed hug....

But now...I have more support than I can even keep up with. Puppy, our lambs, the entire Hunter pack, Nick, Judy, and so many more...and I couldn't be more thankful. And with Zach and Vanna looking out for Marcus, as well as the rest of us Hunters, we will make sure he has that strong support network. Like a big blanket smothering him in warmth and love so that he knows that he's safe, and if he needs anything, we'll be there to listen.

Ask Dorian, Zach and Vanna; Sam Hain Pranks

 

Zach: I think we're all thinkin' of the same one purty much, right?

Vanna: The thing with Papa Hunter's squad car?

Zach: *Laughs* Yes, the thing with Pa's car! I still can't believe the rest of the boys at the station managed to pull that one off in less than a day!

Dorian: I'll give you that it was impressive. Funny on the other paw...

Zach: Funny to the rest of us anyway. *Cackles* Seriously, yer face when you opened the hood was priceless.

Vanna: We should...probably explain exactly what they did.

Zach: Oh yeah, so get this. The mammals at the station waited till Pa left his squad car at the station on one of his days off. Once they were sure Pa weren't comin' in, they called in a few of the local mechanics and have them bring their heavy duty tools along. After them boys set up a lil' workstation in the garage around where pa left his car, they spent the next few hours pullin' out every part of the engine, which the rest of the on duty officers helped move to storage temporarily.

Of course, the next day I carpool Pa into the station bright and early, and make sure me and Vanna are out of the station on patrol before the big reveal.

Vanna: It...might not of worked otherwise...

Zach: See, about a half hour after Pa settled in at his desk, one of the boys told him there was an emergency back at the ranch, and Ma needed him right away.

Dorian: O' course, with Zach out of the station...and with no inklin' that my boys would lie to me about somethin' so serious, I...ran right fer my cruiser...

Zach: And when he tried to start it, well you can guess how that went. *Chuckles*

Dorian: I...I'll admit, it really blindsided me. Just openin' up that hood and starin' into an empty chassis. At first, I was thinkin' somethin' was goin' wrong with my eyes, like I was startin' to go blind all the sudden. But after a few moments the whole...scene kinda set in...

Zach: And her turned just in time to catch purty much the entire police station watchin' him and tryin' to keep from snickerin' to loud...

Vanna: Not to mention taking a-lot of photos...

Zach: Again, priceless...

Dorian: Considerin' y'all had a day, and only four mechanics I mean...lookin' back it's purty impressive. Granted y'all had old Dave Boville fer most of the heavy liftin'.

Zach: Well he was the only mammal large and strong enough to pull the engine without using a crane, at least that's what they told me.

Dorian: Had it back together by the afternoon on the same day of the prank as well. And while I was purty sore about the whole thang, well...iffin' I'm bein' honest the ol' Sheriff's wagon has never run better than after that little stunt.

Ask Auddey and Dori; Family Pumpkin Patch

 

Dorian: Actually we've been doin' that fer some time now. *Chuckles* Well, Auddey has anyway.

Audrey: Ain't like I stop sellin' pies once the Harvest Festival is over. Folks are still lookin' to buy pies right up until the actual Harvest Feast, and even then we get a few stragglers who want one fer Yule come sniffin' around. That said, most of my pumpkin crop is fer...well, it's bakin' pumpkins.

Dorian: Sugar pumpkins. And they ain't exactly prime specimens fer makin' jackal' lanterns.

Audrey: Yeah, sugar pumpkins don't get very big. To top it all off we got a few...er..bigger pumpkin farms situated around us, and I don't want to be steppin' on our neighbors paws too much by tryin' to compete with 'em in the jackal' lantern department.

Dorian: Granted, Auddey did add a smaller patch of Jackal' Lantern pumpkins to please some folks, but she generally gets by sellin' pies, sweet pumpkins and corn directly.

Audrey: We also do have a corn maze we do, but it's purty modest. The hunter Ranch ain't as massive y'all outsiders might think, so the maze ain't huge.

Dorian: At least, not big enough to waste money hirin' performer's anyway.

Audrey: But the lil' pups seem to like it, and that's what matters. *Giggles*

Ask Dawn and Vern; Paige's birthday and Ulric

 

Vernon: We ain't to worried. I don't know iffin' we've mentioned this before, but Sam Hain has sorta...the opposite affect on Ully one would expect.

Dawn: You mean he's normal for one night? *Giggles*

Vernon: Naw, just crazy in a different way. Y'see Ully takes Sam Hain very seriously, at least in terms of the old folklore. I suppose most of y'all know this by now, but most of the cultures and religions that made Sam Hain a thang celebrated it purty differently than how we do now.

Dawn: In the caprid religions, Sam hain represented the time in which the veil between the land of the dead and the land of the living was at it's thinnest. The costumes and treats were a way to confuse and appease the spirits that crossed over to torment the living.

Vernon: The costumes made it so that the bad souls from the other side couldn't tell live mammals and their own kind apart, which kept 'em from bein' stolen away to the other side of the veil.

Dawn: And the treats were sort of an offering to appease those mischievous spirits, and keep them from tormenting the living.

Vernon: Naturally...Ully takes that all very seriously. And while he's usually the type to be real interested in ghost huntin' he...well...how he put it when he said it to me was, 'I'm a marked mammal when dealin' with spirits. Goin' out on Sam Hain for me would be as stupid as taking on the entirety of Zootopia's Reserve Army alone, completely naked with nothing but a spoon to defend yourself.”

Dawn: Pft...*Snickers* That doesn't sound like a stretch for Ulric I think. At least the naked part.

Vernon: Honey's been tryin' to lure him out since she took up datin' him, tryin' to assure that idjit that' it's just a pup's holiday, and it'll be fine, but so far it hasn't worked.

Dawn: I just don't get why he can't at least hand out candy for the lambs.

Vernon: To him, that's riskin' invitin' a demon into yer home. *Chuckles* Nope, it's just gonna be a good twenty fer hours of him locked in his home, with all the lights off, hidin' under that ol' security blanket of his...

Dawn: S-Security blanket? *Snickers* Really?

Vernon: Some ol' habits die hard. *Chuckles*

Ask Dawn And Vern; The Paige Hunters

 

Dawn: Unfortunately yes...

Vernon: It's mostly from religious folks, granted we already got our fair share of hate mail from them about havin' an 'unholy union' and what not, but there has been an uptick in the letters since Paige was born.

Dawn: Yes, some of them are....really reprehensible. The..names especially hurt. I mean down get me wrong, Vernon and I...we're sort of....insulated to most of it by now.

Vernon: We've heard it all before, and we kinda expect it. We had gotten to the point where we we're pretty much just laughin' at 'em.

Dawn: But what some have said about Paige, about our adopted pups as well...it's so...it was impossible not to let it get to us in some way.

Vernon: 'Abomination', 'monster', 'creature'...Readin' words like that...I mean, it's like a punch in the gut, y'know. And makes us that much more worried fer Paige as she grows up...

Dawn: We have also had to...well...we do have security now. I mean...more than before.

Vernon: Sback at the ol' apartment we got by with a simple lock and baseball bat, although no one ever really tried anythin' as far as we could tell. Once we relocated to the South Meadowlands fer the sake of the pups, we had a proper security system installed with cameras and motion detectors and such.

Dawn; So far we've only really had issues with a few of the, more daring paparazzi and journalist types trying to get clear photos of Paige and the other pups, but the ZPD has been pretty on top of that.

Vernon: They weren't lookin' fer proof she existed. Most of society I think came to terms with it after the the pawful of pictures we consented to went to print. But y'know, she's a growin' pup so...every picture they can get has value.

Dawn: I can't think of a single mammal, at least that I've heard about, who legitimately believed we made up Paige's existence. Usually I'd want to say Ulric but...

Vernon: He believed it from the start. *Chuckles* Once again, the broken clock is right twice a day.

Found AU Ask; Lily's Drawings

 

WT: This is a post related to Elite Shade’s BellHunterverse AU “Found”. Check it out on Fanfiction.net and Archive of our own.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13128859/1/Found

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Vanna: I'd like to think that my sisters would be less awful about this than the boys are proving to be.

Qali: Easy for you to say, you have a picture! And so does Ada for that matter! *Crosses arms and pouts*

Ada: Yeesh Snowball, I don't tink I've ever seen youse dis sour before.

Qali: I just...I mean, I braided her fur! That's fun right? I'm a fun aunt...right?

Dawn: *Places a hoof on Qali's shoulder reassuringly* Of course you are Qali, Lily loves you.

Qali: I just really want a princess drawing too!

Vanna: *Shakes her head* It's like listening to another Goofball...

Val: If only you could all be as secure as I am in knowing that I'm the cool aunt.

Ada: And where did yous get dat idea?

Qali: Yeah! I don't see a princess drawing of you anywhere!

Val: Of course not, princesses aren't cool...so how could I be one.

Malcolm: Better hope lil' Lily don't hear y'all say that, or y'all would lose that 'cool aunt' status as quickly as y'all think ya had it.

Val: Pft...she'll figure it out sooner or later...*Glances around slyly* She...isn't around for this right? Like not in ear shot?

Dawn: Unless she was in the room there's little chance she'd hear it. Humans don't seem to have hearing on par with canines.

Val: Phew...I mean...er...I don't care...

Malcolm: See I figured Judy's probably the cool aunt.

Judy: Me? Why me?

Dawn: Well, Lily is talking an awful lot about police work, and law enforcement related topics.

Judy: True, but, isn't Vernon's entire family working in law to some degree?

Dawn: Yes, but you and Vanna are the only female officers she knows.

Vanna: Wouldn't that make me the 'cool' aunt?

Malcolm: Maybe, but Judy is a big city cop. I figure she deals with more serious stuff twice as often as you...

Vanna: I used to be a city cop.

Malcolm: Does Lily know that?

Vanna: Well...no...

Qali: It doesn't matter anyway, she's got her drawing!

Giselle: Just be patient Qali. I imagine we'll all get one sooner or later...

Qali: *Pouts quietly*

Clover: Yes, it's important not to rush the the girl...

Audrey: And even iffin' if y'all don't get a piece o' paper, so what? Y'all know them pups love their aunts, so why are y'all so fixated on getting' drawin's? So y'all can prove it?

Clover: And who are you trying to prove it to?

Vanna: This is what I was telling Zach...

Ada: *Chuckles* Well Zach was always a whiner...o'course it doesn't help dat my Mookie got a picture ahead of him...

Vanna: It definitely made it worse...

Ada: Well here's hopin' ya mate get's a picture of him as da biggest, frilliest King Princess who ever lived. Sometin' that'll make him both proud dat he finally got one, but embarrassed because it makes him look so goily...*Cackles*

An Ask for the Author; Fics I want to Read

 

WT: When I say I've got a list, it's a mental one, and...admittedly it's foggy. Most of my 'reads' are for stories I've been commissioned to do art for, such as “Embrace It” by StarfangSecrets. Admittedly I read the starter story for it, but haven't read the longer follow-up. There's also “The Interspecies Support Network” which is partially a Gid/Sharl story by GabrielLaVedier, and what seems like a funny story called Duke Weasleton story called “Cash Only” by I Write Big. There's also a few Gid/Sharl and Nick/Judy fics I never finished reading despite that they were good. And even a Nick/Dawn three chapter story with smut that I also can't recall the name of. And there's also the works of Upplet, specifically “When Instinct Fails”, Something I had been meaning to read when the author started touching base with me years ago, and is now so massive I feel like I'll never be able to actually read it.

I'm also open to suggestions, but like every other list in my life, it just stares me back in the face, taunting me with it's increasing length.

Here's a link to those fics btw, in case you guys are interested.

Primal Instincts

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12026872/1/Primal-Instincts

And the sequel; Embrace it

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12032065/1/Embrace-It

Interspecies Relationship Support Network- Tri-Burrows Chapter

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12944679/chapters/29586276

Cash Only

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12734501/1/CASH-ONLY

When Instinct Fails

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11836114/1/When-Instinct-Falls

Shade AU Ask: Princess Callibrie

 

WT: This is a post related to Elite Shade’s BellHunterverse AU “Found”. Check it out on Fanfiction.net and Archive of our own.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13128859/1/Found

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Vernon: It was actually a bit more difficult to find out exactly what species of lizard she was than y'all would probably expect.

Dawn: We didn't really have a starting point in terms of research, and zoogling vague visual qualifiers brought back too many results to pick through.

Vernon: Decribin' the egg she came out of and her shape and colors was a bit too vague fer a simple search.

Dawn: But we figured we'd get our answer when the time came to take her to the vet and get her looked over. And....that's when we found out that Princess Callibrie is a Prench Komodo Dragon...

Vernon: That is, after spendin' about twenty minutes tryin' to lure a spooked lizard out of Dawn's wool.

Dawn: Yes...but she won't be able to hide up there forever as we came to find out. You see, all I really knew about Komodo Dragons was that there's a wild species of them that have poisonous saliva, and they tend to get really, really big.

Vernon: And while it turned out that Prench Komodo dragon's had the bacteria bred out of their spit...well, the sellin' point is the luster of their scales and that they grow up to be some of the largest lizards out there...we're talkin' bigger than my Honey Lamb.

Dawn: Naturally we....were very concerned about that. Even without the deadly saliva, a lizard that big could be a danger to our pups, or me. But the vet reassured us that Prench Komodo Dragons are very family friendly pets.

Vernon: Aside from bein' a bit moody from time to time. *Chuckles*

Dawn: Still, Vernon and I had to have a serious discussion about whether it was responsible or safe to keep a pet like Princess around our pups due to size alone. But after hearing the breed was good with lambs, and well...seeing how she gets along with them...

Vernon: And Yuri. *Laughs*

Dawn: We ultimately decided that there was no way we could give her off to a reptile shelter.

Vernon: Yep, she's part of the family now. I don't think the pups would have stood fer us given' her away.

Dawn: I wouldn't have been able to resist the Puppy Eye's Lily would have given me, despite all the training.

Vernon: So now our goal is to try and steer ol' P.C. Away from crawlin' up on Floofy's poof before she get's to big...

Dawn: Seriously, if she tries to climb into my wool at her adult size, she'll break my neck!

Shade AU Ask: Puppy Dog Eyes

 

WT: This is a post related to Elite Shade’s BellHunterverse AU “Found”. Check it out on Fanfiction.net and Archive of our own.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13128859/1/Found

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Dawn: I'd like to say that I've gotten pretty good at resisting the dreaded “Puppy Dog Eyes”, which is to say I only cave in to them about a third of the time. As for Vernon...well...

Vernon: I can't help it alright! They're really good at it! Especially Lily!

Dawn: That's true. Lily is amazing at them, so much so I think Trevor and Alice kind of lean on using Lily to break any kind of news to us that might get them in trouble.

Vernon: Them eyes is soul pericin'....now I understand what Pa used to complain about.

Dawn: *Giggling* Good thing I'm here to protect you most of the time, huh Puppy?

Vernon: Yeah sure...until you need to use 'em on me.

Dawn: *Giggling* It's the only reason I haven't pushed for Audrey to help Vernon build up a tolerance for those Puppy Dog Eyes. I like having the extra edge.

Vernon: *Chuckling*

Ulric and Honey's 'Humon' Analysis (Found AU)

WT: This is a post related to Elite Shade’s BellHunterverse AU “Found”. Check it out on Fanfiction.net and Archive of our own.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13128859/1/Found

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Honey: Well, if you want my take-

Ulric: The wrong take.

Honey: *Chuckles* Hey my take is the end result of doing a bunch of research, looking through archaeological and paleontological records and scouring ancient folklore from across Animalia to try to pinpoint a proper origin point for the species! Whereas your 'take' is almost nothing but baseless conjecture!

Ulric: *Huffs* Baseless conjecture. Surely when you were looking at some of that ancient folklore and depictions of these 'humons', you saw the depictions of those 'unknown crafts'? And what about all the sheep turning up in the same passages as these humons?

Honey: First off, those 'crafts' are hieroglyphic separators. Second-

Ulric: That's just what 'they' want you to think!

Honey: *Sigh* Let me just state my case, alright?

Ulric: Fine.

Honey: Based on everything I could scrounge up, to me it looks like these 'humon's' were a species that preceded the “mammalian explosion' during the previous ice age. From what I can gather, I believe they split from the great ape family and evolved much more slowly than mammals did. This of course, would make them rather easy pickings during the 'great mammalian explosion', as out more intelligent ancestors presumably hunted and chased a great many of them out of their habitats as they expanded and eventually drove them into hiding. Of course, since this preceded written language for most species of mammal, accounts of the humons quickly faded into little more than folklore without mammals to see them first pawed. A cryptid up there with the likes of the Loch Neighs Monster and CatSquatch. Any rare sighting post that time was relegated to hoaxes and fairy tales. Of course, how they managed to eke out a semi-modern existence in terms of cultural development without ever revealing themselves still has me scratching my head. I mean, how did they manage to hide their cities for so long?

Ulric: If I may?

Honey: You're going to say it anyway, so...

Ulric: First off, the 'humons' are not related to the great apes. I mean, look at Marcus and Lilly! You can see the sheepish bone structure, and their hide is the exact same pink tint that most sheep's are under their wool!

Honey: I really don't see the bone structure thing. And I mean, lots of mammal's have pink hides under their fur. What exactly are you getting at?

Ulric: 'Humons' we're clearly created in a lab by sheep, using a portion of their DNA as the base and combining it with several other species to create some sort of...' super mammal' foot soldier, ordered to lie in wait until the time is right to strike and help them finally take of all of Animalia!

Honey: Are you sure that's what happened, and not a nightmare you had?

Ulric: If they can hide their cities, they must have hyper-advanced technology! And the fact that they could hide themselves for this long among us I mean, who's to say the 'sheep overlords' aren't hiding in a moon city!? HA! I used to get laughed at for that one! But not so funny now is it!?

Honey: While I'll admit I'm not sure how they've managed to stay hidden for so long...I mean, that boat Marcus came in was about as advanced as stuff from the early last century. And based on his descriptions...I mean it seems like they are behind us by a good century in terms of technology. I really can't imagine them being a real threat to us. If they tried anything now, it would just be the first Zootopian's versus the native wolves all over again.

Ulric: Well if Dad and my brother would let me actually investigate that boat I could find the cloaking mechanism that is clearly hiding its true form! Then we could actually start reverse engineering and preparing for the coming war!

Honey: *Shakes her head, planting a soft kiss on Ulric's forehead that causes the wolf to recoil.* Oh, my sweet Ully, You are lucky you are so cute...*coughs* and hung...