Ask Honey and Ulric; Ulric's Lost Job

 

Honey: That's an easy one. We've both been effectively 'blacklisted' from conventional jobs thanks to being caught up in an international scandal.

Ulric: My department didn't take kindly to the fact that I'm a truthseeker! *The wolf crosses his arms, scoffing.*

Honey: For those who were living under a rock, Ulric and I were responsible for revealing to the world via live stream that Moira Blackwool and Erik Duclaw had the first recorded sheep and wolf hybrid pup...er...lamb...child in history...

Ulric: *Holds up a finger in a corrective fashion.* As far as we know!

Honey: Naturally, that alone was enough to cause an international incident between Norwulff and Scottram. Plus the fact that we essentially broke into the sacred crypt of the Duclaw pack by exploiting Ulric's blood relation to the royal family, and essentially desecrated a tomb by blowing open a sealed slab of stone and opening a sarcophagus that hadn't been opened in four hundred plus years that was strictly off limits to pretty much everyone...well, it didn't exactly help our appeal.

Ulric: And Honey got banned from streaming her gaming channel for six months because when we were celebrating she forced herself on me...*Ulric shakes his head dismissively.*

Honey: *Frowns* Don't say it like that! *Crosses her arms and pouts, averting her gaze from her mate* I only jumped into your arms and kissed you...once we were on the floor you were kissing back just as hard!

Ulric: *Rolls eyes* So, aside from getting the entire Hunter family banned from entering both Norwulff and Scottram, something my *Cringes slightly as he utter's Dawn's title.* 'Sister-in-law' and Father had to negotiate with the Norwulff royals to get lifted for everyone. Well, everyone excluding me and Honey-

Honey: It was pretty much the only thing the Norwulff government wouldn't budge on. Every offer in the negotiations included keeping the lifetime ban in place for me and Ully.

 *Ulric clears his throat in irritation, clearly less than pleased at being cut off.* 

Ulric: BeCaaause....*He flashes Honey a brief glare* Because we were seen as responsible for causing the international incident with Norwulff and Scottram, most civilian jobs, especially ones tied to any sort of authority or government, we essentially got black-balled from polite commerce. So...my forensics degree is now useless outside of the skills I've picked up because no one in need of a forensic scientist is going to want to hire one with this black mark on his record.

Honey: Aside from my six-month ban for 'performing sex acts on a PG-13 stream', it was a bit touch and go as to whether pressure from Scottram or Norwulff officials would be enough to see me banned outright...*Laughs* I tell you, if it had been Great Kitten, or Zootopia proper, I'd be gone too. Thankfully Scottram and Norwulff's governments, while powerful, aren't as powerful as Zootopia, the NMU, or Great Kitten. So for now, HoneyOnTheMoney Gaming endures, which is good as it's the only source of income we have right now.

Ulric: Well, my own stream did see a fairly substantial increase in subscribers after our discovery.

Honey: Your 'own stream' has been demonetized since even before the Hybrid thing! Ever since you went on that very, VERY speciest rant about sheep after the first Night Howler incident!

Ulric: And I refuse to apologize! *Ulric crosses his arms defiantly, ears splaying against his head as he closes his eyes.* The historical track record of sheep as a species shows they've chosen to undermine all other species whenever the opportunity arose! *Shakes head* Although they're not nearly as bad as all those filthy rode-.(REDACTED)

'In the interest of keeping our own podcast from being banned from the network, the rest of my brother-in-law's seven and a half-minute rant about the hygiene and breeding habits surrounding rodentfolk has been cut from this broadcast. Thank you for continuing to listen to our podcast "Ask The Bellhunters", Where we will continue to take your questions and answer them to the best of our abilities.'

- Written by Dawn Hunter-Bellwether, and approved by Dawn and Vernon Hunter-Bellwether.

Ask Vanna; Do you love Milk?

 

Vanna: About as much as anyone else I guess...I....drank a lot more when I was a kitten.

Zach: Well, most pups do...they've been pushin' milk hard since the nineties. *Chuckles* It was practically propaganda...

Vernon: Well they had just come off the eighties, where anti-drug propaganda was king. *Laughs* Not that I'm defendin' drugs er' nothin', but the anti-drug stuff was almost comically with how ham-pawed it was.

Vanna: I think cats are more known for having an affinity for milk for some reason though...even the "Got Milk" ads featured more feline folk than other mammals, though I think the stereotype is older than that...

Zach: Yeah, I think the cats love milk thang goes back...almost as far as the whole rabbits and carrots thang...so I'm guessin'...maybe cartoons?

Dawn: Hmm...*Looking over phone* It seems Bindian Tigers were some of the first mammals to actively trade bovine folk for milk. This was apparently because due to issues with malnutrition at the time, along with Tigresses generally having more kittens than available milk during that period, they had to seek out supplementary dairy for their kittens. Sometime after that, adults also began to drink the excess milk, and it became a staple drink...

Vanna: I honestly didn't know that...

Vernon: That makes sense...I think Norwulves did the same with goats and sheep. *Chuckles* Cause the Norwulves often had more pups than nipples to go around...though it didn't become associated with us in the same way.

Dawn: *Still reading* When the New Pridelinds made Contact with Bindia, Milk became popular among the royal lions in Great Kitten, and eventually filtered down to the general masses. This would eventually lead to the creation and popularization of the Yule favorite, Eggnog...

Zach: Aww, you love eggnog don'tcha Kitten...

Vanna: *Winces* Yeah...I do...

Ulric: Pfft...I don't. It's like you guys said, that milk stuff is propaganda. And I don't consume propaganda.

Vernon: That's why y'all got osteoporosis. 

Zach: And why Honey's gotta put Calcium supplements in yer food...

Ulric: HONEY DOES WHAT?!

Ask Dorian; Pulling over his Pups.

 

Dorian: Two thangs I never did while them boys were growin' up. One, was use my position at the station to mess with them...

Audrey: *Chuckles* Ya'll saved razzin' 'em fer the house.

Dorian: *Raisies a second finger* And two, I didn't do them boys any favors iffin' they got into actual trouble themselves. Iffin' they were caught speedin' they got a ticket. Iffin' they got caught intoxicated, they ended up in the drunk tank fer the night...No slap on the paws.

Audrey: Dori wanted it ta always be clear to the rest of the North Meadowland's that just cause the boys were ours, didn't mean they was gonna get special treatment. *Chuckles* My Darlin' Dori was a public servant above all else...

Dorian: That said, I think Zach caught a parkin' ticket off duty once, other than that, *Winces* we had two...drunk in public issues with Yuri before he left fer school...

Audrey: I...try to be a little soft on them incidents cause it was so close to when yer Pa died Dori...Aldus meant a lot to Yuri and...even though I'm mad he went and drank underage...I get that he was hurtin'...

Dorian: Hey, ain't like I wasn't dealin' with it myself...still, Yuri spendin' those nights in the drunk tank was probably fer the best...made sure ta' keep him from makin' a few more dumb decisions while he was wallowin'...*Chuckles* Aside from callin' me every name in the book in the process...

Audrey: *Chuckles* I remember that, I swear them words ya'll told me...I don't think I'd ever heard curse words like that before or since 'iffin' I'm bein' honest.

Dorian: *Places a paw to his chest, flashing his mate a surprised glance.* Don't look at me! I ain't never heard most of them words he picked up before either...*Chuckles* What are they teachin' them pups in school these days?

Glitz And Chips AU; The Hunters

 

WT: I'd imagine most, though not all the Hunters would live away from Zootopia. Maybe a pawful in other North Mammalian Megacitites, but I imagine a majority of them have chosen to turn their snouts up on the invasive monitoring and large-scale corruption that settles into such places and instead choose to live outside those corrupt spheres of influence even if it means being left to the 'wolves' so to speak.

I figured I'd take a page from Shadowrun here, and other 'future dystopia' stories and have it that some sort of...disaster wiped out a lot of the mammalian population. What remained mostly clumped into these megacities, and while it would give them access to technology beyond their wildest dreams, the trade-off was being ruled over by corporations and monitored constantly. Those who turned their nose up at such a thing are basically homesteaders, out in the overgrown ruins of the abandoned places and building small towns and communities there. Of course, that puts said communities at risk of being raided by others, unable to get help during a plague, or being attacked by god knows what.

Dorian and Audrey would be steadfast homesteaders, with Dorian leading the New Meadowlands Militia in order to protect the burgeoning community and do their best to keep Zootopia from reincorporating it. Zach and Vanna would be a part of this Militia as well.

Ulric would probably live in the city, working as his own sort of...deep underground hacker/detective along with Honey. He'd probably see himself as an almost Neo figure, though whether he can live up to that sort of mantle is up to your imagination.

The west coast would be in a state of disarray, with no megacities to spare save for a few built-up coastal import points. This is because the Juan De Fuca and San Andreas Fault ruptured at the same time during the 'disaster' and basically ruined the western coastal cities. This allows me to place Yuri, Xavier, and their mates into the Zootopian Megacity. Xavier I figure would still be a lawyer, working diligently and tirelessly to fight back against a corrupt legal system to the best of his abilities. Malcolm would be a bartender at one of those literal 'speakeasies', secret internet dead zones where people could congregate without the city's eyes and ears. I imagine restaurants, much less individually owned ones, are functioning in the Megacity. It's all chains and pre-processed corporate-owned joints. Anything resembling an actual restaurant is staffed by robots owned by the greater corporate entities.

Ada would still be working at a hospital, and probably still a friend of the family. But Yuri would more than likely be dead. Despite how much of an ass Yuri can be, he was still a moral mammal. He'd want to join the ZPD and help protect the smaller and weaker mammals in the city. The issue is, of course, Yuri is both stubborn and brazen. He'd quickly become a thorn in the side of the more corrupt mammals in the ZPD, and he'd be disposed of similarly to what was attempted on Hopps and Wilde. Or perhaps maybe he'd go down in a blaze of glory, killing one of the bigger politicians or CEO's and become a martyr for the growing discontent of the city.

Last we've got Wade and Giselle, and Trenton and Qali. I imagine Trent and Qali make a go of defending the outer burrows, and homesteading there. And Wade, after seeing what happened to Yuri making him feel stuck as to what he can do, decided to cut and run to join Trenton and Qali in defending the Burrows. Some would call that cowardly, but he chose that in order to protect Giselle and get her out of the city along with him. Ada was already a widow, and he couldn't risk the same thing happening to Gizzy. In the Burrows, Trenton heads up the defensive militia, with Wade as his deputy, similar to the situation with Dorian and Zach. Qali is a trap designer and layer, using her small size, agility, and dextrous paws to shore up defenses against neighboring towns and the city at large, and Gizzy is a farmhand.

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Ask Omari and Elizabeth; The Moment We Knew.

 Omari: Is it off-putting to say the moment we met? I mean, I know we were pups but...

Elizabeth: I don't really think so...I mean, we were...sort of coming into adulthood at that point I suppose. You were eleven, and I was ten...

Omari: Hardly adults there Dear...

Elizabeth: *Giggles* I meant we were entering puberty. 

Omari: Technically, I suppose. Still I didn't...Hmm...*Scratches chin thoughtfully for a moment* I didn't know what I felt, if that makes sense? I just felt...all warm and fluttery when I first saw you...*laughs* Well, what little you'd allow us to see at that reunion.

Elizabeth: *Snickers* I did spend eighty percent of it hiding behind one of my Dad's at all times. It was only because of Paige's persistence that I finally started playing with the other girls.

Omari: And I couldn't even properly introduce myself. *Shakes head* My brothers just stroll up and introduce themselves, and now I'm hiding behind Piper...

Elizabeth: Poorly I might add, Piper was half your size even then. *Laughs* Still, I did think it was cute...not romantically of course, not yet...but...just seeing this 'giant' hyena, at least comparatively, hiding behind this tiny otter was...well it definitely helped reassure me that my father's were right. That I really didn't have anything to worry about meeting the family. *Snickers* In fact, Malcolm said my cousins would probably be more afraid of me than I was of them.

Omari: After some...prodding by Piper, we...I mean, I slowly eased into being comfortable around Elizabeth. I still felt butterflies in my stomach sometimes, but I managed to keep my cool for the most part.

Elizabeth: We both played instruments, that helped bridge the gap of course. I played violin and Omari played the keyboard.

Omari: *Rolls eyes, snout scrunching in disgust* Poorly I might add. I can't believe I ever played that...*Shudders* 

Elizabeth: *Giggles* You were fine when you practiced with me. Believe me, my classmates back in San Francisgoat were even less gifted than you. 

Omari: I think that was when I knew though...that it was a crush...

Elizabeth: Hmm?

Omari: The first time I saw you play your violin. You played...you played divinely even then but...*Sighs warmly* It was how you looked when you played. That determination, that poise, all signified in your body language alone. All your shyness and timidity just sort of...fell away. And I felt like I could see the real you.

Elizabeth: *Blushes* Aww...Omari...

Omari: Granted, I never got to see you play in such an unabashed fashion until we were what? I was thirteen? 

Elizabeth: *Nods* That was right around the time we all had to relocate to Zootopia after the 'Big One'. Before that, we largely had to wait until reunions to see one another. Well, at least those of us living far out from the city.

Omari: When did you know you had caught feelings for me?

Elizabeth: *Scrunches her muzzle, blushing softly* This is...super embarrassing...

Omari: C'mon. it can't be that bad can it?

Elizabeth: *Lolls head warily* Weeelll....It's just it makes me look both....petty and shallow I think.

Omari: *Flicks a dull glance Elizabeth's way* The river incident?

Elizabeth: *Nods briskly* Yeeees...Where Piper was making fun of me, so you dunked her in the river, and then we both ran away from her giggling like idiots...

Omari: We hid by that tree, and after the coast was clear from my pint-sized pressure cooker of a sister, I took my shirt off to ring out the river water...

Elizabeth: And I...*blushes* noticed your muscles were developing. *Giggling, placing her head in her paws as her blush intensifies* Oh gods, I'm so ashamed of myself.

Omari: *Snickers, shaking his head* We were teens...it's natural. Besides, I'm not so humble I won't take a compliment...

Elizabeth: After that...I started looking at you differently...It was like a door opened, you know? The way you were studying so aggressively to follow in your Mom's footpads even then, the passion you had for medicine, and wanting to help other pups it...I suppose it snared me the same way my music snared you. That passion...

Omari: *Nuzzles Elizabeth's snout with his own affectionately* As for when we...confessed our feelings...it was a whole different sort of mess entirely. 

Elizabeth: Yes...it seems we weren't the only members of the pack forming 'romantic attachments'. And while I was at a sleepover with the other Hunter girls when I was fourteen I...I was pressured into admitting I had a crush on one of my cousins... I wouldn't say who, but unfortunately...Lumi, who was struggling with some very confusing feelings of her own took it to mean it was...well...her...*Sighs* Granted, she still had to work up the courage to confess her feelings for me during a big family barbeque a year later.

Omari: The same one I was aggressively goaded into admitting my own feelings for Elizabeth thanks to Piper's meddling...which she still swears was just so she could tease me for wanting to 'rut my cousin'. But I know her heart was actually in the right place.

Elizabeth: *Rolls eyes* There was a whole 'secret admirer' thing floating around the Barbeque. I was told someone 'liked me' like I liked them by Paige, who was busy trying to set things up for Lumi. I agreed to meet my admirer in the barn at a certain time, which Piper overheard.

Omari: Piper had been entirely ignorant of Lumi's feelings, but she already knew how I felt about Elizabeth, and assumed I was in on the whole thing. And through a murky and confusing exchange, I came to believe that Elizabeth wanted to meet me in the barn to confess her own feelings I hoped she'd held for me. 

Elizabeth: We confessed to each other there, sharing our first...non-familial hug. It should have been a happy moment for us... albeit a bit embarrassing...instead...*Elizabeth winces*

Omari: *Rubs the back of his neck in clear discomfort* Lumi overheard us, and ran off crying. *Sigh* Long story short, the family got treated to finding out Elizabeth and I had a crush on one another, and that Lumi was a lesbian the same day. It was...awkward...

Elizabeth: Despite everything being fine between myself and Lumi now...I still feel bad about it looking back. I just...I couldn't see that Lumi had those kind of feelings for me because I just...I didn't even fathom it. *Chuckles* Imagine that, me, the adopted daughter with two gay fathers and I just wrote off the way she treated me as just...being a nice cousin and friend.

Omari: We were teens, we were all still figuring ourselves out. *Shakes Head*

Elizabeth: Anyway...I don't think our parents, or really the whole family took our little relationship seriously. Not until your Dad caught us getting...um...frisky during a 'date'.

Omari: *Chuckles* After that it was "Doors open at all times, curfew enacted, Piper is my informant." *Rolls wrist* Etcetera, etcetera. Suddenly Mom and Dad were all business. There was a serious discussion as to whether to let this 'go on' because we were cousins...

Elizabeth: It was my parents who managed to calm Uncle Yuri down, making sure to point out again and again that we weren't blood cousins even with his reservations about 'wolf inbreeding stereotypes'. 

Omari: Also, we aren't wolves...*Chuckles* In spirit maybe. 

Elizabeth: *Giggles* I think by that point they all still were assuming we'd break it off...*Extends a paw, flipping it palm side out to reveal a half-moon tattoo.*

Omari: *Shows off his own matching mark* If they were disappointed, they hid it pretty well at our tithing ceremony.

Elizabeth: And Lumi was my maid of honor, in case you were curious. *Giggles*

Ask the Hunter; Couples Songs P1

 

Dawn: Vernon and I have our wedding song...the one we had our first dance to.

Vernon: Crystal, by Suri Nicks. Dawn's favorite musician.

Dawn: *Whispers* Don't tell Gazelle.

Vernon: I also like that song 'Bones' by The Killers...

Dawn: And 'When you were young.'

Vernon: What about y'all?

Ada: Tainted Love...*Snickers* Da classic by 'Soft Shell'.

Yuri: Also Poison, the one by Alice Coopurr...*Chuckles*

Vernon: Well that's...charmin'...*Snickers*

Dawn: My mom actually found a lot of solace in 'Tainted Love' for...obvious reasons...

Yuri: Nah, I mean we like them songs but jokes aside our song is "Wonderful tonight" by Eric Clopton...

Ada: *Sighs warmly* Youse guys probably rememba dat one for our little make up titde last years...

Vernon: Yeah, now that y'all mentioned it...*Chuckles* I think that's the most affectionate I've ever seen y'all when you was sharin' that first dance...

Ada: *Blushes* Well...I means yous twos...you know what it's like durin' dat dance...

Yuri: The whole world just sorta...melts away...and all yer left with is those beautiful emerald eyes to get lost in...*Coughs awkwardly* Er...y'know...

Ada: Aww...Mookie...*Kisses the top of his head.*

Vernon: And as fer y'all and Vanna, I know yer song already.

Dawn: Oh, let me guess, is it Suri Nicks related?

Vanna: *Nods, smiling warmly and clearly pleased.* Yes. 'Leather and Lace.'

Dawn: Ohh! That's a fantastic song! Love the duet between Suri and Don Hogley. 

*Zach sidles up next to his mate, wrapping an arm around her and nuzzling into her side.*

Zach: What a night that was...I'll never ferget it fer as long as I live...There were so many fireflies out...but y'all were still the brightest light on the dance floor...

*Vanna blushes softly, chuffing as she wraps her arm around her diminutive mate and nuzzles into his scalp.*

Vanna: Goofball...*She mutters shyly*

Yuri: Sure y'all didn't pick that one cause y'all like a little hard leather with yer lace in the bedroom...iffin' ya know what I mean? *chuckles*

*Vanna and Zach both begin to blush profusely*

Vanna: Y-Yuri...*Huffs*

Zach: C'mon now, we turnin' this into a sex play shamin' session 'er we gonna talk romantic songs?

*Ada nudges Yuri in the ribs with an elbow* 

Ada: Mookie, watch dat tongue...dat's my sista yer embarassin'!

Yuri: *Rolls his eyes* What!? It's not like I was sayin' them two was into full on Dominatrix stuff...sides' we all got a lil' bedroom spice in our lives...nothin' to be ashamed of...A little soft restraint is hardly a real skeleton in the closet...

Ada: It's still goin' up on Da internet! Hows would youse like everyone ta knows you like a little love bitin' and scratchin'?

Yuri: *Chuckles, crossing his arms* As iffin' you don't...

Ada: *Blushing slightly* I-I neva said I didn't... *Snickers*

Vernon: Can we get this thang back on track already? Trent, Qali, y'all go.

Qali: Oh! Oh! We love rutting outside, especially in the snow!

Trenton: *Trenton, usually stoic, is totally flustered* QAILS!

Vernon: *Slaps a paw to his forehead* No, no, we wanted to know what yer couple song was!

Qali: Oh...OhhhHHHhhh....*Ears sag, the little vixen looking embarrassed* S-Sorry Trenny...

*Trenton now has his head in his paw, letting out a sigh.*

Trenton: I-It's alright Darlin'...just...let's move on.

Qali: Can you...um...do Yule songs count?

Vernon: Do y'all listen to it outside of Yule?

Qali: Well...yeah...cause me and Trenny shared our first kiss to it! *Sighs warmly* It always gives me tingles thinking about it.

Trenton: We can give ya more than one fer somethin' that ain't totally seasonal. But yeah, 'It musta been the mistletoe' is a real meaninful song fer us..." The one by Barbara Lambdrelle.

Qali: *Clasps her paws together, swooning* It's why we played it at our tithe first...even if it was September.

Trenton: The next song was 'Time after Time" by Cyndi Leaper.

Qali: Born in the 90s, but an 80s girl in my heart...*Giggles*

Vanna: *Giggles* That makes most of us I think...

Ada: *Rolls eyes* 80s rock and metal mostly, but shoire. *snickers* Hows about youse two?

Xavier: Oh...well...*Coughs, rubs the back of his neck uncomfortably* Well...I'm going to get raked over the coals for this as I always did growing up but...

Yuri: A Buckstreet boys song? *Chortles*

*Xavier furrows his brow and snorts* 

Xavier: Not quite, but...admittedly a song in that sort of...genre...

Malcolm: Pft, y'all ain't gonna get a rise outta me, I wear 'I Swear' by 'All Fur One' like a badge o' honor.

Yuri: *Snickers* That's real ruttin' corny....

*Malcolm wraps an arm around Xavier, pulling the taller wolf to his side as he puffs out his chest.* 

Malcolm: It may be corny, but it's our song! It was on my Spotsify when Xavier was helpin' me lock up my restaurant fur the night, and we shared our first kiss to it! *Smooches Xavier on the side of his snout.* So it's always gonna hold that spot in my heart...

Xavier: *Blushes, smiling warmly* G-Gingersnap...

Malcolm: I love you.

Xavier: I love you too...*Kisses Malcolm.*

The Hunter Pack: Awwwww....

Vernon: So 'side from Ma and Pa, that leaves the untithed couples here..that might make havin' a 'song' a harder choice I'd think?

Honey: I like Big Butts...*Laughs* by Sir Mixahop...

Vernon: PFt..* Vernon attempts to stifle a giggle.* F-fer real?

*Honey grasps Ulric's wrists, turning around to face the group before gripping the hapless wolf's paws to either side of her posterior.*

Honey: Trust me, I know what my lil' Doggy loves...*Chuckles*

*Ulric rips his paws away, blushing fiercely.*

Ulric: H-Honey Please! *Stammering* I-I uh...I mean...M-my...that stuff should be private, privileged in-information!

Honey: *Laughs* I'm just goofing babe...relax...

Zach: Well, y'all objected....but y'all didn't deny it Ully... *Snickers*

Ulric: I...er...I mean...maybe...erm...*Huffs, crossing his arms* Y-You guys know I'm not good at this stuff...I'm better suited for logical things! Not matters of "Love".

Vernon: Y'all say that...but yer blushin' worse...and my sniffer's goin' off...

Zach: *Squints skeptically as Ulric* Yeah...I smell it too....y'all got somethin' up in that scattered brain o' yers...so spill it!

Ulric: *Blushing harder* I-I'm not at liberty to disclose-.

*Yuri makes a move to punch Ulric, stopping well short of making contact with his muzzle but getting the desired result of Ulric raising his paws defensively and shrinking away.*

Ulric: WITCHY WOMAM'! IT'S WITCHY WOMAM'! *Ulric pleads!*

*Yuri settles back into a casual stance as he earns a scowl from the other Hunters. Honey quickly sidles up to Ulric, pulling the wolf out of his cower and consoling him.*

Honey: *Glares at Yuri* Was that Really necessary?

Yuri: *Shrugs* What...it got it out of him didn't it? *Notices the other Hunter's scowls of disapproval, and raises his paws* What!? It's not like I actually hit him!

Honey: Witchy Womam' huh big guy? *Honey cooes*

Ulric: *Blushing, rubbing his neck in clear discomfort...* W-well...I mean you b-bewitched me...I-In a good way...I mean...

Honey: *Smirks, placing a kiss on Ully's snout.* Next time you ask me why I'd ever fall for you, try to remember this moment, 'kay?

*Ulric skews his head, clearly puzzled.* 

Ulric: I-uh...sure...? 

Vanna: That was...surprisingly sweet...

Ada: Da last Hunta I had pegged for bein' a romantic was Ully...*Laughs*

Vernon: Either Ully's finally growin' up....er he's actually on his meds consistently fer one...*Chuckles*

Zach: Maybe both...*Chortles*

Wade: Are we the last ones up?

Vernon: Yup, at least a'fore Ma and Pa anyway...

Wade: Well, me and Gizzy are both Beagles heads...so...you can probably guess it's a Beagles song...

Giselle: I know, I know, A Kittish gal being into the Beagles...stop me if ya heard it before... *Titters*

Yuri: *Groans* Not looking forward to that reception's playlist, that's fer sure...

Wade: *Clearly ignoring Yuri* Anyway, we picked 'And I love her'...or rather...I guess I picked it...*Snickers* I guess it's sort of a one-sided song.

Trenton: Well, some of our song choices fit the same category...it's just more about the feelin'.

Giselle: 'Sides, pro-nouns aside...I feel the same way about you me 'ittle love...

*Wade does his best to hug one of Giselle's massive legs as she brings her head down to nuzzle against his.*

Zach: And that leaves Ma and Pa...

Yuri: I'd guess somethin' featurin' Rick Springhopper, iffin' I didn't remember what they played at their tithe renewal.

Audrey: As much as I love that Dingo, he occupies a different part o' my heart...*Ears sag as she offers a sheepish smile.* 'Sides, most of his songs didn't really...apply to my feelin's fer yer Pa when we started out...

Dorian: But y'all can't go wrong the the Baahgee's...

Audrey: Every time I hear 'How deep is yer Love' I just....I get them same butterflies I had when I first laid eyes on yer Pa...makes me weak in the knees just thinkin' about it...

Dorian: I share them feelin's Darlin'...o'course...I don't need some song to get weak in the knees over ya...I can just look in them beautiful brown eyes o' yers and it's like my first time seein' ya all over again...

*Audrey gives Dorian a long, passionate kiss on his lips.*

*The Hunter gals proceed to swoon and 'aww' collectively. The Hunter boys recoil in various degrees of discomfort to outright disgust...*

*Breaking the kiss, Audrey throws her son's a glare.*

Audrey: Oh, grow up! *Laughs*

(Part 2 with the Ruminerds coming eventually.)

Found Ask; Genswap AU; Finding Marigold

 

Yuki: Considerin' Adamo's trick laugh was kickin' up durin' the whole thang, it probably scared the girl that much more...

Adamo: Hey, c'mon Babe! Youse know I cackle when I get noivus! And what's more noive-wrackin' den dealin' with a new species...I had no idea what we was dealin' with...I was just dankful she spoke Animanglish...

Zelda: We were all...beyond surprised really...

Doreen: I think a lot of us...fer some reason had it in 'er heads that Leon was probably the last of his kind...at the very least from a species so rare we weren't gonna see in Zootopia again fer the rest of our lives...

Vera: And the fact that she was livin' out there fer weeks...like some sorta sav...*Glances and Don and sweats slightly, clearing her throat.* some sorta cavemammal save fer the clothes on her back and some meager supplies...

Mellivin: Not to distract from the emotional weight of the conversation. But yes, Undyne and I were the first to discover her...though sadly not the first to discover humans in general.

Undyne: Hey, we proved King Blackwool had a tryst with Erika Düclaw, and a hybrid of their own...so we do have one under our belt.

Yuki: What exactly were y'all doin' out there anyway...more hippy crap?

Undyne: Well, I was trying to work on my Astral projection and remote viewing. I have a stronger connection to the woods we grew up near than anywhere else and I-.

Yuki: Yeah, Hippy crap. *Rolls her eyes*

Mellvin: I was primarily there to make sure Undyne accidentally provoke any animals while communing with nature. *Holds up paw as Undyne appears about to object.* And before you say anything about being able to commune with animals on a spiritual level, remember literally every other interaction you've had with animals you're whole life. 

Vera: From Grandma Karen's crow, to the field macaques...not to mention that time we went to the Zootopia Central Zoo and that python got loose and-.

Undyne: Yes, well...all of those animals had very negative chakra. It is not my fault that our souls failed to connect in peace and understanding.

Vera: *Shakes head* Teeth to tails...

Don: *Ahem* Let's change to subject shall we? *Whispers to Vera* I think we can all agree trying to rationalize with Undyne will get you nowhere...

Winnie: Don's right you know.

Vera: *Huffs, crossing her arms*

Don: Anywho, yes, we were quite excited to hear about Marigold...although our first real...initial excitement was more surrounding the prospect of learning more about Humans to better care for our little Leon...

Vera: O'course that was a'for she ended up becomin' a Hunter...And a'fore humankind decided to make 'emselves known to all of Animalia...*Chuckles* Now were up to our ears in all the info we could ever want on Humans.

Don: But more importantly we were just delighted to see Marigold adopted to Zelda and Varun. She's such a sweetheart, and I don't think I could have picked out better parents for her myself...

Zelda: *Blushing as she waves Don off frantically* Aww, hush you!

Varun: Thank you Don. That means a lot to us. 

Don: For all she's been through, she's just such a little trooper...

Varun: She's got the heart of a tiger, and the stripes to match.

Doreen: Bold too...as yes, she did try to pose as a boy, and over eighteen. *chuckles as she lifts her sheriff's hat and scratches her scalp with a thumb.* I'll admit, it was an admirable try. She even put on her best 'deep voice' to try and pull it off...Guess she was hopin' we'd just turn her loose iffin' she was an adult.

Adrian: Well, I suppose iffin' she had managed to pull off a bold-faced lie like that one, she could pull off anythin'... *laughs*

Found AU; The Meadowlands Six and Metal Music

 

Dawn: I don't think that's too much of a surprise...

Vernon: Course, we got some experience with that sorta thang between both Alice and Trevor...*Chuckles* Alice is still strugglin' with admittin' she likes dance more than sports...and Trev...well, lookin' at him now no one would expect the boy to be writin' the kinda stuff he does...though I get a sneakin' suspicion once he starts goin' through puberty the dark clothes and hoofnail polish will start showin' up like with Ully's goth phase...

Yuri: Everythin' he grew out of except the hair...Ully's still got that saggy drape o' messy fur over his eye...I dunno why he thinks that looks good...

Zach: I don't think Ully 'thinks' in them sorta terms. *Chuckles*

Dawn: The overall point I'm trying to get to though is that lambs, especially in their teenage years, can sort of...well, they're figuring themselves out...so really, nothing should be too shocking...

Dorian: There's also the simple life lesson o' never judge a book by its cover.

Dawn: *Giggles* Exactly. Whether it's a phase or not remains to be seen, but Marcus seems to enjoy it for now, and it isn't hurting anyone...

Vanna: I will admit, it is quite a contrast to his classical music interests. *Vanna is bouncing Rose on her knee as the little hybrid babbles away happily*  But I wasn't all that surprised upon discovering it. Marcus is sensitive, but also very passionate. And I think Punk-rock allows him to vent those passions and maybe even traumas from his past in a very visceral and cathartic way.

Zach: Sometimes y'all need to get a scream er' too out to cleanse the soul. *Chuckles*

Vanna: We're just glad it makes him happy...

Zach: And glad he ain't leanin' into the idea of becomin' a professional baseball player. *Chuckles*

Dorian: As fer the recent recording of Marcus and Aiko...I wasn't aware that Ully bein' the one to record it was the story we was goin' with now...*Flashes a judgemental glare at Zach*

Zach: H-Hey, I didn't! *Huffs* I admitted and apologized fer it...

Yuri: We know you did, so where exactly did this change to the story come from?

Zach: *Twiddling his fingers nervously* W-well...I mean...I...may have been workin' on a cover story just...in case Marcus finds out...

Audrey: *Shakes her head* Oh Zach...

Zach: What!? I can't have him know I-I mean Rose-I mean...look, it was Ully's trail cam! *Whines* It's just easier to say he was filmin' fer catsquatches and caught them by accident....iffin' it comes up I mean...

Dorian: Fer shame son...*Shakes head* Fer shame...

Zach: It would be embarassin' enough fer the boy iffin' he found out that was taped, and his family saw it fer that matter! Imagine how much that might hurt our relationship if he finds out it's my fault it got recorded in the first place!

Yuri: *Crosses his arms* He'd probably never trust you again...

Zach: *Whines*

Dorian: As much as I'm loathed to go along with this...I'll admit I don't want to take a chance of that boy losin' trust in his Pa considerin' how fragile that sorta bond might be fer him right now...so I think it's a half decent cover I suppose...provided Ully will go along with it.

Zach: Fingers crossed...*Whimper*

Dorian: That said, you pull a stunt like this again, and you ain't gonna get any backup from the rest of us. I'll see to that myself...

Zach: *Ears flatten* I told y'all, I didn't do it on purpose! I wasn't tryin' ta-!

Yuri: Would you give it a rest already?! Just keep yer head down and accept yer blame. Sweet Sawgrass! You not filmin' that boy on purpose is a harder to swallow pill than it bein' Ully accidentally doin' it.

Zach: *Crosses his arms and huffs* F-fine, fine...Ugh, where's the trust in this family...?

Yuri: *Snorts* Iffin' that ain't the pot callin' the kettle if I ever heard it...*Laughs*

Ask Wasty; Hunter Girls Meet the Hunter Boys (Genswap)

 Wasty: If you expected art for this one, I'm sorry to disappoint. There are simply way, way too many characters to place for jokes and the scope of said jokes would be too wide for my side blog.

In terms of stacking up, I don't know exactly what you mean. Moist of them would of course be very similar to one another. The only real stray characters would be Varun and Vanna, Ada and Adamo, and Qali and Tarin, as their genders being flipped would significantly impact the way they grew up.

Ada is a take-no-shit kind of girl, and while that would be reflected in Adamo, Ada is a scrapper, and Adamo is scrappy. As you know, my in-universe yeen culture sees male yeens as the punching bag for their females. So while Ada was treated okay by her parents growing up, Adamo would be treated poorly. Perhaps not on the level of physical abuse, but he'd definitely have things tougher, and being physically weaker overall would see him on the losing end of most fights that he'd get caught up in with a mouth like his. However, he shares the same unflappable sort of personality with his gender-flipped counterpart, and so while his terrible jokes are more likely to get his ass kicked over Ada's, he's not cowardly, he just presses on. He's persistent, which is how he ends up bagging Yuki.

Varun, unlike Vanna, would grow up without any self-image issues. After all, one of Vanna's key insecurities is about her masculine build. For Varun, that same build is a confidence boost. He looks masculine and is male. Varun would have more of Lucero's personality this time around...more comfortable with being loud and relaxed around others. But like Vanna he's still generally quiet until he feels the need to speak. In that way his very in his own head, a very calculating mammal, which is why he makes for a great officer. This makes for an interesting inversion of how Zach and Vanna got together because the pair already had a friction that blossomed into a slow-burn romance. In Varun and Zelda's case, with Zelda taking even more from Audrey...or rather Adrian's emotional side, the pair would be near constantly frustrated with one another. That friction would build and build until they just start passionately kissing in their cruiser in the middle of a particularly fiery argument, directly after insulting each other no less.

Lastly, for this exercise, we have Qali and Tarin. Both would share that same high-energy drive that has them zipping around like one of those vibrating ferret ball toys you used to see at toy stores. However, Tarin's a tod, and he's sort of leaned into the snarky, flirty kinda Romeo that tods can easily slip into being. This keeps him just as pushy as Qali when it comes to winning his mate's heart, in this case Tyra. She's quiet, she's enigmatic and tall...and boy does Tarin love that...both larger girls, and the challenge involved in cracking that enigma.

That said, should these characters meet, I'd imagine Tarin and Qali would kind of hate each other. Qali isn't into tod snark, and Tarin doesn't care for high-energy gals, at least personality-wise. Varun and Vanna would more than likely get along decently, but Varun would probably put Vanna off at times because he's a bit more extroverted and in their initial meeting would probably say some things that might cause some awkward moments between the two. Ada and Adamo however, would get along gangbusters. Adamo would be like the little brother she never had.

As for the other gals, their largely similar personalities would probably either make them instant friends or just put off by the weirdness of it all to connect. Garret and Giselle, Malcolm and Merideth, Mellvin and Honey, I could see them easily slipping into friendships based on their shared interests or talents. Dawn and Don however might have a bit of friction and discomfort because they'd be too caught up in the weirdness of it all to let their guards down. Dawn might also see a lot of Aster in Don, while Don would see much of Acacia (Female Aster) in Dawn...at least physically speaking. And those discomforts might prove to be completely impassable for them.

Thanks for the ask!

Found Ask AU; The Near Kiss Miss

 

Zach: I mean... y'all know how I feel already...I ain't exactly...I mean I'm still tryin' to come to terms with my boy growin' up. *Shakes head* Still, I'm glad that at least...despite my blunderin' with that trail cam, none of the rest of y'all pushed them into that.

Audrey: We were just given 'em a little push, that's all! *Shakes head* It was harmless!

Zach:  Thankfully it seems like it was. *Huffs* Still, I don't y'all pullin' anythin' like that again...'specially not behind my back.

Audrey: *Pouts her lip* Aw, yer no fun!

Ada: Eh, given 'em a push, not given 'em a push...ended da same way, so what does it matta?

Vanna: Still...this seems like it was better for them...at least they seem to be approaching their feelings on the same terms...

Qali: It was so cuuute! I was so hoping they were gonna really kiss this time! IT was SOoooooOOOooo close! *Squees in delight*

Ada: I dunno what's so hard, dey clearly both like eachudda! Dat goil just needs to grab Marcus by da cheek and give him a big ol' smooch! Den tell him, 'Hey's I like yous! You wanna's be boyfriend and goilfriend already? Cause I'm gettin' antsy here!'*Cackles* Dat's what I woulda done!

Dawn: Is that how you asked boys out when you were little?

Ada: Sure was Plush! I'm was a modern goil, I wasn't keen on waitin' around for a guy to make da foist move!

Vanna: And how did that go?

Ada: *Shrugs* I mean...like...okay, most a da time da guy would go runnin'...but hey, it woiked like ten percent a da time!

Dawn: I'm not sure I'd be so keen to be that forward with those sort of odds.

Ada: Youse miss 100 percent a da shots ya don't take Plush! *Laughs*

Vanna: At the end of the day, you'd be hard-pressed to find one of us who didn't find the video cute, despite the circumstances. 

Dorian: It was real cute...made me a little nostalgic...although Auddey wasn't exactly subtle about her feelin's when we met...

Audrey: *Laughs* Hey, I had to be! Tryin' to get it through yer thick skull I liked ya was like I was tryin' to direct a plane with them light baton things they use on a runway! Y'all just didn't get it until I was blunt!

Dorian: *Chuckles* I wasn't the most social pup! I was too worried about misinterpretin' stuff and making a fool of myself in the process!

Vernon: Geeze, and how many of us picked up that trait? *Chuckles* Cause I know I did...

Dawn: Granted with us there were...*ahem* very unusual circumstances at play.

Trenton: That's it! *Chuckles* That's what this reminds me of! That whole part in Dawn's book about the 'shearin' incident! 

*Dawn and Vernon begin to blush, the pair looking down and away bashfully.*

Zachary: It better not be! *Huffs* They're too young to be havin'...*ahem* those thoughts in the back o' there heads...

Yuri: *Quirks a brow* Zach, they're pre-teens...not toddlers...

Trenton: I just meant it had the same energy...that same skirtin' the subject, with both of 'em havin' the same feelin's and wantin' to just embrace them, but they're so scared o' bein' wrong 'er ruinin' a good thang that can't bring themselves to confess...*Laughs* I think kissin' is about as far into the future as them kids is thinkin' right now.

Zach: *Grumbles* R-Regardless, y'all can't rush 'em...let them figure thangs out as they go...at the very least so I can get maybe a few more weeks er' so not havin' to make a house rule about all the doors bein' open when she's with him.

Vanna: *Flashes her mate a dull, half-lidded gaze* Zach, you do that already, with all of Marcus' friends in fact, not just Aiko...

Dorian: *Groans, placing a paw over his forehead.* Son, I thought we were well and done with this whole 'gang' thang!

Zach: *Sputters* I-It's not! I mean! *Huffs* I-It's to make sure everyone's safe is all damnit! I just like to keep an ear on 'em i-incase there's an emergency!

Yuri: It's an excuse to eavesdrop is what it is...*Snickers*

Found AU Ask; Zach's Trail Cam Trouble

 

Zach: I done told ya, that was an ACCIDENT!

Yuri: A likely story...y'all really think yer gonna yer gonna be able to put one over on six Hunter's with their bullshit detectors aimed yer way.

Dorian: Seven, don't ferget yer ol' 'mam.

Zach: I fergot about the cam okay!? A-and Rose she...I mean...

Audrey: *Frowns* Zachary David Hunter, fer' shame. *Audrey shakes her head dissaprovingly.* Tryin' to blame yer own daughter to cover yer tracks...and barely a toddler no less!

Zach: *Ears droop sharply* B-But Ma! I was-I was! *Turns to Ulric and grips him by the shoulder, shaking him briskly. * C'mon, tell 'em how long that trail cam of yer's has been missin'! Hell, even I fergot about it! Y'all think if I was still so fixated on monitorin' my son, I'd have been on that thang like a hawk!

Ulric: *Huffs, and pulls away* Why should I help you dig yourself out of that hole!? You stole my gear, and then you treated that high precision, and might I add, extremely expensive trail cam like crap. *Shakes his head* It's amazing that it was able to record anything in the state it was in by that point.

Vernon: Ulric, let's be real here. A repackaged gopaw with a triple-digit price tag ain't exactly a precision instrument.

Ulric: It was NOT a Gopaw! It had thermal imaging, night vision, and even dots projection and SLS cam...

Ada: Isn't dat da camera setting dey had fer dat X-bucks console...da failed one?

Yuri: Oh yeah, I remember havin' one o them...what a waste o' money...

Ulric: Hey! It may have started as a cheap peripheral for a game, but ghost hunters have refined the tech! It's actually really-!

Yuri: *Cut's Ulric off, holding out a paw to silence him* Ully, y'all seem to be under the impression we give a shit about yer little toys...this is about Zach bein' a dumbass....again...

Zach: *Whines* Side's! I already spent a week sleepin' on the sofa fer this! Haven't I been punished enough fer y'all to stop rubbin' my nose int it!?

Vanna: *Places a reassuring paw on Zach's shoulder.* It's alright Goofball...I believe you.

Zach: *Seems overjoyed, and rushes to hug Vanna so quickly that she barely has time to pull Rose out of his path. Rosie giggles and claps her paws excitedly at her Daddy being a goof.* Aw Kitten! *Zach nuzzles into her chest as he grips her waist tightly. * At least somebody around here believes in me! I'm glad I finally got ya to see my side o' thangs, even if I had to sleep on the couch!

*With Zach's head firmly buried into her chest, Vanna glances at the other Hunters. She softly shakes her head, mouthing silently to the other Hunters.* He absolutely did it. *Shakes head* No question.

*The other Hunters nod in silent agreement.*

FOUND AU ask; The Corn Maze Debacle

 

Zach: I think it speaks fer itself that I don't exactly like bein' lied to in the first place, 'specially when it comes to my boy. On top o' that, I don't exactly appreciate wastin' police time. *Scoffs* Here I am chasin' an imaginary goose while fer all I know someone's house could be bein' broken into or Oldwyn knows what else?

Vanna: I'm sorry Zach...I didn't really...I mean...

Dorian: Ain't like it was just us monitorin' the calls Zach. The station is always runnin' full shifts leadin' up to Sam Hain. If somethin' more serious had come up on the radio, y'all can guarantee we woulda' diverted to workin' that job. *Chuckles* And as for the Corn Maze thang, wasn't my idea...but I don't tend to win arguments with yer Ma, whether I'm in the right 'er not...

Audrey: The fact that y'all think yer right some of those times is real cute Sweetie...

Dorian: What? I am!

Audrey: Y'all keep tellin' yerself that Darlin'...*Giggles*

Zach: Well all of y'all were wrong with that little stunt ya pulled on Marcus and Aiko. No wonder it blew up in yer faces...

Ada: Aww Comon' Goofball, lighten' up. We was just tryin' to help deez kids along...

Zach: Forcin' 'em more like! And don't call me Goofball! *Zach crosses his arms and pouts*. Y'all are obsessed with forcin' them pups into a romantic relationship...I already told y'all ya just gotta leave that sorta thing alone, and let it happen naturally iffin' it's bound to happen...not that I want it too 'er nothin'...

Ada: And youse wonder whys we had to keeps yous in the dark about dis...*Chuckles* You just don't want yas kid to grows up on yas...

Zach: *Huffs* O'course I don't! We didn't even get to raise Marcus from birth! So much lost time already, and now he's gettin' older and gettin' feelin's fer girls and...*Whines* Look, okay, I know, I know I'm holdin' on to tight, and I'm workin' on it...really...but...can ya fault me for wantin' just a little bit more time to be a Pa to my son a'fore he starts spreadin' his wings and fixin' to leave the nest?

Vanna: Goofball...

Dorian: *Puts a paw on Zach's shoulder* Son, I can't say I fully understand what ya'll are goin' through, since me and Auddey never adopted ourselves...but you know, bein' a Pa doesn't end when yer pups grow up and start a life on their own. Marcus is always gonna want y'all in his life, you have to know that.

Zach: *Whines* I-I know...I just...Raisin' Marcus...things feel like they're just flyin' by sometimes...and I just...I wanna enjoy what little time I have left to really be involved in his life...iffin' that makes sense?

Audrey: Aww...Darlin' I understand...

Zach: So that's why I ain't lookin' to rush thangs...o' course I'd still be hesitant to push Marcus and Aiko together even if I wasn't worried about makin' him grow up too fast...

Vanna: Because you think that's something they should figure out on their own?

Ada: But it's soooo obvious! Dey've been dancin' around dere feelin's fer months now! What's da harm in given' 'em a 'lil push?

Zach: It could ruin their friendship fer one, especially iffin' things don't work out...which more often than not tends to be the case with yer first girlfriend.  *Zach starts counting on his paws.*  Then there's the fact that pressurin' them like that, even if they ain't fully aware of it, could make them even more scared o' makin' that first move. *continues counting* And iffin' they do get together, findin' out you were nudgin' them along might complicate thier feelin's...should I keep goin'?

*The other Hunters look down guilty* 

Zach: I mean, what did y'all actually accomplish with this crazy plan that couldn't have been accomplished by just lettin' 'em go through the maze themselves...chances are their friends woulda went and split them off anyway, 'er they woulda gravitated together cause they have feelin's fer each other... All that trouble and y'all probably woulda just got 'em to the same place regardless...in fact, it probably woulda went better fer 'em iffin' ya didn't meddle at all...

Qali: *eyes now brimming with tears* O-Oh no! We messed up big time, didn't we!?

Ada: Ehh...I wouldn't go dat far...but it's hard to disagree wit Zach on dis one...what was youse tinkin' Kit Kat!?

Vanna: *Shocked and clearly irritated* M-Me!? You were the ones who dragged me into this little scheme!

Audrey: I'd be lyin' if I said it was a success, that's fer sure...but...I-I still think them two made progress fer the better...

Dorian: Are y'all sayin' that cause you believe it, or cause you were the mastermind behind this little plan Darlin'?

Audrey: *Glares at Dori* Now don't you start!

Dorian: I'm just sayin' maybe if y'all let me be right a little more often, these little plans of yer's wouldn't blow up in yer face so often...*Chuckles*

Audrey: *Huffs and storms off* 

Zach: I think y'all just earned yerself a spot on the sofa tonight fer that one Pa...

Dorian: I count bein' at a loss fer words a win in my book, so I'd say it's worth the cost. *Laughs*

Ask the Hunters; Religious Beliefs

 

Dorian: I think most of my pups largely take after us in terms of our religious beliefs...

Vernon: Yeah, we're probably all passive Volkinists...Norwulffish, whatever ya'll choose to call it.

Zach: 'Cept fer maybe Yuri...no offense little brother, but I mean, y'all spend a lot o' time crackin' off Native Wolf stuff.

Yuri: *Shakes Head* Just cause I like to throw around words like 'Ome-'.

Audrey: Ah! Ah! Ah! What did I say about usin' the 'O' word in this house?

Yuri: Aw c'mon now Ma! Ain't like I'm callin' any of these sorry sacks o' wolves around me an O-*Stops himself* Look, my point is, I use that stuff cause it gets under folks pelts, not cause I give it any real credence, okay!?

Trenton: That sounds about right. *Chuckles*

Dorian: Anyway, what they mean by 'passive volkinism' is that we follow rites fer big family events and uphold certain traditions. But it ain't like we're holdin' er' attendin' any services on full moon nights er' nothin'.

Wade: And a lot of us don't exactly pray all that often...to the Norwulffish gods I mean.

Yuri: I think the only one of us that breaks form is Ulric...I'd...honestly, I don't even know what to call that mutt...*Chuckles* I wanted to say he's one o' them atheists...but...*Rolls his eyes as if he's mulling things over.*

Xavier: His belief system tends to be in flux based on his current fixation...

Ulric: How many times do I have to say I am a 'TRUTH SEEKER', I seek "TRUTH', and when I find a newr, more compelling argument, I must pursue it!

Yuri: *Rolls his eyes* Here we go...

Zach: He does tend to gravitate back to that one really....weird obscure one though...that one that sound's like it's right out of a Loveclop novel?

Xavier: The space, tentacle thing? The one with the big eye?

Ulric: If you guys would just actually LISTEN to me for once, you would see that that 'things' filthy tendrils have left prints on every culture, in nearly every age of Zootopian history! It's merely modern historians who are trying to bury the lead as-!

Audrey: Honey, have you taken your medication today?

Ulric: I TOOK MY MEDICATION! GEEZE! Listen, he's-!

Vernon: I was gonna say, he tends to start talking about that thing when he's been off his meds for a while...

Ulric: YOU GUYS BROUGHT IT UP! Besides, that's when he....when I see him! That's why I know he's planning to try and set events in motion that will cause his avatar, a son, to be born on Animalia!

Honey: Ully, did you replace-? Uhg, yeah, he replaced the meds in his bottle with M&Ms again...*Clasp Ully's wrists with her strong badger paws, restraining him.* I've got backups in my bag, I'm going to take him to our room give him a dose.

Ulric: NO! NOOOO! I have to TELL THE WORLD! H-HONEY! *Honey starts dragging the wolf toward the stairs.* HOOOONEY STOOOOoooOOOP!*

Honey: OH, and before I duck out, I'm agnostic for the record. I believe there's something...just not sure what. *Is now easily dragging the struggling wolf away.*

Ulric: NOOOoooOOOO! *Voice and whining fades as he is dragged up the stairs and out of sight.*

Vernon: *Coughs* Anywho, yeah....uh...let's just pick it up from Honey's answer and move on to the gals...

Dawn: Well, I'm a passive Capridist I suppose. I do about the same amount of worship and prayer that the rest of the Hunters do when it comes to Volkinism, and upholding the traditional ceremonies. I do...believe in the Elysian fields, or heaven as a sort of basic catch-all, but I don't think I truly believe in any of my pantheon's specific gods...I just feel traditions are important and a nice thing to pass on to your lambs.

Vanna: I agree with Dawn, to some extent. Traditions are nice, and Binduist beliefs have a great many traditions I look forward to sharing with our...kittens *Blushes softly as she grips Zach's paw.* when we adopt. *Smirks* But the tenets of Binduism and the concept of Karma and Dharma are a great sort of...moral framework to live by, and pass on to your kittens.

Zach: *Smiles at his mate* I think so too, although the same could prolly' be said fer Volkinism, and Capridism...

Dawn: Yes, it's good to have a moral framework to live by, and instill in your lambs...

Trenton: *Leans in to inspect Zach and Vanna and smirks* Y'all too got awfully smiley when talkin' 'bout adoptin'....you two fixin' to finally...?

Vanna: *Retracts slightly, covering her muzzle to hide her growing blush* Well...I-I mean....

Zach: We've been talkin' about it a lot lately...and well...we're gonna start touchin' base with agencies next month...

Vernon: *Flashes the couple a wide, toothy smile* Well I'll be dipped! *Chuckles* No way! Yer fixin' to take up rearin' some pup's finally?

Vanna: *Still blushing* W-We've-We feel that we're finally ready to t-take that step.

Zach: Already talked to Pa privately about addin' the new pup's bedroom to the house...we're puttin' some foundation down next week.

Ada, Dawn, Qali, Malcolm and Audrey: *Various excited and girlish squealing*

Dawn: OOOH! I'm so happy for you guys! *Hugs Vanna's leg* If there is anything Vernon and I can do to help, letters of recommendation, anything, you don't even have to ask!

Vernon: I imagine a letter from us could make thangs real nice and smooth fer the whole process all things considered. *Chuckles*

Vanna: *Leans down and hugs Dawn, slowly the other Hunter gals and Malcolm pile on the hug, Vanna's blush only deepens as she tears up. *T-Thank you all...

Audrey: *Audrey turns to Dorian while hugging Vanna* And when was you fixin' to tell me this was happenin'!?

Dorian:*Holds up his paws defensively* I was sworn to secrecy! I swear! They had time constraints, so they had to tell me, but they wanted to tell y'all as a group when the time was right...

*The hug breaks up, and Auddey returns to Dorian's side, giving the older wolf a hug*

Audrey: Alright, I forgive ya Darlin'...*Audrey giggles, planting a kiss on Dorian's muzzle* Next time, y'all might not be as lucky...*Laughs*

*Dorian looks relieved, letting out and audible *phew* As he grips Audrey to his side.*

Vernon: Now 'er pups will finally have some cousins to play with. *Chuckles*

Ada: Dat's so great! I'm so happy for yas too! *Smirks at Yuri* Aldough it's gettin' me tinkin' I might be wantin' my own pups soon...

Yuri: *huffs and crosses his arms*  We got tithed last year fer cryin' out loud! We ain't doin' this now!

Ada: So later den? *Chuckles*

Yuri: *Growls* UGGGH!

Xavier: I think it would be better to give in now Yuri, Ada does seem to always win these sorts of discussions between you.

Malcolm: *Snickers* Best to stop strugglin' and ride the current out...

Yuri: Let's just get back on track already! *Snorts* Ada, tell them about your kooky religion...

Ada: *Rolls her eyes* Hey, don't take potshots at Zoodoo just cause youse know gonna lose dat pup fight.

Dawn: You practice Zoodoo? I thought the Sam Hain Costume your was last year was...well...

Ada: *Chuckles* A gag? Eh...a little from column A, a little from column B. My parents was passive Simboligsts, but me's, I couldn' jives with a religion dat frames all hyenas as evil...considerin' I was one...*Chuckles* 'Specially when I becames a moody teen...

Qali: So what is Zoodoo exactly?

 Ada: Eh...I ain't gonna bog ya downs wit da details. Clops notes voision is da Hyenas fleein' from South Afrikat to escape da treatment dere settled in Suddern Mammalia and da islands and sorta reinvented Simbology usin' a lot of 'non-canonical' texts and meshin' it with old Hyenyan Predganist religions. 

Dawn: Non-canonical...you mean...like Kovu?

Ada: Yeah, and reframin' da hyenas who was vilified unda Scar and puttin' dem' back into da whole 'cicle o' life' where day belong...aldough, we did put a hyena at da top of da pole. Dat would be Jasiri, da den mudder of us modern hyenas, and da goddess of death...

Giselle: She's a goddess of death...you don't see many that many religions with a death goddess at the top...

Ada: Wells, Hyenas as a species are verys intune wit death, I means, are ancestors was da undatakers of da wild...*Snickers*. Besides, she was balanced out by her mate Kion, God of life, and a lion a dat...a forbidden tryst...*Snickers*

Dawn: So do you still...I mean are you still-?

Ada: Eh...I'm passive about it now...more into it when I was a teen...back den I did spell rituals and stuff...no chicken sacrifices dough...wasn't willin' to go dat far...

Vanna: I was about to ask...

Trenton: As for Qali here, she's also a Volkinist...

Qali: My family bloodline trace back to Northern Roarope, and the way things were with foxes of all pelts at the time meant the Norwulves were going to be the only mammals who accepted us as equals...Naturally, my family's patron saint is Vulki! But we don't practice too deeply...

Trenton: It made things much easier durin' our own tithe...we didn't have to worry about meshin' anythin' into the frame work....no offense you guys...*Gestures to Dawn, Vern, Vanna and Zach*

Zach: Eh, we got along just fine...wasn't to hard...

Vernon: Same here, y'all and Gus did a great job mergin' two types o' ceremonies on such short notice. 

Xavier: We're in the same boat, Malcolm is also a passive Volkinist.

Malcolm: So we won't have any trouble at all durin' our tithe this Fall! *Laughs*

Vernon: Cheers to that! We're lookin' forward to it!

Wade: What about you Darlin' yer a Simbologist, right?

Giselle: Yes, my family was from Afrikat originally, and our species never really got a chance to have an organized religion of its own before the Pridelands took over. But like the rest of you I'm a passive worshipper, as are my parents...

Wade: Good thing too, 'er else we might run into some hiccups iffin' we ever got tithed... Simboligists are very anti-cross species tithin's and all...

Audrey: Iffin' yer ever gonna ask that gal, that is! *Laughs*

Wade: Aww MA! Don't start!