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 Hey all, hope you guys are all doing well, both backers and fans alike. As always, I'd like to start this post with my usual thank yous to Patreon Backers for their continued support. Love you guys!

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Phew...so we got a lot to cover I guess. Even if I'm not confident as to how much I can get rolling in March alone. But let's start this off with a review of February.

Those who are frequenters of my Ask Blog "AsktheBellHunters.com", may have noticed a sudden vast uptick in answers at the start of February. This is because I wanted to clear up the backlog of Asks I had preceding the new year and didn't want to drag that out any longer, as well as I felt it was a good use of the time I had left at the start of February before one of my backers visited me from the 11th to 17th. That said, it wasn't all Netflix and chill when my good friend came to visit, and I did get some additional work done while they were here. Somehow despite all the museums and art installations, I also managed to squeeze in not one, but two sticker sets, one of which my good friend was given as a freebie to take home for putting up with me dragging ass around Colorado trying to keep up with them.

These sticker sets, "Spring Delilah" and "Secretary Ewe Emoji Head" should already be live on Patreon by the time I post this. Both sets will be five bucks a sticker, with the usual discounts per multiple buys. You can DM me directly as per usual if that's what you'd prefer. However, as for the future of public sale of these stickers, I'm going to be taking a stab at running my stickers on Etsy. I feel like they may get more eyes on them there based on... well my own experience scouring Etsy to be honest. That said, I'll still take sales outside of Etsy, as that's fairly easy to manage. Plus, I'll be able to manage the 'discounts' easier. Still, these new stickers won't be going live publically until I've got Etsy pages running alongside them. The old sale sheets also have to be 'future proofed' by removing the sales price so they can be adjusted on listings easier. I'll add a link to the store page to this post once it's live.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/WastedTimesArtShoppe?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

Another thing I'll be starting this month, and hopefully be able to keep running for the foreseeable future is....*Dramatic Pause*, a monthly raffle for a 1-2 character sketch piece for a random five-dollar tier backer! Basically, every month I'll be punching all the five-dollar tier backers into a randomizer, and whoever I roll gets offered a free 1-2 character sketch piece. I will announce the winner in either my monthly post, or a short individual post should I take too long to get the 'Thank you status update' post rolling, and contact them directly to begin the work. If they don't want a sketch or don't contact me back within three days, I'll re-roll the randomizer and move on the next person.

Winners will be removed from the randomizer for a total of six months to allow for a cool-down period and give others a chance at winning a sketch.

This month's winner is...

_YFC_!

So I'll be messaging YFC as soon as this post goes live to make sure they want to move forward with a sketch. Should it not work out, in three days or so you'll see a new winner announced!

Edit: The Raffle Poll has been postponed as It has been pointed out to me that 'raffles' aren't a thing I can do on Patreon. That said, I'll need some time to reassess what I can offer.

Okay, what next, what next? Oh right! So I'm also going to be dipping my toes into the whole 'adoptables' pool with the release of my first slew of adoptable gals. This time around it's 'Oops, all otters!', where we'll have four otter gals up for sale. Bidding will start at 50 bucks each, and I'll run it for about three days. Winners will receive the base drawing of the girl they bid on, isolated from the others with the 'color samples' cleaned up. If the winner wants a mini character sheet done of them after securing the bag so to speak, we can discuss creating one at a discounted rate. This would be a very basic 3 full body, one expression deal, and the original winning pinup would also be tacked onto the sheet. Anything more elaborate would have to be discussed further and charged accordingly.

This auction will be run exclusively on furaffinity, and should be live at the time of this post. The sheet featuring the girls will probably be posted to Patreon before this. I have linked the live auction page below.

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/51225868/

Lastly...let's talk about upcoming work on the queue.

After all this clerical work today, the next thing I'm doing is writing up about 5-6 chapter outlines for 'The Family Vulpes', Basically to organize my thoughts and key bits I want to hit in each of the upcoming chapters so that I can start on the next entries. I also want to write up a rough outline for a new entry in the "Tales of the Bellhunterverse" series featuring Gus and Melly. After that, the next week will be focused entirely on drawing the next page of "Burrowed into my Heart" and "Savage love". I'd also love to have them done by the end of the week, but I can't make any promises there. Then after that, it's back to actually writing "The Family Vulpes" Chapters...

I've also got two little things I'd like to work on over the next few weeks...one simpler, and one more advanced, that I'll see where I can squeeze in health and workload allows. This would be an Inui from Aggretsuko sticker set, and a character sheet for Deirdre Black, my loch ness monster gal.

Lastly, life stuff...yeah, still dealing with extreme exhaustion and heart issues. Have an appointment in Denver at the end of March for a POTs specialist that will... hopefully lead to something. Also aiming to make some diet changes I'm hoping will contribute, seeing as the amount of exercise I'm doing doesn't seem to make a difference. We'll see how things shake out, and I'll try my best to keep you all updated.

Once again, thanks to everyone who's continued to support me, fans and backers alike. Fingers crossed things go smoothly for this month, and at the very least I can meet most of the above goals...Love you guys.

-Wasty

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Genderswap AU; Best Hunter Girl Swimsuit Edition

 

Adamo: Youse is nuts if ya's tink yer gettin' anyting from us udder den a ten outta ten for two reasons. One, we ain't got death wishes. And twos, we...well I's genuinely tink Yuki's a ten in my book...'specially in dat little red string number of hers...Mhh-MHH!

Tarin: Wow...Yuki's kind of a slut...*Chuckles*

Adama: You lookin' to get a jaw dislocated pipsqueak?

Tarin: *Laughs* Y'know I'm joking...I love Yuki...even if she can be...like...super abrasive most of the time. I just...I didn't expect any of the other Hunter girls to be into...super skimpy stuff...

Don: Not that that matters...Vera makes even the most conservative clothing look... oh-so-lovely...

Meridith: I hear ya...my Xena really rocks her outfit, and her preferred bathin' suit is a full one-piece lil' number complete with a frilly ruffled skirt.

Varun: Not exactly the most aquatically dynamic option...but I'm sure it's still lovely nonetheless...

Garret: Winnie is more of a... fur-tight sporty swimsuit kinda gal...not that I'm complanin'...

Varun: Ah, Zelda dresses similarly, although her choices due tend to have a feminine flair...and...does it sound weird to say that I often find myself ogling the barest hint of her abs below her fur above all else when she's wearing that?

Garret: No I feel you. I tend to give her stomach extra attention when we're...well, y'know...

Adamo: I'd tease you boys, but I ain't got a leg to stand on. *Cackles* I love tomboys and 'mean' gals... Of course, bein' a male hyena probably means I probably got some kinda complex...we tend ta seek out domineering types even when we goes outside our species to get away from bein' pushed around by female yeens...But ya's know...it's...I mean dere's somethin' so satifyin' about getting a gal like dat to show her soft, vulnerable side...*Chuckles* I had to stop myself from dancin' around our bedroom da foist time I got Yuki to admit she loved me, I was dat psyched. *Cackle*

Varun: Well Zelda may look like a Tomboy, but she's got the heart of softest girliest gal that ever lived...she's actually a lot like her father funnily enough...He's always been a real emotional mammal according to Misses Hunter.

Tarin: Tyra is sort of in between...she's not quite a full-blown tomboy but she's very cool and collected. She actually reminds me a lot of Misses Hunter. And her choice in bathing suit is...stunning on her... She also rocks a one-piece...an jet black little number with a belly button window that hugs her...*ahem*...chest area real snug...just makes me want to bury my face in her chest fluff...*sighs*

Don: Vera wears something similar...although it looks like a one-piece in the front with a little window for her belly button, the back of it looks kind of like a two-piece that really shows off the curve of her back and...*bleats softly* O-oh...my glasses are fogging up...hold on...*blushes*

Adamo: *Laughs* Someone's all hot unda da wool. 

Don: *blushing more* Well...I mean....it...I love he-er...I mean she-she's....her body is...*laughs* I'm sorry, I'm just remembering the last time we were at the beach, and she was teasing me a bit...she did this thing where she arched her back and kind of...licked her lips and...*is increasingly flustered.* She kind of heaved her chest out and...gods I love that wolfess...

Tarin: Oh god the teasing! It's like those Hunter girls are born programmed to do that! I can't imagine how badly Mellivin suffers with that considering Undine is built like a rutting hourglass.

Mellvin: *Chuckles* Her breasts are bigger than my head....she's probably the only wolfess I've ever met who has to shop in the small section of the Megafauna department...

Adamo: All dat crazy rolled up inta a thicc busty package...

Mellvin: Eh, I like my gals a little crazy...what fun is life if you don't take risks. And Undine is worth taking risks for...kooky as she can be, she's a real sweetheart deep down...

Don: I don't think there's a Hunter girl that isn't. Lamb sakes, the gods created something really special when they created that family...the Hunter pack may be too good for this world. *Laughs* I don't know how Hornunus and Lupa saw fit to bless me with such a wonderful mate...I know I don't deserve it...

Varun: I don't think any of us deserve them...*laughs*

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WT: Phew, wanted this one out last week but health and time constraints prevented me getting it off before one of my Patreon friends visited for a week. Anyway, that's the whole "pre-new years" back log done...naturally, I'm gonna be working on other projects what little remains of this month before returning to the newer asks. Thanks for reading!

Ask Kodi and Yukon; Experimenting?

 

Found AU ask; Tea Party Wolves

 

Vernon: Oh yeah, all her uncles have had tea with her at some point er' another, although not all of 'em were as open to gettin' fully gussied up fer it as me and Yuri were...

Yuri: Yeah, you owe me fer that...

Vernon: I didn't ask y'all to do it! Sides', you know as well as I do that Lily woulda' been happy just havin' tea with her favorite uncle ov-opp...*Vernon clasps a paw over his muzzle*

Yuri: *A wide toothy smile spreads across his maw* I'm her favorite huh? Well I- *laughs, turning his gaze away from Vernon clearly trying to play it cool and failing* I mean...*Snorts* she's a smart pup sh-*sighs and rolls his eyes* That pup has me wrapped around her little fingers...I'd do anythin' to get her to smile...

Vernon: Please don't tell the others...

Yuri: I ain't promisin' nothin'...I'll try...but I ain't promisin' nothin'...

Vernon: Thanks...and...I'm glad your niece means that much to you...

Yuri: Pft...hell all yer pups do...I love 'em to death. Now can we change the subject back to clownin' on the rest of our family who got all gussied up in princess clothes?

Vernon: Well, that'd be Xavier and Malcolm, Wade, and Pa....

Yuri: Rut me! *laughs* I forgot Pa dressed up. Please tell me someone caught that on camera!

Vernon: On Ma's furbook. *Smirks*

Yuri: *Laughing and weezing* W-where, Where did he even get that thang!? It looks fancy...like it's a real dress and not a costume.

Vernon: It actually is a real dress. It was in the attic...one o' ma's 'renaissance festival' get-ups fer when she's gotta work the stall at that one that rolls through town every year.

Yuri: Aw damn, yeah I remember those...Ma makes those huge honkin' roasted turkey legs...only reason worth goin' to one of those fru-fru thangs...well that, and iffin' Pa wore this to the next one. *Laughs* But hey, I thought you said they was havin' a tea party?

Vernon: Well, they was. Ma had to go teach a cookin' class at the rec center and left Pa to look after Lily while me and the Misses were takin' Alice and Trevor to some after-school club stuff. But PC got out, and they was forced to go fer a lil' ride along to go find her stop her from causin' trouble fer the neighbors.

Yuri: *Snrk* And he kept the dress on the whole time? Why?

Vernon: *Chuckles* Lily told Pa it would 'every moment spent changin' clothes PC was gettin' farther and farther away'!' *Shakes Head* He tried to argue, but she said they was "Burnin' precious time!"so the ol' mam' folded...

Yuri: *Cackles* There was a sight fer the neigh- wait...what er'...what is that thang spillin' outta Pa's top?

Vernon: *Snrk* Cantaloupes. 

Yuri: *Coughing with laughter* P-Pa went all out huh? Wew...*Wipes tear from eye.*

Vernon: It was a sight fer Ma too, as them two pulled back into the driveway with PC in tow just about when Ma, Me, Dawn, and the other pups pulled up. It was Ma who snapped the photo. O'course, Dawn had to help her, you know Ma can barely use her phone...

Yuri: What Ma have to say?

Vernon: *Chuckles* She said the new North Meadowlands uniforms were a bit too frilly fer her taste...

Ask Dom and Kodi; Play Lightsabers

 

Ask Wasty; Cyberpunk Deco AU (Glitz and Chips)

 

WT: A lot of good ideas there. Seriously. If I had to take a crack at them I'd think maybe we'd have a bit of a placement reversal. Like, Nick is already working for a corrupt version of the ZPD, although he's on the shallow end of the corruption. He had ideals, dreams, all of which get dashed when he managed to get into the ZPD and see what it was really like. But rather than walk away, he resigns himself to the role for a time, accepting it as the 'way the world is' and trying to do good where he can. It's when Judy joins the force, and he's forced to be her partner that he begins to shift back to his former self. Judy reminds him a lot of himself when he first joined, but unlike him, she refuses to give in to corruption and aims to be the one to clean the organization up.

Nick tries to talk her out of it, telling her it's not worth the trouble and to keep her head down for her own safety. Of course, Judy declines, saying she didn't become a police officer to 'play it safe' and collect a paycheck. Naturally, Judy ends up ruffling feathers in the ZPD, and Nick is warned to keep a leash on his pet or they'll 'deal with her', but those threats still aren't enough to dissuade Judy who continues to press her luck until it finally runs out. It's only thanks to Nick overhearing the plan that was already set in motion to kill Judy, and his split-second moral decision to act, that saves the poor rabbit from a gruesome 'gas leak explosion' death in the locker room. However, both mammals are still left maimed despite Nick's efforts to push her out of the way of the blast. For Judy, the attempt on her life costs her both legs below the knee, and for Nick, the blast costs him his sight.

The two are rushed to the hospital and stabilized, but only have a short time to recover before both have to flee in order to escape the ZPD looking to 'finish the job'. Nick stumbles blindly out of the hospital with only Judy to guide him, the bunny slung over his shoulder, as the pair make their escape. But the duo ends up running from the ZPD's grasp right into the arms of a mysterious mammal who leads them into the sewers. This tall, gruff, and imposing creature reveals himself to be none other than the formerly 'disgraced' Chief of the ZPD, Bogo. Bogo now works for an underground shadow agency seeking to purge the city of its corporate overlords who control the ZPD and government and restore it to its former non-dystopian system.

Judy and Nick agree to join, and are suited up and kitted out with augments to fix Judy's legs and Nick's eyes, and the pair become rogue agents, working to undermine and overthrow Zootopia's overlords at every turn. As for their relationship with Dawn and Vern, I imagine that Nick already knew the detectives while in the ZPD, and went to them for use as informants. Judy's brief interaction with them while on the force always left her wary, as the pair seemed sketchy to her. Well, as luck would have it, the reason they both came off as sketchy is that they too are part of the organization that Nick and Judy would join after their brush with death, acting as one of their sets of eyes and ears on the surface and feeding false leads to the ZPD when it came to cases involving 'terrorists'. Also, while solving smaller, more personal cases to try to involve the ZPD as little as possible, if any case led to the corpos or ZPD directly, Dawn and Vern would pass it to Bogo to be handled by one or more of his agents.

Naturally, Nick and Judy working as basically secret agent rogues means Judy doesn't get the siren hat. Not exactly stealth is it? But that said, I can see Judy having a sort of... espionage deco flare to her outfits. Something form-fitting with a singlet bottom to allow her bionic legs to be fully exposed... With Nick, I see him in sort of the more classic trenchcoat kinda thing over a fine suit, topped off with the traditional detective hat...all black of course to hit that noir aesthetic and make his augmented green eyes and tie really pop. At the time of writing this, I haven't yet drawn them, but I have a mostly clear mental image...so these elements will surely be in the finals.

Hope you guys liked the really rough, off the cuff ideas. Thanks for the ask!

-Wasty

Ask Wasty; Hetalified Animalina Nations

 

WT: My bad on the whole 'Strait of Melacca' thing. I'm not exactly super well versed in the socio-economics and relations of a lot of the nations of the world. You can blame that on being American, and also not a history buff. I just was keen on making the map look visually interesting and not a one-to-one replica of our own world. Ideally, I would have just loved to make all the geography and nations up entirely with very vague ties to real-world nations, but Zootopia is a world of puns and human stuff animalized, so this map was sort of me meeting that situation in the middle.

As for some nations personified, for my own sake I'm strictly going to limit this to headshots in order to save myself some work, and to cover all the ones you mentioned along with some of my own ideas.

As you guessed it, Greater and Lesser Norwulf would be wolves. However, they'd be somewhat of an opposing force, like the "Inside you there are two wolves" meme. Greater Norwulff would look proud but wise and caring, and Lesser would be the fierce and defensive looking one, a real warrior type, as this represents both countries' stances toward making peace with their neighbors versus trying to conquer them in the past, as Lesser Norwulff had to be brought to heel with Lupa's prophecy by its larger counterpart.

This facet when it came to the twin Norwulves was something I initially wanted to explore with Scottram, what with there being two sheep counterparts that represent their former hatred for Norwulff, and willingness to war, as well as the part that came to make peace with the wolves, and represent that kindness and understanding. In the end, I pretty much merged the two making this very strong warrior ewe willing to defend her country-ram's, but kind and good-natured at heart. Irelamb by contrast holds a harder grudge against the Norwulves and is isolationist...so it gets the full warrior ram treatment. That said, those opposing ideals between the two nations has caused friction that remains to this day.

With Japanda, the red panda actually isn't a native, at least in our world. The reason for the prevalence of Red Panda in Japanda in my lore, and its eventual name choice was due to the Red Panda's being driven out of Panda (China) centuries earlier by larger mammals. Japan also once had its own species of river otter that had gone extinct within the last 200 years. So there's the temptation to make Japanda an otter. But I think I can play with the prospect of the Red Panda being driven out of its home nation leading to the eventual extinction of the native japandese otter-folk when they came to occupy the region. So ultimately I would lean on Red Panda's being the dominant face of Japanda, but perhaps styled like a hun or other Asiatic past invader to represent its takover of the region from its original heirs.

For Swishzerland...or I guess Switzernand, I'm thinking of leading with the Alpine Ibex, a species of mountain goat. A strong, imposing-looking species of goat that I think would well represent Switzerland's native fauna, gives the air of taking defending its nation seriously and keeping neutral and isolated. Germamy, on the other hand, would be represented by the proud and noble Red deer. Elegant, graceful, imposing, Think Louis from Beastars. Naturally, I'm not representing any 'nazi history' in this depiction (at least our world's version), because I cut that bit out of my own Zoot history in favor of a more morally complex rodent purge across Roarope...although I did make Germamy spearhead that effort...so...

For Mawlasia and Bindia, it's actually a struggle...I feel like with the way I coded Vanna and her families ties to Binda, it makes it more tempting to make Bindia's representation as a tiger. But at the end of the day, I feel like the Indian Elephant or Brahin would be a better fit. I'll probably end up siding with the elephant because of my strong vision of a Ganesha-like figure and our own sort of...cultural accretion to elephants holding great wisdom. This would leave Mawlasia to take home the tiger as its own representative. 

Lastly, while they weren't brought up in the ask, let's briefly touch on Kingland and The Pridelands. Obviously, both would be represented by lions, but they would have a duality similar to Mufasa and Scar, with Kingland represented by the Mufasa figure, and the more speciest, pred supremacist country of the Pridelands would be represented by the Scar analog. Although the good and evil distinction between the two is more muddied as Kingland shares a divergent past from the old Pridelands, and the ghost of what was formerly Antlerbion and the subjection, as well as the other nations and cultures stomped into extinction by the old Pridelands and their peoples hangs over Kingland's head. Hence they are represented by the ghost of female red deer floating over the Kinglish representative's shoulder, haunting him. For the scar analog, all of his ambition and drive has pushed his nation to a place of high prestige and standing, while also representing the Old Pridelands thirst for conquest. However, he is sickly and brooding because of the souless cruelty his nation employs to separate species by diet and taxonomy, with lions remaining at the top of the heap, with prey at the bottom, and hyena's even lower than that.

Thanks for the ask!

Found AU Ask; Alex and Tim

 

Audrey: Well I just think they are the cutest lil' couple...well next to Marcus and Aiko...though they don't know they're a couple yet...*Giggles*

Dorian: Heh heh....yeah, them too are real cute. Reminds me so much of us when we first got together...

Audrey: Mhh hmm...*Sighs* Ah young love...it's truly a wonderful thang...

Dorian: O'course...old love ain't too bad either...*Dorian wraps an arm around Audrey, kissing the top of her head.*

Audrey: *Flashes her mate a warm smile.* It certainly has its perks...*Nuzzles into Dorian's neck.* O' course some thangs never get old...

Yuri: Yeesh...no one wants to see that...can y'all try and tamp it down? *Shakes head* Yer no better than Tim and Alex...act yer ages.

Audrey: Oh pshaw! Leave us be...y'all ferget we're livin' breathin' mammals who've loved each other since before y'all we're born...y'all are a product of that love...so stop turnin' yer nose up at us.

Dorian: Yer an adult, start actin' like it...

Trenton: Yuri won't understand, he's never been one fer public displays of affection...

Yuri: Pft...

Vernon: Y'know, I wouldn't know necessarily how y'all were exactly like when you was young, so I can't compare...but there is a mammal that Alex really reminds me of...to an almost scary degree...

Trenton: Yer talkin' about Ma right?

Vernon: Bingo...

Dawn: *Giggling* Oh she is so much like Audrey it's uncanny.

Audrey: Really now? *Scratches chin* I can't see it...

Zach: Pft...seems like I'm not the only mammal in the family who can be willfully ignorant at times...

Audrey: Oh come now, I ain't blind...I jus-

Dorian: Spittin' image...at least in terms of her mannerisms...*chuckles* and the way she leads that boy around by the snout...

Audrey: *Flashes her mate a dull glare* And what's that supposed to mean?

Dorian: *Places his paws up defensively* I didn't say it was a bad thang...*Chuckles* Personally I liked bein' wrapped around yer fingers...o'course I liked them fingers better on me...

Yuri: Oh come on! *Yuri makes a retching face*

Qali: And so does Tim apparently. *Giggling* considering what I've heard...

Dorian: *Sighs* Yep... also like me and Auddey them two can't keep their paws off each other...and I can guarantee it's Alex that's initiatin' it more often than not...

Audrey: Hey now, it takes two to tango!

Dorian: True, but there's only so much resistance a teenage boy can put up against a flirty, forward shewolf...No mammal is made o' stone...I know I wasn't when we started datin'...*Chuckles*

Vanna: She definitely...*Ahem* Has that sort of energy about her.

Dorian: I've gotten a call or two...mostly cause o' trespassin' involvin' the two of them...usually just give 'em a soft slap o' the wrist like I do most teens that get caught doin' that...though Tim's uncle finds it hilarious every time...That said, we always keep a close eye on them when they come visit the family ranch.

Audrey: I watch them two like a hawk! 

Dorian: We know what to look for through 'personal experience', so I'd like to think we've been purty good at keepin' them from...'foolin' around' when they're with us. But I also remember how wily Auddey- *Coughs* we were when we were goin' steady...so there's a good chance they've given us the slip once er' twice...Oh course, Tim's the kinda boy who would feel guilty and tell us iffin' anything happened...so I trust that.

Ada: Pft...sounds like Vanna...

Vanna: ADA! *Blushes*

Zach: Yeah, we was in the clear and my Kitten couldn't look Ma in the eyes she felt so bad...

Audrey: It was a little bit of a dead giveaway...that said, I always look fer the same thing in Tim whenever I ain't sure what he and Alex have gotten up to...and either he's got a great poker face, er' he's managed to keep his paws to himself so far...

Dorian: And keep Alex's off him too...*Snickers*

Found AU; Kirin Dice and his Casino

 

Dorian: I generally prefer to stay as far away from that District as I can...which is easy to do considerin' I'm purty much locked to the North Meadowlands when it comes to the reach of our District's Sheriff's office. Unlike the big four, there ain't really much bleed over in terms o' cases and patrols...*Huffs* Still, I wish that guy could just be livin' in that District too and save me the headache...I really, really hate that he's operatin' in any capacity in our quiet little community...even if his actual criminal activity goes on in the Nocturnal District exclusively...

Xavier: Are we all...certain he's still up to his old tricks? I mean...a Casino is technically legal to operate in the Nocturnal District...

Wade: Although he had to use a weird loophole to get a hold of the land...that much alone should tell ya the fella ain't too keen on operatin' above board.

Xavier: I suppose...Gah...*huffs* I'll admit...nothing does frustrate me more in my line of work than those who argue 'technical legality' and habitual loophole exploiters.

Trenton: That kind of behavior certainly don't scream 'I'm a stand-up fella lookin' to do hard, honest work' that's fer sure...

Vernon: That's o' course is ignorin' what Tim told us...and the stuff we saw in that documentary...

Yuri: Please, y'all don't even need any o' that...you can tell by his smell alone. My Hunter's intuition kicked in the moment I first laid eyes on him...that ugly mug o' his made my hackles stand on end in an instant.

Dorian: At least y'all boys don't have him livin' right in yer back yard...*huff* Not only does he got me worried about our little community here...but with yer Ma's new litter on the way...I'm real worried fer them havin' to grow up with that vile mammal skulking around our quaint lil' district...

Vernon: Well at least he'll stand out, so they'll know to keep clear of him...

Yuri: *Laughs* Hard not to with a mug like his, and his trail of corporate sycophants surroundin' him. 

Wade: He honestly kinda looks like those old 'stranger danger' signs from when we was pups...y'know the shadow with the hat and mean squinty eyes? Same energy. Just...y'know without the wolf ears...

Vernon: And we'll be a stone's throw away from his backyard soon enough...y'all know Dawn and me were lookin' to move up to South Meadowlands fer the pups sake...We'll be right smack dab between his home and workplace...*Shudders*

Dorian: It's times like this when I wish I hadn't stopped them teen arsonists from burnin' the ol' Bellwether mansion down a few years back...would have saved us all a lot o' trouble...

Yuri: Though knowin' this guy, he probably would have built a new place on the ashes, seein' as the grounds were 'so rich with history'...*Scoffs*

Dorian: Well iffin' there's one thing I know about folks like Dice...it's that karma always catches up with 'em...one day fer sure it's all gonna come crashin' down right on top of him...and whether er' not I'll be there to see it, I don't know...but it's comin' hard and fast...and eventually there'll be nowhere left to run and hide.

Yuri: I just hope it's soon...the less time he has to stir up trouble in Zootopia, the better...though I'm sure when that check comes due he'll meet the gates of hades itself wearin' that same...unnervin' and insincere smile he's always got and schemin' up a way to scam Hel himself...

Vernon: Yer right about most o' that...'cept fer one thang...

Yuri: How's that Vermin?

Vernon: That smile is genuine...and that's the most terrifyin' thing about him...

Found AU ask; Just a typical, ordinary, average School.

Vernon: Does my experience count in this here discussion?

Zach: The fact that y'all were oblivious to the existence of stuff like this in middle and high school don't count fer squat...

Vernon: An 'espionage club', really? I still can't believe anyone would cook up somethin' like that...

Gus: Realistically it's just a fancy name for what was ostensivley 'puzzle solving club'. Espionage Club just sounds cooler.

Vernon: *Glares at Gus* 

Gus: What? I already told you I almost joined...but founding the BnB club was a task in and of itself, I didn't have time for any other clubs.

Dorian: It's what I'd expect out of an inner city school...although it still goes on out her in the country...that kinda stuff I mean...I just don't think it's as prevalent.

Vernon: Which is why we're lookin' into movin'....

Yuri: Please, that ain't gonna matter Vern. We all know this already, so why don't you? Trouble follows that lil' gal...You could move her all the way into the mountains and home school her exclusively and she'd manage to stumble onto an illegal coca leaf farm while playin' outside...if you pick up and move, that stuff is just gonna tag along fer the ride...*Chuckles*

Vernon: *Groans* Sometimes I really hate you Yuri...

Yuri: Hate me? Er' hate that I'm right?

Vernon: *huffs* Hate that yer right...

Wade: As fer what kinda techniques she picked up from us...I mean she picked up lots o' little stuff from all of us before Vernon put a cap on us talkin' police business around her...which, by the way, how's that workin' out?

Vernon: It hasn't helped much at all iffin' I'm bein' honest...*The wolf sighs, his tail and ears sagging sharply.*

Wade: I had a feelin'...

Zach: But the mammal she squeezed the most out of in terms of police techniques would be Pa...and to be fair, even what she picked up from us was stuff we learned from him so...

Dorian: Yeah, I didn't teach her that haymaker takedown though...I'm purty sure that was all Yuri...

Yuri: Well, iffin' I'm bein honest I picked that up from Ada's sister...*Chuckles*, although she was playin' her wrestler character at the time...Damn that was a great match...

Vernon: That's not the only move she picked up from one o' you...Dawn showed me some cuttin' room floor clips last week, and damned if I didn't see my lil' miss and her friend Paul sparrin', and she up and goes and pulls some sand out of her pocket and throws it in his eyes!

Zach: *Laughs* Rut me, no way!

Wade: Was Paul hurt?

Vernon: Naw, he was wearin' some of those science class goggles...he was fine...but they were literally practicin' deployin' 'pocket sand'. *Shakes head*

Yuri: See, that's what happens when y'all force us to shut our traps about somethin' yer pup is interested in...she ends up copyin' her Uncle Ully out o 'desperation...

Zach: Desperation er' not, I can't argue it ain't an effective tactic...*Chuckles*