Furnado Animal Shelter, Tuesday
The little puppy that Zack had been hanging out with for the past few weeks had been adopted out. And that was a good thing! Zack was happy for him! But it had made for a kind of abrupt 'oh' moment when he'd come in and gone looking for the dog, and then he'd spent the next few minutes kind of standing there in front of the kennel he'd been in, in a bit of a daze.
Okay, important lesson about getting attached learned. He supposed he'd get used to it. After all, finding homes for the little guys was kind of his job, and all.
A few hours into his day, somebody came in with a gerbil he'd decided he wasn't able to keep, going on at length about how he was positive that the little rodent was trying to kill him. Zack had kind of squinted at the guy, then agreed to keep the big, mean, three-inch-tall monster away from him. It wasn't until he had the little critter set up in a rodent habitat that he really got a good look at him.
"... Mr. Winkles?"
Two beady little gerbil eyes stared up at him in murderous rumination.
"Okay, you, my friend, are so not going up for adoption."
And then he moved the cage up beside the main counter, declared him the shelter's mascot, and spent the rest of the day feeding him gerbil treats.
[OOC: Open!]
Okay, important lesson about getting attached learned. He supposed he'd get used to it. After all, finding homes for the little guys was kind of his job, and all.
A few hours into his day, somebody came in with a gerbil he'd decided he wasn't able to keep, going on at length about how he was positive that the little rodent was trying to kill him. Zack had kind of squinted at the guy, then agreed to keep the big, mean, three-inch-tall monster away from him. It wasn't until he had the little critter set up in a rodent habitat that he really got a good look at him.
"... Mr. Winkles?"
Two beady little gerbil eyes stared up at him in murderous rumination.
"Okay, you, my friend, are so not going up for adoption."
And then he moved the cage up beside the main counter, declared him the shelter's mascot, and spent the rest of the day feeding him gerbil treats.
[OOC: Open!]