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[ratatouiller]

There are two pups in the bar - two completely unrelated pups who don't even know the other exists, because really, why would they? They have nothing in common.

On the one hand, there is a Remy, sitting atop the bar's surface, just people-watching and more or less enjoying a lazy day off.

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[thiefprinceremy]

Remy, meet... well, Remy.

The rat was being squinted at, this was followed by: "Pssst! Hey, you got anything shiny?" And a ferrety facepalm, "Sorry. Meant to ask if you used t'be human."

[ratatouiller]

"Uh - no," answers the rat, taken a bit aback. "To both questions. I'm afraid I'm just a rat with nothing."

Nothing much to his name, and certainly nothing shiny.

[thiefprinceremy]

He nodded, it was a wriggly, full-body movement. He was a little bit like a furry eel, "Yeah, okay, just sort of taking a poll, lot more animals around than usual, most've them used to be people, I know I did."

[ratatouiller]

Well, Remy certainly knows a bit about that. His (only?) friend Linguini used to be a boy, but no longer.

"How'd you all get to be like that? What happened?"

[thiefprinceremy]

The headshake was just as wriggly as the nod, "Don't know. That's what's weird, everybody got it different so there's no easy way to tell."

[ratatouiller]

"So this sort of thing...it doesn't happen a lot, then."

He's been hoping to help Linguini out somehow.

[thiefprinceremy]

"Oh, it does. Just usually there's some common thread's all."

He shrugged, "It'll get sorted out though, always does."

[ratatouiller]

The little rat brightens significantly.

"Really? Well, that's a relief. My friend's stuck as a squirrel, you see. It'll be kind of a problem when we go back home."

[thiefprinceremy]

Another nod, "Yeah, can see how that wouldn' be so good. I mostly live here anyway, so s'not such a big deal for me."

[ratatouiller]

"Oh, that's good, then," Remy says, nodding. "So how does this get sorted out, exactly?"

[thiefprinceremy]

A shrug, "They figure out what caused it and reverse it, or if it was a person they get bored of it and fix it, or maybe it was an accident and they fix it."

He tilted his head, thinking, "Or sometimes it's just Bar trying something different, but usually that's just clothes, not full transformations y'know?"

[ratatouiller]

Just clothes? Not full transformations? ... Not exactly.

He hasn't been here long enough to know the sorts of odd things that occur here.

"Oh, okay. And in the mean time, people just...wait?"

[thiefprinceremy]

He nodded, "Usually. Sometimes people freak out, I mean, there've been a couple times that I've tried, but then the ferret instincts take over and I get distracted by somethin' shiny."

[ratatouiller]

Remy chuckles.

"Sorry I can't help you with that," he says. "But I can relate. I get that way around food."

[thiefprinceremy]

There was another ferrety laugh, shaking his head, "Naah, I'm not too worried 'bout it now, s'been long enough that somebody'll figure it out soon."

[ratatouiller]

"That's good to hear, I guess," he says with a shrug. "Any reason why people become the particular animals they are?"