Who: Fluttershy and Merlin When: Sometime in Mid June Where: Pet store What: New toys for kitten Rating/Warning: Low/None Status: Complete!
Merlin entered the pet shop where he had purchased Gwen the kitten back in December, he actually felt quite bad about not coming back before but he’d had so much happen between then and now. Still he was here to purchase some new kitten toys and hopefully not a new kitten, as long as he didn’t look at them he’d be fine. If he made eye contact at any point he’d be a goner.
Looking around he smiled as he saw she was indeed there, “Hi” he said cheerfully, “You probably don’t remember me but I brought a kitten before Christmas”
“Oh, hello Merlin. How is the little angel? Behaving well I hope?” Set the hamster cage back up onto the shelf and turned to properly face him, brushing her hair behind her ear. “How can I help you? We have little sugar gliders in that are really good with cats, or we have a sale on kitty litter. Oh and some new cute toys that light up an whirr around.”
So she did remember him then. Merlin was quite chuffed about that and Gave her a bright smile, “Oh she’s wonderful” he enthused, “Has Morgana and me wrapped around her little paw” Not that either of them minded.
“Ooo what’s a sugar glider?” he asked interestedly, “And definitely new toys. Our pantry is full of litter and food, so I don’t think we’ll be needing more of that for a while”
Fluttershy smiled and looked to him, motioning for him to come over. “The sugar glider, or Petaurus breviceps.... is a small, omnivorous meaning it... it eats both meat and veggies , arboreal gliding possum It belongs to the infraclass of marsupial.” She reached up to open a cage. “ The nickname Sugar Glider is because of it’s noted preference for sugary foods, like fruits and flowers. and ability to actually glide through the air like a flying squirrel!” Reached into a little den like thing on a tree and pulled it into her hand for a moment before it would jump to land on Merlin’s shoulder.
“Oh it’s like a mini flying monkey” Merlin said delighted, “It’s so cute. Would it really get on well with Gwen?” he asked, already wanting one.
Fluttershy got a rather bemused face. “...It is not just a flying monkey.” She sighed to brush the bad feelings away before pulling one from her pocket. “ Yes but these little guys are just babies and not for sale just yet, the last adult left with a little girl and her family just seven minutes before you arrived.” Looked up to him with a small smile. “But... I could have you pay for one and I take it home to care for it the rest of the way and you just pick him or her up.”
“Oh no, of course. Sorry I didn’t mean it in a bad way” he assured her. He smiled ruefully at her, “That’s just like my luck to be seven minutes late” he chuckled softly, “Oh would you mind? That would be amazing”
Fluttershy giggled and nodded before moving over to the register to mark down that payment. “It’s thirty for the animal itself, I will help with the cage and food when the time comes.”
“That sounds good” Merlin nodded, “You really are great” he grinned at her.
“My girlfriend says I am...” Let out a little happy squeak when the little animal hopped on her head and looked up to it. “You’re going going to have a good home, little sweetheart.”
“Thank you so much” Merlin told her, “I’m sure little Gwen will be very happy to get a friend”
“I bet she will be, yeah.” Smiled and got out a pen and wrote down some things for her own memory.
“Thank you so much” Merlin told her, “You’ve been such a help, as always”