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“Wow this whole building is huge! Are you sure they're only selling furniture?” Hat Kid asked as she exited the car, and looked around the huge parking lot.
“Yes, dear. They sell household appliances too.” Cooking Cat answered as she exited the passenger seat. “-Thank you for taking me with you.” She gave the penguin a smile as he, too, stepped onto the lot and locked the vehicle after Bow Kid exited.
“Let me out ye stupid peck neck!” Muffled yelling could be heard and the DJ just smirked and stifled a laughter, while Bow Kid looked around confused. Hat Kid just laughed at the silly face the yellow owl was making as he tried to yank the door open.
“You two really can't get along for two seconds, can you?” Cooking Cat asked and received an answer form Hat Kid, who shook her head.
“They CAN manage even three, if we hold the Conductor's beak shut, but that's very dangerous, he flails around a lot.” Cooking Cat gave the top hat-wearing child a glare, which made the smile of the girl falter.
“Can you let him out now? I'm so exited, that I can't wait!” Bow Kid jumped up and down, while skipping ahead with Hat Kid not far behind her. Reluctantly the penguin unlocked the car again and the yellow owl bolted out.
“Sorry, darling, the doors lock automatically.” DJ Grooves just shrugged, but the owl stormed to the other side with puffed up feathers, and was about to dispute the claim when Cooking Cat interfered.
“Stop it you two! This was supposed to be fun day for the kids, you know. It would be terrible if it got ruin because of your contempt for each other. Pull yourselves together!” She glared at them with her paws on her hips.
“Yes ma'am!” Somehow that made the two bickering birds calm down somewhat even though they sill glared at each other as they walked.
Hat Kid and Bow Kid had never seen a furniture store this big on their planet. The first thing they saw were carpets and flooring options the moment they entered the store. The adults soon caught up to them as they observed the various options, thinking about how they'd look in their spaceship. The next area had kitchen appliances, which of course made the cat stop to look at them.
“Go ahead if you want. I'm gonna see if I can find a decent skillet, mine is all scratched up because of the fried fish I always have to prepare so no one dies.” The penguin almost missed a step in his dancing routine.
“Darling, what? No food could be that bad, right?” Her face darkened.
“Don't EVER eat Mafia prepared food, sweetie.” The kids walked on and ended up in the bedroom section. Beds and nightstands in various shapes and colors were on display, the sheer variety was astounding.
“Hattie, look at that bed over there!” Bow Kid pointed at a beautiful canopy bed, the price tag on it was somehow the same number that she fined for breaking into the studio. The Hattie was more impressed by a little sleeping bag in the corner that she just had to try. Bow Kid continued to look around impressed by the items that she saw in every aisle, until she noticed something...she had lost all the others Hat Kid, DJ Grooves, Cooking Car and the Conductor were no where to be seen. In a panic she sprinted back the way she thought she came from and fortunately for her, she found the yellow owl looking at a set of...building blocks?
“There ye are, lassie. Do ye know where the others are? I got what I came 'ere fer.” A low, voice made Bow Kid turn her head and smile.
“Aren't you a bit old for toys, darling?” The owl just scoffed and looked at the mini fridge the penguin held.
“Where fer me grandkids, obviously. What are ye gonna put inta that tiny thing, one small can o' beer?” The owl snickered while the DJ just rolled his eyes.
“No, darling, we're going to put some juice boxes for the little darlings and some water bottles in here. My penguins complained about the fridge in the studio being broken, something you seemed to have failed to notice, so this is just temporary.” Cooking Cat caught up to them just a bit later, however, they couldn't find Hat Kid anywhere!
They kept looking until they arrived in the checkout. As they exited and were about to bring their items to the car, so they could go back in and look for her, they finally found the girl. She was holding a shark plushie, and a small dolphin.
“What took you so long? I was done ages ago!” She shrunk down a bit when the Conductor rose a talon and was about to go on a tirade, scolding her for running off, she was thankful when Cooking Cat looked at him and pushed down his risen wing, which somehow made him calm down a little.
“You can't just run off, Hattie we were worried about you, dearie.” The girl looked down at the floor.
“Yeah, I got worried when I got lost, I thought you were lost, too.” Bow Kid looked at her a bit dejectedly.
Hat Kid looked at the ground “Sorry,-” when she smiled and shoved the dolphin in Bow Kid's face. “-do you want him, I name him David!”