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The door to the agency opened to a soaking wet and very annoyed white cat. Her clothes dripping with water, and her wet hat drooping in front of her face. The documents she has she’s barely holding onto them. She blows wet fur out of her face.
“Weiss? What happened to you?” Nora the hippo asked. She tries to stifle a laughter from seeing Weiss.
“Did ya walk under a ladder? Sm-smash a mirror?” Jaune the turtle questioned, moving his head into his shell.
“Have you looked in one lately?” Pietro the goat said, his arms crossed giving her a side glance.
“Heh no! A cat crossed my path!” Weiss was saying as she walked slowly towards the coat hanger.
“Really? Black Tabby?” Nora starts to question. She glances to the office door where she can see Ruby signing papers.
“Yeah.”
“Red vest?”
“Yeah” Weiss said putting her purse on the hanger.
“Straw hat?”
“Yeah?” Weiss looked over to Nora as she squeezed the water out of her hat into a dead plant.
“Oh what a kawinkidink!”
Weiss hung her now dry hat onto the hanger. “How’d you know?”
Nora waved her off. “Ooh… hippo intuition.” She snorts.
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The phone rings at Weiss’ desk and she picks it up before sitting into her chair. Moving her fur away from her eyes. “Roman Torchwick’s Animal Actors Agency, may I help you? You need a lamb for the Moses picture?”
The lamb in the corner signing paper heard Weiss and perks up. “Yeah!”
“Oh a sacrificial lamb?”
The lambs face turns to horror. “No! No!” He back into the chair waving his hoofs no.
“Sorry fresh out.” She hangs up then sighs into her chair.
Sitting up, she closes the folder and gets up. “Everyday I ask myself, "Why do I put up with this?" She said heading to the filing cabinet.
“For the glamour.” Maria the fish said.
Weiss scoffs as she walks. “What, this pigsty?” She stops and looks back at big pig sitting on a bench reading the newspaper. “No offense, Hazel.”
“None taken.” Hazel said.
She makes it to the filing cabinet and kicks the bottom drawer open and climbs onto it to reach the top drawer. Nora quickly comes up behind her. “Unless you're referring to the *glamour* of filing.” She said putting the folder into the drawer. Nora pulls out some thread and a needle.
Weiss hops off the drawers and grabs out some papers from the bottom and closes all the drawers. “The romance of typing.” Nora starts sewing the tear in Weiss’ pencil skirt.
“Nora, what are you doing?” Weiss asked.
“Oh, I’m just fixing you up. You'll wanna look pretty in case you meet someone nice!”
Weiss scoffs. “Yeah, right. As if she’s gonna come waltzing right through that-“ she’s cut off to the office door slamming open right into her face.
Out waltzes Roman and a new cat. They both have cigars in their mouths, only Roman’s is lit. “You’re gonna be fine, kid. You’re the cat’s meow. You can meow, can’t ya?” He laughs when they stop in front of Nora.
“MISS WEISS?!” Roman yells while also pushing the new cat away. The door slowly closes to an unamused Weiss with her arms crossed and fur messed up again.
“Ah, Weiss, sweetie baby!” Roman said getting into Weiss’ space. She rolls her eyes and fixes her fur. “Whatever it is, the answer is no.” She said, kneeling down to pick up the papers that went flying.
“I'm in a bit of a jam.” Roman begins to explain.
“Too bad.” Weiss said still getting papers. Roman walks over and keels down. The smoke of his cigar getting into Weiss’ face.
“Can’t find another female cat for the Ark picture.”
Weiss removes the cigar out of Roman’s mouth and flings it behind her. “Tough tabby.” She collects the last papers.
Roman meanwhile teases Weiss while catching the flipping cigar. “So guess who’s gonna fill in?”
“Hmm… you?” Weiss said standing up and turning her head to Roman.
“Nah,” Roman said, going to a mirror and wiping his eyebrows. “I only fill in for those dashing Clark Gable types.”
Weiss heads to her desk to set the papers onto it. “Frankly, Roman, I don’t give a-“
Roman quickly rushes over to the desk, falling over at the same time but catches onto it. “Weiss!” He gives her a smile.
Setting the papers down. “I'm a secretary, not an actress.” She said, shrugging her shoulders.
Roman gives Weiss the finger gun. “Come on, I’ll give you Sundays off.”
Weiss heads back over to the filing cabinet. “I never work Sundays.” Roman then cuts in front of Weiss to stop her.
“I’ll pay you double time.”
“Triple time.”
Roman shakes with outrage. “Triple time?!”
“Is there an echo in here?” Weiss teases.
“You’re pushing me!” Roman said pointedly.
“No chow, no meow.” Weiss waves her hand with sass.
Roman groans with annoyance. “Ok, ok, triple time!” He finally said, crossing his arms and Weiss gives a smug smile.
“Here’s your partner she’s new in town be nice!” She said grabbing Weiss and the new cat and bringing them together.
Weiss eyes widen when she comes face to face with the cat that crossed her path on the way to work. She gasps in disgust. “Ah, forget it!” She yelled, removing Roman’s hand off her shoulder to walk away.
“Ah. ah, ah, a deal’s a deal.” He said stopping her. He then stomps onto the wood floor causing a floor panel to rise up with Weiss sliding down it into the arms of the new cat. “Now, get over to Lionheart Pictures!” Roman demanded while snickering.
A wet squish can be heard from Weiss’ still wet clothes from the contact she made with the newcomer. “H-hi, I’m Ruby.” The cat said.
Ruby then looked at Weiss again. “Wow you’re… you’re soaking wet! Heheh”
She quickly lets go and wipes her vest. Weiss groans and starts to leave the office. “Is it raining outside?” Ruby asked while starting to follow her.
“Because It was sunny when I came in. And you know back where I come from. “She caught up to Weiss. Who was angry stomping to the door.
“Oh let me get the door for you. Where I come from, you see clouds first,” She was saying while constantly getting in Weiss’ way to actually leave the office.
Fed up, Weiss grabs Ruby and moves her aside so she can finally leave. “Stay!” She mutters.
“Then the rain comes after it. Ha ha ha!” Ruby continued to talk and then when they were both out she shut the door.
Only for her to shut Weiss’ tail in it too. “YEEOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!” She screams in pain. Ruby quickly opens the door for Weiss. She glared angrily at Ruby before moving her tail out of the way.
“Heh heh. sorry. Miss?” Ruby asked as Weiss walked off.