A GOOD DOGE

Doge pops up from behind one of the sentry booths.

“oH! H-hey Doggo!” She borks in surprise, dropping something from her paws.  She looks embarrassed as a small squeaking noise comes from whatever she dropped.  “I… uh have something you might need to see…” Doge slowly pulls out what looks to be a stuffed animal.  She is not very familiar with what this is, so she’s a little worried it might have something to do with a human.  When she squeezes it’s belly, it makes another squeaky noise. 

Doggo jumps a bit from her sudden appearance, briefly a bit miffed but deciding to let it go. He stares at the stuffed animal as it moves into view, raising an eyebrow. When it squeaks, he recognizes it for what it is, a toy, usually meant for dogs, puppy stuff really. His mouth slowly spreads into a grin, with that knowledge.

“A stuffed toy? Well it’s nice but I don’t think you’re supposed to be playing with dolls during work hours! Heheheh!”

A joke, all it is, though he wouldn’t be surprised if this particular dog had an interest in that sort of thing. Something for later though, this must be important enough to bring to his attention, though for now it just ranks as a simple lost and found case.

“Aw bones,” She whines, tail in between her legs in an embarrassment, “I mean... I guess it’s better that it’s you here rather than Undyne finding me like this.”  She gives him a small smile, trying not to be too ashamed of her mistake.

Being the Lieutenant in the Snowdin Canine Unit means one has several duties when a superior isn’t around to handle it, mostly distributing orders when something comes down from the higher ups. But that’s rare enough, all the dogs have been set with their current station for years now with no sign of that changing, anything else requires something super major to go down, which isn’t often.

Honestly, if there wasn’t the risk of a SUI (Surprise Undyne Inspection), they could probably just hang in Grillby’s all day and still get their pay. But everyone knows what happened the last time someone failed the SUI…

Anyway, the other duty that Doggo has is checking in with the other dogs about every other week and sending in a report about it. And really that just means stopping by at the end of the day before going home and asking “Seen anything?”…Which is usually a fat “no”.

And right now, theres just one left he has to check in with…

@ask-thedoge

Bad Dog folded his arms, tapping his bicep with one of his claws. Just looking at how giddy she was getting made him feel like throwing up. He had no doubt in his mind that the other dog was thinking about something dumb like being taken for a walk.

It just made him feel more inclined to tease her.

“Oh yeah? And what makes you think you could get the drop on a human like that? They’re smart, you know?”

Instinct immediately kicked in at the sight of another dog. Jumping back as she raised her paw towards him and leaning back into an aggressive stance.

“What the hell does my name matter to you!? And what are you doing here, anyway? Don’t you know this is my territory!?”

Bad Dog tutted, maybe he should invest in bigger signs…

The stray hound’s ears twitched at the mention of “humans” and he responded with a cynical snigger.

“Humans, huh? And what exactly do you think you’re gonna do if you find one?”

Instinct immediately kicked in at the sight of another dog. Jumping back as she raised her paw towards him and leaning back into an aggressive stance.

“What the hell does my name matter to you!? And what are you doing here, anyway? Don’t you know this is my territory!?”

“Damn right you’re sorry. You’re a dog, you should know better.” He yapped with an accusatory tone.

Instinct immediately kicked in at the sight of another dog. Jumping back as she raised her paw towards him and leaning back into an aggressive stance.

“What the hell does my name matter to you!? And what are you doing here, anyway? Don’t you know this is my territory!?”

Doge gives him a friendly blep as he scratches her head.  She doesn’t quite understand why the others are so afraid of humans, especially if they are all like this one.

“Wanda, I’m here.” (Wₐₙdₐ, ᵢ'ₘ ₕₑᵣₑ… Wₐₙdₐ, ᵢ'ₘ ₕₑᵣₑ…)

Echo flowers echo messages of someone having been through, maybe even recently. As they continue forward they change into echos of mild panic, however.

“Mr. Flower, where’d you go?” (ₘᵣ. Fₗₒwₑᵣ, wₕₑᵣₑ’d yₒᵤ gₒ?… ₘᵣ. Fₗₒwₑᵣ, wₕₑᵣₑ’d yₒᵤ gₒ?…)“Please come back.” (ₚₗₑₐₛₑ cₒₘₑ bₐcₖ…ₚₗₑₐₛₑ cₒₘₑ bₐcₖ…)

“Oh wait, what about? B-But Wanda…” (Bᵤₜ Wₐₙdₐ…Bᵤₜ Wₐₙdₐ…)

“Wanda, I’m here.” (Wₐₙdₐ, ᵢ'ₘ ₕₑᵣₑ… Wₐₙdₐ, ᵢ'ₘ ₕₑᵣₑ…)

Echo flowers echo messages of someone having been through, maybe even recently. As they continue forward they change into echos of mild panic, however.

“Mr. Flower, where’d you go?” (ₘᵣ. Fₗₒwₑᵣ, wₕₑᵣₑ’d yₒᵤ gₒ?… ₘᵣ. Fₗₒwₑᵣ, wₕₑᵣₑ’d yₒᵤ gₒ?…)“Please come back.” (ₚₗₑₐₛₑ cₒₘₑ bₐcₖ…ₚₗₑₐₛₑ cₒₘₑ bₐcₖ…)

Seeing the frightened dog before him, he’d turn around for a moment to put down the plank on the outdoor chair and refocusing his gaze back onto her. 

“It’s okay. I won’t hurt you. I can understand where the fear is coming from.”

Buying many building materials, Tyree is constructing a dog house from the ground up while reading the instruction manual in his backyard in Waterfall. He measures and saws planks at a proper portion. Afterward proceeding to hammer in the nails with proficiency. In a few more days, the dog shall be finished and this is how he envisions his completion.

Doge crawls over on all fours curiously. She reaches a paw out and touches the wood tentatively, considering that she has a hard time seeing it since it’s not moving. She sniffs the air, just then smelling the scent of human that she hadn’t noticed at first.

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The oak wood is smooth to the touch since Tyree used the sander after cutting the planks. The completion of the dog house is near the half way point. The roof is missing. A couple of meters away, Tyree’s measuring a plank of wood and cutting it down to its proper size. Just as he’s about to carry the plank to nail onto the dog house, he spots a dog monster.

Tyree is a bit concerned. Not only a monster randomly approaches him, but they now know exactly where he lives. THIS IS NOT GOOD.