Finding Mr. Cuddles [D-rank Job][Arik]

So, there the two were.

In an alleyway attempting to find the darn cat. Of course, Skylar had really objected to this- naturally, cats ate birds, so she was a little wary against them. However, the younger man that was there seemed to be... What was the word she was after? Kind? Needing help just as much as she was? But oh well, this was a good way to actually get to know someone and the city that she was in.

Pushing past a trash can- and thankfully not hooking her feathers, Skylar looked through the small gap between the building and a garbage dump looking thing. With an annoyed sigh, she called back to him, "Looks like the cat isn't here! Do you have any other suggestions?"

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It was just another day in the city, wasn't it? Although today Arik had found a lady looking for her cat. Mr. Cuddles, wasn't it? He had expected to go alone, finding a cat shouldn't be to hard, but instead found himself paired up with a stunning woman. He guessed that she already knew that though, unlike himself she was unique with her feathers and dark eyes. He just had a regular jacket you could find at any retail store. But he wasn't here to complement the woman, he was here to find a cat.

Arik was looking at the other side of the alley when the lady he was with called back to him. "It could be stuck in a tree or someone's house, or maybe in another alley somewhere. Maybe if we had treats it'd be more willing to show itself." In a city as big as this, it could be anywhere, or maybe it was right under their feet.

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Nodding to his suggestions, Skylar withdrew herself from that disgusting place. Ergh, she hated being trapped and coped up in the trash- she even managed to mark her almost skimpy outfit. With a click of frustration, she used her finger to clear away the dust- which, thankfully, came off with relative ease. Sighing, she began to walk towards a park, humming lightly. "You know, this is the last thing I expected to do... Walk through a city, through parks to literally just try and find a cat." She stated, a rather amused laugh coming from her, "Did you expect to be doing anything like this? Or did it just come up?" Skylar asked as she began to walk under the trees, looking upwards to try and spot Mr. Cuddles.

Hopefully he was going to be easy to see among the foliage of the leafs...

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Arik stopped his search in the alleyway and began to follow his partner as she walked away and toward the park on the other side of the small street. He gave off a smile when she spoke. "Honestly, no, I wasn't expecting to run off and go looking for a cat, and, if I'm totally honest, especially not with someone like you." Before she could question whether he meant that in a good or bad way he quickly added, "I mean, as stunning as you. What's a girl like you doing in this city anyways?"

While she looked through the trees he looked over the field, seeing as some kids were playing with a cat. "Hey, is that is?" He asked, motioning at the group.

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At his question, Skylar removed her searching for the cat and followed where he had gestured. Her jaw almost dropped when she saw the cat- the fattest thing that she had ever seen, casually making a semi giant pancake on the ground as young kids were giving it treats. Shaking her head in bewilderment, she answered him;

"I think that that might be Mr. Cuddles. I mean, the name explains exactly what he's meant to be... A giant cuddle cat... But that's ridiculous!" She exclaimed, beginning to make her way over to the group.

"Come on kids, stop feeding the poor thing, it's fat enough without your help." Skylar said firmly, half shooing them away from the cat. When they had finally decided to leave, she turned back to Arik and Mr. Cuddles, who was a rather fat ginger tabby cat. Thing. She shivered as she remained partially paused.

"Umm... How do we MOVE that...?"

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As he looked over at the cat he had to admit that the thing was pretty large... Of course, looks were deceiving. The closer they got the bigger it got, until he doubted that he'd be able to carry it in his arms. Arik didn't stop her when she shooed the kids away, and luckily they had left without too much trouble. Now they just had the cat to deal with.

"We could..." he started, putting a hand behind his head as he thought. How does a cat even get that fat? "We could both lift it up and carry it back that way, or we could just call the lady and have her pick it up herself." Those seemed like the most plausible options, although he still wondered... "How do you even loose a cat this fat? I doubt it could even move by itself, especially to get this far."

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Slowly, Skylar gave a bit of a grin. "We should just pick it up and carry the poor thing. I think that is the coffee shop over there that the lady was going to meet us at when we found it. So it shouldn't take too long to carry it over there together and just wait for her there."

Almost without waiting, she gave a gesture to him so that he would help her pick the thing up. Skylar, being herself and not really thinking about it, picked up the front half with a grunt of exertion. She only winced slightly as it hissed and spat at her. "You're rather ungrateful, aren't you?" She grunted, glaring at the thing. She could tell when Arik lifted it- the weight almost halving as he took some of it.

"Also, to answer your question from earlier. I'm here to help out. I hate being bored but no, I'm not a useless princess or anything like that. Just because I dress oddly doesn't mean I am a stripper or anything like that." Skylar commented rather bluntly as she lead the small group to the shop, putting the immobile cat onto the table- which groaned to hold its weight.

"Now we just need to wait for her to turn up." She said rather breathlessly, leaning over the cat and bracing herself on the table. Darn that thing was heavy, even with Arik's help!

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Arik nodded, watching as she bent down to pick the thing up. It had hissed at her and he was a bit hesitant to pick up the back, but he couldn't just leave her hanging. He grabbed the back half of it, almost struggling to pick it up. Maybe he should lift weights or something. Or maybe cats shouldn't ever weigh this much.

She answered his question from earlier, which almost surprised him. He had thought that maybe she hadn't have heard him. "Yeah I'm... here to help... too," he replied between breaths. It was embarrassing that she seemed to be having little trouble while he was struggling to even move with this weight. Arik was relieved when they finally put it down. The way the table creaked it sounded like it just barely was holding the cat's weight.

As he examined his now-sore arms the excited cat's owner came up, a tissue in hand. She thanked them, mostly starting with squeezing the life out of Arik before vigorously shaking the girl's hand. After checking to make sure he didn't have any broken ribs, he thanked the woman that he was with. Without her he might not have been able to do this.

Feeling good about having the job done, he wondered if he'd ever see her again.
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