Chapter 5: December Troubles

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December 1st, 194X


Arkansas jumps awake from his sleep and is breathing heavily. He's listening around his room before starting to calm down, "Another nightmare." he says. Taking some deep breaths, he gets up from his bed and maneuvers to the windows. Opening them, he can feel the sun.


"It's morning. The sun is about at a 20 degree angle, so... around 8 to 9 AM about." Arkansas says. However, Arkansas feels... uncomfortable, something doesn't feel right and he is shifting around a lot. Weirded out by this, he presses the assistance button and waits for Vestal.


Vestal eventually arrives and opens the door, where she immediately notices Arkansas shifting around a lot, clearly irritated. "Arkansas?", Arkansas looks back towards her, still clearly irritated. "Ah, h... hello Vestal. I feel... weird. What's going on?"


Vestal looks a bit confused, but realizes what month it is, and what animal features Arkansas has. "Oh no." she says. Arkansas then looks a bit worried and asks, "Is there a prob...problem?" Vestal gulps a bit and says, "Y-yes. It's fox mating season right now...."

Arkansas is no longer irritated, and instead just has a deadpanned look

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Arkansas is no longer irritated, and instead just has a deadpanned look. A few silent moments pass by before Arkansas says, "Excuse me.... what?" Vestal just says, "You heard what I said, it's fox mating season."  Arkansas just sighs and says, "You know, I would accept that, if it wasn't for the fact that I'm not a fox."


Vestal shakes her head and says, "You got fox traits, which means your genes are fox ones, so technically, you're a fox." Arkansas just starts laughing and says, "I got the ears, but I'm not a fox. I don't have a tail, I don't have a snout, I'm not a fox." Vestal just chuckles and says, "Well, you're going through a heat cycle like one." 


Arkansas just shakes his head no and says, "I don't feel that, I just feel irritated. I don't like being in here." Vestal ponders and suddenly realizes, "Oh, female foxes are usually the ones in heat, and that makes the male ones go into heat as well." Arkansas once again has a deadpanned stare and says, "Well, I'm gonna be taking one my Kingfishers and having a 1 month vacation then."


Vestal is shocked and looks over to Arkansas, "You can't do that. You need to stay on base!!" Arkansas opens the windows again, looks back and says, "I'm not staying here being chased by a bunch of fox girls. CYA." Arkansas jumps out of the window and lands, at that point he starts running to his ship. 


Vestal was still in the window watching as Arkansas was running away, "I probably should have told him we have medicine for the shipgirls during the mating seasons." Vestal sighs disappointingly and then starts running to the Sakura Shrine to warn Nagato.

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