Smiling Critters continues on...

Chapter 471

Dogday waited in the cell for the lynx twins unaware that the other Smiling Critters were just a cell away listening to him beat himself up. Each of the Smiling Critters were confused as to why Dogday was so angry at himself, but they thought it had to do something with his past. "So, Dogday obviously can't hear us, but we can hear him" Kickin spoke aloud to the others. "Seems so, we tried to yell out for him, and since he hadn't responded it's obvious that he can't hear us" Bobby said as she hugged herself in the corner of her cell. Craftycorn sighed knowing that her two partners weren't have a good time being separated for so long. "I miss you two..." she spoke softly and got a response from both Bobby and Bubba "we miss you too Crafty..." they spoke in low voices. They all noticed the cameras in the cells but they weren't aware who was behind the cameras. "I wonder who has the time to keep watch twenty-four seven" Bubba spoke looking at the cameras "probably someone who has the heart to deprive us of food..." said Picky as her stomach growls. "Yeah... but really is food a necessity for us?" Kickin asked get a bit more of a reaction than what he thought "of course! Food is fundamental for everyone!" Picky argued, but Bubba was a bit more relaxed in his response "Picky, we are mascots, we don't have to eat all the time" he made a clear point, but Picky just scoffs. "Well maybe you guys are okay with it, but I'm not" Picky said as she curls up a bit holding her stomach. "I'm always hungry.... it's a part of who I am..." Picky said in a sad voice. Each of the critters were caught off guard "wait, you were... like, in a way, wired that way?" Kickin asked getting a sad "uh huh" and a whimper from Picky. Kickin felt bad "Picky... I'm so sorry I didn't realize it was that bad, that you really couldn't control it the way we all could, I'm so sorry that you were always baking and cooking for all of us, and we didn't even realize that you had to do it for your own sake" Kickin said as he seemed genuinely worried about his friend. "Don't worry about it Kickin, it's fine really, I've gotten used to it" Picky said with a smile that none of the others could see but they could tell from her voice she was smiling despite the pain she was in with her hunger. "Picky no... please understand that really want to be there for you, we will do better this time to help cook with you" Kickin was all in for helping Picky with cooking and so were the other critters. "Yeah, plus-" before Bobby could say anything though Dogday's screams ripped through the air causing the critters to each freeze and cover their ears to block out the noise.