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The city dripped with the salt-spray from the sea, catalysing the rust that blanketed over most everything without protection. There was no purpose for this place anymore, not that it mattered, this was home to so many, and they weren't about to leave, no matter how many storms hit or how many rusted supports fell. Until the whole place collapsed, there was always going to be work to repair what was crumbling around them.
 
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The sun was beating down on your head as you wandered through the forest. You could feel the sweat running down your back as your tongue hung out of our mouth, longing for the water which was just a few yards away. It was hard living in a forest such as this, but being a moomba made it even harder. For a start, your bright orange fur made you stick out like a saw-thumb in the incredible green and brown jungle. This wouldn't be so bad if you were a predator high up the food chain, but th

"So guys! What's the plan for tomorrow again!?"
"Ugh, we've said a thousand times already, we're meeting in front of the big pecha berry tree..."
"Wait... is that the one by the lake or... the one nearer to town...?"
"The one nearer to t- no, wait... the one by the lake... or... hang on..."
The furret giggled at his smeargle friend's ramblings, whilst the quilava nearby stared at a butterfly resting on a fern, tilting his head at it. The furret turned

It was hot. So damn hot. The midday sun beat down on the furret as he took another swig from his water flask. His tail was waving slowly over the ground, flicking occasionally to try and fan some cool air into his fur. His tongue lolled out of his mouth as he pressed his paws over his ears, trying to keep the sun off of them but instead feeling the immense heat being absorbed by his head-fur; it was almost too hot to even press down fully, but Dio figured it was better on his fur than on his ski