>you are Fluffy Dash
>daddy left to go to “work”
>work is dumb
>it makes daddy go away for a long time
>until dark time, as a matter of fact
>he left you in the “safe room” with Fluffyshy and a bunch of toys
>you’re so happy the nice Dave man gave you those toys
>the safe room is boring, though
>it’s only as big as daddy’s room
>you can’t go outside in the grass or hop around or feel the breeze
>there’s nothing to do but play with the toys
>the toys are fun, but they get boring after a while
>Fluffyshy is too scared of everything to play with you
>maybe if you convinced her to play, the toys would get fun again!
>yeah, that’s it!
>you nudge a ball over to Fluffyshy
>”Hewwo, Fwuffysii!”
>she squeaks and curls up into a ball
>”Fwuffysii! You siwwy fwuffy! Wan pway baww?”
>she turns to you with tears in her eyes
>why is she so sad?
>you give her a hug to make her feel better, and she smiles a bit
>”W-wah baww?”
>she doesn’t know what a ball is?
>that’s just silly!
>”Dis!”
>you roll the ball over to her, and it bops off of her nose
>she yelps and runs to the other side of the room
>”O-ouchies! W-w-why meanie baww gif Fwuffysii boo-boos?!”
>she starts bawling, and holds onto her nose tightly
>she’s being dumb, now
>”Fwuffysii, baww no gif boo-boos! Yuu no haf boo-boo juice!”
>”N-no boo-boo juice?”
>she inspects her nose and hooves, checking for any blood
>”Yay! No boo-boo juice!”
>she jumps around for a few seconds before settling down
>”Pway baww now, Fwuffysii?”
>”Umm…o-otay! How pway?”
>”Yuu kick baww and den kick baww again!”
>you run over and give it a good kick to demonstrate
>the ball bounces off of the wall and comes back to you
>you giggle
>you’re a strong fluffy!
>”N-nuuuuu! Meanie Dassi hewt baww!”
>she starts crying again and runs over to the ball, giving it a big hug
>”No cwy, Fwuffysii! Dassi no meanie! Baww no hewt! Baww wike kick!”
>”B-baww wike kick?”
>”Yeah! Twy kick!”
>she’s really hesitant
>she gives it the tiniest little kick
>the ball rolls a few centimeters
>”B-baww fwend otay?”
>”Yeah, baww happy! Kick hawduh!”
>she winds up and gives it a bigger kick than you!
>the ball bounces all over the room and Fwuffyshy cowers in fear
>”Wah! Sowwy, baww! Sowwy! Sowwy!”
>you just watch the ball bounce around
>it’s fun!
>”Fwuffysii, wan pway new game?”
>”Y-yeah! Baww scawy!”
>you try to think of something that wouldn’t scare her
>”Bwocks!”
>her eyes light up
>”Fwuffysii wuv bwocks! Bwocks fun!”
>the two of you get to work building a small tower
>both of you keep knocking it over on accident, but it’s still fun to stack them up and watch them fall
>you only wish you could play outside
>maybe one day you’ll sneak out when daddy’s at work or something
>heck, maybe someday you’ll be able to foreshadow things subtly
>you try to understand the big word “foreshadowing”, but it just confuses you
>this chapter was a bit boring
>maybe when daddy comes back, it’ll be more interesting