we're out of cheese ' Scooby said to him ' we have pepperoni though, he said.' holding up a large pizza then giving it to the yound kid before returning to the bed room. . Stripetail walked into the room a few minutes later. 'Arlene? he said poking his head into the bed room, and smiled inwardly as he saw Arlene and scooby forcefully tongue-kissing each other on the bed.' excuse me " he said, and both Scooby and Arlene reddened appreciably as they noticed stripetail and broke the kiss."Don't worry Scooby. Dixie isn't going to care if you make out with Arlene , and any of her other gal pals. But for now Scooby, i need to talk with arlene in confidence. ' su-sure ' Scooby said " i'll go play video games with Oliver " scooby said.
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arlene brushed her fur back out of her eyes,'Are you here to talk about me getting out of the Duke?' to a degree , yes. Kitty and Dixie are out of him too, you'll be happy to know.Or, shall we say, not as quite as happy as you would have been previously. You girls will have to assess whatever damage this sorry hostage episode has done to your relationship, in your own time. that is between the three of you. Hopefully it will be fleeting." look.. Arlene said, "there were these images.. these.. words on the wall ' Arlene started and her voice started to quiver. the wizard held up a paw. 'The duke was using one of his favorite tactics- divide and conquer. Show a persons greatest fears and have them slowly gnaw at them, little by little hour by hour . Eventually, the victim's will cracks. The worst is if you are a parent. Maternal and paternal instincts kick in, and you'll do literally anything to make the images go away.LITERALLY, anything. like castaways on a deserted isle, you are turned against each other."Arlene hung her head, and stripetail patted her head ' You did what you needed to do my dear. Getting out safely was priority number one. Does no one any good if , in trying to help your friends get out , you end up back in gut prison. " You'd never let anything happen to Oliver, right?" As long as it is in my power to protect him, he will be protected, Arlene. The dear lad has been quite ablely cared for, and dare I say, hes been rather spoiled. you should see the woodpecker suit Woody and Winnie made for him Stripetail pulled out a blue pajama suit that looked like the feathers that covered Woody and Winnies bodies, largely, because they were." They made it with him in mind." Thats absolutely adorable ' Arlene laughed cheerfully,. ' Like i said Arlene, your maternal instincts kicked in, and your love for your child allowed you to escape. I'm not going to punish you or rebuke you or dismiss your concerns, in truth, you may be the first victim that the Duke has ever stuffed down his beak, who came back out the same way intact . no small feat, that. Not breaking under the Duke's coercion, again, no small feat. I've known the Duke to break wills to pieces within hours. " i didnt want Oliver to be left alone ' Arlene said, tears running down her face. 'I- I saw him chased by huge mean dogs, begging in the bitter cold in back alleys,. thrown out of shelters into blizzards .."the duke was pressing your buttons' Stripetail said. ' he's an expert at it. Arlene, rest assured, if anything happened to you that you could not care for Oliver, then I would gladly care for him myself. You do not need to feel guilty or ashamed, you did what you had to do . escaping took priority over anything else. Let me be clear, Arlene. you will not have to live on the streets after these games, when you consider how well the Scooby doobies have done so far. each of you has pocketed at least a couple million.." a couple million isnt going to get the studio back.. arlene said " even when times were good, that didnt go too far in toon town. I, I want to be in the next event. ' Stripetail shook his head. You need to rest and recuperate Arlene>" will i still get paid?" arlene asked " yes everyone splits earnings." Could I ask for a wish?' arlene asked ' alright. let me guess. For Oliver?" No, I'd like to have the nightmares the duke showed me, erased from my memories. they'll give me nightmares for days to come, otherwise.' Stripetail gestured and a small patch wax appeared in his paws, he pressed the wax to Arlenes forehead and intoned extract negus momerum' the wax turned pitch black, and after a few seconds, the wax was transformed into a long black candle. this candles contains your bad memories. as you burn it, they will dissipate stripetail said." thank you stripetail arlene said as scooby came back into the room, and sat back down next to arlene.' now i'll let you two resume the lovemaking i interrupted previously..good night to both of you." Stripetail looked out of the room and behekld the other kitten curled up on the coach in front of a paused videogame scren. stripetail turned off the game wtith a gestured and ceated pillows and blanketrs for oliver to rest his head on.
Arlenes dark red lips locked with Scoobys brown lips and the cat and dog shared a steamy full throated kiss.
