The door to town hall burst open, and rushing in came a small, blue bunny, sweating profusely and horribly out of breath.
"M-mister Mayor!" He gasped out loud, calling attention to both the Mayor and their secretary.
"Do you need something, Hopkins?" The Mayor called back from their desk, getting up to see what the commotion was.
Hopkins approached him hurriedly, his face pale as if he were ready to vomit. "Do you remember.. last week? When you taught some of us about that game from your hometown?" He asked.
"Yeah, football." The mayor recalled with a small smile growing on their lips. "Why do you ask?"
"Well..." Hopkins looked down at his feet, trying to figure out how to put his jumbled thoughts to words. "Some of us were playing today, and the new neighbor, Julian, asked if he could join in."
"Go on."
"Well, Julian tried to tackle Goldie and..." He gulped audibly, his words refusing to describe the following scene. "His... horn..." The blue bunny was doing everything in his power not to puke all over the floor, but the Mayor now seemed to have a complete understanding of the situation.
"Oh my god...!" They gasped out loud, taking off in full sprint towards the door while calling their secretary to follow in suit.
They didn't have to travel very far, as there was a large crowd gathered around the town square. The Mayor and Isabelle pushed through the crowd to see the commotion and, sure enough, there stood Julian, sobbing uncontrollably as blood poured down his head and soaked through his fur. On the top of his head, where his horn once stood proudly, lay a limp, bloodied puppy.
Mass hysteria spread throughout the crowd as they witnessed the sight, but the Mayor and secretary stood frozen in their spots. After a long silence, the Mayor finally spoke.
"Isabelle."
"Yes, Mayor?"
"You know the protocol for this, right?"
"Of course, Mayor." Without further hesitation, Isabelle whipped out her smartphone, scrolling all the way to the last page where she clicked on a solitary app labeled, "Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp."
The duo popped out of this plane of existence, as if they were never there, and soon reawakened next an RV parked by a lush campsite. The Mayor tapped around on their phone, and Cyrus soon appeared with alcoholic drinks and comfortable seats for the two of them.
"Mayor, I think eventually we're going to have to answer fo-"
"Shhh shh shhhhh," the Mayor interrupted, taking a long sip from his alcoholic drink before adding, "It'll all blow over eventually. I don't get paid to deal with that shit."