At about 5:05 AM in the morning, Crown Prince Kalir woke up after his aide Malir repeatedly called out his name. After stretching his paws out, he stood up and fixed his bed before he took a quick rinse at the bathroom. When he was finished, the Akita wolf-dog wore his assigned delivery boy uniform before coming down the stairs to meet up Malir at the kitchenette. The timber wolf then saw him approached as he places a bowl of mashed potatoes onto the table.

'Morning, Kalir.'

'Morning, Malir.'

'I made you some mashed potatoes for today.'

'Oh. Thanks a lot, man. I really loved this meal.'

'Yep. I even put some extra in that bowl for you.'

'Really? Thanks!'

'No worries.'

Kalir sat down and he says grace before chowing down on his tasty breakfast. Malir then sat down and started on reading a newspaper while sipping a cup of tea.

'Kalir?'

'Yeah?'

'Are you going to do some overtime at Pastabilities again?'

'I would love to, Malir but I already made an agreement with Gregg and Mae yesterday.'

Malir perked up.

'An agreement?'

'Yep. I made a promise to both of them that I will head towards the Snack Falcon as soon as I'm done with my part-time job at the Pastabilities.'

'Why you're going to be there later, Sire?'

'We have band practice there, dude.'

'Ah! Groundbreaking. What song would you guys play?'

'I dunno. Maybe Weird Autumn or Die Anywhere Else.'

'I see.'

'Yep.'

Kalir then places his last spoonful of mashed potatoes into his maw. He places the spoon onto the empty bowl and the Akita wolf-dog brings it to the sink. He wiped his mouth with a table napkin and sighed.

'OK, Malir. I'm off now to work.'

'Alright, Kalir. Be careful out there. OK?'

'I will. Thanks.'

Kalir was about to step out towards the door but Malir stopped him.

'Wait, Kalir!'

'What?'

'I forgot to tell you that your father would be visiting here later.'

'W-What?! F-For real, dude?'

'I'm certain, Your Highness.'

'I though he already came here earlier.'

'Nope. His trip was delayed a few moments ago.'

'Oh. I see.'

Kalir sighed.

'Well then. I should go right now to work, man.'

'Sure thing.'

The Akita wolf-dog waved at Malir and left the house. The timber wolf shrugged his shoulders and kept on reading.

...

Kalir went out to the streets and looked around the surroundings of Possum Springs. The town was now being transformed and bursting with life, thanks to the modernization plan of Emperor Splero and himself. Ever since Possum Springs was being 'colonized' by the Empire of Splena, big changes were taken to account. There were more new infrastructures constructed, a large Splenish industrial warehouse near Food Donkey and even a new tram system on the very streets. A lot of Splenish and other furry individuals roamed around and doing business as usual.

His phone then rang. The Crown Prince immediately took the call.

'Hello?'

'Hey there, Kalir. It's Gregg.'

'Oh. Hey there, man. What's up?'

'Are you going to work at Pastabilities?'

'I guess so, Gregg. Why?'

'Just asking. I wanted to remind you about the band practice that we agreed on from yesterday.'

'Not a worry too soon, man. I'll be there later.'

'Thanks, man. See ya!'

'Alright, Gregg. See you later then.'

As soon as the call ended, Kalir hid the phone away on his pocket. A tram full of people then stopped on one corner of the street. He boarded in and the tram went forward. Kalir was now on its way to work.

...

Meanwhile, Gregg was inside the Snack Falcon, stashing away the other merchandises on the nearby counter. As he worked, Mae and Bea entered.

'Hey, Gregg.'

The fox perked up.

'Whoa! H-Hey there, guys. You startled me!'

Mae giggled and Bea let out a small chuckle.

'Pretty much.'

'Yeah. He was.'

Gregg then faces to the duo.

'What brings you guys here, by the way? I didn't know that both of you could come here early.'

'We did because today is Saturday, Gregg. Bea here had her free time from her work now.'

'Yep. I could finally spend my day in other hobbies that I haven't done yet.'

'Good for you, Bea. I hope you will be smoking with Kalir later.'

The female crocodile blushed a bit.

'Q-Quit it, dude!'

'Got ya!'

Gregg laughed as Mae grinned at Bea.

'Oh. I didn't know that you can be with him from that point on, Bea.'

'Huh? W-Why me, Mae?'

'Because both of you were smoking with each other sometimes. I believe you can be your partner whenever you going a smoke or something.'

'I guess so.'

Bea cleared her throat as she places the cigarette butt on the nearby ashtray.

'Anyway, shall we prepare our band practice then?'

Gregg nodded in reply.