In the ZPD Headquarters, Nick and Judy were both arriving to the complex to make their first presences for duty. As they approached the Dispatcher's counter, Clawhauser turned around and saw the duo.
'Hey, guys.'
Both the fox and the rabbit greeted the cheetah back.
'Heya, Clawhauser.'
'How's it going?'
'Good thing you two came in here for duty.'
Judy went curious.
'Is something matter?'
'Oh no, Judy. Actually, Chief Bogo and the other officers were swept by the witnesses that came here earlier. The people came here were a lot of them and Bogo's hands were all full.'
'Okay, Clawhauser. Tell the Chief that we're both going to assist him. Where is he?'
'He's in his office. Be careful, you two. There were a lot of eyewitnesses waiting in the hall there.'
Judy nodded.
'Okay. Thanks.'
She then looked at Nick.
'Come on, Slick. Let's go!'
'Right behind you, Carrots.'
Both of them immediately went to Chief Bogo's office. Clawhauser manages to make a call after he quickly finished his pink doughnut.
'Chief?'
'What is it, Clawhauser? I have my hooves full here.'
'Officers Nick and Judy had just arrived and they're on their way to assist you there.'
'Okay. Thanks for the call. These witnesses were overwhelming.'
...
20 minutes later, Splero, Chimpan and Michelle finally arrived at the ZPD complex. As they stepped inside, the Emperor immediately approaches to Clawhauser.
'Hey there, Clawhauser. Anything new here?'
'Yeah. There was.'
Chimpan then notices a few other Zootopian citizens near to the hallways leading to the cubicles and to Chief Bogo's office.
'What's with those people doing in there? Only authorized personnel were allowed over there.'
'They're witnesses.'
'Witnesses?'
'Yeah. All of them were coming forward to explain their testaments to the Chief regarding to what happened in the apartment arson incident.'
'I see.'
Splero coughed a bit.
'Where's Judy and Nick?'
'They're in the Chief's office. Don't worry about them for now because they're helping Bogo there.'
'Alright, Clawhauser. Thanks.'
Splero looked back at the duo.
'Chimpan. Michelle. Let's head to our duties now.'
'You bet.'
'Right, then.'
Splero walked towards the cubicle room. Both Chimpan and Michelle followed suit. As they arrived, the trio went to their designated cubicles and lowered down their satchels and knapsacks that they been carrying for duty. The monarch sat down and opened a folder that was from the desk in front of him.
'I guess this would be a very busy day again. Ugh.'
He then closed the folder and threw it back to the desk. Michelle then approaches to his cubicle.
'Splero.'
'Yes, Dear?'
'Chimpan was going to check the training fields for a bit. Can I let him?'
'Sure, Michelle. Let Chimpan proceed on. That might be the cadets' request for him to appear there.'
'Okay. Anything else?'
'Nope. Thanks anyway.'
Splero stood up from his chair.
'I'm going to remind Daniel and Krystal, Michelle. Be right back.'
The Emperor steps away for a bit. As he went to the hallway, Splero took his cellphone and dialed in Daniel's number but before he could raise his phone to his ear, a male human dressed in simple civilian clothes bumped onto him by accident, making the monarch drop his phone to the floor.
'Ow! Watch where you going, will ya?'
'Oh! I'm sorry, dude.'
Before Splero manage to respond back, the man hurriedly left the hallway and went to the complex's exit. His hurry makes him perplexed.
'What with that man? He seems to be a rough hurry. Meh! Forget it, then.'
Crouching down, the human monarch reaches for his phone. He checked it carefully and sighed in relief that the cellphone survived the drop undamaged. Just a few scratches on its protective glass covering.
'Better call those two now.'
Splero dialed again. This time, there were no interruptions whatsoever.
...
In the cafe, Both Daniel and Krystal were enjoying breakfast alongside with Mark. While eating waffles and drinking sweet fruit juice, the trio were chatting happily with one another.
'These waffles tastes good, Alex! How did you make them?'
'It's all a secret, Daniel. Only I know its secret recipe that was being bestowed to me by my family and my ancestors.'
'Oh. I see.'
Mark chuckled while Alexa giggled.
'JK, dude. My parents taught me how to make those finest waffles back from Pawraiqua.'
'Pawraiqua?'
'Yeah. It's a furry paradise somewhere in the Pacific. It was a monarchy like Imperial Splena because it was ruled a benevolent king there and furthermore, it looks like Zootopia too.'
'Oh really?'
'Yeah.'
'I think I heard that place before from a long time ago.'
'You do, Daniel?'
'Yeah. When I was still learning at high school, my classmates already talked about that place.'
'I see.'
The female ferret took a bite of her waffle, chewed on it a bit and she swallowed right. She wiped her maw with a table napkin and she faces to both Daniel and Mark.
'That's the same place when my family took me to a beach vacation a year ago, guys. To be honest, I even kept a souvenir from there.
Alexa then reaches for her wallet.
'I do have a postcard from Pawraiqua.'
Daniel was awed. Mark smiled and he places his paws on his hip.
'You do, girl?! Please show me!'
'Sure thing. Here ya go!'
The female ferret took out a postcard from her wallet and she gave it to Daniel. In the postcard was the panoramic view of Pawraiqua Castle that was situated in a plateau which overlooks a large city from below. On the upper right corner of the card was a orange pawprint that also had a red Splenish seal in the middle.
'Wow! This is so legit.'
'Yeah. Can't believe this place holds such great historical importance.'
'Historical importance?'
Mark nodded.
'Actually, Pawraiqua was originally called as 'Furria' but during the so-called 'Pawraiquan Restoration', the kingdom changed its name to 'Pawraiqua' instead right after Spleriia Splero restored Andy Komodo to the throne.'
'Whoa.'
'Wait. Who's Andy Komodo?'
'As his name implies, he was a Komodo dragon and the legitimate King of the Pawraiquan Kingdom, Alexa. Some of my other relatives worked for him as royal guards or something.'
'Wow! They're lucky!'
'I agree with that.'
Before Daniel could take a sip of his fruit juice, his mobile phone rang from his pocket.
