Valkyrie eyed the German shepherd for a while before briefly clearing her throat and walking up to her in a slow motion. "Hey, found something you wanted yet?" She asked already knowing the answer herself.
"Nah, Nothing, I thought you and Chase were going to get something to eat" Elena questioned as both start to walk side by side with one another. "Don't worry about him, He's getting food for us" Valkyrie said keeping a stern eye on the German Shepherd.
"Well umm, okay…" Elena replied looking all around, seemingly to keep her gaze away from the Saluki for some reason, unfortunately for her, it didn't go unnoticed. "Got something on your mind, huh?" The Saluki asked.
"Oh what, No, I'm just hungry that's all, it's not like I'm hiding anything" Elena chuckled with an awkward smile to try and get Valkyrie herself on the laugh train, but she wasn't budging.
"I never said you were" Valkyrie pointed, exposing the chink in Elena's own statement.
Elena gulped and looked around from the Saluki's direction, staring viciously into the ground as if the earth was going to make a drastic move. "So, umm…Let's say Hypothetically, you were a murderer and tried to kill me, Tracker, Skye and take Chase for yourself, how would you do it?"
"…"
"…"
Both of them went silent for a few moments, looking at the Saluki in response to her quite odd 'hypothetical' question about a scenario it appears Elena believed she would never been in. Elena's awkward looked turned into a sudden smile, which then turned into a giggle.
"Pffffft, what kind of question is that?" Elena desperately tried to stop herself from laughing out loud, on the obvious point of it being incredibly awkward and weird considering they were surrounded by people.
"Well, First I'd definitely fake your suicides and use my power in the Sheriff's Department to tamper with any evidence I may have left behind and also to mess with the investigation as much as possible including messing with the crime scene. Plus If I did it, it would be way too obvious, I would definitely hire a hitman I have no connections with to care out the murder because If I did it, I would be a prime suspect….how was that?" Elena asked with a smile as if it truly nothing more than a random question spiked only by interest.
Valkyrie quivered a bit as she heard out the complex, well thought out plan for a murder in German shepherds eyes. "Huh…Yeah, Couldn't have said it better myself" Valkyrie said.
"Well well well, Look who's here" Elena's eyes suddenly expanded as she recognized the stern male voice which she knew all too well. Valkyrie looked around from right to left before turning around and seeing a male canine, A Rottweiler that Definity looked big for his size, not in a saying that he was overweight, but in a sense that he most likely worked out from time to time.
"What a shocker meeting you here at this time, Coincidence maybe?" He said as he stretched his body in a flexing motion.
"Its not Coincidence, You know I come here every year this event happens" Elena stated as she brushed off the Rottweiler's non verbal signs for a conversation.
"Oh boo hoo for me, Well I thought you were going to congratulate me" He said, throwing his head back with his paw over her eyes in a stereotypical dramatic motion.
"What on God's earth would I congratulate you for?"
"Voila!" He said, Holding a small certificate in his paw that he secretly holding and handing it over to the German Shepherd. Elena picked up the document and began to inspect it's meaning whilst also Valkyrie hovered over her to also get a glimpse.
"Theres no way you're serious, this has to be some sick joke you're trying to pull on me" Elena stated, refusing to believe what she reading. "That's right, I'm gonna be competing in the country race"
"Whatever, It doesn't change anything whether you win or not" Elena pointed out as she scoffed at the certificate itself and motioning it back to the Rottweiler.
"Actually, It does, As you know my Dad is the Sheriff, and he was able to pull a few political strings from the Mayor himself" He said, flexing his canine muscles for the two females to see.
"What are you saying?" The German shepherd asked, knowing this was different from all the other times.
"This rewards for this race has changed, Instead of money, Who ever wins gets one consequence free reasonable request anything they wish" He stated, leaving the German shepherd a bit dumbfounded in her thoughts.
"So uhhh…How do you know you're going to win though?" Valkyrie asked tempting a bit of laughter from the Rottweiler. "Oh please, Elena sweetheart, tell her just how many races I've won" Elena whipped her face with paw as she let out a huge sigh of exhaustion
"3 times…You won 3 times in a row, how many times are you going to keep bringing it up In front of me…and Im not your sweetheart" She asked in a slight frustrated tone as the Rottweiler flexed even more on his larger canine muscles.
"Ummm, What's going on here?" Both Elena and Valkyrie looked over to see Chase holding a box of chicken wings presumed for him and Valkyrie to enjoy. "Chase and Valkyrie, This is…" Elena sighed before motioning to the rottweiler to properly introduce him until he himself decided to introduce himself.
"Duvall, Good to meet you both, You both friends with Elena?" He asked, Chase nodded with a friendly smile and Valkyrie just mimicked Chase but with a shaky grin instead, still unsure of how to feel about Elena but still not wanting to come off as a jerk.
"Anyways, I need to get back to work on this beautiful bod, Didn't get these gorgeous muscles over night after all…Bye Elena, Except a kiss when I finish the race" He said walking away in the other direction.
"Hmm, He seems a little….self-centered?"
"A little?" Elena questioned with a raised eyebrow, already looking exhausted just from his sheer presence in front of her. "I can tell you two have some chemistry" Valkyrie pointed out as she walked over to Chase.
"If by chemistry you mean wishing he'd stop trying to flirt with me, then yeah, We got some real good chemistry. I think we've spent enough time at this place, I'm ready to head back to the House now" Elena said as she walked about a few feet away from the two but turning back her after. "You coming Chase?"
"Nah you can go ahead, Val and I are just going to spend some more time here"
"Oh…Okay, Have fun, If you come back and see I'm not there, then I'm probably at the Sheriff's Department doing my usual stuff" Elena said.
"So what to do first?"
"How about we just go and look around for now, there's bound to be something we can do around here" Chase stated with his hopes high as both walked down the rows of merchant's tents to find a time killer.
Canare swerved his paws back and forth, holding a toy police car and anonymous car in his other paw, appeared to be mimicking a miniature police chase. Canare echoed out the make-believe car sounds in his voice as she slowly took his playing all around the downstairs living room.
"Freeze dirt bags" Canare said in a growly but playful voice, mimicking a police officer to enhance his own experience. His playing was cut short however as suddenly gently knocks where heard coming from the front door which was just a few feet away from his as his ears perked up the sudden sound of hard wood knocking.
Canare peaked up to his four paws as he looked around for Remy to answer the door but then remember he wasn't here, he had left for work, but had left Canare a specific rule. Do not leave the house. Canare walked up to the door and pressed his ear against the smooth wood to hear any sort of bant on the other side to see who it was.
"Are you sure you didn't see something else?" One pup voice emerged in a timid tone, very frightened by the seams, not wanting to involve himself in whatever he was taking part in. "I could have sworn I saw another pup in here" Another pup voice became clear. The door itself shook as one of the pups seemed to knock once more.
"H-Hello?" Canare asked just loud enough for the pups to hear him on the other side. "See, I told you" The confident pup said out, taking pride in his assumption as he scratched at the door. "Hey, come over to the window" One of the pups requested as Canare looked over to the side of the door to see a window with painted bars on the inside to prevent any sort of Breaking and Entering.
Canare walked over to the window and pressed his body against the windowsill, before long, the other pup did the same. Coming face to face with another pup the same age as him, both pups being German Shepherds, both almost identical in physical looks.
"Psst, Wanna come out and play with us?" The pup asked with his tail already wage and anticipating a yes. "I-I don't know, I'm not supposed to leave the house at all"
"Pleeease, It'll just be for a few minutes, You looked kind of cool when I saw you earlier" The pup pleaded he hoped up and down to exaggerate his pleads for a fun time. "Ummm, Okay, Fine" Canare relented as he hopped down from the windowsill to pull off the bolt on the door. As soon as the chain on the bolt dangled down and made a harmonious noise.
It appeared the pups on the other side had been given the go ahead to open the door, doing so and motioning for Canare to come, still being inside even as the door was wide open. "Cmon, Quick play time, promise" The pup said as he and his brother walked over the porch of the house into the open field expecting Canare to follow.
Canare took one step outside the house before looking right to left, as if he was crossing the street. Step by Step, Paw by Paw. Canare started to walk, that walked then evolved into a full sprint as he ran out into the open field with his tongue out in happiness before suddenly looking around and not seeing the pups anymore. "G-Guys, where'd you go?" Canare turned full 360 as he rotated from north to south repeatedly before out of nowhere….
"Tag, You're it!" One of the pups shouted as she sprinted past Canare, tapping him on the neck as he darted off in one direction, giving the Canare motivation for a real chase. The mixed breed pup raced from the tall grass of the field with dirt that stuff to their paws to muddier terrain with Crops of corn being grown.
"Ha, you can't catch me!" The German shepherd proudly boasted as he zig zagged and dashed from one side to the other to try and throw off Canare, but Canare was like a determined missile on a mission.
Hours go by of fun times exhaust out the 2 German Shepherd brothers and Canare, all of them laying down in an open field gasping for air as if they had just saved themselves from being drowned.
They play turned from running around for superiority, to just talking and getting to know each other more. "So what's it like over in Adventure bay?"
"Its fine, A lot small than this place though" Canare said with his back to the ground looking up at the passing white clouds. "Remy must be super doper lucky to have a pup like you, He really needs it" The other German Shepherd said, pointing out a supposed problem the Deputy had which got Canare's attention.
"What do you mean?" Canare asked, rolling over to his stomach to face the German Shepherd.
"He didn't tell you?"
"D-Didn't tell me what?"
"About his son"