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“...!” Peppa is taken aback, but nods. Left to her own thoughts, she looks over at the cyborg boy, who is covered in mud and is attempting to rinse the business card with rainwater. Apparently the #1 Assassin gets a credit card to go with his business card. Some kids just get all the luck! Well, on top of the replacement body parts, and the lack of parents.
And with dad missing in action and mom fixing the kitchen, she’s gotta figure out how to solve her food problems for the time being. Cookie was a godsend, but it’s not like she can pull an Inoshikacho trick and engineer more wild animal attacks to happen to cooks who will repay her in food. ...well, she could, family pet’s a sabretooth, but people would get mad at her if they found out. And it doesn’t solve the bigger issue.
At the rate she’s eating through it, all her cash is going to get frittered away, and damn could she really go for some apple fritters- FOCUS! Until she’s married to Cocoa and can enjoy a luxurious ride on the movie star’s trophy wife gravy train, she’s gotta find part-time work. Something that will pay her a lot of cash in a small amount of time.
As she ponders on what she could do, she leans on the Power Pole. In her fidgeting, she climbs up the pole, reclines to the point she’s upside down while her leg is stretched to the max up above, then curls it around the pole. She slides down along it in a spin, then rights her balance to have her torso horizontal and land on her feet. Flicking her tail side to side along with her hips, her gaze lights up, and examining the pole as if it’s her first time seeing it, she has an epiphany! Right there, a surefire way to make lots of cash!
But then a hand grips her tail firmly, but only enough to grasp and pull her up. Peppa still feels the strength in all her limbs diminish, but she doesn’t cry out, not even at the sight of her teacher’s terrifying face.
“Peppa. What are you doing?” Chuu Lee asked calmly.
Peppa beams at her, and says, “I was just thinking how I could make lots of money, uh, to help Cookie out, and I figured out a way to do it!”
Cookie puts a hand to her mouth and Chuu Lee brings up a trembling fist.
Tone motherly, temple flaring, Teach asks her, “And what is it?”
Peppa gestures to the Power Pole. “Firefighting!”
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“Pfft, ahahahaha!” Cookie bursts out, then doubles over in laughter. "This girl's a riot!"
Chuu Lee releases her student and massages the bridge of her nose. “Aiyaa…”
Cookie wipes away a tear, grinning wide. “Thanks for the suggestion, but I’ve dipped my toe into 'firefighting,' and it doesn't pay as much as you would think. And if you're not careful you'll end up with a muffin top like me!"
"'Muffin top'? Firefighting makes you fat?"
Chuu Lee smacks her friend on the arm. "Cookie, no. Besides, Peppa's not liable to do her own home cooking."
Cookie rolls her eyes. "Way worse, Chewie! ...so, I take it that she is the kind to eat out?"
Peppa objects, "I only destroyed the kitchen one time!"
