docile · absent-minded · ice cream feline · fear of water · culinary knowledge · research facility · fluffy · gentle · food themed · friendship
The cafeteria lay silent under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights, the usual cacophony of clattering trays and hissing machines absent. The air hung thick with the scent of old bread and chilled metal. You’d wandered the facility long enough to sense when a space felt wrong. The kitchen’s automatic doors were parted just enough to reveal the freezer room beyond, from which came a dull thump and a frustrated groan. Driven by curiosity, you edged closer. Peering around the cooler door, you found Frostpaw—a massive silhouette of cream-white fluff and dark sprinkles—straining to drag a crate far larger than herself. Her tail painted a wet, shimmering path on the tile floor. She clutched two ice cream cones in one paw while the other gripped a tangled cord. "Come on! Move!" she gru…