Meet the Townies!

Kirin is a red panda with a flare for nature! She's trying to get into gardening and honestly it leads to some misadventures.

Luckily the local park commisions her to beautify the area after she accidently wild flower-bombed it.

To this day the coneflowers haunt the grounds. Please ask her about the local flora she'll be happy to tell you all about it!

Forrest is a city turtle that longs for the occasional countryside luxury.

So when things become way too overwhelming, he likes to treat himself to an afteroon at the muscadine farm.

His emo buddies think it's a little strange to enjoy a u-pick in a bleak world but he doesn't mind.

Forrest finds it amusing that his stretchy neck plucks the purple fruit off the vine like no problem.

Find him at the farm after work and he may be inclined to share his freshly picked snacks with you.

"Faster than a jack rabbit" isn't the case for our dear friend Alice.

No. The attention to detail and fine hot chocolate craftmanship is the name of the game.

Customers claim that it's well worth the wait as they watch her focused paws move in their own special rhythm.

Feel free to wave at her to say "hi". Her floppy ears are senstive to sounds and she's a quiet soul, but she loves to wave back!

Just sit tight, she'll ring the store bell when your drink is ready.

To be frank, Benjamin used to be the loneliest penguin on the cold side of the city.

Everyday he used to just..sit on a floating iceberg. He looked and looked at the water until his eyes got sore.

During his lowest times he had the weighing thought of "What..what the point of any of this? Why am I even here?"

Then one day he saw her. Odette. It's hard for him to explain but she was just..made of magic to him.

He liked the way she dunked her head in the water to find fish.

He liked how gentle she was with taking care of neighbors who needed help.

He liked that weird squack she does when she's happy about something.

Maybe the reason he's here is to appreciate her.

He had to thank her. He absolutely HAD to find a way to say thank you for being his inspiration to live.

There was a problem though. He is HORRIBLE at explaining his emotions. It's like his mouth won't do what his brain is telling it to do.

So he decided he will show it! He'll show it by getting her the biggest rock he can because he knows she loves them!

...He threw his back out trying to lift it...

In recovery Odette happened to be one of the penguins who helped take care of him.

Eventually he came clean on how the accident happened...and she came clean about her feelings too.

She always like how deep in thought he appeared to be. He seemed so introspective.

She liked how he painted in the snow with his feet. The murals were always so moving to her.

She liked that weird face he makes when he's about to sneeze.

It was almost like... he was magic to her.

To make a long story short they've been inseparable since.

She kisses his snoot. And he gets her..smaller rocks.