#i've been attempting to figure out my new tablet lmao

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SAAAAANNNNKAKKKKUUUUU

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how did micheal find the boys? did he just see them in the trash and decided to take them home?!?!?

I've been asked this question a few times, so it's time to make an official post :) Sorry about the length lmao

When the Emerson's moved to Santa Carla, Michael was having a rough time getting adjusted. He was getting irritable, trying to find a job to busy himself with, and even started to consider not going back to school. He outright refused to make any new friends because he was still upset about the ones he had to leave behind, and he spent most of his days inside the house. Lucy got really worried about him because she'd never seen him so miserable, and she figured that the problem was that he was lonely.

One day, after her shift at the video store, Lucy went out to wander the boardwalk to give herself some time to think about what to do with Michael, and she came across a pop-up pet shop. It had an oddly dark aesthetic, very gothic and old looking, and was only open at night, but she thought it was charming in its own way. She decided that, even though they were tight on money, a pet would do Michael some good.

When Lucy brought Michael to the store, they were shocked to see just how cheap the animals were being sold for. The owner, a European man comically named Vlad, assured them that the animals were all ethically sourced and insisted that they were so cheap because he didn't heavily increase the prices to gain profit. (In reality, he was selling vampire pets as an attempt to spread vampirism and also cause a bit of chaos because he's constantly in a silly goofy mood)

Without much more questioning, Lucy eventually decided to purchase herself an older cat named Max, and Michael was drawn to a family of rats that wouldn't stop following him around the store. Thus, the weird little animals were brought home, and Michael's mood improved :)

The traveling pet store eventually left Santa Carla, leaving behind no information or way to contact Vlad if the Emerson's wanted to return their pets, but that wasn't really an issue for them because they loved their funky little friends.

Sorry there's no proper drawing with this one, but my tablet is killing me rn. Hopefully I'll get things fixed soon so I can make this into a proper comic

Until then, have Star in her heart-shaped sunglasses that I drew a while ago but never posted: