Irony In Pussycat's Meow

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Audrey has been in a weird yet dark state. The only other person that was keeping her lounge above water just been killed. The worst of it, she wanted to die. She barely gave the girl a passing glance. ...What a waste, must of been hard on her. Because of this, Audrey is not all alone in the Pussycat's Meow. Unlike all of the other shop here, it is hard to run a restaurant with her own wings. It was already impossible to run this place with one other person, this place will dead in a week.

" If no one helps, I'll be nothing but a fried turkey..."

Audrey always had a "Wanted" sign but now she covered the sign in highlighters just to attract someone to come into her place. As the sun sets, her hope slowly sinks like the sun in the background.

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