A Furry World - Part 7 What a Crowd!
It's always amazing that no matter how well you plan things when it's time to leave someone is always late.
"Candy we told you to check if you had everything last night! The bus is going to leave without us!" I shouted up the stairs as the little red fox darted up to the stairs to get something shi forgot.
Maybe I should backtrack a bit.
It had been my birthday and as a present Striptail had given us all tickets to the big furry reunion being held at the facility the last weekend of April. Shi had also arranged some rooms for us so we could stay there the whole weekend.
I got one of the other guys working at the video shop to cover my shifts and Laika had gotten time off, Cornè also got time off but Alex and Daisy couldn't. So me, Laika, Cornè and Candy were going to have some fun.
Corne and I had started to lug the luggage into the bus's storage space when Candy returned holding the teddy Laika had given hir after the whole HO incident and we all started to get on. The bus was something new; it was the type that was two busses connected together. The front bus was normal with chairs, which now had tail holes, but the back bus was specially designed for taur bodies and we headed there and as we were buckling ourselves in a rather grumpy looking young woman approached us
"Sorry but the little fox will need to go sit up front with the other two legers" she said in a false kind voice as she pointed at candy.
At those words Candy grabbed my waist and held on tight but the woman just tried to pull hir off till a warning growl from both me and Laika made her let go and back away fast "Very well but if she gets hurt it won't be my problem" and with those words she left.
The ride was a bit long but having a Friday of work was pretty good and now that shi was being left alone Candy had her nose pressed against window watching the world go by.
When we arrived at the facility Cornè who was the first to get off had gotten us two trolleys for our luggage and we quickly made for the long line of furries wanting to enter the grounds.
The line moved at a snail's pace and when it was finally our turn we could see why. There was very strict security and all our bags were searched and then we were questioned. Finally we were inside the grounds, the bus terminal had hidden the grounds from our sight and when we got out I was stunned. It had only been a year but I had already forgotten how many of us there were and the sight of thousands of furries either standing around or heading for the campsite was amazing.
Candy who had been riding on my back had stood up and I quickly wrapped my tail around her as shi almost fell off with surprise.
We were half way the main building when we met Stripes. Shi didn't waste any time and gave us each a hug and a kiss.
"Im so glad you are here I was worried you might not have gotten time off" shi said as shi was giving Candy an extra long hug. "Let's get you settled then we can go to the festival ground" as she started pulling on my arm to get us moving.
The first surprise for the day was the rooms. Cornè would be sharing a converted office with a few other morphs while the rest of us would be sleeping in Stripes room. I just grinned at hir when shi showed me the extra large futon that shi had placed in the room and we were soon outside again heading to a large stage surrounded by a few stalls. Our first stop was the food area where our noses were over whelmed by all the different delicious smells of cooking food. About half way through I stopped in my track as I saw a banner above a stall saying "Rozz and Nassak Authentic S.A. Braai" and I steered our little group that way. Standing behind what looked like a oil drum cut in half down its length and welded onto stilts was a sleek looking male river otter with a name tag hanging around his neck with the name "Rozz" on it. He was flipping large steaks which sizzled and caused big orange flames to shoot up as he turned them over. Just as we approached a male white wolf came up behind the otter and pulled him around into a deep passionate kiss.
"They're an unusual couple" remarked Stripes giggling as we waited for them to run out of breath. After a while they both let go and stood there panting till a large flame engulfed the braaier.
"Oh shit" cried Rozz as he quickly tried to fan out the flames leaving two steaks and few kebabs a bit charred.
"I told you we shouldn't be using that homemade BBQ of yours" said Nassak with a big sigh.
"This is a braaier! there is no way I'm braaing on some BBQ the food just won't taste right" retorted Rozz as he moved the charred meat off to one side.
"I agree there is nothing like a braaier for true South African food" I said making them both jump around. "Well are you going to sell some food for five starving furries?"I said trying my best not to laugh out loud at the stunned look on their faces.
We ordered eight steak burgers, two for each taur, and learned a bit about the couple as the prepared our food. Rozz had come to visit his then boyfriend when the change had occurred and only a few days after they both declared themselves mates. We left the loving couple and walked around the grounds munching our burgers. Even though the main event was tomorrow there were already a few stalls set up and we spent some time looking at what they had to offer. It was dark when we got back to Stripes room and Cornè bade us good night at the door, it didn't take long for us to fall asleep all of us lying close together.
The following morning we took our time getting ready making sure we look our absolute best for the day out. For the day the entire facility was declared a furzone meaning wearing pants wasn't mandatory and they had to stop me throwing mine into an incinerator.
Half the morning was gone when we decided it was time to go. The whole place was packed with furries of every size, shape and color, it was quite the sight. Candy was on my back again as we made our way through the crowed to the main area.
Someone once said that furry society had grow to the point where it is its own culture with its own writers, artists and singers and the where right even the clothes on display at the various stalls we designed for furries and I ended up blowing all the cash I had brought on a few new tops and halters.
The day finished off with a massive music show and laser light show when it was dark enough. There had been talk of a fireworks display but it had been canceled after a young wolf morph nearly clawed a man to death as he tried to run away from the noise created by one small firework.
Laika and I left early leaving Candy in Stripes care wanting some time to ourselves. We walked slowly back to Stripes room hand in hand. Thanks to our schedules and candy sleeping with us we didn't get much time alone and we weren't going to waste any of it.
As soon as we closed the door I pulled Laika into a long deep kiss stroking her soft fur as I felt he own hands closing around my back pulling me closer to her.
"I love you so much my sweet vixen" I said panting slightly then I started to pull her towards the bed.
As we lay down on the bed and resumed our kissing I really hoped the others will take their time coming back.