BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP 


Nick Wilde slammed his paw down on his alarm clock bright and early at 6:00 in the morning. Wiping the sleep from his eyes, the first thing that came to the Fox's mind was the new recruit we was assigned to show around the city. The newbie's name was Felix Spots, a cheetah from the Sahara Square who was fresh out of the Zootopia Police Academy. Nick reluctantly rolled from his bed and upon standing up, he felt an unmistakable shift in his bowels. The Downtown Zootopia branch was celebrating the new recruits' arrival the night before, and Nick had gorged himself on all the little hors d'oeuvres and treats that the Police Station had at the welcoming party.


"Phew, gonna need to drop this off," Nick said, referring to the load he was carrying in his lower intestine as he felt its weight on his trudge over to the bathroom. The fox saw his toilet with the lid down, instinctively lifting it up before remembering why he had put it down in the first place. "Oh crud, that's right!" Nick said looking into the completely dry toilet bowl, "this thing isn't even working right now..." Nick had completely forgotten that, after getting home last night, he found that his toilet had no water in it! The poor fox ended up resorting to urinating in the sink before he went to bed. He was going to call the plumber up to fix it, but at this point, he'd just have to tough it out and wait until he got to the police department.


Nick threw on his police uniform after brushing his teeth and realized he was running a bit late. He'd have to grab something to eat on the way out instead of cooking his usual scrambled eggs, so without paying much attention, the fox grabbed a fiber bar and ate the whole thing on the drive over.


Entering the Police Station, the first thing Nick noticed was that the main floor bathrooms were taped off for maintenance. The vulpine could feel his abdomen rumbling softly as he walked up to where Clawhauser was sitting at reception.


"Hey, Nicky!" Clawhauser said with his usual enthusiasm, "you excited for new recruits today?"


"Hey, Ben! Yeah, they're gonna be a handful," Nick replied, moving quickly onto his own question. "Say, Ben, you wouldn't happen to know when the bathrooms are gonna get fixed, would you?"


"The bathrooms?" Clawhauser asked, looking over. "I think they said it's gonna be an all-day thing. There's something up with water distribution in the city and our building is one of the ones that got hit."


That explains my apartment, Nick thought to himself as he looked back to the bathroom with concern. "That's not good," Nick said quietly to himself, making Clawhauser curious.


"What's wrong? Got some important business to take care of, Officer Wilde?" the cheetah playfully teased, not aware that the fox was actually holding back quite the large load.


"Wha--me?! No, I was just wondering, heheh," Nick laughed nervously, feeling his lower half get heavier and heavier.


"Well anyway, I'd get going to the briefing room if I were you," Clawhauser advised, "wouldn't want to be late on this day of all days."


"Yeah, thanks Ben," Nick said, quickly making his way over to the room where the rest of the force and his assigned partner for the day would be waiting for him.


Nick hastened his pace across the facility's hallways, eventually reaching the briefing room. As he opened the door, he noticed everyone inside suddenly go quiet and stare at him.


Chief Bogo, who was directing the recruits, both old and new, simply paused mid-speech and glared at Nick for a moment, making Nick nervous that he'd arrived late, even if just by a minute or two.


"Ah, if it isn't Officer Wilde!" the chief began. "I was beginning to think you'd forgotten to come in today. Please, take a seat."


Nick was a tad thrown off by Bogo's polite demeanor, but didn't protest whatsoever. He quietly walked to the middle of the room, and sat at the only available desk he could find.


"We were just assigning partners to tackle today's workload," Bogo continued, "so it's a good thing you came in when you did, Wilde."


Nick, in his usual apathetic, unfiltered nature, sarcastically spoke up: "And I suppose I'll be tasked with babysitting little Officer Carrots, as usual?" He gave a smug, playful smile in Judy's direction as he said this. She smiled back and rolled her eyes.


"Actually, no. Because we're more loaded with new recruits than we had first anticipated, we're actually going to be doing things a bit differently today. Each experienced member of the Zootopia Police Force is going to be assigned to one of the rookies on their missions today. You'll be responsible for guiding them around, explaining how things work, and just showing them the ropes, as you'd expect. If I'm not mistaken, I believe I've assigned everyone else their partner for the day."


A young, dashing cheetah, looking a bit anxious, began to slowly raise his hand at the mention of this.


"Yes, yes," Bogo interrupted, "I haven't forgotten about you, Spots. WILDE!" The chief's raised tonality startled Nick. "I'll be assigning you to Spots, the rookie sitting to your left. As I've already mentioned to the others, today's tasks are on the safer side. In other words, take this day to show Spots what being in the Zootopia Police Force is all about. And don't blow it." Bogo's tone became unnervingly serious towards the end, making the hair on Nick's back stand up.


"Aheh, well, you know me, Chief," Nick tried to lighten the mood.


"Yes, I do. And that's why I'll be giving you no room for mistakes today," Bogo retorted.


"Eheh... all right, Chief..." Nick's unfazed facade was beginning to wane.


Nick turned his attention away from Chief Bogo, and looked at the cheetah he hadn't even had the chance to meet yet.


In a low whisper, he introduced himself. "Hey there, so you're the Spots guy, huh?"


"Y-yep, that's me," Spots replied, shakily holding out his paw to Nick as he smiled at the fox nervously. "My name's Felix Spots, sir. And you're Officer...Wilde?"


"Uh-huh," Nick affirmed, trying to sound enthusiastic for the new recruit who seemed a little nervous. He shook the cheetah's paw, noticing it was shaking the whole time. "Got the first day jitters?"


"Uhh...yeah, a little, heheh!" Felix said, trying to match Nick's enthusiasm but instead sounding even more nervous.


"Relax, there's nothing to be worried about," Nick said, smiling to the young cheetah, "I was nervous on my first day too." The fox and cheetah got up from their chairs and continued to talk as they walked together. "You look like you're fresh out of the Police Academy! How'd you get into the downtown branch?"


Not wanting to brag to his superior, Felix tried to come up with a humble way to answer Nick's question. "Oh! Uh...well, each year, the academy picks their top candidate to be sent straight to the downtown branch..."


"And it was you?" Nick asked, genuinely surprised that the nervous Cheetah in front of him managed to get top of his class at the Police Academy. "You're gonna do great here, Spots, I can already feel it. Just follow my lead and you'll learn how to be a ZPD officer in no time."


"Really?" Felix asked, looking over to Nick to see if he really meant what he said.


"Yeah, you should be able to pick it up pretty easily! I have the feeling you're a fast learner," Nick said, walking out of the building with Felix to his assigned police car. As Nick opened the door and sat down in the driver's seat, he felt the pressure in his bowels return. Felix entered the passenger's seat on the other side. "So...what’s our first order of business today, Office Wilde?"


Urggh, don't say 'business', Nick thought to himself, feeling the word trigger thoughts of having a chance to let everything go. Could he run back into the department to see if there were any other bathrooms that might be operational? He couldn't leave a brand new recruit sitting in the car on his first day while he ran inside to take a ten-minute dump! Nick decided he'd just start by showing Felix around the city and wait until he had an opportunity to slip out and finally answer nature's call.


"I think the department just wants us to show you around the city," Nick said, trying to direct his thoughts away from his growing urge, "so we'll just drive around and stop at some famous areas so you can get a lay of the land."


"That sounds good to me, Officer," Felix replied, feeling excited to finally be at the job he had been dreaming about for years. Though, the experience would have been a bit better if he wasn't experiencing some abdominal distress. For a couple days now, Felix had been feeling rather constipated, perhaps from being nervous about his first day. He hoped that this minor setback wouldn't cause him any stress for the rest of his time on duty today.


The two sat in the dormant car for a moment. Nick's train of thought was broken by the urges he was feeling down south. He contemplated silently for a moment.


"Hey, Nick?" Felix was curious about Nick's sudden change in behavior.


"Huh? Oh, uh, sorry, I'm just thinking about where we should stop first," Nick vaguely excused. In reality, he had been considering where he might be able to drive to that would give him a subtle opportunity to branch out from Spots for a little while to relieve himself.


"I... uh... what if we..." Nick stumbled over his own words, feeling like he had to fill the silence with something that would reflect his abundance of experience on the team as some sort of role model.


Little did he know, Spots was in a more similar position than he'd care to admit, had he known what was going through Nick's mind at the time.


"What about the City Hall?" Spots inquired.


"Oh! Yeah, that's... that's actually a great idea!" Nick's change in voice reflected his excitement, as he realized he could introduce Spots to Mayor Lionheart, and the two could hold a conversation as Nick made off for a much-needed bathroom break.


"Next stop, City Hall!" Nick exclaimed, as he started the car, and stepped on the gas almost simultaneously.


"Whoa!" Spots was taken aback by the speed at which Nick drove out of the police department and down the road. "Do officers always go so fast?"


"Uhhhh--yeah! Yeah, they do," Nick mindlessly answered, just wanting to get to a working toilet as soon as possible.


...


About halfway to their destination, Spots' stomach gurgled, just loud enough for Nick to hear.


"Heh, you forget to eat this morning or something?"


Felix, not wanting to admit that the source of the noise was actually quite the opposite, went along with Nick's presumption: "Oh, uh, yeah. I guess I was so excited for today that I didn't even realize I had such an appetite going."


Felix thought for a moment, before coming up with an idea.
"Hey, Nick?"


"That's me," Nick quipped, smooth as ever.


"You think we could stop at a fast food place before we get there?" Spots tried to lead Nick on.


"What's the matter? Do cheetahs not eat slow food?"


Spots looked at Nick, confused by his question.


"...it's a joke. You know, fast food, slow food. Cause you're a cheetah...? ...ah, forget it."


'For the world's fastest animal, he seems a little on the slow side when it comes to humor,' Nick thought to himself.


"No, but seriously, you want to grab a meal before we meet the mayor?" Nick reaffirmed Spots' question.


"Yeah," Spots reassured, hiding the fact that what he really wanted was to slip into a bathroom stall for a bit. And, of course, a nice meal for later couldn't hurt, either.


"How does Bug-Burga sound to you?" Nick asked, looking ahead where he saw a Bug-Burga sign in the distance.


"That sounds great!" Felix said, trying to hide his nervousness and the fact that he really didn't want anything to eat. "I sure could go for a #4 combo right about now."


"Haha, you have good taste," Nick said to Felix, "that's my favorite meal there too." The officers pulled into the drive-thru, waiting in line for about five minutes before they were able to order.


"Can we get two #4 combos with Lemonade for both of the drinks?" Nick asked with his head out the window, having confirmed the order with Felix just moments prior.


"That'll be $14.97 at the next window, sir," Nick heard through the speaker, driving up as he paid for the meals with a company card.


"Oh, I can help pay, Officer Wi--" Felix said, only to be stopped by Nick.


"Don't worry about that, Spots," Nick said, trying his best to maintain his cool charisma, "ZPD's got us covered here."


Nick drove the car forward to collect his food at the second window, accidentally ending up slightly further away than he should've been from the window. With a long line of cars behind him, he couldn't make any maneuvers to get him closer to the window, so when his food was finally ready, he had to unbuckle his seatbelt and lean the whole top half of his body out of the car. Unfortunately for Nick, this was putting stress on the situation in his lower abdomen. The worker in the window reached out to hand Nick's food over, but Nick was suddenly struggling with holding in a growing fart. Nick stretched further, wanting to get his food and have this finally be over with. He finally grabbed onto the food being handed over to him, but at the loss of his control over his sphincter.


PFFBBBTTT! 


A loud, echoing fart burst from the fox's rear, making his furry cheeks vibrate under his uniform and causing the worker sheep in the window to give him a confused look before she giggled at him. Nick, cheeks burning red under his fur, quickly pulled the food into the car and set it on the center console. He smiled sheepishly at Felix, offering a nervous "heheh" before actually trying to speak to him. "H-hope that didn't spoil your appetite," Nick said, trying to at least get the cheetah he had majorly embarrassed himself in front of to laugh.


"Heh, heheh," Felix laughed along awkwardly, trying not to cough from the smell as he rolled his window down and fanned it away. "It's alright," the cheetah said, looking with second-hand embarrassment at the ground, "let's just...let's just go see the town hall."


"Y-yeah," Nick said, trying to block what had just happened from his memory. The fox drove quickly over to town hall, parking in front of the building where they ate their Bug burgers and alleviated the tension with a conversation about their other favorite meals at the restaurant. After finishing up, they both walked inside and made their way through security. They explored the building for a bit, and without feeling like he had an opportunity to slip away and do his thing, Nick was feeling more and more desperate. The officers eventually found themselves at the other end of the hallway with Mayor Lionheart's office.


"So, do we uh, just go in?" Felix asked, clueless about the rules of etiquette when meeting with the mayor.


"Well, normally that would be seen as rude and inconsiderate, but..." Nick recalled the recent arrest of the mayor's assistant, Miss Bellwether, and stifled a giggle, remembering how he and Judy had cleverly duped her into outing herself as the villain she'd convinced everyone she hadn't been, "I think for now, we can be a little more direct with our approach."


Nick and Felix walked up to Mayor Lionheart's office. Nick gave a soft knock on the door. "If he doesn't answer, it usually means he's too busy to talk."


"Ah, all right," Felix responded casually. Deep down, though, he was actually quite excited to be making such extraordinary strides of progress in both his career, and his social connections across the city. Why, just in a day, he'd managed to not only briefly chat with the notorious Officer Judy Hopps herself, but also meet and be assigned an apprentice to Officer Nick Wilde? The Nick Wilde? And now, he was even about to meet the city's mayor? Felix, having completely forgotten about the awkwardness of the drive to City Hall, began patting his foot against the ground in excitement.


A minute passed.


"Ah, I take it he's busy, then...?" Felix rhetorically asked, already knowing the answer to his own question.


"Yeah, I guess so," Nick answered.


The two stood for a moment. Nick thought about where to go from there; if perhaps he could make up some excuse to get Felix to head back to the car while he stuck around and snuck off to the bathroom.


"All right, Spots, I guess we can head back, then. But fir--" Nick stopped mid-sentence as he looked up at Felix, whose back was unusually arched. He had a tense expression on his face.


"Uh, Spots?"


Though Felix had been quite constipated for over half a week now, this didn't impede his ability to produce and expel flatulence. Quite the opposite, actually. The increased volume of waste in his intestines caused him to produce excessive amounts of gas. And since he naturally became pretty gassy after eating a wholesome meal even without the added gastrointestinal problems, he began to realize what a bad idea the fast food had been as his stomach rumbled in defiance. His tail raised and lowered a couple times as he tried to play off the pain his belly was causing him, but he eventually gave in to the urge.


Frrt Brrrp BRAAAAAAP


A series of dense clouds of gas was expelled from Felix's behind. The smell stuck to the bottom of his uniform, and lingered in the air as he shyly looked up at Nick, not sure how he'd react. Shock? Humor? Anger? Did Felix's stomachache just cost him his job?


After watching the poor cheetah struggle to hold in his gas and eventually let a series of embarrassingly loud farts out, Nick couldn't help himself from giggling. "Haha, can you believe the acoustics in this room?" Nick joked, trying to make the cheetah feel less awkward about what had just happened.


"Y-yeah, heheh," Felix responded, feeling embarrassed about farting in front of Nick Wilde on the first day of his new job. He was gonna tell the whole department about what happened here; he'd be the laughing stock of the ZPD! Felix was lost in anxious thought until Nick broke the silence again.


"Hey, at least we're even now!" Nick said, smiling at Felix and hoping the blush under his fur wasn't showing. "A fart for a fart. My debt is repaid."


Felix couldn't help but laugh at Nick's joke, feeling better about accidentally doing such a humiliating thing in front of him. The two officers made their way out of the town hall and back into their squadron car. Nick started up the engine, unsure of where to go next. "Hmmm...maybe we could head over to the DMV! It'd be good to show you where that is in case we ever need to find a plate or something like that," Nick suggested, beginning to drive off.


"That sounds like a good idea!" Felix said, trying to maintain his enthusiasm. On their way over, Felix felt his bowels shift ever so slightly. He was worried that soon he would have to drop off the load he'd been holding onto for a while. "Say, Officer Wilde?" Felix asked, looking over to the orange fox. "The DMV wouldn't happen to have restrooms, would it?"


"Restrooms?" Nick confirmed, reminding him of his urgent need down south, "I sure hope it does. I could use a quick bathroom break myself." Nick had only attempted to use the bathroom once in the DMV. There was always a long line for it, and if one of the DMV's employees was in there, there was no point waiting that long. The officers eventually arrived at the DMV, stepping out of the car and quickly walking in to investigate the bathroom situation.


"Aw, are you serious?!" Nick complained upon seeing that the line for the male's bathroom had about fifteen mammals lined up.  Each of the animals in the line looked as if they were about to burst, with some of them outright potty dancing in the middle of the DMV.


"Who could be in there?" Felix asked, looking over to the closed bathroom door. He then remembered what Nick said about the possibility of a sloth using the bathroom.


"I-it's alright, we'll find someplace else," Nick said, walking out of the DMV with the cheetah, "the important part is that now you know where this place is." Upon entering the squad car again, Nick received an unexpected phone call from Chief Bogo. Answering it and looking over to Felix with a confused expression, he held the phone up to his ear.


"Wilde, how's the rookie doing so far?" Bogo asked Nick over the phone.


"He's uh...he's doing fine!" Nick said, smiling at Felix. "Is that the only reason you called, Chief?"


"Oh, nonono," Bogo said sounding a little excited about what he had to say, "a special assignment actually just came in for the two of you."


"A...special assignment?" Nick repeated back to Bogo, still confused about what was happening.


"You see, we've been getting intel on a suspicious individual we feel may be a loose criminal," Bogo said, "and we've got a lead on a place he likes to hang out. Tell me Nick, are you familiar with the Mystic Spring Oasis?"


Nick's stomach sank deep into his abdomen after hearing what Bogo had just said. "The...Mystic Spring Oasis? Yeah, I know about it," Nick said, giving Felix a nervous look about what was happening. Seeing that Felix had no reaction to the words 'Mystic Spring Oasis' told Nick that he didn't know what exactly it was.


"Well, I need you two to go and do an undercover investigation there. That means you two need to look like you're customers," Bogo instructed, making Nick realize just what he meant.


"But...aren't all their customers..." Nick said, fearing Bogo was being serious.


"Naked? Come on, Officer Wilde! The ZPD is a fearless organization and will not tolerate officers who do not fully commit to investigations!" Bogo said to Nick, making the fox slightly irritated.


"Alright Chief, I get it!" Nick said, "but don't complain to me when our new recruit ends up quitting because of how weird his job got!" Nick hung up the phone and looked over to Felix, who seemed like he had many questions about the phone call that just took place.


"Uhh...where are we going, Officer Wilde?" Felix asked, "what's the special assignment?"


Nick, unsure of how to break the news to the new recruit, looked away awkwardly for a second before returning his glance back to Felix.


"Well, uh, y'see... this is, how do I explain... 'different' from what we're generally requested to do as part of the ZPD..."


Nick considered what he might say to get Felix to understand the 'special' mission they had just been tasked with. He felt that putting Spots into such an unusual situation on his first day might give him second thoughts about going through with becoming a full-fledged member of the police force. Thinking fast, Nick decided to exaggerate the circumstances in an attempt to make their mission sound more imperative than it really was, so perhaps Spots might overlook the awkward nature of the mission.


"You remember how Chief Bogo said during the briefing today that today's workload was supposed to be light and safe?"


"Yeah, aaaand...?" Felix's intrigue began to pique.


"Well, about that. I just got word that an extremely dangerous felon has been spotted hanging out around the Mystic Spring Oasis. The chief wants us to go in and track him down. Because of the unique hazardous nature of this criminal though, Bogo wants us to go in under the guise as customers of the place, so uh..."


Felix wasn't quite following what Nick was trying to imply.


"Oh, neat, so we'll be disguised, then?" Felix questioned, the excitement in his voice growing.


"Ah-hahahah... err, yeah... 'disguised' is one way to put it. Anyway, I know this is only your first day on the job, but do you think you can go along with it--even if it gets, uh, a little uncomfortable--to catch this guy? It's a really vital case, this one is."


"Are you kidding? This is exactly why I signed up in the first place!" Felix seemed blissfully unaware of the potential dangers Nick had just fabricated to try to keep the cheetah's willingness to a maximum.


Huh, well good thing the guy we're tracking down doesn't actually sound to be all that dangerous... Nick told himself in his head.


And with that, Nick and Spots were on the road again, on their way to the Mystic Spring Oasis. Nick just hoped that once Felix fully realized the ramifications of what the task required truly were, he wouldn't back out at the last second.


The drive over to Mystic Spring Oasis was a short one, and before Nick and Felix knew it, they had parked the squad car and were walking in through the front of the building. Nick had no clue what the bathroom situation was going to be as he entered, but he did know that this was going to be the place he needed to unload. He could feel everything building up behind his clenched tailhole, itching for escape. Walking through the welcome area, Felix was a little thrown off by the atmosphere.


"Hey, Officer Wilde?" Felix asked, looking over to the fox who had his tail firmly positioned over his rear, "didn't you say we were gonna be wearing disguises? We're still in our uniforms."


"The uh...'disguises' are coming up, Spots." Not wanting to scare the new recruit away, Nick tried not to reveal right away what he meant by 'disguises' and instead waited until they reached the front desk, where Yax was waiting for them dressed in his birthday suit.


"Hey, you're that fox who tagged along with that bunny cop a few months back!" Yax said, pointing right at Nick. "It's Wilde, right?"


"Heheh, yep!" Nick said, keeping an eye on Felix's confused expression as he was trying to figure out whether or not Yax was wearing any pants behind the front desk. The fox could feel his load poking at his exit, but he tried to push the thought to the back of his mind and focus on the conversation. "You've got quite the memory. I'm just here with a new recruit on the force to conduct some police work, and we need to do it undercover."


"Wow, that's exciting stuff, man!" Yax said, beginning to move from the desk and motioning for the officers to follow him, "just stop in one of our changing rooms on your way out to the Oasis and you'll be lookin' like the other customers in no time."


Felix quickly noticed that something was up after Yax stepped away from the desk, and his hunch was confirmed after seeing that the Yak leading them over to the dressing room wasn't wearing a shred of clothing.


"Hey, Officer Wilde?" Felix whispered to Nick, trying to stay out of earshot of Yax, "any reason this guy is completely naked?"


"And here we are!" Yax said, opening the door to the changing room, "leave the shackles of society behind in here and enter paradise through those doors at the other end of the room."


Nick turned to Felix, unsure of what to say to him right at that moment. "Well...ya see...this place is kind of a...naturalist club," the fox said, seeing that Felix's look of stayed and none of his questions were answered. "It means that...we've uh...we've gotta go in there...naked."


Felix was perhaps even more confused now that Nick had explained what the place was. "Naked? Like...without any clothes on?" Felix asked for confirmation, fearing he was correct.


"Uh-huh," Nick said, looking up to Yax who smiled back down to the officers, completely unembarrassed by his furry penis and balls being on display in front of his guests. "You coming in?" Nick asked, stepping into the changing room and looking back to Felix. The cheetah was having a hard time figuring out what exactly was going on right now. Was Nick pranking him and the whole police force would be out there to see him completely naked? Was this just typical new recruit hazing? He thought about ducking out, but he didn't want to lose his dream job. Felix had a tough decision to make.


"Alright, fine," Felix said, stepping into the changing room and closing the door as Yax returned to his position at the front desk. "So...we're just...leaving our uniforms in here?" Felix asked, beginning to unbutton his shirt.


"Yep, I think that's the plan," Nick said, feeling his cheeks burning red under his fur. In addition to feeling anxious about being completely naked in front of his new coworker, Nick was also beginning to feel like he could burst at any minute with how much he was holding in. Not only were his bowels filled to the brim with fox business, but he was feeling a strong urge to urinate as well. He didn't see any toilets in the changing room, so he just hoped there'd be a place for him to take care of business once he entered the Oasis proper.


Nick, after having changed into his birthday suit, hesitantly stepped out from the changing room, somewhat relieved Felix was still inside his own. He could hear Felix still taking his uniform off, so while the cheetah finished getting prepared for their next venture, Nick walked over to the front desk and thought he might ask about the bathroom situation.


"So, hey. Just a curious question, but what do the other animals do here whenever they have to, y'know, go? Is there a bathroom somewhere through the doors they can use, or...?"


Yax began to respond as Nick trailed off: "Oh, yeah, there's a nice little grassy area toward the back of the enclosure where everyone goes to answer nature's call, right by the pool. Y'know, like, where all the chairs are for the animals to lay in and absorb the sun. The chairs are like, pointing right at the place, so you can't miss it, man."


Nick was alarmed by the idea of potentially relieving himself in front of a large cluster of animals. He rushed to clarify that the 'bathroom' wasn't directly exposed to the other patrons--that perhaps the grass was tall enough to cover the average mammal sufficiently, or maybe there was a wall to obfuscate a direct view from the chairs to the area.


"OH, okay, so you just mean to locate the chairs around the pool, and to go straight from where they're pointing then? You don't happen to mean that the place is actually exposed to the people in the chairs... ...right...?"


Yax laughed: "Hahaha, nawww, man. The bathroom's a totally open book, if you know what I mean. You can see the world, the world can see you. You gotta be one with nature, y'know?"


Nick suddenly felt a wave of angst well up in his body. He'd have to drop his load with everyone to bear witness? Surely there'd be some way to hide himself as he did so. Perhaps a larger animal, maybe a giraffe or a hippo, would be in the middle of their own business to take the heat off a lowly fox such as Nick.


Yax spoke up again: "I know what you're thinking though, man. And let me tell you, there's nothing to worry about. I know you're probably concerned that it might be unhygienic and that you might step in something you wish you hadn't--well let me tell ya, I dunno why it is, but as far as I know, almost no one ever uses that area to take care of business. I assume most animals just go before they visit this place. So don't you worry about anyone else's duty, Officer. Heh, get it? Officer. Duty."


Completely disregarding the Yak's less-than-humorous pun, Nick walked back to Spots' changing stall in silence, trying desperately to work out in his head how he might go unseen in emptying his bowels, among other things. Just then, Spots opened his stall and sheepishly stepped out.


The first thing Nick noticed about the unoutfitted feline was his rather large 'package.' Obviously, it would be uncalled for in his current role to even mention such an observation, so Nick kept the realization to himself. Aside from that though, he was pleasantly surprised after getting a quick glance at the rest of the cheetah's slim, yet athletic physique. He was a bit envious, actually. But that was another concern for another time. For now, he prepared to walk through the entrance out into the open, for his body--and Felix's--to be exposed to all.


"Ready, Spots?"


"Uhh, ready as I'll ever be, Nick... ha..." Felix responded, clearly very uncomfortable being so vulnerably exposed.


Without wasting any time, Nick threw the doors to the Oasis open, showering him and Felix in sunlight which Nick did have to admit felt nice on his exposed fur. The Oasis was bustling with mammals big and small, all walking around naked as the day they were born. Nick looked around the enclosure, seeing a giant pool filled with bathing elephants, trees set up as scratching posts for bears, and even a state-of-the-art volleyball court.


"Jeez, this place is bigger than I remember," Nick said, stepping in and admiring the amenities. He looked over to Felix, who was taking in the spectacle of the Oasis as well.


"Wow, this place is crazy, Officer Wilde," Felix said, slightly warming up to the idea of a Naturalist club. "So...who exactly are we looking for in here?"


"Chief Bogo sent me a profile earlier," Nick responded, thinking back to what exactly it said. "I think we're looking for a deer. Probably just a little taller than you are, so keep your eyes peeled." Feeling the familiar swelling in his rear end, Nick decided he'd scope out the bathroom situation real quick before he did any real investigating. He looked towards the back of the enclosure, and just as Yax told him, he saw a large cluster of lawn chairs with a few dozen mammals all sitting in the sun. In front of the chairs was a large grassy patch, a bit darker in color than the grass surrounding it. The area had a small sign in front of it that Nick could barely make out with a graphic depicting an ambiguous mammal squatting with its tail up, confirming that this was, indeed, the Oasis's bathroom.


"Nononono, you've got to be kidding me," Nick said quietly to himself as he saw all the animals who had a view of the bathroom area. In addition to everyone sitting in the chairs, the area was within view of pretty much every other part of the Oasis, so anyone who was currently there could look over to see what was going on. The worst part about it was, Yax was right about nobody using the bathroom there. The area was completely empty, and with Nick's bright orange coat, anyone nearby would be crazy not to at least glance in his direction. There was no way he could do his business here; he wouldn't be able to handle the embarrassment! He decided he'd try his best to hold it in until they left, but quietly worried to himself about him possibly not having any other options.


Nick's grievances were just within earshot of Felix, who felt he needed to inquire to make sure his superior was okay. "Is everything alright, Officer Wilde?" Felix asked, looking with concern at the naked fox.


"Who, me? I'm fine," Nick affirmed, walking closer to Felix and feeling his load weigh his lower half down. "You see any deer around here that might be looking a bit suspicious?"


"Hmmm..." Felix said, trying to remember his police academy training as he scanned the area for potential suspects. "I don't think I'm seeing any right now, but I'll keep a lookout for any shady characters."


"Sounds good," Nick said, feeling a gas bubble shifting towards his anus, which upon lifting his tail, he felt a slight breeze over, reminding him just how exposed he was. He decided he'd try to take his mind off of his current 'situation' with some kind of activity.


"Hey, you wanna, uhh...maybe try to do something to pass the time for a bit?" Nick suggested, hoping Felix would go along with it. "Maybe we'll find our suspect on our way around the Oasis."


"That sounds good to me," Felix agreed, looking around for some kind of activity. "Hmm...it looks like they've got some kind of yoga class going on over there," Felix said, pointing over to a grassy area adjacent to the chairs set up near the back. "You wanna join in?"


"Yoga?" Nick asked, thinking to himself whether or not it was a good idea with his bowels so full. Maybe the class would help him relax and forget about having to answer nature's call! "Yeah, I could give it a try," he said, hoping this would be over with soon.


As they walked over to the section of the enclosure designated specifically for yoga and other bodily stretches, Nick looked over his shoulder as he noticed Felix had stopped in his tracks. He walked back to Felix, unsure of what caused his sudden halt.


"Uh, you doin' okay, buddy?"


"...h-hold on, Nick..." Felix struggled to respond, "...it'll pass..."


Nick noticed the all too familiar stance Felix took as his tail began to raise again. "He must be in the same boat as me," Nick realized. After a moment, Felix regained his composure.


"S-sorry about that. I'm sure it's probably obvious to you by now, but I could really use a while to myself on the toilet. My stomach really hurts..." Felix admitted. Nick was a little surprised at how the cheetah didn't even bother trying to hide what he meant, practically outright stating that he needed to poop, albeit perhaps in a more roundabout choice of words. "Speaking of which, do you happen to know where the bathroom is in this place? I didn't see one in the room with the changing stalls, and I don't see one out here, either..." Felix mumbled, sounding a bit... disheartened. Or maybe it was just desperation. Either way, Nick felt bad for Felix, and hoped he didn't mind the idea of going in front of other animals as much as Nick himself did.


"Funny story, Spots. I actually brought it up with Yax while you were changing, and he said the onl--" Nick's response was cut short as Felix, who Nick had noticed was blushing, released a hissing cloud of exhaust from his rear, covering his other end up with his front paws.


"...ooh... e-excuse me... What were you saying...?" Felix apologized.


"...Oh! Oh, yeah," Felix's outburst had caught Nick off guard, breaking his train of thought. "Yax actually told me that the bathroom here is that, uh, patch of... grass... heh..."


Felix turned his head to the makeshift 'restroom.' His expression turned from one of flustered embarrassment to one of outright fear.


"So, I take it you're not a fan of presenting in front of an audience, then?" Nick tried to lighten the mood with a joke. It didn't work very well, though.


"Y-you don't mean that grass, in front of literally everyone...? R-right, Nick...?"


"What's the matter?" Nick teased, half-serious, "You got a phobia or something?"


"Well, uh..." Felix started, still trying to understand the situation he was in, "I k-kinda get stage fright if I'm performing somewhere, so that doesn't exactly help me here." The cheetah still couldn't believe that his only way of relieving himself here was in front of all the other patrons, not to mention his new coworker! The nervousness made his stomach grumble and bowels shift again, forcing the feline to keep his tail glued over his rear.


"Stage fright, huh?" Nick confirmed, feeling the same gas bubble from before suddenly rush to his tailhole where it burst free without much resistance. PFFFFT. Nick blushed under his fur as he felt the warm air hiss out of his rear within earshot of Felix. "Heh, I might end up needing to use the grass over there too," Nick half joked to the young cheetah, "I've been holding it in for quite a while."


Felix waved his paw past his nose from the smell Nick had just let loose. "You too, huh?" Felix said, looking over to the yoga class.


Nick was trying to stay as optimistic about the situation as possible, since he could tell Felix was having a rough first day on the force. "Hey, don't worry, the yoga class is gonna help us relax," Nick assured the anxious feline.


"Heheh, hopefully," Felix said, finding Nick's optimism contagious. "And hey, if we end up having to do our business in the grass over there, I'm sure it won't be that big of a deal. It probably happens here all the time!"


"Yeah, about that..." Nick began to say, only to see that Felix had already found a couple spots on the grass for the yoga class.


"Come on over, I've got spots for us!" Felix shouted over to Nick, watching as the embarrassed, nude fox made his way over and sat on the ground net to him.


"Hey, these spots aren't too bad back here," Nick commented, liking that they weren't near the front where more animals in the class could see them doing revealing poses.


"Is right here good, Vixie?" Nick suddenly heard a feminine voice say behind him.


"Yeah, this should work just fine," said a similarly female voice, making Nick even more nervous. Slowly, the fox turned his head back to see two Vixens seated side by side directly behind him and Felix. "Hi," one of the vixens said with a confident smoothness in her voice, completely contrasting how Nick currently felt inside. All he could do was smile nervously at her and her friend, waving his paw as a greeting. Nick was worried about sitting through a whole class where two Vixens sitting behind him would probably judge his every move...and every part. He didn't want to admit it to himself, but he did certainly look a lot smaller 'down there' sitting next to a mammal as well endowed as Felix was.


"Alright, everybody! I hope you like your spots because the class has officially begun!" a voice bellowed from the front. The officers looked ahead to the Oasis's yoga instructor, Nangi the elephant. "We're going to begin the class with a basic downward dog, so everyone get in position!"


Nick looked around as the mammals all placed their front paws on the ground, sticking their rears in the air and lifting their tails. Nick reluctantly followed suit, but quickly remembered the small audience he had behind him. Not wanting to put his rear end on display, Nick chose to keep his tail down.


"A friendly reminder that during downward dog, the tail must be raised in order to maintain proper balance. That means you back there, Mr. Fox!" Nangi shouted to the back, making Nick's eyes open wide with panic.


"I-It's alright, I think I'm fine with my tail down!" Nick replied, inciting laughter from the female foxes behind him.


"There's nothing to be ashamed of, Mr. Fox. I ask that you perform these poses to your best ability if you want to stay in the class with us today," Nangi said without a hint of lightheartedness. Nick considered just leaving the class altogether, but after looking over to Felix and seeing that he was enjoying the class, he decided he'd support the new recruit and participate fully.


"Alright, alright," Nick responded, lifting his tail to be perpendicular with the ground and feeling a breeze wash over his now exposed, pink anus. He could hear muffled giggling from the vixens behind him, making him blush out of pure embarrassment while he continued to hold the pose. He found that the position was getting a bit difficult to maintain, and even worse, it was putting some stress on his bowels. Without much warning from his body, Nick could feel some gas moving towards his exit at an alarmingly fast pace. "Nonononono," Nick whispered anxiously to himself, trying to clench and prevent the fart from escaping. Unfortunately, there was nothing that could be done to stop the release of what Nick had waiting in his rear end. 


PPFFFFRRRRRRT!


In the silence of the yoga class, the fart Nick released couldn't have been any louder. The only sound that followed the one from Nick's rear end was that of the Vixens gasping and coughing behind him as the rest of the class began to laugh. Nick lowered his tail and blushed deeply in shame as he looked over to Felix, who seemed to be laughing along with everyone else but quickly stopped his laughter so as not to anger his superior.


"Ewww!" Nick heard one of the vixens say as both of them stood up and began walking away.


"C'mon, let's just go sit in those sun chairs over there," said the other one, walking with her friend and finding two seats that were situated very close to the designated bathroom area.


No, not over there!!! Nick thought to himself, worried he'd have to end up unloading in front of them as he felt his bowels ache for relief.


"Mr. Fox, you've been very disruptive during this class!" Nick heard from the front, groaning to himself in irritation. "If you have some business you need to take care of, there's an area to answer nature's call just over there," she advised in front of the whole class, pointing over to the grass about twenty yards to her right as the yoga students all giggled to themselves.


"Yes, I'm familiar with your state-of-the-art bathroom," Nick retorted, feeling more embarrassed now that a lot of the class's attention was now on him. Nick didn't know what he'd have to end up doing, but he wasn't sure he could hold in his growing load much longer. He looked over to Felix, who also had his tail tucked firmly over his rear. The class seemed to be helping with the cheetah's nervousness, but it didn't seem to be very successful in making him forget about his urges.


Of course they'd sit right in front of the bathroom area. Of course they would. Because WHY NOT? It's not like literally everything this morning has been going against me. Seriously, what's the deal??? Between being called out by name in front of an entire yoga class, his tense bathroom conundrum, having to apprentice a newbie to the force, and the fact that they still didn't even have a trail on the suspect they came here to find in the first place, Nick began to get increasingly irritable and antsy.


"All right class, a good job on our warm-up pose! Well, most of you, that is." Nangi shot Nick a quick glare, reminding him not to get too comfortable during these stretches. "Now then, for our next pose, we'll try something a bit more advanced. If you don't think you can follow along, that's fine, you may sit down in front of the class next to me until we move on to the next pose. With that said, you're all more than free to try. If you're unable to complete the stretch, simply join the others up front."


Nick felt like the elephant was just trying to humiliate him at this point. He quickly deliberated what to do in his head--to attempt to follow along, risking another embarrassing outburst (or worse...), or to admit to everyone his incapacity of being able to perform what still equated to a fairly simple bodily stretch, and to sit next to Nangi.


He observed the rest of the class, noticing that no one in front of him decided to sit this one out. He then turned to Felix, who he fully expected to have a seat up front. To his surprise, though, Felix seemed rather comfortable going along with the stretch. Not wanting to be the odd one out, Nick regrettably remained in his spot and began to try to imitate Nangi's motions and gestures. He intertwined his arms, like two serpents performing an exotic dance. Next, he lifted his left leg, and while in the air, crossed it over his right. Finally, he watched as Nangi slowly lowered her right leg, bringing her entire body down in one extraordinary motion.


Geez, some balance these guys have, Nick thought to himself, amazed that nobody wobbled from side-to-side or collapsed attempting the motion. Nick began to lower himself down as well. It was about as difficult as he imagined, but he was pleasantly surprised to find out that he was capable of following along synchronously with everyone else. He looked to his side, and noticed Felix had flawlessly perfected the stretch in a single attempt.


"Very good, class," Nangi began, "now, continue to hold that pose for one minute."


Nick, almost believing he'd misheard Nangi, took a second to process her request. An entire MINUTE? I don't think I can even hold myself like this for another 15 seconds!!!


After not even 20 seconds had passed, Nick began to shake and twitch as his leg struggled to maintain his entire body weight. Additionally, he felt a familiar solid mass begin to make its way south. Realizing what was bound to happen if he tried to hold his pose just to retain his pride, Nick decided to allow his body to collapse into his spot as he gave in to the struggle.


"A good attempt, Mr. Fox," Nangi announced. "It may take a few sessions before you're able to keep up with the rest of the class. Admittedly, this pose probably isn't the best for a beginner such as yourself, but a good job, nonetheless. Please, take a seat up front until the next pose."


Nick, feeling he'd just averted a potential disaster, didn't think twice as he stood up and walked over to the front of the class. He took a seat next to the elephant.


"Wow, she's a lot bigger up close," Nick gazed in awe.


As he let his focus began to wander, Nick looked around the enclosure, admiring the carefree nature of the other animals as they each went about their own activities. He observed some otters playing volleyball against a team of foxes, much like himself. He looked toward the pool and saw a plethora of species swimming around, soaking up the sunlight, splashing about, and having a great time. As he watched on, though, he noticed a remarkably large hippo begin to make his way to the bathroom area.


Wait! That might be our chance to get some cover! Nick was about to get up and notify Felix of this, but just then, he noticed something else out of the corner of his eye: a very peculiar deer, who happened to match the vague description Bogo relayed to him over the call earlier, leisurely walking across the enclosure toward the exit.


Nick had to make an extremely difficult decision. This was likely his only chance to do his business without everyone's attention being drawn towards him, but on the other hand, there was no way he could let the suspect he was chasing after go free. If he returned to the station without the deer in custody, not only would Bogo be furious with him, but Felix would also have an awful end to an already bad first day on the job. Although he felt the urge in his rear growing to a point where he'd have no choice but to do his duty at the Oasis, Nick decided he'd need to be a good role model and put the mission first, for the sake of his and Felix's careers. The fox stood up from his spot at the front and quickly walked over to where Felix was still holding his pose.


"Felix, I think I spotted our suspect, we've gotta go over and check it out," Nick said to the cheetah, watching as the lithe feline stood up from his pose.


"Quitting the class isn't going to help you improve, Mr. Fox, and getting your friend to do it with you wont make you feel any better," Nangi said, making Nick even more irritated.


"C'mon, Felix, we don't have time to deal with her," Nick said, pulling the cheetah's paw as he guided him towards the deer he saw near the exit. On his way over, Nick looked back to the bathroom area, hoping the hippo was taking his time getting there. Unfortunately, the hippo was already standing in the grassy area, and with his back turned towards the chairs, Nick could see that the hippo was standing up and only urinating. "He's just peeing?!" Nick whispered to himself, "c'mon big guy, pop a squat! Kill two birds with one stone!" Getting closer to the exit, Nick realized he'd need to focus just on the task at hand: questioning the deer for suspicious activity. As Nick was getting closer and closer, he noticed that Felix stopped suddenly in his tracks. "Spots, what's wrong?!" Nick said out of concern, not wanting to lose the deer.


"I-I'm sorry, Officer Wilde," Felix said, squatting a bit and holding both his paws over his rear, "I don't think I can last much longer. I think I've gotta go over and relieve myself in the grass back there."


Nick felt awful for Felix, as the cheetah looked as if he was at his breaking point. The desperation, however, soon became mutual as Nick felt a twinge behind his anus, telling him he'd have to drop off his load within the next couple minutes. The fox threw his paws over his rear, holding his fluffy tail firmly over his hard-working butthole. "M-me too," Nick said ashamedly, thinking of what options he had in his current situation. All Nick needed was to buy some time so he and Felix could use the 'bathroom' before they confronted the deer. Time...time..."that's it!" Nick said, beginning to run over to where the exit was, holding his tail between his legs. He ran right past the deer and into the lobby, where Yax was waiting at the front desk.


"Oh hey, Officer Wilde! How's your mission going in there?" Yax asked, looking down to the desperate fox, watching as he hopped from paw to paw.


"A-About that, I need a quick favor from you, Yax!" Nick asked, the desperation evident in his voice.


"Sure thing, man! What can I do you for?"


"I need you to distract the deer who's about to walk through here for ten or fifteen minutes," Nick requested, "you have to make sure that he doesn't leave."


"I'll do the best I can, Officer!" Yax promised, giving Nick a salute and watching as he began to scurry off. "Also, where are you runnin' with your tail between your legs like that? I told you where the bathroom was, right? Did you forget to use it or somethin'?"


"Can't talk, gotta go!" Nick said as he ran back into the Oasis and past the deer who was on his way out, hopefully to be intercepted by Yax. He saw Felix standing where he left him, looking just as desperate as he did before. "Alright, Spots, I've got the deer situation taken care of," Nick said, moving over to the bathroom area with Felix as quickly as he could go without having an accident. "Now we've just gotta get there and hope that hippo is still--" Nick stopped in his tracks behind the sun chairs when he saw the big hippo, his one chance of cover, walking away from the bathroom area. "Oh no..." Nick sighed, feeling his stomach sink as his heart began to race.


"Let me guess...he was gonna be our cover?" Felix said, watching the hippo walk away.


"Yeah...he was," Nick said in defeat, looking over to the vixens sunbathing in the chairs then over to Felix. "Look. We never speak of this to anyone, okay Spots?" Nick said, seeing the fear in the cheetah's eyes growing now that he knew they had no other choice.


"Trust me, I don't want anyone knowing about this as much as you do, Officer Wilde," Felix said with a shaky voice, nervously holding his spotted tail between his legs just as Nick was.


Nick, after doing a quick mental check that there really was no other choice, began briskly walking toward the restroom area. Felix paced several steps ahead of Nick, feeling like he could lose control any second. As they were walking past the pool right before reaching the area, Felix turned his head once he heard what sounded like Nick's voice quickly shout before the splashing of water was heard.


"Hah! That's what you get for earlier, sicko!"


It was the vixen from yoga class, who had been directly behind Nick when he'd blasted her in the face earlier. Apparently, still feeling vengeful about before, she'd decided to pay Nick back by pushing him into the pool.


"HEY!" Felix shouted, as he crouched at the poolside where Nick had been shoved in.
Nick emerged from the water, clearly confused by what just happened.


"Who--YOU!" Nick stared daggers into the vixen.


"Yeah, what about me? Can't seem to take your eyes off me, huh?" The vixen spitefully teased.


"Why I oughta--" Before Nick had a chance to snap, Felix gestured to him, reaching out his hand to help pull Nick back up. Felix pointed at the grass, as they saw the other vixen from earlier walking towards it. Would this give them a chance to blend in with someone as they did their deed, so nobody would single them out in the process? Nick shot one more dirty glare at the snickering vixen in front of him as they turned their backs and continued on. Finally, they reached the grass.


"...?" Felix noticed the vixen who was there wasn't squatting, or even positioning herself. As a matter of fact, she was just standing there, looking at both Nick and Felix as they approached.


"Well hey there, boys!" The other greeted. "What, did you think we didn't know exactly where you were going? After doing what you did to my sweet Vixie, we knew you'd be stopping by here sooner or later, Mr. Fox. And now that you're here, we're not going to let you live this down. The other vixen who'd just been at the pool walked past the duo, swinging around and revealing herself to be recording them with a cellphone.


She gave a sarcastically flirty whistle as she panned the lens up and down Nick's body. "Get a good look at this sick perv, everyone! He thought he'd just fart in my face and go on with his life without so much as a sorry! And don't even get me started on the creepy way he perused my body at the pool! Like, yuck!"


She focused the camera on his genitals, which had shrunk a bit having been exposed to the cold pool water so suddenly.


Both vixens laughed as she did this, really making sure they got a good shot of it before Vixie took the phone from the other and put the spotlight straight on Felix.


"I'm not gonna lie though, this boy's a total hottie. It's a shame he's hanging around such a creepy fox though, eugh."


"You two might want to turn that thing off," Felix spoke in a calm tone.


"And why's that?" One of the vixens sneered.


"I hate to have to inform you like this, but Nick and I here are actually Zooto--" Nick quickly covered Felix's mouth with a paw, keeping him from revealing that they were, in-fact members of the ZPD.


Oh, geez, that's right... Felix suddenly realized how much worse he'd have made it had he given away their identities as members of the ZPD on camera.


Nick was at a complete loss for words. He felt completely taken advantage of by these two Vixens who he didn't even mean to disturb in the yoga class earlier. Now, in addition to being within view of most of the patrons of the Oasis, these vixens were also going to film him and Felix! Everyone in the immediate area was watching as the vixens were creating a scene, and Nick felt all of their eyes upon him. Feeling his load poking at his tailhole and needing to be released soon, Nick thought of what kind of options he had before he'd just give up and surrender. Thinking back to the time he had been there before with Judy, he remembered something Yax had said about cell phones inside the Oasis. "Hey, partner," he could hear Yax's voice echoing in his head, "I'm gonna need to ask you to put that away. We try to keep any connections to the outside world outside of our little paradise here, so no cell phones allowed."


"That's it!" Nick said, smiling at Felix, "Cell phones aren't allowed in here!"


"They're not?" Felix asked for confirmation, seeing a glimmer of hope in their grim situation.


"No, they're not!" Nick said, staring down the Vixen holding hers in his face. "They need to be left outside!"


"You're not the boss of me!" the Vixen holding the cell phone sassily declared, "you can't stop me if you wanted to!"


"Well, maybe I can't..." Nick said, smiling his usual smug grin before pointing over to the yoga instructor not too far away, "but she definitely can. HEY, NANGI?!?!" Nick shouted over to the elephant, making her irritated that he interrupted the class.


"What are you interrupting my class for, Fox?!?!" she asked, looking over to where Nick was and immediately seeing that the Vixen next to him was holding a piece of Oasis-forbidden technology. "Hey, no cellular devices in the Mystic Springs Oasis!" Nangi informed, marching over to the bathroom area and snatching the tiny phone from Vixie's paws with her trunk.


"Hey, you can't take that from me!" she whined, jumping up in an attempt to snatch it back. Nangi held the phone far higher than the vixen could jump, and began walking over to where the front desk was.


"We'll return this device to you after you've confirmed that you'll be leaving. Until then, use your eyes as a camera!" Nangi said, making Nick and Felix sigh in relief now that one part of their problem was taken care of. "Yoga class, go on a five minute break! I recommend sitting in the sun chairs adjacent to our class area. You won't want to miss the show Mr. Foxy here is about to put on, hahaha!" Nangi laughed as she walked away, making Nick and Felix go from feeling relieved to just as nervous again.


"Ugh, let's get out of here Vixie!" groaned Vixie's friend.


"Yeah, this is gonna be gross! Plus, we already got video of your dumb, tiny package, Fox creep," said Vixie, proud of the little bit of footage she got. Watching the female foxes walk away felt like a weight lifted off of Nick and Felix's shoulders, but unfortunately for them, they still had much more to worry about. The chair began to fill up with yoga class goers on break, and they didn't have much else to look at other than the fox and the cheetah standing in the bathroom grass with their tails between their legs.


"Phew, glad they're finally gone," Felix said, sighing in relief.


"I'm just glad that this isn't gonna be taped," Nick said, feeling his anus twitch slightly from having held in his business for so long, "I can already tell this one isn't gonna be pretty."


Standing in the clearing and looking out to the dozens of animals in front of them, Nick turned back the exposed grass and tried to decide which position would be best to pop a squat in. He thought about facing the patrons directly while he dropped his logs, but he felt he'd be too embarrassed to go through with something like that. "Hey, uh...Spots?" Nick asked, nervousness in his voice.


"Yeah, Officer Wilde?" Felix responded, just about ready to squat and let loose.


"Which uh...direction do you think we should face while we...you know..." Nick asked, genuinely unsure of what to do.


"Hmm..." Felix began, trying to think about the situation logically. "Well, we really don't want these guys seeing our faces for a long time above all else. Plus, I think a lot of the animals here could go without watching something so gross happen, so if we face our rears towards them, they might not even want to watch out of disgust."


Maybe it was because he was so desperate to let loose, but Nick felt that Felix was making a lot of sense. "We've just gotta be fast and try not to draw a lot of attention to ourselves is all," Felix continued, stepping into the dark green grass and preparing to squat down.


"Sh-should I just uh...go next to you, Spots?" Nick asked, blushing a deep red under his fur as he looked back to all of the animals seated in front of the area. He could hear them all murmuring, probably talking about the crazy mammals who look like they're about to actually use the Oasis's bathroom area.


"I-if you want to, Officer," Spots replied, looking up to Nick, "it's definitely not gonna smell too good over here though."


Nick watched as the new recruit squatting in front of him raised his tail up high and let an airy fart loose. 


FSSSSSS...


He could see the tip of Felix's first log begin to crown as he felt his own load beg for release. Watching the cheetah begin to strain, Nick couldn't take it any more and quickly squatted down next to him, slowly lifting his tail up. Before Nick could focus on doing what he needed to do, his attention was drawn to the conversations behind him.


"No way, are they actually...?!" he heard somebody say.


"I've never seen anyone actually take a dump here before, haha!" he could hear another animal behind him laugh.


Oh boy...what have I gotten myself into... Nick thought, squatting a little lower and getting ready to completely humiliate himself.


Nick knew that by now, it was too late to go back on what he was about to do. He lowered his body and began to let his muscles finally relax. He felt the contents of his stomach push hard against his other end, but for some reason, he couldn't quite seem to let it go.


"Nnn... how're you doing over there, Spots?" Nick strained to ask, hoping some casual small talk would take his mind off of things and help him go.


Felix, who would have responded, had been too focused on releasing the first log of waste to speak, as he was currently in the middle of doing so. Instead, a hissing gas bubble came out along with his first log. If Nick hadn't seen it happen himself, he would have assumed the hissing had come from an actual snake.


"Ha-ha... Tell me about it..." Nick murmured to himself as he readily focused once again on relaxing his bowels. For someone who claimed to have such a fear being the center of attention in front of an audience, Felix sure seemed to not be having much trouble doing something so private in such a public setting. Of course, what Nick didn't know was that so much had piled up inside Felix, that he hadn't even made the conscious choice to begin going when he did, his body quite literally couldn't hold it anymore.


Nick suddenly remembered that every second he wasted humiliating himself here, the less likely he'd be able to confront the deer that Yax had been tasked with keeping around at the front desk. Unsure of whether or not Yax was even able to stop the deer from leaving at all, Nick tried his best to clear his mind.


He reminded himself that if he didn't finish before Felix, then the entire onus of the moment would be on him and him alone. And he really didn't want that. Nick closed his eyes, clenched his fists, and began to push.


Fortunately, he managed to begin releasing some waste as well. He looked over to Felix for a moment, who already had 2 heavy logs piled beneath his feet, and it looked like he was taking a quick breather before he began pushing a third out. Luckily, Nick thought, his own load, although pretty sizable relative to his own body weight, wasn't quite as massive as Spots' had been, which explained why more of the animals had their eyes on Felix than they did on Nick.


That is, until a horribly loud burst of gas propelled Nick's first log out, simultaneously putting all eyes on him, and stinking up the entire vicinity, causing scattered coughs and gags among the audience.


"Aw, I can smell it from back here," Nick heard a voice say behind him after he released his massive fart and the first log, making him blush again. The nervous, naked fox could feel his second log already beginning to poke out from his rear, making him strain as he tried to push it out. This log was awfully dry, probably because it had been trapped in Nick's rear for so long. He was having significant trouble pushing it out, only getting about an inch of it to emerge before he had to relax his anus and take a breather, making the log slide back into his rear as his pink tailhole closed.


"Haha, that's a shy turtlehead if I've ever seen one!" Nick heard a deeper, bellowing voice say behind him, making the rest of the audience laugh as they could hear his comment loud and clear. Becoming more nervous that more of the attention was focused on him, Nick turned his head towards Felix to get an update on how far along the cheetah was with his unloading. Much to Nick's surprise, Felix already had four logs piled up under his rear, with a fifth beginning to slide out with audible crackles and pops.


"Jeez, I didn't know cheetahs could poop this much," a voice closer to the front said, reminding Felix of his stage fright and making him reflexively pinch off his log, staining his pink tailhole with smelly, brown residue.


"Oh boy, I hope they have toilet paper!" Nick heard another voice say more quietly. To his right, he could also hear Felix whimpering slightly.


"Mmmmph, ohgodohgod, this is so embarrassing!!!" he whispered frantically to himself, shaking as he stayed in his squatting position. Still not even having dropped his second log yet, Nick decided he'd try to provide some moral support for the struggling cheetah.


"Hey, it's okay, Felix!" Nick said, trying to cheer the cheetah up, "you've gotten this far, and I don't think any of the animals behind us would have the confidence to do what you're doing now. Finish up and--hnnnghhh--show 'em what you're made of!"


"Heh, thanks Officer Wilde," Felix said, still embarrassed beyond belief but feeling slightly better now that he was receiving encouragement. "I think this is the last one, too, so this should be over quickly for us." The cheetah grunted and began pushing his fifth log out once again, filling the surrounding air with crackles and hisses.


Over quickly? I've barely started over here! Nick thought to himself frantically, almost sure that all the attention would soon be focused on him. Determined to finish quickly, Nick grunted and began to push out the head of his second log once more, still only getting about an inch to emerge. The log stayed in the same position for what felt like an eternity to Nick, and the fox was soon startled by a voice behind him that caused him to suck the tip of the log back in yet again.


"You're not going to be able to push that one out with that kind of form, Mr. Fox!" Nick heard an unmistakable voice behind him say. Of course she had to come back to watch, Nick thought to himself, turning his head back and confirming that it was indeed Nanji walking towards the bathroom area.




Hearing Nangi's voice also caused Felix's body to stiffen up, as his fifth log stopped moving as well. Nick, if he hadn't been so flustered, would have found Nangi's remark slightly aggravating. The two of them paused for a moment before continuing as they had been.


"Perhaps you should visit my yoga classes more often!" Nangi teased, observing the fox's tailhole flexing in and out repeatedly as he tried to find some sense of solace in his current predicament.


Yeah, right, Nick told himself, after this is all over, your yoga class is going to be the last place you'll ever find me...


Just then, Nick took notice as Felix began to stand back up, as he'd just released his fifth log, feeling much better than he had minutes ago.


"How's it coming, Offi--" Felix suddenly remembered how crucial it was that he not reveal their identities among such a crowded area, much less in such a vulnerable situation as this. "Err, how's it coming along, Nick?"


The fox was still stuck where he had been, unable to mentally calm himself down enough to continue going. He considered just standing back up and walking off, but he still felt so unbearably full that he knew he'd probably barely make it to the car before being forced to squat back down in the parking lot or something. At least here, the facility was enclosed and the only animals watching weren't generally seen too often outside the resort. Their being naked also technically counted as dirt that Nick could use against them, right? But, they all seemed so shameless about it, so it wouldn't really be something he could use to embarrass them.


Wait, maybe that's it! Nick suddenly realized, Maybe if I just stop thinking of this as something I should be embarrassed about, and instead as something equally as natural as everyone else coming here unclothed, going about life in the nude, maybe I'll be able to coax myself into going!


Right as Nick told himself this, he heard a bassy fart reverberate in the air as Felix's face turned an intense shade of red.


PRBBBRBT!


"eheh... I guess I'm not quite done yet, either..." Felix sheepishly mumbled, as he squatted over his own gargantuan pile, preparing to add a bit more to it.


I'm not alone in this anymore! Nick's mind raced, Now's my chance!


"Haha, that cheetah farts even louder than you do, honey!" Felix heard what he assumed to be the female in a couple say, follow by a "stop it, you're embarrassing me!"


"Tail higher, Mr. Fox," Nanji advised from the sidelines, "it will help your body feel more relaxed." Though Nick was reluctant to listen to the instructor who so willingly humiliated him earlier, he wanted to make this as easy as he possibly could for himself. "And squat a little bit lower," Nanji added, looking down between Nick's legs at his fuzzy, cream colored balls. Nick didn't even have a response for Nanji, as he was completely focused on just letting go. Hearing Felix's log slide out next to him, made Nick feel more at peace with the situation, and without much pushing this time around, he managed to get his second log to begin moving.


FSSSSScrcklpfftprrrr... 


Nick's rear was making all kinds of noises as his massive second log slid slowly out of his rear, gradually picking up speed. "Hnnnnngggaaaaahhhhh!" Nick sighed loudly in relief as the massive log finally tapered off and plopped on the ground beneath his furry, exposed rear. His pink anus twitched from the release, only to open up once again as he released another massive fart in front of everyone there. 


PPFFRRFFRRRRT! 


He could hear scattered laughter from the animals behind him, reminding him that although what he was doing was natural, it also had an inherent comedic element to it.


"Hah, that was the loudest one yet!" he heard a new voice quip, inciting more laughter from the surrounding animals.


"I never would've guessed that that whole thing was inside that little fox's butt," another animal said, referring to the fox's second log and making Nick blush even deeper.


"Be sure to watch what you eat, Mr. Fox," Nick heard Nanji lecture. "If you pay more attention to your diet, you'll have fewer embarrassing emissions like this one."


Trying to ignore Nanji's jests that were clearly meant to humiliate him further, Nick relaxed his anus again, feeling his third log slide out a little more quickly than the one before. This one felt like it had a much softer consistency, and Nick could feel the mess building up on his pink exit before it tapered off and fell next to the second one. The fox felt like he only had a little bit left in his rear, probably only one or two more logs. He looked over to Felix and saw that the cheetah's final log was tapering off, soon plopping onto the large pile that had accumulated under the spotted cat's hind end. "Phew, I think I'm finally finished now, Nick," Felix said to the fox, making Nick assess what his current situation was.


This is it, Wilde, only a couple left, Nick thought to himself, grunting again as another log slid out from his rear and plopped on top of the one that came before it. The fox farted again, feeling his dirty tailhole vibrate from the air being released and hearing disgusted groans and laughs behind him. Just one more, this is it! Nick thought to himself, noticing that Felix was about to stand up next to him.


As Nick felt the last coil of waste begin to make its way out, he saw Felix stand up and dust any dirt or grass off his body. With Felix finally done, Nick remembered the situation back at the entrance to the oasis. He gestured with a paw for Felix to lean in close.


"Spots, w-while I finish up here, I need you t--hnnnnngh... to go check to see if that deer is still at the front desk. If he is, get your outfit back on and grab the pair of handcuffs from my uniform to detain him until we can, nnnnh... find out if he's a match." Nick whispered the set of directions to Felix out of earshot of the onlookers present. Felix simply nodded his head, then began heading towards the front of the oasis. Nick remembered as Felix began walking away that the cheetah hadn't had a chance to wipe yet, though he supposed that was a relatively small concern when compared to the immediate apprehension of the suspect.


Nick concentrated back to where he had just been in his endeavor. He found himself surprised that the last log seemed to be of endless length, as it had been slowly moving out the entire time. He finally decided that enough was enough, and gave a full-force push, causing himself to let out a deafening fart, which pushed the final soft log out with a THUD as it hit the ground. Nick finally stood himself back up and examined his own handiwork. Indeed, that last log was quite the monster, perhaps a foot long, even.


Wanting to be the center of attention for so many pairs of eyes no longer, Nick began making his way through the crowd, who he could hear stifled giggles, murmurs, and various chatter coming from.


"Yeah, yeah, thanks for your time, I'll be here all week, yada yada yada..." Nick dismissively joked as he walked off.


"HEY! You seemed tense there, Mr. Fox! Perhaps you should consider stretching before your next visit to the toilet!" He distinguished Nangi's voice jesting from the crowd as he walked off, followed by uproarious laughter.


He began jogging, hoping to catch up to Felix to see what the situation was at the front desk. Hopefully things were under control.


Nick pushed the doors open to the lobby, hearing what sounded like an argument to his right. "Why do you got me all cuffed up? I didn't do nothin' wrong!"


"You're only being detained sir, we just need to take you to the police station and ask you a few questions," Felix said, tightening the cuffs on the deer's hooves.


"Good work, Officer Spots!" Nick congratulated the cheetah on a job well done. Felix was already back in uniform, and the deer was all dressed as well, leaving Yax and Nick to be the only ones in the room who were still naked. Nick turned back to Yax to thank the Yak for the help he provided. "We really appreciate the help Yax," Nick said, shaking the Yak's hoof, "you're a true friend of the ZPD."


"Oh sure thing, man," Yax said, smiling down to the Fox, "it was pretty easy, I just talked him through our brochure for fifteen minutes until you're cheetah pal showed up and threw the cuffs on him. Speaking of which, could you pick up the brochure behind you off of the floor for me?"


"Yeah, sure," Nick said, turning around and bending over to pick up the paper, not realizing his tail was up and he was exposing his dirty, poop-stained butthole to Yax.


"Woah, there! I see you found our bathroom pretty useful, huh?" Yax said, pointing to Nick's rear end as the fox turned his head back. "I'm guessing there wasn't any toilet paper out there?"


Nick's eyes went wide as he felt completely embarrassed yet again. Felix and the detained deer could probably see under his tail as well, which reminded the cheetah that he too did not get an opportunity to wipe.


"You guys wouldn't happen to have anything we could clean up with here, would ya?" Nick asked, sheepishly smiling as he handed the brochure back to Yax and watched the Yak put it away in the front desk.


"Heh, nahh, toilet paper is an artifical product. Mother nature don't swing that way, Fox." The Yak casually replied. "Huh, now that I think about it, maybe that's why nobody ever uses the grass here to answer nature's call."


Nick rolled his eyes, unsure of how one yak could be both so comprehensively useful, yet so dense and oblivious all at once.


Felix, quick both on his feet and in his thoughts, soon spoke up: "You wouldn't mind if we took a couple of those brochures with us on the way out, Yax?"


The yak raised a brow in suspicion.


"Err, to uh, show our friends at the ZPD and recommend you guys, I mean." Felix appended his remark, just to clarify that they definitely weren't going to use them as makeshift toilet paper or anything.


"Ohhh! Yeah, man. Sure thing. Take a bunch of 'em." Yax bent down beneath the desk, and a moment later popped back up with his arms swarmed with brochures, sliding off back onto the ground left and right.


"Don't be shy, take 'em!" Yax insisted.


"Eh-heh, I don't think we need quite that many." Felix corrected.


"Ooh, all right. I'll just let you guys take however many you want then!" The yak dropped the pile of brochures on his desk. Both Nick and Felix each took several.


Nick nudged Felix after they'd each grabbed several brochures. "Oh, Felix, remember that, uh, thing we forgot back at the car? Shouldn't we go back for a second to go get i--I mean, do it?"


Felix wanted to let Nick know that subtlety wasn't the fox's brightest talent, but just rolled his eyes and chose to halfheartedly play along instead. "Err, oh yeah, the thing," Felix blandly stated, not even trying to be convincing, "yeah I definitely forgot about that one. Let's go do the thing." Felix began to walk out to where their car was parked, brochures in-hand.


"Hey Yax, can ya keep a hold of our guy here for a second? We'll be right back, we have to attend to a very important thing." Nick winked at the yak, who evidently lacked the ability to detect any sort of ulterior linguistic intent. "Oh, sure thing man. That thing you guys have to do sounds really important. I'll keep watch on Ol' Antlers here 'til you guys get back."


Nick wanted so badly to ridicule the yak for his blatant naivete, but just followed behind Felix as they went to do that thing they needed to do.


Upon stepping outside with their brochures, Nick walked over to the car with Felix. They were parked pretty close to the building, so it wasn't long before Nick was able to hop in with Felix. What shocked Nick upon sitting in the car, however, was that he had walked outside completely naked! He had completely forgotten to grab his uniform. "Gah!" Nick gasped in surprise, holding the brochures he grabbed over his naked crotch.


"What are you doing without your uniform on, Officer Wilde?!" Felix asked, "I thought you were going to grab it from the changing room on your way out!"


"It's alright, I'll run in and grab it after we clean up," Nick said, still a little flustered as he lifted his furry rear off of the seat. He reached back underneath his fluffy tail with a brochure in paw, dragging the paper over his poop-covered tailhole. "Oh jeez, this feels kinda messy," Nick said as he picked up the leftover residue. "Sorry if this is kinda gross, by the way."


"Haha, you don't have to worry about this being gross, Officer," Felix said, unzipping his pants and pulling them down along with his under as he too lifted his furry rear from the seat and reached under with a brochure in his paw. "Today was a pretty gross and uh...embarrassing day for the both of us, heheh." Felix and Nick brought their brochures up at the same time to survey the damage. "Blech!" Felix said, tossing the dirty brochure into the mini car trash can by his footpaws. Nick's makeshift toilet paper had a large, smelly brown smudge in the middle. The fox crumbled it up and leaned over to throw it away as well. Nick couldn't help but steal another glance of Felix's large, feline package before he got back to cleaning his rear end up.


"I gotta tell you, this is not at all how I expected my first day at the ZPD to go," Felix said with a hint of embarrassment in his voice, making Nick laugh next to him.


"Haha, trust me, this is not how I expected the day to go either. If you told me we were both gonna end up taking a dump in front of the whole Mystic Springs Oasis, I would've said you were crazy!" Nick said, making Felix laugh in return. The fox reached under his rear with a fresh brochure, looking over to Felix again. "You just about cleaned up yet, Spots?"


"Just a little more, I think..."


The feline continued to wipe his other end, using both sides of each brochure until he was satisfied with the results. "That'll just about do it for me, I think."


Nick, who'd apparently had the messier time out in the grass, was still wiping himself down. Felix got back out of the car, fastened his belt, and made sure everything was on as it should be before looking back at Nick.


"You uh, don't have to stare at me while I do this." Nick reminded him.


"Oh, right, right. Sorry, Nick."


A moment later, Nick had finished cleaning up also. He crumpled the last brochure up and tossed it with the others as he stepped out of the car, still without a single article of clothing to cover his hide. A group of 3 female camels were walking by some distance away, as they spotted the naked fox standing around the police car.


"Is that Nick Wilde? Like, Officer Nick Wilde?" One of the camels spoke up. The other two pointed as they laughed at the odd, yet hilarious sight. Nick saw them doing this, and proceeded to turn his back and sprint back into the building.


Before even acknowledging Yax or the deer, who were both still as they were before the duo left, Nick quickly ran into the changing stall where his uniform still lay, and hurriedly put it back on. Felix re-entered the building shortly after, blushing just a bit.


"I think those girls back there thought you and me were doing something we weren't..." Felix spoke.


"Well at least they didn't recognize you, Spots. But me? I saw 'em pointing and laughing straight at me! I just hope word doesn't get out about this... What would Judy think if sh--wait, just so we're on the same page here, you're not going to spill any of this to Judy when we get back to the department, right?"


"Of course not, you think I want to be the one to have to explain to her how we ended up naked together in front of what must've been at least 30 other naked animals? How do you even explain that? Haha." Felix found the idea of trying to rationalize their day today to Judy an amusing thought.


"All right, just making sure." Nick felt substantially more comfortable back in uniform.


"Sorry about the holdup, Yax. You can let the guy go now. We'll take it from here." Nick placed a firm grasp on the deer's left shoulder. Getting a close look at him, he noticed what must've been a pretty distinct birthmark on the deer's neck, just under his chin.


"Hey Spots, take a look at this." Nick pointed out the mark to Felix.


"Should we call the chief about that? Maybe he can confirm based on that whether this is our guy or not."


"Good thinking, Spots. I'll give the chief a call, and we can finally get this all sorted out," Nick said, patting his friend on the back. “And remember: not a word about this, okay?”

        “My lips are sealed,” Felix said in a trustworthy voice, running his paw past his mouth and winking at Nick.