Private Raggedy Rescue Rangers

Kadasha went to the park to play with her two dolls one warm afternoon. She wanted to see why there were so many people there as well. Maybe something fun was happening. But as she got into the thick of the crowd, she really couldn't help but feel completely out of place. At first she was okay weaving her little self between the adults, but when came noon time, people had boxed her in. They were gathering for something, and she couldn't find a way out that she wouldn't have to worry about being crushed. Shay was having fun sitting on her head as he took the role of navigator, while Kadasha was hugging Sally tightly, afraid of dropping her and having someone accidentally step on her. Shay tugged on her hair and pointed to a stall selling cotton candy in the shape of a really chubby panda. The one the store owner was making looked to be as big as Kadasha herself. She almost forgot to mind the adults when she ran up to the stall. "One cotton candy please!" Shay said, speaking on behalf of Kadasha, who was holding out a dollar bill. The man at the stall chuckled and took the payment and dropping in colored sugar pellets into the spinning container which, luckily for Kadasha, was transparent so she could see the strands of cotton candy slowly take over the entire space as the man skillfully collected the threads, making the body, then the little ears, and then small nubs for its arms and legs, and even a smaller one for the tail. "Here you go, little girl. Be careful not to drop it. I made it extra special." The man leaned over to give the cone to Kadasha, who could barely reach the stall's counter. She happily nodded and Shay said, "Thank you, Mister!" Then they were off. When she was relatively alone, under the shade of an old tree as most of the crowd had gathered to the center of the park, she whispered to her toys, "Do you want some, Shay? Sally?"

"I'll have some!" Shay piped up, all too happy ripping out a chunk from the ears and stuffing his face with the sugary treat. Kadasha had cotton candy before, and it was always a nice treat to have, but she never had one this big. She started nibbling and watching people go by, but she was more interested in the ones that were flying. She's been here for a long time now, and she still thought everyone that were flying looked magnificent. Truth be told, she was a little jealous of them. She could only imagine how everything looked from that high. The traffic in their area started to pick up again, and not wanting to be in anybody's way, Kadasha stood up to try and find somewhere less crowded since she didn't want to go home yet. "Is there anywhere you would like to go to, Sally?" she asked, not knowing herself where she'd want to go.

Kadasha really wasn't that fond of crowds but with Sally and Shay with her, she felt safe and confident. "I'll be fine if you two are with me." She was also a little bit curious of what was over there herself. Maybe they'd get clues if they went where there were more people. It looked like they were crowding a stage. She picked Sally up and they made their way over to where the people were. But Kadasha had to look around since hedges and fences blocked their way and also funneled people to the exits. But Kadasha would power through. She didn't talk much, as usual when there were people around that she didn't know too well. They passed a couple of food stalls, but Kadasha didn't feel hungry, though the smell did make her want to give it a second thought. She'll just come back to it when they find out what this event was. The crowd was getting thicker now, and there was a little bit of a commotion somewhere, and the crowd seemed to shift a lot. Kadasha was actually getting pushed around by adults who didn't see her before it was too late. She'd get some apologies here and there, but then there was a bump hard enough that she actually dropped her cotton candy and Sally as she fell on the ground. Shay stumbled off her head and managed to scamper into the hedges. He looked around as soon as he was safe, but he couldn't see where Kadasha was, or Sally for that matter. He called out for them, "Sally! Kadasha! Where are you! Are you alright!"

The plush was looking quite distressed, but a sigh of relief escaped him as he laid eyes on his other partner in crime. Not actual crime though. "Sally! I don't know where Kadasha is! I can feel she's still here, but I can't tell where!" He climbed up to the top of the fence, clumsily as his plushness didn't give much in the way of vertical mobility, but even then, he couldn't see anything but people's midsections. It was more likely that he'd just hurt his own ability to actually see Kadasha. Shay frantically looked every which way until he suddenly froze, like an icy hand just touched his shoulder in the middle of the night. He hopped back down, nearly landing on the button-eyed doll. "She's getting farther! This way!" He said, crawling underneath the bush like an excited puppy who learned how to dig under the fence. He cut into the more open field, and looked about, seemingly losing the trail as he reached another wall of bushes.

"I can't tell for sure, but she's around here. Kadasha! Kadasha!" he called at the top of his lungs but the music from the band that had began to play and the speakers dotted along the park meant that his voice wouldn't go that far. It didn't look like the people towering above them noticed either. Just then, the plush felt something brush against his back, a string of some kind, and before he knew it, he was being lifted into the air. "Sally! Help!" A length of string had wrapped around him. Looking up, the dolls would see a balloon in the shape of Dora the Explorer. "No Dora! I don't want to go exploring!" Shay's stubby front paws flailed around as if trying to swim down and trying to grab Sally at the same time.