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B.A.B. Co.

By Horatio Husky

Commissioned by Ace' Lope

1. The Ad

If Ace listened hard enough, he could just make out the whirring noises of the machinery a few floors down. These sounds came from the production of diapers that his company sold with pride.

The chipmunk sat at his desk, idly scrolling through his email as he responded to that day's worth of messages.

He was just about to close out of his internet browser and check the break room for leftover coffee when a notification popped up in the corner of his monitor.

"Hey, come downstairs. I need you to review this new advertisement I put together"

The message was from his coworker, a black-tailed jackrabbit who went by the name of Darwin. Darwin was in charge of advertising, a wily fur with a particular knack at jingles so catchy that Ace often found himself humming the tune under his breath even after only hearing them once.

Darwin was well-loved by his department, and Ace didn't mind at all when the jackrabbit took a particular shine to the chipmunk and invited him every once in a while to give an opinion on his current projects.

Ace chuckled, glad for the excuse to get out of his chair and move around as well as a legitimate excuse to procrastinate on his own work.

He hopped out of his chair, which stood just a little shorter than the four foot tall creature. Ace was not particularly short for his species, it was his species that was particularly short.

Unlike most furred, anthropomorphic species, chipmunks seemed to have retained their diminutive stature despite their equivalent sentience to other furs.

This was something that was not lost upon the population of bipedal chipmunks, and they often had to make their presence known by being very vocal and active.

Ace had no trouble raising his voice, but his coworkers still found many of his antics to be secretly adorable. It had taken a fair amount of work and persuasion for him to have risen to his current position as one of the company's leading accountants.

Something he was quite proud of and would often recite to his much taller friends when they were not busy ruffling his headfur.

Ace practically skipped to the elevator, as his floor was practically bare on that Thursday afternoon.

Opening up his smartphone, Ace logged into the company chatting app and sent a quick response to his coworker.

"Be right there"

The elevator hummed as the chipmunk tapped his foot impatiently, waiting for the car to get down to the second floor.

He sniffed, the scent of baby powder emanating from the bellowing factory floors tickling his olfactory senses eliciting a familiar sense of nostalgia.

Although he would not have been caught dead admitting it, Ace did find the idea of diapers incredibly cute. There was something comforting about the soft, absorbent material covering the tushies of all the pups, cubs, and kittens that the company produced for.

As the elevator dinged indicating its arrival on his floor, the scent became stronger as the doors opened to reveal Darwin's office.

"Hey, over here! We have the floor to ourselves today."

Ace glanced over to a large film set up with a green screen in the background, next to which sat the jackrabbit.

He was working at a computer monitor; Ace peered over to see that he had video editing software open.

"I thought you said you had something for me to see."

The jackrabbit glanced up, giving Ace a winning buck toothed smile before returning his attention once again to the computer monitor.

"Yes, I do. I'm just cleaning a little something up. You managed to get here pretty quick, pip-squeak."

Normally, Ace would react with severe indignance at being called 'pip-squeak.' However, the hare and he had taken a shine to each other since day one of working in different departments, so he had allowed the hare to push his buttons every once in a while.

After all, desert hares such as Darwin looked like something out of a Tim Burton cartoon at best. The hare and he were all too familiar with the notion of having an abnormal bodily appearance and the preliminary judgement that comes with it.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah skin-and-bones. Just show me what you got. I do want to get something done today."

The hare nodded, saving the file he had been working on and launching a media player.

"Okay, here it is. Tell me what you think, Ace."

Smacking the keyboard, the hare leaned back in his chair as the video began to play.

Ace watched the scene unfold into the classic nursery setting. Blocks, dolls, and various other toddler toys were littered about a room with childish drawings on the walls and a foamy block floor.

As the chipmunk watched, the scene unfolded into a toddler wolf cub wearing a pull-up stacking together his Duplo blocks. Suddenly, a voice started speaking over the footage.

"When your little buddy needs to finish his masterpiece, sometimes they might forget the little things."

The soothing voice of the narrator seemed to trickle inside of Ace's mind, filling it with its reassuring presence. Unbeknownst to the chipmunk, his eyelids flickered to half closed as he leaned in a little further, captivated by the advertisement.

"One of those things might be reaching the potty."

As he continued to speak, the camera angle shifted to the front of the puppy's pull-up, which had several brightly coloured stars on the front.

As the two continued to watch, the toddler's pull-up grew dark and several of the stars disappeared. The front of the pull-up began to droop slightly due to the swollen material, appearing significantly soggier than before the accident.

Ace watched in fascination, as the camera zoomed out again as the toddler looked down in disappointment, his lips twisted as he poked at his pull-up with a paw.

"Here at B.A.B. Co., we understand that your little champ can't always make it, which is why we produce the most streamlined, highly absorbent pull-ups for your little guy to keep on trying again tomorrow."

The camera zoomed out as an adult, grey female wolf walked into the scene and picked up the toddler from underneath the armpits. Depositing him on a nearby changing table, she began to blow raspberries on his tummy.

While the toddler thrashed about in fits of giggles, the B.A.B. Co. logo materialized into view, the company jingle playing as the commercial faded out.

"So, what do you thi-... Ace?"

The hare looked back at his friend, who was now staring dumbfounded into his own lap. A dark spot had formed on the front of the chipmunk's pants, which now continued to grow as Ace continued to look in horror.

He looked up, meeting the hare's gaze as his face began to grow crimson. Darwin saw also that the chipmunk had drool covering the fingers he still had stuck in his mouth. For a moment, the two simply stared at each other, not sure how to react. Darwin broke the silence.

"Pfft... hahaha!"

The hare burst into tears, laughing and slapping his knee as he almost fell out of his chair.

Ace could feel his cheeks burning, and he took his paw out of his mouth, placing it over his drenched front despite how little that did to conceal what he had done.

"Stop laughing! I don't know how this happened! I-I... I..."

Ace could not speak, he did not know what to say. He frowned, desperately attempting to remember exactly what had happened.

One moment he was watching the beginning of the advertisement and the next he was staring down in disbelief at the growing wet spot on his pants.

He remembered feeling relaxed, carefree, and downright comfortable right until the point at which the ad had ended.

"Looks like somebody else needs a change besides that toddler, kiddo. Oh my god, I can't believe this."

The hare wiped the tears from his eyes, regaining his composure as Ace continued to splutter, unable to formulate a distinct statement or explanation.

Darwin looked at him sideways, the desert hare's large eyes looking at him up and down as he asked.

"Ace, are you okay? Regardless of how hilarious this is, you just peed yourself. What happened?"

Ace took a few deep breaths, calming himself down as he looked up at the hare and responded.

"I don't know, I just... relaxed... I didn't expect this to happen."

"Was it because of the ad?"

Ace looked up once again, nodding slowly as he returned his attention to the computer screen.

He honestly was not sure, all he remembered was feeling relaxed like he did not have a care in the world. To be honest, he felt like the wolf cub playing with his Duplo. Too busy feeling comfortable to worry about something like keeping his bladder in check.

"I guess? I haven't had an accident since I was little, honestly."

He looked down again, the feeling of his accident quickly turning from a warm spot to a damp, clammy wetness that he desperately wanted to get away from.

"I-I... I think I should change, probably.. I'll-"

"Whoa, wait a second. I want to try something. Sit tight."

Darwin stood up and strode past Ace, who still sat wondering what the hare could possibly have in mind.

"But-"

"Just wait a minute, I'll be right back."

Ducking out of the film studio, Darwin came back a minute later holding something behind his back.

"Here, try this on for size."

Ace's jaw dropped as Darwin offered him one of the pull-ups that was in the ad he had just seen. The size on this one was significantly larger than the wolf pup had been wearing, it appeared potentially big enough to fit him.

"No way man, I am not putting that thing on."

"Why not? From the state of your pants it looks like you might need to wear them, heh."

As Ace blushed in response, he shook his head resolutely. As resolutely as a grown chipmunk with a wet spot on the front of his khakis could muster.

"Come on Ace, just give it a shot. You've got the stature to be able to wear them, we could be onto something here."

Ace continued to shake his head, moving to get out of his chair. Darwin moved past him, hitting the spacebar on the advertisement once again as he looked back to observe the chipmunk.

The moment the jingle played, Ace turned his attention once again to the screen. His eyelids flickered, and Darwin watched in fascination as one of his paws crept back into his muzzle once again, drool coming out onto his fingers almost immediately as the chipmunk gazed at the screen.

"Wow... I can't believe it... The ad seems to hypnotize him..."

Darwin muttered under his breath, as he watched the wet spot begin to grow bigger once again as a soft hissing noise filled the studio.

As the advertisement came to a close, Ace continued to stare in a drowsy state at the screen. Darwin stood up and walked around him a few times, leaning over to look at his face and waving a finger in front of his eyes.

"Ace? Hello? You there kiddo?"

He brought this paw in front of the chipmunk's face, snapping his fingers a few times.

That seemed to work, and Ace shook himself literally out of his reverie and looked up at the desert hare, appearing confused.

His eyes suddenly widened, as he looked down at the front of his pants once again dismayed.

"Oh my... how-"

"Just put this on, try it. What's the worst that could happen?"

The jackrabbit offered the pull-up to the chipmunk once again, as Ace looked down at it apprehensively.

He sighed, accepting it and standing up.

"I'll be right back... But if you tell anyone, I swear Darwin."

Leaving the empty threat hanging in the air, Darwin placed a paw in front of his muzzle to conceal the smile of amusement as he watched the chipmunk toddle out of the film studio, complaining under his breath how uncomfortable it felt to be wearing wet pants.