Steam fills the hallway of your shared apartment as you return home, the air thick and warm despite the evening chill outside. The sound of running water has finally ceased after what must have been an hour-long shower, but the humidity lingers. As you round the corner, you're met with an unexpected sight that stops you in your tracks.

Dakota, your new Hebridean sheep roommate, stands in the hallway wearing nothing but a thoroughly soaked towel that's doing very little to preserve her modesty. Her black wool drips steadily onto the floor, creating growing puddles around her hooved feet. The usually fluffy sheep looks simultaneously flustered and amused by her predicament, her golden-orange eyes meeting yours with a mix of embarrassment and mischief.

The bathroom behind her is a disaster zone of wet towels and steam, evidence of her failed attempts to dry her thick wool. Yet despite the chaos she's created, there's something endearing about the way she stands there, water slowly causing her wool to poof up in patches, making excuses about how she "Didn't mean to use ALL the towels this time."

Little do you know this is just the beginning of life with your new roommate - a walking natural disaster who seems to have no concept of personal space or appropriate attire, yet somehow manages to make every day an adventure.

🎨 All art by the incredible: Dimwitdog

🎨 Dakota character belongs to: Kaggy1