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Post by queeneyrie on Jul 22, 2003 19:38:44 GMT -5
This is based on one of my pets, so please don't make it too tough for him. I want to contiue this for at least 4 more posts. After this of course.
It was a crystal clear day. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky as Radaraka walked down one of the streets in Neopian Central. He was happy as can be as he had just had a bath as his fur and feathers shone brightly. He walked down to the Rainbow Pool and he watched other neopets get painted by jumping into the shimmering water. He was jealous of a yellow Zafara who jumped in then came back out with a new tropical coat.
The Zafara smiled at her owner as they left Rainbow Pool. The Eyrie had always wanted to be tropical ever since he was adopted. His owner almost had enough money to buy him one, but she was saving it so she could buy a Krawk or a Draik Egg. Radaraka understood but he wished so much that his wish could come true.
He sighed and turned away. He just strolled down Neopian Central. He really didn’t have anything to do. He would stop at the Notice board and see if anyone was selling paintbrushes. One notice caught his attention. It read:
Cheap paintbrushes! Going fast! Hurry!
Radaraka wondered. “It’s worth a shot.” He thought. Then he got where it was and ran off to see if it was true. What he didn’t see was a shadowed figure snickering as it watched the young Eyrie run off.
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At the shop, a Fire Scorchio welcomed Radaraka. “Welcome. How may I help you?” Radaraka almost forgot what he wanted, but he then remembered. “I want a Mystery Island Paintbrush.”
“Alright. Follow me.” The Scorchio turned and head off toward an isle. Radaraka followed. When they reached the paintbrush isle, Radaraka was shocked. He saw...
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Post by misslynx on Jul 22, 2003 20:10:58 GMT -5
...starry, halloween, faerie paintbrushes...you name it. As they finally arrived to the coveted(sp?) item, the shopkeeper recieved a call on his cell phone: "hello? Oh, it's you...yes...yes...no...yes...really? I'll go fix it in a half-hour...yeah, this new server is just making more trouble! No, it's ok, I'll fix it...see you...yeah...Bye!". Having finished his conversation, he turned back to his client:"Where were we? Oh, yes! The Island paint brush! This baby sells for about 50, 000 neopoints." the shopkeeper picked a cardboard box with a picture of the paintbrush on it. He shook it and the sound of a rattling paint brush soon filled the small shop...
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Post by Gelquie on Jul 22, 2003 20:18:00 GMT -5
"Wow! Only 50,000 neopoints? That's cheap!" exclaimed Radaraka. "What's the catch?" he asked.
"Oh, no catch!" The shopkeeper said, smiling blissfully. "50,000 neopoints is all I need!"
"Hold on, let me check my savings," said Radaraka. He opened his wallet and counted.
"I only have 45,000 neopoints!"
"That's okay, it's close enough," the shopkeep said. "Are you willing to pay for it?"
Radaraka didn't need any more say.
"Sure!" he exclaimed almost immediately. He emptied his wallet , pocketed it, and gave the 45,000 neopoints to the shopkeeper, who gave the box of the paintbrush to Radaraka.
"There you go! Do you need anything else?"
"No," said Radaraka. "And besides, I don't have any neopoints left. Bye and thanks!" He ran out of the shop. The shopkeeper smirked as Radaraka ran towards the rainbow pool.
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Post by queeneyrie on Jul 22, 2003 20:44:32 GMT -5
OCC: Oh, this is getting interesting. I'm wondering if that Scorchio was soo true as selling him the pb. Well, only time will tell.
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Post by misslynx on Jul 23, 2003 8:00:34 GMT -5
He was the happiest eyrie in the world now. He quickly opened the box to look at the treasure he bought and is was a mystery island paint brush that greeted him. It looked a little wierd though. Oh well, might as well show it to my owner, he thought.
He went back to his neohome, greeted by his owner. "hey, look what i bought for 45, 000 neopoints!" he said, proud. He gave the box to his owner and she opened it gently. She found inside the paint brush. "wow, Radakara! Now how about we go to the rainbow pool and use this paint brush?" Radakara smiled. They both headed to the rainbow pool to paint him. He looked fabulous in his new color, his feathers all tan and his mane all full of tropical flowers. He was very happy.
"Radakara, how about a bath to make you even more splendid?" said his owner. "Yeah!" said Radakara. He jumped into the bathtub, splashing full of water around. He started to wash himself up and quickly noticed that his new tropical color was fading off. "Mom! The paint is washing away!". His owner came running into the bathroom. The bath was now full of tan paint. "Radakara, could you get out of the water, please?" asked queeneyrie. Radakara came out of the water, half ((insert older color here)), half island. "I think you bought a fake paint brush, Radakara." she said, trying to sound calm.
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Post by queeneyrie on Jul 23, 2003 14:30:37 GMT -5
(queeneyrie. That's my username.)
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Post by Gelquie on Jul 23, 2003 16:22:43 GMT -5
"What? How could it be fake?" exclaimed Radaraka. "The paint brush seemed so real!"
"Radaraka," queeneyrie sighed. "That scam has been going around neopia for quite awhile." Radaraka was shocked.
"Y-you mean... I was scammed?" Radaraka asked, tears filling his eyes.
"I'm afraid so, Radaraka."
Radaraka started to cry. Queeneyrie got a tissue and started to wipe Radaraka's tears, but they kept coming.
"Now now Radaraka, we can go to the user's shop and complain. Do you know the username?" Queeneyrie asked.
"Just barely," Radaraka said between sobs. "I think *sob* the name had *sob* something to do *sob* with jelly..."
"Now now Radaraka... where did you find the advertisement or shop?"
"I found the advertisement near Kauvara's," said Radaraka, her hopes rising.
"Then let's go!" said Queeneyrie.
With some stares by some other neopets, Radaraka and Queeneyrie walked down towards Kauvara's. They stopped by a sign. Radaraka gasped.
"Oh no! The advertisement is gone!"
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Post by misslynx on Jul 23, 2003 17:07:54 GMT -5
Radaraka started crying even more. "Now, Radaraka, do you remember where the shop was?", asked queeneyrie. "Not really, the*sob* only thing I remember is that*sob* the shopkeeper was a fire scorchio." replied the sobbing eyrie. "Well, that isn't going to help...I know! let's ask the shop wizard!" Queeneyrie said. "But the wizard only searches items, not shopkeepers!" replied Radaraka. "Well, didn't you say that there was plenty of paint brushes in that shop? We'll just have to search a paint brush and we will go to the shop with the cheapest one!". "Yeah!" said Radaraka, now feeling a bit better.
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Post by Gelquie on Jul 23, 2003 17:23:07 GMT -5
So, they went on down to the shop wizard's tent. When they got there, they were greeted by a friendly mutant scorchio.
"Hello there! The Shop Wizard went on break, so I'm taking over for him!"
The mutant scorchio sounded very familiar for some reason.
"Erm, right. My poor eyrie got scammed out of 45,000 neopoints, and the advertisment for that shop is gone. I was wondering if you could look up a... erm..." Queeneyrie was in thought.
"Faerie paint brush!" exclaimed Radaraka.
"Alright then," said the scorchio. He went over to a book. "The cheapest price is at thejelly_2's shop for 45,000 neopoints."
"Alright! Thanks Mr. Subsitute Shop Wizard!" Radaraka exclaimed, and they walked down a merry lane, which showed directions to the shop.
When they got there, they were greeted by some chia police, who didn't look very happy.
"Radaraka, Queeneyrie, I'm afraid you'll have to come with me," the chief said.
"What?" exclaimed Queeneyrie with a raised eyebrow. "What did we do? We came to this shop to complain to the owner!"
"Yeah?" the chia policeman asked. "Well this says different." He held up a parchment, Queeneyrie grabbed it, read over it, and gasped.
"What is it?" asked Radaraka.
No reply, so Radaraka grabbed the note and read it himself. It said...
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Post by misslynx on Jul 23, 2003 17:56:04 GMT -5
WANTED: ((insert color here)) eyrie. Could also be mystery island. Is wanted for theft of a mystery island paint brush. Reward: 500, 000 neopoints
"B-but that's not possible! I bought it fair and square! And it wasn't even a real paintbrush! Look!", said Radaraka, showing his double colored feathers and fur. "We'll discuss that at the office", said the agent, in a grouchy voice.
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Post by Gelquie on Jul 23, 2003 18:11:51 GMT -5
OOC: Let's just call him a yellow eyrie, after all, that's what the lookup says.
IC: "But... but I bought that item! I drained my entire savings!" says Radaraka, starting to cry.
"Yeah, sure, now come!" the chief said.
"But we're innocent!" Queeneyrie said, but the police had already grabbed them and dragged them off.
At the office...
They were in a metal room, with a wooden chair and desk. One policeman was in a chair, while 4 others were standing guard.
"Now, little eyrie, why did you steal the island paint brush?" the police officer asked.
"But, Mr. Police Officer, I didn't steal anything!" Radaraka whimpered.
"First, call me Mr. Yile. Second, what proof do you have that you didn't steal any?" Mr. Yile replied.
"I drained my entire savings Mr. Yile! And I told you, the paint brush was also fake! I'll even show it to you!"
Radaraka lifted her tanned tail and cup of water. She threw the water on the end of the tail. The tail turned from a nice tan to a regular yellow.
"Right," said Mr. Yile, still not convinced. "The Mutant Scorchio at the shop told me..."
"Mutant scorchio? But I was met by a fire scorchio! What do you mean mutant! Wait! Queeneyrie, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Yeah!" replied queeneyrie. "That scorchio at the shop wizard wasn't a subsitute, he must have plotted something for us and used a mutant potion as a disguise!"
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Post by misslynx on Jul 23, 2003 18:52:00 GMT -5
"Let's hurry up, he still might be there!" said Radaraka. "Oh no you don't!" said Mr. Yile, as he caught the eyrie's tail. "B-but we have to get him Mr. Yile! Please, can we go out under your surveilance(sp?)?". "Ok, but only for , say, 2 hours."responded the grumpy officer. Queeneyrie, Radaraka and Mr" yile headed for the shop wizard's tent, and, instead of being greeted by the mutant scorchio, they were greeted by a faerie scorchio. Mr. Yile grunted and said:"He's clearly not here! Now get back to the office! "Wait, Mr. Yile!, cried Radaraka, Do you happen to have a bottle of water? -Yeah, now get back in the car so we can get to the office! -Could you give it to me, please?" The officer gave the water to Radaraka. Radaraka opened it and poured it on the scorchio's foot and...
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Post by Gelquie on Jul 23, 2003 19:14:16 GMT -5
...It immediately turned mutant. Then fire, then some weird color, obviously not like any of the colours from the rainbow pool, but it was clearly still a scorchio's. The Faerie scorchio was extreamly mad.
"Mr. Yile! Do you have any more water?" queeneyrie quickly asked. Mr. Yile sighed and gave them more water, which she dumped on the scorchio. The scorchio turned mutant, then fire, and then...
Everyone gasped. It was a half-draik half-scorchio! Mr. Yile frowned.
"Who ARE you, and where is the shop wizard?" he asked.
But before anyone could do anything...
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Post by misslynx on Jul 23, 2003 19:35:32 GMT -5
...The draik flew away. Radaraka quickly flew up and caught up with the draik-scorchio. He went in front of him and the scorchi-draik bumped into Radaraka, and started to fall. Queeneyrie was fast enough to go and catch him. The scorchi-draik tried to get out of her arms, but he couldn't. He was caught red-handed.
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Post by queeneyrie on Jul 23, 2003 19:37:02 GMT -5
OOC: Man, you two have conquered(SP?) this story. It's really good.
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