A Neon Sign: "Luna's Place": Part Three
by Miss_Laddy
The location for the bar wasn't too good, but Luna wasn't one of the picky types. Next, they needed to arrange the building.
"Let's see...we need to choose paint colour, table sheet colour, and floor material. This wooden floor will never do!" Luna complained from behind the improvised table.
Sariel Coldfyre, a hyperactive red Lupe, a little on the short attention span side, and Romano, an irritable fire Lupe, were bored out of their minds listening to Luna.
"L., can't we worry about this later?" Sari asked.
"We already know what colours, let's go buy already!" Romano added.
"Umm...fine." Luna nervously said and twitched slightly.
The white Lupe hadn't expected her bar to be in the works so fast. The cooking competition prize was more than enough to open the bar and the little Christmas Dogglefox was too cute to sell anyway. So Luna took it as her own and named it H-Dae, or Dae. She said that unusual names were more interesting.
Dae was mischievous, and got in the way, but at least he was cute.
The paints and sheets were easily bought. They were put on the improvised table, while the three Lupes got brushes. It wasn't much, the walls were supposed to be white.
"Okay, umm...you paint that wall, Sar, Romano can take that big one. I'll start here." Luna, still twitching out of excitement, dipped the brush in paint and started working on the blackened walls.
They all started painting their own wall. Dae, being there also, was bored. Three Lupes in the room and none having fun?
He muttered something while coming next to his owner. Luna was so concentrated on painting the wall, she didn't notice him. While dipping the paintbrush, Dae started sniffing the paint, considering it edible. Just then, the brush was raised and on the Doglefox's face appeared a wet, white stripe.
He sneezed, having an allergic reaction. While scratching his nose, he went towards Romano. The Lupe, being so irritable, was painting agressively, throwing drops of paint all around.
Dae whimpered, trying to catch his attention.
"What?!" Romano yelled in Dae's direction.
Dae turned around in the blink of an eye, pretending he never even breathed. Romano returned to the wall, still muttering.
Dae dipped his paw in the paint and tried licking it. Feeling the horrible taste on his tongue made him gag. Instead of standing around there, he went towards Sari.
Sari was softly brushing the wall, visibly bored.
"Arf." Dae tilt his head on a side.
"Oh, hello, Dae..." Sari yawned, half covering her mouth with a paw. She looked down at the little Doglefox. "Wanna play? Sorry, I've got work to do..."
Dae just stood there, with an innocent expression on his face, pleading for fun.
"Oh, alright!" she kneeled next to him.
Cooing and scratching him, she lost track of time. While Luna and Romano were half-way done, Sari hardly painted a few spots.
"Okay, enough." she got up and started catching up.
Dae was once again bored. He returned to his owner and whimpered.
"What is it, dear--" Luna froze the second she saw her pet. "OH NO!" she yelled, throwing the paintbrush aside. "Are you alright?!" she frantically asked.
Dae had no idea what Luna was meaning.
"HE ATE PAINT!" Luna yelled while grabbing the Doglefox.
Sari jumpped after Luna and Romano just continued painting, uninterested. He couldn't care less about the petpet.
They were on top of Terror Mountain, so the local Petpet hospital was close. They barged in, Luna clutching Dae, Sari trying to explain he didn't eat paint, he was fine.
The Poogle nurse at the reception looked at them, trying to figure out if they were crazy or just insane.
"May I--" the Doglefox was shoved in the yellow Poogle's face. "--help you?"
"He ate paint! He's gonna die!" Luna yelled desperately.
Another Poogle nurse, that was close by, grabbed the Doglefox.
"I'll take him in the emergency room!" she yelled and ran through some doors. The two Lupes followed, concerned.
In the room, a doctor was trying to examine Dae. But he kept squirming, distracted by other pets there. When the doctor, a Cybunny, finally pinned Dae down, something horrible happened: a pink Kadoatie was brought in. Sure, pink Kadoaties are nice, but it's a known fact that Doglefoxes love to chase Kadoaties and, well, Dae was much of a stereotype.
He escaped the doctor's paws and dashed towards the nurse holding the feline. It got scared and jumpped away, running crazily around the room.
"Dae! Stop it this instance!" Luna demanded, stomping her foot.
The Kadoatie was just running through that area and jumpped on Luna's head. When Dae got close, she jumpped off, scared. The Doglefox, not knowig any better, jumpped on Luna's head too, then after his newly found nemesis.
Nurses and doctors alike tried catching one of the two or both, scared that they might get hurt.
While chaos took over the whole room, the two Petpets exited it. They were just about to dash past the reception when the Kadoatie got a foot on her tail and the Doglefox got picked up by his.
The fire Lupe snorted while Luna and Sari ran out.
"BAD!" Luna yelled and snatched Dae from Romano's hand. "Thanks to Romano, you won't be going anywhere!"
"Who's this?" Romano picked the pink Kadoatie up. "Pink? What sicko painted her pink?!"
"Actually," the receptionist cut in "we don't know. She's been found with no owner close by. But if you're willing to adopt her and change her colour..."
Romano growled.
"Me? Adopt this pest?" he threw the Kadoatie over his shoulder, onto the receptionist's face, but without noticing.
"Let's go, we have alot to do!" Luna rushed the other two Lupes, while nurses tried to pry the scared Kadoatie off their colleague's head. Luna, Sari and Romano exited the hospital without noticing the panicked nurses.
"Dae is defenitely okay." Sari commented. "He always chases Kadoaties when he's in a good enough mood."
Luna just nodded, clutching the Christmas Doglefox tight.
"Now that that's over, the bar is finished and there's some spare paint. Next would be tables, right?" Romano said.
"You finished painting the walls? Great! We'll head right now towards Neopia Center to buy furniture!" Luna rushed her pace.
"Are you sure we shouldn't get out of this mess while we still can?" Sari asked Romano.
"I'm sorry, but that'd be cowardly." he replied. Taking another look at Luna, he added "Then again, it would be smart..."
To Be Continued....
The location for the bar wasn't too good, but Luna wasn't one of the picky types. Next, they needed to arrange the building.
"Let's see...we need to choose paint colour, table sheet colour, and floor material. This wooden floor will never do!" Luna complained from behind the improvised table.
Sariel Coldfyre, a hyperactive red Lupe, a little on the short attention span side, and Romano, an irritable fire Lupe, were bored out of their minds listening to Luna.
"L., can't we worry about this later?" Sari asked.
"We already know what colours, let's go buy already!" Romano added.
"Umm...fine." Luna nervously said and twitched slightly.
The white Lupe hadn't expected her bar to be in the works so fast. The cooking competition prize was more than enough to open the bar and the little Christmas Dogglefox was too cute to sell anyway. So Luna took it as her own and named it H-Dae, or Dae. She said that unusual names were more interesting.
Dae was mischievous, and got in the way, but at least he was cute.
The paints and sheets were easily bought. They were put on the improvised table, while the three Lupes got brushes. It wasn't much, the walls were supposed to be white.
"Okay, umm...you paint that wall, Sar, Romano can take that big one. I'll start here." Luna, still twitching out of excitement, dipped the brush in paint and started working on the blackened walls.
They all started painting their own wall. Dae, being there also, was bored. Three Lupes in the room and none having fun?
He muttered something while coming next to his owner. Luna was so concentrated on painting the wall, she didn't notice him. While dipping the paintbrush, Dae started sniffing the paint, considering it edible. Just then, the brush was raised and on the Doglefox's face appeared a wet, white stripe.
He sneezed, having an allergic reaction. While scratching his nose, he went towards Romano. The Lupe, being so irritable, was painting agressively, throwing drops of paint all around.
Dae whimpered, trying to catch his attention.
"What?!" Romano yelled in Dae's direction.
Dae turned around in the blink of an eye, pretending he never even breathed. Romano returned to the wall, still muttering.
Dae dipped his paw in the paint and tried licking it. Feeling the horrible taste on his tongue made him gag. Instead of standing around there, he went towards Sari.
Sari was softly brushing the wall, visibly bored.
"Arf." Dae tilt his head on a side.
"Oh, hello, Dae..." Sari yawned, half covering her mouth with a paw. She looked down at the little Doglefox. "Wanna play? Sorry, I've got work to do..."
Dae just stood there, with an innocent expression on his face, pleading for fun.
"Oh, alright!" she kneeled next to him.
Cooing and scratching him, she lost track of time. While Luna and Romano were half-way done, Sari hardly painted a few spots.
"Okay, enough." she got up and started catching up.
Dae was once again bored. He returned to his owner and whimpered.
"What is it, dear--" Luna froze the second she saw her pet. "OH NO!" she yelled, throwing the paintbrush aside. "Are you alright?!" she frantically asked.
Dae had no idea what Luna was meaning.
"HE ATE PAINT!" Luna yelled while grabbing the Doglefox.
Sari jumpped after Luna and Romano just continued painting, uninterested. He couldn't care less about the petpet.
They were on top of Terror Mountain, so the local Petpet hospital was close. They barged in, Luna clutching Dae, Sari trying to explain he didn't eat paint, he was fine.
The Poogle nurse at the reception looked at them, trying to figure out if they were crazy or just insane.
"May I--" the Doglefox was shoved in the yellow Poogle's face. "--help you?"
"He ate paint! He's gonna die!" Luna yelled desperately.
Another Poogle nurse, that was close by, grabbed the Doglefox.
"I'll take him in the emergency room!" she yelled and ran through some doors. The two Lupes followed, concerned.
In the room, a doctor was trying to examine Dae. But he kept squirming, distracted by other pets there. When the doctor, a Cybunny, finally pinned Dae down, something horrible happened: a pink Kadoatie was brought in. Sure, pink Kadoaties are nice, but it's a known fact that Doglefoxes love to chase Kadoaties and, well, Dae was much of a stereotype.
He escaped the doctor's paws and dashed towards the nurse holding the feline. It got scared and jumpped away, running crazily around the room.
"Dae! Stop it this instance!" Luna demanded, stomping her foot.
The Kadoatie was just running through that area and jumpped on Luna's head. When Dae got close, she jumpped off, scared. The Doglefox, not knowig any better, jumpped on Luna's head too, then after his newly found nemesis.
Nurses and doctors alike tried catching one of the two or both, scared that they might get hurt.
While chaos took over the whole room, the two Petpets exited it. They were just about to dash past the reception when the Kadoatie got a foot on her tail and the Doglefox got picked up by his.
The fire Lupe snorted while Luna and Sari ran out.
"BAD!" Luna yelled and snatched Dae from Romano's hand. "Thanks to Romano, you won't be going anywhere!"
"Who's this?" Romano picked the pink Kadoatie up. "Pink? What sicko painted her pink?!"
"Actually," the receptionist cut in "we don't know. She's been found with no owner close by. But if you're willing to adopt her and change her colour..."
Romano growled.
"Me? Adopt this pest?" he threw the Kadoatie over his shoulder, onto the receptionist's face, but without noticing.
"Let's go, we have alot to do!" Luna rushed the other two Lupes, while nurses tried to pry the scared Kadoatie off their colleague's head. Luna, Sari and Romano exited the hospital without noticing the panicked nurses.
"Dae is defenitely okay." Sari commented. "He always chases Kadoaties when he's in a good enough mood."
Luna just nodded, clutching the Christmas Doglefox tight.
"Now that that's over, the bar is finished and there's some spare paint. Next would be tables, right?" Romano said.
"You finished painting the walls? Great! We'll head right now towards Neopia Center to buy furniture!" Luna rushed her pace.
"Are you sure we shouldn't get out of this mess while we still can?" Sari asked Romano.
"I'm sorry, but that'd be cowardly." he replied. Taking another look at Luna, he added "Then again, it would be smart..."
To Be Continued....