A Neon Sign: "Luna's Place": Part Four
by Miss_Laddy
Luna had taken the first ride to Neopia Center and in the meanwhile dragged Sari and Romano along. Dae, her Christmas Doglefox, seemed less than happy with the new climate.
Luna ran so fast into the furniture shop, she rammed and made collapse the shopkeeper.
"Watch where you're going!" the temperamentle yellow Eyrie squawked.
"Well, SOR-RY!" Luna moodily retorted.
She got up and noticed the shop was empty. Groaning, she decided to wait. The Eyrie soon dragged from the back room several tables. Like mad, Luna started haggling.
By the end of the day, they had 25 tables, wich was more than enough. They also had 100 chairs, wich was even MORE more than enough.
"Now, where should I send these to?" the Eyrie asked, scribling down on a piece of paper.
"Terror Mountain. Send them two houses down the road of Mika and Carassa's igloo. On the name Luna McSilver."
Happy with their newly bought furniture (and with the counter they managed to take from a broken down and abandoned bar), they went to buy plates and silerware. No problem there.
Next was going back at the bar and arranging it so it would really look like one. THAT went a tad wrong.
"Okay, Romano, move it a little to the left. No, not that much! Move it back. Just two inches, not that much!" Luna was, as you might have guessed, arranging the bar.
Romano was very frustrated, because his employer was indecisive. He gave up and collapsed on a nearby chair.
"What are you doing? I need it moved just a little in front!" Luna said.
As if a cue, the table moved two inches ahead.
"Tell me that was you!" Luna said, with her face whiter than usual.
"That was me doing what?" Romano asked, not having seen the event.
Just then, the chair the fire Lupe was sitting on moved closer to the table.
"Don't say it!" Romano said with wide eyes.
"WE HAVE GHOSTS!" Luna shrieked and jumpped on top of Romano's head.
Dae started running with panic all around the place. Sari was just taking a giant stack of plates to the back room, wich was suppose to be a kitchen.
"What are you guys talking aboouu--" Dae had ran around her legs, making her fall. The stack of plates, howver, instead of falling, floated in thin air.
"GHOOOOOSTS!" Sari yelled ran into the kitchen, locking the door.
She leaned on the door, taking her breath. The back of the room was dark, but Sari could see two eyes staring...at her!
"AIIIIIEEEEEEE!" she jumpped to her feet, trying to unlock the door.
"Please don't go." the two yellow eyes plead.
"Huh?" Sari, shaking life a leaf, turned around and saw a Lupe...a ghostly white Lupe...A Ghost Lupe.
"I only tried to help." he spoke.
"T-tried to h-h-help?" Sari tried calming herself down.
"Well, ya, this little Kadoatie" he pointed towards a pink Kadoatie on the shelves "said she wanted an owner, so when I took her here and saw the way all of you were trying so hard to make this place work, I wanted to help. Can I?"
Sari slidded slowly on the floor.
"I guess so. But, mind doing me a favor?"
The Ghost Lupe nodded.
Outside the improvised kitchen, Luna and Romano were calming themselves down.
"Do you think it's over?" Luna asked with shaky voice.
Just as Romano was about to reply, an ear-piercing scream was heard from the room Sari had ran into. Soon, noise of all sorts added.
The two dashed towards the door, trying to open the door.
"It's locked!" Romano dispaired.
"HEEEEELLLLPP!" could be heard from the other side of the door.
Where, might I add, Sari was snickering low and yelling after help.
"Okay, now!" Sari whispered to the Lupe.
The Ghost Lupe hovered a few inches off the ground towards the door and went through it.
Screams of terror flooded the bar. Sari released the Kadoatie in the main bar, as planned. What they planned, you ask?
Simple. Romano refused to take the Kadoatie, so the Ghost Lupe will pretend to be angry because of this and FORCE him to take the Petpet.
"B-but she's...PINK!" Romano retorted.
"You can always change her colour!" the Ghost Lupe approached his face uncomfortably close to Romano's, and their glares fought for a second, until Romano lost.
"Fine" the fire Lupe shrugged. "But I don't like pink!"
The Ghost Lupe's face changed.
"Then you swear on your honour to take this Petpet as your own?"
"What am I getting, married, or a feline?" Romano growled. "Fine, I swear."
"HEY SARI!" the Ghost Lupe yelled, panting happily. "He took the hook, line and sinker!"
"Wha--" Romano backed away the minute Sari and the ghost errupted in laughter.
"We did it! We made him adopt her!"
Romano was about to ram into the Ghost Lupe, but reminded himself that being intactible was a defenite advantage in a fight.
"Well then get this thing out of my sight!" Romano growled. "Before I have to resort to violence!"
"Sorry, but you DID swear on your honour you'd take care of her." Sari said with a smirk.
"Oh...so I did..." he growled low. "Fine, I'll take care of her, but I won't like it!"
"She needs a name, now!" Luna clapped happily. Romano glared. "Well she does!" she defended herself.
Romano glared at her.
"Then I'll name her Deception."
"Gee, ain't ya a fun guy..." the Ghost Lupe commented.
"Well, thanks for the help Nervim," Sari said towards the Ghost Lupe "I guess we're all done here."
"Yea, guess so. G'bye!" the Lupe disappeared in thin air.
"He was nice!" Luna smiled. "But we still have one problem."
"What?" Romano said, disgusted at the Kadoatie.
"We need to prepare the openning night." Luna flipped through some keys. "And I have the perfect idea for it."
She disappeared for a second in a back room and returned with some sketches.
"Er, Luna, what's that?" Sari asked, pointing towards the papers.
The white Lupe smirked.
"Get building. It's a stage!"
She dropped the sketches on the floor.
"Wood's in the basement. Careful, dough, the door opens very easily. Just nudge it. I have work to do." Luna tied a skarf around her neck.
"Work? Gee, what a coincidence, we have that kind too!" Sari said sarcastically.
"Now, now. Dae's cowering behind the bar, so make sure he doesn't see Deception any time soon."
Luna exited the building.
"Now where did SHE go?" Sari mumbled.
"Well, we might as well get to work." Romano said. Deception had unrapped the papers.
"It's gonna be a LOOOOONG night."
To Be Continued...
Luna had taken the first ride to Neopia Center and in the meanwhile dragged Sari and Romano along. Dae, her Christmas Doglefox, seemed less than happy with the new climate.
Luna ran so fast into the furniture shop, she rammed and made collapse the shopkeeper.
"Watch where you're going!" the temperamentle yellow Eyrie squawked.
"Well, SOR-RY!" Luna moodily retorted.
She got up and noticed the shop was empty. Groaning, she decided to wait. The Eyrie soon dragged from the back room several tables. Like mad, Luna started haggling.
By the end of the day, they had 25 tables, wich was more than enough. They also had 100 chairs, wich was even MORE more than enough.
"Now, where should I send these to?" the Eyrie asked, scribling down on a piece of paper.
"Terror Mountain. Send them two houses down the road of Mika and Carassa's igloo. On the name Luna McSilver."
Happy with their newly bought furniture (and with the counter they managed to take from a broken down and abandoned bar), they went to buy plates and silerware. No problem there.
Next was going back at the bar and arranging it so it would really look like one. THAT went a tad wrong.
"Okay, Romano, move it a little to the left. No, not that much! Move it back. Just two inches, not that much!" Luna was, as you might have guessed, arranging the bar.
Romano was very frustrated, because his employer was indecisive. He gave up and collapsed on a nearby chair.
"What are you doing? I need it moved just a little in front!" Luna said.
As if a cue, the table moved two inches ahead.
"Tell me that was you!" Luna said, with her face whiter than usual.
"That was me doing what?" Romano asked, not having seen the event.
Just then, the chair the fire Lupe was sitting on moved closer to the table.
"Don't say it!" Romano said with wide eyes.
"WE HAVE GHOSTS!" Luna shrieked and jumpped on top of Romano's head.
Dae started running with panic all around the place. Sari was just taking a giant stack of plates to the back room, wich was suppose to be a kitchen.
"What are you guys talking aboouu--" Dae had ran around her legs, making her fall. The stack of plates, howver, instead of falling, floated in thin air.
"GHOOOOOSTS!" Sari yelled ran into the kitchen, locking the door.
She leaned on the door, taking her breath. The back of the room was dark, but Sari could see two eyes staring...at her!
"AIIIIIEEEEEEE!" she jumpped to her feet, trying to unlock the door.
"Please don't go." the two yellow eyes plead.
"Huh?" Sari, shaking life a leaf, turned around and saw a Lupe...a ghostly white Lupe...A Ghost Lupe.
"I only tried to help." he spoke.
"T-tried to h-h-help?" Sari tried calming herself down.
"Well, ya, this little Kadoatie" he pointed towards a pink Kadoatie on the shelves "said she wanted an owner, so when I took her here and saw the way all of you were trying so hard to make this place work, I wanted to help. Can I?"
Sari slidded slowly on the floor.
"I guess so. But, mind doing me a favor?"
The Ghost Lupe nodded.
Outside the improvised kitchen, Luna and Romano were calming themselves down.
"Do you think it's over?" Luna asked with shaky voice.
Just as Romano was about to reply, an ear-piercing scream was heard from the room Sari had ran into. Soon, noise of all sorts added.
The two dashed towards the door, trying to open the door.
"It's locked!" Romano dispaired.
"HEEEEELLLLPP!" could be heard from the other side of the door.
Where, might I add, Sari was snickering low and yelling after help.
"Okay, now!" Sari whispered to the Lupe.
The Ghost Lupe hovered a few inches off the ground towards the door and went through it.
Screams of terror flooded the bar. Sari released the Kadoatie in the main bar, as planned. What they planned, you ask?
Simple. Romano refused to take the Kadoatie, so the Ghost Lupe will pretend to be angry because of this and FORCE him to take the Petpet.
"B-but she's...PINK!" Romano retorted.
"You can always change her colour!" the Ghost Lupe approached his face uncomfortably close to Romano's, and their glares fought for a second, until Romano lost.
"Fine" the fire Lupe shrugged. "But I don't like pink!"
The Ghost Lupe's face changed.
"Then you swear on your honour to take this Petpet as your own?"
"What am I getting, married, or a feline?" Romano growled. "Fine, I swear."
"HEY SARI!" the Ghost Lupe yelled, panting happily. "He took the hook, line and sinker!"
"Wha--" Romano backed away the minute Sari and the ghost errupted in laughter.
"We did it! We made him adopt her!"
Romano was about to ram into the Ghost Lupe, but reminded himself that being intactible was a defenite advantage in a fight.
"Well then get this thing out of my sight!" Romano growled. "Before I have to resort to violence!"
"Sorry, but you DID swear on your honour you'd take care of her." Sari said with a smirk.
"Oh...so I did..." he growled low. "Fine, I'll take care of her, but I won't like it!"
"She needs a name, now!" Luna clapped happily. Romano glared. "Well she does!" she defended herself.
Romano glared at her.
"Then I'll name her Deception."
"Gee, ain't ya a fun guy..." the Ghost Lupe commented.
"Well, thanks for the help Nervim," Sari said towards the Ghost Lupe "I guess we're all done here."
"Yea, guess so. G'bye!" the Lupe disappeared in thin air.
"He was nice!" Luna smiled. "But we still have one problem."
"What?" Romano said, disgusted at the Kadoatie.
"We need to prepare the openning night." Luna flipped through some keys. "And I have the perfect idea for it."
She disappeared for a second in a back room and returned with some sketches.
"Er, Luna, what's that?" Sari asked, pointing towards the papers.
The white Lupe smirked.
"Get building. It's a stage!"
She dropped the sketches on the floor.
"Wood's in the basement. Careful, dough, the door opens very easily. Just nudge it. I have work to do." Luna tied a skarf around her neck.
"Work? Gee, what a coincidence, we have that kind too!" Sari said sarcastically.
"Now, now. Dae's cowering behind the bar, so make sure he doesn't see Deception any time soon."
Luna exited the building.
"Now where did SHE go?" Sari mumbled.
"Well, we might as well get to work." Romano said. Deception had unrapped the papers.
"It's gonna be a LOOOOONG night."
To Be Continued...