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Post by Saphnie on Jan 13, 2007 17:47:27 GMT -5
"Not so loud! You'll deafen me!" Trevor growled. "Climb in and fasten your seatbelts. Tight."
They did so hurriedly. The kacheek put on a set of headphones with a speaker, and put another pair on Trevor's head. He grinned and did a thumbs-up.
Trevor started trotting and the trailor jolted forward, jumping every now and again as they went over a bump in the ground. Trevor started to go faster and faster, flapping his wings until they were just a blur.
The wind screamed at Furrball as it rushed past his ears. He laid them down flat on his head on fear and his eyes started to water from the force of the wind in his face. He clenched them shut.
Fara lay a paw on his arm and he opened them again. The jolting had stopped. Looking around he saw they were getting higher and higher ... and higher ... and higher ...
Soon they were above the clouds. Viktoria laughed excitedly and Furrball grinned. The wind was now a soft, gentle breeze, comfortably ruffling his fur.
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Post by Spite on Jan 13, 2007 17:58:34 GMT -5
"Wow, is this..." Furrball was excited.
"This is as close as you can get to heaven without being there!" Vik finished his sentance for him. The wind was still gentle, and the sky was so clear, Neopia Central was now out of site and Mystery Island was still a long way away. Furrball hadn't realised the ocean beneath them, and that was a good thing because he couldn't stand deep water because he couldn't swim. He watched the clouds, that broke into smokey mist as the gently broke in his face. He chuckled at the tickle it made.
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Post by Saphnie on Jan 13, 2007 18:01:23 GMT -5
Half an hour later, Trevor's voice came drifting through the wind ahead of them. "We're just about there! You should be able to see Techo Mountain just above the horizon. It'll be another ten minutes."
Furrball gazed in wonder as the mountain slowly grew to reveal a giant techo's face carved into it. He shook Fara excitedly. "Fara! Fara, look at that!"
"I know," Fara smiled. "I saw it last year. I have photos of it up close."
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Post by Spite on Jan 13, 2007 18:06:11 GMT -5
Now the bad part started, the descent.
The air pressure built up and the pressure within the ears tries to escape.
Furrball's ears popped rapidly with painful aggression.
"Gah! Is it meant to do this?" He asked as he covered his ears with his paws. Fara nodded. "Don't worry, it won't last long."
"Sorry? Can't hear you... OW!" Furrball moaned. Vik didn't even seem affected by the pressure, she peacefully wathced the rapid descent.
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Post by Saphnie on Jan 13, 2007 18:09:38 GMT -5
(Ow, I hate landing! *frowns* I am so scared, especially when the plane skids!)
The eyrie spread out his wings as they neared the ground. He held out his legs and, as he hit the runway, he began runnning, slowly slowing down.
Fara removed Furrball's paws, which were clamped to his armrests. "We've landed."
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Post by Spite on Jan 13, 2007 18:12:36 GMT -5
( I hated flying and I don't want to do it again lol)
There were claw marks ripped into the chair and Furrball looked around dazed.
"Hmm? What's up with him?" Vik asked.
"Bad landing..." Fara sighed.
"WHAT? CAN'T HEAR YOU!" Furrball rubbed his sore ears and tried to ignore the pain. Mystery Island was hot today, and the sun was shining to brightly to view.
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Post by Saphnie on Jan 13, 2007 18:16:28 GMT -5
(my family travels a lot, so I've been on loads of planes. Have you watched Lost? It kind of put me off flying - now I'm terrified!)
Viktoria handed Furrball a peice of raspberry chewing gum. "EAT THIS," she said loudly. "IT WILL HELP."
Furrball took it and started to chew it.
Viktoria looked around. "Come on, I'll bet the Soup Faerie and Mez are already waiting for us in the Lobby. Thanks again, Trevor!"
They headed inside the Taxi Service building whihc, thankfully, had air conditioning.
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Post by Spite on Jan 13, 2007 18:22:29 GMT -5
(Lost? yeh, got 1st on 2nd series and DVD XD. And you mentioned air conditioning? I went to Mellorca and alost died (not joking either) of heat stroke because the bus had no air conditioning. And nobody helped when I collapsed onto the floor while leaving the bus either.  ) The gum helped unblock his hearing but didn't soothe the pain. But pain always goes away. "I hope you know where we need to go?" Furrball finally said. "Haven't you been listening to... Oh yeah, sorry. You were busy being deaf." Fara joked. "Very funny!" Furrball snotted. (hate that word XD) "Okay, let's hurry!" Vik dashed ahead. |
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Post by Saphnie on Jan 13, 2007 18:28:40 GMT -5
(Omg - poor you! I had heatstroke when I went to Thailand and had to spend the day in bed while everyone else (apart from my mum) got to go water tubing!)
Fara spied the faerie xweetok and the Soup Faerie right away. "Over there!" she said, waving her paw in their direction. Viktoria smiled and dashed over to join her cousin.
"You finally made it," Mez smiled. "We thought you'd never arrive. How did you like flying for the first time, Furrball?"
Furrball shivered. "Let's not talk about it."
"The flight was nice, but the landing needed some work," piped up Fara. "I think the trailer was a bit heavy at the back, that might have been the reason for the jolting when we hit the ground."
"You're quite an expert," Mez said, impressed.
"So, did you get a room?" Viktoria cut in.
the Soup Faerie nodded. "Yep. It's just a five minute walk. We bought these sunglasses for you if you want some.
They left the Taxi Service building, Furrball donning brand new sparkling Mystery Island brand Faboo sunglasses.
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Post by Spite on Jan 13, 2007 18:35:33 GMT -5
(Yep, and I hand to spend the rest of the day on the bed too, but I was under a rotating fan (a very unbalanced and rather dangerous looking fan) with a bottle of mineral water by my side. I never feared the sun before, but I don't worry now coz I ain't in mallorca  ) "This place is great!" Furrball celebrated. "The air is pure, no pollution. And there is sand everywhere. I love sand!" The Wocky got carried away with his own thoughts and almost got left behind. "We didn't bring much so it shouldn't take long to get to our rooms. Grab your gear everyone." The soup Faerie said. "My gear? I have nothing..." Furrball stared at his empty baggage. "Yes you do, you almost have 1k remember? The money tree?" Vik reminded him. "Anyway, the Neopian Times HQ will have to wait until tommorow, it is sunday today so they will be closed. So how about we just enjoy our first day here?" Mez asked. |
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Post by Saphnie on Jan 13, 2007 18:41:59 GMT -5
(lol *imagines fan falling* Oh deary, deary me)
The Soup Faerie sighed. "All right then. I'm going to visit Jhudora - we're distant relatives. I'll see you back at the rooms for dinner."
They all waved goodbye. Viktoria smiled and said, "What should we do first? There's the beach ... tombola ... Techo Mountain ... the Island Mystic! that could be interesting."
Mez opened a brochure she had picked up. "Why don't we visit the Training School? We might get to see some professional Battledomers, and I don't mind trying some of those moves."
"It costs codestones to have lessons," Fara pointed out.
Mez shrugged. "I've got a Mau codestone somewhere in the depths of my Safety Deposit Box."
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Post by Spite on Jan 13, 2007 18:46:40 GMT -5
(I almost thought it was going to fall when it made a loud clunk noise ) "I wouldn't mind checking out the Tombola, could be nice stuff there." Furrball chanted. "Well, I'll go with you then. You'll just get lost by yourslef! Mez, meet you here once you have finished in the training school!" Fara told her, Mez nodded then fluttered away. "I wanna' win a bottle of sand!!!" Furrball chanted. "I think those are booby prizes..." Fara sighed. "The I want to lose!" Furrball was smiling with a smile he had never used before. He had almost completely forgotten about his rather depressing life before. |
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Post by Saphnie on Jan 13, 2007 18:49:58 GMT -5
(*clunk*)
Viktoria waved goodbye to them and set off for the beach. Furrball danced along the path, the large palm trees swaying in the tropical breeze.
"Look! An island tuskaninny!" he chatted excitedly, pointing at the Neopet. The tuskaninny gave him a strang elook and hurried away. "And look - an island bori!"
"Furrball, calm down!" laughed Fara. "You've seen loads of island pets. Vik, for instance."
"But not natives!" Furrball retorted happily.
He flicked his tail from side to side, eyes darting everywhere in a vain attempt to take everything in.
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Post by Spite on Jan 13, 2007 18:55:42 GMT -5
(are you wishing it to fall? lol It probably has fallen by now, unless they repaired it.)
"Okay, no more Neocola for you. I think you've gone hyper!" Fara laughed.
"What? I'm excited... Ok, I will try to calm down..."
"Good, because everyone is staring at us!"
"Oops, sorry everyone!" The Wocky blushed again. "Fara, thank you!"
"Hmm, for what?"
"Well, you left your owner just to be my friend, that makes me feel special!"
"Well, that guy was kind of a nutcase anyway, too obsessed about grooming me. And its the girls that should like that, not the boys."
"So, why didn't you like it?" Furrball asked.
"Red nail varnish... not likely! And do you have any idea what it smells like? Raspberry my paw. It smelt like melted plastic!" Fara went on.
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Post by Saphnie on Jan 13, 2007 18:57:58 GMT -5
(wishing for it to fall? my dear Spite, did you not hear the *clunk* of it falling?)
"I guess red doesn't suit a fire neopet," Furrball blushed.
Fara gave him a look.
"No, I mean, um, you look very nice, but I don't think red would suit you," Furrball gabbled on, trying to cover up his mistake. "I'm sure you look very pretty with..."
He stopped, burning with embarressment.
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