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Vloski's eyes blinked furiously as she pulled herself off the marble floor
of her NeoHome to glare at Javakei.
"I is not liking it when you push I, JAVAKEI!" Vloski growled, her voice trembling.
"I is not liking it, blah blah blah. You're so stupid, not to mention ugly.
Ugh, and people actually wonder why there are so few Lennys. Well look at you,
you're a prime example. Stupid as a Monocerous, ugly as a bowl of mustard ice
cream, you have a speech impairment and worst of all, you aren't even painted!"
Javakei answered with disgust, emphasizing the last four words. She watched
the tears well up in Vloski's eyes, grinned in satisfaction, then spun on her
heel and headed towards her bedroom.
Vloski stared blankly after Javakei. She adored Javakei, she was pretty, she
was popular on their block, Coconut Road on Mystery Island, and she had an impeccable
sense of style. But she wasn't nice. At least not to Vloski. She was really
nice around Kuces, Kasey's other Shoyru. But for some reason, when nobody else
was around she went out of her way to practice random acts of meanness on Vloski.
The small Lenny exhaled softly, ran to her room and slammed her door shut.
She threw herself down on her pink and white bed, where she could sit and feel
safe, surrounded by her Usukis. She wondered how she could pay Javakei back,
how she could reveal the true Javakei, and then she got it. Her dark eyes scanned
the room maliciously until she found her piggy bank, which was actually a porcelain
Snorkle. She remembered all the times she had dropped spare NP in to it, hearing
it clink when it hit the bottom. She remembered how one day, she asked Kuces
for some NP so she could fill it up until falling NP would hit other NP, instead
of the bottom, for it was such a lonely sound to her. Her eyes softened, but
she knew what she had to do.
Vloski went over to the Snorkle and sat it down on the floor where nothing
else lay. She looked around anxiously for something to smash it with, but the
best she could find was her Usuki Dream Wardrobe. She raised the pink and white
plastic box over her head and then slammed it down, shattering her pig. She
then picked up her Usuki Change Purse and shoved inside every last NP, ignoring
the fragments of the Snorkle that now lay about her bedroom floor.
Within the hour, Vloski had inconspicuously made her way out of her NeoHome,
and down to the wharf. She knew that here, not in the market place, was where
she could find what she needed. She found the old Poogle who ran the stall of
her destination, slipped him almost all of what was in her change purse, then
ran home, keeping her purchase held tight against her chest.
Nobody noticed her return home, which normally would have bothered her, but
today it suited her intentions. She slipped into the kitchen and shut the door
lightly behind her, so she would not make a sound, then she began dinner. Hot
dogs for Kasey, Javakei and herself, and a Vegan dog for Kuces. She set the
table, taking extra time at Javakei's place, and then called her family to dinner.
Javakei came first, her purple skin gleaming in the bright lights of the kitchen,
a smirk set on her face that plainly told Vloski that she planned to make this
evening horrible for her. Kuces came next, practically running over Javakei
to reach his chair and eat. He shot a smile of thanks at Vloski for making dinner
early tonight, for earlier, he had been out playing Gormball with his friends
Kyfudo and Qovai, and as all young boys do, they played rough. Vloski grinned
back and sat down at her seat.
"Oh, Kasey isn't going to eat with us tonight because she's out buying the
new couch. Didn't you know, Vloski? Money has been tight lately, and now you've
wasted this hotdog... but it's okay, if we can't afford enough food for dinner
tomorrow, I'll give up mine," Javakei said in mock goodwill. Kuces, being completely
caught up in his meal, didn't even notice what the girls were saying.
Vloski shrugged and started to eat, keeping her gaze on Javakei, watching her
lift her manicured paws to pick up her napkin, and set it gently on her lap,
to pick up her hot dog, and take a bite. She didn't miss anything.
It happened slowly, Javakei took a sip of her Neocola and then looked down
at the glass with surprise.
"Vloski! This is not Diet!"
"I'm sorry, here, let me take that one and I'll get you a Diet," Vloski half
mumbled, half spoke.
"With lemon!" Javakei added, her eyes narrowing at Vloski. Vloski nodded in
response and took the dejected glass over to the sink where she poured out the
contents.
She poured in a combination of Diet Neocola and the yellow potion she had bought
earlier. She then tossed the empty potion bottle into the trash and returned
to the table, setting Javakei's glass down in front of her.
"Wait a second..." Kuces started, his eyes looking confused. "Javakei, if we're
poor, then why do you make Kasey buy special Neocola for you? You're the only
one who drinks it. Oh well... I suppose I shouldn't say anything, after all,
she buys me Vegan food."
Javakei stared at him with no expression on her face, then she reached down
and picked up her glass. She eyed the contents for a moment then drank the whole
thing.
Vloski nudged Kuces and he looked back up from his dinner to where she was
motioning to. Javakei's skin was turning yellow. Her eyes were bulging out and
turning red. She was moving slowly backward as her growing stomach pushed her
away from the table and antennae sprouted from her head. She was turning into
a Grundo.
Javakei looked down at her paws, but they weren't paws anymore, they were three
fingered hands. She tried to turn to glare at Vloski but her mouth was still
changing, turning from the pretty little muzzle of a Shoyru to the foolish grin
of a Grundo. When it was complete she simply flexed her fists while she shook
with fury.
"IKSOLV! ER'OUY DAED! M'I GINLLET YESAK!" Javakei screeched in her slurred,
backwards Grundo language.
Kuces and Vloski looked at each other and started to laugh. They knew Kasey
could care less, but, they'd wait and let Javakei find that one out herself.
***
And as it turns out, to this day Javakei remains a yellow Grundo, at least
until Kuces masters Starting
Spells (Kasey won't let Vloski read that one, in case she gets angry
again).
The End |
