Arakura!

The christmas ixi bounces up and down, giggling and shrieking with excitement, much like a small child. She bounces in place in front of you and begins to speak in a cute, shrill tone:
Finally it is my turn! I can talk about me! I am arakura! I am simple, and I like it! It makes me cuter, don't you think?"

Before you can answer, she plops in the grass with a soft thud and says, "I do too! I was born an acara! They are cute kitties! I was too small though! It was f..fffru...frustrating? Frustrating! Frustrating to run because I was so teenytiny! I asked Shanupi if I could be a zafara! They have pretty tails and are tall! So she turned me into a christmas one! I had wings!"
She flaps her arms, as if she was pretending to fly.

She even drew me in a comic! In the Neopian Times! It was me, because it happened like that! Everyone gets a christmas paint brush at christmas! It is nice of them to give everyone one, but then everyone has a christmas paintypet! Oh well!

I am an ixi now! They are cuter and don't have biggywig feet! I am small again but not so small as a kittycat!

Oh oh oh! When I was a little babies acara, I had a daddy! Not a real daddy, sillies! He was a gelert named Punk and some numbers, but I called him daddy! He is gone, and I get sad sometimes, but that is okay because he was my daddy and he would want me to be happy now like I am always! I should find a piccy-pic of us!

My intelligence is 24 but I think learning big words and stuff is boring acuz I want all of my brains to go to fun things like playing in grass and learning different flowers and foods and umm... learning to draw like Shanupi! Looky look!"
The ixi shoves a crumpled bunch of notebook papers into your arms.

I drew my family! Step-family? Family doesn't need to be mommies and daddies always. That is okay! I drew them because I love them! Isn't it good? I can tell you about them in case you don't know who they are!"



this is schlupi he is not living with us but he was here when i was here! He is old but he doesn't always act old but he usually acts fancy because he looks fancy and he is fancy! He likes books and learning and shows me cool magic like sparklies and shinies!











This is Hehkua! Heh heh! It's like laughing! Heh heh heh heh! Hehkua is fun fun! He loves dancing and he is glowy and pretty and he has funny hair! He does cool things with glowsticks like spins them around to make pretty shapes! I dance with him sometimes!









Aruuuuuuuu! Aruuo! he is silly. He is sometimes nice and sometimes scary because he has something bad in him but also something good? I don't understand! He is two colors but black and white aren't colors! He is a favourite though! Little brother that loves love!











Lu lu luey! He is also silly but only because he likes to clean! He wants everything clean always and he likes to cook too! He saved faeries and he is pretty with wings but i forgot to draw them!











This is hostile_groove. He is hostile! That means mean I think. And he IS mean! I did not try to be friends with him! I think he is leaving soon anyway! No one should be so mean! He looks scary too!











Poor bhal! Bhaltain! Pretty name, but not so pretty pet. I think he is pretty though. Or actually he is cool! He looks like a mutant but not a mutant that I have ever seen! Poor, poor thing! He is always sad now! I think he was cursed for being bad? He is not bad now, so it is sad! Schlulu is trying to help him with magic!





Arakura snatches the papers, and stares at them proudly before turning to you again.
Aren't I good? I am good! You should draw a picture for me, because I don't have any pictures of me yet! I love collecting pictures! And pictures of my family. I love my family too, and I hope you do! You should visit them!"

She yawns widely, and begins to trot away, stopping to sniff bluebells and persephones.
She turns one last time and smiles at you. It seems she has tired herself out.
Okay, I am going to nap in the flowers now! Thank you for seeing me!"