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Issue: 1000 | 26th day of Sleeping, Y26 |
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 | From One Writer to Another"The bookshop had been kind enough to lend me a comfortable, cushioned chair, not a plastic, blocky one with faded paint and a number written with permanent marker. My table was covered with a clean burgundy cloth and..."
by precious_katuch14 |  | A Weewoo's Journey"The Weewoo was white, his feathers standing out like a pile of snow in the sand of Krawk Island. All the other chicks in the brood were various shades of brown..."
by emma_manatee |  | Jhudora’s Quest - Level 1000"Zaf the Zafara could barely contain her excitement as she rushed to grab the latest issue of the Neopian Times from her front yard. Today was a monumental day..."
by wingkandy |  | A Party, A Thousand Years Overdue"Never underestimate the allure of a free buffet..."
by herdygerdy |  | The Hunter & The Betrayer: 1000 Years"A millennium had passed; time, as it inevitably, always did, moved on. A painful journey for the old and decaying, an impatient one for the youths who wished to experience more..."
by dudeiloled |  | In the Neopian Times Office. Issue 1000"Thuay’s fur was getting matted near her temple where she had been rubbing at it in frustration, so she purposefully stopped and placed her arms down on her desk instead. It’s not just her though..."
by betti666 |  | One Neopoint. Seriously?"When Quest Log began, Zariniey became an instant fanatic! She was there at the first hour to quickly complete each quest and collect her bag of 20,000 Neopoints that she would stash away..."
by candylandtheonomy |  | The Mysterious Disappearance of a Neopian Times Editor"The Desert Aisha gripped the latest issue of the Neopian Times tightly in her paws, soaking up every word of the..."
by _myst_queen |  | Spilled Ink - Happy 1000th issue!"Ylana was living in a small spaceship, constantly darting from planet to planet and taking work where she could. Being a wanted criminal for a decade and a half now, the last thing you would want was to..."
by xxstarl1ghtxx |  | One Thousand Days of Procrastination"After reading the fifth question on the career quiz, Line realizes that this is not going well..."
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"One Thousand Days of Procrastination" by purplepeggie
After reading the fifth question on the career quiz, Line realizes that this is not going well.
"From a scale of 'strongly dislike' to 'strongly like', rate your affinity for building kitchen cabinets."
She circles 'strongly dislike' and moves her pencil down to the next item, then pauses. Yes, she knows next to nothing about carpentry, but it sounds decent... in theory. Building things with her own two paws, good honest work. But does liking the concept count as "having an affinity"?
She circles 'neutral' and moves to the next item.
"From a scale of 'strongly dislike' to 'strongly like', rate your affinity for studying ways to reduce water pollution."
Line circles 'dislike', then feels guilty. If someone had to do it and no one else wanted to, she'd volunteer to do it, wouldn't she? Maybe it'd be fun, charting the turbidity of Terror Mountain's bodies of water. She erases 'dislike' and circles 'neutral'.
The Chocolate Vandagyre scans the answers she's put down so far. Of the six items she's circled, all of them are 'neutral' except 'buy and sell stocks and bonds', for which she's put 'dislike'. She tries not to dwell on that for too long, afraid that she might change that answer, too.
Line sinks her head onto her paw. What kind of career can the school suggest for her if the only thing they know about her — the only thing she knows about herself — is that she doesn't want the life of Nigel the Chia?
"Ten minutes left, everyone!" Mrs. Lupern calls out.
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