SOUP KITCHEN- A few days ago, I was at the bank, looking at my happy 700,000 neopoints, thinking of my high-statted robot peophin, and my paint brush gallery. This, I thought, is the life. But then it hit me. Yeah, it was the life for me, but not for my pets! I realized then that being a neopian was so unfun now that I had everything I desired, and a trophy pet I had never cared about. The game was no longer Neo-Pets for me, it was Neo-Points. This completely terrified me, so I made a resolution- I would go out and enjoy Neopets, even if it killed me.
First thing I did was give my Peophin to my sister and delete my account (after giving all my money and paint brushes to my sister). I had to start new. I created the account Star_Bloom on my laptop (even a new computer would be vital… I had played Neopets as a poor newbie on this laptop before, so it was good, I figured). Then I created Kaeshaei, a blue Aisha. And when I looked at her, I felt true neopian love. More than I felt for my Robot Peophin on level 179, I felt for a blue Aisha, level one, average stats.
That night, I played a ton of games and did Snow Faerie Quests to earn 10k. I resolved to never have more than 50k in the bank, to spend all but that on Kaeshaei. So the instant I hit 12k, I bought her a floud named Carnation. My next instinct was to train her, but I withheld that strong desire. I didn’t want another trophy pet, I wanted a happy pet. Kaeshaei and I did just about everything on that one night: Mystery Island Tours, a concert, role-playing, and even a tea-party. Around ten PM my time, I looked at her on Quick-Ref. This is what I saw.
– Kaeshaei –
Species : Aisha
Colour : Blue
Gender : Female
Age : 25 hours
Level : 1
Health : 10 / 10
Mood : delighted!
Hunger : bloated
Strength : quite strong
Defence : armoured
Move : average
Intelligence : average
Abilities
Equipment
Carnation the Floud
(Level 1)
Aha! I know understood my sister’s happy prattling about her level twelve gelert, who before I rolled my eyes at, and also Gandalf’s choice not to take the ring. I was, in a sense, like that about my money. Samantha, (my sister) would know how to spend it wisely, and not go bonkers. But I would horde it, make it grow bigger, and end up like before.
And, after all, why do we have neopoints in the first place? To care for our neopets, silly! I have a friend who had 200k in the bank, and her pets were on dying, and unpainted except for two (She had 6). After I talked to her, she painted another pet, and keeps them on bloated now! I’m so proud of her, even though she now has 95k.
What is the point of having 1,000,000 in the bank, just sitting there forever? A ton of my rich* friends claim they are saving for an emergency. What kind of emergency costs one million neopoints to fix? Most disease costs less than 10k, and are curable from the Water Faerie. I think it so absurd to let millions rot, when you could have a very happy pet, or some very joyous friends.
I could have had over one million right now, but no. I’m content to sit with my 35k, my blue Aisha, and hope like a newbie that someone sends me that white paint brush.
This is Star_Bloom, and Kaeshaei, signing off!
*- Rich in neopoints, poor in my definition – star_bloom