PaRappa's Hat Ties

Andy and Wendy

In the small blue car PaRappa became calmer than he had in dragonbreath’s household. There was something sickening and uncomfortable about it. It was like someone had their eyes sticking out of every impurity and shadow in that place. With the negative feelings leaving with the factory, PaRappa realized how much he hated it. Even if he didn’t exactly know why.

He heard something so he perked his ears up to the source: the ceiling of the moving car. The sound wasn’t coming from the outside, but rather the opposite. It was like somebody was carving into it with a knife. When the engraving suddenly ceased it read out a shaky “Ta”. PaRappa stared at it for a little before curling back up into his seat. There weren't a lot of roads in HaHa Land. People were encouraged to walk a lot of the time. It was mostly due to the old roads being in a state of ill repair, and being too tiny to be a proper 2 laned road. Despite all the negatives, it still made a better profit by forcing everyone to take a better look at all the shops they were passing.

It was around midday, and it looked like it was about to rain. PaRappa could even smell the moisture in the air. The car stopped at a red light. Randomly PaRappa noticed that Andy was looking at him using the mirror. It confused him because he comprehended the reflection as its own entity, making it seem like the mirror itself was looking down at him. Put at a state of unease, he sat up and repositioned himself to deal with the uncomfortable feeling. The light turned green again and Andy looked back to the road.

About a minute later Andy parked his car in front of a shop. That’s when it started to rain. The smoke golem quickly exited the car, picked up PaRappa from the backseat, and carried the anxious animal to the shop. It was a very friendly looking shop with all sorts of dog and cat toys.

It would’ve also come across as colorful if not for the lad’s colorblindness. That wasn’t on the dog’s mind though, food was. PaRappa could smell all sorts of treats scattered about. It got him kind of excited.

“Hello there!” a human woman with purple hair waved from checkout. She was eating lunch and reading a book.

“Oh hi! Slow day today?” Andy asked in a friendly manner.

“Yeah I usually get more business in the afternoon. Uh, have anything you’d like to buy today?”

“Well, I just got em today so i’m really looking for the whole dog starter kit,” PaRappa was slipping from his arms so Andy nudged him up a bit.

“You can put him on the floor, it’s ok. Just make sure he doesn’t chew on anything you’re not ready to pay for heh,”

“Oh ok,” While Andy let PaRappa put his feet on the ground the clerk got out from behind her desk.

“Where’d you get em?” She asked.

“Hmm?”

“Where’d you get your dog? I volunteer at the shelter maybe i’ve seen him before,”

“Oh my dad got him. I don’t know where,” Andy shrugged awkwardly.

“I hope you got him from the shelter. A lot of other places can do real nasty things to dogs to make a profit. If you or your dad ever gets a dog again be sure to get em at W.A.S.H. heh,”

“Thank you. i’ll remember that If I ever think about gettin another dog heh,”
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PaRappa was wandering the store with a scent of interest in mind. His snout eventually discovered what he was looking for. It was a fluffy cat sitting in an empty shelf fast asleep. It wreaked of sidewalk, grass, wood, and cat food. All of those smells from the cat’s territory made the dog dog desire to get the biggest whiff possible. Ignoring personal space, he stuck his snout into the felines puffball belly. the beast woke up in alarm and smacked him in the whiskers.