Recyclable

Nick Lace the necklace is about to find out what happens to items when they are recycled...

Nick Lace the Necklace
Nick Lace was a lonely Necklace item being sold for the measly price of 45 gems. He sat in Jam Mart Clothing for what seemed like years. Nobody wished to buy Necklaces. They were depicted as trash items used for scams. Jammers always bought everything else. So, Nick sat in the store, crying in a figurative way.

One day, a New Jammer skipped into the Jam Mart, excited for her first day in Animal Jam. She skimmed through the nonmember items and stumbled upon it...

The Necklace

Nick the Necklace had been found at last.

She fell in love with his magenta band. His silver pendant and ruby gem glistened in the sunlight that peeked through the roof of the castle building.

New Jammer exchanged 45 shiny tokens for the Necklace, which she promptly put around her raspberry-colored neck.

Nick Lace smiled in a figurative way. He felt that he and New Jammer were going to be friends for a long time.

Several months later...
Nick was dead wrong. Several months later, Misty, the New Jammer who bought him several months earlier, never gave him a glance. She was all absorbed with Rares and spikes. Instead of her original raspberry wolf, she was a member arctic wolf with her fur in an assortment of dark colors. How could a girl change phases in what seemed like such little time?

Misty sat in the Diamond Shop waiting for her friends. 'Why is she waiting for friends, when her true friend is right here?' Nick thought to himself.

She looked at her paws, then at her neck fur. She realized that she had no neck item on.

This was Nick's perfect chance! He could be the neck item for her new look. He could be loved once more!

Misty opened her "Change Your Look" window and browsed through neck items.

"Pick me! Pick me!" Nick called out, despite knowing that the jammer couldn't hear him.

Nick's enthusiasm drained as he saw her pick out a Blackout Spiked Collar and put it on her neck. The necklace figuratively cried.

Suddenly, two arctic wolves entered the Diamond Shop, joining Misty.

"Hi Misty!" they spoke.

"Hi, Lotus! Hi, Cupcake!" she greeted the two wolves. They were Misty's friends, Lotus and Cupcake. Nick knew them well.

Cupcake, whose fur wasn't bright and colorful as one would expect by her name, spoke first. "Lotus and I were out trading. We got you something that you might like!" There was a hint of enticement in her typing. She spun her paw as if using it to twirl an invisible hula hoop. Nick could never figure out why Cupcake did that.

"We'll give you a hint," Lotus added. "It's a clothing item!"

"Clothing item..." Misty thought about his for a second. "Sorry guys. I'm out of space for clothing. I really wanted the gift though."

"Just recycle something!" Lotus suggested. Her idea gave Nick Lace chills.

Misty nodded. She opened her recycling menu and selected an item to get rid of. Nick suddenly realized that the selected item was him.

"I don't wear this necklace anymore," she said. She pushed a button to confirm and the world around Nick went black. He was falling into the infinity of space.

Nick could still hear some of the conversations and sounds from above.

"Okay! I'm ready!"

The ripping of an envelope seal...

The peeling of gift paper...

The squeal of "OMG! A purple long!"

The fastening of a collar...

Nick began to hear less.

"How do I look?"

"Amazing!"

Everything went black.

The Land of the Recycled
Nick continued to fall in the black infinity of space when he realized himself feeling something. He felt like he was on the body of Misty's wolf. The one who had loved him. The body seemed to be made out of some sort of blue electronic webbing.

He fell...

And fell...

And kept falling...

...until he landed in the light of a small bedroom.

His wolf body squished on a fluffy couch. He looked around to see a decently put together room. He moved his leg to touch the floor. He walked some more. Something he picked up surprisingly quickly.

A piece of folded paper was on the floor. He looked down to pick it up. Nick noticed his necklace body on the neck of his wolf form.

Nick scooped up the paper with suspicion. He unfolded it, discovering that it was a full pamphlet. The wolf read it with his new eyes.

''Welcome NICK LACE to the Land of the Recycled! If you are reading this pamphlet, then you have been recycled by your owner. This is a struggling time, but there are plenty of fellow recyclables to comfort you.''

''Our society is composed of three communities. You are free to visit any of them. However, your initial living arrangement will be permanent. The communities are Accidentia (the high class) Itemia (the middle class), and Necklacia (the low class). ''

Your residency is: NECKLACIA

Your serial code is: Necklace Magenta #123450

"Of course, I'm in the low-class community..." Nick muttered

There were more unnecessary details in the pamphlet, but Nick passed it aside.

He noticed a rift opening. Unsure of what he was doing, he walked through to see...

A perfectly peaceful neighborhood with a nice breeze. Nick could enjoy Necklacia. He had hardly breathed it to good air before being tackled by a blue webbed bunny with a necklace that looked just like his old self.

"Welcome to Necklacia! I'm Magenta and I'll show you around!"