"Hello everybody, I'm coming at you with Canada's hottest reality TV show, Total Drama! I'm Chris McLean, and today I've got a brand new season of the coolest show around!"
Chef choose that moment to butt in, "Isn't that Ridonculous Race show all the rage right now?" Chris gritted his teeth but ignored Chef, continuing his earlier speech.
"We're bringing back 36 of your favorite contestants this season, so get ready, because the first one is arriving just about...now!"
As Chris finished speaking, a yacht quickly stopped right next to the dock. There was a bit of a scuffle, a small shout, and suddenly, Sierra was thrown off the yacht. Her bags were quickly thrown out after her, and the yacht left almost as fast as it had arrived.
"Everyone's favorite stalker, Sierra!" Chris announced. He then looked at her and frowned. "Umm...Is there any reason why the yacht captain left so quickly, Sierra?"
Sierra, having just picked up her bags, looked at Chris and pouted. "I was only trying to cut out a lock of his hair! He said he had the best hair in the world, and I was going to compare it to Codykin's hair to prove him wrong!"
Chris, looking slightly nervous, backed up a few steps. "Heh heh...Just go stand over there, and don't cut off anyone's hair, heh..."
Sierra smiled and walked over to the opposite side of the dock. Chris breathed a sigh of relief after she moved away from him and continued. "Well, that was slightly disturbing! Anyways, our next yacht is pulling up, I wonder who it is!" Under his breath, he muttered, "Hopefully someone sane..." Unfortunately for him, the next person to disembark from the yacht was none other than Izzy.
Izzy looked around, a crazed look on her face. "Hi Chris! I'm so happy to be here! I'm gonna win this time! I hope the rest of team E-Scope comes back! Is Big O gonna be here? Are pet snakes allowed?" She most likely would have continued her rambling, but suddenly her face changed into an expression of seriousness, the likes of which was rarely seen on her. She grabbed Chris and pulled him closer, then whispered in a serious voice, "There aren't any cops on this island, right?"
Chris, looking partially confused and partially terrified, gulped and replied, "Umm...No."
With that, Izzy returned to her normal self, and yelled, "Wheeeeeeeeee," as she ran over to Sierra. They quickly struck up a conversation, and Izzy seemingly forgot all about Chris.
Chris, visibly relieved said, "Well...that was interesting. Hopefully our next contestant isn't another crazy like Eva or -"
"What was that, McLean," Eva asked, a deadly tone in her voice. She was standing on the edge of her yacht that had silently glided next to the dock.
"Our favorite body builder with anger issues, Eva!" Chris announced sarcastically. Eva glared at him, and jumped down off the boat. The dock cracked slightly, and Eva stormed past Chris, kicking him in the shin as she passed by him.
"Ow ow ow ow! What is wrong with you, woman?" Chris yelled. Eva just rolled her eyes. On the horizon, 3 yachts appeared, and headed for the dock. Shouting could be heard, and it sounded like 2 female voices and one male's. Chris recognized them immediately and rubbed his hands together, cackling with glee. "This is gonna be great for the ratings..."
The yachts arrived at the docks, and 3 contestants were shoved onto the dock. One of the yacht captains sarcastically waved as they sped off, and the other 2 were just glad the teens were gone. "Duncan, Courtney, and Gwen! Great to see you guys," Chris said, winking. The teens ignored him and continued bickering.
"Boyfriend stealer!"
"You'd broken up!"
"Ladies please, I think this argument should be over by no-"
"SHUT UP!"
Chris grinned and said, "As much fun as it is watching you fight, there are more contestants, so I'll need you to get your butts over to that side of the dock!" The teens, albeit reluctantly, walked over to the far end of the dock. Chris watched them walk away and smirked. "That's certainly going to cause a lot of drama! But now, for the next contestant!"
A new yacht pulled up to the dock, and out hopped Lightning. "Sha-Yeah! Lightning is here to Sha-Win this season! And I aint gonna let any nerds beat me this time!" Chris rolled his eyes and replied, "You better 'Sha-Move' or I'm gonna 'Sha-Kick' you off the island" Lightning, panicking slightly, said, "Sha-Got it," and ran over to the other contestants. He greeted them by saying, "What up, Sha-Losers?" No one replied. In fact, no one even glanced at him. "Sha-Whatever," he muttered.
"Looks like another yacht is here!" Chris announced happily. "And it looks like none other than...Jo! Welcome back!
Jo jumped off the yacht and muttered, "Stuff it, McLean," before walking over to the other contestants. Lightning brightened slightly upon seeing her.
"What's up, dude," He exclaimed happily. Jo just sighed and ignored him. "Touchy." Chris grinned. "Next up we have...Ugh, next up we have Noah." As he finished speaking, Noah disembarked from the newly arrived yacht, and looked around. "Huh...I figured it'd be a little worse. You must have spent at least 3 more cents than last time, Chris," he deadpanned. Chris looked at him, irked, and replied "Very funny, egghead. Go stand next to the other contestants." Noah sighed and walked over to join the rest of them.
"Now that our favorite bundle of joy is here, let's move on," Chris announced, earning an annoyed 'Hey!' from Noah. "The next contestant is going to be...Cody! Welcome back my man!"
Cody poked his head out from the door of the yacht. "Is she here?" he whispered fearfully. Sadly for him, Sierra had already seen him and she raced over to him and yanked him out of the yacht. "Cody! You're back!" Cody groaned and muttered, "Why me?!" as Chris grinned and said, "Tough luck, bro. But we gotta move on! Our next contestant is DJ!"
DJ hopped off his yacht and waved. "What's up, everybody?" Gwen nodded at him, Duncan grinned and waved, but that was about it. DJ, looking a little hurt, grabbed his bags and walked over to the other contestants, striking up a conversation with Duncan, leaving Gwen and Courtney to argue among themselves. Noah was looking more than a little annoyed with his fellow contestants, especially Gwen and Courtney. "Why did I ever sign up for this stupid show?," he muttered under his breath.
"The next contestant is...Alejandro! Come on down, Al!" Alejandro, looking a little irked by the use of the name Al, exited and waved to the contestants. "Hello everyone, it's good to be back!" Noah glared at him and muttered, "Eel." Alejandro ignored him, and asked, "Is my sweet Heather here?"
Chris grinned and said, "She is now!" Heather walked off her yacht, and upon seeing Alejandro, scoffed. Alejandro walked over to her, knelt down, and kissed her hand. "Hello, beautiful," He purred. Heather regarded him coolly and pushed him over. "I don't like you" she said flatly. He grinned at her from the ground and smoothly said, "I love it when you play hard to get." She rolled her eyes and walked over to join the other campers, looking at them with hostile stares. She received the same response from most of them. Alejandro got up, brushed himself off, and joined the group a few moments later.
Chris grinned while watching them and after they finished said, "How touching! Kind of. Anyways, the next contestant to arrive is Trent! Shame you couldn't have been the ninth contestant, right?" Trent, who was walking off the yacht, glared daggers at him. "I'm over that Chris! I'll have you know -" He faltered slightly when seeing Gwen, then continued. "I'll have you know I realized that obsession was crazy and have stopped it altogether!" Chris smirked at him, "Did you realize it was crazy 9 times?" Trent said nothing, but slowly walked to the host, and snarled, "I. Am. OVER IT!" Chris recoiled slightly and said, "Jeez, calm down man!" Trent narrowed his eyes, but joined the other contestants.
"Next we have everyone's favorite couple, Geoff and Bridgette!" He paused for a few moments, then said, "Umm...Hello?" He walked over to the yacht and saw the couple in a make out session. "Hey! Kiss later," Chris yelled, "We're on a schedule here!" The couple reluctantly broke apart, and they happily walked over to the other contestants, excited to see friends again.
"It seems you two are happy to be here! Enjoy it while you can!" The contestants looked at him nervously and he laughed, "Kidding! Well...Kinda. Anyways, the next to arrive is...Dawn!" The small blond girl walked off the yacht, and shyly smiled at the crowd. Most people ignored her, but a few, like Bridgette and Gwen, smiled back. "Dawn! So happy to see you! Tell me, what's my aura like today?" She looked him up and down and said, "Hmm... Your aura is black with tints of dark red and dark green, meaning you are a typically cruel person, but you also fear and are slightly jealous of those you abuse." Chris looked at her nervously, and said, "Um...Wrong," while at the same time, Noah scoffed. "Please, like any of that mumbo jumbo is real." Dawn looked at him and said, "I assure you, it is." Noah just scoffed. Dawn went to join the group, while at the same time Chris recovered.
"Next, the sister with attitude, LeShawna!" LeShawna grinned and jumped off her yacht. "What up y'all," she called waving at Gwen. Heather sighed and muttered, "Oh great, weird ghetto girl is with us." LeShawna glared at her and was about to charge at her when she was restrained by Geoff and Gwen. "Ooh, I am gonna hurt that skinny white girl one day," she growled. Chris watched the scene play out with a grin.
"Next up, we have the nerd himself, Harold!" Harold jumped off his yacht and attempted to roll when he hit the ground like a ninja, but failed and ended up sprawled out on his back. "Owww..."
Chris laughed and commented, "Great to see you kept those 'mad skills'!" LeShawna glared at him and rushed to help her boyfriend. "You ok, string bean?" Harold, upon seeing LeShawna's face, smiled and said, "I am now." LeShawna chuckled and helped him to his feet, and together they walked back to the other contestants, chatting about what they'd done the past few months.
Chris smiled as he watched them go. "They warm my cold heart...NOT! Let's introduce the next contestant, Brick!" Brick, dressed in his cadet uniform, walked off the yacht. "Private Brick, reporting for duty, sir," he said as he saluted Chris. Chris smirked, "At ease, cadet." Jo, seeing Brick, grinned and said, "If it isn't Sergeant Bed Wetter! Have you had an accident lately?" Brick replies, "Very funny, Jo." He then walks off and joins the rest of the group.
"And it looks like Dakota is just arriving! And it seems that, for once, there aren't any paparazzi! That makes my job easier! Say, does that have anything to do with Daktazoid?" Dakota glared at him. "Daddy paid a lot of money to a medical company, and they cured me! Oh and FYI, we're suing!" Chris smirked smugly. "Contract, remember?" Dakota responded by kicking Chris and walking angrily to the group.
"Ow! What is with it with you guys hurting me?" Chris said angrily. "Gee, I don't know, you're only our sadistic host who has made the past few months of our lives a living nightmare," Noah quipped, earning chuckles from more than a few campers. Chris glared angrily at him before continuing introducing the campers.
"And the next yacht arriving contains...Mike and Zoey! The crazy guy and the redhead!" Mike looked angrily at Chris, "It's only me now, thank you very much," while Zoey nodded her head in agreement. Chris grunted, "Well then you're a whole lot less interesting." Zoey glared at him, "Mike is very interesting, you meanie!" Chris shrugged, "Uh huh. Moving on, who do we have next...? Scott!"
As the yacht pulled in, a lot of contestants from ROTI, especially Dawn, glared angrily at the boy who stepped out. "Hi guys, I can't wait to have a fun season with all of you!" No one said anything. Scott chuckled nervously, "Heh heh...The past is in the past, right?" Again, no one responded. Slumping his shoulder, he walked over to join the group.
"I can think of one person who won't last long," Chris smirked. "Speaking of not lasting long, here's B!" The silent genius walked off the yacht, and nodded to the group, although upon noticing Scott he glared angrily at him. "Welcome back B!" Chris yelled, "Anything you'd like to say?" B rolled his eyes and walked over to the group.
Chris watched him go, then turned to the next yacht. "Ok everybody, say hello to Owen!" Owen rushed out of the yacht, and yelled, "Hey guys!" A lot of the guys from the original season ran over to say hi, while Noah grinned and waved. Owen greeted all the guys, then went over to say hi to Noah. "Hey Noah, what's up? How are you and Emma?" Upon hearing Emma's name, Noah's grin disappeared and a look of sadness took its place. "We...broke up," Noah said quietly. Owen's happy expression faded too, and he gave Noah a big hug. "It's ok buddy," he said quietly. Noah, getting crushed by Owen, coughed out, "Chubby Buddy...*ack* I appreciate it but...*ack* I can't breathe." Owen quickly let go of him, embarrassed. Of course, at that moment Owen let one rip, and everyone started coughing. As the campers scrambled to get as far away from the fumes as they could, Chris got ready to introduce the next contestants.
"Next we have Katie and Sadie, the 2 squealing BFFFL's!" Katie and Sadie walked off the boat and both yelled, "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" at the same time. "It's like, so good to be back!" Katie gushed. "Oh my gosh, I know right?!" Sadie replied. They were about to squeal again when Chris cut them off. "Shut up and go over there, for the sake of my ears!" He yelled crossly. The two girls glared at him, but they walked over to join the group.
"And now, because we are on a tight schedule, we'll group the remaining people into 3 people a yacht!" Chris announced. "And on the first yacht we have...Tyler, Lindsay, and Beth! Good to see you again! Now get your butts over to the group!" They complied, and soon the next yacht arrived.
"Let's see... Looks like we have Justin, Anne Maria, and Staci! Good to see you, good to see you, bla bla bla, get over there." The 3 teens walked off the yacht and into the group, mingling with friends, or, in some of their cases, lack thereof. "And now for the final yacht...we have Sam the gamer and Ezekiel, who is no longer feral!" Sam immediately ran to Dakota, while Ezekiel slowly walked out, saying "Uh, hello, eh." Chris looked and grinned. "Now that you're all here I can begin with the rules of this season! And get ready, because they're gonna be a shocker!"
All the campers looked at him with either interest or fear. Chris looked at their expressions and grinned. He continued with, "This season, most of the challenges will be in VR!" He eagerly looked at them to see how they would respond. Sadly for him, only Noah, Cody, Harold, and Sam knew what it was. "Umm...Should we know what that is," a confused looking Courtney asked. Chris facepalmed.
"VR stands for virtual reality," Chris grumbled, "Which I'm surprised some of you didn't know!" Duncan shrugged and said, "Meh, sounds dumb." Which was not the right thing to say. Chris's eye twitched, and after a moment, he grinned sadistically and said, "Well, I guess I'll have to prove your wrong," which made more than one contestant glare at Duncan, who sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "Follow me campers," Chris announced as he walked off the dock and into a gray building nearby.
-Inside the building, a 20 foot tall machine with 36 different monitors came into view. There were 36 different chairs as well, with what appeared to be headsets next to them. Benches also lined the sides of the room. Chris had the campers stand in a line, then passes out slips of paper. "On these slips you will find a number. That is your VR machine! So, get over there and hook yourselves up! I'll explain the challenge in a moment!" The campers all walked over to their chairs, and put on their headsets. Trent was very annoyed when he realized had number 9. Once the campers had all sat down and put on their headsets, Chris pressed a button, and all the campers felt their minds be taken to the simulation.
"Hello campers! Welcome to Total Drama's first ever VR challenge! And don't worry, there'll be plenty more to come! So, the rules of this are simple - All of you received one superpower! Oh, and you guys are rocking the tights that came with them!" The campers looked down, and to their horror, they were indeed wearing tights.
(This is the confessional)
Noah: I guess I'm the first person to use this. Whoop-de-do. Listen, I just want to say that I –
Heather: Hate -
Gwen: Tights!
Owen: My tights were really pretty!
"You have all been dropped in this virtual city with no one else within a 2 mile radius," Chris continued. "Your goal is simple - eliminate everyone until you are the last person standing! The person who wins gets a treat, and the person who does the worst gets eliminated!" Before anyone could interrupt, Chris said, "And if multiple people get no kills, which I'm sure will happen, you get to vote for one of them! Your challenge begins...Now!"
A horn sounded and the campers all began to test out their power. Some were better than others.
Power:
Sierra - Super strength
Cody - Advanced Super-Suit
DJ - Can charm animals into fighting for him
Geoff - Can slice through people with hat {1}
Bridgette - Her surfboard works as a hover board, and has spikes on the sides
Dawn - Mind control
Brick - Able to use any weapon he finds
Dakota - Can temporarily stun people with her beauty
Courtney - Able to yell at 200+ decibels
Sadie - Able to use any of Sadie's items she transforms into
Katie - Can transform into any item she can think of
Noah - Hyper intelligence, and knowledge of where everyone else is
Alejandro - Two 9 millimeter handguns that have unlimited ammo
Heather - Can shapeshift into other people
Gwen - Can fly
Owen - Can consume 1,000 donuts in a single bite
Lightning - Super strength
Jo - Super speed
Zoey - Has a bow and arrow that she can use expertly
Mike - Has a sword and shield that he can use expertly. Very few things can damage them.
Anne Maria - Her hairspray is poisonous
Justin - His beauty can convince females (and Owen) to work with him
Tyler - Increased awareness of surroundings
Lindsay - Her nail polish lasts forever
Scott - Has lots of traps he can lay out for others
B - A tool belt from which he can pull anything, albeit in small quantities {2}
Sam - Has the ability to summon Donkey Kong
Duncan - Super strength, plus brass knuckles with spikes on them
Beth - Can summon a pig army (I couldn't think of anything good XD)
Izzy - Flight, plus a spear
Trent - His guitar can play notes that send out a shockwave
LeShawna - Can slap someone with enough force to send them flying backwards
Harold - Has ninja bodyguards
Staci - Can bore people to death by talking
Ezekiel - Cam become feral at any time
Eva - Super speed
Beth grinned as she summoned a few pigs. "This is awesome," she announced to no one in particular. Summoning a few dozen pigs, she saddled one and rode off to find her first victim.
Cody grinned as he fired off one of his lasers attached to the hand of his suit. Suddenly, he heard someone scream, "CODYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY," and unknown force knocked him off his feet. Sierra blushed, and got off of him. "Sorry!" Cody got up and sighed. "How did you even find me that fast?"
Dawn looked around nervously. The real world was full of auras and sounds and animals, but this world was blank. She could sense no aura, and heard nothing except what sounded like 'Cody'. She sighed, and started walking to the park she saw off in the distance. Hopefully she could wait there and she wouldn't have to kill anyone.
Noah looked down on his wrist. He had what looked like a large watch on it. The screen showed several moving blips, and he realized quickly enough they were people. He was smart enough to know that he shouldn't attack anyone just yet, and started moving into the city, looking for a gun shop.
Gwen sighed. "Normally, being able to fly would be awesome. But I don't have any weapons, so it's useless," she muttered aloud. I guess I could see if anyone else has one I could steal...
Alejandro looked at his weapons and grinned. This will be easy," he said to himself. "All I have to do is find someone and...there!...Are those...pigs?" Further away, Beth saw a figure in the distance. She hoped it wasn't one of her friends, but she know she needed to kill whoever it was, so steeling her nerves, she directed her pigs to the figure, summoning more pigs as she charged.
Alejandro watched the swarm of pigs begin to close in on him. Slowly, he raised his weapons, and then, without warning, started firing.
Beth's pig army was still charging when bullets started flying into them. One of them struck her pig, and she tumbled to the ground as the pig's body exploded into millions of pixels. As she recovered for a moment, Alejandro managed to take out the rest of her pigs. As she slowly stood up, Alejandro shoved her roughly into the ground. "Sorry, my sweet Beth. But I simply CAN'T let you live. So, goodbye..." Beth, knowing she was already going to die, summoned as many pigs as she could, and smirked, "Have fun, jerk." A gunshot was heard, just as the pigs Beth summoned rammed into Alejandro.
In another part of the city, Brick slowly walked around, looking for any weapon shops.
Brick: As useful as my power was, I needed a weapon to make it work. Thankfully, I did manage to find something...
Brick managed to find one, but as he walked in, he was ambushed by a crazed Izzy. She had been circling above the weapons shop, waiting for whatever poor soul happened to try to enter the store. She flew down, spear pointed outwards, ready to stab him and claim her first kill. Luckily for Brick, someone happened to save him, shoving him out of the place Izzy was heading for and taking the hit instead.
"Jo!" Brick watched, horrified, as Izzy stabbed her through her stomach, and then flew away, cackling. Brick rushed to Jo while she looked at her stomach in shock, the wound already beginning to pixelize and crumble away. "Great, just great. I do something nice for once and this is my reward. You better win this, Sergeant Bed-Wetter!" And with that, she crumbled away.
Izzy continued circling above. Brick had gone into the gun store, and she knew he'd be coming out soon. Then, she would swoop down and kill him! Below her, she saw a figure exit the store. She began her spiral downwards, ready to crush her enemies!
Brick saw Izzy flying down and smirked. He shouldered the rifle he'd picked up and aimed down the sights. He waited as she got closer…closer...and then fired. Poor Izzy didn't have any time to react. The bullet hit her in the head, and by the time her body slammed into Brick's, it was nothing more than a few pixels. He grinned, and yelled, "For Jo," before running off to find more enemies.
Lightning was wandering around the city, looking for possible opponents. So far, he hadn't seen anyone. He frowned and punched a brick wall next to him, leaving a fist sized hole in his wake. "Sha-Dang it! Where is everyone?" Unknown to him, Duncan had heard him, and was silently creeping up behind him. He crept closer….close…But at the last second, Lightning turned around and saw him. He was a little too slow, though.
Duncan slammed his fist into Lightning, and because of his brass knuckled, the punch left him bleeding in the left side of stomach. He furiously charged Duncan, who had enough time to say, "Oh crap," before getting a fist to the face. He was momentarily stunned, and Lightning charged him again, but Duncan managed to land another hit, this time on his leg. He was thrown back a bit by the punch, but he recovered, and stood up, facing off with Lightning.
Nearby, Dawn had found a hiding spot in the woods. She planned on sitting down and mediating, but a snap of twig alerted her to someone's presence. She looked in the area she heard the sound, just in time to see Mike charging at her. In a desperate attempt to stop her death, she yelled, "Stop!" She closed her eyes, waiting for the sword to hit home. It never did.
She looked up in surprise to see Mike completely still. "Why would he…My power!" She looked at him again, and thought about what to do. She eventually decided on, "Stand guard, and eliminate anyone who comes near." Then, she sat down and started mediating. After all, she now could mediate without the fear of dying.
LeShawna was loving her power. So far, she had slapped as many items as she could. She'd sent lampposts, fire hydrants, and even small cars flying! All the noise, however, was making quite a bit of sound. And that sound had not gone unnoticed. Heather noticed her, and with a smirk, shapeshifted into Gwen.
Heather had been wandering around the city before she had heard LeShawna. Like Brick, she had found a weapons store. She had looked at some of the assault rifles, but decided with a 6 inch knife with serrated edges. She had just walked out from weapons store when she heard LeShawna.
Heather walked over to LeShawna, grinning internally. She knew LeShawna would think she was Gwen, so she got her knife ready.
Heather: I am loving this power!
"LeShawna!" LeShawna turned to see Gwen jogging over to her. She smiled and waved at Gwen, thinking they were going to team p. Gwen jogged over, but instead of saying anything, pulled out a knife and stabbed her! LeShawna gasped as she felt the knife be slid into her gut. Gwen viciously pulled the knife out, and kicked her over. As LeShawna watched, she turned and walked away, and the last thing she saw was Heather shapeshift back into her normal self.
LeShawna: That *BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*! I'll make her pay!
Zoey had been wandering around the city, but hadn't found the person she was looking for. "Mike! Mike! Mike!" She sighed, and slumped her shoulders in defeat. It looked as if she wouldn't be finding him. She finally came upon a change in what previously had been a jungle of skyscrapers. A park! She started walking to, oblivious to who was in it…
DJ had also found the forest. However, while Zoey was entering from the front, he entered in the side. He happily looked on as animals all over the woods started running towards him. Before long, he had a few dozen forest animals by his side.
Zoey had noticed something odd. When she had entered the park, several animals had raced off in the same direction, seemingly oblivious to everything else. She decided that she should follow them, and so she climbed a tree and headed off in their direction.
DJ was happily petting a rabbit. He would have continued, except a rustling in the leaves alerted him to a new presence. He squinted at the tree, trying to make out any people…
Zoey had seen DJ and took aim with her bow. She pulled back, and let an arrow go. It struck DJ in the chest, and he howled in pain. The animals all looked up at her, and started stalking to her. Realizing she had to kill DJ or the animals would get her, she pulled back again, and let an arrow fly. This one hit him in the head, and he exploded into thousands of pixels.
The animals, seemingly broken out of a trance, looked around and bolted. Zoey, panting, stared at DJ's pixels in shock.
Zoey: I can't believe I just did that!
Mike had heard several long screams nearby. He glanced at Dawn, and she nodded her head. He took off in the direction of the sounds, and ended up running straight into Zoey.
And so ends the first chapter! Please note that this is my first fanfiction, so it's not going to be perfect. That being said, what did you think? Feel free to favorite, or follow! And I would love to hear some constructive criticism! And don't worry, I'll have the rest of the campers in the next chapter. Anyways, I hope you enjoy, and I'll see you next time! Well, sort of. I mean I won't ACTUALLY see you, but you know what I mean. Bye!