Howdy! I had an urge to whip this interesting little writing exercise up and...well, it's a bit embarrassing, but we're all friends. You won't hold it against me? XD I promise, to all of you who haven't read my work, I'm usually a much better writer than this.

So this is a drabble that is entirely dialogue. Took me maybe fifteen minutes. Hope you enjoy! :) And read to the end for contest details!


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A Ninjago Drabble by Astrid16


"Aww, come on. When have my calculations ever been wrong?"

"Well..."

"One time, Kai. That was one time."

"Are we all thinking of the same 'one time' here?"

"Doubtful. I've counted twelve separate miscalculations in this past week."

"Nobody asked you, Zane!"

"Oh."

"So...you're certain this won't explode, Jay?"

"Positive."

"One-hundred percent?"

"How about ninety-nine point eight percent?"

"Jay..."

"You're the one who wanted this thingy, Kai, so stop complaining! If you don't have the guts to watch, go sit on the deck."

"I have plenty of guts. I just don't want to see them on the walls right now."

"Okay, guys. Can we focus? Jay, how does it work?"

"Hey, don't poke it, Cole! Okay. Here's the gist: The wobbly-web-widener in here conducts energy from heat in the air. Heh heh. So. What it does then is twist this belaying-big-button-booster and transfer the heat to these super coils that connect to the peculiar-pulley-"

"Jay, even I have zero comprehension of what you're saying."

"Well excuse me, Zane. In layman's terms, the heat from anyone's hands will transfer to these coils, and bla bla bla, there you go. Hairdryer that doesn't need electricity."

"..."

"You're sure this will work, Jay?"

"Listen. It's hot out here, Nya's making lemonade. Can we get this over with? Your hair's almost dry anyway."

"Ugh, we waited too long. I'm gonna need to shower again so I can gel it properly..."

"Oh, stop complaining. It's not the end of the world."

"Easy for you to say, Cole. Your hair is fabulous all hours of the day."

"You did not just use that word."

"...No. I didn't. Continue, Jay. I'm thirsty."

"Righty-ho. Here we go. I pick it up...my hand's heat combines with the heat in the air...and presto! You feel that blast? It's ten times hotter than the air around us. It only took a couple seconds for the change to happen. Who's your favorite Lightning genius now?"

"..."

"Well, you were right about one thing, Jay."

"Yeah? What's that?"

"It didn't blow up."


So...what'yda think? I know, it's not the deepest or funniest or most creative thing ever. But if you found it worth those two minutes of your day, could you drop me a quick word? (#) Here, waffles for every reader! Have a great week, I WILL see you on Monday! :D

Hey! What if I made a contest out of this? Everyone who writes a little drabble (or one-shot) that's all dialogue can post it to the archive, and us readers can vote via reviews?

Whichever one-shot has the most reviews by midnight, May 12th (Monday night) is the winner, and can request a one-shot from me!

PM me for rules if you want to participate. Can we make this happen? :3

WHOO! Let's go! :D