Okay...so i'm more updating this to give you all an update about KOTLC.
First off, HAPPY FLASHBACK LAUNCH DAY! WOOOOOOO!
Secondly: YOU CAN NOW READ THE KEEFE SHORT STORY! Shannon put it on her official website! Go to her website, go to to the Keeper of the Lost Cities page, scroll past aaaaaallll the books, and click on "Fun Extras" Keep scrolling, keep scrolling, AND THERE! A picture of Keefe, saying "click here to read the Keefe short story" (okay, she says it more words, but I'm summing it up). So if you haven't had a chance to read the story, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE! I suggest reading it before you read Flashback. HAPPY READING EVERYONE!
This react comes from MarsCrafted (Btw, the last react, fanfic/wattpad, came from MarsCrafted and Cressida123)
-Pop (Soda)
Sophie: I'm from California, and I say soda.
BW: Well I'm not, and I say pop, so I'm referring to it as pop.
Dex: ...why does it make a difference what you call it?
Biana: Why does it have two different names in the first place?
Sophie: Well, it's technically soda-pop. But usually depending on where you're from, people call it different things. The north generally call it pop, the far east and west call it soda, and the south call it coke. I mean, it's not as simple as that, but that's it summed up.
Keefe: Pop sounds more fun.
Fitz: *at the same time* Soda sounds more sophisticated.
Keefe: And we all know how much you love to suck the fun out of things.
Fitz: *taken aback* I do not. I am very fun. Sophie, aren't I fun?
Sophie: *thinks for a moment* *shrugs* Sure.
Biana: I'm siding with Keefe on this one.
Fitz: Oh sure, my own sister, betraying me.
BW: *opens her mouth*
Tam: *deadpanning from a corner* Whatever you're about to say, don't say it.
Linh: We already have enough depression and despair with Tam around.
BW: Tam, stop sulking and go get the bottles of pop. *stares at Sophie pointedly*
Tam: What kind?
BW: Sprite is my favorite so...
Sophie: Get coke.
BW: Hey!
Sophie: Coke is probably the most popular soda, so it would make sense for them to try that. And we only have enough time to try one.
BW: *groaning* Fine.
Dex: Wait, but I thought coke is also soda and pop?
Sophie: *sighing heavily* Soda, pop, and coke are all general names for a fizzy drink with different types of flavor syrups. However, Coke is a specific type of pop from a specific brand, Coca-cola. There are many different brands, with many different flavors. Coke and Pepsi are similar (though I will not tolerate Pepsi in my proximity). Sprite, Sierra Mist, and 7-Up all have a similar lemon-lime flavor. The soda industry is really diversified.
BW: Yeah, but pop is pretty good.
Sophie: UGH! TAM, JUST BRING IN THE DRINKS!
Tam: I'm coming, I'm coming. *sets down cans of Coke*
Keefe: *grabbing a can* How am I supposed to open this?
Sophie: *gets her can and pops it open* Like that.
Biana: *tries it* I BROKE A FREAKING NAIL! WHAT THE HECK, SOPHIE? THESE THINGS ARE AWFUL!
*the rest also fail to open theirs*
Sophie: *takes each of their cans and opens them* There. It's not that hard.
Biana: *nursing her hand* Say that to my nail. It hurts! It cut down to far.
Elwin: *popping out of nowhere* I CAN FIX IT!
*all scream*
Elwin: Sorry. But here, a nail regrowing serum... *pours on Biana's finger* And there! All better!
Biana: *wearily* Thanks...
Elwin: Of course! *disappears* *reappears* *grabs Coke* Ooo this stuff! This stuff is good! *disappears again*
Sophie: How does he do that?
Dex: I think he's had a lot of practice because of you.
Sophie: Hardy-har. Alright guys, bottoms up!
Fitz: What?
Sophie: Just drink it!
*all drink* *all, except Keefe, start coughing*
Fitz: That's so weird! It's all bubbly and cold and...*shivers*
Sophie: Oh come on. I'm almost positive you have bubbly drinks in the Lost Cities.
Fitz: Yeah, but the bubbles are a lot...softer. They don't fizz off your tongue.
Sophie: But that's what makes it so much fun to drink!
Linh: Sometimes I feel like humans have an obsession with pain.
Sophie: You wouldn't be wrong.
Biana: The flavor is also really weird.
Keefe: Yucky.
Sophie: Maybe you guys would have liked lemon-lime better...
BW: I told you. It's the best pop.
Sophie: Soda.
BW: Pop.
Sophie: Sodaaaa
Tam: *sipping his Coke* Can we please just call it soda-pop and be done with it?
Sophie: NO!
BW: DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST IGNORE MY WHOLE CULTURE?
Tam: I don't think calling it soda-pop would be ignoring your whole culture.
BW: YOU KNOW NOTHING, BANGS BOY!
Sophie: So soda was a fail?
*all* Yup
Tam: I thought it was decent.
BW: Wish I could say the same about your brain capacity.
