THE XMAS ANIME SHOW
By Ninetalesuk

***DAY 4: Second Meeting***

(Knuckles was sitting at his position on a huge table with Vector, Episo, Mighty, Joey, Jessie, James, Davis, Yolei and Divinemon around him)

Knuckles: All right, people! Second part of the meeting for the Christmas Play that will take place in 17 days time. Davis, are you taking the minutes?

Davis: Oh yeah. *Getting pencil and notepad ready*

Knuckles: Good. So then, we've got quite a lot to get through so, let's not waste any time, ok?

Mighty: Yes, Knuckles.

Divinemon: Right away, Knuckles.

Yolei: Understand, Knuckles.

Knuckles: That's good. Right. *Reads the list* Item one, apologies for absence. Hmm... Tristan isn't here as he is with Tea and the other acting shepherds for some practice. Fair enough, any more?

Episo: Yeah, I've got one.

Knuckles: Who from?

Episo: Me.

Knuckles: o.O? But, you are here.

Episo: Yes, I am here now, but I'm not here at the next meeting.

Knuckles: Episo, listen... You really don't need to apologize until the next meeting.

Episo: Ah... *Silence till...* But, I'm not here at the next meeting.

Knuckles: We know that! You send your apologies BEFORE the next meeting.

Episo: That is what I am doing.

Knuckles: *Groan* -_-

Yolei: Actually, if that's the way we're doing it now, I'd better send my apologies for the meeting after that, because I won't be at that one.

Joey: Me too, I will be missing the one next April. There's a Duel Monster Battle City that me and Yugi wanna enter.

Jessie: I won't be here at next November because I want to see if there are any new Pokemon I want to capture, train and steal. If you don't mind, Knuckles.

James: Of course he won't mind, as long as we apologize for missing a meeting at next December.

Knuckles: STOP RIGHT THERE!!! This could go on forever! Who knows, I could be apologizing for missing a meeting in 2020 for God's sake! Moving on!

Davis: Which meeting?

Knuckles: Huh?!

Davis: Which meeting in 2020 are you apologizing for?

Knuckles: I'm not apologizing.

Davis: Well, you should.

Vector: There is no point in holding a meeting if the chairman is missing.

Episo: Yeah, thats right.

Joey: Hes got a point.

Knuckles: I'M NOT MISSING IT, YOU RAVING LUNATICS!!!

Vector: I am not a lunatic. I have the psychiatric reports to prove it! It is a slender majority of the panel decided in my wonderful favour.

Knuckles: All right, you are not a lunatic but you are a famous idiot!

Vector: Now, wait a minute, Dreadylocks!

Divinemon: Would everybody calm down?! You two are acting like a couple of school children!

Vector: *Points to Knuckles* He started it!

Knuckles: I did not! *Points to everyone else* They started it! *Looks at Vector* Big Mouth!

Divinemon: *Sigh* I'm amazed the author didn't pick ME to lead the play. I am seeing disaster right in front of my eyes! And their names are Tai, Joey and Inumon!

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(In the other room, Tea was standing over Kazu, Kenta, Ken, Matt and Tristan)

Tea: Come on now. Focus, focus. Come on now. You're in the fields, you are tending your sheep before the Angel of the Lord appears. I need a little bit of chatter, make something up.

Tristan: Got it, Tea. Hello, Shepherds. Did anyone see 'Digimon' last night?

Kazu: Oh yeah! WarGreymon knew how to beat MetalSeadramon's snaky butt, huh?!

Tea: No, no, no, no!

Kenta: When WarGreymon faces Machinedramon, I'm gonna cheer him all the way.

Matt: -_- Oh brother...

Ken: -_- I agree...

(Tea quickly leapt upon a box beside her and begin her Angel character)

Tea: And, lo, an Angel of the Lord appeared before them!

Tristan: Hey, Tea? Shall I prompt for this for ya, seeing as you are playing as the angel?

Tea: Ok, Tristan. But, I did this play before so, I do know the lines.

Tristan: Just in case.

Tea: Right. Be not afraid. For I am an Angel of the Lord and I bring you glad tidings of great joy. (Dramatic pause)

Tristan: For tonight in the city of David...

Tea: No, no, no, no! That's a pause, isn't it? That is a dramtic pause there, didn't you see it?

Tristan: Well, it didn't look like a pause. It looked like you'd forgotten it.

Tea: (Ignoring him) For I am an Angel of the Lord and I bring you GLAD tidings of GREAT joy... (Pause again)

Trisan: For tonight in the city...

Tea: NO!!! That's the pause! That's the pause!

Tristan: I thought you were pausing, but then you paused a bit longer than you did in the first pause so I thought you'd stopped pausing and you'd forgotten it.

Ken: HUH?!

Matt: Does he even KNOW what he just said?!

Tea: Right! OK! All right, look! I'm just going to go back to the beginning, all right? And you five just don't say anything? ALL RIGHT?!

Ken: We won't say anything!

Matt: No way! Nothing at all!

Tristan: What? Not even our lines?

Tea: YES! YOUR LINES! YES, YOUR LINES!

Kenta: Well, we gotta have prompt.

Tea: Right, fine, OK! Well then, KAZU can prompt me, can't he?

Tristan: Yes.

Tea: Right, thank you.

Kazu: Right.

Matt: She's not very angelic, is she?

Ken: Can't wait for the 20th December...

Tea: And LO! An Angel of the Lord appeared before them...

Kazu: (Interrupting) Be not afraid.

Tea: No. BE AFRAID!!! BE VERY AFRAID!!!

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Knuckles: What was that?

Divinemon: Tea losing her mind again.

Knuckles: Oh... Moving on...