*Author's note: Thoughts will be represented by parentheses. Example:
JACK: Thank you! (Wow, these cookies are great!)
And you already know that the asterix is indicating some type of action in dialogue. ________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 2
POPURI: Good bye Pon. You were my favorite *sniff*, I'll miss you.
Popuri and Rick were coming home from the animal cemetery. The burial was bittersweet. Surprisingly, Rick was quiet the entire time and left Popuri to her own personal eulogy. On the way home though, that was another story. He just wouldn't let it go. Popuri was irresponsible, needs to grow-up, start living in the real world. She didn't hear him though, she was lost in memories again.
POPURI: (Pon was my first chicken. Dad was still here and he gave me her egg. "Popuri, this is your chicken. Name her when she hatches and take care of her." Pon was my last memory of Dad.Dad.)
RICK: Hey! Are you listening to me?! Stop ignoring me!
POPURI: *tears welling up* Rick..please, just stop it.
RICK: Stop what?! You can't just ignore your responsibilities Popuri!
POPURI: Oh Rick, I hate you!
With that, she ran off to the Goddess Spring. Tears falling from her eyes like a torrential rain. The spring was the only place she felt at ease and right now she could use some comfort.
POPURI: Oh Goddess! Please just make it all Ok.
Kneeling by the water with her face in her hands, she did not hear the footsteps behind her.
???: Um, hello? Are you Ok?
POPURI: *jumps* Ah! What do you want?!
???: Well, I over heard you and your brother arguing and he asked me to come up here.
POPURI: Ah, sent you to get me.
???: Um, you don't have to tell me but I was just wondering what happened.
POPURI: Well you see, one of our chickens *sniff* got killed last night.and *tears* .but Rick was being such a jerk! And. *sob*
???: Hey it's, going to be Ok. Shhh, that's it just let it out.
This strange young man put his arm around her and rocked her gently while she cried. Popuri felt very comforted and at peace, more so than she had in a while. She felt she could tell this stranger anything and everything would be just fine.
She lamented a bit more on the idiocy of her brother and the significance of Pon to her heart. He held her and listened and smiled. He tried to cheer her up and make her laugh. He was wonderful.
POPURI: Thanks a lot for listening to me. I feel much better now.
???: No problem. If you ever want to talk again I'll be at the Harvest Farm.
POPURI: Harvest Farm? Are you the old man's grandson? Jack?
JACK: Yep, that's me *grin*.
POPURI: Ok, I'll do that. And you stop by the chicken farm sometime too. Well, I'd better go and talk with Rick now. Thanks again Jack! You were.great.
Popuri couldn't run off that hill fast enough, she could feel her face getting redder and prayed to the Goddess that Jack didn't notice. She couldn't believe she was blushing like that with someone she'd just met. When she arrived home her mother noticed something changed in her.
LILLIA: Popuri sweetie, you look.different.
POPURI: *blushes harder* Do I?
LILLIA: *laughs* Yes, you look very happy.and very embarrassed!
POPURI: N-no I was just running home. Mom, I'm sorry about Pon.
LILLIA: It's alright dear, these things happen. But I have a surprise for you.
POPURI: Oh?
LILLIA: Yes. *pulls out two eggs* These two eggs are the last ones Pon laid. I saved them for you instead of shipping them. We can put then in the incubators and bring Pon's children into the world.
POPURI: Oh Mother, that's wonderful!
Popuri took the eggs from her mother and happily skipped to the chicken coop. She put one egg in.
POPURI: You will be Pon II
As she was about to put the second egg in she thought twice of it. She had a better idea of what to do with this one and smiled to herself as she held it gently to her heart.
JACK: Thank you! (Wow, these cookies are great!)
And you already know that the asterix is indicating some type of action in dialogue. ________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 2
POPURI: Good bye Pon. You were my favorite *sniff*, I'll miss you.
Popuri and Rick were coming home from the animal cemetery. The burial was bittersweet. Surprisingly, Rick was quiet the entire time and left Popuri to her own personal eulogy. On the way home though, that was another story. He just wouldn't let it go. Popuri was irresponsible, needs to grow-up, start living in the real world. She didn't hear him though, she was lost in memories again.
POPURI: (Pon was my first chicken. Dad was still here and he gave me her egg. "Popuri, this is your chicken. Name her when she hatches and take care of her." Pon was my last memory of Dad.Dad.)
RICK: Hey! Are you listening to me?! Stop ignoring me!
POPURI: *tears welling up* Rick..please, just stop it.
RICK: Stop what?! You can't just ignore your responsibilities Popuri!
POPURI: Oh Rick, I hate you!
With that, she ran off to the Goddess Spring. Tears falling from her eyes like a torrential rain. The spring was the only place she felt at ease and right now she could use some comfort.
POPURI: Oh Goddess! Please just make it all Ok.
Kneeling by the water with her face in her hands, she did not hear the footsteps behind her.
???: Um, hello? Are you Ok?
POPURI: *jumps* Ah! What do you want?!
???: Well, I over heard you and your brother arguing and he asked me to come up here.
POPURI: Ah, sent you to get me.
???: Um, you don't have to tell me but I was just wondering what happened.
POPURI: Well you see, one of our chickens *sniff* got killed last night.and *tears* .but Rick was being such a jerk! And. *sob*
???: Hey it's, going to be Ok. Shhh, that's it just let it out.
This strange young man put his arm around her and rocked her gently while she cried. Popuri felt very comforted and at peace, more so than she had in a while. She felt she could tell this stranger anything and everything would be just fine.
She lamented a bit more on the idiocy of her brother and the significance of Pon to her heart. He held her and listened and smiled. He tried to cheer her up and make her laugh. He was wonderful.
POPURI: Thanks a lot for listening to me. I feel much better now.
???: No problem. If you ever want to talk again I'll be at the Harvest Farm.
POPURI: Harvest Farm? Are you the old man's grandson? Jack?
JACK: Yep, that's me *grin*.
POPURI: Ok, I'll do that. And you stop by the chicken farm sometime too. Well, I'd better go and talk with Rick now. Thanks again Jack! You were.great.
Popuri couldn't run off that hill fast enough, she could feel her face getting redder and prayed to the Goddess that Jack didn't notice. She couldn't believe she was blushing like that with someone she'd just met. When she arrived home her mother noticed something changed in her.
LILLIA: Popuri sweetie, you look.different.
POPURI: *blushes harder* Do I?
LILLIA: *laughs* Yes, you look very happy.and very embarrassed!
POPURI: N-no I was just running home. Mom, I'm sorry about Pon.
LILLIA: It's alright dear, these things happen. But I have a surprise for you.
POPURI: Oh?
LILLIA: Yes. *pulls out two eggs* These two eggs are the last ones Pon laid. I saved them for you instead of shipping them. We can put then in the incubators and bring Pon's children into the world.
POPURI: Oh Mother, that's wonderful!
Popuri took the eggs from her mother and happily skipped to the chicken coop. She put one egg in.
POPURI: You will be Pon II
As she was about to put the second egg in she thought twice of it. She had a better idea of what to do with this one and smiled to herself as she held it gently to her heart.
