Old Stuff's Cool Too! 2
Hey-ya! I'm back, and this is chapter 2, "The Weird World of the Raccoons and Celine's Challenge"! That sounded like an anime' title, didn't it? COOL! Sorry about all the weird song spacing, but you can't really do very good songfics in Microsoft Word because all the words mush together if you don't space each paragraph. How unfair! Anybody got a trick for this?
It's Parappa again. We left off with me and the gang going down the manhole, remember? Well, lemme tell ya, it's not what I expected. First Dad's secret room, and now this...
***
It was an underground city, complete with skyscrapers, streetlamps, restaurants, the whole nine yards! Well, 8 1/2 yards; no cars. The small group of animals were standing on a medium-sized amphetheatre stage; a very old, rotting amphetheatre. Rats could be seen scampering through the wooden rafters, and old electrical equipment lay abandoned on the rusted catwalks. Other than that, it was a really cool view of the city.
"WOW!" Katy Kat marveled at the vast cavern. "This has to stretch out underneath the whole town!"
"Farther if you count the park," Celine explained. "This is where We grew up." "We" obviously referred to her and her sisters. Speaking of which...
"Where are your sisters?" Lammy asked Celine, placing a hand to her chin and looking around curiously.
"My sisters are all scattered throughout the town!" Celine happily squealed. "Defeat me, and I'll point you in Pat's direction. Each sister will bring you closer to your house, Parappa. You can't get home unless you beat us!"
"WHAT?!" Parappa didn't know that it was such a high-stakes battle; traveling at night in Parappa Town was dangerous, despite (or maybe because of) the small size. His dad was probably furious that he wasn't in bed by now.
"Oh no!" Lammy squealed.
#My father's going to kill me!# Ma-san gurgled, hiding behind Lammy's legs.
"Ready for your first challenge?" Celine hissed.
"Um..."
"Come on, Parappa, you can do it!" Katy punched the air in her excitement. Lammy and Ma-san both agreed, nodding their heads comfortingly.
"Yeah, I know!" Parappa let loose his favorite three words in the whole world. "I GOTTA BELIEVE!" ***
(Music begins. Parappa does not recognize it, but it will be extremely obvious what's playing once I type in the words.)
(The words "Lesson 1" appear on the screen. Celine and Parappa are standing side by side on the concrete Ampetheatre, with the sisters and Parappa's friends in back.)
Celine: Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me;
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an "L" on her forehead.
Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming.
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running.
Parappa: Didn't make sense not to live for fun;
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb.
(Rat falls on Parappa's head; he's not singing the song right.)
So much to do, so much to see,
So what's wrong with taking the back streets?
Celine: You'll never know if you don't go.
You'll never shine if you don't glow.
Celine: Hey now you're an All Star!
Parappa: Get your game on, go play.
Celine: Hey now you're a Rock Star!
Parappa: Get the show on get paid.
(Spotlights shine on Parappa; he's singing better, and getting into it.)
Celine: And all that glitters is gold;
Only shooting stars break the mold!
("Lesson 2")
Parappa: It's a cool place and they say it gets colder.
You're bundled up now, (but) wait 'til you get older.
Celine: But the media men beg to differ,
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture.
Celine: The ice we skate is getting pretty thin.
Parappa: The waters getting warm, so you might as well swim!
Celine: My world's on fire! How 'bout yours?
Parappa: That's the way I like it and I never get bored.
("Lesson 3")
Celine: Hey now, you're an All Star!
Parappa: Get your game on, go play!
Celine: Hey now, you're a Rock Star!
Parappa: Get the show on, get paid
Celine: And all that glitters is gold;
Only shooting stars break the mold!
(Celine: G-g-g-g-go for the moon! (record scratching) G-g-g-g-go for the moon!
(record scratching)
Parappa: G-go-g-go for the moon!)
Celine: Hey now, you're an All Star!
Parappa: Get your game on, go play!
Celine: Hey now, you're a Rock Star!
Parappa: Get the show on, get paid!
Celine: And all that glitters is gold;
Only shooting STARRRS!!
("Lesson 4")
Celine: Somebody once asked, "Could you spare some change for gas?
I need to get myself away from this place."
Parappa: I said, "Yep. What a concept;
I could use a little fuel myself,
And we could all use a little change."
Celine: Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming!
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running!
Parappa: Didn't make sense not to live for fun;
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb!
Celine: So much to do!
Parappa: So much to see!
Celine: So what's wrong with taking the back streets?
Parappa: You'll never know if you don't go!
Celine: GO!
Parappa: You'll never shine if you don't glow!
Celine: Hey now, you're an All Star!
Get your game on, go play!
Parappa: Hey now, you're a Rock Star!
Get the show on, get paid!
Celine: And all that glitters is gold;
Only shooting stars break the mold!
Parappa: And all that glitters is gold;
Only shooting stars break the mold!
(Music ends.)
****
Celine roared angrily, looking very fox-esque at this point. "NO NO NO NOOOOOOO!" She hopped around madly (she was hopping mad! (Reader: (groans), clenching her fist and pounding the ground. "You obviously cheated! It's not fair!"
"Alright!" Parappa laughed. "That wasn't too hard!"
Parappa felt higher than a cloud; he had beaten the first sister, and it was barely even a challenge! Sure, it was different from rapping; he actually had to change the tone of his voice. But, it was fun!
But, his spirits were broken quickly and swiftly by one little sentence from Ma-san.
#You sing like a girl!#
His ears dropped sadly, and worry tinged his voice. "I do...?"
"Yeah, ya do. Whatcha gonna do about it, foo'?" Celine seethed. "Pat's over that way." She pointed in the direction of a far-off restaurant, decorated with bright neon lights spelling "80's Cafe". "She'll meet you in the door."
"I sound like a girl?" Parappa whimpered.
"Come on, Parappa!" Katy Kat hoisted Parappa off of the ground and began to carry him to the Cafe.
***
"But I sing like a girl!" Parappa whimpered as he began the long walk to Pat's cafe meeting place.
"And since when was that a bad thing?" Katy snapped.
"It's not! Singing like a girl's okay when it's COMING FROM A GIRL!" Parappa let loose a rare burst of energy, then sank back into his little shadow-self. "What'm I s'posed ta do?"
"Um... don't worry about it?" Lammy suggested.
"Yeah, you didn't even seem to notice it while you were singing!" Katy realized.
#I had to point it out to you, Alvin!#
"Don't make it worse, Ma-san!" Parappa half-yelled.
"Look, just concentrate on getting past Pat, and you'll be fine!" Katy gave her best advice yet. "Don't worry about how you're singing."
"Your guitar is in your mind!" Lammy spouted out her best bit of advice, which earned her some strange looks and a few minutes of explanations.
Parappa laughed and looked up into a sign.
/80's Cafe: Keep going straight Disco Tech: \
And there it ended. Someone had taped over the rest of the directions. Knowing that disco means the 70's, Parappa knew there was only one culprit.
"Those sisters are sneaky," he growled before pressing on.
***
DONE! Okay, people, need help!
Songs for the 80's! I'm thinkin' "Walk Like and Eygptian" or "Love Shack", but my Mom says "Anything by Prince", and I don't know anything by Prince! Please help!
(Oh, and if the story gets kicked off the site for asking for help, don't worry; I'll write the rest and re-post it.)
Hey-ya! I'm back, and this is chapter 2, "The Weird World of the Raccoons and Celine's Challenge"! That sounded like an anime' title, didn't it? COOL! Sorry about all the weird song spacing, but you can't really do very good songfics in Microsoft Word because all the words mush together if you don't space each paragraph. How unfair! Anybody got a trick for this?
It's Parappa again. We left off with me and the gang going down the manhole, remember? Well, lemme tell ya, it's not what I expected. First Dad's secret room, and now this...
***
It was an underground city, complete with skyscrapers, streetlamps, restaurants, the whole nine yards! Well, 8 1/2 yards; no cars. The small group of animals were standing on a medium-sized amphetheatre stage; a very old, rotting amphetheatre. Rats could be seen scampering through the wooden rafters, and old electrical equipment lay abandoned on the rusted catwalks. Other than that, it was a really cool view of the city.
"WOW!" Katy Kat marveled at the vast cavern. "This has to stretch out underneath the whole town!"
"Farther if you count the park," Celine explained. "This is where We grew up." "We" obviously referred to her and her sisters. Speaking of which...
"Where are your sisters?" Lammy asked Celine, placing a hand to her chin and looking around curiously.
"My sisters are all scattered throughout the town!" Celine happily squealed. "Defeat me, and I'll point you in Pat's direction. Each sister will bring you closer to your house, Parappa. You can't get home unless you beat us!"
"WHAT?!" Parappa didn't know that it was such a high-stakes battle; traveling at night in Parappa Town was dangerous, despite (or maybe because of) the small size. His dad was probably furious that he wasn't in bed by now.
"Oh no!" Lammy squealed.
#My father's going to kill me!# Ma-san gurgled, hiding behind Lammy's legs.
"Ready for your first challenge?" Celine hissed.
"Um..."
"Come on, Parappa, you can do it!" Katy punched the air in her excitement. Lammy and Ma-san both agreed, nodding their heads comfortingly.
"Yeah, I know!" Parappa let loose his favorite three words in the whole world. "I GOTTA BELIEVE!" ***
(Music begins. Parappa does not recognize it, but it will be extremely obvious what's playing once I type in the words.)
(The words "Lesson 1" appear on the screen. Celine and Parappa are standing side by side on the concrete Ampetheatre, with the sisters and Parappa's friends in back.)
Celine: Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me;
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an "L" on her forehead.
Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming.
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running.
Parappa: Didn't make sense not to live for fun;
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb.
(Rat falls on Parappa's head; he's not singing the song right.)
So much to do, so much to see,
So what's wrong with taking the back streets?
Celine: You'll never know if you don't go.
You'll never shine if you don't glow.
Celine: Hey now you're an All Star!
Parappa: Get your game on, go play.
Celine: Hey now you're a Rock Star!
Parappa: Get the show on get paid.
(Spotlights shine on Parappa; he's singing better, and getting into it.)
Celine: And all that glitters is gold;
Only shooting stars break the mold!
("Lesson 2")
Parappa: It's a cool place and they say it gets colder.
You're bundled up now, (but) wait 'til you get older.
Celine: But the media men beg to differ,
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture.
Celine: The ice we skate is getting pretty thin.
Parappa: The waters getting warm, so you might as well swim!
Celine: My world's on fire! How 'bout yours?
Parappa: That's the way I like it and I never get bored.
("Lesson 3")
Celine: Hey now, you're an All Star!
Parappa: Get your game on, go play!
Celine: Hey now, you're a Rock Star!
Parappa: Get the show on, get paid
Celine: And all that glitters is gold;
Only shooting stars break the mold!
(Celine: G-g-g-g-go for the moon! (record scratching) G-g-g-g-go for the moon!
(record scratching)
Parappa: G-go-g-go for the moon!)
Celine: Hey now, you're an All Star!
Parappa: Get your game on, go play!
Celine: Hey now, you're a Rock Star!
Parappa: Get the show on, get paid!
Celine: And all that glitters is gold;
Only shooting STARRRS!!
("Lesson 4")
Celine: Somebody once asked, "Could you spare some change for gas?
I need to get myself away from this place."
Parappa: I said, "Yep. What a concept;
I could use a little fuel myself,
And we could all use a little change."
Celine: Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming!
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running!
Parappa: Didn't make sense not to live for fun;
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb!
Celine: So much to do!
Parappa: So much to see!
Celine: So what's wrong with taking the back streets?
Parappa: You'll never know if you don't go!
Celine: GO!
Parappa: You'll never shine if you don't glow!
Celine: Hey now, you're an All Star!
Get your game on, go play!
Parappa: Hey now, you're a Rock Star!
Get the show on, get paid!
Celine: And all that glitters is gold;
Only shooting stars break the mold!
Parappa: And all that glitters is gold;
Only shooting stars break the mold!
(Music ends.)
****
Celine roared angrily, looking very fox-esque at this point. "NO NO NO NOOOOOOO!" She hopped around madly (she was hopping mad! (Reader: (groans), clenching her fist and pounding the ground. "You obviously cheated! It's not fair!"
"Alright!" Parappa laughed. "That wasn't too hard!"
Parappa felt higher than a cloud; he had beaten the first sister, and it was barely even a challenge! Sure, it was different from rapping; he actually had to change the tone of his voice. But, it was fun!
But, his spirits were broken quickly and swiftly by one little sentence from Ma-san.
#You sing like a girl!#
His ears dropped sadly, and worry tinged his voice. "I do...?"
"Yeah, ya do. Whatcha gonna do about it, foo'?" Celine seethed. "Pat's over that way." She pointed in the direction of a far-off restaurant, decorated with bright neon lights spelling "80's Cafe". "She'll meet you in the door."
"I sound like a girl?" Parappa whimpered.
"Come on, Parappa!" Katy Kat hoisted Parappa off of the ground and began to carry him to the Cafe.
***
"But I sing like a girl!" Parappa whimpered as he began the long walk to Pat's cafe meeting place.
"And since when was that a bad thing?" Katy snapped.
"It's not! Singing like a girl's okay when it's COMING FROM A GIRL!" Parappa let loose a rare burst of energy, then sank back into his little shadow-self. "What'm I s'posed ta do?"
"Um... don't worry about it?" Lammy suggested.
"Yeah, you didn't even seem to notice it while you were singing!" Katy realized.
#I had to point it out to you, Alvin!#
"Don't make it worse, Ma-san!" Parappa half-yelled.
"Look, just concentrate on getting past Pat, and you'll be fine!" Katy gave her best advice yet. "Don't worry about how you're singing."
"Your guitar is in your mind!" Lammy spouted out her best bit of advice, which earned her some strange looks and a few minutes of explanations.
Parappa laughed and looked up into a sign.
/80's Cafe: Keep going straight Disco Tech: \
And there it ended. Someone had taped over the rest of the directions. Knowing that disco means the 70's, Parappa knew there was only one culprit.
"Those sisters are sneaky," he growled before pressing on.
***
DONE! Okay, people, need help!
Songs for the 80's! I'm thinkin' "Walk Like and Eygptian" or "Love Shack", but my Mom says "Anything by Prince", and I don't know anything by Prince! Please help!
(Oh, and if the story gets kicked off the site for asking for help, don't worry; I'll write the rest and re-post it.)
