:looks apologetic: sorry, peoples, about get the chapter up late, but I've been busy… I'm hoping to get this finished before school finishes… So today, I think its going to have 2 new chapters!
I've been writing in this first perspective too much! I had problems trying to write in 3rd perspective in a recent story I did… :shudders:
Disclaimer: I own nobody except Patrick, Aay, Pez, Calina, Alica and mostly every other child. I also own none of the tongue twisters, and the last tongue twister I got from the Inuyasha Drama CD off of ear-tweak which gave the tongue twister from the Drama CD, then some from you guys and some from the largest tongue twisters sites on the web with foreign languages.
:sigh: long disclaimer
"Patrick's back!""He brought someone along with him!"
Some kids ran out of the building that we were coming close too. They looked to be between the ages 10 to 15. One was a girl who appeared to be 13; she had long blue hair and matching piercing blue eyes. She was holding a wooden sword that she seemed to be practicing with. Another girl, who appeared to be the oldest, had short blonde hair and green eyes. She had a frightful look on her face, like she didn't know what to do. The last one was a boy who appeared 10. He had black hair and was a little chubby around the stomach, but I would assume he would loose his chubby stomach once he trained enough.
"So… Patrick… You spend all your time with these kids?" I asked.
"Yea… These kids will become one of the best fighters in all Runescape!" He proclaimed, grinning.
"Going a bit overboard, are we?" I said, giving a smug smile.
"Can't we at least hope?" Patrick laughed and waved to the kids who stopped right in front of us.
The boy took my hand and gave a little bow. "Miss, my name is Pez."
"You're very polite for your age," I complimented him.
I noticed his face got a little red and he backed away a few steps.
Patrick gave Pez's head a few pats. "He's one of the most polite ones around here." Patrick motioned to the blue haired girl. "This is Alica, and Calina, the oldest student I have around here. Everybody, this is Aay."
I shook their hands and gave them smiles. "So you guys ready for the competition tonight?" I asked them.
Alica grinned. "Been workin' all night to get ready."
"You good at them?"
"Good? No, she's great," Pez said. "She's one of the best ones here."
Patrick nodded, agreeing with him. "Calina, who are we competing against?"
"Its going to be us kids against you, Miss Aay, and your friends against us kids."
"That's harsh," Patrick said. He looked at me. "The kids are the best at tongue twisters."
I've never really done a tongue twister in my life, so I didn't have a clue about how good I was.
Patrick started walking toward the building. "Has the guest room been prepared for Aay?"
"We did prepare one for her," Calina said.
Patrick handed my bags to the kids. "Would you take this then and I'll introduce Aay to my friends."
The kids agreed and Patrick and I left.
We met one fellow along the path, and Patrick pointed out that this fellow was Twaksak, one of his friends. He had shoulder length brown hair and blue eyes. He was wearing flashy clothing that sort of… made him stand out.
"How'da do," Twaksak asked me.
I said I was just fine.
"Ready for the competition?" Patrick asked.
"You bet! Crimson, Greenwolf, and Lta are ready too and waiting by the fountain down there, where it'll take place, and Jackbmck an Sara are going to meet us down there. Some people all the way from Varrock joined us too."
I froze. "From… Varrock?"
Patrick also had a shocked expression, and a smile came to his lips. "This'll be great."
I gave a small laugh. I expected that I would see some very familiar faces once I got there…
Later that night
"Go for it Webbuu!" I screamed. All around us were our friends from Varrock, who all seemed to be enjoying themselves, except for Shadow, who stood scowling by the wall. All that had joined from Varrock was Otaku, Blitzer, Webbuu, Silver, Spirit, Calladus, and Kid Mental. Most of them didn't compete but Webbuu, Blitzer, Otaku, and Kid Mental wanted to give it a try.
For Patrick's friends over here, the people competing were Tigerlilly, Twaksak, Crimson, Lta, Greenwolf, Sara, Jackbmck, Patrick, and myself. Calina, Pez, Alica, and many other kids were competing against us, and we were losing, sadly.
The number one rule about this game: If you mess up more than five times, you're disqualified.
Webbuu opened his mouth to speak. "Do we have to say the translation after this?"
"Yea, that sounds about right, but only if you know it… actually, you'll get an extra point if you say the translation, and you have to say it in one try," Alica said, grinning and crossing her arms.
Webbuu groaned then cleared his throat. "All right, here goes nothing…" He looked at a piece of paper in his hands. "Bituka binili sa butika ng, ng…" he shook his head and tired again. "Bituka binili sa butika ng ospital binasura dalinas…" He groaned and started again. "Bituka binili sa butika ng ospital binasura dahil nasira at tinapon sa basurahang bakal." He grinned. "There! I said it."
"Go for the Basic translation!" Crimson said.
Webbuu cleared his throat again. "Intestine bought from a hospital boutique and thrown away because it decayed and thrown away at a metal trash can."
"Feh, that wasn't so hard," Alica commented, frowning.
"But you said so yourself that they would be an extra point! Two points for our team!" I said.
It was now Pez's turn. We handed him a piece of paper and I could see he took a nervous gulp. "Ok, here goes… Sumomo mo momo… momo, mo momomo, ack!" Pez started again. "Sumomo mo momo, momo mo momo, sumomo mo momo momo… gah!" He kept on messing up, but on the fifth try, I think he succeeded. "Sumomo mo momo, momo mo momo, sumomo mo momo mo momo no uchi."
I smacked my head. He got it.
His group cheered him on for an extra point by saying the translation. He cleared his throat and started: "A Japanese plum is a kind of peach, a peach is also a peach, both Japanese plum and peach are kind of peaches."
He got it. The Basic translations for the foreign ones weren't that hard.
"Alright! The teams are tied!"
"ME NEXT!" Kid Mental shouted and jumped up.
The other group handed him a piece of paper. "Alright! Zeven Zavenemse zotten zullen zes… how in the WORLD do you pronounce this? Zeven… Zavenemse… Zotten… Zullen.. Zes…"
The kids started shouting, "You have to say it as fast as you can!"
Kid Mental looked at them angrily. "Shh! How am I supposed to get this if I don't sound it out first!"
"You aren't supposed too!"
Kid Mental took a sip of a beer and looked angrily at the kids. "Who says so?"
"You're disqualified," Alica declared.
Kid Mental threw a fit and we had to drag him down.
"That's enough beer for you, Mental," Bitzer said, Calladus who was helping drag Kid Mental down nodded, agreeing with Blitzer.
Twaksak came up. "I'll go in his stead." They handed him a piece of paper and he cleared his throat. "Sannie se Sarel sal sewe sakke sout sleep, swew sakke sout is swaar so waar."
I grinned. "It seems you know that one."
Twaksak laughed. "Its my own language."
The kids shouted, "What?"
Twaksak continued on with the translation, "Sannie says that Sarel will drag seven bags of salt, seven bags of salt are really heavy."
We easily got two points thanks to Twaksak.
It was Calina's turn next. She didn't want to try a foreign twister so we just gave her a Basic one.
Calina started: "Bitsy bits of burnt bear broiled by bubbly barbecued beef bones."
She got it on one try and she got a point.
It was Patricks turn next. He glanced nervously at me and then was handed a paper.
"Come on, Patrick! You can do it!" I shouted.
He coughed and looked at the kids. "You guys gave me a super long one."
The just laughed.
"Ok…" Patrick began.
It was hard to make out what he was saying, and this was the farthest he got on his tongue twister: "Er waren eens twee nachtwachten, een voor-middernacht-nachtwacht en een na-middernacht- nachtwachhhht. De voor-middeancu…" He sighed. "I give up. I can't pronounce this."
Some people in our group booed but the kids cheered. "At least try to say the translation!" some people shouted.
Patrick said it perfectly: "There once were two nightwatchmen, a before-midnight-nightwatchman and an after-midnight-nightwatchman. Thee before-midnight-nightwatchman said to the after-midnight-watchman: " " If you take the before-midnight-nightwatch, I'll take the after-midnight-nighttwatch." " " "Okay" " said the after-midnight-nightwatchman to the before-midnight-nightwatchman " "I'll take the before-midnight-nightwatch then you take the after-midnight-nightwatch." " and so it happened that the before-midnight-nightwatchman took the after-midnight-nightwatch and the after-midnight-nightwatchman took the before-midnight-nightwatch."
"Wow," I commented after everyone was silent. "You're pretty good at the Basic ones."
Another kid went that didn't make it through the first try. I volunteered to go next, and I could hear the kids giggle as they gave me the paper.
I looked at it and sighed. I didn't even know how to pronounce it. But I sighed and started. "Sen-goku-goku-go-tsu-bu-tsu… ack…" I started again. "Sen-goku-goku-go-tsu-bu-tsu-bu-tsu-bushi-o-o-o ACK!" I couldn't get it. I failed after the 5th try and sat back down next to Patrick.
Otaku was next on the list of our group, and once she got to go, I started to smell smoke.
"Patrick… do you smell that?" I asked him.
Patrick sniffed the air then his eyes opened wide. "The clan house!"
Everyone shouted and the kids screamed once they noticed the smoke. The smoke did indeed come from the direction of the clan house.
Patrick shouted to the kids, "Stay here! Calina, you stay here and do NOT let any kids out of your site. Aay, you stay…"
"Patrick, I'm a grown woman. I'm going," and with that, I headed off, Otaku and Blitzer following me.
Patrick soon caught up with me and we raced toward the burning building.
I had much fun writing this chapter! Thanks for the foreign ones people! And if you see a typo with two ee's its because of this computer, the E key sticks.
Please review!
:grr:
I saved this on a floppy disk and now the floppy disk wont open so now I have to write some more again…
Sentrosi: you asked people if they sat on their computers? I sure some have, but that's a weird question
Please comment if you have any questions, I'm open to any! I think…