Behind the Scenes: Tabitha Creek: GwendolynD
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Gwen walked up to Michael's house two coffees in hand. Why Chris Mclean wanted to have the meeting at five in the morning was beyond her comprehension.
She would've been perfectly happy with eight.
She yawned, but oh no, five was much better. What had surprised her was that Astris agreed, but then again, the sneaky devil was probably trying to get Chris on her side. It was blindingly obvious that the Chief of Brat's, could do practically get what he wanted- so get him on your side and you'd practically get what you want too.
Clever.
Michael, quickly opened the door, before she knocked and they made their way to the study, doing their best not to wake his family.
They entered head-quarters and went to the auditions conference room; they had to prep for Asitis's new season: Funhouse
Next to enter the room was Dorian, who looked quite disgruntled and resembled Chef, more so than his usual self.
"Caspian came back last night" Michael whispered to her, before he greeted Dorian himself.
That would make sense, Gwen thought, as she too got up to give Dorian a hug, Caspian was often away- sometimes months on end, so when he did get to see him, Dorian liked to spend as much time with him as possible.
The three chatted quietly as they waited for their last two arrivals.
Astris came soon, she gave a quick nod to the others and sat at a section a little bit further down from the three and got her notes out and spread them in-front of her.
Next came Web, he waved jovially at everyone, giving big 'hello's' to everyone, Astris looked up and smiled at him, before going back to her notes. A short blonde intern named Stephanie, simply groaned and covered her ears.
The two sat across Gwen, Dorian and Michael "He has been like that all morning" she complained as she sat down.
"Oi, you know you love me" Web said as he slung his arms over Stephanie's shoulder.
"Not this morning" she replied as she shoved his arm off her.
Next to walk in was a thin dark skinned man, with rich curly black hair, and greeny brown eyes, he had a professional looking camera that hung in-front of him. He gave a friendly nod to everyone before sitting across from Astris "Promotions" he said as a way of greeting.
Astris looked up from her notes and smiled at him, before bringing them aside and joined conversation with Irfan.
Next to enter was a woman, her left leg was a bit stiff, but she strode purposefully forward, as if it weren't so. She was a tall woman about five foot eight, she was a little on the big side, with curves, she had a sturdy build, she had a long face, sharp green eyes, long thick dark brown hair.
Astris, had never met Maria Hall, but she had heard the woman was a force not to be reckoned with. She studied the woman as she walked briskly past, not even acknowledging anyone as she sat at the head of the table.
"The only thing, you have got to know about her" Irfan said getting her attention back to him "is that don't bullshit with her, tell the truth and be straight, then you'll be fine"
"Yeah" Astris turned to him hopeful.
"Yeah" Irfan nodded.
They then continued their conversation, the five down from them enjoyed lively banter and Maria studied them all as they waited for Chris.
Finally the lad turned up, twenty minuets' late, bouncing, happy, and bubbly, whistling as he entered the room, looking very fresh and recently showered if his damp hair was any indicator. All Gwen, could think of, was this was going to be a long meeting.
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Gwen rubbed her temples, thanks to the meet and greet that was later on today, she only had one interview today.
"Could you replay that please" she asked Ashley.
Ashley looked over to Gwen, who stood behind her and then to Web, who suddenly let out a long and loud yawn, stretching himself out like a cat.
"Long meeting?" Ashley queried.
Gwen only nodded her head. Ashley didn't press for more, that was one of the things Gwen liked about the intern- she didn't intrude- she knew how to stay out of people business.
Just then, Michael walked passed and spotted the picture on the screen "Unbelievable, it's 'Pull-up Baby' "
"How on earth do you know that?" Gwen looked at her co-worker.
"It was a brilliant ad- from about ten to fifteen years ago, don't you two know it?"
Both nodded "It's on her audition" Gwen supplied.
"Brilliant, she has to be interviewed, she'd be great" Michael said.
"With all due respect sir, but our demographic isn't old people like you sir" Ashley said as carefully as she could.
Gwen chuckled "But she did seem interesting" she added quickly for Michaels benefit.
"Here" Ashley played the audition "what do you think"
Audition:
A random boy is standing on an outdoor stage.
"Welcome" he announces "Total drama crew, may I introduce, the brilliant, the amazing, the one the only TABITHA CREEK"
He then leaves and Tabitha enters from stage left.
She then bows, 'Thankyou, I am Tabatha Creek, and I think I think I'd be an excellent participant for Total Drama" at this moment wind behind her picks up and she gets a mouthful of hair, she spits it out and smiling awkwardly she continues "as the commercial shall demonstrate"
She then bows once more and exits the stage.
The picture then fades and there is a pause before a commercial appears. However, Tabitha thinks it's the one for the insurance company, but doesn't realise her friends had switched it to the one from when she was two years old.
It is a screen shot of a young Tabitha, running around the house with her onscreen parents, a 'L' plate on her backside. When she signals to her onscreen mum she needs to go to potty, she then walks with her mum to the bathroom and has a big smile on her face as she goes to the potty. The camera cuts to a picture of a packet of pull-ups and we hear a voice-over describing the new brand of pull-ups available and now easier for kids learning how to 'go potty'.
The screen fades out and goes back to the empty outdoor stage. Wind is a bit stronger, with her wild hair flying everywhere, Tabitha walks back on stage and smiles "I hope you like the commercial, and I'm sure" a strong gust of wind sends her flying forwards and she face plants "you'll pick me" she mumbles into the wooden stage floor, before curling up into a ball.
We hear her wail "I'm so going to die" before the screen goes blank.
Michael was beaming "Like I said, worth an interview"
Gwen nodded "Yes that is what I thought"
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As Gwen exited Tabitha's house a few hours later, she was sure she felt a migraine coming on. She would need to definitely take a Panadol, if she were to make it through the meet and great- that is for sure.
It started of ok, if not a little bit different. When she knocked a voice from a speaker said "You may enter" as the door opened. There was no-one at the other end of the door, a bit from the norm or expected, but she could deal with it.
Mysterious music played as she walked down the hall way, until she reached a sign post that said: 'Miss Daugherty, turn right here'
So she did.
As she did so, there was a large spray of confetti and as it fell to the floor, Tabitha appeared n-front of her.
The girl then bowed "Welcome Miss Daugherty"
She then gestured to chairs and tables, where on one table between two chairs was a kettle, some milk in an old-fashioned milk jug, a nice sugar container, a few cans of fresh loose-leaf tea and a plate of biscuits "Shall we"
"Very well" Gwen said.
She was surprised at the effort the girl had gone to.
"So, why Total Drama?" Gwen asked once they sat down.
Tabitha started off polite, eager to answer Gwen's questions. But then she changed, she went quiet, sitting back in her seat, her face blank, and her hair brought over to cover one side of her face, she spoke in simply not giving anything away.
Then she changed again, sobbing curling into herself "I'm so, so sorry, I'll try to answer better"
And again and again, she would change; Gwen could not keep up with the dramatic girl. It wasn't just the personality that would change, the voice, the face, her movements, how she sat- everything. It was driving Gwen mad.
She suddenly stood up, enraged "How dare you accuse me of such a thing- I don't believe it!"
She pointed at a bewildered Gwen "You-you-how- no words"
She then stormed out, throwing her arms up into the air in a dramatic flourish of anger.
She then skipped back in happily "Thank-you for seeing me, I am so, so very excited"
She then sat back down in her seat.
Gwen nodded her head as if this behavior was normal. She wondered if the girl was bipolar- but surely this many characters in a short amount of time, was not normal.
She watched as Tabitha now began to swing her arms madly as she enthusiastically described and mimed a horrific battle between her and a giant ogre. Gwen, had actually forgotten the question.
Finally as Gwen left, Tabitha held out her hand "I do apologize, I can see I did ruffle your feathers a bit, but I'm just excited to show you my range"
Gwen unsure how to respond, simply shook the girls hand and walked out of the house. She had seen so many faces; she wasn't sure how to read the girl. But one thing she did know for sure, was that the girl was definitely interesting.
Perhaps, though- the faces- that is Tabitha- that was who she was. Gwen shrugged, she would ponder that at a later date. She had a 'meet and greet' to get to and a Panadol or two to swallow.
Strangely for Total Drama this building was above ground. This was where they took contestants for a 'meet and greet'/ preparation for Total Drama. Of-course not all the contestants here would make the cut, this was the final test- they'd see how everyone interacted before putting together a final group. They couldn't have too many people seeing their underground bases; they also used this building when they need to interview people.
Even though they told more people about this building, they still managed to bring the location secret. It was a large, barnyard type building, with a high ceiling. The building was in the middle of a field, and had a helicopter landing pad next to it.
The field itself, was surrounded by wild trees and greenery of all sorts, you could be a meter from the field and still not see it. At the front of the building, there is a dirt road that can only just be seen by the thicket of the shrubs- well calling it a road was a bit of a stretch, but the clearing was there and the plants that loomed over could fit a car, but anything bigger than your average van- would definitely get stuck. There was no question about it.
It was a large building, on the inside it was decorated rather festively. Every time they do a new show they dress it according to the theme, this round was no different. There were hay bales, streamers, balloons, giant carnival posters- some brown and faded old vintage ones, funny mirrors, old carnival games like fortune tellers, 'how passionate are you', shooting games, duck fishing games and the one where you put the ball into the clowns mouth.
At the front of the barn, in the center of the games, streamers, posters, and mirrors was: an area of patches of picnic rugs with chairs and tables standing on them, or picnic rugs with a few hay bales or milk crates on them, or just picnic rugs with nothing on them if you simply wanted to sit on the floor.
On one side, there was a row of tables that had food and drink on it- even a cotton candy machine that had instruction attached to tell how to make it.
In the center of the room there were a few pillars that held up a rectangle glass walled room- which was actually a two-way screen, the occupants could see out, but the outsiders couldn't see in. There was a metal spiral staircase that wound its way to the room. Inside that particular room was on one wall, several small screens that surrounded one screen and a monitor board in-front of.
Then there was a low table with a few nice looking couches that surrounded it and a mini kitchenette area.
At the back of the barn, was what appeared to be a carousel, except for horses, it had tables of varying sorts on it, which had seats of varying sorts around them- some had four chairs, some two, some three- the seats varied there was a giant hand, a big pink seat that had a rhinoceros head, a couch whish had an old fashioned cream with pink floral carpet covering, some tables had animal hooves at the end of legs, another was bright red and shaped like a heart- it was all very exciting.
Of to one side of the barn, was what looked like a white and red stripped circus tent, but smaller, however at the entrance was a sign that was labelled: 'Serious Stuff' in it was a single hanging bulb, which had a desk under it, a comfortable looking red chair at one end, and a not so comfortable chair at the end closest to it- that was it. Overall, a not so fun room, and a room you wouldn't want to spend much time in- especially with all the fun things outside it.
Astris stood at the front of the barn's currently shut doors, ready waiting for the possible contestants', she wore a sort of 'ring master' outfit. She wore, black boots, with burgundy pants, and a matching tailcoat- which had big brass buttons and she wore open, a white t-shirts, that was tucked into the high pants, she had the collar up, she had her golden locks combed down to her right side and put into a low bun and she had a black top-hat that had a thick red ribbon, finally she had her hands in white gloves and she held a whip.
Inside the barn Gwen sat with Dorian in the inner room on a couch. She was dressed up too; she had her hair out in ringlets, behind a thick dark green headband and green and brown streamers of different shades through the rings of her hair. She wore a white ruffled blouse that had a green vest, which had yellow painted wood buttons on it, brown pants, flat green boots; she had big metallic and sparkly colored bangles on each arm and a fake rainbow with a unicorn tattoo on her right cheek.
Dorian, was wearing a long sleeved white shirt, with a brown striped vest, brown pants that had patches on it of varying shades of brown, and a metal chain hanging from his pocket, he wore a cream colored fedora which had a black band around it which had studs on it- he also had a fake pipe, which stuck out of the top pocket of his vest.
The two were meant to be carnies.
Heather was here too- she was at the carousel making it work, she had her thick hair was tied into a single plat, which had two glittering scarves tied into it, she wore a large flowy skirt- which was patched together by several pieces of recycled sari material, she had a bright yellow singlet tucked into it, which she wore a white lace poncho over, she was barefoot, she had several bangles on each arm, she had a purple beaded string that held a fake pair of purple rimmed glasses and she wore earrings that were a fake pair of peacock feathers.
She was a fortune teller.
Michael who was talking to Heather, was dressed a member of a marching band. He had black dress pants on- which had a blue vertical stripe going down the outside of each leg, with white dress shirt, black shoes, big red coat with brass buttons- which was done up, and a red and white striped marching band hat with a red feather at the front and a white chin strap, he wore white gloves- he had the triangle instrument clipped to his pants.
Chris was happily walking around, trying some food- he was dressed-as- wait for it- a strong-man- a sight Gwen never wanted to see again. He wore a yellow and black leopard print short leg leotard- which showed allot of his chest hair, black boots, and he had a leopard print bandanna in his hair and he carried giant fake blow-up weights.
Web was cycling around happily on a unicycle, he wore knee length red shorts, with white suspenders, which were over a rainbow stripped long sleeved shirt; he also wore lime green socks in sturdy black shoes. Skipping next to him was mini Stephanie, she held in her white gloved hands a light blue parasol, her string blonde hair was in a ponytail with a big blue bow in it, she had a blue with little yellow flowers printed dress on that had short sleeves that puffed at the shoulders, came in at the waist and flared out going to just above her knees with frills at the hem, she wore a waist white apron over the dress and she wore knee length socks in blue flats.
The two were performers.
Taking photographs of everything was Irfan. He wore pink wellington's that had little yellow banana's printed on them, he wore faded black pants, black suspenders over a white longs sleeved shirt, and a brown bowler hat, on his right shoulder was a real live monkey- which was had a collar and leash- which the end of which was looped on Irfan's hand. Irfan had a badge which read: Animal Tamer.
Walking around inspecting everything and stopping to talk to everyone was Maria. She was dressed as a peace loving hippie. She wore a white caftan, colorful flowery flared pants, a long brown ropey vest that hung over the caftan, she was barefoot and wore a jingling anklet, a long string necklace that had a big metal peace-sign at the end, her hair was loose and she had a flowery halo, and a pair of 'John Lennon' specs.
Finally there were three clowns or lawyers- Steve, Jacob, and Avril, and they were heading toward the small circus tent.
They all had red noses, but that is where the similarity ended.
Steve had a rainbow hat on, that had a spinner at the top and fake green hair sticking out the edges, a rainbow stripped long-sleeved shirt, red overalls, red big floppy clown shoes. He had a long stream of clown hankies stuffed into one of his many pockets.
Avril had her pink hair spiked up really stiff, she wore a hot pink tee, with a white bow-tie, black denim ¾ overalls that had elastic at the ends, bright pink and purple striped stockings and black boots. She wore pink lipstick, purple eye-shadow and allot of rouge on her cheeks.
Jacob wore a black vest with black shorts, a long sleeved bright blue shirt which had ruffles at the neck and cuffs, knee high rainbow socks with bright blue boots that had yellow spots on them, he also wore glasses that had a red and white swirling hypnotic print on them and a pack of cards poking out of the top right pocket of his vest.
Jacob looked around in awe, his head turning everywhere "I honestly thought I'd stick out wearing this, but- but" he didn't know what to say.
Steve laughed "I did tell ya they go all out"
Avril chuckled "You'd stick out if you dressed normally"
Jacob grinned "That's for sure"
Steve pointed to the sign "'Serious stuff', that has to be us"
Avril laughed "Got to be"
They walked into the tent and then quickly walked back out.
"No longer than one hour shifts" Steve said shaking his head.
"Agreed" both Avril and Jacob piped up quickly.
"We'll even time it" Jacob added.
"Good idea kiddo" Steve said.
"No-one should spend more than an hour in there" Avril said "They'd go mad" she finished.
They nodded their heads. They then walked back to the tent.
"Def one hour" Steve said as he looked around the empty room. He walked around it, whilst Jacob and Avril stood awkwardly at the entrance unsure whether it was safe to go further.
"Not even a pot-plant to brighten things up" Steve muttered as he walked around the room.
The three exited and looked to each-other "Let's have some fun" Avril said.
Steve whooped in delight "Hell yeah"
They then walked off excitedly to explore some more.
After all, the only thing to do at the time being was to wait for the possible contestants.
At the sound of the first chopper, Astris looked up expectedly, but she didn't move. She waited patiently for them to approach her.
…
From the first chopper, out came a thin short guy, who had dark hair that was spiked at the front, and brown eyes. He wore a brown shirt that had the batman symbol on it.
He stepped out nervously, and carefully made his way out of the chopper, looking around widely. Before slowly making his way to Astris, who is waving to them.
The girl behind him swiftly gets out of the chopper, no problem and quickly makes her way to Astris. She is a fit girl, with freckled tanned skin, she has thick dark brown hair, and dark green eyes.
Third to step out is a pale skinned girl, who has a pair shaped figure, her bleached white hair, is tied into a short ponytail that stuck out on the side.
Astris smiled at them as they approached "Welcome, Logan, Estelle, and Stephanie, to the meet and greet, once everyone has arrived we shall open the doors"
Logan grinned, a small blush creeping up on his cheeks.
Estelle coolly nodded her head slightly at Astris, acknowledging her statement, but not saying anything else.
Stephanie meekly smiles back and gives a small "Hello"
Soon after the first chopper leaves, another arrives and more come.
It takes about half-an-hour for all the contestants to arrive- there was about thirty in total. Some stride in with confidence, some are cautious, some are weary, and some are just excited- one tall blonde girl skipped down from the choppers.
As they waited, some talked, some simply stood back silently, but all sized each-other up, could they get picked? If picked could they win?
They all had gotten this far, they felt they had a chance.
Eight would not make it, they had done the maths, their eyes darted about- who would go?
Eventually the last three arrived, once the chopper flew off, Astris stepped forward.
"Welcome- " she bellowed.
and then –crack- she hit the whip against the barn door. She smiled to herself, happy it went well, she had practised it allot.
Some winced and others clapped, there were even a few cheers.
"Thank-you" Astris said as she bowed, grinning happily, her eyes sparkling.
"I would like to congratulate you all, in making it this far" she continued. She then stepped back and, with her face still to the teens, she lifted the wooden bar that held the door in place, lifted it and pushed the door backwards revealing the inside of the barnyard "I hope you all have a good time"
The contestants looked wide-eyed- they honestly weren't expecting this.
Astris turns to stand sideways, her eyes glinting and a small smile on her face and gives a small nod in the direction of the barn "Well get going then" she says.
Eventually everyone starts to move.
"COTTON CANDIEEEEE" a girl with black hair and an orange fringe that covers her left eye, exclaims as she excitedly hurries out ahead of the group to the machine she had quickly spotted.
A tall, broad shouldered guy chuckled as he made his way to the girl. She was happily making the cotton candy; she didn't even notice him approach and thuslly almost choked on her first mouthful, when he tapped her on the shoulder.
"Grre-g" she gasped out upon seeing him.
The boy that was actually named Dora, but preferred his middle name Greg (and honestly who would blame him) chuckled once more "Nice to see you Terrance"
She grinned and hugged him, doing her best not to get any candy on him, there was a little drop, but she quickly rubbed it off "What are you doing here?" she exclaimed in shock.
"Well I auditioned of-course" was his cheeky reply.
Terrance rolled her eyes "I can't believe I didn't know"
Greg shrugged his shoulders.
He then went to the machine and made himself some cotton candy and the two friends talked.
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A tall girl around five foot nine or maybe coming up to six feet, with shoulder length black hair, and wore oval shaped glasses, slowly entered slowly after everyone else. Her name was Katrina and she watched the competition.
She would get in, she had no doubts, and judging by what she saw, she would win too.
She sniffed as she looked at them all scoff the food, chat happily and make friends, play loudly with the games- did they have no tact what-so-ever?
Whatever- it would make winning that much more easier.
She then spied a guy, not too far from her, he was a bit taller than her, with black and white hair that stuck up on both sides. He wore a brown suit jacket, which had an orange shirt underneath, black slacks, and a red scarf.
He noticed her looking they made eye contact, he gave a small nod and turned away. She smirked to herself, as she made her way further down the barn; perhaps she had competition after all.
She kept her eye on her competition, but she looked to the Total Drama crew, these were the people she needed to please. They were watching her, she was sure, she wouldn't be surprised if the entire place was covered in cameras.
She looked around, she couldn't see them, but she was sure they were there.
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In the meantime, a pink haired girl, skated around the barn, her name was Oleander. Skating made her comfortable, in this completely new environment, with so many people, it felt better to skate.
She sighed, she was supposed to make an impression on the crew of Total Drama, but she wasn't sure how? And what sort of impression should she make?
She looked around at the others.
She raised her eyebrows, as she saw a lightly muscled guy, who wore black shorts and a grey sleeveless hoodie, make his way up the spiral staircase to the glass room, the door clearly marked 'Crew Only'
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Andre confidently climbed the stairs, the people that were probably in that room, were the people he had to make an impression on- he wasn't taking any chances. So he took a deep breath and knocked.
Gwen , Michael, and Dorian were enjoying the view of the kids exploring their carnival wonderland. Though she recognized a tall blonde haired male, his blue eyes bored. She should've known Ryan wouldn't be impressed by this get-up. But she didn't mind.
'knock'
The three looked to the door surprised. Gwen walked up and viewed the monitors. Ahh she recognized Andre, the daredevil, who else would have the guts to approach them head-on?
'knock' this time louder and sharper.
Michael smiled and walked to open the door.
"You do know, this area is out of bounds for contestants?" he asked in his best reproachful tone that he used on his kids, as he opened the door to greet Andre.
Andre grinned back at him "Yes"
Dorian winked at Gwen "You're in trouble now lad" he growled from where he was sitting, in his Chef voice.
"Chef" Andre called out wide-eyed in surprised.
He made his way around Michael and stepped into the room. Michael, shut the door behind him.
Dorian got up from the couch "What do ya have ta say for yourself- Maggot"
"Um-Hi?" Andre answered back, scared yet still excited.
"Not good enough" Dorian replied.
Gwen at this point went to stand by Michael and the two shared knowing smiles.
"It is an honour to meet you " Andre said.
Dorian only raised an eyebrow in response.
"-Sir?" Andre stated unsure of himself.
"Is that a question or a statement Maggot"
Andre looked Dorian in the eyes "It is a pleasure to meet you, Sir" he repeated, this time steadily and calmly.
Dorian smiled "And it is a pleasure to meet you too" he replied in his normal elegant British dialect.
"Wha-" Andre was confused.
"Chef, is just a character" Gwen stepped forward to explain, she gestured to Dorian "Andre, meet Dorian, the man behind Chef"
Dorian brought out his hand Andre shook it grinning and then shook his head, giving an awkward chuckle "Too weird, to weird man"
"Aaaaargh" they all jumped, startled by the screen.
"Wonder what that was?" Michael said as he made his way to the screens.
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Stephanie stared wide eyed at Chris, her mouth open a hand hovering over it, her skin pale, she shivered. She stepped back from him, creating more distance than when she had initially jumped back, her heart still racing.
It pounded loudly in her ears and she tried to settle what happened in her mind. Chris, in the mean-time was laughing really hard at his accomplishment.
Stephanie was minding her own business, admiring the maze of funny mirrors, when Chris suddenly jumped around the corner and scared her.
Chris, in: a leopard print leotard.
A leopard print leotard.
She blinked frozen at the man.
"That wasn't very nice" a voice shouted out from behind Stephanie, startling her. It was the boy in the bat-man shirt, she had forgotten his name it started with 'L' she was sure.
Logan walked past her and glared at Chris "You shouldn't do that to people"
"Oh" Chris smirked "but it was fun"
"Apologize" Logan said, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Oh are you going to make me" Chris mocked.
Logan faltered at that, his bravery disappearing.
"Er-ah- Y-e-ees" he stuttered, but he still glared at Chris.
Chris simply laughed "Sure whatever" and he walked away.
Logan turned around "Sorry" he mumbled.
"what for? You did great" Stephanie spoke softly; looking through her lashes at Logan.
Logan red faced mumbled something.
"Sorry, what was that?" Stephanie questioned him.
"Thank-you, it is not really my thing" he repeated again, talking more to the floor than Stephanie.
Logan suddenly realizing something, looked up wide-eyed "Wait- was he- er, wearing a-" Logan really didn't want to finish that sentence.
Stephanie giggled, putting a hand over her mouth "Yes"
"Um, you want to get some food" Stephanie eventually asked blushing as the two had continued to stand there awkwardly not really looking at each-other or saying anything.
Logan scratched the back of his head and blushed too "Su-ure" he stammered out and then coughed "I mean yes"
Stephanie smiled and the two started to walk.
Logan grinned and shook his head in amusement "Do you think, he thinks he looks good like that?"
Stephanie nodded.
He two looked to each-other and then they stared to crack up laughing.
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"Mine" to male voices said at the same time and two hands clasped around the last container of crumbed chicken legs.
One hand accidentally touching the other.
They quickly removed their hands, but the two continued to glare.
The two blonde hair, tall, sturdy, blue-eyed carbon copies glared at each other.
"Those legs are mine" Ryan continued to glare at the guy that was his doppelganger.
"No mine" Brent shoves Ryan
Ryan barely moves.
He raises his eyebrow at Brent smirking and shove Brent.
Bret barely moves.
The two stand their glaring.
Estelle walks up to the chicken legs "ooh tasty" she snatches the box.
The two look at her.
"What?" she looks at the two males, an innocent look put on across her face.
She pouts and takes a bite, she chews slowly and licks her lips as she finishes an leg the two continue to stare at her.
"Boys, boys , boys" she says as she licks the grease of her fingers "Did you honestly think the legs would just stay there as you two argued?"
They both shrug and then smirk "What makes you think I'd let you keep them" they say simultaneously, and then turn to glare at each-other.
Estelle laughs, flips her hair, and sashay's away from the two, enjoying her chick legs. She licks her lips, hmmn that was some good batter.
…
Maria Hall, walked around and pausing to talk to the teens and ask them peculiar questions, like: if you were an insect, what would you be?
Or, If you had the option to have four legs or four arms, which would you pick? Or would you stay as you are?
And: Do you consider yourself, an ignorant savage?
To creep out the possible contestants further, after each answer she would purse her lips in a fine line,'hmmn' in a disappointing manner as if to say: 'Is that what you are going to say', jot down a few notes on her clipboard with-out saying anything else and moving on. Maria smiled to herself as she successfully freaked out another teen; oh she loved doing so much.
The questions she asked were really handy to her; they gave great insight into the teen and also gave an idea on how they would react when put on the spot and confronted with something out of the norm.
She spotted, a teen, who stood tall, his posture perfect- something Maria hardly saw in kids these days. There should be more like him. He was a tall buff male, muscled; well defined body, a clear cut chin, messy hair and she could see a heart shaped tattoo with angel wings and a lock around it on his left bicep.
He was just leaving a pac-man game as a blue haired girl, really seemed interested in playing it.
She approached him; his name was Andy, if she remembered Gwen's notes correctly.
"My name is Maria Hall, and I would like to have a quick word with you" she announced upon her arrival.
He gave a polite smile her way "Of-course ma'am"
"It is Miss Hall, if you will"
"Miss Hall" he quickly corrected.
"Andy, I'm going to ask you a question and just answer it to the best of the ability"
"Ok"
"What would you expect to see written on your gravestone?"
Andy blinked not really expecting that question.
"I er, was a good kid"
"Hmmn" Maria pursed her lips and jotted down some notes on her clip-board.
"That would be all" she turned to leave, but Andy's voice made her turn pause and turn around.
"That was a terrible answer" he scratched the back of his neck awkwardly "I can do twenty push-ups to make up for it"
He really didn't have to, but Maria nodded anyway.
Andy grinned "Thanks"
And he quickly went to it, he wanted to make a good impression and be polite, but he didn't know how.
The teen was quickly done, which Maria was impressed by- though remembering his audition- she shouldn't really be surprised. She then calmly walked away and went to find the next contestant to question.
This was really one of the better parts of her job.
…
Astris sits in the glass room, looking at the monitors happily. They had a good bunch for her new season, she was sure of it.
"Attention everyone" she announced over the speaker "time for everyone to gather in the picnic area, I have a few people I'd like you to meet"
They slowly started to make their way to the picnic rugs when they arrived, Astris made her way down.
"Well, I hope you are enjoying yourselves" she speaks to the group, there is a general sound of agreement from the group, before Astris continues "and I have a few people to introduce you, to, you may have seen them around, but I shall introduce you properly"
A thin short girl, who had her brown hair tied up in a high ponytail, sat herself near the front, her name was Alice. She sat next to a curly haired girl named Angel, she seemed nice enough, despite her constant random references.
She recognized some people in the line-up: Gwen- the woman who interviewed her, she was nice- but she sure looks different today, of-course Chef and Chris. She was positive deep down Chris was nice, there had to be a reason he acted the way he did, she just had to find it.
The rest of the people, she didn't know – they all looked funny and interesting though.
"Well" Astris began and she gestured to Gwen "you all know Gwen"
Gwen waved to everyone.
"And of-course Chris and Chef otherwise named Dorian"
Chris bowed.
"It is always exciting seeing new faces" Dorian said to the shock of the teens.
Andre chuckled, wishing he had a camera; he was sure the faces being pulled now were hilarious, in-fact he wasn't quite used to hearing Chef with a posh British accent.
-click- he saw the guy who had been riding around on a unicycle, pocket his phone- it seemed they had been prepared. That reminded him, he wanted to have a go on the unicycle, he was sure it would be fun.
"These lovely people on my left" Astris gestured to the unicycle guy and the girl in the blue dress, "These two, are just two of the interns that go through all you're audition tapes"
Unicycle guy salutes "Call me Web"
Girl in blue dress grins, elbowing Web in the ribs "and I'm Steph"
"And the guy in the marching band outfit, is Michael" Astris continued. Michael who stood next to Steph, just waved at his name. "And he is one of the producers' of Total Drama, he is in charge of casting"
"And the guy with the monkey, is Irfan, he is our camera guy and is here to take publicity shots, so if you want to look good- be nice" Irfan simply nodded his head.
Terence's eyes widened at the monkey- it was ad-or-a-ble, she was going to pat it as soon as she could.
"The woman in the Hippie dress next to him, is Maria Hall- and you really don't need to get on her bad side, cross any of us, you may be saved- but this woman, you've got no hope" a few chuckled, but then were quietened by Maria's stern glare. Maria smiled to herself- she loved that she could quell someone with a look.
"Who are the Clowns" a voice from the back yells out a bit prematurely.
Astris smiles "You're lawyers"
"Our what?" Brent yells out.
"You're Lawyers" Avril yells back.
"You don't look like Lawyers" Ryan scoffs.
"Well their dressed up now, I'm sure they don't look like this all the time" Andre speaks up, smiling at Avril, who gives a small smile back.
Jacob nudged Steve and whispered to him "They probably wouldn't like to see our office"
Steve gave a soft chuckle "Yeah man, they are all too high-strung right now"
"Regardless , of how they dress, they are good at what they do, and each one of you , will spend a bit of time with each of them in the circus tent to have a look at your contracts to see that you understand them and if any misfortune were to happen upon you, what is available to you"
"Misfortune" Katrina snorted to herself, she looked to the clowns that were meant to be her lawyers, as they laughed and joked, she was sure to question them thoroughly. She knew the show, allot of acts of 'Misfortune' occurred, she'll get what definition they used and what counted as 'Misfortune'.
It was an ambiguous word at best and she knew it was a matter of opinion. She looked at the clowns thoughtfully as Astris talked a bit more about the new season, she didn't know why the woman bothered- they all knew what to expect by now, if anyone was surprised, well then they'd be as incompetent as the clowns looked.
Really, she thought the clones were right, not lawyers.
"Well, run-a-muck, catch you all later"
Katrina rolled her eyes, she really shouldn't encourage them.
….
Aubrey excitedly made her way to the shoot-out machine, she loved that game, well she loved all sports, but she hadn't seen one like this in a while. There was a row of metal foxes in-front of you and a few sheep, as the machine moves around, you had to shoot as many foxes as possible, with-out hitting the sheep in a certain amount of time. Hit a fox, you gain a point, hit a sheep you lose a point. There were three of these in a row.
She grabbed one and went at it.
25 Foxes
3 Sheep
22 Points
A male whistled behind her "Not bad, not bad, but I bet I can do better"
She spun around, excited by the challenge "Well, then-"she paused for a name.
"Brent" he supplied, full of arrogance.
"Well, Brent" she threw him a gun "bring it"
He swaggered up to her "Want to make it interesting?"
She grinned "Sure- what do you have in mind?"
He walked up to her and whispered in his ear.
She giggled at his suggestion, but nodded her head.
"Shake on it"
She grinned and shook his hand "Deal"
They then walked to their sections.
"So best out of three" she clarified.
Brent only nodded.
"Ok, I'll count then" Aubrey said putting her hand on the buzzer to start the machine.
"One, two-"Brent pressed his button early.
She quickly pressed hers too.
And the two were at it.
Brent looked across, to see she was doing quite well "No backing down blondie" he yelled to distract her.
But she just laughed and continued on "No worries matey"
He reached out and bumped her, but she didn't seem worried, she just bumped back.
"You're a little off" he called out- she wasn't, but he tried to shake her. But she just shouted back, whatever he did or said to her, she threw it back at him, her shooting not wavering. It was frustrating, but he won first round.
"Hah, I've got this stick-insect; give up before you embarrass yourself"
She laughed again- how much can one person laugh? He thought, it was really starting to annoy him.
"NEVAARRR" she hollered, he supposed she thought she was imitating some sort of warrior, but he thought she looked silly. But it was her acting it, not him, so he didn't mind too much.
They re-positioned themselves and Aubrey counted them down again- both starting at two, Aubrey catching on to that part of Brent's strategy, this time.
Sadly he lost that round. He grit his teeth and didn't bother speaking, when she patted him on the back "Guess we need the tie-breaker"
He shrugged away from her and went back to his spot "Let's just start shall we"
"Ok" and she too went back to hers.
He concentrated this time, she kicked him, but he didn't retaliate, too busy shooting, picturing everything the blondes head. He had shot more foxes than her, but he had also shot a fair amount of sheep.
He had lost.
"Damn it" he smashed the gun into the holder.
She smiled at him "Not going to back out are you?"
He shrugged "No don't you worry sticky, I'll follow through" he then walked away before she could say anything else.
Aubrey simply shrugged and went to explore and meet more people.
…
Laurie bit her lip, as she stood in-front of the clown tent. She really didn't want to step in there.
"Hey come-on it will be fine" Stephanie the small intern, that brought her to the tent, said after she had turned around when she noticed Laurie had stopped moving suddenly.
Stephanie walked to Laurie and smiled "It would be over soon- like a Band-Aid, quickly rip it off, and then you're free"
She shook her head.
"Hey, it's no biggie, everyone has to do it"
"No" Laurie shook he head again.
Stephanie looked up at the girl, concerned "Whats wrong hun?"
'Not-going" she stated and then roughly, released herself, from Stephanie's soft grip, and stomped away.
She was not going to go into that tent; the blonde eyed, blue haired girl shook her head- no- she was not, going to enter that tent.
One thing she knew about contracts, is that they require a lot of reading and many, many big words.
She tapped her handed on the side of her head, as she normally did when she was nervous or stressed. Her brother said that nobody would mind, but…
Oooh 'Wak-a-Mole' she grinned as she made her way over to the game, counting always calmed her down.
….
"Wahooooo" Andre was having a great time on the guy's unicycle. He raced through the barn- though he hadn't had the hang of steering just yet, but he was getting there.
"Whoop- SORIEEE" he called over his shoulder as he almost ran over a person.
Alice wanted to head-slap herself, when she apologized when being in the guy's way. She apologized too much.
Andre continued on, doing his best to not create catastrophe, when he gets better, he could try a few stunts, he looked around thoughtfully.
"Hey watch it" the pink haired girl moved sharply on her skates to dodge him, her blue eyes glaring at him.
"Sorry, sorry" he said putting his hands up in a gesture of surrender as he tried to control himself.
She just rolled her eyes "Whatever" she started to skate away, she turned around "you may want to get a better handle on that" she said, before skating away.
Andre just grinned shaking his head and continued on his way.
…
Terrance sat on the ground happily patting the monkey.
"Who is a cute monkey" she cried as she pat's the monkey.
The monkey was absolutely adorable; she wanted to take it home with her- it was just fabulous.
Greg, helped a girl with long curly blue hair, back to her feet as a unicycle guy dodged Terrance and the monkey and only just missed the girl, but he knocked her over.
Greg, being the gentleman that he was, walked over to help her; he then bent down and offered his hands. She reached out and grabbed it.
"Thank-you, good sir" she said, when Greg offered his hand.
"It is a pleasure, kind lady" he replied in kind as he pulled her up.
She giggled and presented her hand "So Mr Darcy, do you have a name?"
"It's Greg" they shook hands.
"Angelica"
They stared at each-other for a while, neither knowing what to say. Angelica when nervous stuck to her favourite subject.
"Always take a banana to a party. Bananas are good" she said, without really thinking.
Greg stared at her "What?"
Angelica giggled nervously, it was a bad habit of hers.
"Sorry, I didn't really know what to say" she explained.
"Oh and where was it from?" Greg asked politely.
"Doctor Who" she answered truthfully.
"I've heard of it, a show you like then" Greg continued in polite conversation.
Angelica nodded "Yeah as much as fish-fingers' and custard"
Greg looked at her amused "Another Doctor Who quote"
Angelica blushed "Yep" she replied wishing the conversation could change to something less weird, but that really wasn't something of her specialty.
"Aaaaaaaaaarg"
-crash-
They both looked to each-other worried, before running to the sound of the yell and the crash.
….
An awkward looking freckled kid, with choppy blonde hair and blue eyes, and that kinda reminded Web of Cody, was very clearly nervous as he walked by him toward the tent.
"Relax mate" Web put a comforting hand on his shoulder "You have got nothing to worry about, these people are very nice and honest, no messing about"
The guy looked hopefully at him, his eyes wide "You're telling the truth right? No jokes"
Web grinned "No jokes, whilst we do like to play our pranks at TD, lawyer stuff, is a taken very seriously here"
"Thanks" the guy beamed at him.
"Whats your name?" Web asked.
"It is Wiley" the guy replied.
Web whistled "Wiley- what an interesting name"
"So Wiley, what do you do for fun?"
Soon the two were talking Marvel movies and eventually they made it to the circus tent. Web handed Wiley one of the gift bags that were by the entrance "Be over shortly" Web said, before Wiley entered the tent.
Avril sat in the chair, her feet on the table, a pen twirling through her fingers as she waited for the next contestant, her eye on the timer. Fifteen minuets' and then it was Jacob's shift, this tent was creepy.
She nodded to Wiley as he entered "Right, let's get started" she said the second Wiley sat down.
She really wasn't going to stay here longer than necessary.
"Well get your contract out" she stated when Wiley didn't do anything.
"Huh" he said pathetically, not really understanding.
"Here" she got up, walked over to him and pulled out the massive wad of paper that was in the bag and slammed it on the table "Your contract"
She then quickly made her way back to her seat.
It really wasn't too bad Wiley thought fifteen minuets' later- she sure was honest and up-front, and they did go through it quickly. Even if the clipped tone of her voice was a bit confronting, the fast pace was a bit overwhelming, and the brutal honesty was a bit of a shock, but Wiley soon got over it and was able to keep up with the girl.
Her tone did get softer as she learned he did catch on- even if the brutal honesty and pace didn't slow down.
By the end of it, Wiley wasn't feeling too bad.
By the time they had finished, she was practically by the door, before he even had a chance to pack the heavy contract into the bag.
"Aaaaaargh"
-crash-
They looked to each-other confused, before breaking of into a sprint toward the noise, the girl at a much faster rate than Wiley.
…
Ryan, leaning against a table and generally watching things, wolf-whistled at a pink-haired girl that skated by him.
Oleander came to an abrupt halt and skated back towards him, her face angry.
"That's disgusting, you pig"
Ryan shrugged and waved at her with his fingers "Hello"
Oleander continued to glare at him "Hello? Is that all you have to say?"
"Yup" he simply replied, popping the 'p'
She sighed, he was not worth it, and so she skated away.
"Bye, Chipmunk"
She braked again, definitely scratching the floor "What did you just call me? I look nothing like a Chipmunk" she stated as she skated back to him.
He chuckled "Oh God, you are just too easy"
"Easy? Easy?- what do you mean by that?"
He gave her a look, like she was stupid "That" he gestured to her "you are so easy to rile up, I was just teasing"
Oleander wasn't going to admit that, maybe she had just over re-acted; instead she just glared at him "Whatever" she was about to skate away when-
"Face it you are attracted to me"
He- did-not just say that? She stared disbelieving at his smug face.
He smirked at her "Just admit it" he gestured to his body "you are attracted to this" he said, when she continued to stare.
She shook her head and brought herself back to the situation "Are you crazy?"
He stared back at her coolly "You're the crazy one- crazy for all that is me"
Oleander, knew logically she should just skate away, but she was too far in 'fight mode' "Oh no- you are the one, that wants" she gestured to herself "this" she smirked up at him- god why did he have to be so much taller than her- it was infuriating "admit it"
"So you are attracted" he replied.
"I never said that, listen carefully- blondie"
"Aaaaargh"
-crash-
Happy to get out of the situation, Oleander quickly skated to the sound of the commotion. At first Ryan didn't move, but then he shrugged to himself, making his way at a much slower rate.
…
Sherwood was playing mini-golf. There was another guy with him- Logan, a girl named Stephanie and another girl named Alice. He found the best way to find out about the competition was to play a game with them- whether it be physical or mental, it gave him a good eye on how they approach things, and also some of their weaknesses.
He thought when approaching the game that was Total Drama, it would be a great way to assess his fellow competitors.
So far he played a fishing game with a blonde- Audrey or whatever her name was, she was a great sports player, fit, and great sportsmanship- not very strategic though- she just went for it.
He played checkers with a kid named Wiley, it was clear he wasn't physically fit, but he was certainly a strategist and rather intelligent.
He played air hockey against a girl named Laurie. Again she seemed enthusiastic to play, rather positive and quick with the reflexes- again not much of a strategist. He also learnt when they talked- she had very simple language and not much of a variation of vocab.
He of-course never won, he looked like an enthusiastic, approachable, yet silent guy and he got to get a read on his possible competitor.
Now, he was here with these three, it was all together a silent game- the other three not very confident speakers- if he were honest, something he found dull, but he kept his face polite. There was allot of polite general banter, a few blushes and awkward giggles, but Sherwood kept at it- it wouldn't be good to give himself away before the Total Drama thing even started.
Andre was just getting used to things, when he narrowly dodged a girl, who was playing with a monkey in her lap- and who sat randomly in the middle of the path and he had to quickly get out of her way and then almost hit another girl who was near-by.
Now he found himself on a mini put-put coarse- where did that come from?
He was positive it wasn't here earlier.
The blonde girl, Stephanie, was just lining herself up, for her turn, when there was a loud shout
"LOOK OUT! LOOK OUT!" a guy on a unicycle yelled as he came toward them , in shock she swung much harder than intended making the ball soar far off of the course. The four screamed wildly dodged the unicycle guy, who unfortunately crashed into the windmill, which was part of the course.
Logan rushed forward to help him.
The four began to calm down, when the excitement ended with only a few bruises. Logan and Sherwood helped Andre and Stephanie and Alice went off to find Stephanie's ball.
As the two girls looked for the ball, a few people approached them to asked what happened, but went back to what they were doing when they heard everything was ok.
A few approached the boys but soon everyone began to settle, when they realised it wasn't as bad as it sounded.
Alice and Stephanie started small conversation as they looked for Stephanie's ball.
Stephanie stopped and scratched her head "This is really weird- surely we should have seen it by now"
Alice stopped too "It is weird- maybe we should back track?"
Stephanie shrugged her shoulders "I'm not sure how, as I can barely remember what happened"
They were standing near the carousel; Stephanie looked at it shrewdly "Surely it couldn't have reached that"
She looked back to the golf-course "Surely I can't have hit it that hard" she said weakly.
Alice grinned "Maybe you have a golfing super-power that you unleashed in your shock"
Stephanie laughed "That was terrible, but your right that does seem a bit far-fetched"
-creak-
They paused when they heard a creaking noise come from the carousel.
"You have got to be joking" Stephanie whispered softly as she stared wide eyed at the carousel.
Alice giggled "I told you, you had a superpower"
Stephanie shoved her "Not funny"
Alice giggled "Sorry, can't help it"
Stephanie smiled, but turned her attention back to the carousel, looked at it worriedly "Think it will be alright?"
"I'm sure it will be" Alice said confidently.
-creak-
"Ok maybe not" Alice started to look more worried.
Stephanie put her hand in her hands "Oh my god, I don't believe what I've done"
Andre patted her on the shoulder "I'm sure we can solve this" she said sounding more confident than she actually was.
"How?" Stephanie asked, peeking through her fingers.
Before Alice could reply, a woman they had seen walking about dressed as a fortune-teller, walked by them "Don't worry girls I have it sorted"
She walked confidently toward the carousel, tools coming out of her thick hair, she tapped a section and a compartment opened revealing more tools and she set to work.
The two girls looked interested as the woman worked.
Suddenly she stilled "Uh"
Alice and Stephanie looked to each other, that didn't sound good.
"EVERYONE RUN" the small woman yelled- rather loudly too for a woman of her size.
Everyone in the vicinity of the woman stared at her as if she were mad- and then- the carousel began to move- fast- and faster the few people on it screamed.
Laurie put her hands on her ears and sat down as the machine began to get faster.
Estelle screamed and held on to the chair she sat on.
Katrina, who was using this time to work out Estelle and Laurie, Estelle she thought was tough- but essentially easy to read, Laurie she found confusing. Froze and gripped her hands tightly on her chair.
Wiley sat curled up on his chair, gripping the back of the giant chair to the best of his abilities, was doing his best to not throw up. Andy, who he was talking with, was taking his time to assess the situation he had to help his fellow contestants.
In the meantime, everyone, including the Total Drama crew were had gathered.
Astris looked rather worried and wasn't sure what to do; the other members of the Total Drama crew seemed more relaxed. They were more used to random things like this occurring.
Chris looked possibly gleeful. Even Irfan was taking a few quick photos.
Heather was on the phone, talking to a colleague to see if she could do something.
The lawyers had started mentally 'preparing'. Steve, made a quick phone call to base to explain what happened.
Gwen, Michael, Dorian, and Maria were making quick calls to the necessary choppers, they had a feeling a quick exit was needed. And emergency services were put on stand-by.
Stephanie and Web grabbed what padding they could find for better landing.
Andy looked around; he needed to get these people off. There was five including himself, he could get two down, but how to get the two others?
Terrance went at a running jump and made it onto the carousel, with considerable ease.
Andy grinned when he saw her. They now could get everyone down?
"Have they created a landing for us?" he expected them to, but he needed to clear things up, before he got into action.
Terrance nodded and grinned "Yep" she pointed at a big red sign "Use that as a marker" she said before quickly grabbing Wiley and Katrina- who was too much in shock to complain at being handled and jumped.
Andy went over to the other two girls: Laurie and Estelle. Estelle didn't even put on a face or flirt; she was too worried and accepted his help. Laurie was a bit harder to convince, but she eventually moved.
"Keep an eye on the red sign" she told the two girls as she walked them to the edge.
Laurie shut her eyes and gasped. Estelle shook, but she kept steady.
"Ok on my count" both girls nodded.
"One- two- threeeeee" they jumped.
He breathed a big sigh of relief as they landed on padding.
There was a big applause from the contestants, but the Total Drama crew were still in action.
"RUUUUN" Heather yelled again gesturing madly for the exit.
This time, nobody double guessed her, they ran- good thing too as a loud cracking sound could be heard from the carousel and it came off its hinges and toppled down, rolling after them.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh" they all ran as fast as they could the carousel hot in their path.
Whirring of choppers was heard overhead and ladders were dropped.
Wiley thought his body would give, out, he was not used to such exercise. Dorian picked him up and slung him onto a ladder.
Terrance, Greg, and Angelica, quickly made their way up that same ladder, Angelica giggling about some sort of movie reference neither of them seemed to get.
Sherwood helped Amy and a panicking Stephanie into another.
Aubrey, hefted Logan up, a grinning Andre joined her and the two high-fived; they were having the time of their lives.
Ryan helped the still shaken Katrina up, and was followed up by a shocked Oleander, who stared at him weirdly the entire flight, trying to figure him out.
Andy helped Laurie and Estelle up, Brent quickly following behind them. When Brent reached them, they looked at him and blinked- he was naked.
"What?" Brent asked as the three blinked at him.
"You're naked" Andy stated.
Brent shrugged and sat comfortably "It was a bet"
If he saw that girl again, he'd get his revenge, but for now, he'd enjoy his chopper companions' discomfort.
….
As the contestants were flown to safety, two choppers came by carrying a giant block, which stopped the wheel.
The crew were brought back to salvage the damage and salvage the footage.
Astris walked wide eyed with Gwen, as they took in the damage. They watched Chris jump about with glee as he excitedly babbled to anyone who'd listen the great viewing this would be.
Astris suddenly had a thought "Hey, should we ask Blainley to host?"
They both looked back to Chris, who had caught his reflection in the mirror and winked.
"That might be an idea" Gwen said thoughtfully "And maybe not tell him" she added.
The two grinned that would definitely make good television. They headed toward Maria; she'd have to agree if they were to follow through.
She said she'd think about it.
…
End.
Hope you all enjoyed the chapter and the 'meet and greet'. To all the Funhouse creator's thanks for letting me use your characters they were fun to use. I hope I did them justice.
I would like to also thank Astris Dreams for letting me use her concept for this one chapter.
Also like to add, the Heather mentioned isn't Heather from Total Drama, she is a character I have created and introduced in an earlier chapter.
List of Funhouse characters and their creators:
Logan- The Comic-book Nerd- Smokescreen
Estelle Mackenzie Hart- The Queen- Yonna9Queen
Stephanie- The Innocent Girl- uncomfortablebuffelo
Oleander Williams- Derby Chick- .SP
Wiley Thompson- Geek- Cocoforcoconuts
Dora Gregory Summerwind- The Gentlemanly Older Brother- Ayoko Niles
Terrance Tiara Winterflame- Creepy Misunderstood Acrobat- Ayoko Niles
Andre Jones- The Nice but Very Sarcastic Daredevil Guy- El Paso Mistico
Brent Marsh- The Competitive Jerk- Safety Pickle
Laurie Ray Dawson- The Lonely Social Butterfly- Not So Sweet Sara
Alice Willof- Silent Musician- Happy77123
Katrina Sears- The Arrogant Brainiac- Aristicus
Sherwood Gerald Green- The Standalone Guy- Aristicus
Angelica Augero- The Crazy 4th Wall Breaking Girl- VikNiki312
Andy Taylor- The Troubled Soldier- A kingdreams21
Ryan P'Oakley- Spoilt Hunk- GwendolynD
Aubrey Van Amstel- The Bubbly Optimist- GwendolynD
Till Next Time.
GwendolynD
Tabitha Info:
Name: Tabitha Creek
Nicknames: Tabby, TC, Tab, Daddy (which was shortened from Daddy Long Legs- the spider as she has long legs)
Stereotype: Drama Girl
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Height: 5 foot 7 and growing
Personality:
Very dramatic! Drama is her middle name. She absolutely loves it. Wants to be a famous actress- will do anything for it. Contacts is the key- so will try to steal Chris or even Chefs or a producers black book.
As mentioned above she loves drama- she pictures scenes in her head and some days likes to take on personalities- like a Grinch who hates happy people, or a mysterious silent person with a shady past, or act like she has an invisible friend that people keep ignoring and sitting on etc. she will purposely do things to make the day, just that tiny bit more exciting- not harmful- just exciting.
She gets bored easily and is easily distracted.
She loves attention and posts every production she has been in on youtube and mentions to everyone she has been in an ad on tv. (she has been in two, but likes to pretend the first doesn't exist)
She is a very emotional person and expressive, if she is upset, angry, happy etc you will see it- on her face and in her actions- she tends to act in accordance to her moods too. She isn't one to bottle up any temper tantrums either- she isn't ashamed to make a fuss- if she wants to make a scene- she'll do it!
When Mad: very easily mad, it would be very expressive, however she could just be mad for the sake of adding some drama- she will make a scene
Sad: will be very depressed, probably curl into herself and try and find a place to be alone- Tabitha is a rather optimistic girl and would take allot to upset her.
She is in love: she would probably be dazed, skipping, singing, she would ask them out, though she would be rather moody if turned down- she doesn't take rejection well, in a relationship she would be nervous of signs of he/she doesn't like her or cheating or lying if she thinks she see's a sign she would be suspicious and investigate, she is also a romantic and loves big gestures- she'd even do some herself.
Scared: scream , a bit of a fight tendency, but if that doesn't work she'd run screaming and then dramatically retell the scene
Goals: A theatre performa
Skills: acting, creative, sewing
Disabilities:
What do they look for: no type in particular,
Befriend: anyone whether they want it or not
Hate in person: no active imagination/ studying types
Characters opinion on Chris and Chef, she finds them interesting and may befriend them due to her need for contacts and the pleasure of adding drama, any added bit of drama she'll find exciting.
Bio:
She has one younger sister, who she is very close with. Lives a normal life- hates going to school, has ok grades, hangs out with her friends whenever she can. Loves theatre and acting-, being centre stage. Would really love to be a Hollywood actress, go to a performing arts school after high-school. Next year, for her final year, she plans on producing the school play.
She has been in two tv adverts. The first was when she was really young, just a two year old toddler and rather forget existed. The second was last year, it was an insurance company, she was a learner driver comically crashing her car into a pool. She thought she was fantastic and shows everyone she knows- at-least once.
Normal Clothing: a white tee-shirt, with blue denim shorts, red and white polka-dot suspenders, black and white striped knee high socks with red flats, avatars and a dark green beret.
Swimwear: red with white polka-dots two-piece vintage style- think 50s, short leg high waist for the bottoms, thick straps for the top half- to give a picture- but really youkan just describe it as a 'retro styled red bikini with white polka dots'
Sleepwear: matching blue singlet and short, the shorts having little white Eiffel Towers on them she also owns a pair of white slippers
Formal: A black spaghetti strap dress that goes to just above her knees, which she accessorises with different coloured thick belts (her red one is her favourite though) and white gloves and her beret.
Jewellery:
Acessories: Avatars, Dark Green (Matches her eyes)Beret, cream lace parasol for hot days
Body type: Thin and Lean, with long gangly limbs
Height: 5 foot 7 and growing
Weight:
Eye: Dark Green
Big Smile with dimples showing
Hair: Dark Black, Long and Curly- many ringlets- think Annie- she generally keeps her hair loose and flying about, unless she is in character- then she'd change it accordingly
Skin: white with freckles- not many but scattered everywhere
No Alcohol
Voice: raspy
Likes: Drama, France- and everything associated with it- the accent, people, language (which she can speak), the country- she really, really wants to go, clothing style- the classic beauty of it and boldness, the food, puzzles, coffee, theatre, drama movies, scary things, chilli food- even if she cannot eat much without burning her mouth, whistling, all ties of the day, winter
Dislikes: having to sleep, tea- tastes like dirty water, heat- too hot and too much sun- she sweats, and gets easily sunburnt- if it is very little shade she has a cream parasol which she carries around, sitting, being bored, people who have no or very little opinions- boring people, being quiet, reading- just takes too long watching the movie is soo much easier,
Alliance name:
Good at: Puzzles, acting, being centre of attention, sports/ activities- more of an active doer
Bad at: being sneaky, quiet, still, paying attention- easily distracted, reading/ following instructions she'd prefer to guess, instruments/ singing
Voted first: What? Noooo, I'm Doomed. Dooooooooooomed!- it would be all very dramatic.
Runner up: So, soooo, close. Should have won, would sulk and be very jealous for a while
Winner: Celebrate and call the runner up a looser for a while.
Every reaction above- would be dramatic, eventually she'd calm down and act properly- or deal with the situation. If out first concentrate on her next thing. Runner up, eventually congratulate the winner and move on. Winner, eventually calm down and stop calling the runner up looser, but continue partying for a while.
Relationship: attracted to interesting people- gender doesn't matter. Can be bold and will let the person know if she is interested, that she is available and willing to go into a relationship if the other wants
Fears: Worms, Ghosts- she is positive they exist and Voodoo dolls. She also drinks allot of water, doesn't like the idea of being dehydrated.
Distinct trait: curly hair, long legs, dark green eyes. Aptitude for drama and atentions.
Typical Friends: other theatre, creative sorts
Enemies: shy, quiet people- who'd she'd ignore and then other centre stage creative types whom she is 'frenenimies'
Audition:
A random boy is standing on an outdoor stage.
"Welcome" he announces "Total drama crew, may I introduce, the brilliant, the amazing, the one the only TABITHA CREEK"
He then leaves and Tabitha enters from stage left.
She then bows, 'Thankyou, I am Tabatha Creek, and I think I think I'd be an excellent participant for Total Drama" at this moment wind behind her picks up and she gets a mouthful of hair, she spits it out and smiling awkwardly she continues "as the commercial shall demonstrate"
She then bows once more and exits the stage.
The picture then fades and there is a pause before a commercial appears. However, Tabitha thinks it's the one for the insurance company, but doesn't realise her friends had switched it to the one from when she was two years old.
It is a screen shot of a young Tabitha, running around the house with her onscreen parents, a 'L' plate on her backside. When she signals to her onscreen mum she needs to go to potty, she then walks with her mum to the bathroom and has a big smile on her face as she goes to the potty. The camera cuts to a picture of a packet of pull-ups and we hear a voice-over describing the new brand of pull-ups available and now easier for kids learning how to 'go potty'.
The screen fades out and goes back to the empty outdoor stage. Wind is a bit stronger, with her wild hair flying everywhere, Tabitha walks back on stage and smiles "I hope you like the commercial, and I'm sure" a strong gust of wind sends her flying forwards and she face plants "you'll pick me" she mumbles into the wooden stage floor, before curling up into a ball.
We hear her wail "I'm so going to die" before the screen goes blank.
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Just a note, for the commercial, because Tabitha had such a big smile on, the audience loved her and for a few months she was known as the "Pull=up Baby". Tabitha horrifically found out when she was ten and 'asked' her parents to burn the tape, but they have hidden it somewhere from her. Otherwise she would've destroyed it by now.
Well, good luck and hope you like her.