"All rounds of the annual Sew-Off have been completed," the announcer calls. "Now let's here what the judges say!"
Two teens, both high-school freshmen, anxiously await the results. One is African American and wears a red beret. The other is Japanese and wears glasses and a short cape.
"Hm, very interesting submissions," the first judge of three begins. "The attention to detail in this embroidery of a PDA, by Tucker Foley, is exquisite. However, Ishida Uryu's embroidery of a five-pointed star is beautiful in its intricate simplicity. Ishida has my vote."
"I agree, very interesting," the second judge says. "However, my vote goes to Mr. Foley because the variety of colors in his submission suggests greater effort put into completing the embroidery than Ishida-san's all-blue submission.
"Oh, great. I was hoping the other judges would agree with each other so my vote wouldn't have to be a tie-breaker..." the third judge says. "I can't decide. They both put intense effort into their submissions, and they both used as a design something they are rarely seen without. In addition, they're both cool secondary male protagonists in tv shows I enjoy! There's nothing else I can say. Tie!"
The two teens, Tucker Foley and Ishida Uryu, stare at each other, slack-jawed.
A/N: In Danny Phantom, episode 6, Tucker gets ghost powers temporarily, and he uses them to change his grades. (He calls it 'academic adjustment'.) The two classes in which he already has A's in are Computers (understandable, since he's a techno-geek) and... Sewing.
Ishida Uryu is a Quincy in the Bleach anime. The Quincy can form a bow and arrows using the 'Quincy Cross', the five-pointed star in this chapter.
(Posted 1/15/13)
