Author: Okay, I'm back with more paper. What time is it?
Crew Guy 2: It's 13:00 (1㏘)
Author: Did you have to use the Unicode "SQUARE PM" (U+33D8) in that sentence?
Crew Guy 2: Yes
Chapter 8: A Day at the Beach"This chapter name seems oddly familiar," I said. But now I must resume the story, almost an hour later. Almost an hour had past, wait, didn't I say that already? Anyways, moving on, everyone is having a good time. Tails has gone swimming, for once. Amy was playing volleyball with Sonic. Wait, am I seeing this right; oh, Amy's forcing Sonic to play. The Director has gotten a tan, unbelieveable. As for Chaos, wait, where is Chaos? Oh there he is. I didn't see hime with all the water surrounding him. And Knuckles, HE'S SWIMMING, boy I haven't seen that guy swim since Sonic Uncut.
Meanwhile, back on Eggman Island, Eggman has his own vacation plans. "Faster, faster," Eggman said, who's really been working overtime lately. "Perhaps you should take a break, Doctor," Decoe said. "Perhaps it is better if you let us assemble the robot," Bocoe said. "Quiet you, before I send you both to the scrap heap!" Eggman said. Then he thought. "Perhaps if I make them do all the work, this'll get done a lot faster." "All right," he said. And so the robots went to work.
It was all going well at the beach, too well! For some reason, something wasn't right. It was 14h (2pm), and the tide was coming in. What was that!? A GIANT WAVE!! It measured 15 feet (4.5 m) in height, and Chaos was heading for it with a surfboard. This didn't seem safe, as Chaos was only, oh I don't care, let's see how this plays out. "
," Chaos said, and he [D][W], [W][D], [A][S], and [A][D] (controls from Club Penguin™, Catching Waves). The wave closed in on him, it was a fantastical sight as he shot the tube, and finally, the wave closed in, bringing the tide with it.
So Amy is, MAKING SONIC SWIM! I knew this was going to end badly. Sonic literally sprang up like a cat when he was 1 inch (2 ½ cm) in the water. Tails got carried away by the tide, literally, all the funny and bad stuff happens to Tails. Knuckles seemed bored. Director Chao and Chaos were already coming up with ideas for Chao In Space 2. This story seemed very uninteresting until Sonic asked, "What are we gonna' do around here anyways?" Amy seemed confused, "What, isn't this fun already?" "I just don't see what's so fun about 'playing' in the water for three hours," Sonic said. "Actually, it's only been 1 hour," Tails said. "Plus there's lots of fun things to do around here! Follow me," Director Chao said, and off they went.
The gang walked 500 feet (152 meters) south to go jet skiing. "This is going to be fun!" Sonic said, anticipating it so much. "
," Chaos said. Director Chao had a hard time choosing, and after five minutes, he chose Sonic. "Woo, hoo! This is going to be awesome!" Sonic said, and off he went. He was flying thorugh the air with huge 10-20 foot (3-6 meter) jumps and rotations up to 1080 degrees (18.8 radians). After a 3-board session of 5 minutes (300 seconds), Sonic scored a whopping 177,350 points! Knuckles was next, and he was barely trying. He only did 2 foot (60 cemtimeter) jumps, barely turned 180 degrees (π radians), and only got 1000 points. "That was boring," Director Chao said, "let's pick someone with attitude… Amy!" And so Amy went. She did some tricks never before seen, it was a sight to behold, 1440 degree (25.1 radian) rotations and spins, 35 foot (10.6 meter) jumps and whopping 147,000 point combos. Her final score was 1,963,500 points, and even as she got off the board, she was still stoked! Last was Tails, very typical for an 8-year old, 360s (2π radian turns), 15 feet of air max (4.5 meters), but a final score of 99,560 points.
By the time they were done, it was 14:45 (2:45 pm), and the Director was out of ideas, but, on that day, the road conditions were perfect for a road race! "How about a race through the city?" Tails suggested. "That's a brilliant idea, but we don't have enough vehicles, just the one," Director Chao noted. "
," Chaos flashed. "You know Arnold Schwarzenegger?!" they all said. "
," Chaos said, and with that they were off. Schwarzenegger cleared some portions of the 34.2 mile (55 km) course for the race, most of which was on the area's freeways. Schwarzenegger counted down "fünf, vier, drei, zwei, eins, go," meaning "five, four, three, two, one, go," and off they went. Now everyone knows that it's a long way from Coastal San Pedro, to the hotel, which is, hum…. "What's that," I said to the crew, "okay, now I get it." A crew member finally revealed the name of the hotel, the Roosevelt Hotel. It's a long way, but the route uses mostly freeways, it'd take 40 minutes if they weren't racing.
The race began and Sonic was off to a huge lead, though being slowed down by his occasional crashing through neighborhood backyards. Tails, Amy, and Knuckles had everything cut clear for them, since the wouldn't be slowed down by fans in that vehicle. Director Chao and Chaos on the other hand, had a completely different story, being followed by millions of fans, both human and chao. In fact, it wasn't until they'd reached I-110 (CA 110), that they had been in the clear. Sonic was also chased by fans, though was able to speed up to about 150 mph (241 km/h) thanks to lines of rings placed by fans, by the time he reached South Gaffey Street (the first turn, from West Paseo del Mar).
They headed north on CA 110 for several miles, bumping into each other at times, though they were slowed down after running out of fuel at the 3rd mile of the course (Foot 679 [Meter 207] of CA 110), and Sonic went to get some chili dogs. After paying for the gas, and chili dogs, which cost 1564 rings (US$ 156.37), they were off again, this time more furious than ever! They finally reached the freeway (I-110 [CA 110]), and there they were able to do some serious speed, as the road was designed for it. They raced speedway-style, except for Sonic, who raced in a manner similar to the way he did on (Sonic X 21) "Fast Friends" and won with a time of 00:19:56.44. The rest of the gang was almost out of luck, as they almost destroyed their cars and tied with a time of 00:30:00.00, but luckily Schwarzenegger repaired their vehicles and were off the hook.
A few hours later, the gang was hungry, especially Sonic, who had just run 34.2 miles (55 km) in under 20 minutes (that would mean he was going 103 mph [165 km/h] on average). "So, what's there to eat around here?" Sonic asked. "
," Chaos said. "Why yes, that's a great idea, let's all go to the **********," Director Chao said, and here we have another example of a good place, I won't mension, for I don't know what it is (yet)!
It was a 20 mile drive from the Roosevelt Hotel to the fancy restaurant, which, in a populated area like that, is insignificant. The gang went in through the V.I.P. entrance, and went to the V.I.P. Section, which was no surprise, as everyone there knew most of them. They sat down at a table with a gold table cover (actually, it had gold sown into it and a beautiful design). After the waiter took their order, they had a conversation about the following day. "So, when's this premiere?" Sonic asked. "Tommorow," Director Chao, "on MJD 52094" "What about earlier today, you said it was 53194?" Tails asked. Everyone stared at Tails, because chao are more prone to mistakes. About ten minutes later, the food had arrived, and Sonic ate it using his supersonic speed. "Don't you have table manners, Sonic?" Amy and Director Chao asked in unison, and then laughed about it. Conversations went on like this for thirty minutes, until the last course, desert, was brought on. Sonic said, "Wait, before we eat this, I say we propose a toast, to Director Chao, the awsomest chao ever!" The clanked their half empty glasses together, drank them, and ate their deserts, SLOWLY, including Sonic, who enjoyed every bit of it.
They went to the hotel about an hour before sunset, near 20h (8:00 pm) and their day ended. The movie premiere was one day away, but tonight was unlike every other night!
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I want to apologize for my date error in Chapter 6, it's hard to conceal the date from you, but I must do it; also want to apologize for the tardiness of this chapter. I'll try to post the next chapter by the end of the year. For now, enjoy, and know this.
Reading Difficulty of Previous Chapters:
Chapter
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level
Automated Readability Index
6
89.96
2
1
7
94.9
1
0
8
89.57
2
1