Bri411, for introducing me to the KK group!
Lunch had gone by quickly as it always did when the Keepers were involved. They decided to go eat at Germany, where German pretzels would be in order. As they could not eat German beer, they needed to get their drinks elsewhere. Soda stands were all around the parks, but it seemed like forever in the hot summer day until they found one.
Soon after they were lounging upon small plastic 'futuristic' benches and sipping their sodas. The Epcot ball gleamed in the distance, beautiful and innocent.
"Do you think we should pick up where we left off over here?" Finn asked, taking a bite of his unsalted pretzel.
"Sure if you're man enough. No real man gets unsalted pretzels," Amanda teased and made a show of taking a bite from her own, very salted, pretzel. She then took out a packet of super hot mustard and smothered it on the top of the German snack. Finn winced and Maybeck grinned. Amanda didn't even budge as the hot condiment hit her taste buds. "Hm um good!" She smiled and licked her lips.
The rest of the group proceeded to add mustard and lick salt off their fingers to try and irritate Finn, but he didn't move a muscle. "Sure, you guys can be immature all you want. I'll take out the cards."
"Oh, and there's nothing immature about High School Musical play cards," Maybeck whispered to a nearby Philby, who smiled behind a hand. Finn, who was meant to hear the comment, gave Maybeck a dirty look.
"The next one says, 'What song title best describes your outlook in life?'"
"It's my Life by Bon Jovi," Maybeck answered as though it were the most obvious answer in the universe.
"Of course," Charlene told him while rolling her eyes. "Mine is probably Hold On by B*Witched."
Philby rested his chin on his fist. "Hmm… Hakuna Matata from the Lion King." He sat back in his chair, looking overly proud of his answer.
"Raise Your Glass by P!nk!" answered Willa.
"Good one," Jes commented. "This is a really hard one! Put Your Records On by Corinne Bailey Rae."
Amanda nodded her agreement. "Keep Holding On sung by Avril Levigne."
"I like Go The Distance from Hercules." Finn picked up the next card. "What song would you like to see deleted forever from radio airwaves?"
"Anything Beiber," Maybeck answered immediately.
"Hey I like him!" Charlene defended. "I would say Rehab by Amy Winehouse. No wonder she died so young, the poor dear."
"I'll have to agree with the Beckster and say Beibs."
Willa nodded in agreement.
"Although I am not fond of Justin, I'll have to say that Lady Gaga's Paparazzi never did anything for me."
"I'm surrounded by Beiber haters!" exclaimed Amanda. "I'll have to say that I find Peacock by Katy Perry to be insulting."
"I like that song!" Finn teased. "I'd like to see Grenade and I Don't Feel Like Doing Anything gone. They're so annoying!" He picked up a new card. "'If they bottled your personality, what would they call it?'"
"Foxy."
Charlene thought. "Preppy."
"Nerdalicious."
"Sweet but satisfying," Willa answered casually.
"Mysterious Chiz."
Amanda looked to Jes. "What is chiz anyway? Mine would probably be Abnormally Cool."
"Sure…" Finn laughed. "I'm not sure but I think I'd be The Commander or something like that." He trailed off and peered at a new card. "'What movie title best describes you?'" groans could be heard all around as they thought.
"This is even worse than that song question!" Maybeck grumbled. "Okay, Invincible."
"Oh I don't know! Enchanted?"
"Temple of Doom," Philby growled in an intimidating voice.
"More like Short Circuit," Willa scoffed. "If you're the Temple of Doom then I'll be the Chamber of Secrets."
"Dang, that's me more than anything. I'll agree with Willa," Jes sighed.
"Working Girl, the one with Melanie Griffith."
"I'll be Lord of the Rings," Finn answered.
"That doesn't even make any sense," Maybeck scoffed.
"Does so," Finn defended. "'If you found your best friends diary or journal, would you read it?'" No's circled the group and Finn picked up the next card. "That was easy! 'If they made a movie or stage musical of your life, whom would you want to play you?'"
"Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson," Maybeck said smugly. "Or Ice Cube."
"Ha!" Charlene laughed. "Brittany Spears would be really cool. You know, if she could act."
"Cole Sprouse. From the Suite Life on Deck," Philby clarified.
"We know," answered Willa. "Uh, Natalie Portman would be cool. I don't know, honestly."
"Elizabeth Gillies from Victorious," answered Jes.
Amanda nodded. "I can see that. Don't know, probably someone from Disney."
"One of those Big Time Rush guys," Finn shrugged. "'If you could erase one TV show from history, which would it be?'"
"Cory in the House. Awful," Maybeck made a face and shook his head.
"The Backyardiagans scared me," Charlene confided.
"There were those little singing bloopy things that were awful," Philby shuddered. "They were walking blobs. I thought they were going to eat me."
"Keeping up With The Kardasians, The PlayBoy mansion thing, Ice Loves Coco, dang I could list MTV shows forever," Willa said with disgust. Charlene shuffled uncomfortably, because she liked some of those shows.
"I agree with Willa again," Jes said.
"I agree with the both of them but I add J.O.N.A.S. to that. And Spongebob. They're so weird."
Finn was silent. A fake tear ran down his cheek. "Spongebob is my favorite show." Amanda punched him in the shoulder and he laughed. "Okay, I'll say Yo Gabba Gabba, Doodlebops and Barney." He laughed. "How come all these little kids shows are so creepy?" the rest of the group laughed with him and agreed. "How about one more before we go back to the grass?"
"Sounds good," Philby told him.
Finn picked up another card and read it aloud, "'Which movie star would you most like to be?'"
"Brad Pitt," Maybeck answered and the rest of the group laughed.
"You sure about that?" Charlene giggled. Maybeck nodded sourly. "I'd be Brittany Snow. She's so pretty."
"I'd love to be Nathan Kress," Philby answered honestly.
Willa nodded her approval. "Jennette McCurdy is so cool. And a complete nerd, I love her!" Philby and Willa grinned at their iCarly favorites.
"I'd like to be Elizabeth Gillies, Victorious," Jes said monotone, glancing to Amanda who shrugged.
"Hey, that's cool. I'd be Selena Gomez, Wizards of Waverly Place. Gorgeous, that one."
Finn grinned. "David Henrie, Wizards also. He got some serious upper arm muscles," he flexed his own and stood up. "We'd better head back. We have more to do!"
The rest of the group got up as well and began to head back to their clearing.
Hey guys this one wasn't nearly as long as the first chapter but the same amount of cards. I guess I didn't do enough 'playful banter' but I want to finish the experiment so… this story is mainly a character study to decide what the characters are like before trying something bigger.
Let me know if you think it's going well! Next (and last) should be up soon… but I make no promises.