Chapter 13: Ten Minutes Prep
To the tune of I’ll Make a Man Out of You, from Mulan
Sounds of drums. JIN spreads the precious parliamentary debate papers across the table.
EDWARD: Let’s get down to business! To compete, our team.
JIN: Do we have it in us? To complete our dream!
FLORA: There’s a resolution, and prop and opp.
CHRISTINE: But we haven’t got a clue.
ELAINE: Somehow we’ll all become Parli too!
EDWARD: Just ten minutes prep time, then the round begins.
ELAINE: Use your Points of Order, you are sure to win.
JIN: Seven minutes of constructive speech, and then
five—rebuttal too.
ALL: Somehow we’ll all become Parli too!
Training begins.
FLORA: I’m never gonna catch my breath.
ELAINE: This is kinda starting to bore me.
EDWARD: Elaine, can you tell me, what did we end up in?
MELINDA: sarcastically The Hahr Kerr must be scared to death.
CHRISTINE: Will there be a partner for me?
JIN: Come on, guys, I know that we can win!
NOVI (BACKGROUND): We can win!
EDWARD: “Resolved: This House should sign offline”
NOVI: We can win!
ELAINE: “The United States should increase its guard”
NOVI: We can win!
FLORA: “We should abolish one of the amendments”
CHRISTINE: “This House should build a statue to Charizard”!
JIN
Time is racing towards us! Soon our rounds arrive!
Heed these sacred papers, and we might survive!
It might just be a fantasy. It’s Impromptu meets LD.
And it’s all coming back thanks to me!
NOVI: We can win!
CHRISTINE: We must make use of our Points of Info!
NOVI: We can win!
ELAINE: With all our force in—
EDWARD: Shut up and refute!
NOVI: We can win!
FLORA: With all the speed of the LD Avatar.
JIN: If I need to I can even mention nukes!
(a cappella)
NOVI: We can win!
ALL: Seven minutes constructive speech!
NOVI: We can win!
ALL: Seven minutes refute and build!
NOVI: We can win!
ALL: Five minutes to give our conclusion!
(music starts again)
JIN: The ancient prophecy will be fulfilled!