Chapter 8e: Round
“Gordon?”
“Yeah, that’s me.”
“You’re next.”
Cue action/sports music.
Richard stared at the topics. Swallow, finch, jay…how the heck do I make a speech from that?…
“Have you ever found yourself totally lost for words?” Da Seul began, “It’s not a very pleasant feeling…”
“So today I’m going to talk about the ideas in simple children’s stories, specifically Hansel and Gretel, Peter Rabbit, and…um…Rainbow Fish.” Kushal tried not to sweat as he bluffed the name of a book he hadn’t read since second grade…
“…the Princess Camilla,” said Kel. Across the room, Lee gave a giggle. The judges seemed to be more interested in her talent than the actual interpretation…
“…and that’s why π is one of the most important numbers in mathematics.” Fritz paused. What was I supposed to do next? Oh, right! He took a step to the side and continued. “Next, we look at e…”
…“No!” “Yes!” “Help!” “Hahaha!” The judges were very interested, but Persia’s back was starting to ache with all of the character switching. She could almost feel her own hands on her neck…that was the trouble with playing serial killers…
“Is he still going?” Christine said, frustrated. Across the hall, Cecilia gave a weak sympathetic smile.
“Now you all remember the story of Dragon Dee, right?” Gordon grinned as he saw the judges nodding. “Good. So, the part where he goes into the cave, that’s symbolic of how…” Easy as thinking about it, and they all believe me…
Elaine tried to capitalize on her points of information. “Our opponents attacked our plan for having no stable framework, but this is not true. We have suggested a plan that uses existing resources that they fail to consider valuable, thus showing them members of a biased viewpoint. We…” Out of the corner of her eye she noticed Edward holding something on the table by her hand. She tilted her head to read it.
“Shut Up and Refute“…
“In conclusion, I would like to reiterate my points of the problems with existing power, the ever-increasing scarcity of resources, and a suggested nuclear solution…” Jin tried to keep his feet still. Home stretch…
“…and that’s why dogs are better than cats.” Ivy nodded affirmatively. The judge paused. “Is that my pencil?”
Flora let out a high-pitched shriek and collapsed to the floor.
“Good job. Can you send the next person in?”
“Christine?”
“Finally!”