"I see no way how that is going to solve anything."
"Then you're not seeing at all.
Hey you, wait your turn. Are you really in a rush? Death taking you in two minutes?"
"Na….no."
"Then focus, and grab an edge."
"What's this?"
"Ummm, Jacklyn; I know Math is a hard subject, but how do you intend to stretch this?"
"Together.
There you go. Now follow me. I want a Kid on every two strings, and an Adult tightening each gap. We are going to play two games. The first is hot potato.
You see this Ball?
Don't let it fall off. I'll time you to see how long you can keep it on. Every so often, I will have someone continue to place more and more for a total of seven of these all in sync.
"The second game is Color Switch. I call out your Color, you all switch. Get caught when the Parachute falls on you, you're out. Winning Team.....I get to decide the reward.
For the first game, are you under no circumstances allowed to stop waving. You can pause, but a full stop; and you're out. This is all about concentration, and cooperation."
"What happens to the people that get out? What's their punishment?"
"To the Victor goes the spoils.
*Phueeeeem*
*Tiassshhh*
THREE....TWO.....ONE.
WAVE. WAVE. WAVE.WAVE. WAVE.
You're not going fast enough. I need all of you."
WAVE. WAVE. WAVE. WAVE. WAVE.
Jake, you said that you were good at math. Start the countoff. Frostwing, you have the eye. Check to make sure nobody is slacking."
*Click*
"You got it."
"Jacklyn, Jacklyn; I found us a ship and Alexa helped me find a crew. We are....what's happening here?"
"Oh, hi. It's good you are here."
"It is?"
"I need you to entice them with smell. They can't lose focus with their eyes, but Noses always know."
"Coming right up. Would that be Baked?
*Stzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
Or Grilled?"
"As long as they smell, they will….
*Snifff….sniff.
Sniff, sniff, sniff, sniff*
Guys, don't lose focus. You are almost at Three minutes. Just a few more…"
*Sniff*
"Can't.....resist."
"Noooooo!!!!!!"
*Push*
"Aaaaaaaaghhh."
"Give me. Give me. Give me. Nothing's better than the smell of real cooking vs reheated."
"See Jacklyn. That's why it's better to cook then steal your Fairys leftover Supper. She may be all too willing to give it to you, but I know what you want."
"And...time."
*Click*
"Two minutes fourty two seconds."
"Shoot. So close, Chaps."
"Can we do it again?"
"Again?"
"It was fun. Showed that together doesn't have to mean sticky, solid, serious. It can be much more than that. Much…..Much….much more."
"Yeah, and besides; I want a rematch. The four that left pushed us Adults over."
"Maybe I'll take that into conisderation next time. Do a pregame, judge the true nature of where the Planet is at, and then do a follow up to base where they are at now. See if they learned anything from our time."
"We learned a lot. In fact…"
"Don't tell me yet.
...….Even the Trees have eyes. Don't worry. When you hear me say Igloo, that's when we can talk. In the meantime, after seeing how well you can work together, how well can you work.....against each other?"
"Jacklyn, I don't think that's a good idea. If one of the Kids goes off, we are in such a small space that....Oh yeah. Trust."
"Thank you."
"This should be an easy one. Kids vs Adults. Whoever blows first….I mean...goes out first loses. Simple, easy, a whole not.
Now, wipe your greasy fingers. Yeah. I am talking to you four. You've heard of don't eat and swim. What about eat and run? Maybe you bought yourself some energy points, or maybe a decrease in points. Only time will tell. Grab your handles."
"You sure we won't collide? I don't want to accidentally hit my parents over there. They are watching."
"I can't guarantee anything. Only you can.
NOW, INSTEAD OF THE WAVE, WE ARE GOING TO CASCADE. Wave up, and then just the wind push the Parachute back down. Whoever is caught inside is out."
"So you want us to run away from the Colors, after you said you want us to embrace the colors?"
"Don't put words into my mouth, Ma'am.
Okay. One, two, three; BEGIN.
*Phueeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
ORANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Go, go, go, go."
"Out of my way. I need to get..…"
"You better hurry. Three of you are already across."
"Jacklyn, you're air. Why can't you slow down or speed up this game?"
"You gotta earn that. Now move."
"Aaaaaagh."
*Piiassssshhh*
"And just like that, Five down. Two Adults. Three Kids. First to ten down loses. Less talk and more walk.
AGAIN."