Bittersweet Candy Bowl

11. Pep Rally, original chapter posted 6/16/06

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Transcript

*Poodle teacher serves the ball.*
Poodle teacher: Zero serving zero

Mike: I.. just wanna go home..
Lucy: Pay attention! Look! Look!

*The ball bounces off Mike’s head and Lucy hits it back over the net.*

*The Pug teacher hits it back.*

*The ball bounces off of Mike’s face and David hits it back.*
Mike: Ow!!
David: Nice pass, Mike!

*Sex-ed teacher returns the ball.*
Sex-ed teacher: AIDS!!

*The ball bounces off of Mike’s face and David hits it back.*
Mike: ugh!
David: whee!

*The Pug teacher hits the ball back.*

*Mike snaps out of his daze.*
Mike: …

*Mike jumps up to hit the ball.*

*Mike smacks the ball down with all his might.*
Mike: HYAAAAAA

*The ball slams into the Pug teacher’s face.*

*Lucy is in awe.*
Lucy: w-wow
David: Hey, we scored!

*Mike confidently looks behind him.*
Mike: heheh
Daisy: Wow, Mikie..

*Daisy cheers.*
Daisy: POINT ONE FOR US!!
*The band plays very loudly, startling Mike.*

*Mike falls to the ground, crying. Lucy pouts.*
Lucy: Feh, lucky shot. I’ll get the next one.
Mike: By all means!!

Lucy: Take THAT!
*Mike remains seated on the ground.*
Mike: Wow, Lucy got us a point, huh?
Mike: Good for h--

Crowd: WHOOOO YAAAA
*Lucy smiles triumphantly while Mike cringes, desperately covering his ears.*

Author commentary

Veronica: I remember being so proud of this page.. especially how bold and scribbly it got. There were some chalkier-feeling pencils I used that made me able to do that.. so I tried to emulate that look in the digital version! It was certainly fun to try and recapture the chaos!