Malachi Pearson as the voice of The Cool Kid
"Miss Rosa!" Kryten, the family robot Butler was calling my name. I havent introduced him yet as a suitable chance hasnt yet come along, so here we are: Because my parents were constantly away on interplanetary business trips, they needed somebody to help with the housework and look after their 2 teenagers. That post was eventually filled in by Kryten the mechanoid. Originally, Kryten had been the robot on board the mining ship Red Dwarf, where he worked as a servant for the rest of the crew. Sadly, the show had been long cancelled, so Kryten had to take his robot/household talents elsewhere. Although it had been quite a handfull at the beginning, specially with me and my brother who did everything possible to make Kryten's stay at our house most unwelcome, he soon become loved by everybody in the family and admired for his abilities and charm. With Red Dwarf over, at least his talents wouldnt be wasted now.
"Miss Rosa Maam!You must wake-up!"
"Aww, geez, Krytie!You know i hate early morning get ups, specially at 8:00am on Saturdays!Why don't you go and pester Antony or something?"
"The young sir was already up at 7:00 and on his way to his piano lesson. Besides, Miss Alice-chan is here."
"Rise and Shine!Rise and Shine!"
"Hi Alice-chan, its lovely to see you, but where's the fire?Its 8:00am-
"Also known as Film Bazaar!"
"Huh?!Is it already the second saturday of the month?I totally forgot."
"Yup, it sure is!"
"Ok, I'll be right there!"
"It is very nice of you to drive us for breakfast, Kryten!" said Alicechan as Kryten was driving us to have breakfast.
"It would be so nice If i could get a job and earn my own beer money instead of depending on my parents,"I said a while later, watching the young waiters at Bombdiggidy's.
"That would be a very good idea, ma'am, and it seems that they need part time staff!" said Kryten, pointing to the notice by the counter.
"Thats scrabbly, I want to sign up too!Come on Rose-chan, lets talk to them!" said Alice-chan, grabbing my hand and going over to the bar.
"We, the scrabbly sistas, would like to apply for the job!"
"Wow, thats great, you are the answers to our prayers girls! the manager said, seeing our smiley faces, "come back next Monday!"
"Great!We can look at the film bazaar now, lets go!See you Kryten!"
"Bye Kryten, thanks for the lovely breakfast!"
"Take care girls, and above all have fun!"
One breakfast later, we arrived at the 2nd saturday film bazaar.
"wow"look at all those stalls!there are an awfull lot of people today,"said Alicechan.
"Yeah, amazing!What will you buy Alicechan?"
"Well, i will look around and see if the sell Jewel in the Palace." The two of us eyed the hundreds of stalls where people were happily selling their dvds, some old, some new. Some movie stars and cartoon stars were selling theirs.
"Oh, look, theres Johhny Bravo, and Dexter selling their DVDs!" I said, pointing to some stalls on the right. We came to a stand, labelled "Miscellaneous". "Wow!"I cried, leafing through the dvds. "Denver!Tintin!Sailor-Moon!"
"Are you going to buy them all, Rose-chan?"Alice-chan said. Just then, we heard turned around and saw Dexter's Sister, Deedee, smiling at us.
"Hey girls!"she said in her high pitched hysterical voice."Wanna check out Dexter's Lab DVDs? Only half price!!"
"Thanks Deedee, thats very kind!"said Alicechan.
"Oh, sorry girls, mom's calling me, Id better go!"
"Hey, why dont we look after your DVD's while your gone?"offered Alice-chan.
"Oh would you?Thanks Scrabbly Sista's your the best!"
"Of course we will, its our job!We will look after them and sell a few!You go and take as long as you need to."
Having left us, we took our seats, waiting around for customers to come over. "Get your Dexter DVDs!Only half price!"
"Hello girls,"said a male's voice, very familiar to us.
"Oh, hi Chief!May we help you?"said Alicechan, standing to attention.
"Yes girls, you may help me, we desperately need the FSS scrabbly sistas help. We need you help us find Ya Zhe Ren, otherwise known as "happy cappy," the happiness weirdo.
"Ya Zhe Ren? That sounds chinese,"said Alice-chan. "I dont get it, what has he done thats so bad?He sounds harmless."
"At the moment he is causing great havoc by sneaking up on people sticking signs on them. We need you to help us find him.He is a very tricky person."
"Ok, if you say so chief. " said Rose-chan.
Satisfied, chief left.
"What a strange case, so scrabbly,"thought Alice-chan. "I wonder why this Ya Zhe Ren is so sought after?"
"Yeah, its weird. But lets be on our way, for the Scrabbly Sista's moto is: We are here to help anybody who needs our help!" We were off.
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"Mmm, this is great! Teriyaki chicken with a side-order of Kimcho!"Alicechan was saying.
"Not to mention, the capicolo is refreshingly good!" Iadded. We were taking lunch after about an hour of trying to track down Ya Zhe Ren, in Wackyland's japanese restaurant, Terry Yaki.
"Boy, hunting down that Ya Zhe Ren is hard work, he is too tricky,"I said.
Just then, outside the window, something caught our attention. It was hard to tell what it was as it was rushing by quickly and nearly a smudge.
"OMG, its him!Come on Alice-chan, lets go!"I said, grabbing Alice-chan's hand and pulling her out.
"Hey!You girls havent paid!" a waiter shouted after us.
"Here's 100, keep the change!"shouted Alice-chan, throwing a wad of cash at him as she ran out.
"Hey, stop!STOP!" we yelled together after Ya Zhe Ren and running as fast as we could, but it was all in vain, he was way too quick.
"Oh no, my make-up's smudged and my hair is all messy," I thought. "Id better nip into the make-up room."(audience laughter.)
"Theres a make-up room?Where?"said Alicechan.
"Right over there," i said, pointing to a door in the wall which said "Make-up room".(audience laughter)
"If thats the case, ill join you too!All that running about has messed up my hair too!"said Alicechan(audience laughter)
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*Anouncer* Enter, the Cool Kid! *girls sigh and swoon as the cool kid comes onto the scene riding on his motorbike.
"Jump on, and i'll take you wherever you wanna go,"he said in his cool voice, patting the seat behind him.
"Er, we wanna go, er" I wasnt quite sure where we were supposed to go, but it was worth a try.
"How about that way?"said Alicechan as we both hopped on and pointed forward.
"You got it, hang on tight."He started up his motorcycle and left. Further down the road we nearly bumped into a little old lady who needed some help with her shopping. The cool kid invited her to get on too, but secretly regretted it, as it was getting a bit too heavy.
"Why thank you, young man,"smiled hte little old lady.
"Hey!Wait for me!" a man down the road called at us, waving his hands in the air. He seemed really panicked for some reason. "Theyre after me, theyre after me!!You're my only chance to escape!!" Now the motorcycle was indeed crowded. Nevertheless, the cool kid rode on never losing his cool. He wasnt the "cool kid" for nothing.
*Commercials*
We had been running/walking riding buses/taxis and hiding in crowds and shops as spies, never being able to catch Ya Zhe Ren once. It had taken us the whole day.
"Alicechan, its terrible!We cant even catch a sneaky cartoon character. I give up, lets go home."
"No, Rose-chan, were the scrabbly Sistas, remember?We never give up. We work together and help each other and others out, but we never give up!Don't worry Rose-chan, we'll catch him soon,"said Alicechan cheerfully.
"Youre right!We make a great team together," I said, gaining confidence.
"To the Scrabbly Sistas!" We said together, giving each other high fives.
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Dujy was in her bedroom, putting on her makeup and chatting away on her cell-phone to Jennie. "Yeah, so babes, 7:00 tonight at Lucky 7, ok?Yeah, yeah, the buttler will pick us up, just be here. Should be a great nite out. See you later Babes."
Just then, a strange black taxi appeared, as if out of nowhere. Except that you couldnt really call ti a taxi, it looked a lot more like an undertakers car. Nevertheless, it was our only chance. Some people tried to get it, but were pushed out of the way.
"Gosh, how frightfully rude!"said the young woman.
"Sorry guys, its an emergency, were the scrabbly Sistas!"we said, flashing them our FBI cards at them, before getting inside.
"Where to, folks?" said the Taxi driver, without even looking back. His voice was raspy and very farmiliar.
"Hey mister, you sound exactly like....Uh, to the Centrepoint, please," I said realising there wasnt any time to waste.
"And please step on it, we're in a hurry!The FSS is counting on us!"added Alice-chan.
"Centrepoint it is then, relax, fasten your safety belts and hold on tight."
"Why?"asked Alicechan. Before we knew it, the car lunged forward really suddenly and then shot out really fast, knocking us off our seats.
"Ugh!"we yelled together. It felt just like the Spacemountain ride at Disneyland. And what a roller-coaster ride it really was. This cab was really really weird, driving really fast, ignoring the traffic signs, going sideways through alley ways, up and down steeply, just like a roller-coaster ride at the funfair. And just what was it about that cab driver?
"Here we are, folks," he said 10 mins later. We didnt know where we were anymore, we were so confused.
"Uuh, what on earth was that?"i Said.
"This is the most scrabbliest taxi ive ever ben on,"said Alicechan.
We got out, and just as we were about to pay, the window was wound down and we stared in horror.
"The CRYPT-KEEPER!!"We both shouted together.
"Until next time, ghouls!AHAHAHAHAA!!"He laughed his trademark laugh, and sped off, without even taking our money. We stood there, dazed and feeling very dizzy indeed.
"Scary or not, at least he got us to our destination safely,"said Alicechan.
"And he didnt even take our money, what a gentleman Crypty is!" I said.We just spotted "Lucky 7", wackyland's arcade, formerly Trocadero. "He's gotta be there, thats where were going!"said Alicechan.
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"Everybody was Kung Fu fighting..." That was the song that was playing from the dancing machine that we were playing at the moment.
"Aw, i never get the steps right,"i moaned. If we were going to be spies, we were gonna do it the scrabbly way, which meant having fun.
Suddenly, Alicechan noticed a strange person in the far corner of the arcade. That somebody was sticking a strange sign.
"Rose-chan, look!Its him!!He just stuck a sign."
"Huh?!Hey, he's gone!"I cried.
"Dont worry, I know where he went, he darted off into the arena. Lets go!"Alicechan grabbed my arm and we ran towards it. We found ourselves in a strange tunnel, which had doors with glowing stars on them. The Arena was a place where entertainment took place every night, in the form of music and comedy.
"Quick Rosechan, in here!"cried Alicechan, pulling me into one of the rooms which appeared to be empty.We fell over into something with a crash. Then i found the light switch.
"Hey, look at all this!Cool!"I cried, picking up some costumes. We had stumbled into somebody's dressing room.
Suddenly, without warning, a gentleman in a glitzy jacket came in and we froze in horror.
"Folks, it seems that the dance troup has been cancelled as they all got delayed. Somebody has to fill in their time, the audience have paid for their tickets already. Thank God we found you girls, you can fill in for them. You can be the Lal Quila duo and perfom La Bamba."
"Huh?!No way, we dont even work here!"cried Alicechan.
"Thats right, we cant even perform, were terrible!We cant play guitar or maracas!And besides, were in a hurry."
"No worries girls, just wear the costumes and mime the words, nobody will know the difference."
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10 minutes later, the Lal Quila Duo came out, dressed in mexican costumes, complete with sombreros, guitar, maracas and moustaches. The Duo were pushed out onstage as the crowd cheered.
"Yikes, look at all those people here tonight!I"ll never be able to get through this, i have terrible stage fright!"I complained.
"You know Rosechan, this is the best way to catch him, he wont suspect us this way. Just try to do your best,"Alicechan whispered to me. Suddenly a recording of Richie Valens La Bamba came on, and we did our best to mime. It wasnt that bad, and I actually found myself enjoying it. The crowd cheered and clapped enthusiastically. We were having a great time too and forgot where we were or what our mission was, but suddenly, out of the corner of my eye i saw something behind the curtain."Psst!Alicechan, its him,NOW!"I cried and the two of us turned around as the song came to a close and pounced on the curtain. Meanwhile, the audience went wild with applause. All except Dujy, who was outraged. "What the bluddy hell was that?!What the hell happened to the dance troup?That was the worst piece of trash ive seen in a long time!"
"Oh, shut it!"Somebody yelled and everybody started throwing stuff.
A couple of seconds later, the two of us were holding onto a surprised handcuffed Ya Zhe Ren.
"We gotcha!Youre under arrest!"
"Guniang, nimen fan kai wo ba!"he cried in chinese.
"Bu xing, women dei dai ni dao jingcha!!"said Alicechan.
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a couple of hours later, the three of us were standing in the police station.
"So, we finally got you, your game is up, Happy Cappy!Thanks girls, you did a great job!"said the chief.
"let me go!"Ya Zhe Ren pleaded. "I never meant t hurt anybody, i just wanted to make people happy!People's happiness is my happiness!" The scrabbly Sistas exchanged sad glances.
"Oh come on, chief, lets let him go, hes obviously innocent!"
"Yeah, chief, its not like hes commited a crime. Hes just trying to make people happy. Since when is playing jokes on people considered a crime?"
Chief thought for a moment.
"Mm, i guess you girls are right. Alright," he said after a while,"If you want to, we'll let him go."
"Can i go?"asked a hopefull Happy Cappy. We exchanged glances.
"Alright, Happy Cappy, we will let you go...."I said,
"On one condition!"added Alicechan.
"Anything!"
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That Monday, a newspaper stood on the wall of Bombdiggidy's, with the headline: Scrabbly Gals catch the prankster, "happy Cappy." Underneath it, a picture of us, with Ya Zhe Ren in the middle. The whole staff off Bombdiggidy's stood around it, praising the Scrabbly Girls.
"Girls, you are our heroes!We are so proud to have you working for us!"siad the manager, a huge grin on his face. We beamed with pride. Alicechan had an envelope in her bag. It was from Ya Zhe Ren himself, and it said,"Xiexie nimen!"
The Scrabbly Sistas had helped the innocent and saved the day.
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