place, within the blue color tone, alleviating the surprise. I admit the park places are full of unexpected events, some scary, some fun, some boring…”
“Rincon, did ya run into Duchie while running away from me?” I snarl into his nose profile.
Marsilla smiles. “No, I have not seen Duchie, either. But, I do possess my pretty flower bouquet. Can we keep the flowers collected from here? I wanna take them home to my mama.”
Rincon frowns with confusion. “No, I’ve been busy entertaining you, Ketona. Why is she important, now?”
Nephella frowns with worry, scanning the rows of flowers and teens. “Naw, I haven’t seen Duchie, either,” she views Ketona. “Did she pass with 75 percent the academic questions, into the green color tone?”
I scan the rows of flowers, the blue sky, the red barrier wall behind my fanny, and then Nephella, without answering.
Lamis nods. “Yes, she’s smart. She’s here. What do we do about leaving the park place? I’m not sliding into my me-chee chair, first. It bit me, last time. It stung my fanny…”
Rincon studies the flower bouquets of the other female teens then Ketona. “Good for you Ketona, not ripping Mother Nature from her roots then destroying all those pretty flowers. Now, all those flowers are going to die from your greed and arrogance and vanity Marsilla…”
Marsilla sneers. “We’re participating in Citizenship Day, Rincon. I didn’t see ya feeding the hungry giant ants your lunch basket food items, like a good camp-scout. As a matter of fact, you were the first chicken stew teen inside his me-chee chair, before the rest of us. I love flowers. I love the fragrance smell and soft texture. Nothing in the world is more lovelier than holding an arm bouquet of pretty fresh flowers, or arranging them into a flower vase for showing off. My mama provides fresh cut flowers, every day, around my house, inside the dining room, the living room, and my private bedroom…”
Nephella tosses her hands, frowning with confusion. “Wait, you like flowers.”
Marsilla grins and nods. “I love flowers.”
Nephella drops her mouth. “Who landed, first, inside the green room of mirrors?”
Marsilla nods and smiles. “I landed, first, before Rincon, once again. I did it, again. I figured out the microcoulombs answer, before…”
Lamis nods and smiles. “I got that one, too. I puzzled that out, really quickly, too. It was easy, because 16 minus 8 equal 8, which is simply mathematics for a second grader. Then, the charge of the two conductors was equally shared, so the answer was negative four. I got my 75 percent, too, passing into the green color tone. What was the answer for question four? I didn’t answer, since I didn’t know the answer. And, I didn’t want an incorrect response against me. That’s where the other teens fail, within the Cubby Hole, giving the wrong answer, which counts against ya…”
Marsilla sneers. “The value 7.4 was the correct answer for the acidity in our blood, making me a better medical technician than Rincon, since I finished all my correct four answers, first. I landed, all alone, inside the green room with mirrors, first…”
“Ya landed, first. I don’t understand,” Nephella shakes her curls, wiggling her body piercings over her face. She flings the burning cigar with the sweet smelling smoke around the air waves and away from the other teens. She scans the rows of flowers, the sky, and then Marsilla, saying. “Marsilla landed, first. That’s doesn’t make any sense…”
Marsilla smirks and growls at Nephella. “I am smart, smarter than…”
Nephella says. “Naw, I mean, reference the fear question on your electronic app for Citizenship Day. Why didn’t the current park place change into your fear answer of heights, like before, Marsilla? Ya won the honor of the first me-chee chair, inside the green room, for the green color tone. The current park place is most definitely low to the ground, instead of high in
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