3rd gear ; action / written

[sugarglitch]

[It's bright and early in the morning when Vanellope can be seen in the playground outside the school. First period is Writing and there's homework and she forgot, so she's trying to finish hers before the school bell rings. Clearly this means it's okay to be scribbling it down in the journal - she doesn't have any thing else with her, and she can always tear the page out later on!]



[... Yeah. Anyway, feel free to run into her in the school yard or even respond via voice/written! Just remember, she's gotta make it to first period, so you might not even get replies til lunch or something. ]

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[Accidental Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

["What Grown-Ups Do When They Like Each Other" is currently a topic of interest to Donatello, so when he sees this essay in the journal he starts reading it... and then can't stop. Along the way he makes a series of choking noises, ending in a disbelieving:]

What...?

[Voice]

[sugarglitch]

[She's paused, wondering if she should add any more to that essay. So when she answers, it's kinda distracted.]

What, what?

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

[Crud, journal, why are you on.]

What are you writing?

[Voice]

[sugarglitch]

Oh. Homework! For Professor Sage.

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Since when does Professor Sage assign homework like that?!

[Voice]

[sugarglitch]

Dunno! Haven't been going to school long enough and Professor's supposed to have been here forever now.

[Anyway, she frowns.] What's wrong with it? I think it's pretty good!

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

[Maybe he had better ask -] - How old are you?

[Voice]

[sugarglitch]

I'm nine. [Well, she's programmed to be nine years old, anyway.] How old are you?

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Nineteen. [So close to not being a teenager.] Listen, um... I think you're confused on a few points.

[Voice]

[sugarglitch]

[Huh. Is this turtle telling her what to do?]

Yeah? Like what?

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Well... [How to explain.] Grown-ups like the things they do together, but they usually don't make babies from it.

[Voice]

[sugarglitch]

But those stuff's what makes babies. [Her voice is pretty self-assured there.]

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Not -- not specifically the things you mentioned.

[Voice]

[sugarglitch]

Really? What kinda things make babies, then?

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Other things that grown-ups do, only they do them very responsibly so they don't make babies.

[Voice]

[sugarglitch]

Sooo... They do the stuff that makes babies except they don't make babies...

[She frowns.] You lost me there. You just ain't makin' any sense!

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

I'm sorry; I'm not a teacher. Maybe you should ask Professor Sage.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

... The assignment was "Something You've Learned While In Luceti". Ergo, she's basing it off of her observations from last month.

[Voice]

[sugarglitch]

[She doesn't know what "ergo" even means but it sounds like she's right, so.]

You tell 'em, Professor Sage!! I wasn't doing it wrong, right?

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

[Oh. Well then. Being very respectful to a teacher is go.]

Your student is certainly observant, Professor, but her conclusions are not entirely accurate.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

Children often make unique conclusions based off of things they do not understand. I was hardly expecting any accuracy in that regard - only good penmanship.

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

[In that case.]

I'd call it a successful assignment, then.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

I'm glad you understand. Children can sometimes pick alarming concepts, but correcting them is another lesson altogether.

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

One I'm sure you'll get to, Professor.

[Translation: I am not answering this child's questions; enjoy explaining where babies come from.]