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“What did Ivanna make you do?” You try to sound like the kid’s therapist. “Please, sit down and tell us.”
Mirjam quickly builds a sand chair (a block of sand) for Bert to sit on. The boring kid decides to stay and tell his side of the story…
Bert described the horrific events he had to endure thanks to Ivanna’s ideas to impress the other kids in their orphanage. He was the crash test dummy to many terrible ideas such as going down a hill inside a garbage can, fighting a pack of wild parrots, and trying to jump over three cars via a ramp with a stolen shopping cart. Some were successful, some were not – but none of them managed to gain any of the other kids’ respect. Ivanna didn’t partake in any of these things except for the planning phase.
“Not gonna lie, kids, if the shopping cart trick didn’t win them over, I don’t think the castle can.” You tell it straight. Mirjam and Grace didn’t like that!
“No, he backed down at the last second, then they beat us up.” Ivanna lets you all down with the truth. “He did beat the parrots though.”
“I did beat the parrots…” Bert is partially proud of that.
“And a coyote.” Ivanna adds.
“D-Don’t lie!” Bert adds another lie to the list.
“I’m trying to make you look cooler, you witless baby.” Ivanna puts both hands on her hips.
“See?! She always calls me stupid too, and acts like a big shot!” Bert angrily points out.
“All duos have a smart one and a dumb one.” Ivanna thinks she did nothing wrong.
“That’s right.” Grace agrees, thinking that Mirjam is the dumb one.
“Yup, <span class="mu-i">corrrrrect</span>.” Mirjam nods, thinking that Grace is the dumb one.
“Good luck being both now! I’m done!” Bert pouts.
“B-B-But… Y-You promised we will always be together…! Everyone else hates me…” Ivanna doesn’t want to lose her friend.
This spins the case around; you have to decide on how to solve this… Hopefully with the castle intact.
<span class="mu-s">What do you do?</span>
>“Don’t you see, kids? You’re made for each other! You just need to apologize to each other and move on” Try to spin this into something positive.
>“You know what you kids need? A third one. Recruit someone else to your group.” Yes, adding more people to the equation ALWAYS saves turbulent relationships.
>“Sorry, Ivanna, you sound kinda toxic. Go Bert, be free.” Bert should leave or else he’ll die.
>“Mirjam, your turn to do something.” Does she think making a sand block is enough? Grace dispelled a demon for crying out loud, it’s her turn to save this marriage!
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