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The Gundam Beauty Pageant
by Charon the Sabercat
I can't say this was unexpected.
Chapter 32 - Chapter 33 - Chapter 34
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The Gundam Beauty Pageant
33. And the winner is...
“Zako!”
“Zako!”
“Hour!”
The curtain opened to the three Zakos, Red, Blue, and Yellow. Red perked his microphone. “Ladies and gentle-bots, welcome to the Zako Zako Hour! Today's meeting is all about- all together now!”
The Zakos struck a cool pose in front of a cooler background. “Which contestant won the Most Eloquent Round, zako!”
The audience cheered and applauded. Blue pulled what looked like Blackberry out of his pocket-type-area. “I have the answer right here on my PPDDAA, zako!”
The other two Zakos looked confused, complete with little question marks over their heads. “PPDDAA, zako?”
Blue held the tiny device over his head. “Powerful Personal Digital Dark Axis Assistant!”
The other two looked to the audience. “What a great pun, zako!”
“The winner of the round is-
“Zero the Winged Knight!”
The crowd roared in triumph, pumping the air victoriously.
Yellow looked around insecurely. “Hey, we haven't been booted offstage yet, zako!”
Blue jumped into the air. “Zako!” he happily cried, “We can finally do the interviews we want to do, zako!”
Red snapped into view from the left. “No more interviewing stupid Neotopia Gundams!”
Blue countered from the right. “No more interviewing stupid Lacroa Gundams!”
Yellow popped out… from the top? “No more interviewing stupid Musha Gundaaaaaaaaams!”
His gravity defying posture failed, and he fell on his head. The other Zakos sweated uncomfortably before Yellow hopped back onto his feet. The three formed a pyramid with their bodies.
“No more interviewing any stupid Gundams, zako!”
Red lowered his head. “Well, actually, we do have to interview the Gundams.”
Yellow copied his Zako brother. “It's in our contract.”
Blue simply said, “Zako.”
The three tumbled out of the pyramid, landing in undignified positions on the cold ground. They sobbed in a mocking fashion before righting themselves in a flashy, anime-ish style.
“But have no fear, zako!” cried Red.
“We interviewed Lord Zapper Zaku, zako!” Blue echoed.
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“Mister Lord Zapper Zaku sir,” Yellow grunted with a little difficulty, “what do you think of the unfair competition, zako?”
Zapper waved his hand. “You know, I didn't really care that much when I was there, and I don't care too much about it now. I didn't come to win a poetry award! I came to win…”
He stopped in mid-sentence, not pausing to think, just stopping. Yellow began to sweat tiny beads of impatience. “Yes, Lord Zapper Zaku?”
“You know…” Zapper grunted. “Other stuff!” He suddenly doubled over in pain. “OW! MY STOMACH HURTS!”
Killer Kath walked by the two by chance. “You've been eating the berries under the gazebo again.”
“They taste good, spammit!” Zapper snapped, standing back on his feet to threaten Killer. “I don't suppose you'd know anything about food, having your face smashed against Grappler's all the spam time!”
“Why, you little-”
“I AM NOT LITTLE, SPAMMIT, I'M FAT!”
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“That got ugly really fast, zako,” Yellow admitted.
“It seems to be a running theme around here,” Blue noticed.
Red nodded. “Zako.”
Yellow hung his head and turned a few shades darker, obviously annoyed. “We had the human girl interview the stupid Gundam winner, Zero the Winged Knight.”
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Despite misleading conceptions and expectations, Melady interviewed Zero in the midst of his win. Once again, the Lacroa and Neotopia teams (plus Bakunetsumaru and now Aneko) had joined in Zero's victory celebration. “Hey, Zero!”
Zero smiled at the Gundamaniac and laughed. “Hello, Lady Melady!”
Melady flinched; Zero sounded like he was in the early stages of getting drunk. She proceeded with caution. “So, how's it feel to be the first Gundam to win two different rounds?”
Zero laughed again and stumbled backwards a little. “It feels pretty good! And I needed this win, Lady Melady, that last one nearly killed me!”
Aneko flung her arm over Zero's shoulders, pulling him towards her. “I had a gut feeling this one would win. I could feel it in my oil. No one can talk like that and not win something.”
Melady rolled her eyes. “Now, I voted for the Daishogun. How do you feel he actually did something for the contest, but lost anyway?”
Zero thought for a second. “At least he tried. Captain and Zapper didn't even try, the wussies, they knew they couldn't win- WHUP!”
Captain had pushed Zero from behind! As the Winged Knight struggled to regain his footing (Aneko and Melady were laughing too hard to help), Captain stood up on the highest nearby point (the top of the TV) and pointed at Zero menacingly, brandishing an empty piñata shaped like the Dark Axis base. “I heard that! You talk about me behind my back again, and you will pay with your share of the candy!”
Zero glared at Captain in an innocent way, knowing full well that Captain was only teasing. “You- you ate the entire piñata! Come here you!”
Zero jumped into the air, flying after Captain. The sugar-hyped Gundam laughed with a newfound energy and ran as fast as he could, avoiding the playful swings of Zero's fists.
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“Gundams are stupid,” Yellow mentioned.
The curtain closed. “But we're out of time now!”
“Anyway everyone, for the future of the Dark Axis!”
“Zako soldier fight, yeah!”
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Oo… that party scene sounds fun. I should've written a chapter for that. Oh well.
Chapter 32 - Chapter 33 - Chapter 34
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