5 x 4P #1: Tea Time A tongue-in-cheek look at relationships (or the lack of) perhaps? {grin} p1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The only team in Kantou never to have tasted victory, Gunma's representative, Sakka Commerical High -- (NB: 'sakka' literally means writer or artist) // A total of six victories in both spring and summer competitions, Shikoku's Tokushima representative, Tantou Academy (NB: 'tantou' literally means 'in-charge' ~- the publisher, in this case) // The pitchers from both sides have been brilliant so far in this Koshien match, with the score still locked at 0 - 0 at the end of the third inning. p2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MASTER (NB: The way a proprietor of a cafe or bar is addressed) Another customer asking about Jun's name. If it's that troublesome, might as well print you a name tag. JUN Okay! // JUN Please also print "Master's Mistrees" on it. // MASTER Hey, hey! // MAN You're my ice coffee. // WOMAN You're my hot coffee. // COMMENTATOR Ball! Missed the mark! // JUN You're American Coffee's ready. // GIRL 1 Hey! That man -- // GIRL 2 Huh? GIRL 1 Not sure where I've met him before. That face? p3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GIRL 1 Look! Just like one of those characters from a TV drama -- living an insignificant life. // GIRL 2 You're sure there's such as cast? // GIRL 1 Hmm -- or maybe it wasn't the TV dramas...... // But look! That poor man's way of smoking -- I'm sure I've seen that somewhere before. // GIRL 2 Maybe he's some critic, or a representative of some protection group? GIRL 1 Ah -- maybe. // MASTER Jun, the name tag's ready. // NAME TAG Master's Mistress // JUN Master! You're really fond of joking, aren't you! p4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMENTATOR A wild attempt! Touched out while going for second base! MASTER ...... // GIRL 1 Ah! GIRL 2 What's it, Sachiko? // GIRL 1 I remember. // GIRL 1 He's my father, that man -- GIRL 2 Ah -- // WOMAN Our parting's shortcake. MAN Such a banana juice. // COMMENTATOR Oh! He's walked! Tantou Academy's fourth batter is walked -- Sakka Commerical High chose to sidestep the challenge. // Would you put it that way, Mr Kawai? KAWAI (CO-COMMENTATOR) No! Tantou Academy's furious about this! COMMENTATOR But, one must consider the artist own circumstances...... // KAWAI That artist's not thinking at all! -- END --