Shawn: ^v^ The top winner in our Showcase Showdown is… Martina!
The crowd claps and whistles at Martina.
Martina: =^v^= *blows kisses to the audience, but mostly Zangalas* Thank you! Thank you everyone!
Lina: ~_~ Oh give me a break…
Shawn: And our poor little runner-up… Lina!
The crowd cheer for Lina, but not as loud as Martina.
Lina: *vein pops out of her forehead* WHAT DID YOU SAY!!!
Shawn: Anyway…
Lina: SHUT UP FOR A MOMENT!!! LISTEN, NOT ONLY WAS I A RUNNER-UP FOR THAT STUPID PROFICY WITH DARK STAR, BUT NOW I HAVE TO BE THIS STUPIDS SHOWS RUNNER-UP!!!??? THIS MAKES ME SICK!!!
Filia: *sipping a cup of hot tea in her seat in the audience* Well, it’s not my fault that all the others refused to help me.
Xellos: ^v^ *sitting in another seat in the audience* So true.
Lina: WHY YOU…!!!
Shawn: Shall I forget about the Showcase Showdown, and take back all the money, and prizes you won?
Lina: O.O WHAT!!!??? YOU WONLDN’T DARE!!!
Shawn: Believe me, I could. Now then… each of you ladies will have a showcase of beautiful prizes to bid on. And the one of you bids closest to the actual retailed price of your own showcase without going over will win it. Now, if you are the winner, and you are less then one hundred dollars away from the retailed price of your own showcase, we will give you both showcases.
Lina: *eyes shine like stars* BOTH SHOWCASES!!!??? I UNDERSTAND!!!
Martina: *looks over at Lina with serious eyes* (It may be a long shot, but if I don’t cheat in this round, I’ll never be able to win the showcase with the castle. I’ll have to play rotten.) *hides behind her back, a tape recorder with a speaker on it, and inside it is a tape. Looks over at Zangalas, who nods at her with an evil kind of look in his eyes* (And I have everything set up.)
Shawn: Martina?
Martina: *turns to Shawn quickly, speaking nervously* Um, uh yes?
Shawn: Since you are the top winner in the Showcase Showdown, you will have the opportunity to either bid on showcase number one, or you may pass it to Lina, and you will wait for bidding on showcase number two.
Martina: ^v^ Okay.
Shawn: Martina, Lina, let’s take a look at the first showcase.
Martina, and Lina watch as the first showcase gets under way with Rod talking.
Rod: Girls this first showcase contains prizes that will really make you happy for all eternity.
Martina: Ah, is it my castle?
Rod: For any of those hard tines through the hard winter snow, we suggest that you ride on the special brand new, Moter Snow Skier.
The audience applauds as the big opening door to the left shows the item. Lina stared at the beautiful machine in amazement.
Rod: From, “Keweenaw Motor Sports“, if you love high performance, you're going to fall hard for the 2002 Ski-Doo® Mach Z® snowmobile. It's bad -to-the-bone personality starts with the black on black pain, and runs all the way through the snarl of the engine. The Mach Z® is all about performance and it lets other riders know you're nobody to mess with.
Amelia: *in the audience* Wow, now that’s cool.
Rod: Next, if your tired of washing your cloths just in the yucky river.
Lina: *angry* HEY!!!
Rod: We suggest that you should have a new washer, and dryer!
The big opening door to the right opens to show the item. The audience applauds, and Martina just stares at the item upset.
Rod: From, “Whirlpool” this new Washer with Electric Dryer comes with Full-Size thin twin dryer, rotary controls, and extra large capacity. To clean and dry your cloths until they come out soft, dry, and fresh.
Gourry: *in audience* Good. That’s something Lina may need.
Lina: HEY, I HEARD THAT!
Rod: Next, for those days when your feeling dirty, and you can stand being sanitary…
Lina: HEY, ARE YOU SAYING I STINK!!!???
Rod: We suggest that you should take a wonderful dip in this, wondrous spa!
The middle big door opens up to show a big blue spa tube. Lina’s angry turned into delight at the sight of the spa tube.
Rod: From, “Spa in a Box Superstore”, this 6 Foot Spa-N-A-Box Redwood Edition with Deck, the most exclusive Spa, the 6 Foot Spa-N-A-Box Redwood Edition with Deck pairs the grace and commanding aesthetics of the Redwood Edition with the convenience and assistance of a wooden deck that encircles the Spa. Fits up to 6 people.
Lina: Now that is something wonderful.
Rod: Finally, if you are starving everyday, and you find it hard to get something to eat, we suggest that “The Price is Righteous” should give you…
An assistant lady walks up on stage in front of the middle door, and holds up the item.
Rod: A lifetime restaurant food card!!!
Lina: *eyes widen, jaw drops down* WHAT LIFETIME!!!???
Rod: This special card of your will give you the right at any restaurant in the world, to have any food you want for free. From breakfast, to lunch, to dinner, to dessert, anything you want for free. Now you will never ever starve again.
Lina: *mouth drools, and eyes sparkle* I just NEED that prize!
Rod: And this showcase containing prizes that will really make you happy for all eternity, can be yours if, the price is righteous!
The audience claps as Rod finished the first showcase. Shawn turns to a concerned looking Martina.
Shawn: Martina, are you going to bid on that showcase, or are you going to pass it?
Lina: *pleads* Oh please, pass it, pass it, pass it!
Martina: (This showcase doesn’t have the castle Shawn talked about, must be in the next showcase.) *turns to Shawn* Shawn, I am going to pass.
Lina: Yes!!! Thanks Martina!!!
Shawn: Now Lina, what do you bid?
Lina: Ok, let me see…
Before the audience could start shouting to Lina what to bid, in the audience…
Zangalas: *yells in the audience* Ahh!!! There’s a rat in the stadium!!!
After shouting this out, all the women in the audience screamed, and jumped on their seats.
Filia: Ahh, a rat!!!???
Sylphiel: Oh no!!! Where is it!!!
Amelia: This is injustice!!! A rat in the stadium!!!
Shawn: O.O What!? A rat!? I thought I had all the stadium doors closed, and all the mouse holes sealed!
The of the audience even Lina Inverse were frightened to death, but then…
Zangalas: Sorry everyone, my mistake. *holds up a stuffed animal, it was a little gray mouse* It’s only a stuff animal.
All of the ladies in the audience sighed of relief, even Lina. All the people in the audience sat back down in their seats.
Shawn: Boy, that scared me there. I HATE rats!
Martina: *grins evilly* (Now’s my chance!) *takes out her tape recorder, holds it next to Lina head without anyone noticing, and presses play, the tape recorder plays, and speaks*
Tape Recorder: *Lina’s voice* I bid $1, Shawn!
Martina quickly hides the tape recorder back behind her as Lina turned her head to find out who said that, and the Shawn turned around to Lina.
Shawn: Anyway, I heard your bid Lina, and you bided one dollar.
Lina’s bid appears in the screen on her booth, but Lina was confused.
Lina: Hold on a second, I didn’t bid one dollar!
Shawn: But I just heard you made the bid.
Lina: Well whoever told you my bid, please let me change it to some other bid!?
Shawn: *shakes his head slowly* I’m, terrible sorry Lina, but I can only accept the first bid you make.
Audience: Awwwww…
Lina: Don’t, “Awwwww” me!!! I didn’t make the bid!!!
Martina: Maybe you didn’t hear yourself make it, selfish sorceress.
Lina: *growls* That does it, that just does!! *chants* Darkness beyond twilight…
!! WHACK !!
Shawn whacks Lina over the head with a fan, stopping her from casting the dragon slave.
Shawn: Lina! Never ever cast the dragon slave in my stadium!
Lina: *knocked down* O…K…
Shawn: *pushes glasses back up on his nose* Now Martina, here is your showcase!
Martina: *smiles* Finally…
Rod: Martina, your showcase contains prizes that the monstrous Zomagustar would find suitable for a queen. First, the one thing he thinks you should have is the most important thing in the entire world!
A big opening door shows a screen of Martina prize she could win.
Rod: A NEW CASTLE!!!
The audience exploded into claps, cheers, and whistles the ever before. Martina suddenly clapped, and cheered as well, she was just so happy she couldn’t stop herself.
Rod: That’s right, a new castle, specially made out of marble stone, with a special barrier around it to stand up to cannonballs, magic spells (even uncommon spells), an dragons. This castle comes with three floors of different rooms. First, the bottom floor, in the middle part of the hall is the king’s, and queen’s throne room, where booth king, and queen will sit in their special comfortable royal chairs. In the room to the right, is the waiting room for visitors who want to see the royal family, and can wait until called forth. And in the room to the left, if the special royal spa for both men and women, to enjoy a wonderful deep in warm water to relive them of stress.
Martina: *eyes sparkle like stars, jaw dropped* I’m loving every minute of this…
Lina: *puts a hand of her forehead, rubbing it* -_- Damn it, that should have been MY showcase.
Rod: Next, when you walk up the marble steps into the second floor, you shall enter the luxurious living room on the right side of this floor, packed with couches, sofas, and many wonderful artifacts. In the middle part of the room is the dinning room, with two long dinner tables with brand new china, silverware, and crystal glasses. And in the room to the left is the kitchen, where our top chefs will prepare their most wonderful cuisines.
Martina: *eyes still aglitter* I’d just love that.
Lina: *banging her head on the booth* Damn it! So much for me having dragon cuisine!
Martina: Will you shut up, I can’t hear if you keep babbling!
Lina: Why you…
Rod: Lastly, once you climb the stairs of the living room, you shall pass though a hall with three different rooms. The room on the right, is the guest room, for special visitors to attend at. The room to the left is the treasure room where any valuable artifacts can be placed in, and be kept safe. And lastly, the middle room if the king, and queens chamber where both royalties will sleep peacefully in their king size bed.
Martina: This is what I always wanted…
Rod: Finally, we know that you castle is wondrous, so the Price is Righteous, is going to give you along with you castle… a brand new army!!!
Screen turns to a giant army, an army almost as big as a number of people that would live in a village.
The crowd cheers excitedly.
Martina: *starts to drool* Wonderful.
Shawn: *seeing some slobber starting to fall from Martina’s mouth, pulls out of his pocket a handkerchief, and whips the drool off of Martina without her even noticing*
Rod: This new army full of class “A Rankers”, are equipped with gold armor, gold shields, gold helmets, and falchion swords. Their armor can stand up to magic attacks, and physical attacks, and their falchion swords are powerful enough to kill even ogres. And this showcase containing prizes that the monstrous Zomagustar would find suitable for a queen, can be yours if the price is righteous.
Martina: *still drooling* Ahhh…
Lina: Dang it… all that wonderful.
Shawn: Martina, what do you bid on that showcase?
Martina: *still daydreaming* A…wonderful…new…castle.
Shawn: *takes a deep breath, and yells into Martina’s ear* MARTINA!!!
Martina: *shouted in the ear* AHHHHHHHH!!! OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!!!
The audience went silent.
Shawn: 9_9 Sorry queen of hearts, request totally denied, but will you give me your bid?
The audience started to shout their prices to Martina.
Martina: Okay, I shall say…$51,595 dollars. *price appears on the screen on her booth*
Shawn: ^v^ Martina says $51,595 dollars for her showcase. Lina says $1 for her showcase.
Lina: >_< DID NOT!!!
Shawn: And we will see who is closer to the actual retailed price of their showcase, after this! *points to your T.V. screen*
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Filia is sitting on a table in a big green forest, with a big wide area of space. With her is a bowl of a golden cereal in her hand. She waves to a group of 14 other golden dragon shrine maidens with different lengths of hair, on the other side of the forest.
Filia: *waves* ^v^ Hey girls! Come on over here, and have a bowl of Golden Nuggets with me!
Shrine Maidens: Golden Nuggets!? We’d love to!!
Then all the golden dragons started to pour themselves bowls of the cereal to, when Xellos, appears behind a dark tree in the shadows. Xellos’s face only shows, eyes open, grinning.
Xellos: Well, well, Golden Nuggets, this should be interesting. I think I’ll have some for myself.
The screen backs up to show Xellos in a shrine maidens robe. Xellos smiles, eyes closed, while putting on his head, a blond colored wing with a priestess hat on it.
Xellos: And with this little gag, my true identity will remain… a secret. ^v^
Xellos run over to the group of shrine maiden dragons, speaking in a girly kind of voice.
Xellos: *girly voice* Why hello there, may I have a bowl of that wonderful cereal?
Shrine Maiden #1: Why of course, there’s plenty for everyone! *hands the Xellos a bowl of the cereal*
Xellos: *girly voice* Wow, thanks!
Shrine Maiden #2: *holds up her cereal, and stirs it with her spoon* Oh I just love the white marshmallow star bits, and how the golden crunchy nuggets turn the milk gold! *as the cereal is stirred in the milk, the milk starts to turn gold*
Screen now shows a gold cereal box with an icon of Xellos’s, and Filia’s faces on it. A bowl of the Golden Nugget cereal, a glass of orange juice, and milk, and a plate full of buttered toast.
Shrine Maiden #3: And it’s a wonderful part of this good breakfast!
Lina: *appears beside Filia* GOLD!!!!!?????
Filia: *surprised to see Lina appeared out of no where beside her* M-Miss Lina…
Lina: Can I have a bowl of that cereal!? Please!?
Filia: Oh, I’m terrible sorry Miss Lina, I just can’t.
Lina: WHAT!? WHY!?
Xellos: *speaks in normal voice* Now that, is a secret.
Everyone around stares at the Xellos, sweat dropping, and staring in shock.
Xellos: ^v^; *girly voice, nervous* Umm, what?
Filia: *growls* DON’T “WHAT” ME!!! *pulls out of her robe her mace, and swing it at Xellos face*
!!! WHAM !!!
Xellos is sent flying and then skids across the ground, his robe, and wig came off as he was skidding across the ground.
Shrine Maidens: Yuck!!! It’s the monster!!!
Filia: *snorts at Xellos* Stupid Xellos, Golden Nuggets are for golden dragons!
All the shrine maidens get back to chatting, and eating their Gold Nuggets cereal.
Lina: Oh. *not the least bit mad* So that’s the reason why. Oh well.
Xellos: *still on the ground, tapping his finger on the grass* I know, their always for golden dragons. *turns his head, and looks at the wing he once wore, beside him* I just hope Beastmaster doesn’t hear about this.
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The screen switches back to Lina, Martina, and Shawn. Lina and Martina standing in their booths, and Shawn standing right next to them. Lina standing in the orange booth, and Martina standing in the purple booth. The audience cheers.
Shawn: Now comes the moment we been waiting for!
Gourry: *in the audience* Wow, this is going to be a close one.
Zelgadiss: *in the audience* What do you mean, “A close one”?
Amelia: *in the audience* Miss Lina bid only one dollar, and Martina has the advantage of winning.
Filia: *in the audience* Oh Miss Lina…
Xellos: *in the audience* ^v^
Martina: It was nice playing with you Miss Lina, but I have won this game!!! Ahahahahahaha!!!
Lina: *vein pops out of her forehead* WHY YOU- Huh? *looks behind Martina, and under her cape, Lina sees an object sticking out* What the…
Shawn: All right Miss Lina, let’s start with you.
Lina: Huh? *turns to Shawn* Uh…sure.
Shawn: *holds up a little card with the price of Lina showcase* Lina Inverse, you bid one dollar on your showcase. Lina, the actual retailed price of your showcase is… $48,406. A difference of… $48,405.
Audience: Awwwwwww…
Martina: *laughs* Touch luck Lina Inverse, looks like I win!
Lina: *many veins pop up on her forehead, but then she still notices that object sticking behind Martina‘s back* (Why that little… I’m finding out that Martina has behind her back, once and for all!)
Shawn: Now it is your turn Martina. You bid $51,595 on your showcase. Martina, the actual retailed price of your showcase is…
Lina: STOP!!!
Shawn: *halts* Um, what is it Miss Lina?
Lina: I’d like to know what in the world is this! *holds up Martina’s tape recorder in her, holding it up for everyone to see*
Martina: *sweat drops* (Oh no… she spotted it!)
Shawn: Isn’t that a tape recorder?
Lina: It is? *looks at the buttons on the tape recorder, and then spots a button with the word “play” on it* Oooh, what does this button do?
Martina: O.O NO DEE DEE, DON’T PUSH THAT BUTTON!!! ^v^; Oops, wrong show. O.O NO LINA, DON’T!!!
Martina was too late, Lina quickly pressed the play button, and then, the tape recorder plays the voice of Lina.
Tape Recorder: *Lina’s voice* I bid $1, Shawn. I bid $1, Shawn. I bid $1, Shawn. I bid $1, Shawn…
The audience gasped, even Lina and Shawn.
Shawn: *angry* Martina! I’m ashamed! I can’t believe that you’d cheat! *turns head to the audience* Same goes for you Zangalas! Your little cheap trick got us there!
Zangalas: *in the audience, sweat drops* But…it really was all Martina’s idea after you told her about the castle.
Amelia: *stands up from her seat in the audience* THIS IS INJUSTICE!!! I for one cannot stand a sore loser like Martina to cheat on somebody like Miss Lina!!!
Shawn: I agree! *turns to a nervous Martina* Martina, for cheating on my game show, “The Price is Righteous”, all the money, and prizes that you won… *holds up a hand at a stand with all the prizes Martina won: the money, the smoothie machine, and boat. And fires a fireball at the prizes, sending them into a blaze of flames*
Martina: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Xellos: ^v^ Ah, destruction, my second favorite thing I like.
Amelia: Ah! Justice, has been served!!!
Shawn: But since you still you lose the game, let’s just see that the actual retailed price of your showcase was. *looks at the card* $99,999! A difference of… $48,404!!! LINA INVERSE IS STILL THE WINNER!!!
Lina Inverse’s booth flashes like crazy, and the audience cheers like crazy. Lina jumps up and down, cheering.
Lina: ALL RIGHT!!! I WON!!! I WON!!!
Lina’s friends, Gourry, Amelia, and Zelgadiss run down to the front of the stage, run towards Lina, and start hugging her.
Gourry: Lina!
Zelgadiss: Great job Lina!
Amelia: You won the game show Miss Lina!
The three friends of Lina pick her up off the ground, and carry her around the stage for the audience to see.
Lina: ALL RIGHT, I WON!!! YEAH, I AM THE WINNER!!! *waves both arms to the audience*
The audience cheers for Miss Lina, but as for Martina, Zangalas appears beside her, rubbing her back, trying to comfort her.
Zangalas: Now, now sweetie, stop crying, or your going to soak up for dress.
Martina: *crying, and whining* …~ o ~… But I can’t help myself!!! CURSE YOU LINA INVERSE… CURSE YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD!!!
Shawn: *runs beside Lina, trying to keep up with her while her friends carry her* Wonderful job Miss Lina, you just won through this whole game… $54,404!!!
Lina: Wow!!! Thanks a whole lot Shawn!!! YEAH!!! I WON!!!
Xellos: ^v^ *is in his seat clapping* I must say, this was really a fun, and interesting game!
Shawn: *turns to your T.V. screen* And this is Shawn Ellis reminding you to help control the dragon population! Have your dragons spaded, or neutered.
Filia & Valgarv: WHAAAAAAAT!!!!!?????
Shawn: O.O Um…
Filia: *standing up from her seat in the cheering audience, a tomato red on her face* How dare you!!! You can’t tell people to…get rid of my… my womanliness!!!
Valgarv: *standing up from his seat to, a cherry red color on his face* I for one agree! No one gets rid of my… manhood!!!
Filia pulls out her mace from her robe, and Valgarv charges up a fireball in his hand.
Filia & Valgarv: COME HERE!!!
Shawn: Um… *turns to you T.V. screen* ^v^; Goodbye everybody! O.O *yells and starts to run*
Filia, and Valgarv give chase after Shawn around the stadium. “The Price is Righteous” music continues to play on as Lina was still cheering at the audience for being the winner, and her friends carrying her. Martina was still cursing Lina Inverse while Zangalas was still trying to comfort her, and Xellos was still in his seat clapping. Price Phil clapped out loud as well, so did Sylphiel. Shawn was still running past cameramen, and around the stage, as Filia, and Valgarv together ran after Shawn to clobber him.
Rod: This is Rod Roddy, speaking for, “The Price is Righteous”, a Mark Goodson, television production.
As the screen backed up to show everyone in the stadium, the cheers got louder. After a wonderful games show, the slayers should realize that the fun will never be over… that is, unless Shawn Ellis starts his new game show.
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The End.