Listen to the Megamorphs # 1: Audiobook!
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<You are fools,> the Yeerk said, having read my thoughts. <It is madness to fight when youcannot win.><Yes, it is foolish. It is crazy,> I agreed. <And it's why we will win.>Another good one from Jake
"Ah." Ax nodded. "She does not understand how menacing we are." He tapped her on theshoulder. "You do not know me," he said, "but I am a juvenile delinquent. I do not trust authority figures, I probably will not graduate from high school, and statistics say my present rowdinessand vandalism will likely lead to more serious crimes. I am a dangerous fellow, and I am causing mayhem in this store." He reached behind her and pulled three jars of baby food from the top shelf. Shoved them behind a box of macaroni. Shuffled the Cheez Whiz in front of the Marshmallow Fluff. Tossed a bagof lady's shavers onto a bag of hamburger buns. "There. I have now shamelessly destroyed the symmetry of this shelf, undoing hours of labor by underpaid store employees. If you could see me, you would be frightened."
This is a bit long, It's the scene where Ax Marco and Tobias are in the 7-11 trying to acquire Champ in book 49. I'm surprised no one has posted it yet. Sorry for the weird format, it's a copy pasta from somewhere else. Quote"Ah." Ax nodded. "She does not understand how menacing we are." He tapped her on theshoulder. "You do not know me," he said, "but I am a juvenile delinquent. I do not trust authority figures, I probably will not graduate from high school, and statistics say my present rowdinessand vandalism will likely lead to more serious crimes. I am a dangerous fellow, and I am causing mayhem in this store." He reached behind her and pulled three jars of baby food from the top shelf. Shoved them behind a box of macaroni. Shuffled the Cheez Whiz in front of the Marshmallow Fluff. Tossed a bagof lady's shavers onto a bag of hamburger buns. "There. I have now shamelessly destroyed the symmetry of this shelf, undoing hours of labor by underpaid store employees. If you could see me, you would be frightened."
The sudden sound of compressed air being released . . ."Ax?"Whoooossshhhhhh!"Aaaaaax!"My head was thrown back. My body slammed against four other bodies on the cabin's back wall. A hawk screeched nervously as momentum plastered his bony body to the ceiling.<l have control of the ship,> Ax said loudly.<Please remain calm. I think the ****pit was modified for a mutant Taxxon, a Taxxon with twice the normal number of appendages.>[...]Ax flipped two switches over his head, then pressed a red button. There was the sound of a fan. Warm air rushed out from under the seats that lined the sidewalls. Ax's stalk eyes swung around, puzzled."Much better, Ax," Rachel said impatiently."You have the makings of a great heating-and cooling engineer.""Maybe we should read the owner's manual?" Cassie.[...]I moved to the front of the ship to get a better view. Silly of me. If I'd waited a half-second longer, I wouldn't have had to walk.The ship pitched forward and angled down toward the earth. Before we could yell, the six of us were trapped in a pile-on.<You should always wear the safety restraints,> Ax scolded, struggling futilely to get four humans and an angry bird off him.[...]"Won't that kill us?"<At these velocities, death is always a possibility.>Great. Killed by autopilot. Totally humiliating death.
< I . . . > Ax hesitated, began to pace, then spoke again. <This human-made device is, seemingly at least, equal to or even superior. . .> I swear he was trying to stop himself from choking on the words. <. . .superior to Yeerk technology.>
"What solar system are you from? Are you with the Federation? Is your ship in orbit or on land?"Unbelievable. I almost laughed."Uh," I said, "we're from Earth, just like you.""Ah, yes," Richard said. "I always knew you lived among us. I have friends who've seen your ships.""We don't have any ships," Tobias said.[...]Lewis grinned. "So, like, what's your natural form?""We're just normal kids with a special power," Tobias said carefully. "We're not aliens.""If you don't want us to call you aliens, we won't call you aliens," Richard said with a wink.
I was a four-hundred-pound gorilla who had just decided to go skydiving without a parachute.<Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!><Marco, why are you screaming? It hurts my head.><We're gonna die, you alien lunatic!><No, we won't die. Don't be foolish,> Ax said.<Maybe you won't. You're a flea! You'll bounce. I'll hit the ground like rock!><Marco, morph into a bird.><Oh. Duh,> I said, feeling a little foolish. <Is there time?><I don't know. Maybe we should hurry,> Ax said in his annoyingly calm Andalite way.
"That's what's strange: the word "yanked." Us turning into mosquitoes to suck some guy's blood so we could morph into him and instead ending up in the middle of some war to control psychic yellow frogs, and oh, by the way, blowing up a small continent full of Yeerks, saving an entire species, then getting back here to find out Coma-man woke up from a mosquito bite delivered by a morphed alien-slash-deer-slash-scorpion-slash-four-eyed centaur, that's all totally normal. That's just an average day. Dear Diary: another boring average day, till someone said "yanked.""
Quote from: AniJen on January 19, 2009, 11:38:34 PMRachel: Marco, you know you're a toad?"Marco: Kiss me and I'll become a prince. I'll be The Prince Formally Known as Toad. You know you want me. You can't help it. After all, you're a female and I'm... well, I'm me."Rachel: "Yeah, that's the real Marco."Cassie: "Believe me, we all did the same kind of thing. I asked him to tell me what it was like when we morphed trout. Just to test his memory."Marco: "And I answered that it wasn't bad except that the cracker-crumb coating chafed a little and I was allergic to tartar sauce. Now can you all stop playing that game? I'm afraid I'll miss a punch line and Rachel will morph to grizzly and eat me before I have a chance to say anything."I don't remember this part. What was it about?Those are all good. Even the nonfunny one.
Rachel: Marco, you know you're a toad?"Marco: Kiss me and I'll become a prince. I'll be The Prince Formally Known as Toad. You know you want me. You can't help it. After all, you're a female and I'm... well, I'm me."Rachel: "Yeah, that's the real Marco."Cassie: "Believe me, we all did the same kind of thing. I asked him to tell me what it was like when we morphed trout. Just to test his memory."Marco: "And I answered that it wasn't bad except that the cracker-crumb coating chafed a little and I was allergic to tartar sauce. Now can you all stop playing that game? I'm afraid I'll miss a punch line and Rachel will morph to grizzly and eat me before I have a chance to say anything."
Quote from: Nohensen on January 20, 2009, 09:56:37 AMQuote from: AniJen on January 19, 2009, 11:38:34 PMRachel: Marco, you know you're a toad?"Marco: Kiss me and I'll become a prince. I'll be The Prince Formally Known as Toad. You know you want me. You can't help it. After all, you're a female and I'm... well, I'm me."Rachel: "Yeah, that's the real Marco."Cassie: "Believe me, we all did the same kind of thing. I asked him to tell me what it was like when we morphed trout. Just to test his memory."Marco: "And I answered that it wasn't bad except that the cracker-crumb coating chafed a little and I was allergic to tartar sauce. Now can you all stop playing that game? I'm afraid I'll miss a punch line and Rachel will morph to grizzly and eat me before I have a chance to say anything."I don't remember this part. What was it about?Those are all good. Even the nonfunny one.Hey, which book is this from?
