::From seemingly out of nowhere pops Dale onstage. He laughs
and waves to everyone, then begins to vibrate and in a flash of light
transforms. It’s Ditz, the would-be replacement for Dale from Fleeblebrox::
Ditz: Hi there, earthlings! I’m back from Fleeblebrox again, but it was a tough
time convincing Brik and Brak to lend me the spaceship. They’re still sort of
sore from that huge speeding ticket that Dale cost them.
::Dale waves sheepishly from the audience::
Ditz: Anyways, I’m here to help award the Most Helpful Rangerphile award. I
know a lot about being helpful, because we Fleeblebroxians are helpful by
nature.
Gadget (in the audience): Tell me about it. When he modified the RangerPlane, it took me a good half-day to get over the adrenaline rush from going around the world in 80 seconds.
::Ditz seems to ignore Gadget’s comment and continues::
Ditz: Now, let’s see the nominees…
Winston
AQD Robert
Indy
PupsPals
Ray Jones
::Ditz vibrates again and transforms into a huge yellow
dragon::
Ditz: The envelope please?
::Monty holds out the envelope on a stick, and Ditz shoots
fire across it, opening the letter expertly::
Ditz: Okay. The winner is…Winston!
::Winston rolls his eyes as he gets up::
Winston: Oh, for cryin' out loud...how many times can this possibly happen?!
::He looks apologetic upon reaching the microphone::
Winston: I really feel bad about this. Um... Better luck next year, I suppose, to everyone I've beaten so far. I didn't mean to, honest.
::He almost started walking away from the microphone, but caught himself before he did::
Winston: Oh, and I almost forgot... I'd like to thank Stitch for writing the story that my shirt with it's not-so-subtle polemic is a reference to. ‘Who Wants Cake?’ was quite a piece of work, I must say.
::Then he turned and walked back to his seat, but before he
got there Dr. Indy got everyone’s attention::
Dr. Indy: And now, the final touch to Winston’s reward. Even if you don’t like
the awards, hopefully you’ve enjoyed this part :-)
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