Never Teach Evil People Martial ArtsYes, it's time for the family trip to China! This generation's supermax skill will be martial arts. The plan is to get the skill as high as possible and maybe do a bit of the tournament, and also bring back a board breaker. Most of the challenges will be done at home, and the heir will be coming back by herself to finish the tournament off, as I won't have enough vacation days left for everyone to return the second time.
Anais gets started learning some martial arts.
Anais: Take that! I'm going to be the winner of the tournament!
Anais: It fought back! It's supposed to be inanimate!
It IS inanimate. I reckon you need some more practice.
Lexa: Ready... ready... ready...
Get on with it.
Lexa: Martial arts is just as much mental as it is physical.
And you spent the whole plane ride telling anyone who'd listen that you were a genius so it'd be a doddle.
But in reality, you're no better than Anais at it.
Lexa: Just wait till Kelsey tries.
I am. Waiting, that is.
Kelsey: I heard that your dog is plotting to take over the world and get a job as a CEO.
Yu Hun: Oh! How did you know that?
Kelsey and Yu Hun, at the same time: Oh, you're insane too!
Meanwhile, Eugenia is doing a spot of relaxing tomb raiding.
Eugenia: I should have got changed first. And my shoes don't match my dress. But still, it's a lot of fun!
And Ben is reading a book, which he really could have done at home. You'd better not be planning to use up three of my precious vacation days by reading books.
Ben: Actually, I was.
Eugenia gets her first visa level, and decides to point and laugh at the training dummy, Maybe she thinks it's got bad fashion taste, or maybe just that it's not doing very much with it's life. Poor training dummy. It didn't do anything to deserve this treatment. Being hit all day, then laughed at by Eugenia! It's all too mad even for Yu Hun with her insane trait.
Eugenia: You're mad.
I know she is.
Eugenia: I meant you. I'm going back into the tombs.
Yes, you should, give the training dummy a break!
Lexa: Grrr. I'm going to take you down.
Anais: Oh really? I think it's going to be the other way around.
Remember girls, martial arts isn't supposed to end in injuries.
Anais: She started it.
Lexa: And I'll finish it too.
You're meant to be sparring for practice, not fighting!
Kels, babe, you're meant to be sparring too. Or at least using the dummy or something.
Kelsey: But turtles.
Turtles?!
Kelsey: Yes, turtles.
Ben: Watcher! Look!
At what?
Ben: I'm not reading!
No, but you could also be playing the guitar at home.
Ben: You just can't please some people.
In things that are meant to be happening, Anais and Lexa have decided to finish up their stay by challenging a few tournament opponents. Lexa seems to be a natural at picking fights. I mean, would you want to fight someone with that face?
Lexa: I'm sure that's an insult, and as soon as I've finished beating up this old man I'm going to make you pay for that!
Erm.... erm... I meant it was a very evil face?
Lexa: You'd better have.
Anais, meanwhile, isn't such an instant success.
Anais: Going to get you in a minute, I will!
Anais: Oh! That's not fair!
And Eugenia is exploring one last tomb, this time in slightly more appropriate clothing.
Eugenia: It's so pretty, isn't it? So calm. Look at all the plants! You'd never expect a tomb to be so peaceful.
Eugenia: I take that back.
That awkward moment when your sister is your next ranked opponent, and she's fierce.
But the three days are up, and the CrumpleSteels head back home to Sunset Valley and Ben's elder birthday, the triplet's first day of high school, and a genie.
Lexa: Help.
