[GODSFORRENT Special] Seven-Minute Semblance in Quarantine

Quarantine #22

[372A High Street:]

Futhark: (goes to the kitchen to drink a glass of water while rubbing his eye)

Lance: (sits at the kitchen island, thinking seriously)

Futhark: Good morning po, sir. (yawns and coughs)

Lance: Futhark, tell me.

Futhark: P-Po?

Lance: Since when did we have a kid in this house?

Futhark: A kid? (turns to the kitchen island)

Lance: (is having a staring contest with a little girl)

Futhark: SIR BAKIT MAY BATA DITO KANINONG ANAK PO 'YAN KINIDNAP PO BA 'YAN ANO PONG NANGYAYARI?!

Lance: (hits Futhark’s head) Don't startle it!

Little Girl: (giggles and cheers)

Futhark: Tinanong n'yo na po ba s'ya kung saan s'ya nakatira at kung paano s'ya nakapasok dito?

Lance: I did, pero hindi pa s'ya nagsasalita.

Futhark: Huh, so madali lang pong mapasok ng tao ang bahay n'yo...? That's not safe.

Lance: Nagising akong nasa loob s'ya ng kulungan ng mga ibon.

Futhark: NAGING BATA 'YUNG IBON?!

Lance: Our raven is smarter than this kid. You're the psychology student. Talk to her.

Futhark:

Futhark: Gusto n'yong mag-ampon ng bata ni Sir Arthur tapos simpleng bata hindi n'yo makausap?

Lance: We shouldn't have let you live with Edward Dace and Jule. Nahahawa ka na sa kanila.

Arthur: (enters kitchen with his eyes closed)

Lance: Arthur, wake up.

Arthur: (keeps walking and bumps into Lance)

Arthur: (opens one eye) How can I squeeze 8 hours of sleep in 3 hours.

Lance: What did you do, why didn't you sleep?

Arthur: So many series... so little time... (sees the child) Did you kidnap this kid?

Lance: WHY WOULD I KIDNAP A KID?

Arthur: To destroy her family by making her father quit an organisation he fought for?

Lance: No.

Arthur: ...

Arthur: Did she come out from a pumpkin?

Futhark: Oh, may tanim kayong kalabasa 'di ba sir?

Arthur: (gasps) The pumpkin princess—

Lance: It's not the pumpkin princess.

Arthur: (carries the child) Hello there, Kürbis, how are you?

Lance: Don't name it, it's not yours!

Arthur: "It"?

Lance: Well I don't want to assume its gender. "It" is a gender neutral pronoun.

Arthur: She's wearing pink. She's a girl.

Lance: Futhark wears green. Does that make him a Ninja Turtle?

Arthur: You're wearing black. It kind of makes you a blockhead.

Futhark: Ayoko pong maging Ninja Turtle, hindi ako marunong mag-kung fu.

Lance: C'mon let's return that child.