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Burg Hotel Ziesar
- Free breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
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- 14 guestrooms
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- 3 meeting rooms
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- Address
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- Total Finished SqFt
- 2,540
- Above Grade SqFt
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Engaging Questions. The Question is the Answer. The Employee Engagement Network Hosted by David Zinger. The Employee Engagement Network
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2 Question is the Answer Introduction Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. y cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke - Letters to a Young Poet Too often we are in search of an easy answer. We hire experts to tell us what to do. We need to engage the question. Let us sit with the questions, voice our questions, and generate a range of responses rather than a simplistic easy answer to the complexity of employee engagement I encourage you to read this wonderful collection of questions offered by 96 members of the employee engagement network. Engage the questions, generate responses, and create greater employee engagement for the benefit of all Founder/Host David Zinger 2
3 Question is the Answer Children enter school as question marks and leave as periods. ~ Neil Postman If we want to keep learning alive we must reinstall the question into our performance and learning. members were asked to formulate a question about employee engagement. Read the richness of the questions they composed and begin to formulate your response to leave the question mark alive in your learning. 3
4 Question is the Answer Abhishek Mittal When it comes to your company, what are the stories that come to the employees minds? Denise Bissonnette For each of us there is always something dying to be born - how do we assist one another in bringing into the world that which is longing to come into fruition? Stephen J. Gill How does employee engagement (commitment, involvement, discretionary effort) contribute to achieving the strategic goals of this organization? 4
5 Question is the Answer Roy Saunderson When was the last time you asked an employee what engages them to work in your company? Rohit Shenoy How do I measure engagement and the impact of engagement real time? Deri Latimer What is THE moment of engagement for you? 5
6 Question is the Answer John Hallonquist As a leader, are you ready to begin the relentless pursuit of employee engagement? Dont Compromise Why do some organisations work so hard to engage at people when they should be trying to engage with them? Jennifer Floyd What have you done today to help or connect with a colleague? 6
7 Question is the Answer Garba How close are we to consensus about conceptual clarity on the employee engagement construct? David L. Cowen How are you addressing employees self-worth in your employee engagement process? Marc Michaelson Is engagement a two-way street and how do senior leaders stay engaged with their direct reports? 7
8 Question is the Answer Dr. Scott Simmerman What are the Square Wheels in your organization - the systems and processes and procedures that do not work smoothly? Dr. Scott Simmerman What is something that you could continuously choose to do differently to foster employee engagement? Peggy Foster When we hire new employees, how can our onboarding process maintain the enthusiasm they have when they accept a position? 8
9 Question is the Answer Hamguin What are you doing each day to model enthusiastic employee engagement for your team? Allen Denette What parts of your organization think they are being treated unfairly? Dr. Maynard Brusman How can your personal energy collaborating with others at work reward you and them with wealth, innovation and fulfillment? 9
10 Question is the Answer Karl Edwards What disincentives in taking initiative would a visitor observe in our company? Rosa Ocheltree What does engagement mean to your team? Paul Marciano Why do companies tolerate supervisors who fail to engage employees? 10
11 Question is the Answer Tim Olson Offer a lunch and learning seminar entitled Who s Controlling Your Life? and get your manager s permission before attending. Sunil Budhiraja If you enjoy the facilities of the organization, why are you not willing to recommend the organization as an employer to others? VijeyNRR How do bosses justify that they are engaged? 11
12 Question is the Answer Kelly Ketelboeter What are the behaviors a leader might see or hear that show an employee is in fact engaged? Tim Houlihan Why do we believe that employee satisfaction is so closely linked to employee engagement? Richard Lambert Here s a question for line managers to ask themselves - What are you doing each day to make your staff (or your team) want to put in some extra effort for you? 12
13 Question is the Answer Jose M. Raventós Do you really respect your people: How often do you listen to them, talk with them about the work they do, and how they do it? Cindy Ventrice What opportunities can I provide that offer growth and development for my people? Jean Douglas What is so difficult about saying thank you or great job to employees? 13
14 Question is the Answer Bev Mate Is employee happiness the same as employee engagement? Adrian Ashton What s the most common reason cited by management/directors for stalling employee engagement initiatives, and how have you overcome them? Susanne Jacobs Do you know, and can you measure how your employee engagement directly correlates and impacts on your bottom line and to your organisational success? 14
15 Question is the Answer Saied A. Ashshowwaf How much do we know about the process of organizational engagement and to what extent are organizations aware of this concept? Sybil F. Stershic Beyond knowing how many employees work in the company, do top managers know how many employees are actually contributing to the company s success? And what can they do to ensure the second number equals the first number? Mel Kleiman If our on boarding program is sussessfull, what does success look like? 15
16 Question is the Answer Leslie Allan What case studies are there that demonstrate the cost benefit of spending resources on trying to lift employee engagement? Jon Harvey How much money has your company spent on external consultants talking with the staff, customers and suppliers? Sorry - how much? David Marklew What is discretionary effort? 16
17 Question is the Answer Minter Dial How do you reconcile goals & objective setting for the individual with goals & objectives that enable cross-divisional, cross-functional project work with different bosses, etc? Nicola Murphy How do you know when you re engaged? Saurabh Gahrotra For the manager: Does everyone in my team have the opportunity to maximize their individual talent? 17
18 Question is the Answer Gina Abudi How are you working to be sure everyone is engaged and not just those who are easily engaged? Mike King What is one dream you have that when realized, will positively impact this workplace and how can others (including me) help you achieve it? Robert Manolson Is your company strategically positioning itself as a business leader in by responding to the needs of your staff with regularly scheduled team building workshops and retreats? 18
19 Question is the Answer Richard Melrose How can we measure individual managers on their employee engagement performance (progress), without compromising the confidentiality (anonymity and hence frankness) of survey responses? Sandi Krige As an employee how can I rate my level of engagement? Deanna Carrera How can we get our managers to be more focused on engaging their direct reports? 19
20 Question is the Answer Judy McLeish Are you a role model - do you live up to the employer-employee contract? Zane Safrit Do you realize your brand reflects the employees engagement in creating it? Ian Buckingham Cast your mind back to a time when you were reporting to the best manager you ever worked for - how would you describe the personal quality that you most admired about them? 20
21 Question is the Answer Steve Quinn Assuming that employee engagement can be quantified, how do you recognize and reward engagement other than monetarily? Abhishek Mittal Question for a leader: What might be the top 3 unanswered questions in the minds of your people? Dave Nanderam Isn t employee engagement just a collective term for referencing outcomes of prior research in job involvement, job satisfaction, psychological empowerment and employee commitment? 21
22 Question is the Answer Adam P. Cohen How can you engage your employees in developing, and delivering on, your organization s dreams for success? Art Bingham Who is responsible for employee engagement? Shweta Mohanty How do we measure the impact and effectiveness of engagement initiatives? 22
23 Question is the Answer Shweta Mohanty How do we turn a disengaged manager or employee into an engaged manager or employee? Peter Lanc What shadow do you cast that gives positive energy to those around you? Adrian Bashford Do you get to do what you do best every day? 23
24 Question is the Answer Adrian Bashford Do those around you understand what work you most like to do? Zane Safrit Do you know how little it costs to inspire, motivate and engage me? Monica Diaz Do you know what makes you feel engaged and can you create that for yourself and other like-minded people? 24
25 Question is the Answer Abhishek Mittal What can you do to make your top performers not feel like leaving your company? Abhishek Mittal If you are really serious, how would you prove that your employee engagement is more than lip service? David Bowles Do you as a manager apply the Golden Rule to your people: treating them kindly, fairly, compassionately and thoughtfully as you would like to be treated? 25
26 Question is the Answer Karen Schmidt Is everyone engage-able? Tim Houlihan What things do people in your work group do that make you feel connected to your company? Roy Saunderson How can we expect recognition and respect ourselves if we are not willing to respect and recognize others? 26
27 Question is the Answer Robert Morris What are the dominant characteristics of someone others are eager to become actively and productively engaged with in the workplace? Betsy Kennally What s the one thing you d like to change that would make the biggest difference in your work right now? Bernie Donkerbrook Where do emotions fit in being engaged at work? 27
28 Question is the Answer Jitka Holt What makes you look forward to going to work when you get up in the morning? Paul Massie Can such tools as Myers Briggs personality types help make engagement activities more effective by giving insights into how different employee groups prefer to receive and process information? Yuvarajah Why is spiritual intelligence important for employee engagement at the workplace? 28
29 Question is the Answer Gloria Sauve As an employee, I would like to know how managers expect us to be engaged in our work when we re seeing lay-offs and shut downs everywhere? It s hard to be positive, given our current economic climate. Vanessa Gibb What would you do first if you were given a chance to take over your boss s job? Fraser Marlow What can you do personally to improve your own engagement? 29
30 Question is the Answer People Metrics What can you do to make your employees happier? Lydia Woodroff Do you know how each member of your team likes to be managed, and what switches them on at work - and do you do everything in your power to make these things happen? Gordon Schmidt Are certain people more inclined toward engagement in general due to personality characteristics and do such individual differences effect what types of engagement interventions will be effective? 30
31 Question is the Answer Michelle M. Smith What were you doing when you felt completely engaged? Jake Hillman As a leader, what has be successful for you to effectively engage your employees? Jonathan Ratner Is engaging enough or do we need to engage with passion to really make a difference? 31
32 Question is the Answer Angelique Philipsen What mark would you give your organization? Why is/isn t it a 10 out of 10? Ray McGrath Do you say good morning to your work colleagues when you get in? Lisa Sibley How well are you listening? 32
33 Question is the Answer Dr. Maynard Brusman How can leaders more effectively engage employees by tapping into their truly meaningful intrinsic motivation? Dave Nanderam Have you ever asked your direct report(s) to describe their engagement drivers? Ganesh Ramakrishnan What is the one thing about this company that has kept all these long-timers here? 33
34 Question is the Answer Keith Owen If engagement is an outcome, what are its precursors? Ganesh Ramakrishnan What are the sticky factors in this workplace other than salary or current job role? Ganesh Ramakrishnan Do we, as HR, feel truly engaged in the activities that we do to sustain employee engagement? 34
35 Question is the Answer Robert Morris How to maximize the positive engagement of everyone involved in change initiatives? Gina Abudi How are you being creative in engaging your employees? Rick Cronen What are you doing to take care of your own attitude of engagement? 35
36 Question is the Answer VijeyNRR Is engagement much beyond passion? VijeyNRR Is the bottom up approach the best for engagement? VijeyNRR What keeps engaged employees motivated? 36
37 Question is the Answer Jake Hillman How do you effectively engage the people that are important to your organization s success but do not actually interact with your customers, such as back office staff? Saied A. Ashshowwaf What research methods can be applied to generate more in depth understanding of the engagement process? Tim Wright Manager to employee: When you hear employee engagement what do you think, feel, and what images come to your mind? 37
38 Question is the Answer Aleksander Jakobson What is the most frequent and rarest motivator to employee engagement? Beth Smith Will we have succeeded, when in 10 or 20 years, organizations no longer do employee engagement, instead it has become part of the culture, an unquestioned, unconscious assumption that has led to highly collaborative, self-generating organizational forms? Wendy Woods How can you create a culture where laughter and fun supports hard work and productivity? 38
39 Question is the Answer Christine Dunn What would you need to see from management, so you would know that they were as engaged as they want you to be? Robin Hickman How do you help your manager engage you? Masita Misdi How can lifelong learning contribute to the employee engagement in the workplace? 39
40 Question is the Answer Maggie Chicoine What is so obvious that it is invisible? Peter Lanc What gives you energy and what would it take for you and others around you to generate that energy? David Bowles Would you recommend (organization name) as a place to work to people you know or meet? 40
41 Question is the Answer Adrian Bashford What is in it for me? Anja Schuetz What do you need from me in order to be more engaged? Mark P. Friedman In the age of free agency, when our best talent can leave at any time, why should we worry about engagement rather than building employment models around high churn? 41
42 Question is the Answer Nick Kellet What s your best curious question to engage employees? Rashid M. Abbasi What is the relationship between engagement and innovation? Sunil Budhiraja Five of your employees are going out with their families. What would they talk about most of the time? 42
43 Question is the Answer Scott McArthur What are the key levers that can be used to close the gap between business and human values? Leon van Wouwe What do you see to be the predictable future for a) yourself b) this organisation c) yourself inside this organisation? David Zinger What is the most important question you need to ask of yourself to enhance your engagement and to fully connect with engaging others at work? 43
44 Question is the Answer Authors important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. ~ Albert Einstein Abbasi, Rashid M. Abudi, Gina Allan, Leslie Ashshowwaf, Saied A. Ashton, Adrian Bashford, Adrian Bingham, Art Bissonnette, Denise Bowles, David Brusman, Dr. Maynard Buckingham, Ian Budhiraja, Sunil Carrera, Deanna Chicoine, Maggie Cohen, Adam P. Cowen, David L. Cronen, Rick Denette, Allen Dial, Minter Diaz, Monica Donkerbrook, Bernie Dont Compromise Douglas, Jean Dunn, Christine Edwards, Karl Floyd, Jennifer Foster, Peggy Friedman, Mark P. Gahrotra, Saurabh Garba Gibb, Vanessa Gill, Stephen J. Hallonquist, John Hamguin Harvey, Jon Hickman, Robin Hillman, Jake Holt, Jitka Houlihan, Tim Jacobs, Susanne Jakobson, Aleksander Kellet, Nick Kennally, Betsy Ketelboeter, Kelly King, Mike Kleiman, Mel Krige, Sandi Lambert, Richard Lanc, Peter Latimer, Deri Manolson, Robert Marciano, Paul Marklew, David Marlow, Fraser Massie, Paul Mate, Bev McArthur, Scott 44
45 Question is the Answer McGrath, Ray McLeish, Judy Melrose, Richard Michaelson, Marc Misdi, Masita Mittal, Abhishek Mohanty, Shweta Morris, Robert Murphy, Nicola Nanderam, Dave Ocheltree, Rosa Olson, Tim Owen, Keith People Metrics Philipsen, Angelique Quinn, Steve Ramakrishnan, Ganesh Ratner, Jonathan Raventós, Jose M. Safrit, Zane Saunderson, Roy Sauve, Gloria Schmidt, Gordon Schmidt, Karen Schuetz, Anja Shenoy, Rohit Sibley, Lisa Simmerman, Dr. Scott Smith, Beth Smith, Michelle M. Stershic, Sybil F. van Wouwe, Leon Ventrice, Cindy VijeyNRR Woodroff, Lydia Woods, Wendy Wright, Tim Yuvarajah Zinger, David 45
46 Question is the Answer David Zinger, M.Ed., is a global expert on employee engagement who founded the. What is the future of employee engagement? future is now as we move beyond surveys and simplistic techniques to integrating employee engagement into all facets of the organization s approach to serving customers and creating results. To sustain engagement initiatives, employees must experience the rich benefits of engagement for themselves. What does David Zinger offer? Powerful result-focused and person-centered speaking, education, coaching, and consulting to meet the needs of each client. Organizations appreciate his leading-edge insights and approaches, spoken in the language of meaning, community, humor, story, and results. How do I get in touch with David Zinger? Contact him today at or phone (204)
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Whistling an old tune about forbidden lovers and some sort of tunnel, I finished polishing the statue of the long-deceased Fire Lord. I hated catacomb duty, but with the others greeting someone important at Crescent Island, I had no choice. The golden visage was so old that I could barely make out its title, "Fire Lord Lizardon." Reflected in his mighty gleaming visage was a scrawny boy, wearing a robe several sizes too large for him and a hat that sat lopsided on his head.
"There I am," I thought aloud, "the biggest charity case of this dynasty." My memory flashed to the day I was given the robe, nine years before.
"You should be proud," the Great Sage had said with a big smile. "Being chosen as a sage means getting to serve the Avatar. And that, you will find, is a great honor." But the day before, I had heard a different story while eavesdropping on the sages in the next room.
"Why should we have to baby-sit this child? When Avatar Shinzon was alive, we never stooped so low. And then this brat shows up on our doorstep with a note claiming him to be the late Avatar's grandson. Are we expected to take in every needy street urchin claiming to be of Avatar lineage? The military has a perfectly good orphanage on the mainland. Why not drop the brat there? But no, the Great Sage just HAD to accept him."
If I had expected things to get better from there, I was wrong. When it was discovered that I couldn't Firebend, I was shunned even further by the other sages. How was I to help the Avatar with the element if I couldn't bend it myself?
A sudden movement in the mirrored surface of the statue awakened me from my daydream. I spun around to see a hooded figure grab one of the artifacts, a gilded crown.
"Stop! Thief!" I cried. The figure turned to face me. Though obscured by the long orange cloak, I could tell that the intruder was a girl of about seventeen years. Placing the crown back on its pedestal, she looked at me quizically.
"Aren't you a little young to be a Fire Sage? And a little- no a lot- fat? And what did you do to make yourself so ugly? Did you lose a bet with a spirit?" She turned her head and squinted at me, giving no signs of stopping any time soon.
"Um... excuse me?" I interrupted, wishing she'd get to the point. She waved the question aside.
"But no matter. I challenge you to an Agni Kai!"
"But... Under national law, you have to file your complaint through the court before you can do that. And besides, I'm not a Firebender." Awkwardly lobbing a fire ball, as if from lack of experience, she set my ceremonial hat ablaze.
"You talk too much. Come on, tubby. Too embarassed to disrobe?" At this, I lost my patience. I felt something rise in me, like nothing I had ever experienced before. Throwing my tunic and hat to the ground, I shouted at the top of my lungs.
"I accept!" Recklessly, half-expecting to fail and humiliate myself, I lashed out with all my might. A brilliant stream of flame bristled to life from my fist, dancing its way to greet the mocking intruder. She was too busy laughing to even notice until it was too late.
"Seriously," she cackled "You might want to lay off the fire fla-"
She shielded her face, clothes singed. Her expression turned deathly serious. Very well, she seemed to say, Bring it on.
Striking a stance I had seen countless times, I launched a series of kicks and punches, replicating a basic training technique the sages used to warm themselves up. Ducking to avoid a shot to her head, the intruder created an opening. I swept low, releasing a wave of fire that swept her off her feet. But she was shockingly nimble. Pouncing back up in a split-second, she sent a sizable burst of flame my way. I dodged easily, only to see the attack ricochet off the wall and hit the gold statue I had cleaned. It struck with enough momentum to send poor Fire Lord Lizardon's head clattering to the floor.
"NOOOOO!" I wailed. "I JUST WAXED THAT!" Ignited with a furious passion, I descended into a violent frenzy. The world around me came alight with a hellish inferno as I struck indiscriminantly, feeling hot blood course through my veins. Too late I saw the girl on her knees, coughing from the smoke she had inhaled. Too late for me to stop the massive wave of searing flame I had blasted at her. My heart sunk, made a stone with dread. There's no way she can dodge that.
But as the smoke cleared, I soon saw I was wrong. The girl drifted easily to the floor, hood blown back to reveal a shaved forehead adorned with a blue arrow tattoo. She bore a staff of wood in her hand.
"You're... But you... How did you?...You must be..."
"The Avatar? You catch on real quick," she said dryly, though I thought I heard her voice quiver slightly, as if she was still unsure how she felt about the title. Remembering my position, I fell prostrate on the ground.
"Avatar, I live to serve you."
"Oh come on," was the response I got, "Just when I started to respect you. A shame, really. By the way, you can just call me Yangchen."
"Yes, my lord Avatar... I mean yes, Yangchen!" I replied, catching myself.
"So, where are your sage buddies? I didn't see anyone upstairs, so I thought I'd check down here."
"At the other temple, on Crescent Island. They said they were expecting someone important. I guess they meant you."
"Other temple, huh? Can you take me there? Along the way, you can show me some of those Firebending moves."
"Sure, I can give you directions, but I don't think I'll be any help in your training. You see, I didn't even know I was a Firebender until today."
"You don't say. Hey, maybe we can learn together. You don't seem to be TOTALLY hopeless."
"Um, thanks?"
"Don't mention it. I underestimated you, Tubby," she said with a smile of genuine kindness. "Have you ever been for a ride on a flying bison?"
We emerged into the crisp twilight air, looking out on the lights of the capital. A beast unlike any I'd seen before greeted Yangchen with a friendly lick.
"Alright, girl, enough. Let's go, Tubs." We climbed onto the bison's back. "Yip-yip!"
We took off, heading east towards Crescent Island. I laughed like a child, never having flown before. I felt free. Free as a bison. A few minutes in, the Avatar tapped on my shoulder.
"Oh yeah," she said casually, "I forgot to mention that you lit the temple on fire."
My face flushed. For the second time that day, my heart sank like a stone. I was silent.
"I guess it slipped my mind," she shrugged. "Woops."
"Ohmyspiritsyouhavetoturnbackyouhearmeturnaroundohpleasethey'llkillmeohspiritshavemercy," I cried helplessly, not pausing for air. Gasping for breath, I noticed that she was laughing hysterically.
"Oh!" She too was having trouble breathing. "You should see your face! If only you had a mirror! Spirits that was classic! What a face..."
For the duration of the ride she would not stop laughing. And I don't know why, but I could already tell that this would be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
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Narrator: Takato Matsuda was just an normal boy who loved Digimon & had a normal boring life. But things change when he came across a mysterious blue card. It turned his card reader into a mysterious D-Ark that scanned in all this cool info about Guilmon, a digimon Takato had made up. But things get even weirder, when a voice speaks him in his dream. Then he saw a girl & her Digimon fighting a Devidramon. The next morning his digi-egg hatched & there was no sign of Guilmon. But his D-Ark led Takato right to him. Looks like Takato's got a lot to learn about being a Digimon Tamer. The Digimon he created, Guilmon, emerged into the human world...
Act-2: Digimon Battle! The Unbeatable Girl's Challenge
(Matsuda Bakery, Takato peeks through a door he opened slightly.)
Takato: I'm home!
Takato's dad: Welcome back! Late, aren't you?
Mrs Matusda: Dinner's almost ready.
Takato: Uh, great!
[Takato slips Guilmon past the kitchen door in a cardboard box, as his dad turns back.]
Mr Matsuda: What's that, Takato?
Takato: Uh...What's what?
Mr Matsuda: That box you've got.
Takato: Oh, the box. It...It's just... a box! You know, to hold things. Uh...yeah.
Mr Matsuda: Hmm.
Mrs Matsuda: Don't be dragging any more strange stuff up there Takato. You know I'll just end up throwing it out again later.
Takato: Okay! [whipers to Guilmon] You have to stop moving whle your'e under the box!
Guilmon: Gui-Lu!
(Takato strains to lift the box.)
Mr Matsuda: Takato? Need a hand there son?
Takato: It's okay. I've got it.
[The box goes upstairs, knocking Takato over with a yell. He runs upstairs.]
Mr Matsuda: Hmm...
[In Takato's bedroom, Guilmon runs around a bit.]
Takato: Hey! Don't do that, Guilmon.
Guilmon: Guilu?
Takato: Listen Guilmon. You've gotta stay out of trouble. You can't keep blasting things and knocking stuff over. I mean, If everyone sees you, they would freaked! So, please listen to me, do you understand Guilmon?
Guilmon: Guilmon? Guilu!
Takato: Right! And I'm Takato!
Guilmon: Takatomon!
Takato: I'm not a digimon. Ta-Ka-To.
Guiilmon: Ta-Ka-To-Mon?
Takato: Ahhh! No, I'm not a Digimon,. I'm a human being. How can I expain this? Let's see now. Hmm... That's it! I've got just the thing! Wait.
[He looks around & found a pair of goggles & puts them on]
Takato: See Guilmon? A digimon tamer!
Guilmon: Ta-Mer, Guilu!
[The view of Tokyo's Goverment Building during sunset. inside, in a classified location]
Blond: Sir, there's another one trying to bio-emerge, but not alone.
Redhead: Initiating tracking sequence. Computer is acquiring a lock on the target.
Blond: Stand by. The data stream is congested. We may not get a visual.
Redhead: I've never seen anything like it. It's trying to BioEmerge. I don't know what it's bringing along, but can'tbe anything good.
[A man whose face we cannot see is toying with a cigarette lighter.]
Mystery Man: Send a tracer...I want to now where that WildOne will appear at.
Redhead: Bringing a tracer online. Relaying visual.
[A shadowy mass appears.]
Mystery Man: Why do they keep coming?
[At the park, in the evening]
Woman: The stars are beautiful tonight!
Man: Not as beautiful as you.
Woman: Oh, you.
[A digital field is in the background]
Woman: Hey, what's that?
Man: Hmm? Um, the northern lights?
Woman: But we're no where near the Arctic.
Man: Okay, maybe someone's blowing something up.
[The girl from Takato's dream noticed it too, as she was in her room.]
Girl{Thought}: Another one's coming through. Another battle to win...
[In a classified location...]
Redhead: Unbelievable. Oh! Sir, it destoryed the tracer & has complete Bio-Emergence!
[A werid cloud appears in the nightsky as a casket drops to the top of a skyscaper. It opens, filling the air with the smell of brimstone as a hand emerges. Down below, the girl just arrived. Everything seemed quiet, a small creature shows up before her.]
Analyzer{Woman's voice}: Vilemon's a Imp Digimon, this demon can cause nightmares with his Nightmare Shocker. His size is decieving...
Girl: This is it? Where's the sport in that? Walk all over him...Renamon.
[The Fox Digimon, Renamon, appears from the sky & land in front of Vilemon. She turns her head towards the girl.]
Renamon: A pleasure...
[Vilemon flies at her, but Renamon dodges. Vilemon tried again, only for Renamon to doge again]
Renamon: Missed again!
Vilemon: Nightmare Shocker!
Renamon: Whoops! Oh, so close!
[Vilemon strikes & misses]
Renamon: He's not losing strength,
Girl: Yeah, this is boring. Let's see, which one? The boost card! This will increase your power 3-fold! Execute! Card Scan! Hyperchip Activate!
[Renamon attacks, knocking Vilemon into a building. The Vilemon screams, causing serveral more Vilemon to appear in a instant. Meanwhile, at the bakery, Guilmon is awake & growls out the window. Takato walks up.]
Takato: Hey, what's wrong boy? Guilmon?
[Takato opens the curtains.]
Takato: There's nothing there. Uh...huh?
[Guilmon still growled. Back at the fight, Renamon looks back over her shoulder. Behind her is a large group of Vilemon. In fact, they are all around Renamon, hundreds of them & came at her in full strength, jumping through the air at her. She skilfully knocks some of them down, jumping into the air & landing onto the steps of a building, looking out over the Vilemon, who it seems all turn & follow her every move. They are everywhere, even crawling on the statues beside the building. She turns towards the girl, who watched.]
Girl: Renamon. I'm going to be very vexed & unforgiving if you dare lose.
Renamon: I know. But that will not happen. Watch this!
[She jumps nimbly up to the wall & begins to run straight up it, followed by the Vilemon. Renamon runs up the vertical wall of the building. She kills the Vilemon ahead of her as she runs, & the pursuers are joined by ever more as more Vilemon came from behind. She makes to the top & leaps to the air.]
Renamon: Diamond Storm!
[The Vilemon yell in pain & vaporize.]
Girl: That's more like it, Renamon. Not even champion level Digimon can stand in our way anymore. Now, download their data...All of it!
[Renamon absorbs all the data the Vilemon were reduced to, screaming as she does. Ruki only smiled]
Girli: Even if you can't managed to digivolve, no other Digimon's power can be compare to your's. We can't lose! Become stronger, Renamon. So next time, you'll win...without my help.
[Above the building stands a human-like figure with a lone cape & formal suit of nobilty. As his short blond hair blows in the wind, but his face is shadowed ony his blood-red lips re shown with the hint of a smile.]
Figure: This one shows promise....
[Morning and Mr Matsuda sets up a sign. Takato sneaks down the stairs, & looks around for his parents. He slips into the bakery, puts on his shoes, & sneaks into the bakery kitchen.]
Mrs Matsuda: Takato!
Takato (muffled): Hmm?
Mrs Matsuda: What did you intyend to do once you found a cat & brought it home?
[Takato swallows the bread roll]
Takato: It's not a pet! It's something a nice old lady gave it to me, there's nothing wrong with that, right?
Mrs Matsuda: I see....
Mrs. Matsuda: I just want to remind you we can't have any pets. I don't know what you're trying to pull, but if you're keeping animal, take it back! Are you listening? Takato?
Takato: [nervous gasp]
Mrs Matsuda: Whatever animal you have up in your room, you're just going to have to take it back, okay?
Takato: W-what are you talking about? "An "animal!". We can talk later, I'm taking off!
[Mrs Matsuda: sighs]
Takato: (quietly): Guilmon, it's all clear. Come down here!
[Guilmon jumps down & lands on Takato, who yells.]
Guilmon: Takatomon!
Takato: Geez, Guilmon. "Down here," not "On me."
Guilmon: Mon~!
Takato: Man! You're heavy!
[Later in a ally, in a cardboard box.]
Takato: Yes, it's done. Well it's not pretty, but it should do. Now
Guilmon, since you can't stay at home, you're gonna have to stay here while I go to school, okay?
Guilmon: Gui-lu?
Takato: I can't stay with you all the time. Got it? I'll come back later, so please be good. We'll play when I get back.
Takato: I can't take you to school,but when I get home, the two of us can play all afternoon, okay? So stay in that box. Oh... Guilmon: Play! Gui-lu!
Takato: Aw, I wish I could. If you get hungry, eat these.
[Takato drops a lot of bread for Guilmon, who makes curious noises.]
Takato: Huh? Oh yeah... [grabs a bread] This is food. You eat it. Understand?
[Takato eats some]
Takato: Now you try.
Guilmon: Guilu! [eats bread]
Guilmon: Food, Guilu!~
Takato: Now stay here and be quiet, & I'll see you soon.
[Guilmon eats more bread]
Guilmon: Food! Food!
[Guilmon now realizes Takato is gone.]
Guilmon: Takatomon? [sad noises and a howl] Gui-luuuu...
[The Dino thing]
Kenta: Um...Greymon digivolve to MetalGreymon!
Hirokazu: That's the best you can do? I'll DNA Digivolve my Exveemon & Stingmon to make Paildramon!
Kenta: Um... Um...Here's a High-Speed Card!
Hirokazu: Too bad for you! I've got a System Crash card, making your card ineffective. You lose.
Kenta: Awe! I'm done!
Hirokazu: Ha ha, I'm too much for you! But if you want to play again, I'd be happy to beat you!
Takato: Hi guys!
Hirokazu: Oh, it's Takato...
Kai: Dude, where were you?
Kenta: Yeah, you're late.
Takato: Sorry. You wouldn't believe what I've been through today.
Hirokazu: What's with the goggles?
Takato: Cool, huh? I'm gonna be...A Digimon Tamer!
Hirokazu: "Digimon Tamer..." Why not we have a match, then! Let's go!
Kai: I don't think we have time. Don't we got gym class today.
Kenta: [sigh] Who wants to sweat this early in the day?
Takato: Then I have to check something. So it isn't there anymore...that blue card.
Takato: I'm just gonna put these cards away.
Kenta: Yeah, okay.
[The trio leave the hideout.]
[Takato opens his card box]
Takato: Nothing! I thought I could find that Bluie Card here...
Hirokazu: Takato! Come on! Some time before we turn fifty would be nice.
Kai: You don't want to be late, dude
Takato: Okay, okay! I'm coming!
Kenta: Hi ho!
Takato{thought}: Did it just disappear back to where it came from?
Hirokazu: Hey! Wait are you waiting for? You growin' roots?
[Takato gets out & follows the guys, unaware of a cardboard box.]
Guilmon: Takatomon....
[At Shinjuku Elementary, at the gym area]
Ms. Asji: Okay, Next! Let's go! [blows whistle]
[Takato runs and long jumps]
Takato So how'd I...do? Huh?
Juri: Just over 3 metres and 40 cm.
Takato: All right! Yah, I beat my record!
Hirokazu: Don't get too excited there, Chumley, I still beat you.
Takato: But Hirokazu, you have- huh?
Ms Asaji: Yeah, yeah, next one up!
[In the background, a cardboard box steps into view, making Takato jump.]
Takato: It can't be....
Guilmon: Takatomon?
[In the hallway, the principal]
Principal: [Hums to self] Good morning, Cardboard Box! Having fun I see. Hmm? Shouldn't you be in class?
Guilmon: Mon!
Principal: Why are you hiding?
Guilmon: Hiding?
Principal: Hm. What's your name?
Guilmon: Guilmon. What's your name? Guilu?
Principal: Well, my friends... Hey! I am the principal, Mr. Kurosawa. That is all you need to know. Now, what are you doing in the hall?
Guilmon: Play! Takatomon!
Mr, Kurosawa: Play? You...shouldn't be playing. It's time for class now. And just what's with this box, anyway? [grabs box and struggles] Take it off!
Guilmon: No! Takatomon said stay *in* box.
Mr. Kurosawa: Takatomon? I don't know who that is, but in this place, you when you're at school, you obey the principal. So when I say "Take off the box," you take off the box! Understand?
[Guilmon thinks about this for a moment]
Guilmon: Guilmon understand!
[Guilmon releases the box, making Mr. Kurosawa fall backward.]
Mr. Kurosawa: Whoa!
Guilmon: Can Mr. Kurosawa play with Guilmon?
[Mr. Kurosawa is frightened.]
Guilmon: Won't you play with Guilmon?
[Mr. Kurosawa crawls away & pushes the fire-alarm button.]
Mr. Kurosawa: Someone help! It's a monster!
[Guilmon sniffs the air and looks out the window toward the kitchen.]
Guilmon: Nya? Takatomon!
[The school alarm is sounding at Gym Class.]
Ms. Asji: Huh? Uh... You kids stay here. I'll see what's going on.
Hirokazu: What's this? Is that for real?
Kenta: Can't be...
Kai: When at least we're out already.
Juri: Hey Takato! Are you okay?
Takato: Yeah, but... I gotta go.
Hirokazu: Whoa! What's with him?
Kai: He must had too much sugar.
[In the Hallway, there is now a large crowd of kids & teachers in the hall.]
Mr. Kurosawa: Listen. I'm telling you I saw this thing with my own eye! We've got to call out Animal Control or something!
Mr. Mori: A talking dinosaur?
Girl Student: Guess what? I think the Principal's finally gone senile!
Girl Student-2: Well, I've always suspected he's the type to cause a rukus...
[The boy from the prvious episode was overhearing the disscussion. At the same time, Takato runs up a stairwell and down the hall towards the commotion.]
Boy Student: He sa it was a some kind of monster. As if!
Takato: A... mon... ster?
Boy student: Maybe but it would be cool if there was a dinosaur in the school!
Takato: Please don't be Guilmon! Please don't be Guilmon! Please don't be Guilmon! Please don't be... Ah! [sees the cardboard box] Guilmon!
Takato{Thought}: Where could he have gone? I've got to find him!
[Takato turns & runs away, while the boy watched with interest. Outside the school]
Faculty Woman: How did this happen? All the roll had been taken.
[Takato perks p and runs ahead to the kitchen.]
Faculty Woman-2: We might not be able to serve today.
Faculty: But it took all day to bake that those!
Faculty: Anyway, let's try to remake it all, we might still have time to serve.
Takato: Guilmon... what should I do...? My Guilmon.
Takato: It's Guilmon, all right. No one else would eat all that bread. Ugh. Guilmon... why did you come to school? Everybody's gonna find out about you and you'll be taken away from me for sure.
[Takato starts walking back.]
Takato: Guilmon. Why'd you have to run away?
????: "Guilmon?"
Takato: Hm? Uh...
[It was the boy who saw Takato.]
Boy: You said "Guilmon. He's a Digimon, right?
Takato: I...
Boy: Why don't you check the roof.
[The boy left, with Takato speechless.]
Takato: What's your name?
Boy: It's Jenrya Li.
[Following Jenrya's advise, he runs out onto the roof]
Takato: Huh?
[Takato sees Guilmon looking up at the sky. Guilmon gets excited to see Takato. He starts running for him. Takato followed pursuit.]
Takato: Aw...Guilmon?
Guilmon: Takatomon!
[Guilmon jumps onto Takato, knocking him backwards with a yell.]
Takato: Guilmon!
Guilmon: Takatomon!
Takato: Guilmon.
Guilmon: Takatomon? Takatomon's eyes leaking, Guilu. Why?
Takato: Just listen...I can't help it. Everbody's looking for you. You've gotta try harder to stay out of trouble. Let's go home.
Guilmon: Takatomon...play with Guilmon?
Takato: Yeah!
[At Shinjuku Park]
Takato: I thought it was here somewhere...
Guilmon: What, Takato?
Takatomon: This seemed like a good choice...Now where is it?
Guilmon: Takatomon?
Takato: I have to find a place where you won't be found. This is a place not too many people go to.
[Guilmon is attacked by Renamon]
Takato: Hey!
Girl{Voice}: What a lousy fighter. But a fight's a fight. Renamon, walk all over him.
Takato: Wha? {Thought} That girl...
Takato: Hey I don't want to fight!
Girl: My name's is Ruki Makino & I say it's time to. So calm up & back down! This is a Digimon Duel to the finish!
Takato: I saw you in my dream, no way it can't be
Ruki: So you're a lousy tamer and you're weird. Now am-scray unless you think your Digimon has what it takes, little boy.
Takato: I am not a lousy tamer, & what do you mean little boy...Guilmon is a little young that's all.
Ruki: Like Tamer, like Digimon, come on, he's at least a rookie right?
Takato: Um...Uh...well Yeah, well at least Ithink so, that's what I was going for. You know I've never done this before.
[Ruki tries to check up Guilmon on her D-Ark, but no sucess.]
Ruki{thought}: Strange, it doesn't it have any data on this Digimon....But I guess it doesn't matter in a few moments.
[Renamon jumps on Guilmon and they roll around, Guilmon biting Renamon's right arm.]
Takato: Guilmon please.
Guilmon: Takatomon?
[Renamon punches Guilmon away, with Takato running to see if he's all right.]
Ruki: Now's your chance Renamon, finish him off.
[Renamon paused to see Takato trying to protect Guilmon.]
Ruki: What's wrong with you? You got your order!
[Renamon jumps ready for attack...However]
Jenrya: (off screen) Stop it!
[Renamon lands as both kids gasp, while Jenrya shows up.]
Takato: Mr. Li!
Jenrya: That's my dad's name. Call me Jen, Okay?
Takato: Thanks, Jen.
Jenrya: And as for you. What were you & your Digimon fighting for anyway?
Ruki: Isn't it obvious? What else are Digimon supposed to do?
Jenrya: Anything they want. They're not fighting machines & they're not our slaves or pets either. They just want to do the same sort of things we do, you know?"
Ruki: Well, Renamon wants to fight. So do I for that matter.
[Ruki walks off, Renamon fades away.]
Takato: Man, that girl's harsh.
Next Time... Fight or Flee. What all Digimon live for?


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6. YES or NO: I live for those moments when all our hard work and sacrifice have paid off and our children stare at us with large eyes filled with... unmitigated lust for Disney-themed merchandise.
7. YES or NO: I have no problem with the fact that animatronic creatures often veer from cute to terrifying with no notice.
|Yes, you will see Princesses. And they will be MAGNIFICENT.
9. YES or NO: Whenever I am asked the question: "Hot enough for ya?" I always respond by saying: "No. It is never EVER hot enough for me."
10. YES or NO: When I see an adult person being paid to dress as a Disney character with a ginormous head, I squeal. But I do so silently, on the inside.
11. YES or NO: Walking between 9-14 miles per day in a sub-tropical climate is actually very good for you.
12. YES or NO: I believe in magic.
13. YES or NO: I am prepared for sporadic moments of horrifying ingratitude and brattiness from my children.
14. YES or NO: I am prepared for frequent moments when there are bursting with how happy they are and how much fun they're having.
15. YES or NO: A vacation should leave you relaxed (due to total physical exhaustion), broke, sunburned, mildly dehydrated and with the complete adoration of your children.
You're done! That wasn't hard, was it? For every YES, give yourself ONE point. Count up your score:
0-5: You should never go to Disney World. Ever. Or Disneyland. Maybe avoid Florida altogether. You should also probably teach your kids about Disney what Lydia has taught hers about Chuck E. Cheese: "Kids, I am sorry to tell you that mommies and daddies are not allowed at Disney World. Only Grandmas and babysitters."
|Tell your husband he can drink all the beer he wants
Because just as soon as our finances recover, I want to go back...
xo, Lydia