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Louis Ally Notebook Pages - Translation

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I received an ask to translate Louis' Ally Notebook pages, so here's my translation!

I've translated a few Ally Notebook pages so far, and there always seems to be something interesting to find. Due to how little space there is on each page to squeeze in all information, it was often necessary to make cuts in localization. What was cut or changed? That's what we're here to find out!

Each page also includes some brief translation notes from me.

Enjoy!

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Initial Page

This page was translated pretty directly in the localization, just a couple minor details were cut for character limits - that Florra is ‘the windmill town,’ and that Céline is his ‘lady’ that Louis serves.

Japanese:

ルイ (Louis) 【初期兵種】ランスアーマー (Starting Class: Lance Armor) 【誕生日】11の月4の日 (Birthday: November 4th) 【備考】フィレネ王国の王城騎士。(Basic Info: A royal knight of the Kingdom of Firene.) フルルの風車村にて (At Florra, the windmill town,) 主君セリーヌを逃がすために  朋輩クロエと共闘。(he fought with his fellow retainer, Chloé, so their lady, Céline, could escape.) その後、神竜軍に合流した。(Afterwards, he joined the Divine Dragon’s Army.)

Localization:

Initial Class: Lance Armor Birthday: November 4th Basic Info: Royal knight of Firene. With his fellow retainer, Chloé, he fought at Florra to cover Céline’s escape. He joined the Divine Dragon’s army afterward.

C Rank Page:

The Japanese word mousou has a broad meaning, it can refer to any sort of thoughts not grounded in reality: delusions, fantasies, etc. But I agreed with the localization that daydreaming was the best translation in this case, so I stuck with it.

Also, the Japanese does not list ‘people-watching’ amongst his likes, but ‘close allies’ instead.

For his dislikes, ‘poker face’ is a good translation the localization chose, to avoid being as wordy as my translation. Basically, Louis doesn’t like people whose true intentions he can’t read.

For his last dislike, ‘perceptive people’ is a good localization, so I stuck with it in my translation. The Japanese word kehai refers to anything that is a feeling or a sense, and cannot clearly be seen. Binkan refers to being sensitive, aware, quick to pick up on even slight changes, etc. So kehai ni binkan refers to someone who is quick to pick up on just about everything, no matter how slight.

Japanese:

【好きなもの】(Likes) お茶会、料理、花、妄想、(tea parties, cooking, flowers, daydreaming) 仲の良い仲間同士、ブドウ (close allies, grapes) 【苦手なもの】(Dislikes) 工作、激辛、海ブドウ、(crafting, very spicy (foods), sea grapes) 本音のわからない人、(people whose true feelings he does not know) 気配に敏感な人 (perceptive people)

Localization:

Likes: tea parties, cooking, flowers, daydreaming, people-watching, grapes    Dislikes: crafting, spicy foods, sea grapes, poker faces, perceptive people

B Rank Page

This page also has an instance where the localization translated to ‘people-watching,’ when that isn’t really what the Japanese said. The hobby listed in the Japanese refers more to Louis keeping a watchful eye on his allies specifically, helping keep them safe. Not ‘people-watching.’

And for what I assume was for character-limit reasons, the entire 2nd half of his background was left out, which noted that he is Céline’s retainer, and how rare it is in Firene for commoners to become retainers.

Japanese:

【趣味】仲間たちを見守ること (Hobbies: keeping close watch over his allies) 【特技】お節介、お茶の用意 (Talents: meddling, making tea) 【来歴】フィレネ王国出身。(Background: Born in Firene.) 葡萄の村の平民。弟が3人いる。(A commoner from the grape village. Has 3 younger brothers.) 弟たちを養うために騎士を志し、(Aspired to become a knight to provide for his brothers, and) 能力を買われセリーヌの臣下に。(his talents were recognized by Céline, so he became her retainer.) フィレネでは、貴族でない者が 王族の臣下となることは珍しい。(In Firene, it is rare for those who are not nobility to become retainers of the royal family.)

Localization:

Hobbies: people-watching Talents: meddling, tea Background: A commoner from a grape-growing village in Firene. Despite his origins, he became a royal knight in order to provide for his three younger brothers.

A Rank Page

Another small cut was made for space issues. The Japanese also mentions that Louis keeps a straight face, no matter how panicked his emotions get.

Japanese:

【身長】178cm (Height: 178 cm) 【薬指の指輪サイズ】18号 (Ring Finger Size: 18*) 【性格】礼儀正しく穏やかで、(Personality: Polite and friendly,) 騎士と執事の素質を持ち併せる。(he has qualities of both a knight and a butler.) いつも仲間の様子に気を配っており (He always keeps an eye on how his friends are doing,) 仲睦まじい姿を見ることが幸せ。(and is happy to see them getting along.) 情緒が乱されると真顔になる。(When his emotions are in disarray, he keeps a straight face.) 軍の中で一番、天候が読める。(Within the army, he is best at being able to read the weather.) *(Japan has their own unique ring sizing system.)

Localization:

Height: 5’10” Ring Size: 9 | R 3/4 Personality: He’s a stalwart knight as well as a courteous butler. He always keeps an eye on his friends and enjoys when they get along. The best weatherman in the army.

Ring Page:

This page did not leave anything out due to space constraints, but in the Japanese, once again it is specified that Louis watches over his allies, not that he is people-watching in general.

Also, Alear is referred to as a self-insert with the pronoun anata (you) in Japanese, not as the “Divine Dragon.”

Japanese:

【パートナーとしての毎日】(Daily Life as Partners) 以前に増して優しくなり、(He’s even kinder than before,) 甲斐甲斐しく世話を焼いてくれる。(and works tirelessly to care for you.) 仲間たちを観察している時間より  あなたを見守る時間が多くなった。(He now spends more time watching over you, rather than observing his allies.) 約束の指輪はピカピカに磨いてあり (He polishes the Pact Ring until it sparkles,) いつかあなたに、対になるような 手作りの指輪を渡すつもりでいる。(and plans to one day give you a hand-crafted ring that matches it.)

Localization:

Life with Louis: He’s kinder than ever and even more solicitous, ignoring his people-watching in favor of watching over the Divine Dragon. He keeps the Pact Ring polished and hopes to craft a match to it someday.

[bonesofghostkat]

I'm so embarrassed that I've been playing fire emblem engage since it was released and I only today realized that Rosado is a guy and Merrin is a girl. I play the game on silent because I like to listen to music on my phone while I play games and I mostly skip support cutscenes because I'm too impatient to sit around waiting for them to finish so I can get back to the fights & I can always look at them later, so that's why It took me so long to find out that Rosado was a boy and Merrin was a girl by looking in the ally notebook after I unlocked all of their entries (except for their S supports.)

[hoodzgyal]

Wdyt Bruce, Clark, dick and Jason would be like with a virgin?

ok i lurvvvvvvv asks like thissss alr alr let’s go down the line.

bruce is an expert at reading your body language. he’s comforting in the sense that his voice assuages all the thoughts in your head. he’s a master at taking on that more dominant role so you can sink into submission. aftercare king by the way.

clark is honestly more afraid than you are. constantly checking on you, giving you the most gentle, slow strokes ever. he’s shocked at his own patience because you’re so, so wet, and so, so tight, and he’s fighting the urge not to manhandle you. will give you head before and after he fucks you.

dick is the ideal virgin killer. kind, suave, but also emotionally intelligent enough to know when you need some sweet words whispered in your ears so you’ll get out of that pretty little head of yours. he’s slow at first, but as soon as you show him you want to take it all, he’s quick to satisfy. a people pleaser through and through.

jason is realllyyyyy weird about taking your virginity. (he doesn’t wanna defile you but he also doesn’t want anyone else doing it in his place. it’s not you, it’s The Trauma talking.)

because of this, it takes at least 3 different attempts for him to even indulge in putting his dick in you. once he’s on you though, it’s hard to get him off. even if it was a one time thing, you’ll be thinking about it for years.

[hollandmarrch]

THE NOTEBOOK (2004) dir. Nick Cassavetes » deleted scene, “Allie Confronts Noah in Bathroom”

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The Notebook (2004)

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1949

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[cinefiliz]

The Notebook, 2004.

[clownimal]

Inktober Day 7: Restless

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Fogado Ally Notebook Pages Full Translation

While reading Fogado's Ally Notebook pages to answer the ask I received about his inability to swim being removed in localization, I noticed there were a few other changes as well. So I decided to translate and make some quick notes about all of the other pages as well!

Ally Notebook Pages in Japanese

Ally Notebook Pages in ENG Localization

Initial Page

This page is pretty straightforward, the only change is swapping out the word ‘vigilante’ for ‘sentinel,’ even to the point of changing Fogado’s unique class name. In Japanese, it is ‘vigilante’ written in Japanese katakana. Given that the word ‘vigilante’ can have some pretty heavy meaning behind it in English, I understand why the localization team chose to move away from using it.

Japanese:

フォガート (Fogado) 【初期兵種】ヴィジランテ (Starting class: Vigilante) 【誕生日】2の月14の日 (Birthday: February 14th) 【備考】ソルム王国第一王子。(Basic Info: Eldest prince of Solm.) 臣下にパンドロ、ボネがいる。(His retainers are Pandreo and Bunet.) 自警団として異形兵の討伐に 向かう途中、道に迷う神竜一行に 声をかけて道案内を申し出た。(While on his way to hunt corrupted with his vigilante group, he approaches the Divine Dragon’s party when they are lost and offers to lead their way.)

Localization:

Initial Class: Sentinel Birthday: February 14th Basic Info: Prince of Solm. Pandreo and Bunet are his retainers. While hunting for Corrupted, he met the Divine Dragon’s party lost in the desert and offered his help.

C Rank Page

Fogado’s likes are all the same, but some changes happen in his dislikes. 

First is in relation to his dislike of yams. Technically the word used in Japanese, 芋 (imo), refers to a wider variety of tubers, like potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, and even some varieties we do not see as much in the West like the nagaimo. The English simplifies it down to yams, because English doesn’t have a word that quite covers the exact same range of tubers as the Japanese word imo.

The second change is the complete removal of his dislike of swimming. As an anon pointed out to me on Tumblr, this is likely due to the harmful history and stereotype behind the idea that black people cannot swim.

Japanese:

【好きなもの】(Likes) 肉、宴会、音楽、花、自然、(meat, parties, music, flowers, nature) トロピカルフルーツ、家族、仲間 (tropical fruits, family, friends) 【苦手なもの】(Dislikes) 怪談、御伽噺、芋、釣り、(scary stories, fairy tales, tubers, fishing) 泳ぐこと、真意を見破られること (swimming, having his true intentions revealed)

Localization:

Likes: meat, parties, music, flowers, nature, tropical fruit, family, friends    Dislikes: scary stories, fairy tales, yams, fishing, having his true intentions revealed

B Rank Page

His hobbies were changed to not overtly say that he likes flirting. I chose the awkward translation “hitting on someone,” just to be as close to the Japanese wording as possible, for fun.

His background was trimmed down a little bit in localization as well, probably due to space limitations. The Japanese specifically explains that he was raised so carefree because his sister can inherit the throne.

Japanese:

【趣味】お喋り、誰かを口説くこと (Hobbies: Banter, hitting on someone) 【特技】偵察、身分を隠すこと (Talents: Surveillance, hiding his identity) 【来歴】第一王子として生まれるが (Background:) ソルムは女王制のため姉よりさらに 自由に育つ。幼少時は王配である (Born as the eldest prince, but because women have the right to rule in Solm, he was raised even more carefreely than his older sister.) 父と国を放浪。身分を隠し立ち回る (He would wander his country with his father when he was young.) 術を身に着け、今も役立っている。(He learned the skill of walking about hiding his identity, and still makes use of it even today.) 現在は国を守るため自警団に所属。(Currently serving in the vigilante group to protect his country.)

Localization:

Hobbies: partying, banter Talents: surveillance, going incognito Background: Carefree prince of Solm and Sentinel captain, Fogado learned to conceal his identity while traveling with his father as a boy.

A Rank Page

Japan has a different ring sizing system, so the number is totally different from the localization.

Again, the localization removed explicit mention of his love of flirting and hitting on anyone he fancies. I am not native Japanese, and do not know if use of the word “誰でも” (anyone) is implying that he is bisexual!

Japanese:

【身長】178cm (Height: 178cm) 【薬指の指輪サイズ】18号 (Ring finger size: 18) 【性格】明るく大らかな性格で、(Personality: Cheerful, easygoing,) 気に入れば誰でも口説く人たらし。(and hits on anyone he is interested in.) 宴や楽しいことが大好き。(Loves parties and fun things.) 軽さと親しみやすさを持つ半面、(One side of him is light and easy to get along with,) 切れ者で相手の腹を探るのが得意。(his strengths are that he is sharp and can read people easily.) 軍の中で一番、素直に好きと言う。(In the entire army, he’s said to be the most unabashedly affectionate.)

Localization:

Height: 5’10” Ring Size: 9 | R 3/4 Personality: Cheerful and gregarious, Fogado loves parties and having fun. He’s also crafty and perceptive. He is the most unabashedly affectionate ally in the army.

Ring Page

As Fogado is one of the 17-year-old characters, his page was altered as needed to remove explicit romantic connotations.

Japanese:

【パートナーとしての毎日】(Daily life as partners) 会う度に大好きだとあなたに言うが (He says that he loves you every time he sees you, though) その意味合いが以前とは変化した。(the meaning behind it has changed from before.) 愛情表現が非常に情熱的なため、(His expressions of his love are so passionate,) 見ている仲間たちが照れてしまう。(they make allies who witness them blush.) 約束の指輪は常に身に着けており、(He is always wearing the Pact Ring,) 戦の前に指輪に口付け、二人とも (and before battle kisses it,) 無事戻れるよう願掛けをしている。(making the wish that both of you can return safely.)

Localization:

Life with Fogado: Though he still enjoys being a rascal, Fogado is entirely genuine when he’s with the Divine Dragon. He always wears the Pact Ring and, before battle, kisses the gem at its center for good luck.

[positivepuff]

[moonlightbae333]

Me and him

[yeahthatsinteresting]

[see-arcane]

I am truly thankful that she is to be left out of our future work, and even of our deliberations. It is too great a strain for a woman to bear. I did not think so at first, but I know better now. [...] I daresay it will be difficult to begin to keep silence after such confidence as ours; but I must be resolute, and to-morrow I shall keep dark over to-night's doings, and shall refuse to speak of anything that has happened.

Jonathan, no, don't give into the guys' peer pressure noooo

It is strange to me to be kept in the dark as I am to-day; after Jonathan's full confidence for so many years, to see him manifestly avoid certain matters, and those the most vital of all. This morning I slept late after the fatigues of yesterday, and though Jonathan was late too, he was the earlier. He spoke to me before he went out, never more sweetly or tenderly, but he never mentioned a word of what had happened in the visit to the Count's house. And yet he must have known how terribly anxious I was. Poor dear fellow! I suppose it must have distressed him even more than it did me. They all agreed that it was best that I should not be drawn further into this awful work, and I acquiesced. But to think that he keeps anything from me! And now I am crying like a silly fool, when I know it comes from my husband's great love and from the good, good wishes of those other strong men.

[...] Well, some day Jonathan will tell me all; and lest it should ever be that he should think for a moment that I kept anything from him, I still keep my journal as usual. Then if he has feared of my trust I shall show it to him, with every thought of my heart put down for his dear eyes to read.

Mina, no, you have to communicate now, in the present, you're you, you can un-acquiesce, you can break the curse, just talk to Jonathan now, noooooo

GOD this is masterfully infuriating work, Bramward Stokerbroker. Here we have on paper just how much this new status quo--the 'proper' status quo--grates against both of them. You can almost hear them grinding their teeth with the effort to keep smiling and nodding through this unanimous* decision. They know it is For Mina's Sake that they are doing this. Sure, they both hate every second of it and it breaks a loving rhythm they've shared for years together, BUT THEY KNOW BETTER NOW :)))

(Lucy is screaming in the afterlife. Renfield has his head in his hands.)

But all that aside, a thing I'm hooked on this read-around is the fact that, hey. We are reading this. Spoiler, but the entirety of Dracula is actually compiled together by Mina after the story closes. These are all written documents we're reading that the entire group has laid eyes on already. With everyone (bar Art and Quincey for some reason, thanks Mr. 3 Lines Allowed and Mr. Laconic :/, Jack is just talking and waiting for Mina to transcribe now, augh) on duty in some way to record the progress of things so that they can be read later as reference...I have to wonder now.

How honest are these pages the Harkers are putting down now versus what they wrote before joining Van Helsing's Scooby gang? Neither one is writing in shorthand. It's all plain English.

I had a class once where one of the assignments was to keep a daily journal. One page filled out every single day, about anything. Anyone want to guess how many personal secrets or honest feelings I put in those pages for the guy grading my class to read? If you said anything higher than 0 you're wrong.

The Harkers have an audience to worry about right now. An audience of Prof. Et Cetera, Dr. Asylum Director (whose asylum they're currently living in! the kind of place where Jonathan could've ended up and innumerable women have been imprisoned for being women the Wrong Way! whee!), Incredibly Wealthy and Empowered Lord, and Mr. Likewise Rich 'We Should Do Guns About It' American. Who all seem to like them, fresh-from-the-lower class, industrious and Dracula-confronting sorts that they are. Fast friends, all of them.

(Jonathan is still only Harker to them. Simultaneously the Man Who Survived Castle Dracula and the gofer guy doing the footwork and the paperwork/property hunt while Van Helsing hits the library and the others...well, I'm sure they're doing something. Other than re-reading the first half of Dracula.)

(...Which was compiled and transcribed by Mina. Who faced down Dracula in her jammies. Unarmed. At night. For Lucy. But she can't handle your scary stories about the houses full of dirt boxes, let alone join you on the hunt she was explicitly prepared and eager to help with. Can't risk it, little lady, off to bed now.)

This is where they are now that they've ~joined forces~ with Van Helsing and the Suitor Squad. After all they've done, all they're still relied on to do, the Harkers are with allies who have had their acquaintance for less than three days. And now, to appease those allies and their opinions and to keep everything placid with these nice, outnumbering, socially and monetarily endowed parties, they do what they've always done when faced with the fact of their being perpetually on the low rung of the ladder.

The Harkers accommodate. Including in their own diaries, as these too are now deemed forfeit important to the Cause, should the gang need to comb back through it all for clues.

That's why the Harkers are the only ones writing it down--because they already were. They're the kids in the group project who can be trusted to do the work. So just let them keep doing it. Keep an accurate record now, kids! You do such a good job of it, we'd only be getting in the way, ha ha. Remember that we can and will read everything you put down in the future.

Hence: All of what we read today. And will read in the dates to come.

The Harkers are writing under a (friendly) gun right now. They can purge some feelings, but not all of them. And not completely. And not in any way that certain doctors and upper class people of power they barely know might misconstrue as ungrateful or mad in any sense. The Harkers are good people. The Harkers are helpful. The Harkers are team players even if that means no longer being a team themselves. They chafe a little at this, but it's all so new to them! It's alright. God's will and Van Helsing's be done. They know better now.

With all this in mind, it makes much more sense why Jonathan chooses to use shorthand for a Very Particular Entry we see coming up. An entry that Mina alone could read and decide to enter in the distant future, after the storm had passed.

And why, in light of all that happens, he cannot trust himself to put more than a vignette's worth of lines down as time goes on. Not if he wants to keep himself from laying out some actual honesty for everyone to read. Mina's entries will be weightier things, while she still has the capacity to write--carefully. Always carefully.

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[jes3icasriley]

In another life

The last of us x the notebook AU

Paring - Abby Anderson (Noah) x fem!reader (Allie)

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Chapter 1: The Summer that Changed Everything

it was a dark warm summer day when Abby first saw you, standing near some bumper cars at the fair. You were surrounded by your friends, your laughter floating in the air, carefree and full of life. Abby really couldn’t take her eyes off of you. It wasn’t just the way you carried yourself—confident, but somehow still relaxed. The way your eyes sparked at the lights, the way you smiled without a care, and the way you held yourself like you had everything figured out. To Abby, you were everything.

She wasn’t usually one to get all starry-eyed over someone she just met. In fact, she’d always been the one to keep her distance, the one who did the pursing. But there was something magnetic about you, something that made her heart race a little faster the longer she watched from afar.

Manny noticed her trace-like state, nudging her elbow. “Dude, your drooling all over her,” he teased, his voice light but but knowing.

Abby snapped out her “trace”, glaring at him with a mix of annoyance and embarrassment. “Shut up, Manny,” she muttered, trying to keep her gaze back to the ground. “I’m not drooling.”

“Yeah okay.” Manny laughed, bumping his shoulder into hers. “Just go talk to her, man. She’s just…. y’know over there playing ring toss, looking like she’s having the time of her life.”

“I—“ Abby hesitated, unsure what to say. “I don’t even know her name.”

“Y/n,” Manny said, his tone dropping to something more serious. “Her family is loaded. They’re here for the summer or something, staying in that big mansion over by the lake. You really don’t know her?”

Abby’s brow furrowed as she turned back toward the fairgrounds. She could see you now, laughing with your friends after winning a stuffed animal. She couldn’t help the way her heart skipped. It was like the universe had thrown you into her path, and she wasn’t sure what to do about it.

“No, I don’t know her,” Abby said, her voice low, almost to herself. “But I think I want to.”

Manny snorted, clearly entertained by his friends behavior. “I’ll give you a heads up—she doesn’t seem like your type, Abby. But if you’re serious about this, go for it.”

Abby didn’t even notice Manny walking away until he was out of earshot. She was too busy watching you as you tossed the ring onto the bottle, your eyes narrowing with focus, your lips curling into a grin as you words “you won!” Appeared at the top of the screen.

“Maybe,” Abby muttered to herself, “this summer is gonna be a lot more interesting than I thought.”

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Later that evening, after Abby had managed to work up enough courage to walk over to the bumper cars, she spotted you again on the way. You were just stepping off the ride, laughing and brushing a loose stand of hair from your face. Abby’s heart seemed to skip a beat as she stood there, frozen for a second too long. She had no idea what she was doing, but her feet moved on their own.

“Hey!” Abby called out, her voice more nervous than she’d intended, it didn’t stop her from pushing forward though. “You just got off the bunker cars, right? You, uh, having fun?”

You turned to face her, and for the briefest moment, Abby could’ve sworn the world stopped spinning. The way your eyes grazed at her face— your eyes tracing her facial features. That was enough to make Abby’s heart race. You smiled, a playful glint in your eyes.

“Yeah,” you said, your voice light and friendly. “You were watching me? I thought I saw you earlier.” You raised an eyebrow, clearly intrigued but not entirely thrown off by Abby’s sudden appearance.

“Uh, yeah,” Abby stammered, feeling a blush creeping up her neck. “I mean, not… not in a creepy way or anything. I just… um, saw you win the ring toss earlier. That was impressive.”

You laughed, clearly amused by her awkwardness. “It’s just a game,” you shrugged, but the smile on your face told Abby everything she needed to know. You were warm, approachable, and you had no idea what you were doing to her.

“I’m Abby,” she managed to say, trying to force some confidence into her voice. “I just—“

“Y/n,” you interrupted with a grin, offering her hand, “nice to meet you, Abby.”

She took your hand, the contact sending a shockwave through her that she wasn’t prepared for. “So, uh,” Abby started, her mind racing for something else to say. “You, uh, you come here often?”

It was a terrible line, and she knew it. She could feel herself cringing inside, but you didn’t seem to mind. You just smiled wider, shaking your head.

“Nope, just here for the summer,” you replied easily. “My family has a house nearby, so we come down to the fair whenever we can.”

Abby nodded, trying to focus. “I didn’t realize this was your thing. The fair, I mean. You seem like someone who’s into other… things.” She immediately regretted the words as soon as they left her mouth, but to her surprise, you laughed.

“Well, you’d be right,” you said with a smirk. “But I’m here for the summer, so why not enjoy a little nostalgia while I can?”

Abby grinned, relieved that she hadn’t totally embarrassed herself. “Well, if you’re up for it, maybe you’d let me show you around some of the other booths. I’m pretty good at the games here.”

“Oh really?” You raised an eyebrow, amused. “You think you can beat me at the ring toss?”

Abby smirked. “I’m better than you think.”