Who's Dman - Issue 19: D'Cathalon - Opening Ceremonies

The day was finally here. The four of us stood in the middle of the Arena. Site fighers and Dfamily filled the Arena. Dreferee was here to help keeping the contest Fair. Dman and Nick, Odette and myself were prepared for D'cathalon. The music was growing and it was getting hard not to tear up during the Site Fights Theme song.

But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me take you back a week ago. Shortly after DsuspendA had left, I needed to find another partner for This Huge event. I sat and pondered for many hours. Dspot seemed to be spending more and more time running around the Site Fights. Many people were getting to know him. I was feeling lonely. The stadium that was specially built for the D'cathalon seemed ominously dark and too big. I looked over the field we were to compete on. D'gardener was riding Dlawnmower around the field keeping the grass perfectly smooth and flat. This must be the same person who'd done the lawn care for Dman's Miniture Golf course. I decided to go and introduce myself.

" Hello" I'd said, He introduced himself as Dgroundskeeper. He spent his time going around the Site Fights makeing usre that people kept off the grass and that it was well manicured. "Except for that pesky Dspot, I don't have much trouble. He's always digging in Dflowerbed, messing up the place." I turned a little red. Had to excuse myself. Dgroundskeeper kept about his mowing.

I wandered out of the Arena and decide to spend some time over at Dcafe. Dfun and Odette were there. Dspot ran over to greet me. I had a little talk to him about his activities. He put his tail between his legs and ran back over to Dfun. I sat down with Dfun and Odette. They both seemed to be enjoying their lunch. Odette asked "Why the long face". I explained that with DsuspendA gone, I needed someone to pair up with for the competitions with Dman and Nick. It sure wouldn't be fair with just me against those two. DsuspendA and I were barley able to hold our own in Dforesome.

Odette said, well, I've got some experience with writing and competing, can I help?" My eyes lit up. "You mean it, you'd help me do this." We were off. Dfun and Dspot went off to explore the Site Fights and Odette and I began our training.

Dman and Nick had taken a sabatical to a foreign location. They were sure to keep it secret to prevent Odette and myself from finding out their training techniques. I heard rumor that Dwombat had hidden them in wombat uniforms. I knew that this time, Dman and Nick would find defeat. Only time would tell.

Odette was very eager. She was preparing for any event. The events would not be know until it was time to compete. This was to generate surprise and ensure fairness in the games. Odette and I practiced out typing, our spamming, our anti-virus-checking, we even got up and ran a mile. Of course, I fell over after a mile and odette had to drag me back. I think she got more exersise then I did. The weeks leading up to the actual event was overwhelming.

That brings us to where we're standing. The music was almost over. They released D'doves and D'water balloons were launched. My heart was about to pound out of my chest. Nearly every Site Fighter was here. This was a HUGE event and people wanted to see it all. every seat in the arena was full. D'groundskeeper was chasing Dspot around. Guess Dfun was up in the crowd as well. Dreferee and Graeme approached. Dreferee was to keep the contest fair, Graeme was there to keep the events secret. The crowd was on it's feet. Everyone was gearing up for this contest. DTV was covering it on Dcable. This was going to be a global event. Odette looked calm. I don't know how she was doing it.

To After the Music was over, we were to take a jog around the track. Once we were at the end, Graeme was to open the first enevlope and show us what we were going to compete in first. Dman and Nick got to pick the first Envelope. This was going to be tense. Dman picked the first envelope. Have gave Odette and I a little grin. Nick was behind Graeme looking over his shoulder. Dman pulled the first Envelope and handed it to Dreferee. Opening the envelope revealed the First Contest.

D'Hi Jump

Please check out Odette's Coloumn next week to find out all about this contest and how it went. (editor's note: Sadly, I cannot find Odette's Column as it too, stopped coming out just like Who's Dman :-/ -- Duncan)

In the next issue, D'Cathalon features D'spam Slam!

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