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Intellectuals

Author's note: I was inspired by a prompt with a list of obscure vocabulary words (more information about the prompt at the end). Because the words are uncommon, I put the definition in an in-line comment for reference. 

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"I had an inkling that you would show up here," she sneered, descending the stairs just as the duo entered the vestibule.

"Did you now?" Rodie asked, sounding almost uninterested.

Jasmine, however, was clearly not impressed and let everyone know. "Wow, let's tabulate how circumspect you are of our whereabouts," she mocked with an eye roll.

"Enough!" snapped Clarice stridently, heels now resounding on the linoleum. "I can't take your sophomoric sarcasm."

But soon after her declaration, Roadie said, "Wait, everyone wait. Did you just climb down those stairs with heels? You are so limber! I mean I would be like-" and then he started to flounce around with invisible heels on, and then dramatically tripping himself and falling.

Clarice and Jasmine exchanged a glance of exasperation.

"Get up, Rodie," Jasmine ground out, losing patience.

He jumped up and brushed off invisible dirt from his shirt.

After staring at him for a couple more seconds, Clarice shook her head and tried to remember what she was going to say.

"...Anyway...You two are fools if you think that you would gain anything by showing up at this academic decathlon. There's no reason to make a fool of yourself on stage, floundering and doused in sweat. Because I always win."

Jasmine scoffed, while Roadie laughed.

"Well, then I suppose the panacea would be for us to go home because we don't stand a chance," Jasmine said dryly. "Yeah, no thanks. We may be a little slaphappy, but at least we don't have to bedizen ourselves and go all 'Regina George' on the competition."

It was Clarice's turn to scoff, and Roadie was still laughing.


Prompts from Writing Prompts that Don't Suck (awesomewritingprompts.tumblr.com)

Definitions from Merriam-Webster (merriam-webster.com)

Please note: Some of the words have several definitions. The definitions written here are the most applicable definition in the context of this story.

Academic Decathlon- An annual, nationwide high school academic competition that consists of a variety of subjects.

Regina George- the leader of a high school 'mean girls' clique, the main antagonist in "Mean Girls," an American teen/comedy film released in 2004.

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