*massimo handed the money from the deliveries to giulia*
Giulia: Grazie, Papà! Come on, we'd better hurry
Beatstar: Right behind you giulia
*beatstar and alberto followed giulia to a sign-up booth with a woman imitating a sea monster hunter*
Signora Marsigliese: Fellow Portorossans! it is I, Giorgio Giorgioni! Slayer of sea monsters and beloved purveyor of pasta!
Beatstar: *gulps* Slayer of sea monsters?
Giulia: Ah, that's just Signora Marsigliese, She works for the sponsor for the race *sighs* this is gonna take forever...
Signora Marsigliese: The finest pasta in Liguria at a price every family can afford-
Giulia: Get to the rules!
Signora Marsigliese: Enthusiasm, Love to see it
Signora Marsigliese: To win my famous race, your team must be the first to brave the treacherous waters of the bay, devour a mystery bowl of my delicious pasta, and ride to the top of Mount Portorosso and back!
Beatstar: Sheesh, that all sounds pretty hard
Alberto: Yeah, hard to lose, we're going to win
Giulia: I love your confidence, but don't forget, we're going to have to go through...
Ercole: Champion coming through!
Giulia: Ugh...
Ercole: Ciao, ciao! Hey!
Beatstar: Ercole...
Signora Marsigliese: Aren't you a little old, Ercole?
Ercole: Signora! i am 16!
Signora Marsigliese: You said that last year
Ercole: But this year, it's true
Ercole: You might want to save your money, ragazzi
Ercole: This year, Ercole's gonna break the record and make it six in a row
Ercole: *notices giulia, beatstar and alberto and laughs* Oh, no I don't believe it
Ercole: Spewlia, you teamed up with these vagrants?
Giulia: Ignore him...
Ercole: Oh, I wish for you that you could but i'm afraid your friends still need to pay the out-of-town weirdo tax
*ercole snaps his fingers and ciccio lift up beatstar by the back of her shirt and steal her headband*
Beatstar: Hey! Ercole! give that back!
Ercole: *goes into beatstar's face* what, this little headband is yours? well that is too bad because Ercole doesn't have to do anything, he's the Portorosso Cup champion, number one
Ercole: And number two, his life is amazing and everyone loves him
Beatstar: They don't love you, they're afraid of you!
Ercole: *sputters* Raise your hand if you love me
*everyone raises their hand*
Ercole: See? everyone
Ercole: Even you *boops beatstar* bop!
Alberto: Oh that is it! if you won't give it back to her i'll just take it back from you!
Ercole: Hey! This vagrant want to fight for his little friend's headband
Ercole: Wow! *remarks in italian*
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Two hearts, One ocean
AdventureA rainstorm separates Beatstar, Princess of the Techno Trolls, from her tribe and her brother King Trollex. While swimming close to the shore of Isola del Mare, she befriends Alberto Scorfano, a sea monster, who tries to help her reunite with her tr...
