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Just in Case

Just on Case is a novel written by Meg Rosoff in 2006.

Justin's fate, "Kismat"

• Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kismat. Turkish, from Persian qismat, from Arabic qisma, lot, from qasma, to divide, allot. SYN: Chance. Providence. Destiny. Luck. Fate. I'm the one with my finger on the scale, the bullet, the brakes. The one who chooses which sperm, which egg, who lives, who dies. Fate givith, fate taketh away. But we were talking about David. Poor feckless little David, holding fast to his stunted life. It could almost be amusing. Almost.
• You. Come closer. Let me whisper in your ear. Your friend, your character, your David is a fool. A chump. A little white mouse with a twitching nose. I have my paw on his tail. Watch what happens when I lift it. See? Let him have his little scamper. I'm not hungry right now. A little later, perhaps. You'll know.
• I really like David. No I don't. I don't give a damn about him. I could run him down with a taxi. Give him a wasting disease. Or worse, ignore him altogether. Let him live out his irrelevant life in Luton with a dreary doting wife, two point four gormless children, and a ticking bomb for a heart. And he plays so nicely.
• I don't make deals, Justin. I deal. And here's how your cards are falling: A couple of negligible hearts. A joker. A sad little club. Will you draw? Oh look! The ace of spades. I am sorry.
• Ask any comedian, tennis player, chef. Timing is everything.
• Don't get stiffy with me. I get no particular pleasure out of tragedy. Some days nothing but good deads will do. Who do you think makes brings lovers together, reunites long-lost sibilings, effects miracle cures? Who makes cripples dance, half-wits think? Survivors survive.
• This is the way the world ends... This is the way the world ends... This is the way the world ends... Not with a bang but a whimper.
• Liar. You know exactly what you want her to do or say. You want her to say she loves you to distraction, you want her to beg you for sex five or six times a day, implore you to live with her, remain true to you for the rest of her life. That's all. That's what you want her to do and say.
• When a creature begins to emerge from its chrysalis there is a point at which it is neither one thing nor the other, not quite grown into a new identity nor rid of the old. Its wings are folded and sticky, its colors hidden. Whether it will emerge in shades of emerald and lapis lazuli or the color of mud is yet to be revealed. It is that long still moment of waiting that fascinates m eutterly. The suspense of waiting for beauty to unfurl.
• My brave little rabbit! Let me remember you exactly as you are today. Alive.

Peter Prince

• Interesting. Of course, I have thought rather a lot about predetermination, though perhaps not in exactly the same way you mean. I sometimes get a feeling that something I remember hasn't actually happened yet, but I'm not sure whether it actually has happened and I've just forgotten that it has. I mean, if we accept that the universe is cylindrical and energy eventually joins up with itself, perhaps thought runs along the outside of the cylinder as well, repeating ad infinitum. That could mean that a thought actually has happened, in the sense of having taken place somewhere in the universe, along the ouside of the cylinder, that is, but can't exactly be attributed to me as an individual. Or not yet, anyway. Let's say, for instance, that you have the same dream over and over, only each time you're not sure whether you actually had the same dream before or just dreamt that you did. It could relate to the thinning boundries between reality, that is to say active expenditure of energy, and thought, or passive energy. Either way, the existence of the act, or in this case, the dream, is not in doubt. The question you have to ask is how does it exist, and how do we define the energy of thought versus the energy of action. You've possed a very interesting question here.

Dialogue

Agnes: I'm sorry I haven't been in touch. What with the funeral and the inquest. And everything.

[After a long silence]

Agnes: Justin?

Justin: Yes.

Agnes: You just don't give a damn about anyone but yourself, do you?

Justin: You think I should be weeping over Ivan?

Agnes: A man died, Justin. It's a great loss.

Justin: A great loss? To whom? To you, maybe. To you and your career. You've lost your precious two-faced mentor.

Agnes: It wouldn't hurt to show a little remorse. After all--

Justin: After all what? I killed him? Tell me, what kind of genius jumps in front of a car to rescue a coat?

Agnes: Justin--

Justin: But while we're on the subject of remorse, let's talk about you.

Agnes: Justin, look, I am sorry. I should have warned you. I should have asked you about using the pictures. It was stupid of me.

Justin: But you had more important things to think about.

Agnes: Well, as a matter of fact, I did, but it's not that. I didn't want you to get the wrong idea.

Justin: And what would that have been?

Agnes: That I was using you.

Justin: Oops! Too late.

Agnes: Justin. Don't be like that.

Justin: OK, I won't be like that. Let's simplify things. You tell me exactly how to be and I'll be like that.

[Agnes says nothing]

Justin: Oh, dear, don't tell me I've hurt your feelings.

Agnes: Justin. I'm sorry I hurt you.

Justin: IT'S-NOT-THAT-EASY.

Agnes: I can't talk to you when you're like this.

Justin: Do you think I care whether you talked to me or not?

Agnes: But I still care about you.I want to know what you're doing, how you're feeling.

Justin: How do you think I'm feeling?

Agnes: A little angry, at a guess.

Justin: How perceptive.

Agnes: Stop it, Justin--

Justin: Don't tell me what to do.

Agnes: Look, I know I behaved badly. But I wish you would stop being such a--

Justin: Such a what? A prat? A child? A virgin?

Agnes: You make it impossible to explain.

Justin: Do I? I'm so sorry. How rude of me. Please explain.

Agnes: Whenever I think for a moment I might be talking to someone sensible it just ends up as an idiotic discussion about--

Justin: Yes?

Agnes: ABout invisible dogs and fate and things I can't even begin to cope with.

Justin: So don't.

[After another long silence]

Agnes: Why exactly do we have to be enemies?

Justin: Why exactly didi you think it was OK to use my unhappiness for your personal gain?

[Agnes says nothing]

Justin: Why exactly would you have sex with someone and afterwards think it was OK to ditch them, pretend it never happened, and then use their worst nightmares to further your nown reputation? And by the way, why don't you love me anymore?

Agnes: I said I'm sorry.

Justin: Oh well, that's just fine, then.

Agnes: And I didn't ditch you, and I didn't pretend it never happened.

Justin: It?

Agnes: Our little sexual encounter.

Justin: A little encounter, was it? You've had bigger, no doubt?

Agnes: You're behaving like a child.

Justin: Sex with a child. Isn't that against the law?

Agnes: Jesus Christ, Justin! Weren't you there when it happened? Wasn't it your choice too? You'd just love it all to be my fault, wouldn't you? Well, it's not. I'm sorry I had sex with you and if I could take it back I would. Are you happy now?

Justin: [Thinking] No.

Agnes: Look. I really don't know what you want me to do or say.

[Silence]

Justin: I don't know either.

Agnes: We'll talk again, Justin. Say hello to Peter for me.

Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound

Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound is a movie based off the popular anime series Dragon Ball Z.

Bojack (ボージャック, Bōjakku)

• [While holding Gohan in a bear hug and crushing him] Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! How ironic that your father's death was the key to our escape. I so wanted to thank him personally, but now, you will have to do it for me.

Krillin (クリリン, Kuririn)

• If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any.
• That's Krillin with two L's and I do accept personal checks.
• [While battling Piccolo] I can do this. He's not unbeatable. Well, unless he uses his special beam cannon. Then I'm dead.
• [Zangya is hiding behind smoke] You must be my opponent. My name is Krillin. Maybe you've heard of me. I'm a great fighter slash hero from Earth. You'd do well to stay on your guard, I've already defeated Piccolo today. You might say I'm on a winning streak-- [Krillin sees Zangya] You're a girl!? Space chicks are hot! Now, don't think you can tempt me with your beauty! I have to win first place! [Zangya performs a combination of spin kicks, sending Krillin to the ground.] I think she likes me.

Dialogue

Kogu: [Kogu blasts at Trunks] Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...

Trunks: Watch where you point that thing. I might get the wrong idea. We may be fighting but this is still a tournament, no killing allowed. [Kogu lunges at Trunks with multiple attacks] Whoah! What the hell are you!?

Kogu: Someone not to be trifled with, boy! Yaaahhhhhh!!! [Kogu pulls out his sword and performs multiple slices at Trunks] Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Argh! [Kogu slides his sword back into its scabbard and pumps up his body]

---

Gohan: Watch it! You could've killed me!

Bujin: You have no idea!

Gohan: Alright, you got my attention!

---

Agent: [To an operator, as the agent pushes Hercule into a pod] Quick! Send him before he gets out!

Operator: Yes, sir.

Hercule Satan: Whoah, wait! Don't I get a seatbelt!?

---

King Kai: Earth is in grave danger.

Goku: From what?

King Kai: You mean who. Bojack.

Goku: Uh...Bojack?

King Kai: A dark demon of the worst sort. Psychotic, unstable, filled with madness and rage. Long ago, he tried to destroy every galaxy within the Dormidious sector.

Goku: Sounds like King Piccolo.

King Kai: Yes, but far more powerful. He has an insatiable appetite for genocide. We, the Kais, took it upon ourselves to stop him. All four of us fought together and sealed Bojack within a star at the edge of this galaxy.

Goku: He's trapped in a star?

King Kai: Not anymore. You set him free when you destroyed my planet during the battle against Cell. The seal was broken, leaving Bojack unbound. Now, he has returned for vengeance. And it looks like his first target is planet Earth.

Goku: Then he's already defeated. My son will stop him.

---

Bojack: Company. Goooooood.

Gohan: Uh?

Bojack: It's been so long... since I've snapped someone's neck.

Gohan: His energy is amazing.

Tien: You murderers. You killed the intergalactic fighters.

Bujin: Hey, you're trespassing. Earth belongs to my master now.

Bojack: [Softly] Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...

Gohan: Oh yeah!!?

Yamcha: Not while we're still breathing!

Bido: Master Bojack has no equal!

Zangya: The universe is littered with the bones of those who dare to think otherwise.

Bujin: Master is not patient. You would be wise to stand down. Or better yet, kneel.

Yamcha: We'll pass, thanks.

See also

• Dragon Ball Z

Dragon Ball Z: Broly Second Coming

Dragon Ball Z: Broly Second Coming is a movie based off the popular anime series Dragon Ball Z.

Son Gohan (孫 悟飯)

• So it is my father you're after. Why is it scum like you always want revenge for being put in your place? Well, come on, I'll be happy to put you back again!

Trunks (トランクス, Torankusu)

• Why don't the bad guys ever play fair?

[[w:Kuririn|Krillin (クリリン, Kuririn)

• [Broly emerges from lava in a forcefield] Okay, that was a neat trick. Tell me something, is it just my imagination, or is that freak staring right at me? I always get singled out. Well, that's what I get, for being so good at this!

Videl (ビーデル, Bīderu)

• [About fighting Broly and Spopovich] Why do I always get the big dumb ugly ones?

Dialogue

Videl: Okay, look, my name is Videl. I mean you no harm. [Squeezes Goten and Trunks] And the same goes for these two lugheads. We have no ill will for you or your people.

Zalador: Forgive our suspicion. We were not always this way. I am Zalador, the village senior, and this is Maloja, the village idiot, and self-elected shaman.

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Videl: Superstition. You just love to hear yourself talk, don't you? Even when you're not saying anything.

Maloja: Silence, stupid girl.

Trunks: Aha ha ha.

Videl: Oh, you wanna talk stupid in that outfit, mister? You're the walking definition.

Maloja: Uh!? How dare you!?

---

Videl: No!

Goten: Apples! [Tries to get an apple for himself]

Videl: I said no! [Videl slaps Goten hand]

Goten: You slapped me!!!

Videl: Yeah, and I'd do it again!

Goten: [Starts crying] Waaaah! Videl! I want an apple now! Waaaaa! Aaaaaaa! Aaaaaa! Aaaaaa! Aaaaaa! All I wanted was just one lousy apple! Aaaaaa! Aaaaa! You hit me! You hit me! Waaaaaaaaaa!

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Broly: Kakarot!

Goten: Huh? Kakarot? What does that mean? Is that vegetable? I hate vegetables!

Broly: Kakarot!

Goten: What the heck's a Kakarot!?

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Gohan: I've had enough!

Broly: Not until you lie dead at my feet!

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Trunks: (Broly grabs Trunks by his head and legs and holds him up, trying to crack Trunks' back) I'm not gonna make it. Ahhhhh... (Trunks pees on Broly's head)

Broly: Huh!? Ohhh...

Trunks: Oh, that's better. Ahhh...

See also

• Dragon Ball Z