Well, not quite the other side of the world. Just Indiana.
Which is where we are. Indiana. And a new person, someone we haven’t seen yet, is sitting here. We’ll call him The Curiosity.
The Curiosity doesn’t look frightened, or nervous, or even surprised that he’s suddenly on stage in a play. He just seems to be completely content where he is. We like him instantly.
The Guy appears.
THE GUY
Hey.
THE CURIOSITY
Hey.
THE GUY
Where’d you come from?
THE CURIOSITY
Does it matter?
THE GUY
No.
This is unexpected.
THE CURIOSITY
I know. Fun, huh?
THE GUY
But you’re kinda far away.
THE CURIOSITY
What do you mean?
THE GUY
Isn’t this Indiana?
THE CURIOSITY
Yeah.
THE GUY
I’m not in Indiana.
THE CURIOSITY
Yet here you are. So come sit down. I’ve got some ice cream.
THE GUY
Ah, the magic of the theatre….
A chair appears beside the Curiosity, and the Guy sits in it. Ice cream appears – Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia.
THE CURIOSITY
Two spoons.
Which he produces. He hands one to the Guy.
THE GUY
You’re nice.
THE CURIOSITY
Thank you. You wanna hold the container?
The Guy smiles. He accepts the container. They eat ice cream.
And from across a great distance, even though they’re sitting right next to each other (because in a play, space is as malleable as the heart after it’s been broken), they enjoy each other’s company.
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3 comments:
haha, curiousity would be an ice cream slut.
After reading a few of these, I'm starting to wonder what all of these scenes look like in your mind, because I've been picturing "mac/pc commercials" and I'm afraid I might be wrong. Also, I don't know if I like Cherry Garcia that much. Not many people will agree with me, I believe, but my favorite is Chunky Monkey. But maybe that's just because it was my first Ben and Jerry experience. Ah, first love...
innocent...like children...
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