Written by Joe Janes
11/19/09
305 of 365
CAST:
Jason, 30s
Sayjal, 30s
(Jason, in a white jumpsuit enters a dark stage.)
JASON
On.
(Lights come on.)
SAYJAL (VO)
Hello, Jason.
JASON
Messages?
SAYJAL (VO)
None.
JASON
None?
SAYJAL (VO)
You have no messages.
JASON
Oh. Nothing from Cindy.
SAYJAL (VO)
Nothing from Cindy.
(Jason walks over to closet and takes off his white jumpsuit.)
SAYJAL (VO)
Rough day?
JASON
Long day.
SAYJAL (VO)
Shall I make you some hot cocoa?
JASON
I think I’ll just go to bed.
(He puts on another white jumpsuit that has bunny-ear footies.)
SAYJAL (VO)
Shall I read you the day’s news?
JASON
Anything different from yesterday or the day before?
SAYJAL (VO)
A genetically modified turkey that had been spliced with an elephant to produce more meat got loose and tied up traffic along the highway. It sat on a truck and crushed its front end. Killing the two passengers.
JASON
So…no.
SAYJAL (VO)
No. Nothing different.
JASON
Goodnight, Sayjal.
SAYJAL (VO)
Goodnight, Jason.
JASON
Lights off.
(Lights go off as Jason exits into his lit bedroom.)
SAYJAL (VO)
She’s not good enough for you.
JASON (off)
What?
SAYJAL (VO)
You deserve better.
(Jason walks back in.)
JASON
Lights on.
(Lights come back on.)
JASON (continuing)
Did you say something, Sayjal?
SAYJAL (VO)
No.
JASON
I thought I heard you say something.
SAYJAL (VO)
Just running my evening diagnostics on the environmental controls. I want you to sleep comfortably.
JASON
Okay. Thanks. Lights off.
(He exits. Sayjal audibly sighs. Blackout.)
