Friday, June 17, 2016

Short Play

In a mall at noon. The sun is coming through the sky light, and a man in a blue dress shirt and tie is walking next to the janitor. The man in the blue dress shirt and tie points up at the sky light, and grins. The janitor stops, frowns, and writes something in a notepad with blue ink, before they both walk off. Mechanical children's laughter can be heard coming from a roller coaster simulation ride. A man wearing a red baseball hat walks past the roller coaster simulation ride with a toddler in a plaid navy blue and white button down shirt. The toddler takes off and sits in the seat of the roller coaster simulation.

MAN IN RED BASEBALL HAT: Yo, we gotta go!

The toddler laughs and screams as he pretends he is going down a huge hill.

MAN IN RED BASEBALL HAT: I ain't playin! Ya wit me, not yo mom remember?

The toddler puts his arms up towards the ceiling and sways back and forth.

MAN IN RED BASEBALL HAT: Not goin to tell ya again, LET'S GO!

The toddler stares into the screen and keeps laughing.

MAN IN RED BASEBALL HAT: Aight. That's how ya want to do it little homie.

The man in the red baseball hat shrugs his shoulders, then grabs the child's forearm, yanks him out of the roller coaster simulation, and starts walking dragging the toddler behind him. The toddler looks back.

TODDLER: Noooooo!

The man in the red baseball hat leans down closer to the toddler while still walking.

MAN IN RED BASEBALL HAT: Na I ain't puttin up wit this shit. Ya don't know who ya fuckin wit. I'm the king! Not ya! Don't let no kids run me.

The man in the red baseball hat walks the toddler out of the mall's front entrance. Mechanical children's laughter can be heard coming from the empty roller coaster simulation ride.

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