X: BE KIND TO YOUR DOGS - by Ed Valentine
© March 19, 2010 * ed@edvalentine.com
LIGHTS UP: A knight, in ill-fitting armor. Quivering.
KNIGHT: I hear you. I hear you there.
VOICES: WE ARE HERE.
KNIGHT: Show yourselves!
A VOICE: Can you take it?
KNIGHT: I can take anything.
A VOICE: WELL THEN.
SLAM! A light switches on. An army of dog-headed soldiers are facing him, in shining armor, with spears.
HEAD DOG: Can you take this?
KNIGHT: Yes.
(He can’t.)
KNIGHT: Why?
HEAD DOG: You should’ve been kinder to us, Bucky. You should’ve been kind. All ready?
ALL DOGS: READY SIR.
KNIGHT: (Cowering:) Bad Dog. BAD DOG!
HEAD DOG: Not anymore. FORWARD, MARCH!
They shoulder their weapons and advance. When they encircle him, he screams as he disappears in their circle. As he screams, they savage him and he is gone.
END OF PLAY.
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