Sunday, December 3, 2017

Violet Eyes longer monologue for female mythical fantasy

VIOLET EYES
by D. M. Larson


The elders tell me he doesn’t exist, that he is a story, but warn me not to venture too far into these ancient ruins. How can some mythical tale hurt me?


I have to know what they’re hiding. I don’t trust the elders. They tell us scary stories to keep us under control, making us cower in ignorance, afraid to stray too far from our homes.


But I am their leader and I refuse to let the elder control me with fear. I must know what their lies are hiding from us in the crumbling structures of our ancestors, the once mighty empire that scraped the sky and let us reach for the clouds, now fallen into destruction. But we know nothing of what happened here, deceived by the rambling of old men.


A flash… movement… there is something here.  My body refuses to move. The hair on my neck stands on end. My eyes grow wide, trying to see what lurks before me.


Then a ghostly whisper drifts through the ruins before me, “Go… go before it is too late.” Then another flash. I see dark hair and flesh.


My heart pounds and echoes in my ears. I struggle to get my feet moving again and stumble into a hole in the ruins for protection. My breathing grows quick, making it difficult to keep myself quiet. I hear movement in the broken stones, coming closer. I move to look through a crack in my hiding place. Suddenly two eyes appear, violet eyes, soft as spring flowers. I’ve never seen such beautiful eyes.


“You must go. It’s not safe here,” he whispers, his eyes a mix of curiosity and worry. I rush to crawl from my hiding place and face this man, but when I emerge from my hole, he’s a blur beyond the fallen stones before me. I see enough to know he’s a large man, bigger than any of our people. From my brief glimpse, I believe he wore no garments on his shoulder and chest, but his legs seemed more hairy than clothed, and unusually large for a man. My eyes must be playing tricks on me in the strange shadows of the ruins.


I decide to follow him and ignore his warning. What did he have to fear from me, a tiny woman, with nothing but a small ornamental blade at my side?


A snort behind me disrupted my pursuit of the elusive man. Something watched me from the darkness. Another creature, even larger than Violet Eyes, but this one had eyes of red. The dark crimson eyes stared at me from the darkness of a passageway. The eyes oozed hatred and anger.


I wait to draw my blade, unwilling to provoke an attack, from the strange creature that lingered in the darkness. Did it fear the sun? I made sure I waited in the light, but the sun grew gold on the horizon.


I move away from this creature, and this intrigued it, perhaps sensing my fear and it steps into the light. I gasp when I see the strange monster with the giant head, huge horns and a strange snout. Only it’s legs seem human which now stepped closer. The thing’s hoof hands scraped against the stones, as if it sharpened the ends, like knives. It snorted again as it came closer, struggling to get it’s own huge mass through the rubble.


“Who are you?” I call out, but it only snorts in reply. I could see his horns in the light now, stained red with dried blood. It’s mouth began to foam. It’s long tongue lick at his jagged teeth. Then it lunges at me.


I scream and jump. His hoof snags my robes, but I pull away. I leap from stone to stone for higher ground, hoping the thing couldn’t climb. It snorts and stumbles after me.


It’s slowness makes it easy to evade. I could return to my village for help. But would this put my people in danger?


I pause, wondering if I should return home. I quickly find a ledge high above the ground, tucking myself from view. I hear the scraping of the hooves against the stone. It searches for me, slowly, sniffing like a dog.


“Back to your hole, monster!” yells a familiar voice. Violet Eyes!


I huge roar replies to this new threat.


“Stay in the darkness where you belong!”


I move to the edge of the ledge and peer out to see what is happen below. The sight of Violet Eyes makes me gasp. He is a huge man, but not all human. His bottom half was fur and he had a tail. He faced off the other halfling, his opposite. One ruled by reason, the other ruled by nature. Violet Eyes throw rocks at his monster half as it snorted and roared back.


The monster lunges for Violet Eyes and knocks him into a stone pillar, hooves slashing at his exposed chest.


I gasp and stumble back against a pillar that crumbles at my touch. The pebbles from the pillar hit the monster and his red eyes glare at me. Violet Eyes tosses another rock at the monster to keep its attention. But the monster slashed him in reply, drawing blood. I scream and push the loose pillar. The red eyes flashed back at me, but turned to shock as the pillar falls.


I quickly make my way down to Violet Eyes, who lay bleeding near the motionless monster I’d crushed. I rip a piece of cloth from my robe and kneel beside him. I cover his wound and he flinches in reply. His violet eyes open, but look distant.


“Thank you,” he whispers, then coughs, choking. The wound was deep. Blood soaks through the cloth and I grab my robe, pulling it across the injury. “You’ve released me... Released us both from this eternal prison.”


“But you’re dying,” I cry, the blood covering my hands, the blood won’t stop.


“Your people are safe again,” he gasps, struggling to breathe, but refusing to go, “Take the creature’s horn as a message to your elders. They will understand.” He reaches for a pouch tied around his waist and yanks it free. “And this… this is for you.” He drops the pouch into my hand.


I open the pouch and find a violet stone that sparkles even in the fading light. “It’s beautiful. What is…” but his eyes stare blankly at the sky and his chest is still. I cry and shake him but he is gone.


Taking the ceremonial knife from my side, I cut the horn off the monster, crying for the man who lay motionless nearby, a man I’d never known, yet shed so many tears for now, wishing I could heal him, wishing I have more time with him, even a moment more.


I stumble into the darkness of the forest, a knife in one hand, a horn in the other, the violet jewel about my neck resting near my heart.

END

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Sunday, November 26, 2017

Scene 1 from "When Mel Fell for Nell" full length romantic comedy script

SCENE 1 - HEART ATTACK

(People are on a subway. A woman, Nell, is standing
listening to music. Mel is sitting looking at his watch
impatiently. Jay is next to him with a magazine. Lissy sits
a ways away reading a book.)

MEL
How long have we been stuck here? I
don’t think we’ve moved at all in
an hour. I can’t sit here all day.
Uh... this is driving me nuts.
What’s the hold up?

JAY
No clue. Did you see this article
about peace negotiations in North
Korea? Kim Jong Un says he’ll only
talk to Angelina Jolie. Somebody
wants a spanking.

MEL
What? Oh, man.

(Nell looks over at Mel and notices he is in distress)

JAY
I made that last part up. It
doesn’t say that.

MEL
Man... oh...

JAY
You okay?

MEL
I... uh... man...

JAY
You don’t look so good.

MEL
What’s wrong with me?

JAY
Maybe it’s something you ate. That
egg salad sandwich was not a
natural color.

MEL

Man... Uh! I think this is it...
this is that heart attack my doctor
promised me... I think this is the
big one...

JAY
Geez... really? Now? Can’t you hold
it in or something?

MEL
Oh... oh... man!

(Suddenly Nell goes over to Mel, sits next to him and gives
him a huge kiss. He is startled at first and then calms down
and enjoys it. She stops kissing and Mel looks very happy)

NELL
There. Better?

MEL
All better.

NELL
Good.

(Nell goes back to her spot and listens to her music again.
Mel and Jay look at her in amazement)

JAY
What was that all about?

LISSY
You were probably just having a
panic attack. She snapped you out
of it.

MEL
I’ll say.

JAY
Panic again... let’s see what she
does.

(Nell smirks but doesn’t look at them)

MEL
Thank you.

(Nell shrugs)

JAY
She’s hot too. Ask her out.

MEL
What?

JAY
She’s hot and she kissed you. Ask
her out.

MEL
But... I... I’m so confused.

JAY
The kiss was that good huh?

MEL
Better than good. That was the best
kiss I’ve had in my whole life.

(Nell smiles to herself and does something flirty with her
hair)

JAY
She’s flirting. Go for it.

MEL
Uh... uh...

JAY
That’s good. Panic. She likes that.

MEL
Stop.

JAY
No, you stop. Stop being so shy.
Stop missing out on life. Stop
hiding. Life walked up to you and
kissed you on the lips. Give life a
chance. Quit being so dead all the
time.

MEL
I have been, haven’t I? Dead...
dead for a long time. I can’t
remember the last time I felt alive.

JAY
I’ve known you a long time and I
can’t remember either.

MEL
What happened to me?

JAY
That’s the problem. Nothing
happened. You never take a chance.
You never take a risk. You play it
safe and nothing happens to you.

MEL
Until now.

JAY
Until now. And now looks pretty
good from where I’m sitting.

(Nell gives Jay a dirty look)

JAY (CONT.)
She’s a firecracker. Go talk to her.

MEL
But what if... I mean if she...

JAY
She kissed you, idiot. She likes
you. Go before I kick you in the balls.

MEL
What?

JAY
I will hurt you if you don’t go
talk to her.

MEL
Fine. Geez.

(Mel goes shyly over to Nell. He isn’t sure what to say)

NELL
Hi. I’m Nell.

MEL
Hi. I’m the guy you kissed... Mel.

NELL
That’s a cute name.

MEL
Really?

NELL
Adorable.

MEL
It’s short for Melvin.

NELL
Even cuter.

MEL
So... uh... why... uh...

NELL
Why did I kiss you?

(Mel laughs)

MEL
Yes.

NELL
Believe it or not, we ride this
subway a lot together. I watch
you... because there’s something
about you that’s different from
everyone... a sweetness about you.
You always give up your seat for
women. You even did for me once. If
someone forgets a coat or a bag,
you get it and chase after them. If
a woman is being bugged by some
creepy guy and they don’t like it,
you’ll interrupt and make sure the
woman safely gets to a taxi, even
if the woman doesn’t know you’re
doing it.

MEL
You saw all that?

NELL
Yup... I’m a stalker.

(Mel laughs)

MEL
A good one too. I never noticed.

NELL
I’m a ninja.

MEL
Ninja stalker. Good combination.

NELL
Thanks.

MEL
So that’s why you kissed me?

NELL
Well, in a way. But even though you
do all these nice, sweet things,
you always look so stressed and
unhappy. You look like you’re about
to have a heart attack at any
moment. I see the panic in your
eyes sometimes. I see the stress
overwhelming you.

MEL
I didn’t think anyone noticed.

NELL
Not even your friend it appears.

(Jay is checking out Lissy)

MEL
He has other things on his mind.

NELL
So I told myself, next time you
looked stressed and overwhelmed and
on the edge of a heart attack, I
was going to give you a great big kiss.

MEL
That’s crazy... and so very nice at
the same time.

NELL
Did you like it?

MEL
I really liked it. It might be the
nicest thing that’s ever happened
to me.

NELL
Really? That’s the sweetest thing
anyone has ever said to me.

(Nell gives Mel another huge kiss)

MEL
Wow.

NELL
A wow worthy kiss... I didn’t think
I was that good.

MEL
You are.

NELL
I really enjoy kissing you. I had a
feeling I would.

MEL
I’m so glad you kissed me.

NELL
I’m so glad you liked it.

MEL
The next car looks empty. Want to
go over there.

NELL
And do what?

MEL
Uh... well... I just... we can... talk.

NELL
Okay.

(Nell takes Mel by the hand and they exit to the next car.
Jay goes over to Lissy)

JAY
That was pretty wild huh? Her
kissing him like that.

LISSY
I thought maybe she was giving a
free sample or something.

JAY
You think she’s "working"?

LISSY
No, I think she is for real. I
believe her story. I’ve noticed him
too. He is a pretty neat guy. He
deserves to find someone who really
appreciates him for who he is. I
think we all noticed him but she
was the only one willing to say
anything. Women usually don’t make
the first move. And he’s a sweet
guy so he wouldn’t make his move.
So he was alone... until now. And
now he looks so happy. That... what
happened there... was way better
than this book. Trashy romances
novels try to give us the perfect
fantasy but that moment there was
way better because it was so much
more real. Give me five minutes of
seeing that over reading hours of
this junk.

JAY
So women usually don’t make the
first move huh? They want to be
pursued, don’t they?

LISSY
Out of everything I just said,
that’s all you got out of it.

JAY
Pretty much... so what do you say?

LISSY
Oh, why not.

(Lissy kisses Jay. They end the kiss and look disappointed)

LISSY (CONT.)
I’ve had better.

JAY
Me too.

(Jay goes back to his magazine and starts reading again.
Lissy returns to her novel)

END OF SCENE


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Scene 2 and 3 "When Mel Fell for Nell" full length romantic comedy script

SCENE 2 - I HATE BUFFETS

NELL
I hate buffets... Not for the
obvious like germs... Get your
fingers out of there! Yes I know
I’m not your momma.... Just do
it... That’s gross... Don’t you
dare lick your fingers.
Gross... Okay maybe it’s the germs too...

But here is my main problem. All
you can eat is way too much for
me... It’s too much for everyone.
Why do we need so many options? I
hate all these choices. And I
always feel like I make the wrong one.

I eat something and it sits like a
lump in my stomach... I try
another... Two lumps. Another...
It’s all terrible... Buffets don’t
give you more... Just a lot of bad
choices... I just want to find one
place... A great place with
something really good. One really
good thing I can count on to always
be good for me. So yummy I will
just eat it over and over again...
That one wonderful thing that
settles inside me...

(Burps or almost throws up...)

Not this... This torture... Eating
and eating bits of everything...
Tearing me up inside... It’s gonna
rip me apart.

END OF SCENE


SCENE 3 - LOVE AT THE INTERNATIONAL FUSION CAFE

(Waiters can be either gender and even be two actors doing
multiple costumes. Mario leads Mel and Nell to a table in
the restaurant)

MARIO
Welcome to the International Fusion
Cafe where we bring a tour of the
world to your taste buds. Have you
ever dined with us before?

MEL
I have. She hasn’t.

MARIO
Let me enlighten the señorita to
our ways.

NELL
This isn’t some weird cult you are
making me join is it?

MEL
You wanted unique. I am giving you
the unique-est.

MARIO
This is like a buffet but instead
of you getting your foods, we bring
the foods to you.

(He gets a plate)

MARIO (CONT.)
We will bring some food like so....
I call it "That’s a spicy
meatball!" And if you like it, we
serve it to you.

NELL
Interesting... Lay some meatballs
on me Mario.

MARIO
You sir?

MEL
Cows and I don’t get along. I will
pass.

MARIO
It may not be cows in the meatball.
I’m not sure.

NELL
You don’t know? I will pass too.
Don’t bother sending Luigi with any
mushrooms. I hate those too.

(Mario leaves in a huff)

MEL
Weird eh?

(Batman appears)

NELL
No, not at all.

BATMAN
Would the lady enjoy some fried bat
wings?

NELL
Ewwww... No.

MEL
They’re chicken wings...

(Batman gives him some)

MEL (cont’d)
At least I think so.

BATMAN
They taste like chicken.

NELL
Fine. I will nibble on a bat wing
or two. I can pretend I am Ozzy
Osborne.

MEL
They should call it the Ozzy
special.

NELL
I thought you didn’t like Ozzy...

MEL
Not really...

NELL
Why won’t you give my music a
chance?

MEL
Ozzy isn’t music. It’s noise.

NELL
Hey!

MEL
Just kidding... And besides, aren’t
you too young to like Ozzy?

NELL
I like the classics. The Doors,
Pink Floyd.

(Mel rolls his eyes)

NELL (cont’d)
Don’t roll your eyes at Pink Floyd.
I am trying your bizarre
restaurant.

(A mime passes through being pulled on an invisible rope.
Nell stands up)

NELL (CONT.)
You better try my music... Or I am
leaving.

MEL
Sit down. I will listen to your
music. I promise.

(Nell looks very pleased with herself and sits)

NELL
Good.

MEL
Why do you do that?

NELL
What?

MEL
Pretend to throw a fit to get your
way. I thought you were serious.

NELL
I was serious.

MEL
Was that really worth making a
scene about?

NELL
Maybe. It was fun.

MEL
For you maybe.

NELL
You need to lighten up. That’s my
mission in life. To lighten your
load.

MEL
You do actually.

NELL
Really?

MEL
Yeah.

NELL
Tell me about it.

MEL
Huh?

NELL
Share with me. Open up. Tell me
what you like about me.

MEL
Here? Now?

NELL
Now... Or the mime gets it.

(Points an imaginary weapon at mime as he approaches)

MEL
Crossbow! Nice.

(Mime lowers her imaginary weapon and holds out a covered
plate)

NELL
French food maybe?

(Mime nods and opens dish. It’s empty)

MEL
Oh good. Its their low calorie
menu.

(Mime does a silent laugh and gets a real plate)

NELL
French bread?

(Mime nods)

NELL (cont’d)
How clever.

(They both take some. Mel is looking at Nell in a dreamy
state)

NELL (cont’d)
Okay, what are you thinking?

(Mel gets embarrassed)

MEL
Oh no, I can’t.

NELL
If you want this relationship to
work I need some open and honest
communication.

MEL
What I was thinking would be a
little too open and honest.

NELL
Try me.

MEL
It’s embarrassing.

NELL
Tell me now!

(She points her imaginary crossbow at him)

MEL

Well... Umm... Mimes are from
France...

NELL
Uh huh.

MEL
And I was thinking you’d look nice
in something French.

NELL
This is good... Like what?

MEL
This is really embarrassing.

NELL
Come on... Please.

MEL
You’ll think I’m a pervert.

NELL
I know you’re a pervert - now tell
me!

MEL
I was thinking you’d look good
dressed as a French maid.

NELL
What?! Oh my!

MEL
I told you it was bad.

NELL
I’d do it.

MEL
Huh?

NELL
I would dress as a French maid for
you.

(Mel gets a little too excited)

MEL
You would! I mean... You would?

NELL
Maybe... If you say something nice
to me.

MEL
I think a lot of nice things...

NELL
Then say them to me.

MEL
I get shy.

NELL
I know and that’s so cute. Damn you.

MEL
Ok... Something nice. Here goes...

(Clown enters)

CLOWN
’Ello governor

(Mel jumps)

MEL
Ah! When did you guys get a clown?

CLOWN
I’m new.

NELL
You’re not very... Silly.

CLOWN
I am one of them sad clowns.

NELL
Sad indeed.

CLOWN
Quite.

MEL
Why are you British?

CLOWN
Cause clowns originated in England.
The first clown was portrayed by
Joseph Gronaldi in the early
1800s...

NELL
You clowns tell the funniest
stories.

MEL
You got any good to go with your
delightful history lesson?

CLOWN
Fish and chips.

NELL
Do the British eat anything else?

CLOWN
Not really ma’am, no.

(Clown leaves)

NELL
A very sad clown indeed... And
you’re not off the hook. Share some
feelings.... Now!

MEL
Ok... Uh... Well...

NELL
Oh never mind. Don’t hurt yourself.

MEL
I really want to... I really do...
You mean a lot to me and I want you
to know that. I mean I have never
been so happy in my life. You have
made everything so much better. I
look forward to every day I get to
be with you. I want to tell you all
that. I just can’t seem to do it.

NELL
You just did.

(She sits on his lap and gives him a hug and a kiss)

MEL
I am very happy now too.

NELL
I can tell.

MEL
How embarrassing.

NELL
Is that guy in the kilt serving haggis?

MEL
Haggis! Awesome. The national food
of Scotland. You’re Scottish aren’t
you? How come you never wear a kilt?

NELL
You’d like that huh? But that means
I would be a guy.

MEL
I wouldn’t like that.

NELL
I have always wanted to go to
Scotland. Wouldn’t that be a great
place for our honeymoon?

MEL
What?

NELL
Scotland... Travel... Fun.

MEL
No, the other part.

NELL
What? Me being a guy?

MEL
You said our honeymoon.

NELL
I did?

MEL
Yes.

NELL
No, I didn’t.

MEL
Little early to be talking about
honeymoons... We haven’t even
discussed weddings yet... Or
engagements.

NELL
Can we talk about something else?

MEL
Uh... Ok... I mean... I don’t mind
talking about it but if you don’t
want to.

NELL
I don’t.

(Silence. Mime comes by with food... He tries to get their
attention with invisible flowers but they are quiet and
ignore him. He tries harder but Nell takes his invisible
flowers he is playing with, wads then in to a ball and
throws them. He leaves in frustration)

NELL (cont’d)
I am curious though...

MEL
Yes?

NELL
Would you marry me?

MEL
Are you proposing?

NELL
What? No!

MEL
But you said "would you marry me?"

NELL
Stop putting words in my mouth.

MEL
I wouldn’t say no.

NELL
Really?

MEL
Really.

NELL
Oh.

MEL
Yeah.

NELL
Wanna go back to my place?


MEL
Yes.

NELL
Let’s go.

(Mime comes up and stops them and holds out an invisible
bill. Mel takes out an invisible check book. Writes the
check, rips it out and gives invisible check to mime. They
wave at him and they leave. He is sad and does a silent fit.
Nell returns and shoots him with her invisible cross bow.
Mime falls down dead)

MEL
If a tree falls in the forest and
falls on a mime, does anyone care?

NELL
That’s deep.

MEL
Quite.

NELL
So would you wear a kilt for me?

MEL
If you dress as a French maid.

(They laugh and exit. Batman goes up to the mime)

BATMAN
A mime is a terrible thing to waste.

END OF SCENE

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