"CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD" by D. M. Larson
This scene is for 2 actors adapted from a monologue by the same name from the play "The Bullied, Bungled and Botched" ISBN-13: 978-1518661082
(MOIRA runs over to her sister, HARMONY, and shows her something on her laptop)
MOIRA: Look at what they're saying about me!
HARMONY: Who is saying what about you?
MOIRA: It's all over TwitFace! Everyone at school is seeing it.
HARMONY: I don't think everyone is seeing it.
MOIRA: You see how many likes it's getting!
(MOIRA gives HARMONY her laptop)
HARMONY: Oh, dear. That's not good.
MOIRA: I hate TwitFace! It’s ruining my life! I can't go back to school tomorrow. I can't face everyone after what they said.
(HARMONY is doing something on MOIRA's computer)
MOIRA (CONT.): What are you doing?
HARMONY: I'm helping you.
MOIRA: Don't deactivate my account!
HARMONY: Too late. I already did.
MOIRA
Give me back my laptop!
(HARMONY won't give back the laptop)
HARMONY: I'm cutting you off. You need a break.
(HARMONY holds up laptop with one hand)
MOIRA: Stop, you're going to break it!
(MOIRA grabs HARMONY's arm and the laptop falls and hits the ground)
HARMONY: Ooops.
(MOIRA goes to the laptop like it is a dead baby animal that she loves)
MOIRA: It broke.
HARMONY: So sad.
(MOIRA angrily clutches the laptop to her chest)
MOIRA: You broke my laptop.
HARMONY: It had to be done. You've got a problem. You need some time offline in the real world. It's making you crazy)
(MOIRA has a crazed look on her face)
MOIRA: Where's my phone?
(HARMONY spots it and grabs it first)
HARMONY: No phones either.
(HARMONY takes out the battery)
MOIRA: Give me my phone! Don't take out the battery.
HARMONY: I'll just keep this somewhere safe until you come back to reality for awhile.
MOIRA: What are you doing with the battery! Put my phone back together! You're breaking it!
(HARMONY accidentally breaks the phone)
HARMONY: Ooops.
(MOIRA snatches the pieces of the phone away from HARMONY. She falls the floor dramatically. She sniffles)
MOIRA: I'm cut off from the world...
(She cries and throws a tantrum. After a few minutes of an epic tantrum. HARMONY ignores her and reads a book or draws something. Then MOIRA gathers the pieces of her broken devices and cries quietly while holding them. Then after a long pause she suddenly looks a little relieved)
MOIRA: I'm cut off from the world.
(Long pause - she looks around. She goes and sits by HARMONY. Then she leans on HARMONY and then they hug)
HARMONY: You'll be okay. I'll get you through this. Sometimes it's good to take a break from the trolls and the bullies and live in this world again. That other world isn't a safe one for you anymore. I don't like seeing what it did to you. It makes you so sad, so that's why it had to stop. I'm here for you. What would you like to do?
MOIRA: Wanna play a board game or something?
HARMONY: That would be fun. I think we still have the Game of Life. Or Risk. We used to play Risk all night sometimes.
(MOIRA pantomimes opening a curtain and the light hurts her eyes for a second. Then she looks out the window [which can be the audience])
MOIRA: Hey look, we still have that tire swing in the back yard. Remember how we used to spin each other until we got so dizzy we couldn't walk? I loved that feeling. I wish I could feel that way again… not just dizzy, but… I don’t know… carefree? Things get so much more complicated when you get older.
HARMONY: Let's go give it a spin.
MOIRA: Okay!
(They exit)
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