We Contain Multitudes
Younng Playwrights National Programme 2023
Younng Playwrights National Programme 2023
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SOLDIER2<br />
-Hey! That cat was instrumental to faking the Inter-Galactic War of '73. Have<br />
some respect.<br />
CHONKO<br />
[coughs] Ugh, thank you sir. Anyhow, I'd like to inform you of a break-in.<br />
Knew it! -Knew ...<br />
SOLDIER 1<br />
CHONKO<br />
-Quiet. The perpetrators are one Worker Clone and a fool who fought alongside<br />
me in the year 3073. Who also dragged me here and when I attempted escape,<br />
I was thrown into a prison of heat that smelt of popped corn kernels. And ....<br />
they're behind [dramatic turn] THAT CRATE!<br />
HERK and DEE are flabbergasted.<br />
[Turns to second soldier] Told you.<br />
Shut up. GRAB 'EM!<br />
DEE, LET'S GO!<br />
SOLDIER!<br />
SOLDIER2<br />
HERK<br />
HERK grabs the stunned DEE by the arm and runs off stage left.<br />
CHONKO<br />
Actually, let them run. I have a suspicion that the soldier will do the job for us.<br />
SCENES<br />
HERI( and DEE are panicking in the space shuttle. HERI( is flicking switches, running<br />
around the ship. DEE is curled up against the wall, frozen.<br />
HERK<br />
OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD. WE GOTTA GO MAN.<br />
What's a "GOD"?<br />
DEE<br />
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