28 Plays Later – Challenge #15
Let’s write a saga…
Massive, huge stories that span over years and years.
Many characters,
several generations.
The bigger – the better.
Oh, and whoever has the most characters (all speaking and all well-rounded)
wins a Brucie Bonus! (although nobody is going to check or verify… or indeed hand it out)
Notes: This challenge hit me on a day when the weather was making my head mushy, and I was having a high pain day thanks to my autoimmune issues, so while the brief asks for a saga, I only wrote a sketch. Per the rules: you don’t have to follow the brief.
RED SAND, HOT COFFEE
Excerpt:
lieutenant
Here we are, ma’am.
KAREN
I’m not old enough to be a ma’am. Call me Karen. (a beat) It’s awfully dark in here.
Lieutenant
Let me just activate the system for you, ma’am.
LIEUTENANT flips a switch on the wall.
COMPUTER (V/O)
Power system, activated
lieutenant
It takes minute to juice up.
The lights slowly rise to ‘normal’ indoor lighting, slightly cool, like fluorescents.
COMPUTER (v/o)
Air filtration system, activated.
Karen
Can we take off the masks now?
LIEUTENANT
Not just yet. The system will tell you.
COMPUTER (V/O)
Oxygen mix, optimum. You may now remove any breathing devices.
LIEUTENANT
(stating the obvious)
It’s safe to remove your mask now ma’am.