BRASS LINK episode nine (9)
in a line at the back of the stage:
OTIS, SANDI, JAVERT, DEPUTY, and ZACK, ROY, AXEL, VERA.
each of them stands facing front, heads bowed, right arm in the air, except the four one-armers whose left arms are held up. they are wax.
Downstage, the THIEF and his CHILD.
child. Daddy, I dont understand.
thief. Now, hush, now and let me tell you the story.
child. But why are the forces of light chasing?
thief. Are you going to let me tell you the story or not?
child. Okay.
thief. Okay. ...Then the forces of darkness wanted to destroy me.
child. But why, Daddy?
thief. The forces of darkness wanted to destroy me because they saw that the forces of light were trying to destroy me, so they thought it was a trick and I was really on the side of light, but that the light side wanted the dark side to think I was on their side so I could infiltrate them, but really I wasnt on any side, I just wanted to get to Mount Vernon.
child. It was like they psyched each other out.
thief. Yes, they psyched each other out and so all the powers of light and darkness wanted to destroy me.
child. But I still dont understand, why did th forces of light want to destroy you in the first place.
thief. Because I was at the scene of the murder.
child. But you didnt kill Mike OMalley.
thief. No, but there was also the one armed man, Otis who was in the truck with me.
child. But you didnt kill him either.
thief. No, but I was also driving a stolen truck.
child. But you only stole the truck so you could get to Mount Vernon to save Mommy.
thief. Right.
child. So why did the forces of light want to destroy you? I thought they were the good guys.
thief. No, you werent listening ot the story. There arent any good guys, except for your Daddy. Look at the forces of light: an escaped mental patient disguised as a deputy, a cop with a warped sense of justice, a sex starved bimbo, and a man possessed by the ghost of Mike OMalley who was himself possessed by a magic loaf of bread. See, theyre just as bad as the powers of darkness. There arent any good guys or bad gusy, just light and darkness.
child. This is a very confusing story.
thief. But its mostly true. Now can I finish?
child. But, Daddy, if there are no good guys and no bad guys, why do we have all these wax figures in our basement?
thief. Shut the fuck up and let me finish the story.
otis. Forces of darkness, Beware!
OTIS kills THIEF with the bread
(clubs him over the head)
FARMER Sean Clark
MIKE O'MALLEY Mike Moran
ANNIE JAVERT Cheryl Snodgrass
ROGER Todd McNerney
OLD JAKE Brad Schnurr
THIEF Dan Gurler
PAT RAMSEY Bonnie Metzgar
ROGER (2) Dean Schmitt
SANDI Michele Sohner
OTIS Frank Ensenberger
ROGER (3) Jeri Schulke
ONE-ARMED MAN Brad Schnurr