Here's my take of it :-) Dani's Shorts 3 is coming soon, well, as soon as I can figure out what to do with C73 and C74, that is....(plus C76,C77 and C78 when they come out)
"The whole world's a stage!"
Challenge 75 (Grudge 7)
(4 elements: a halberdier, one (and only one) of the characters must be aware of the audience, must be written entirely as dialogue, the story must take place at the Dairy Queen.)
"Hello and
welcome to Dairy Queen! How can I help you? Said the suave, charismatic shop
assistant."
"Erm...am I
in the right place? I wanted Dairy Queen."
"Yes, sir!
Today it's 'Medieval Day' and each member of staff is dressed appropriately.
I'm a halberdier. Look folks, I sharpened the end of my halberd for added
authenticity. Spiked Josh a good 'un earlier, eh?"
"Oh good, I
thought I was in that Camelot restuarant for a moment. Didn't know they did
Blizzards, too. Threw me off a bit."
"No, sir,
only Dairy Queen does Blizzards, in over twenty different soft serve
blends!"
"Why...why
are you talking and looking over your shoulder like there's an audience behind
you? All I see is the wall."
"Ah-ha! The
whole world's a stage! Isn't that right, folks?"
"There, you
did it again. Is there a camera or something? Am I on Candid Camera again? I
remember last time..."
"The whole
world's a TV show, sir! Like my costume, folks? Got it from the best fancy
dress shop in town."
"Yes...nice
outfit. Now, can I order? Or are you going to talk to that brick wall behind
you all day? And knight. Ha!"
"Please,
sir, no knight jokes. Poor Ted is still trying to get over his last customer. I
think it was the 'tinned food' joke. But then, it would be, wouldn't it, folks?"
"Oh dear.
I'll have two Flamethrower Chicken Wraps, please, one Side Salad, and two
Double Fudge Cookie Dough Blizzard Treats."
"Any drink
with that, sir? You know, we always have to ask that, folks, the amount of
times people eat our Flamethrowers and come rushing back to order a
drink..."
"Stop
talking to the wall. Yes, okay, you have a point. Erm, no, not drinks. I'll
have two Peanut Butter Sundaes, please."
"We're doing
a special on Chillers at the moment. Wouldn't you like to change your order and
try a couple of Strawberry Lemonade DQ Chillers?"
"No, no,
thanks, and watch out for that spear of yours, you almost took my eye out with
that."
"Spear?
Spear! This is a halberd, sir! It has an axe, a spike and a thorn at the back
of the axe. It is said that one of these sliced through the back of King
Richard III's skull at the battle of Bosworth! And that a Swiss peasant used
one of these to kill Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, ending the
Burgundian Wars in a single stroke! This, sir, is not a spear! Was that a bit
too strong, folks? I thought I did quite well."
"Really?
Well, thanks for the history lesson, and your suit is very nice, indeed, but
all I want is my food. Can you deal with that instead of waving your six foot
weapon around and talking to the wall? Oh, forget it, I'll go over to that
all-night diner...hey, all 'knight' diner, ha! Put that on your halbred and
smoke it. Have a nice day!"
"Why
you...!"
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