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Styx

(100 word play adapted from "Chaos" short for Royal Court's Young Writer's Festival)

Edge of a forest. B watches the lake.


A arrives.

 

A
I saw some bluebells on the walk, waving to me in the breeze.

 

B
How did you react?

 

A
Badly. I gave them the finger.

 

Silence.
 

A
How long has it been?

 

B
Ten years... Eight? I can't remember. It's pretty consistent. Nothing looks different.

 

A
And me?
B inspects A.

 

B
Less pimples, more wrinkles. The weakness is still visible.

 

Silence.
 

A
Can I join you?

 

B
Nothing would please me more.

 

A steps closer, hugging B's waist.
 

B puts his arm around A.
They look out across the lake.

 

Distant sounds of rowing.



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