Exit, Stage Right
19 Apr 2019Today’s prompt: “Write stage directions for an actor that insult him or her personally all along the way.”
You knock, like a moron. If any nefarious figures within the house weren’t already aware of your presence, they are now. After a moment, you enter stage left, fully oblivious to the danger around you.
YOU: Hello? Is anybody home?
In your naivete, you walk center stage past the staircase, failing utterly to check the room and opening yourself up to attacks from all sides. Hooded Figure 1, carrying a scythe, silently walks down the stairs, unnoticed by you, who are far too unobservant to pick up on such things.
YOU: I was driving past the house when I thought I heard a scream. Is everybody okay?
You walk stage right, still foolishly unaware of your surroundings. Seriously, what kind of nincompoop just walks into a house like that when there could be danger? Hooded Figure 1 continues down the stairs. Hooded Figure 2, holding a spiked club, enters quietly from the kitchen (up stage left).
YOU: Hellooooo….
You exit stage right. Hooded Figures 1 and 2 follow. You scream, offstage, an inevitable victim of your own folly.