2-8 The Attraction Comparison

In which Bethany and Desiree have a long awaited (friend?) date, and Carol spends an evening at home with their spouse, Gabriel.  

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Allyson Levine as Bethany  

Raimy O. Washington as Jonas    

Edie Pierce as Carol  

Brynn Hambley as Kimberly 

Joe Hanson as Desiree  

Jacob Pfeiffer as Nancy  

Garrett Michael Weskamp as Gabriel  

Kristen Hasty as Patricia  

Moth aka Calmodata as the Sad Barista  

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Transcript

The Attraction Comparison
inc: The Podcast 2-8
by
Monte D. Monteleagre
CHARACTER NAME
Bethany
Jonas
Carol
Gabriel
Kimberly
Sad Barista
Desiree
Patricia
Nancy
SCDP noises.
The sounds of fabric getting folded over and over again.
JONAS
(Bubbly again, not like last night.)
And... there! What do you think?
BETHANY
I think I look ridiculous.
JONAS
Okay well let me try to tie it again...
BETHANY
Jonas. I’m wearing a bow tie. I don’t think there’s a way to tie it where I don’t look like a
massive dork.
JONAS
You haven't even looked in a mirror yet.
BETHANY
I don’t need to.
JONAS
It’s smart.
BETHANY
You don’t even wear bow ties. Why do you have this?
JONAS
For emergencies. Now... do you like this jacket?
(A swish of fabric. Then, much more
excited.)
Or this one?
BETHANY
The first one.
2.
JONAS
ButBETHANY
But I don’t even want a jacket, Jonas. And, now that I’m thinking about it, I don’t even
want to go on this friend date with the person who I am slogging through a high stakes
deadly story competition withJONAS
(Suddenly the Jonas from last night is back.)
Pick a jacket Bethany.
BETHANY
Okay, jeez, fine. The first one.
JONAS
Interesting perspective, Bethany. Let’s consider it.
BETHANY
(A beat.)
Fine.
JONAS
You’re going on the friend-date with Desiree because, as far as I can tell, it will go one of
two ways:
One: You get to be a spy and figure out what the other team is thinking and planning and
maybe you can sabotage them just a little bit. Or at least waste their time. Kind of like
what Tomas did to us early on but, like, good.
Or, two, and this is my favorite, you actually make a friend which you desperately need.
(Back to happy goofy Jonas.)
So which jacket are you considering?
BETHANY
I still like the first one better.
2.
3.
JONAS
That’s great Bethany! The second jacket, which is the one you will be wearing, goes
perfectly with the bow tie, which you need to stop clawing at or it’ll come undone.
BETHANY
I don’t know how you expect me to do this with the contest hanging over our heads...
JONAS
(Through clenched teeth.)
Compartmentalize. Bethany. You’ve been so good at it in the past.
(Back to happy.)
This is going to be the best friend date ever that you're going to tell me every detail of
when you return because of how much work I'm putting into this
BETHANY
(Extremely half-heartedly.)
Yay...
Sound and music fade away. We’re in the quarters of an
incorporation ship.
CAROL
Hey, I need your advice. I’m going to wear a scarf tonight, I know that’s a given now but
still, do you think I should go with this one?
(Rustling)
Or this one?
(Rustling.)
Or... maybe this one? I like the way I look the best in this one, but I wore it last time. Do
you think it’s weird if I wear the same scarf two game nights in a row?
Maybe if I wear it enough it’ll become my “thing” and it isn’t weird anymore. It’ll just
be, “Oh there goes Carol and that scarf they wear ever day... Bet it stinks.”
Okay. Definitely not wearing the same scarf again. What do you think of this one?
(A beat.)
3.
4.
Hon?
(Another beat.)
Honey?
(A beat. Frustrated.)
Gabriel.
GABRIEL
Huh?
CAROL
Which scarf do you like?
GABRIEL
Oh, uh, that one.
CAROL
Gabriel.
GABRIEL
What?
CAROL
I can’t wear that one. I wore it last time.
GABRIEL
Oh, okay.
CAROL
(A beat.)
So which one...
GABRIEL
You choose.
CAROL
But I need4.
5.
GABRIEL
When did you get so into scarves anyways?
CAROL
(Deflated.)
It came up at work. A few weeks ago, actually. It sounded like fun.
GABRIEL
Okay.
CAROL
I know you don’t like talking about workGABRIEL
No, it’s fine.
(A long beat.)
You know, the job market... And my art...
CAROL
Yeah, I know.
So... can you help me pick a scarf?
GABRIEL
Are you going out tonight?
CAROL
It’s game night. With Kimberly and their spouses. Same night every week.
GABRIEL
Okay. That scarf.
CAROL
(Trying to connect.)
Do you think it’s particularly... game night-y?
5.
6.
GABRIEL
(Brighter.)
Sure. So you’re going to be out of the quarters tonight?
CAROL
...Yeah.
(A moment.)
Is something happening?
GABRIEL
Is it cool if I have someone over then?
CAROL
(A chance to connect.)
Oh, of course, who were you thinking?
Is it Nathan? You know I’ve been wanting to get to know your other spouses better for a
while now, so if you too wanted to come withGABRIEL
It’s, uh, not Nathan.
CAROL
Is it Cynthia?
GABRIEL
No. Just a friend.
CAROL
(Teasing in a loving way.)
Is it a date?
GABRIEL
(Shrugging it off.)
Maybe.
CAROL
You know you can tell me if it’s a date right? I’m going on a date tonight.
6.
7.
GABRIEL
Yeah, I know.
Silence.
Incoming transmission noise.
KIMBERLY
(Deeply embarrassing but that’s how they
know it’ll be funny.)
Hey Carol, it’s Kimberly, but you already know that. So, um, this is awkward, but it was
my turn to cook again and, whoops, now we all have food poisoning and only one waste
removal station between us. I would call, but I don’t want to miss my turn, so, yeah...
game night is officially cancelled this week. We’ll make up for it soon. Sorry for what’s
going to happen in the office tomorrow. Hearts. Bye.
Transmission over.
Silence.
CAROL
Or I guess I’m not going on a date tonight.
GABRIEL
So... you’re staying here?
CAROL
I guess so.
GABRIEL
Okay.
(Tension in the air.)
Love you.
Fade out of the quarters and into a Coffee Shop in the
ME Colonies.
7.
8.
SAD BARISTA
-And, I have to tell every person who comes here this and please don’t yell at me, we
don’t have coffee, we haven’t had coffee in a really long time, my boss says we’ll have
coffee soon but every time I tell someone that they come back the next day and we still
don’t have coffee. Yes, our menu has coffee on it. I know our menu has coffee on it. You
cannot order it, but you’ll be able to order it soon, but only because I’m supposed to say
that and I work in at top secret facility/entertainment company/death cult/mass
propaganda machine/decentralized information network’s side hustle’s employee-only
coffee shop and they are okay with murder here.
So... all that said, what can I get you?
DESIREE
(Being mean to someone beneath them for
fun.)
Can I get a small black coffee?
SAD BARISTA
We’re out.
DESIREE
What about a latte?
SAD BARISTA
That’s coffee too. I can make one with Black Goo thoughDESIREE
How about an espresso then?
SAD BARISTA
That’s stillDESIREE
Americano? Mocha? Cold Brew?
SAD BARISTA
(Sigh.)
I’m sorry, those are all coffee.
8.
9.
DESIREE
But they’re on the menu.
SAD BARISTA
I know.
DESIREE
Can you go ask if there’s coffee in the back?
SAD BARISTA
I’m the only one working, and we don’t have a back.
DESIREE
Just go and ask.
SAD BARISTA
(Giving up, which is something they’re used
to.)
Okay.
DESIREE
That’s a good barista.
(A beat.)
And, if you could, try to be a little less sad when my date gets here. You might even earn
a tip.
Sad Barista sighs and shuffles away.
BETHANY
(From a little ways away.)
Hi Desiree. Sorry I’m late. I slept in. Why did I say that? Oh my goodness. Hi.
DESIREE
Oh Bethany. Look at you and your matching bow tie and jacket.
BETHANY
Thanks, Jonas helped me pick it out. Once again, not sure why I said that. I think I’m
nervous?
9.
10.
DESIREE
Nervous? To meet me? What a compliment. Come. Sit down, you cutie patootie. I
ordered us coffee.
BETHANY
I thought they didn’t have coffee?
DESIREE
They don’t, but the barista is particularly sad today and I was bored waiting for you.
Speaking of you, how are you feeling?
BETHANY
Oh, fine. I’m sorry you had to see me yesterday...
DESIREE
From what I hear Nancy saw the worst of it.
BETHANY
Oh no what’d they tell you?
DESIREE
Nothing bad, you know, just the worst of it.
But you should have seen them during our university days. I scraped them off of more
than a few floors, that’s for sure.
BETHANY
You are going to have to tell me more about that. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one
whose ever made a mistake at anything. And Jonas is my boss.
DESIREE
Oh, that’s funny.
BETHANY
Thanks, I try.
DESIREE
But not too hard. I like that about you, Bethany. You have a certain... refreshing
bluntness.
10.
11.
BETHANY
Thanks, it’s the suicidal ideation. Whoops! Didn’t mean to say that out loud.
DESIREE
Oh but you did. And between you and me, I could listen to you talk about anything.
BETHANY
(Is this what friends say to each other?)
Oh, uh?
DESIREE
So I don’t think we ever talked about where you went to school.
BETHANY
Oh, it’s not really a place that... has a name.
DESIREE
So a public university?
BETHANY
Oh, no I thought- no I didn’t really... go to- this is just a waterfall of embarrassments
tonight folks. I went to a school where we had to share desks and chairs and pencils and
then went right into the workforce after that.
Honestly when I think of your school I think of all these ivory walls and big open blue
skies and everyone gets their own pencils and chairs and maybe learns something once in
a while...
DESIREE
And that’s just about right, except when you’re scraping your soon-to-be neophyte off
the ground.
(Putting a spin on it.)
So let’s say you’re... self-taught.
BETHANY
I don’t know about that with all the lectures and courses here. Whatever I taught myself
it’s all being pushed out of one ear by things like, “Periods through the periods: a history
of punctuation,” and stuff like that. Although I guess that’s in the past now.
11.
12.
DESIREE
You’re funny, Bethany. That’s why I like you.
BETHANY
...Yeah. You know that’s an actual course that we had to take, right? Did Nancy tell you?
DESIREE
Maybe. I don’t listen. Us seniors were in the advanced courses for a reason.
BETHANY
Right... but I didn’t want to talk about work anyway.
DESIREE
But I assume you... read the packet?
BETHANY
Through a haze of hangover... yes. I read the packet.
DESIREE
And how are you... feeling?
BETHANY
(a beat.)
Is this a place I can speak freely?
DESIREE
Like I said, I’d listen to you talk about anything.
BETHANY
...Right.
I’m terrified and if I talk about it any more I’m going to fall apart into a pile of bones and
goo on the ground and we haven’t even gotten our coffee yet.
And with Jonas the way Jonas is... When I need them for something, it’s all, “Bethany I
am busy folding newspapers right now, they all have to be exactly the same or I won’t be
able to sleep tonight,” but when I’m trying to write it’s all, “Bethany, I need attention
right now or I will explode on purpose-”
12.
13.
DESIREE
Hold that thought, the Barista is coming and I need you to see how sad they are,
seriously, watch this.
SAD BARISTA
(Sighing through heavy footsteps.)
I’m so sorry, we’re out of coffee.
DESIREE
Oh, that’s disappointing. Can you go and look again?
SAD BARISTA
Please don’tDESIREE
Maybe there’s some in theBETHANY
Actually, there are some cocktails on the menu...
SAD BARISTA
(Beat.)
They’re mocktails, actually, but my boss says we can’t update the menu or people will
start to ask why they cost so much.
DESIREE
Mocktails... I don’t know, I’d rather have something with bite.
BETHANY
Oh don’t worry, I brought some story juice with me.
DESIREE
Mocktails sound great then.
SAD BARISTA
I’m supposed to tell you that you’re not supposed to do that...
DESIREE
Then we definitely won’t do that, right Bethany?
13.
14.
BETHANY
Oh I’m definitely going to- oh you’re winking at me. Nope. I actually dropped the Story
Juice on the way here and it spilled into a grate. Can’t pour it into mocktails because it’s
spilled into a grate. So clumsy.
SAD BARISTA
Okay. What mocktails would you like?
DESIREE
Bethany can choose for both of us.
Fade out from the coffee shop and into the quarters.
CAROL
You don’t have to cancel your plans, Gabriel. I want to meet your... friend or whatever
they are.
A beat.
GABRIEL
I alreadyCAROL
Okay, well, then let’s do something together. You said you have an idea for some art thingGABRIEL
I’m not really feeling up for it.
CAROL
Okay, then a game night. We have games.
GABRIEL
I don’t really feel like playing a game.
CAROL
Not even with me?
A long beat.
CAROL
It’s fine.
14.
15.
GABRIEL
Love you.
CAROL
I know.
How was job hunting?
GABRIEL
Fine.
CAROL
I sent you a couple of listings on the ship...
GABRIEL
I know.
CAROL
There’s a security position...
GABRIEL
I don’t want to work security.
CAROL
And then the cafeteria...
GABRIEL
Kind of a... stereotypical job for an artist.
CAROL
I know but it’sGABRIEL
I’ll think about it.
Silence.
CAROL
Kimberly and I have been getting a lot done lately.
15.
16.
GABRIEL
Okay.
CAROL
Yeah, we’re thinking of actually slowing down so that no one expects too much out of us.
We’re doing this thing, it’s kind of likeGABRIEL
A game.
CAROL
Yeah! How’d you know I was going to say that?
GABRIEL
Kimberly sure likes games.
CAROL
They do.
(A beat.)
I’m... getting the feeling you don’t want to hear more about work.
GABRIEL
It’s been a long day.
CAROL
Every day’s a long day, huh?
(A beat.)
That was...
GABRIEL
I can go to Nathan’s or Cynthia’s quarters too.
CAROL
Yeah, or to your mystery friend’s place too. Lots of options, Gabriel.
GABRIEL
You know I like my privacy. It’s part of my process.
16.
17.
CAROL
I know, but we’re married. And I barely know your other spouses. You spend two nights
a week here, and when one of those nights happens to line up with Kimberly’s game
night, oh, whoops, can’t move your schedule around.
You barely even remembered to tell me about you and Nathan’s anniversary party.
GABRIEL
That was Nathan’s idea.
CAROL
The party or to tell me?
GABRIEL
(A beat.)
You couldn’t make it anyway.
CAROL
I didn’t feel like you wanted me there.
Silence.
GABRIEL
How come you never say, “I love you,” back?
Silence.
CAROL
Do you remember, before all this, when we were just two kids and we would play
together? What happened to that?
GABRIEL
We’re not kids anymore.
CAROL
I really liked you. I still do, sometimes. When you let me.
GABRIEL
I like you too.
17.
18.
CAROL
Then why... Why all this?
GABRIEL
I made a promise to your caregiver that I would take care of you. It was their dying wish.
CAROL
Gabriel you don’t have a job.
(A beat.)
You don’t have your own quarters. You have a web of spouses who don’t know each
other and are all supporting you through this, “job market,” that has been going on for
cycles now and, hey, maybe you sleep on Nathan and Cynthia’s couches too. Or is that
just for me?
GABRIEL
(A beat.)
Hon, you know I’m trying to focus on my art right now.
CAROL
What art? What art are you making right now?
GABRIEL
I have an idea for a painting.
CAROL
(Cooling off.)
Okay, okay, that’s great. Can you tell me the idea?
GABRIEL
I’ll need some money for paint.
CAROL
Oh, Gabriel.
GABRIEL
And a canvas.
(A beat.)
Or I can go to Nathan’s or Cynthia’s.
18.
19.
CAROL
Okay. I can...
(Sigh.)
I can give you some money for paint and a canvas.
GABRIEL
Love you, Carol.
CAROL
I want you to tell me who your friend is.
(Silence.)
I just want to be part of your life, Gabriel.
GABRIEL
You’re so much of my life, Carol.
Fade out on the quarters. Fade in on the Coffee Shop.
DESIREE
(Pretending to be more drunk then they are.)
So that thing that Jonas keeps going on about with the wall...
BETHANY
(Actually intoxicated.)
Totally true.
DESIREE
What did you do?
BETHANY
Oh, you know...
(A beat.)
There’s a lot of things that happened on that ship.
(Whispering.)
Some things that not even Jonas knows about.
19.
20.
DESIREE
You can tell me.
BETHANY
No I shouldn’t.
DESIREE
Come on.
BETHANY
Mmmmmm... No... It’s just a lot of... bad stuff.
DESIREE
Then how about a game?
BETHANY
Hmmm... maybe.
DESIREE
Two truths and a lie. And you don’t even have to tell me which one is a lie. We can save
that for the second date.
BETHANY
Second... date?
DESIREE
So what do you say?
BETHANY
Um... sure?
DESIREE
I’ll go first.
Number 1: When Nancy and I were in University we were actually members of
competing siblinghood organizations. Number 2: The first story I ever wrote was when I
was only 14 cycles old. Number 3: Sometimes, I like to get a little bit naughty.
Now you go.
20.
21.
BETHANY
Oh, wow, really good secrets first of all.
DESIREE
Thank you.
BETHANY
And I don’t have to guess which one is the lie until we hang out again?
DESIREE
That’s right. Until our second date. Now you go.
BETHANY
Okay. Let me think here. Huh. Okay okay I have some good ones.
First one, I kind of had a kid? But only kind of. It was an artificial intelligence doomsday
bot thing that was going to release the whole EBI folder if I died but it was programmed
by... another artificial intelligence in exchange for me kill- no, breaking it because when it
tried to self-destruct when I first met Jonas it failed.
(A moment.)
And then it leaked the stories anyways. Everyone went a little story crazy and... Okay
this is the second one now, there was supposed to be a third person on our team and they
didn’t make it because their assistant showed up with a very real gun and I kind of just let
it happen.
DESIREE
Let the... very real gun happen?
BETHANY
I think so? I was teleported to an escape pod during the happening...
Oh I need to think of a lie now. Uh... pass.
(Justifying.)
And it wasn’t my kid anyways. It just thought that because of some bad wiring or
programing from the AI I smashed because it asked me to.
DESIREE
And it was a... Doomsday bot programmed to leak the something or other folder if you
died?
21.
22.
BETHANY
Only because I thought Patricia was going to kill me.
PATRICIA
Oh, BethanyBETHANY
What was that?
DESIREE
I didn’t say anything.
BETHANY
Oh, weird.
PATRICIA
I wasn’t going to kill you. Do you really think so little of me?
BETHANY
Wow, this is a really strong drink. Waiter!
PATRICIA
You poured the drink, Bethany.
BETHANY
I know I poured this drink butPATRICIA
Maybe I should tell your new “bestie” all about what happens to Bethany’s friends.
BETHANY
(Slamming something on the table. It
shatters.)
We were never friends.
Silence.
DESIREE
Are you... okay?
22.
23.
BETHANY
Perfectly fine, why?
DESIREE
You slammed your mug on the table.
BETHANY
(Trying to reclaim the atmosphere.)
Who serves mocktails in mugs anyways?
SAD BARISTA
(Trudging over.)
Is everything okay?
BETHANY
I think I need another drink.
SAD BARISTA
Okay. Just so you know my boss keeps telling me that I have to charge people for broken
mugs.
BETHANY
That’s fine.
SAD BARISTA
Do you want the same mocktail or...
BETHANY
Same one’s fine.
(Whispering to Desiree.)
I’m out of story juice, did you bring any?
DESIREE
No, butBETHANY
Hey, Sad Barista, you wouldn’t happen to know where23.
24.
SAD BARISTA
(Excited for maybe the first time.)
The vending machine with the curse words is?
BETHANY
Yes! How do I get there from this exact spot?
SAD BARISTA
I go there every day after work. You take aBETHANY
I’m not remembering all of that please draw a map.
SAD BARISTA
(Back to themselves.)
They don’t let me carry pens anymore. My boss says it makes us look unprofessional if
we can’t memorize everyone’s orders.
DESIREE
You’ll figure it out. Now go make us a map and two mocktails to-go with a little extra
space in them please, and quickly.
(As Sad Barista trudges off.)
A second location and a mental breakdown. This is the most exciting date I’ve been on in
a long time.
BETHANY
You haven’t even seen a mental breakdown. Also, you keep saying date...
DESIREE
Oh my goodness, did Jonas actually tell you this was a friend-date?
BETHANY
Oh that Jonas.
PATRICIA
Seriously, I don’t know how you deal with having them as your superior. That must be
so embarrassing for you.
24.
25.
BETHANY
Haha, yeah.
SAD BARISTA
(Trudging back in.)
Here are your mocktails, which I am required to tell you not to spike, and your map to
the vending machine with the curse words on it, and your check.
DESIREE
Did you use black goo instead of ink on the map?
SAD BARISTA
It was the only thing I had.
Poof of fire starting.
DESIREE
Because it’s on fire.
SAD BARISTA
(Snuffing it.)
I’m so sorry.
BETHANY
Did you know this was a date?
SAD BARISTA
Obviously.
BETHANY
Huh.
Fade out on the coffee shop. Fade into Carol’s quarters.
CAROL
Gabriel, you know I’m trying to be supportive, right?
GABRIEL
Okay.
25.
26.
CAROL
But how were you going to paint a portrait of your friend if you didn’t have any paint?
GABRIEL
I wanted it to be a surprise.
(A beat.)
Gift giving is my love language.
CAROL
I- You wanted a portrait of a stranger to be a surprise for me?
GABRIEL
Yeah.
CAROL
I just want to make sure I’m being as clear about this as I possibly can. Gabriel, you
know you can go on dates with other people, right? I was going on a date tonight. You
have two other spouses. You do not have to make up some absurd story about painting a
portrait of a stranger with paint that you do not have to hide that from me.
GABRIEL
I just wanted you to think I was cool.
CAROL
I can’t keep doing this conversation where you say something pathetic so I have to
disagree with you and end the conversation. I am not going to say, “No, Gabriel, I think
you’re cool.”
GABRIEL
(A beat.)
You don’t think I’m cool?
CAROL
(Sharp.)
Fine, you’re cool.
(A beat.)
Let’s just26.
27.
(The biggest sigh in the whole universe.
Maybe a foothold in this whole bull crap
relationship.)
Let’s go buy you some paints and a canvas and then come back here. And then I can sit
for a portrait with you.
Silence.
GABRIEL
I don’t feel like painting right now.
Silence.
CAROL
Fine.
GABRIEL
I love you.
(No response.)
How come you don’t ever say it back?
(Forcing their hand.)
Do you want an anti-marriage?
CAROL
No.
GABRIEL
Okay.
CAROL
I-
(Sigh.)
This is pathetic but I don’t know what you would do without me.
Silence.
CAROL
I love you too, Gabriel.
27.
28.
Fade out on Carol’s Quarters. Fade in on Jonas’ Quarters.
NANCY
(Knocking on the door.)
Jonas. Jonas, open your door.
A door slides open.
JONAS
Nancy?
(Suddenly getting the perfectly wrong idea.)
Oh, hi there Nancy. Look at you, coming to my quarters all on your lonesome. Enjoying
the ambiance? Question mark?
NANCY
Have you seen Desiree?
JONAS
(Flirting.)
Maybe I have or maybe I haven’t. Or maybe. We’re completely alone. Question mark?
NANCY
Why are you talking like that?
JONAS
I saw how you looked at me when I was taking care of Bethany. I know how much you
appreciate a... caregiver.
NANCY
What are you talking about? Never mind, I can’t find Desiree. Did they come back here
with Bethany?
JONAS
Why would they come back here after a friend-date? Question mark?
NANCY
Everyone knows it’s not a friend date, stop saying that.
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JONAS
That’s enough talk about my subordinate, what about us? Here? Alone? Now? Alone?
NANCY
Is. Desiree. Here. Question. Mark.
JONAS
(Flirting again.)
Nope. Completely. And utterly. Alone.
Jonas makes a sexy tiger noise that sucks.
Nancy slaps Jonas.
JONAS
Is that a mean slap or...
(Flirting.)
A different kind of slap.
NANCY
Check on your subordinate, Jonas.
JONAS
Fine.
(Just yelling.)
BETHANY guess they’re not here oh well. Can we go back to slapping now?
BETHANY`
(Entering from the hallway, starting to feel
hungover.)
Jonas stop yelling I could hear you from the hallway and it’s giving me a headache again.
NANCY
Where’s Desiree?
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