Playmates Exec #1 🙁stormed into office) I have never told you about my fourth Wacky Wild West turtle!
Playmates Exec #2 🙁Silence)
Playmates Exec #1: Are You Ready For It?
Playmates Exec #2 🙁Silence)
Playmates exec #1: I finally saved it because I wasn’t sure you’d like it.
Playmates Exec #2 🙁Silence)
Exec Playmates #1: Chief Leo!
Playmates Exec #2 🙁long Silence)
Playmates Exec #1: Whew! Well let me read you the official bio as I am really happy myself for this. (Clears the throat) “Those smoke signals mean war when Chief Leo hits the wild frontier. He’s no Cherokee or Apache. This mutant maverick belongs to a tribe all by himself – the Turtle Tribe! And Chief Leo’s got all the Native American tools to make him a classic warrior of the Wild West. Don’t sneeze in a cap.” his feathered head or he will skewer you on a sewer spear. Watch the foot of the palace run for cover as Chief Liu draws his fiery arrows from his semi-quiver.” What do you think so far?
Playmates Exec #2 🙁Silence)
Playmates Exec #1: So, what do you think? any notes?
Playmates Exec #2 🙁Silence)
Playmates exec #1: I’m shocked, Phil. I sure thought you would find something to object to.
Playmates Exec #2 🙁Silence)
Playmates Exec #1: Phil? … elephant?
Playmates Exec #1 🙁He realizes he was talking to an empty chair in an empty office and walks out) elephant? anyone? Welcome?
Playmates Exec #1 🙁Wander the halls) where is everybody? Why are all the lights off?
Playmates Exec #1 🙁Searches the entire office) Am I lonely? Oh wait. It must be Saturday! I must have accidentally come on the weekend. Phil doesn’t work here anymore.
Playmates Exec #1 🙁He calls the elevator) Glad no one was here to see me. That would have been embarrassing.
Playmates Exec #1 🙁10 minutes go by, the elevator doesn’t come) stairs, I think.
Playmates Exec #1 🙁He tries to open the staircase door, but it is blocked from the other side) It’s weird. And I bet it’s a fire hazard, too.
Playmates Exec #1 🙁Dave begins checking the various emergency doors with increasing speed and fear; None of them will open. He tries to open the windows but discovers that they are all closed. He begins by trying to break the windowpane, but even the heavy furniture bounces back harmlessly.) Oh, my God. Oh, my God! I’m trapped!
Playmates Exec #1 🙁Calms himself) I am waiting. Breathe, Dave. breathes. People will be in on Monday. They will go back to work. Things will get better. We should just hang out here for a few days. not important. I have to go to my office and try to get some work done for a while.
(after three weeks)
(Phil collapsed into a corner, emaciated almost beyond recognition. The water cooler has been turned over and is empty. Three overturned pots lying on the floor with soil splattered around, suggesting that Dave was eating office plants for sustenance… and they were long gone.)
Playmates Exec #1: I’m dying, Phil.
(Silence)
Playmates exec #1: It’s my fault. I know what I did, and it was wrong.
(Silence)
Playmates exec #1: Racial stereotypes have nothing to do with children’s games, even if those stereotypes apply to anthropomorphic animals with martial arts skills…
(Silence)
Playmates Exec #1: That’s what I deserve. I accept it
(Silence)
Playmates Exec #1 🙁Weak cough)
(Silence)
Playmates Exec #1: I just thank God I didn’t finish designing the Civil War Turtles.
(Silence)
Playmates Exec #1 🙁He exhales slowly, finally, and passes)
(The screen fades to black)
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