Administrators Amethyst Posted March 14, 2011 Administrators Share Posted March 14, 2011 For the same reason as [url="http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1032"]Miss Lucy[/url] (but of course, a different prompt.) For those who don't know, a Lazar House is a church-run community wherein lepers were quarantined... [quote] INT. LAZAR HOUSE. DAY. [i]SILA, 16, lies on a cot in the corner of a boarded house's only room. She wears rags under her cloak, and under those still, most of her skin is bandaged completely. Only her face is exposed- dirty, disfigured and scarred. She has another bandage over her eyes. The door opens from the outside, and ELEFTHEIROS, 17, is thrown into the house. He lands on the dirt floor as the door shuts and locks. Eleftheiros crawls to his feet. His face is malformed even worse than Sila's. Eleftheiros slams against the door and pounds on it.[/i] ELEFTHEIROS (shouting) I said you're making a mistake! Come on, I'm not one of them! Let me out, I said LET ME OUT! [i]He rams the door on these last words. Sila jolts up in shock.[/i] ELEFTHEIROS Damn it, why don't you listen?! I'm not- I'm... UGH. [i]Eleftheiros kicks the door in frustrated resignation, and turns around to take stock of his surroudings. He notices Sila.[/i] ELEFTHEIROS Oh. Er, hi... Eleftheiros backs into the opposite corner from Sila, not taking his eyes off of her. ELEFTHEIROS Okay. Let's get one thing straight here, I'm not like you. I'm not- SILA Infected? ELEFTHEIROS Y-yeah... So stay away from me. I'm only here by mistake, and I'll get out soon enough... SILA There's no use in trying. They don't let anyone out, not until they're dead and ready to be burned... ELEFTHEIROS Once I can explain to them that I'm not... Like you... They'll let me go... They have to. They said its their duty under God to purify- and if I stay here I'll just... become- SILA Repulsive? [i] Eleftheiros chokes as she says that word. He sighs. Short pause.[/i] ELEFTHEIROS I'm getting out of here. SILA There's no use in lying. ELEFTHEIROS I'm not lying! I'm NOT a leper! I've been this way my whole life, but- SILA That is, to yourself. ELEFTHEIROS ...Look, I'm not. Just- [i] Eleftheiros sighs and slumps to the ground, burying his misshapen face in his hands. A pause.[/i] SILA What's your story? ELEFTHEIROS (After a pause) God spat on me. SILA That goes without saying. We're here, aren't we? ELEFTHEIROS No, literally. I've been hideous my whole life- But then some dumb clergyman passes by and decides I'm a- well, like you... Sila You will be soon. ELEFTHEIROS Not if- just stay away from me. I'll get out, and- SILA How? [i]Short pause.[/i] ELEFTHEIROS ...God should help me... Instead he cursed me... I'm not like this... I'm not a sinner... SILA God is just an excuse for these men to make whatever they don't want to see- go away... ELEFTHEIROS If they don't want to see, they should just close their eyes. SILA That is not always so easy... I saw- myself, once... ELEFTHEIROS So? You still look better than me... People think I'm gross- no one will speak to me... SILA ...I could not bear what I saw in myself... ELEFTHEIROS ...Then I don't know how you can stand to look at me. SILA I don't. ELEFTHEIROS What? SILA When I saw myself, I... was in such a fit- frightened by how truly horrid I had become... I tried to scratch the disease off my face, and... Eventually... I began scratching my own eyes, and- ELEFTHEIROS ...So you made yourself blind. A pause. Sila nods slowly. ELEFTHEIROS ...You rejected yourself. But I've been rejected by everyone else. SILA ...I have not rejected you. ELEFTHEIROS ...It got to the point where I thought, I might be alone for my whole life... SILA ...I am here. ELEFTHEIROS ...Then I... will always be with someone here... SILA ...As repulsive as me. ELEFTHEIROS At least it's someone... Someone who can't see me, even- SILA I can see you. ELEFTHEIROS But you said you were blind? SILA I can see you... You're the most beautiful person I've never seen... [i]A pause. Eleftheiros stares at Sila, slowly climbs to his feet, and walks to her at her cot.[/i] SILA I thought you... wanted to stay away. You'll get- ELEFTHEIROS Infected? SILA Yes... And then they will never let you out, and- ELEFTHEIROS Why would I want to leave? [i]Eleftheiros lies down beside Sila, and holds her.[/i] ELEFTHEIROS ...After all, it seems God smiled on us. [i]Fade out[/i] [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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