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“The worth of a soul” By Drake Aiman 18045 weaver ct. Sandy, OR 97055 503-200-9084 FAde In: the worth of a soul GREG and DAVE walk into the gymnasium as a basketball game is in progress. The gymnasium is packed with cheering crowds of kids except for a lonely section of bleachers on the farthest corner from the door. The two men walk towards the corner and sit down next to each other and start watching the game. GREg You ever wonder if you would sell your soul to be famous? dave No Greg Not even once? DAVE No GREG So, you’re saying you have never considered selling your soul? DAve Yes, greg Would you? dave Would I what? greg Would you sell your soul to be famous? The home team makes a shot, tying the score dave I don’t even know what defines a soul greg Oh come on, a soul. Your moral integrity, you know… that thing in you dave No, I don’t know. What thing? greg I’ll rephrase the question then, would you be famous if the tradeoff was that you had to go to hell? dave No! I’m not going to hell! greg Wuss dave Why greg You’re saying a lifetime of people at your beck and call is not worth spending an eternity in a place that is always warm? dave That’s exactly what I’m saying greg Sounds to me like an awesome deal dave Well I’m not you, and I certainly don’t want to spend forever in hell Several seconds of silence pass as the two men watch the basketball game. greg Wuss dave How am I a wuss? greg Cause you’re a little wuss dave Alright, I would sell me soul to be famous greg Would you give your soul away before or after you were famous? dave What? Why does it matter? greg Oh it matters! dave Fine, before greg EW! Why? dave What do you mean why? You asked when I would give my soul away. I can’t imagine there being much of a difference. greg It makes all the difference in the world dave How? greg You drop dead instantly and your famous in hell with a bunch of dead people dave You never said that greg It was implied dave What? No it wasn’t! greg Of course it was, what did you think would happen? dave Never mind, I changed my mind greg You can’t just change your mind, you’re already dead dave This is stupid greg It’s not stupid, it’s very scientific. Tom Cruise says so dave That’s scientology not Satanism and that still has no relative importance to the selling of my soul greg Satanism, scientology, it’s all the same thing dave You really are an ignorant jerk greg You’ve lost me, but back to my point. Everyone would sell their soul to be famous dave I didn’t want to! greg You were broken down in two second by me, a mere mortal. What would happen if I was Satan? dave But you’re not! greg Answer the question dave I guess you would have my soul and I would be famous greg Exactly, which leads to the logical conclusion that everyone would sell their soul if it meant being famous dave That’s not the logical conclusion greg Did you, or did you not sell your soul to be famous? dave If you mean in your hypothetical situation then yes I di- greg There you go! Everyone would do it dave You can’t make an assumption just based off what one person says greg Why not? dave It’s not scientific greg Oh and selling your “soul” to mythical demon is? DAVE has a puzzled look on his face as GREG says this while finger quoting “soul” dave Wait, what? greg You can’t just mix science and theory all willy-nilly dave Your theory and the science behind making a good general consensus are two totally separate things greg Don’t try to change the topic to the ethics of an argument dave Well, what about you? greg What about me? dave Would you sell your soul to be famous? greg We- ALEX walks along the bleachers towards the two sitting men and sits down behind the two just in the middle of them alex Hey dave Hey greg What’s up? alex Not too much, what about you guys? dave We are going over whether we would sell our souls to be famous greg Yeah, what would you do? alex Sell my soul dave Well would you sell it before or after you got famous? alex After dave Why? alex I don’t want to die instantly and be famous in hell with a bunch of dead people dave How do you get that? alex Well, it’s implied dave No its not! greg Apparently it is The basketball slams into the bleachers just feet away from DAVE who doesn’t seem to notice. dave You shut up GREG leans back onto the bleachers greg Hey, don’t get mad at me cause your dead and Hitler’s idol alex He gave his soul up before? greg Yep alex Why? dave I didn’t think it mattered greg Oh it matters! alex Yeah, it matters dave I know that now alex Now that you’re dead dave I’m not dead greg Au contraire Mon frère dave You don’t even know French greg When has that ever stopped me? dave True alex Too bad I wasn’t here earlier, I could have told you before, and you know… you kicked the bucket dave I’m not dead, I’m talking to you greg Everyone knows that the devil can make his minions visible to mortals in hopes of converting more towards the dark side dave You are such a nerd alex No, it’s true dave I feel like I’m not getting anywhere with you guys The away team scores, making it a several point lead on the home team greg Well no duh, we won’t fall for your mind tricks dave I hate you so much greg I know it’s the devil making you say that, so I’m going to let it slide dave Did somewhere along this conversation you forget that this is all a hypothetical question greg You can’t fool me dave Now you’re just rambling nonsense, you don’t even have a coherent argument greg Your just upset about being dead, an idol to Hitler, one of the devil’s minions, and that we figured it out dave How do you jump to these conclusions? alex It’s implied dave No its not greg Two against one says they are implied facts dave Well it’s not greg I can’t believe you. You, yourself said that I can’t assume something just because one person says so dave It’s not the same thing alex How? dave It’s just not greg There you go again, you apply a fact in one situation and counter act it in another dave Because they are not the same greg Point is, you want to be famous in hell and have zombies as your groupies dave When did zombies get involved in this conversation? There is another shot tying the score greg It’s implied alex Implied! dave Could you stop repeating everything he says? greg Yeah! alex Yeah! dave Stop it! greg Why would you not think zombies were involved? dave What do you mean? greg You’re in hell with a bunch of dead people. Did you think they all would be still as beautiful as Brad Pitt? dave Well no, but I didn’t think as far as decaying human flesh eaters greg Well that’s stupid, after who-knows-how-long, I’m sure they would like some delicacy dave Delicacy? greg Well I bet they would eat hamburgers too, but after so long they probably want a finer meat dave Finer? alex Yeah, you see- dave Alright, alright, that’s for another day greg Well I’, heading out before you persuade me to the dark side Greg stands up and stats towards the door. One of the basketball players dashes down the court dribbling the ball. dave Well… DAVE looks at ALEX and gestures towards GREG as he leaves DAVE (cont’d) Are you going to go with him? alex No, I don’t have a problem with your persuading me. I’m a scientologist The basketball player shoots the ball scoring as the final buzzer goes off, signaling the end of the game and another win for the home team. fade out. THE END
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