SCENE ONE – LIVING ROOM – EVENING

LEIA, MADDY, the TALL LUMBERING HUMAN and the SMALLER SOFTER HUMAN are seated on the floor, playing a game.

LEIA: Okay… let’s see… these are those things I really like but you don’t.

TALL LUMBERING HUMAN: Oh… Lima beans!

LEIA: No… uh… they’re small and kinda slimy.

TALL LUMBERING HUMAN: Right… Lima beans.

LEIA: No… no… I like to eat these out of the, uh… container, but humans sometimes eat them with crackers.

The human can only offer a blank stare

TALL LUMBERING HUMAN: I don’t eat Lima beans with crackers.

LEIA: (agitated) Right! Because it’s not… it’s… just say something… ANYTHING other than Lima beans!

there’s a pause

TALL LUMBERING HUMAN: I’m sorry, but I can’t think of anything I really don’t like other than Lima beans.

LEIA: (deep sigh). Alright…they come in tight groups… They’re salty and oily, and they might give you…

Without hesitation, Maddy slams the buzzer

MADDY: You said oily!

SMALLER SOFTER HUMAN:  Yup!  That’s a point for us!

Leia shoots daggers at her partner and loses it.

LEIA: It was SARDINES, you idiot!!!

There’s a dramatic, lingering pause

TALL LUMBERING HUMAN: Oh yeah… I really do hate those.

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SCENE TWO – HOSPITAL – LATER

The Smaller Softer Human waits patiently as doctors dress the Tall Lumbering Human’s multiple deep scratches.  From this moment forward, game night is now a subject that is… taboo.