Quarantine the play will be posted on here for public feedback and review as Euginia writes for the next few weeks.
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Quarantine
A daughter attempts to negotiate a murder on her mother during their time of quarantine.
Mother
Daughter
Scene 1
(continued from previous entry)
Daughter attempts to leave the room. Immediately, as she steps out, guards appear and push her back into the room.
The room clouds with some smog/ gas (to disinfect).
Mother: (coughing) Don’t do that ever, ever again! Stop that!
Daughter is hyperventilating.
Daughter: I can’t take this anymore! I can’t take being in here, with you, and your… cups… and sounds…. Anymore!
Daughter catches a glimpse of the broken cup shards. She makes a cut on herself.
Daughter: Ouch!
Mother: What are you doing?
The first spot of blood stains the daughter's clean, white dress.
Mother: Stop that! Now we have to clean it up.
Daughter: It hurts… It hurts….
Daughter begins to cry.
Mother: Stop… stop….
Mother stops daughter’s blood flow from the cut.
Mother: They said, we can’t make a mess. For now.
Daughter: Who cares about the mess! I’m trapped in here with you! It hurts too much to…
Beat.
Daughter: To get rid of myself.
Mother: You cannot die in here now.
Beat.
Mother: If you die, they will come in, and take you away, just like that… and you will be gone.
Daughter: I know, okay? I fucking know! And nothing would have meant anything at all.
Beat.
Daughter: Not my dreams, not who I was… but the mess I left behind.
Mother: So don’t do it.
Mother walks around the contained room, doing exercises.
Daughter studies Mother.
Daughter: That’s right.
Beat.
Daughter: The mess doesn’t bother me. It only bothers you.
She finds a knife. She holds it to the back of her mother.
Daughter: You’re the cause of my misery. Not me!
Mother: What are you doing?! Get off me!
Daughter: Don’t move. Or it will really hurt you. And there’ll be more blood. And the mess will be bigger.
Mother freezes in fear.
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