gappy
Saturday 26th October 2024 9:49pm [Edited]
Oxford
2,695 posts
SFX:ALARM KLAXON, AND HEAVY METAL DOOR SLAMMING
GREG:What was that?
LEO:[HIS LINES COULD HAVE FX TO MAKE IT SOUND AS THOUGH THEY'RE OVER AN INTERCOM] Err, sorry Greg. Massive leak.
GREG:Bloody hell. Let me out and we'll get it sorted.
LEO:Can't do that, Greg. You've been exposed to radiation. A lot of radiation.
GREG:Jesus. How long do I have to stay in here?
LEO:The rest of your life.
GREG:What?
LEO:No, wait, my mistake. Twenty minutes.
GREG: Oh, fine.
LEO:No, my mistake again: the rest of your life will be twenty minutes.
GREG:I can't believe this happened the one time you weren't in the experiment chamber.
LEO:I was making the tea.
GREG:I wouldn't mind, but you never ever make the tea.
LEO:I bet you wish you hadn't made such a point about that now.
GREG:Never mind that, what can we do?
LEO:Nothing. You'll be dead soon. [BEAT] Oh, but there is one thing we could do.
GREG:Yes?!
LEO:You could bite something.
GREG:How will that save my life?
LEO: Oh, it won't. Nothing will. But, you know, when people get bitten by radioactive things, that's how you make superheroes. Like spiderman. So I thought we could do that, seeing as you're quite astonishingly radioactive now.
GREG:You want me to bite a person?
LEO:No, Greg! God, read the safety manual. Well, you can't, it's out here, but you definitely can't come into contact with a person. But maybe we can do a swictheroo - is there a spider in there?
GREG: Of course there's not a spider in here! It's a high spec state of the art scientific facility.
LEO:Maybe not so high spec as we thought given the whole...well, look, how about I send a spider in. Through the airlock bit.
GREG:No! Send drugs through or something.
LEO:I'm just wondering, what would happen if you bit a spider.
GREG:It would immediately die.
LEO: Oh yeah.
GREG:And I would be sick.
LEO: Oh, I wouldn't worry, that will happen anyway. A lot. Your death will be agonising. But look in the airlock, I've put something in to help?
GREG:What is it? Some sot of neutralising agent?
LEO:No. It's your cup of tea.
GREG: Oh. Thanks. [BEAT, THEN DISGUSTED SPIT] Yuk! this has got a sugar in it!
LEO: Oh yeah, I forgot. Sorry, don't often do the tea.