THE SCARY QUESTION Wayne Rawley Seon SR eS ore oe ee RISE: une and pa0as at siting 2" he soc, LINDA atone avd wei tthe fh ASDA is reading ome doce wrk. fs flping toa is ow ook o magazin. wand i having ‘The Say Quen premiered on Fey 6,204, t Annex The ie concnating and looks nersly Mpa NDS « couple mes ree Ste gyn part ck snomhiy caret es be specing Sint Be The cat wr Fallows: unos Shannon Kipp Brine Weyne Raley a: Hi? ‘CHARACTERS aaa Linda’ beyond iw: Quescion, tina, Bean’ gilrend, SETTING spa: What question, Tina living ror couch an: For you. NoTE [A double asterisk (2) in ine reams the person withthe necting fos: Qisestion for me? should begin geaking Yes woh: Ae you okay? * (Defensive) Yes! yn: Okay. jan: [ need to ask you 2 question. 390 31sor Wayne Rawley va: Ob: sniaw: How Jong have we Been together? unos Bight months, bruan: Thats ight! tunpa: [ know! bait You like "em? sna: Hh? ‘sea: You like “em, che eight months? avn: Of course siya; Me to0. avon: Good. sara: Hell, ys its good! nna: Okay. rsa: Okay. (they go Back fe reading) ‘Thats nor the question, Lupa: I'm supposed to read eis for wot, seta; Um distracting you? ‘rte ScARY QUESTION, 393 susons No urns Because { don'e want co diseract You soon: No-Thark okay There is to know what it nething on your mind. want ‘bua: Hove you. rasp: Hove you t00. ‘buan: When did we fist say Love you? ‘unoa: Um, four months ago, pant Right! unos: [know ins: You knew! ‘avon: That’ ight. aman: Four months! avon: You cried ‘aan 1 was hap! tuspa: So was It saan: Okay! cana: Okay, maaw: Bight months, four months.398 Wayne Revley iva: Ive never been happier, srias: Me ether! tunpa: Good. ania: Good does not begin to desribe it una: Okay. nia: Oksy espa: Okay. ata: So— wpa: Honey, please jost ask your question! sian: fn sorry! pe: Wha? san: fst una: What _axtans This ont exactly e3sy— una: What s'? ‘sian: fe important, and Tm jst not sure von; Oh, axy God. Brian. Seop it, I it bad? Youte se ynas: 3s sear: Pin seared to atk it “THE SCARY QUESTION bool sant: Brin, ak it mgt Okay! SoU just ak Then. OF (ie gs on ae he next 28) soy: Brian? mass: Linda, | wanted 10 ak you this for 30 Jong. What ‘would you do if ehe Zombies attacked? oe Wha? mug Whar wold you do i Zombies stacked. (ane son: Pm sorrjt¥ dant know what you mess. anual Eoanin, ey ack Whit would yo do? avons Whar Zier ys ating sou? max: Any Zombies—any an all Zousbies, A horde of Zom- [ies from the cemetery, whatever — Lowa: Horde of Zombies? sy: What Fi aikne h— lawns This is whact# you wanted oak me? nuns: Should the proper set of icumsances sign be they moepheric, environmental, chemi, indus vi, ior Togieal or supernatural that caused396 Wayne Rowley ‘unas Thats weird, Sia, shoe paises THAT caused de crazed, umoky and recs Nori from the grave in search of succulent hu Aes sunwa: Gross! ‘an: Yer Youre right, Ie is gros. Nevertheless what "yon &0? nwa: Why are you aking, me thet raat: Because its important— awa: No i isnt ‘rua: YES! es! anon: Why isi important? nian: Because [love you and you know what? I really do I owen) war..-1 pe thats ta say, cea fF 0 ‘eatonship to. move-To the next level— awa: You want to get married? saquax: Whoa, wait 2 minute; you'e aking me t marry your ‘non: | thought you were asking me to marry you! arta: } was asking about Zombies! tawpa: Brian? What do yon ran nest tvel tas: The next level! The leve!—above the current level ‘Tuk scanty QUESTION 37 soa: Moving. in together? wax: Ab-hab— Well oka, you know, Cm not sure I'm afaid— non: OF Zombies? swan; Well you didn't come co Zombie night sovon: Youre mad about Zombie night son: Pm not mad— von: You suid it was okay that 1 didat come to Zombie night! rag fe wat uvoa: You said you didn't mind # I skipped Zombie night! raans (Finally if i es Ben bothering in for dys) Well, why youl you want co skip Zombie night? {twas awesome! We arched Night ofthe Living Dead, Dawe of the Dead, Rett Y the Living Dra and Renu ofthe Living Dead fh wich srcked {adic dat, but Rerun ofthe Ling Dead was awe tome and why dit you want t0 conte tenon: I don’ like Zombie movies. (Pewe) aad: Wha? *#What do you~ sewn: [ don’ ike Zombie movies. ruusr: That doesnt gegister with me, that398 Wayne Rowley ivon: Fda’ like #7 pmia: Thar doesn't compute. Don't ike then? npn: No. Youte getting it right. [. Dont. Like. Zomt Movies oe) may What? Lanna: Brian, hs clon! mae Nox iva No is wot ideo! na They ae grass arias 1Yappons tobe a very viable gee. a: They ae dings nas: They ARE ite often 2 very pointed and highly st sme ty of the mindless consumer of ate seer en sii Mile America, st: No they arent nia: Zombis movies ar° my two: No they aren't uyan: No! Thats tot etally true, they aren tually my lie but "love chem! [love them, Linda! Love dem awa: Okay! Great! F'n glad you love thems! Love themt 1 modern dance! spe seARY QUESTION 309 snuan: That’ not really dance They'e just hopping around anyone can do that. ma! See! See! 1 dont like Zombie movies, you don ke ‘modeen dace! nian: No! No! Thats you That’ & diversion! Thats yoo t- fg crea 3 diversion! ‘una: You have Fost your mind ‘arias: Is tre Uhave! I ave los my mind, When T wake up in re morning he fis hing, Lask unyel 8 “F wonder if she Jp gving to sie oda” and when I think that Isle And re etn he day, that rakes yo smile? And owen? And Tce you sil? I die. Every die. Deca, Fee Tam being hones, 1 do not think thete i anyahing ore beni at har ever existed in dhe world shan You srnng, AIT wane out of my ie to maybe see that mos Heeetal ching im the work jst once 3 day. But aed {atm tho being honest have great feat about making it work voith a woman that has po Zombie plan sawp: A Zoutbie pln, anus: fama anount of thought given to a posible plan of Tree should the dead rise om the gre andl Begin € walk the ear taypa: Brim, I don’t have a Zombie plan nace nov an sorry ve ruined everything. 18 90 S000 Tes roo—T'm sorry. PT g0- tava: You'e leaving?400 Wayne Ravley ‘saint Fi. pushing you. 4 promised smal L wouldnt do dha ‘vpn: Flametheowers pata: What? tavpa: Do we get fametheowers? rans: (Sad, She jus dean’ ger it) No. flamethrower wor Wo any good. They te Zombies. They e not gonna stop jt ‘ecasse they're on fre. By dhe time they are burned enou to become incapacitated, they will akeady have exten brain hat about grenades? spa: Hand grenades? tava: Yes maw: No-The collateral damage would *be too massive. Luna: What does that mean “ke blowing wp the hovse? ‘xa: Like Mawing np yourself, these Zombies *¥are lke right ouside aspa: Okay. So what if Tve got a famethrower— ais Lind yen cant “INA: Listen, ee got 4 ametbrowes, you grab the aluminum ‘baseball bar out of the hall closer. You stand atthe doot— they're around the house right? sian: Completely surtounding the house and probably break Tue 3¢aRy QUESTION ao ing dhuough the barricades we've set up Jn front of the ‘windows at this point mypa:You stand at the door, 1 open the door for you and yoo run owt swinging dat Fat at everything chat moves. You lem» path to the cat because dheyre rotting, their heads ome Fight off with one crack ofthe bat, s0 you clear path to the car; we make it to he car. I jump in che backseat you drive amas: Keep elking, unpa: You start the eat and speed off, screeching che tres with vmoke coming off them and everything, I pop a through the sunroof withthe Ramethrowet—they ae all chasing us a eis point tig? seo: (Japs) Yea Yea they te chasing sal ight pa: [pop up through the sunroof with the flamethrower and torch the bastards right back into de grave Oia spawned them. They'l never eateh ts “cause we're in the car. And hey ater ke sapesianiam or amsching— ‘uan: No, they aren't any stronger or Fister than normal ‘homans— ‘anon: Right, 50 they cant catch us "caune we're the cat and ‘hey are all on fie, rmining around bumping into each ther eg each other on fre, burning up to incapacia- tion, and we excape. This time sma: That could work. syepat Then you an 1 find the sestance mavement and join opoo Wayne Raley sas: Seriously? Lava ep, sas: You would join the resistance movement? Linoa:‘The word is cawling with the living dad, Bean have to find te las bastion of humanity and align curses ‘with them, Besides if our species is going to sutvive, we going to have co learn to work together inv: Oh, my God, That sso ere. I lve you, tava: Hove you 00. (They bse) sax: Do you realy want t live together? NDA: OF course. I cant wait, But we should, Wait. For months Teink. satan: Agreed esa big step You are so right SNAP. Daryl Watson ‘Sup promired om bal of Ren There Wark a the Dale of the Bas New York on Febuary 25. 3505.The competion wes hosed at Grobe by Parl Confort Praacions The pay wat dhe by Jen Koons and dhe ast ws flows (Conca Larmt Make Bat Cusick Rober Bares ‘Maseus Brian Hate Suan Maytena Moret “Teas” vas Nyambi Nymbi CAST OF CHARACTERS ‘This pay i edad Male, Shams, jackie, ‘Chad, Kat, end Leah