Stephen Flaherty
Flaminio Scala’s Ominous Dream
[MEN & WOMEN]
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[ALL]
Ha-ah...

[FLAMINIO, spoken]
In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself in a dark forest.  

[ALL]
Oooh...

[FLAMINIO, spoken]
Wild boars lined the way, hissing adders looped around each tree.  
[ALL]
Oooh. Aaaah...
[FLAMINIO, spoken]
But I, Flaminio Scala, prince of warriors, bravest of the brave, first to battle, last to flee. I, Flaminio Scala, was not afraid. Slicing through the underbrush with my sword, I forged ahead... until the road forked in two. And there, at that dim parting of the ways, I encountered a most amazing phenomenon. One of the paths was marked:

[WOMAN, spoken]
Fame

[FLAMINIO, spoken]
And the other:

[MAN, spoken]
Obscurity

[FLAMINIO, spoken]
I sensed a trick.  

[WOMAN, spoken]
There is no trick.  

[MAN, spoken]
The decision is entirely up to you.