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The worth of a soul 5 min. short contest
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“The worth of a soul”
By
Drake Aiman
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the worth of a soul
GREG and DAVE walk into the gymnasium as a basketball game is in progress.
The gymnasium is packed with cheering crowds of kids except for a lonely section of bleachers on the farthest corner from the door.
The two men walk towards the corner and sit down next to each other and start watching the game.
GREg
You ever wonder if you would sell your soul to be famous?
dave
No
Greg
Not even once?
DAVE
No
GREG
So, you’re saying you have never considered selling your soul?
DAve
Yes,
greg
Would you?
dave
Would I what?
greg
Would you sell your soul to be famous?
The home team makes a shot, tying the score
dave
I don’t even know what defines a soul
greg
Oh come on, a soul. Your moral integrity, you know… that thing in you
dave
No, I don’t know. What thing?
greg
I’ll rephrase the question then, would you be famous if the tradeoff was that you had to go to hell?
dave
No! I’m not going to hell!
greg
Wuss
dave
Why
greg
You’re saying a lifetime of people at your beck and call is not worth spending an eternity in a place that is always warm?
dave
That’s exactly what I’m saying
greg
Sounds to me like an awesome deal
dave
Well I’m not you, and I certainly don’t want to spend forever in hell
Several seconds of silence pass as the two men watch the basketball game.
greg
Wuss
dave
How am I a wuss?
greg
Cause you’re a little wuss
dave
Alright, I would sell me soul to be famous
greg
Would you give your soul away before or after you were famous?
dave
What? Why does it matter?
greg
Oh it matters!
dave
Fine, before
greg
EW! Why?
dave
What do you mean why? You asked when I would give my soul away. I can’t imagine there being much of a difference.
greg
It makes all the difference in the world
dave
How?
greg
You drop dead instantly and your famous in hell with a bunch of dead people
dave
You never said that
greg
It was implied
dave
What? No it wasn’t!
greg
Of course it was, what did you think would happen?
dave
Never mind, I changed my mind
greg
You can’t just change your mind, you’re already dead
dave
This is stupid
greg
It’s not stupid, it’s very scientific. Tom Cruise says so
dave
That’s scientology not Satanism and that still has no relative importance to the selling of my soul
greg
Satanism, scientology, it’s all the same thing
dave
You really are an ignorant jerk
greg
You’ve lost me, but back to my point. Everyone would sell their soul to be famous
dave
I didn’t want to!
greg
You were broken down in two second by me, a mere mortal. What would happen if I was Satan?
dave
But you’re not!
greg
Answer the question
dave
I guess you would have my soul and I would be famous
greg
Exactly, which leads to the logical conclusion that everyone would sell their soul if it meant being famous
dave
That’s not the logical conclusion
greg
Did you, or did you not sell your soul to be famous?
dave
If you mean in your hypothetical situation then yes I di-
greg
There you go! Everyone would do it
dave
You can’t make an assumption just based off what one person says
greg
Why not?
dave
It’s not scientific
greg
Oh and selling your “soul” to mythical demon is?
DAVE has a puzzled look on his face as GREG says this while finger quoting “soul”
dave
Wait, what?
greg
You can’t just mix science and theory all willy-nilly
dave
Your theory and the science behind making a good general consensus are two totally separate things
greg
Don’t try to change the topic to the ethics of an argument
dave
Well, what about you?
greg
What about me?
dave
Would you sell your soul to be famous?
greg
We-
ALEX walks along the bleachers towards the two sitting men and sits down behind the two just in the middle of them
alex
Hey
dave
Hey
greg
What’s up?
alex
Not too much, what about you guys?
dave
We are going over whether we would sell our souls to be famous
greg
Yeah, what would you do?
alex
Sell my soul
dave
Well would you sell it before or after you got famous?
alex
After
dave
Why?
alex
I don’t want to die instantly and be famous in hell with a bunch of dead people
dave
How do you get that?
alex
Well, it’s implied
dave
No its not!
greg
Apparently it is
The basketball slams into the bleachers just feet away from DAVE who doesn’t seem to notice.
dave
You shut up
GREG leans back onto the bleachers
greg
Hey, don’t get mad at me cause your dead and Hitler’s idol
alex
He gave his soul up before?
greg
Yep
alex
Why?
dave
I didn’t think it mattered
greg
Oh it matters!
alex
Yeah, it matters
dave
I know that now
alex
Now that you’re dead
dave
I’m not dead
greg
Au contraire Mon frère
dave
You don’t even know French
greg
When has that ever stopped me?
dave
True
alex
Too bad I wasn’t here earlier, I could have told you before, and you know… you kicked the bucket
dave
I’m not dead, I’m talking to you
greg
Everyone knows that the devil can make his minions visible to mortals in hopes of converting more towards the dark side
dave
You are such a nerd
alex
No, it’s true
dave
I feel like I’m not getting anywhere with you guys
The away team scores, making it a several point lead on the home team
greg
Well no duh, we won’t fall for your mind tricks
dave
I hate you so much
greg
I know it’s the devil making you say that, so I’m going to let it slide
dave
Did somewhere along this conversation you forget that this is all a hypothetical question
greg
You can’t fool me
dave
Now you’re just rambling nonsense, you don’t even have a coherent argument
greg
Your just upset about being dead, an idol to Hitler, one of the devil’s minions, and that we figured it out
dave
How do you jump to these conclusions?
alex
It’s implied
dave
No its not
greg
Two against one says they are implied facts
dave
Well it’s not
greg
I can’t believe you. You, yourself said that I can’t assume something just because one person says so
dave
It’s not the same thing
alex
How?
dave
It’s just not
greg
There you go again, you apply a fact in one situation and counter act it in another
dave
Because they are not the same
greg
Point is, you want to be famous in hell and have zombies as your groupies
dave
When did zombies get involved in this conversation?
There is another shot tying the score
greg
It’s implied
alex
Implied!
dave
Could you stop repeating everything he says?
greg
Yeah!
alex
Yeah!
dave
Stop it!
greg
Why would you not think zombies were involved?
dave
What do you mean?
greg
You’re in hell with a bunch of dead people. Did you think they all would be still as beautiful as Brad Pitt?
dave
Well no, but I didn’t think as far as decaying human flesh eaters
greg
Well that’s stupid, after who-knows-how-long, I’m sure they would like some delicacy
dave
Delicacy?
greg
Well I bet they would eat hamburgers too, but after so long they probably want a finer meat
dave
Finer?
alex
Yeah, you see-
dave
Alright, alright, that’s for another day
greg
Well I’, heading out before you persuade me to the dark side
Greg stands up and stats towards the door. One of the basketball players dashes down the court dribbling the ball.
dave
Well…
DAVE looks at ALEX and gestures towards GREG as he leaves
DAVE (cont’d)
Are you going to go with him?
alex
No, I don’t have a problem with your persuading me. I’m a scientologist
The basketball player shoots the ball scoring as the final buzzer goes off, signaling the end of the game and another win for the home team.
fade out.
THE END