Façade (interactive story)

[steve5451]

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GRACE
Trip, when are you going to get rid of this?

TRIP
What, Grace... this?

ADAM
Hey

GRACE
Yes, you know how I feel about it -- -- (interrupted)

(ADAM knocks on the front door.)

(ADAM knocks on the front door.)

TRIP
I know I know I'll do it right -- (interrupted)

TRIP
Oh, he's here!

GRACE
What?! You said he's coming an hour from now!

ADAM
ts firefox

TRIP
No, he's right on time!

GRACE
Trip...!

(Trip opens the front door.)

TRIP
Adam!!

ADAM
Your friend Firefox

TRIP
Hey! It's been too long, man! -- (interrupted)

TRIP
Ha ha, wow you should visit more often!

ADAM
 name is firefox

TRIP
So come on in!

ADAM
Firefox

TRIP
Uh, let me go get Grace...

ADAM
Bar

TRIP
(unintelligable arguing)

ADAM
Drinks

GRACE
No, no, here we are!

ADAM
Drinkas

GRACE
Adam,

GRACE
Hi!  How are you?  Oh god it's been such a long time! -- (interrupted)

GRACE
Uh...

GRACE
So, come in, make yourself at home...

ADAM
I want your brest milk

TRIP
Oh, yeah, let me fix us all some drinks in a sec! -- (interrupted)

TRIP
Oh and I've got these fancy new roostertail shakers I'm itching to try out.

ADAM
Juice

TRIP
Yeah, hang on, ooh, I'm going to make you one of my fabulous drinks in just a minute!

GRACE
Uhh,  -- (interrupted)

ADAM
Ok

TRIP
Yeah, yeah...

ADAM
Now

TRIP
So! Drinks!

TRIP
How does a martini sound?

ADAM
Drinks

(Trip closes the front door.)

TRIP
Uh, well, you know what, I'm just going to make you a martini.

ADAM
Sure

GRACE
No no,

GRACE
Adam,  maybe you'd like some juice, or a mineral water?

ADAM
Piss

TRIP
Alright!  That's what I wanted to hear!  It'll just take me a short minute here.

TRIP
(quiet humming)

GRACE
(little sigh) You know Trip, he never -- (interrupted)

ADAM
Ber

TRIP
What?  Yeah, no, uh, drinks coming right up! -- (interrupted)

TRIP
Grace, I know what you want, but I'll ask anyway...  what would you like to -- (interrupted)

ADAM
jkwuyf

TRIP
Well, I was just going to ask Grace what she wants.

GRACE
I don't feel like drinking tonight.

ADAM
Drinks

GRACE
I just want a little -- (interrupted)

ADAM
Beer

TRIP
Oh, yeah, you know, I think I'll fix us another drink in not too long...

ADAM
Wine

TRIP
Heh heh,    Adam,  -- (interrupted)

ADAM
Water

ADAM
Piss

GRACE
Okay, okay, this is getting really tiresome...!

PHONE
** RING **

GRACE
You know what, I'll be right back.

TRIP
Grace, what are you -- -- (interrupted)

(ADAM picks up the phone.)

PHONE
** RING **

TRIP
Adam,  no!  Don't do that.

(ADAM puts down the phone.)

(ADAM picks up the phone.)

PHONE
** RING **

TRIP
Uhh, that's my mother, I can hear her loud voice.

ADAM
Hello?

GRACE
Oh!

PHONE
** RING **

TRIP
Okay, she's confused, as usual... just -- just hang it up.

ADAM
Hello?

(ADAM puts down the phone.)

ADAM
Is the piss nice and warm?

(ADAM picks up a Grace's drink.)

(ADAM sips his Grace's drink.)

(ADAM sips his Grace's drink.)

(ADAM puts down a Grace's drink.)

ADAM
GOD

ADAM
What is the stuff!

ADAM
That

ADAM
IS THAT WATERE

ADAM
NO

ADAM
 DRUG LORD YOU MORON

ADAM
forget

ADAM
I RAPE YOU

ADAM
 WE HAS BUTlove

ADAM
NOW ON FLOOR

(ADAM kisses grace.)

ADAM
WHY YOU NO TALK

ADAM
 MOVE

ADAM
I WANT YOURS PISS

(ADAM picks up the advice ball.)

(The advice ball reads, "Never")

ADAM
WHY THE NO MOVE

(ADAM shakes the advice ball.)

(The advice ball reads, "Why Not")

ADAM
I DON'T KNOW

(ADAM shakes the advice ball.)

(The advice ball reads, "Maybe Later")

ADAM
forget YOU 8-BALL

(ADAM shakes the advice ball.)

(The advice ball reads, "Never")

ADAM
I WANT DRINK

(ADAM shakes the advice ball.)

(The advice ball reads, "Yes")

ADAM
BUT IT NONPISSY WATER!

(ADAM shakes the advice ball.)

(The advice ball reads, "Sure Thing")

ADAM
WHY 8-BALL YOU TROLL ME

(ADAM shakes the advice ball.)

(The advice ball reads, "I Doubt It")

ADAM
HOLY stuff THIS THING IS TROL

ADAM
AND SMART

(ADAM shakes the advice ball.)

(The advice ball reads, "Yes")

ADAM
WHY YOU SAY YES

ADAM
U

ADAM
forget YOU

(ADAM shakes the advice ball.)

(The advice ball reads, "Why Not")

ADAM
CAN IZ RAPE THEM

(ADAM shakes the advice ball.)

(The advice ball reads, "Maybe Later")

ADAM
WHY YOU NO SHAKE WHEN I SHA

ADAM
KE YOU!

(ADAM shakes the advice ball.)

(The advice ball reads, "Why Not")

ADAM
forgetkool kids klubkool kids klubkool kids klubK YOUUUUUUU

(ADAM shakes the advice ball.)

(The advice ball reads, "Maybe Later")

ADAM
forget THIS stuff

(ADAM puts down the advice ball.)

(ADAM knocks on the front door.)

(ADAM opens the front door.)

(ADAM knocks on the front door.)

(ADAM closes the front door.)

(ADAM knocks on the front door.)

(ADAM opens the front door.)

ADAM
forget YOU ALL TO HELL

(ADAM points to the elevator button.)

(ADAM points to the elevator button.)


[otto-san]

I won. :D

FACADE STAGEPLAY
Sun Jan 15 12 29 53 2012

GRACE
Trip, when are you going to get rid of this?

TRIP
What, Grace... this?

MATT
wdasdsad

GRACE
Yes, you know how I feel about it --

TRIP
I know I know I'll do it right now, alright?!

MATT
   

GRACE
You know I've had to ask you about this several --

TRIP
Get off my back!  I'll get rid of it in just a minute!

GRACE
Fine, Trip... fine...

(Trip opens the front door.)

TRIP
Matt!!

TRIP
Hey!  I thought I heard someone out here! Great to see you!  It's been a while, how's it going? -- (interrupted)

MATT
no you didnt

TRIP
Uh...

TRIP
Well anyway... come in, I guess...

TRIP
Uh, let me go get Grace...

TRIP
(unintelligable arguing)

TRIP
(unintelligable arguing)

GRACE
No, no, here we are!

GRACE
Matt,

GRACE
Hi!  How are you?  Oh it's so nice to see you, it feels like it's been forever!

TRIP
Yeah, it has been a long time. -- (interrupted)

MATT
it has!

GRACE
Uh...

GRACE
So, come in, make yourself at home...

TRIP
I'm just going to go close the door. 

GRACE
So,   Matt,  ha, maybe you can give me your honest opinion about where I went wrong with my new decorating, uhh... 

(Trip closes the front door.)

TRIP
Oh, Grace, no, no, h -- how can you say that?

GRACE
(little sigh)

MATT
looks OK but needs work

GRACE
Uhh, -- (interrupted)

TRIP
Oh, uh...

GRACE
That's nice of you, I'm sure Trip's happy to hear that.

TRIP
(clears throat)

GRACE
(little sigh) So about this wedding picture here...

GRACE
it simply... doesn't go anymore... I mean, with my new decorating and all.

TRIP
Oh no, no...    Matt,  it looks good here...

MATT
the walls should be painted

GRACE
Oh, really? 

TRIP
Ah, see, Grace, I was right, no one has a problem with your decorating!

GRACE
(frustrated complacent sigh) Uhh, well, whatever, I'm going to return most of this anyhow.  I have to redo this room.

MATT
sounds good

TRIP
Heh heh,    Matt,  seeing you brings back good memories, you know?

GRACE
Yes, it does.   H-mmm (happy smile sound)

TRIP
Whoa I just realized something! -- (interrupted)

MATT
yep

TRIP
Y -- yeah, tonight is special!

TRIP
Matt,  remember, it was almost exactly ten years ago, tonight, that you introduced us.

TRIP
Senior year of college!

GRACE
Oh... geez...

TRIP
Remember that?

MATT
yeah that was awhile ago

TRIP
We really want to thank you for years and years of...

GRACE
Pain.

TRIP
Heh heh heh... Agony.

GRACE
Love.

TRIP
Uh, yeah, love, yeah, love.

TRIP
Okay, well, you and I are getting along better tonight than I first thought, heh heh!

TRIP
(little sigh)

TRIP
Ah,    Matt,  you probably didn't come here to hear this, heh...

GRACE
What?

GRACE
Trip, there's nothing wrong with disagreeing in front of our friend --

TRIP
We're NOT disagreeing. 

TRIP
We're not disagreeing. 

MATT
Let's discuss ducks.

TRIP
Ah,    Matt,  what we really need here...

TRIP
are some drinks!

GRACE
Oh, is that what we need...

TRIP
When it comes to drinking, I have the simplest tastes.   I'm uh always satisfied with the best.

TRIP
Ah I know... I'm going to open us a magnificent, I mean, astounding Bordeaux. 

TRIP
Best of the best, you can't buy this in stores... Very, very special --

GRACE
God Trip, you're just like my dad with the whole wine snob thing.

TRIP
I'll take that as a compliment.     Matt,  what do you say?

MATT
Sounds too fancy.

TRIP
So... how does a Bordeaux sound?

MATT
Nah.

TRIP
Oh, but this is a very special bottle of wine...!

GRACE
Trip that's not what he wants.

GRACE
Matt,  maybe you'd like some juice, or a mineral water?

TRIP
What...?

MATT
Sure.

GRACE
Okay, Trip, that's what he wants!

(MATT picks up the brass bull.)

TRIP
No, this is a special get-together, I want to open this wine, I'm not going to settle less!

(MATT puts down the brass bull.)

GRACE
You seem perfectly happy settling for less when you sneak off to that crappy little sports bar down the street!

TRIP
What?!

GRACE
Don't think I don't know about your secret little hangout where you watch football and drink lite beer with lowly construction workers...

MATT
SHHhhhhh

TRIP
How -- how do you -- how do you know about that --

(MATT picks up the advice ball.)

GRACE
If only the guys at your high class poker games knew about that, huh?

(The advice ball reads, "It's Definite")

(MATT shakes the advice ball.)

(The advice ball reads, "Maybe Later")

TRIP
What -- you --

GRACE
Some habits are hard to break I guess.

(MATT shakes the advice ball.)

(MATT puts down the advice ball.)

TRIP
Uhh, you're driving me insane!

TRIP
Goddamn sports bar...

TRIP
You think you're better than me just because I didn't come from a rich background!  You do, I know it, you think you're better than me!

GRACE
(impatient sigh)     Matt,  can you believe -- (interrupted)

MATT
hey guys come on

TRIP
What, what's that, what are you saying, what?

TRIP
Goddamn manipulation...

TRIP
Grace, I -- I just want to be together, and be happy, can you just see that? 

GRACE
Oh, sure, yeah!

TRIP
Can't we just do that? -- (interrupted)

MATT
quit fighting

TRIP
Hey, no, it's just going to make this whole thing even worse if you keep criticizing me!

TRIP
Okay, you know what,     Matt,

TRIP
I need to ask you something.

GRACE
Trip --

TRIP
Grace, let me ask our guest a question.

TRIP
Matt,  yes or no...

TRIP
When you're married, can you try to change the other person to be even 'better' than who yourself are?

GRACE
What?

TRIP
Is it okay to try to quote-unquote 'improve' your spouse, even if you need that same improvement yourself?

TRIP
Yes or no.

MATT
Improve yourself too.

TRIP
Look, don't bother answering, I don't need to hear it!

TRIP
Uhh, Grace, you think I'm some kind of shallow person, obsessed with money, that I don't love you!  You think our marriage is all just a sham!

(MATT picks up the advice ball.)

GRACE
Oh, that's great Trip!

(The advice ball reads, "Sure Thing")

(MATT puts down the advice ball.)

GRACE
You're awful to me!

GRACE
Just leave me alone.  Leave me alone.

GRACE
Dammit, Trip...

MATT
grace are you OK

GRACE
Oh...    Matt,  that's...

TRIP
Grace, what the hell are you saying about me in there?

GRACE
What do you care?

GRACE
Matt,  we're not normally like this, I don't know what's going on...

GRACE
uhh...

MATT
should I g?

GRACE
Matt,  from what you said before, about helping your spouse... I think that tells us something about Trip.

(MATT sits on the couch.)

TRIP
Oh, we're talking about me, are we?

GRACE
What?

MATT
Should I go?

TRIP
Grace, even though you're now a creative director at work,  and even though you redecorate the apartment all the time, the truth is... you're not an artist.

GRACE
Uhh...!

TRIP
I'm sorry, you're not.

GRACE
Matt,  uhh...

MATT
should I go or something

GRACE
Matt,  you see, this is what I've had to put up with, for ten goddamn years.

GRACE
Matt,  explain this to me!

MATT
what

GRACE
No let's -- let's focus on us, our relationship.

GRACE
You know what's so annoying, is when you pretend to be all 'romantic'!

MATT
WHAT

TRIP
What...?

GRACE
Trip, it is such an act!

TRIP
  Oh my God...    Matt,  what... uhh...

MATT
can we just... not argue

GRACE
Aha!

TRIP
Matt,  you're saying I'm... angry?

TRIP
It's so annoying... you know lately I've been really trying to spend more time together...

TRIP
    Matt,  she makes it so difficult...

MATT
What's t he root of the problem?

TRIP
What?

TRIP
Ah, well good, ah, good, you want to understand, see, that helps me... See, I'm trying to fix what's wrong, Grace...

GRACE
Let's keep talking about Trip.

GRACE
Matt,  it's time that Trip finally just admits that our marriage --

TRIP
Grace, don't, no, you don't need to --

GRACE
Admits that our marriage is not --

TRIP
Stop it, stop it!     (annoyed sigh)

MATT
Have you considered talking

GRACE
Ah!

TRIP
Matt,  you're saying I don't... communicate?

TRIP
No, wait a minute, I reach out to Grace, I really do...!

TRIP
   I try to be open, and honest... you know...

GRACE
Matt,  Oh my God...

MATT
Grace isn't really communicative.

TRIP
Aha!

GRACE
Matt,  you're saying I'm... not communicative?   No, that's just wrong, I'm the one here who is able to actually say things...

MATT
no oyu arenyt

MATT
You're doing it wrong.

TRIP
No we need -- we need to talk about us both, not just one.

GRACE
Trip, you just pretend to like all this stuff... fancy cigars, and fine wine...

TRIP
You think I'm not good enough...!

GRACE
I never said that! I'm saying there's more to you than all this...

TRIP
Let's talk some more about us both.

GRACE
Damn it, Trip, you and my parents are always planning these stupid trips I have to go on..

TRIP
They're vacations! Expensive ones at that!

GRACE
Of course nobody thinks to ask me what I want.

MATT
grace what do you want

GRACE
What?

TRIP
Ah, you want to know more. Thank you, that helps her. Grace, you never want to go on vacation with me and your parents - so I have to plan everything!

GRACE
Uhh..

TRIP
Let's keep the focus on us, not just one person.

GRACE
I think Trip's afraid of visiting his parents. He does everything he can to avoid seeing them. -- (interrupted)

MATT
hey got any drugs

TRIP
Grace, maybe a therapist could help us figure out why we always fight about visiting my parents.

MATT
Yeah.

TRIP
Yes?

TRIP
Ah, thank you, that helps us.

GRACE
I don't know, I mean, therapy...

MATT
Try it.

TRIP
Okay, I'm sick of this bullstuff!!

TRIP
Matt,  I know what you're trying to hint at...

TRIP
about us...

TRIP
about our lifestyle...

TRIP
Do you really want the truth? Huh?

TRIP
Matt,  are you ready to hear it?

MATT
Yeah

TRIP
Grace?

GRACE
Yes...!

TRIP
See,    Matt,  I've been paying attention to what you've been saying tonight.

TRIP
You've been pushing me tonight.

TRIP
It makes me wonder if you're really my friend or not.

GRACE
Trip!

MATT
yeah i am

TRIP
Matt,  Quit interrupting me, let me speak!

TRIP
Matt,  come on -- yes or no...

TRIP
Do you really think that...

TRIP
praising me...

TRIP
praising Grace...

TRIP
telling me I'm not communicative...

TRIP
saying that Grace is not communicative...

TRIP
telling me I'm angry...

TRIP
that we'll somehow realize something about our marriage?

TRIP
Is what you've said tonight supposed to add up somehow, to something?

TRIP
Is it?  I just want a yes or no.

MATT
yeah.

TRIP
Okay.

TRIP
Grace...

TRIP
uhh...

TRIP
See...  I'm...    ashamed of my parents.

GRACE
What!? Your parents are great.

GRACE
I love seeing them...

TRIP
I know, I know. But compared to yours... they're so ... ignorant.

GRACE
But they're real. I hate how my parents are pretending to be something --

TRIP
I've tried hard to be like your family --

GRACE
Trip... really? ... I don't --

TRIP
But I feel like a phony.   I feel like I can never get rid of my past.

MATT
PHONY WE HAVE A PHONE

(MATT gets up from the couch.)

TRIP
It's kind of like I don't know who I am anymore.

(MATT picks up the phone.)

TRIP
uhh...

GRACE
uhh...

(MATT puts down the phone.)

(MATT picks up the advice ball.)

GRACE
Oh my God...!

(The advice ball reads, "Perhaps Soon")

(MATT puts down the advice ball.)

TRIP
Matt,  I --

GRACE
I'm going to give you the truth too, Trip.

TRIP
What?!

GRACE
Trip...

GRACE
Through our whole marriage...   I've let you dominate me.

TRIP
Dominate you...?  What?  I don't --

GRACE
As a kid my parents took care of everything, bought me whatever I wanted...

(MATT picks up the phone.)

(MATT puts down the phone.)

(MATT picks up the advice ball.)

(The advice ball reads, "Who Knows")

GRACE
made decisions for me.

(MATT puts down the advice ball.)

TRIP
But Grace --

GRACE
Trip -- I've used you -- and our apartment full of expensive crap -- to hide.

GRACE
   to hide.

GRACE
To avoid responsibility for myself.

TRIP
Oh, come on, don't --

GRACE
I can't avoid growing up forever, Trip.

TRIP
Jesus...

GRACE
uhh...

TRIP
Jesus...!

TRIP
Okay,    Matt,  Grace, I have one more thing to say...

GRACE
Again?!

TRIP
Grace...

TRIP
uhh...

TRIP
I've been having an affair.

GRACE
Oh my God.

TRIP
It's over now, though.

(MATT sits on the couch.)

(MATT gets up from the couch.)

GRACE
But how could you --

TRIP
(big sigh) with the client, in, uh, Barcelona.

GRACE
Maria.

MATT
Trip, if you're sorry, it's fine.

(MATT sits on the couch.)

TRIP
I was lonely, Grace.

TRIP
But, but, I -- I regret it, I really, really regret it.

TRIP
uhh...

GRACE
uhh...

GRACE
Oh my God...!

GRACE
This changes everything...

MATT
hey let's play board games

TRIP
Yeah.

GRACE
And no,    Matt,  you don't need to say anything more...

GRACE
You finally admitted it -- you felt very alone... and you had an affair...

TRIP
You... you're telling me I've controlled you.

TRIP
You think I'm a phony for despising my upbringing...

MATT
Everything is okay, right?

GRACE
But at least you had a real upbringing, it's me who had a fake one...

TRIP
Matt,  I --

GRACE
Matt,  we...

TRIP
Look, uh, we need to talk...

GRACE
Yeah.

TRIP
And no,    Matt,  please, it's okay...

MATT
okay!

TRIP
Matt,  Thanks for coming over, you... I think you helped us.

MATT
glad to help

(MATT gets up from the couch.)

(Trip opens the front door.)

MATT
goodbye!

GRACE
Bye.  Thanks.

(MATT points to the elevator button.)

(MATT points to the elevator button.)

[steve5451]

Get in Trip's face and threaten to kick his ass.

[Corbiere]

Those vials look VERY familiar.

[Vegetarian Zombie]

"Piss."

"That's what I wanna hear!"

[MegaScientifical]

In Australia, piss is slang for alcohol or something. Weird, huh?

[Block Box]

w-w-wait
but in tf2 doesn't the sniper say
"ah piss"
or something like that

[Nepthan]

this game rapes my computer for some reason