NWC #20- "Quit your
Day Job" DUE Nov 21th at 8am
Challenge: Quit your day
job
Write a scene in which you
tell everyone off and quit your day job.
To protect the innocent-
change the name- and perhaps species- of those involved
Here's a fun little video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQmbttoxUeE
Get some catharsis!
OR
If you're up for a
challenge- flip it and fire yourself for all the right reasons.
(Not feeling this
one. Anyway, I went down the research
rabbit hole just to get some basics and realized I really needed a whole lot
more research if this was the path part of the story was going down. So, that said, a beginning...)
LOVE POTION NUMBER 9
SARAH and JEFFREY in the
magic garage.
SARAH
I'm
trying not to blame you. To blame
anyone. But it's a little difficult.
JEFFREY
I
know. I'm sorry. You seem like a lovely person.
SARAH
And
you seem harmless enough.
JEFFREY
Thanks?
SARAH
Except
of course you cast a spell on my husband.
JEFFREY
I
didn't think it'd work.
SARAH
That's
not your best argument.
JEFFREY
I
didn't think Micah would use it.
SARAH
Yeah,
also not helping.
JEFFREY
Magic
just seemed, I don't know. Cool. Because it was suddenly possible.
SARAH
It
wasn't always possible?
JEFFREY
Be
honest, did you believe in magic before this?
SARAH
No. I mean, it seemed like a nice idea, outside
of horror movies, of course.
JEFFREY
And,
in addition to not being my old church, and having a sense of humor, and more
than one god or goddess to choose from, this way of life -
SARAH
The
Pagan, Wiccan thing?
JEFFREY
Yeah. If it was also promising a world where magic
happened, then -
SARAH
Suddenly
you're Harry Potter.
JEFFREY
Not
exactly but -
SARAH
Flying
around on brooms isn't your thing?
JEFFREY
Hadn't
actually considered it but it seems like it'd be an uncomfortable way of
getting around.
SARAH
So
what, exactly?
JEFFREY
It
was the interconnectedness of it all.
That the whole world was tied together, in a common life. That I was part of something larger than
myself.
SARAH
The
church you grew up in never did that?
JEFFREY
It
did. Until I figured out who I was.
SARAH
Oh.
JEFFREY
Then
it just seemed like the church was standing between me and the divine, cutting
me off.
SARAH
And
this new way of looking at the world - ?
JEFFREY
I
didn't need an intermediary. I was
reminded I was already connected and always had been. Plus there was the added bonus of it having
pre-Christian roots. So I could look at
it as sort of a middle finger to the church that rose up and got in between me
and -
SARAH
A
personal relationship with the spirit embedded in your everyday surroundings.
JEFFREY
I
didn't need to go to a church. I could
go to the woods. I could just go to a
park. Anywhere with living things. And be reminded, I was living, too. I was here.
I was part of creation. There was
a purpose.
SARAH
So
why mess with it?
JEFFREY
When
you spend a lot of time letting other people convince you you're powerless,
sometimes you want to grab a little extra power where you can. Not to be mean or destructive, just -
SARAH
You
created a love potion. And gave it to a
guy you like, who then gave it to someone else.
JEFFREY
I'd
be lying if I said I had a well thought out plan.
SARAH
Well,
you're going to have one now.
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