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Aishwarya and Arnav in the Pub

Devansh Kamodia 2015ABPS0632P, Smit Vadalia 2015A4PS0571P, K Gyandeep
2015A4PS0353P and Shourya Sai 2014A5TS0994P

CHARACTERS

Aishwarya: a middle-aged woman, tall and tired looking

Arnav: short but very round middle-aged man

SETTING

Rundown pub. Poorly lit and very generic looking. Aishwarya sits at one of the tables reading
a magazine. The pub is silent. Arnav bursts through the front door, his white vest top and
jeans covered in blood. Aishwarya panics and jumps to her feet.
BEGIN.

Aishwarya: Oh my god, what the hell happened?

Arnav: I've killed him; I've bloody killed him. (Arnav's eyes fill with tears)

Aishwarya: What do you mean you've killed him! What happened?! You were only going
round to talk to him.

Arnav: (stuttering but trying to calm himself) I know, I got there and I told him we won’t be
blackmailed and he started getting angry and he said if we didn't pay he'd tell everyone what
we did and I told him we aren’t going to pay! But then he started swinging at me and I swung
back. I managed to pin him to the floor and I got my hand on an ornament or something and I
HIT HIM! I HIT HIM! And the blood just poured.

Aishwarya: Oh god.

(Arnav begins to cry, Aishwarya hugs him.)

Arnav: What are we going to do?

Aishwarya: (calmly) Sit down, I'll pour us a drink and we'll talk about this.

(Arnav takes a seat, Aishwarya walks behind the bar and pours whiskey into two glasses. The
man sits with his head in his hand at the table, the room has a lingering silence. Aishwarya
takes a drink over to Arnav and takes a seat at the side of him. She takes a big gulp of
whiskey and winces.)
Aishwarya: How'd you leave it? Was there any sign you'd been there?

Arnav: I don't think anyone saw me. Arnav drinks his whiskey down in one.

Aishwarya: OK, but you can’t get away with this we need to call the police, they'll
understand, just explain how he attacked you and it was self-defense.

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