Stranger: Let’s just say… a friend…
He smiles. Chef Ludwig doesn’t.
Archive for February, 2008
Act I. Sc. 3: The friend
February 29, 2008Act I, Sc. 3: Who wants to know?
February 28, 2008
A thin and tall man, all dressed in black, wearing a fedora, is standing at the door. He speaks with a slight foreign accent, Italian, perhaps…
Chef Ludwig: Hallo, can I help you?
Stranger: I am looking for Charlie Cooper. Is this her domicile?
Chef Ludwig (a little defensively): Who wants to know?…
Act I. Sc. 3: Who’s there?
February 27, 2008Steps are heard offstage.
Chef Ludwig: Ah…Charlie? Stan?…
The door opens.
Chef Ludwig: Oh!…
Act I. Sc. 3: You’re where?
February 26, 2008
Chef Ludwig: Speak louder, liebschen…What is that noise in the background?…What?… Vespas?…What’s this picture you’re sending me?… Nein, I don’t know where Stan and Charlie are. I thought they were with you…Hallo?…Hallo?…Falbala?…
Act I. Sc. 3: Where are you?
February 25, 2008Chef Ludwig:…Why are you whispering?…Are you not with Stan and Charlie?…Yes..they went down to the library to get you?…What?…Where are you?…
Act I. Sc. 3: Falbala
February 24, 2008
Lights up.
Back at the cottage. Chef Ludwig is at the stove, cooking. His cellphone rings.
Chef Ludwig: Hallo!… Falbala? Ya…Wo bist du? Where are you, liebschen?…
Act I, Sc.2: SPQR
February 23, 2008Charlie: Do you think it’s the real one?
Stan: Look at the standard in the foreground.
Charlie: SPQR?
Stan: Senatus Populusque Romanus. It’s the motto for the city of Rome.
Charlie: Oh. Right. Ok….So, how do we get there?..
Stan: Well, since all roads lead to Rome…
Stan motions to the car, Charlie smiles. They both get in and Stan turns on the ignition.
Lights out.
Act I. Sc. 2: Where?!
February 22, 2008Stan punches in the coordinates in his cellphone/GPS.
Stan: Whoa!
Charlie: What? Let me see?…
Stan: Recognize this?
Charlie: The Coliseum?
Stan: Looks like it, doesn’t it?
Act I, Sc.2: Where to?
February 21, 2008Stan: It’s a lot faster to scribble numbers than write a message. More precise too.
Charlie: True. But what caused that hurry?
Stan: No idea, luv. But let’s see where she might have gone.
Act I. Sc. 2: Time to hit the road
February 20, 2008
Charlie: Touché…Now what?
Stan: Let’s go back to the car. My GPS is there. I want to know where these numbers lead.
Charlie: I’m still puzzled as to why she didn’t leave a note.
Stan: Maybe she did not have the time?
Charlie: What makes you think that?
