INT. HALLWAY CONFERENCE LEVEL. MID DAY SATURDAY.
Jake comes out of a room where SEVERAL CONGOERS are watching
a 1950’s B movie. Jake walks across the hall to the Men’s
washroom.
Nathalie emerges from the movie room and looks up and down
the hall.
Carol (in dominatrix gear) walks by.
NATHALIE
Excuse me, have you seen a skinny
nerd boy, glasses, short dark hair,
kinda Harry Potterish?
CAROL
Yes, dear, dozens of them. We’re at
an SF Con, after all.
NATHALIE
No, I, um meant, just now. Coming
out of the movie room.
Carol smiles at her indulgently.
CAROL
No, he didn’t pass me in the hall.
A FEMALE ELF (30’s, Tall) and a MALE VAMPIRE (30’s tall,
dapper) walk towards Carol and Nathalie.
CAROL (cont’d)
You’ll have better luck by getting
him to chase you around.
The Elf and Vampire laugh cruelly.
MALE VAMPIRE
Don’t you hate it when fat people
pretend to be elves or vampires,
I mean, as if.
FEMALE ELF
Short, too. I mean, get real.
Nathalie, shrinking into herself, steps backwards towards the
movie room to get out of their way so they can pass.
Carol
stops them from moving passed.
CAROL
Get real? Did that really come out
of your mouth, you rude fuck?
You’re an elf and you’re a vampire,
and you want this young girl to be
real in her costume at a fantasy
convention?
Carol rips their badges off their chests, not caring about
tearing their clothes. They step backwards in shock.
CAROL (cont’d)
Why don’t you two just go pack your
bags and go home, and not come back
to a con, any con, until you learn
some damn manners about how to
treat people?
VAMPIRE
You can’t kick us out!
FEMALE ELF
We were just having a private
conversation, it’s not our problem
if her feelings got hurt. It’s just
for fun.
CAROL
Hurting people’s feelings are fun
to you? You sick little puppies.
You really think getting hurt is
fun? Because I can show you some
real fun.
Carole gets really close to the Vampire wanna be.
CAROL (cont’d)
Think you can handle my kind of
fun? The games I could teach you
about blood.
She runs the tip of her riding crop along his cheek. He backs
up. Carol turns to the Female Elf.
Jake steps out of the bathroom, he is riveted by Carol’s
power and control of the situation.
CAROL (cont’d)
How about you? I could have you all
trussed up, and feeling exquisite
with some strategically placed
clamps and pins, you don’t mind
a little piercing between play pals?
VAMPIRE
We’re sorry, we didn’t mean to hurt
anyone’s feelings.
FEMALE ELF
Yeah, we’re sorry, we didn’t mean
to be jerks, can we go now?
Carol waves her hands at them
CAROL
Your begging technique needs work.
You wouldn’t last long enough for
my tastes. Apologize to the young
lady, what was your name?
NATHALIE
Nathalie.
CAROL
Apologize to Nathalie, and then get
the hell out of my sight.
VAMPIRE
Sorry, I didn’t mean to be rude.
FEMALE ELF
Me too, I’m sorry I mean, didn’t
mean to hurt your feelings.
Nathalie stands taller, basking in the glow of this new
experience.
NATHALIE
Apology accepted.
The two head hurriedly down the corridor, and then stop.
VAMPIRE
Um, can we have our badges back? We
can’t get into the dance or any
panels without them.
Carol looks at Nathalie. Nathalie smiles a little and nods
“yes” graciously.
CAROL
Well, that’s why you’re a sweet
girl, and I’m a bitch.
(a beat)
I think that you’re going to miss
the dance, like a lot of, what’d
you say “fat people”, who don’t get
asked or who get turned down to go
to the big dance events.
(a beat)
Tomorrow morning, you can get them
back at the main desk, I’ll turn
them in as lost and found.
VAMPIRE
But, the dance…
CAROL
Well, if you’d rather, we can go
talk to the ConMistress, and you
can plead your case and see if she
lets you stay at the con. She
a good friend of mine, and weighs
about 250, so why don’t we go see
how sympathetic she’ll be.
The Female Elf drags the Vampire down the hall.
FEMALE ELF
No, no, it’s fine, tomorrow’s more
than fair.
They exit to the elevator.
CAROL
Get real, imagine, and him dressed
up like a vampire in daylight.
Yeeesh.
I actually enjoy event planning. I was on the Convention Committee or ConCom for V-Con 18. I was even a panel guest at a later V-Con about queer writing and writers withing the SciFic Genre with Lisa Smedman.
So when I was trying to be a produced screenwriter, I organized a script reading of Geek World in 2003. I have it recorded, but I never got the tape transferred.
In addition to the reading, I ran a table for Golden Age Collectible Comics, which I think I need to add to my interests and hobbies. The comic shop was surprised when I returned the merchandise minus sales plus cash – they didn’t expect me to actually sell any.
And I had talked to Cheap Ass Games who had been willing to sponsor my event as well.
Lisa Smedman was my mini-con guest and she was there with her latest game tie in novel and her own works. Honestly, getting to play RPGS with someone who literally wrote them for TSR. Fun times.
So when people came to the script reading – they got a mini-con experience – including a goodie bag with head shots of all the actors, candy and other geeky goodness treats as well as a drinks menu that was designed for each character.
