Elizabeth/Emily - Sara

Question 1

(Scene 11 begins)
INTERVIEWER 2: Well your grades, recommendations all look pretty good.

Answer 1

ELIZABETH: Thank you.

Question 2

INTERVIEWER 2: Is there anything else you can tell me about yourself? Something that’s maybe not on the page.

Answer 2

ELIZABETH: Yeah, let’s see…I never played sports in school but I’ve played in a number of rec leagues. Volleyball, soccer, basketball.I volunteer at a soup kitchen every month, I’m a practicing vampire, and I teach sailing during the summer at a sleep away camp. Is that what you were looking for?

Question 3

INTERVIEWER 2: Yeah, definitely, um… I’m sorry, can you… elaborate a little on, uh-

Answer 3

ELIZABETH: Soup Kitchen? Well, I actually started because of my parents. They were very big into community service.

Question 4

INTERVIEWER 2: No, not… I’m sorry, it sounded like you said you were a “practicing vampire.”

Answer 4

ELIZABETH: Oh. Yes. Pretty much my whole life.

Question 5

INTERVIEWER 2: Okay. So… you think you’re a vampire?

Answer 5

ELIZABETH: Oh, No, no, no. That would be, no…

Question 6

INTERVIEWER 2: Oh, okay, I guess I’m a little-

Answer 6

ELIZABETH: I’m a practicing vampire. It’s completely different.

Question 7

INTERVIEWER 2: So is this like a club or…role playing game?

Answer 7

ELIZABETH: Um…no, it’s more serious than that. Basically, I live my life in preparation for the day when I will, hopefully, turn into a vampire.

Question 8

INTERVIEWER 2: Turn into?

Answer 8

ELIZABETH: Right. So, I sleep in a coffin, avoid garlic, eat lots of bloody meat, chew with my fangs… all in the hopes that one day, if I’m diligent enough… I will turn into a vampire.

Question 9

INTERVIEWER 2: I see, uh…well then, uh, what are you doing here now? I mean, you shouldn’t be out during the day, right?

Answer 9

ELIZABETH: That’s a common stereotype. Vampires, just like humans, can walk freely in daylight without receiving even the slightest irritation to the skin.

Question 10

INTERVIEWER 2: I see. So you’re more like those Twilight vampires.

Answer 10

ELIZABETH: Is that an attempt at humor?

Question 11

INTERVIEWER 2: No, I…

Answer 11

ELIZABETH: Because I don’t find it funny, at all. In fact, I find it pretty insulting and frankly… pretty vampirist.

Question 12

INTERVIEWER 2: Vampirist? Elizabeth! You’re not going to turn into a vampire. There’s no such thing as Vampires!

Answer 12

ELIZABETH: Wow. That may be the most offensive thing I’ve ever heard. I’m going to leave now.

Question 13

INTERVIEWER 2: Are you..is this some kind of joke? Did Saunders put you up to this?

Answer 13

ELIZABETH: No, this is very serious. And when I get a hold of the NVUA, you’re going to have a public relations nightmare on your hands.

Question 14

INTERVIEWER 2: NVUA?

Answer 14

ELIZABETH: National Vampires Union Ah-ah-ah. All vampires should be respected and given blood.

Question 15

INTERVIEWER 2: (At the end of his rope:) Alright, well, you go and call the NVUA and say hello to Dracula, and Lestat, and all those whiny Twilight kids.

Answer 15

ELIZABETH: Sure. I will. Because we’re just all the same to you! Honestly, I expected more out of this University.

Question 16

INTERVIEWER 1: No…just…trust me.

Answer 16

(A knock on the door. EMILY comes in.)
EMILY: Hi, my name’s Emily Court…I have an appointment at 5?

Question 17

INTERVIEWER 1: Oh my Gosh, right. Sorry, I… got a little side-tracked.

Answer 17

EMILY: Oh, no problem, should I wait?

Question 18

INTERVIEWER 1: Okay. Thank you. Um… Emily, so… wow, nice record. Valedictorian of your class? They decided that already?

Answer 18

EMILY: Normally they wait until the end of the year but…I guess my GPA was too high for anyone to catch up to me. I mean, there are a lot of really bright students at the school, so…I was just as surprised to find out this early.

Question 19

INTERVIEWER 2: I’m also really impressed with the variety of after school programs you’ve amassed. First chair cellist, president of the student council, member of the thespians, and treasurer for something called the “relief club.”

Answer 19

EMILY: It was a club formed by me and three friends as a public out-reach…we do shelter meals, food drives, build houses…there wasn’t really anything like that at our school.

Question 20

INTERVIEWER 1: Well, Emily, we should tell you that…

Answer 20

(Emily’s phone rings. EMILY scrambles to answer it.)
EMILY: I’m so sorry. I never leave my phone on normally, it’s just… (She looks at the number) …this is my mom, I told her not to call unless it was really, really, urgent-

Question 21

INTERVIEWER 1: No, go ahead. It’s fine.

Answer 21

EMILY: I’m so sorry. I’ll be quick. (Answering her phone:) Hello? Yeah, no it’s going fine. Any news? Oh my God! OH MY GOD! I GOT IN! I AM OFFICIALLY AN IVY LEAGUER! AAAAAHHHHH!!!

Question 22

(EMILY dances around, ecstatic.)

Answer 22

EMILY: And what about the Scholarship..? …Are you kidding me! ARE YOU… but they hardly give out any money let alone a free ride!
OH MY GOD! MOM! I’m gonna cry, I…I know it’s all happening…
I… (To the Interviewers:), I’m sorry, I just have to… thank you, sorry…