The Recesses - Ensemble Flashcards
(1.2) POPPY: But it’s more than… what I’m saying is, I want to write something worthy of the front page.
JAMES: Hm. Good answer.
A REPORTER runs in, frazzled.
REPORTER: James? It’s the lacrosse article, people are… I dunno. People are frustrated.
(1.7) AMBER: I so wish I had been there.
GOSSIP #2: Amber, no offense, but you are never there. Literally not at all.
(1.7) AMBER: Believe me, I know. Jake Everton won’t take proper notes at our meetings, I can’t stand it. Oh, and I just saw Mia Kapiletti’s t-shirt design. It’s awful, clashes with everything.
GOSSIP #2: I mean, it’s Mia.
(1.7) AMBER: If it was just personal stuff, I would, but like… I don’t wanna interfere with the election…
PENELOPE: The election?!
GOSSIP #2: Rose? It’s gotta be Rose. What did she do?
(1.7) AMBER: And then later, at the same exact meeting, one of the sixth-graders asked her what her policies were, and she literally said, straight-up, “I don’t care. This is just for the résumé.”
GOSSIP #1: She didn’t!
GOSSIP #2: So condescending.
(1.10) ROSE: So wait, I’m only running for the résumé, not actually going to do anything. But I’m also plotting to get rid of spring break? That doesn’t even make sense.
ADVISOR #1: I guess the idea is that you’re a hypocrite.
(1.10) ADVISOR #2: It’s ridiculous, but it’s working. Too early for a legit poll, but all you have to do is walk around the court at recess. People are talking, people are outraged. They believe it.
ADVISOR #1: They want to believe it. Everybody loves a scandal.
(1.10) Vincent coolly appears in the doorway.
VINCENT: Sorry to interrupt.
ADVISOR #1: Excuse me, this is a private campaign meeting.
(1.10) ROSE: Take five. Both of you. We shouldn’t be long.
ADVISOR #1: Wait a minute, isn’t he the son of the– (vice principal?!)
(1.12) DEALER #1 pockets the money.
DEALER #1: What money?
DEALER #2: If you want soda, my friend, you have to pay.
(1.12) Sniffling, the doormat hands the first dealer
another two dollars as Vincent enters.
DEALER #2 (CONT’D): There you go. Now we’re square.
(1.12) VINCENT: How many customers have you been extorting behind my back?
DEALER #2: We don’t have any idea what you’re talking about.
(1.12) DEALER #1: Oh… lose customers, you say? To who?
DEALER #2: Yeah, losing customers shouldn’t be a problem. We’re the only option they have… aren’t we?
(1.12) DEALER #1: You think we haven’t noticed our own sales going down? What, everyone gave up on soda, decided to be a health nut, all at the same time?
DEALER #2: Seems unlikely.
(1.12) AMBER: I’d like to see how Vincent handles it.
DEALER #2: I mean, what do you expect us to do? If there’s a competitor in town, if we’re not getting the money we need… someone has to foot the bill.
