INCEL

SCENE ONE

(The stage is empty except for a table downstage with a chair facing it so the actor will be delivering his lines facing the audience. Henry enters stage left. His arms are behind his back as though they are in handcuffs. He turns back to downstage and mimes the handcuffs being removed by the guard. He rubs his wrists as he sits down in the chair facing the audience. He looks up and to the left indicating that he is speaking to a guard.)

HENRY

Thanks Reggie.

(Henry takes a pack of cigarettes out of the breast pocket of his prison uniform. He takes a cigarette out and juts his chin upward indicating for the guard to light it. Then he takes a couple of puffs to get it going before he takes it out of his mouth looking down at the cigarette in his hands before looking up to the guard again.)

HENRY

And, thank you again. You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. (Laughs slightly.) You know how long this guy is going to be? (Takes a drag of his cigarette.) I mean, don't get me wrong this beats my cell, but I'm just wondering is all.

(Henry listens as the guard says "I believe he's on his way now," and then he sits up strait and pushes his hair over with his hand.)

HENRY

Oh, ok. Good, don't have to sit here waiting. That's good. I mean, he's here to see ME after all isn't he?

(Henry stands up as the writer enters the room and after a couple of seconds extends his hand across the table.)

HENRY

Henry Bells, nice to meet you. You probably know me as Necro Doom Lord, but with underscores after each word though, that's my handle. As far as I know I'm the only Necro Doom Lord online, well on Reddit, Twitter, Youtube, or any of the incel forums that is. Well, at least I WAS on Twitter, until they de-platformed me. Twitter's a joke anyway. They deplatform anyone who doesn't toe the liberal party line. They kicked Milo off just for making some jokes. Fucking censorship, but I guess it's not MY problem anymore.

(Henry shakes the hand of the man writer and sits down. He takes the cigarette out of his mouth holding it in his hand.)

HENRY

You don't mind if I smoke do you?

(Henry puts it back in his mouth and continues smoking. From this point on cigarette acting will be at the discretion of the actor, unless otherwise noted.)

HENRY

Good, good. It's one of the few things I got in here after all. Smoking and the yard. Other than that all you got is time, and conversations I suppose. They hooked me up with a job in the library. That's cool. I think they did it because I'm nerdy. I'm not complaining it beats some of the other jobs they got in here. Over the phone you said you're a writer? You ever write for anything I may have read?

(Henry listens as the writer talks about the various magazines and journals he's been published in.)

HENRY

Oh yeah, yeah, I heard of that one. That's one of those kind uppity libtard rags outta New York right? I mean, no offense or anything. I'm just saying I've heard of it. The rest of those I don't know, but don't suppose it really matters none. It's not like anyone's beating down my door to talk. So where do you wanna start?