A Lovely Day
Parts: Sunshine,
Modernist
(Modernist enters, blinking as if it is a bright day)
Modernist: Ach, the sun is hurting my eyes! Daylight is such an outmoded concept!
(Sunshine enters, with a sword)
Sunshine: I beg to differ, dear friend. Today is a lovely day, perfect for a quarrel! Tell me, have you offended the honor of any ladies, perchance?
Modernist: (scoffs) Oh, a fight during daylight? What an outmoded concept! Nobody fights during the day anymore! All the good fights happen at night, with
precision bombing and such.
Sunshine: Well, we need a well-lit day if we are to quarrel with swords.
Modernist: Fight with swords! What an outmoded concept! Nobody fights with swords anymore.
Sunshine: Well, it's not very honorable otherwise. Where's the honor in killing a man if you're not fighting fairly?
Modernist: Oh, honor! What an outmoded concept! Nobody fights fair anymore!
Sunshine: Hmmm, I hadn't considered that. You may have... a point. En garde!
(Sunshine stabs Modernist, he falls to the ground dying.)
Modernist: Oh,
death! What an outmoded concept!
END SCENE