Bad Trip.

ACT ONE. BEDROOM

Bad Trip
By
Olive.

CHARACTERS:
ELIJAH, 21

ROBYN, 18

CHARLIE, 21

LUIS, 20

TEDD, 21

MRS SMITH, 53

SCENE ONE

ACT ONE

LIGHTS UP.
ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE.

COOKHAM VILLAGE, BERKSHIRE.


In the rural village of Cookham, a group of friends, a couple and a Mother and Son explore the underline issues of participating in drug use.

ELIJAH AND ROBYN.

Elijah and Robyn are both laughing and enjoying each other's company. Elijah is sitting up against the headboard with a small petite girl laying in his lap. Elijah has long brownish hair, tied up in a bun, with brown bold eyes taking in every moment. Robyn is laying across Elijah's lap, Robyn has short Macey blonde hair with blue eyes to match. Robyn is a shy girl, Robyn is interested in the world, but not very street smart, slowly becoming under Elijah's wing. 


BEDROOM.

ELIJAH: WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT?

ROBYN: WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT?

ELIJAH: I ASKED YOU FIRST.

ROBYN: BUT IT IS SO RANDOM AND SLIGHTLY INAPPROPRIATE.

ELIJAH: OK – NOW I WANT TO KNOW... (KISSES ROBYN'S FOREHEAD, SHE LOOKS UP AT HIM)

ROBYN: SO YOU KNOW THAT STEVEN GUY, THE REALLY FAMOUS MAN WHO WAS LIKE AN ANIMAL CATCHER OR SOMETHING.

SHIFTS ROBYN OVER TO STARE AT HER PROPERLY, PATIENTLY WAITING FOR WHAT SHE IS GOING TO SAY NEXT; WITH A GRIN BIGGER THAN HIS FACE.

ELIJAH: GO ON...

ROBYN: WHAT'S HIS FACE? HE IS AUSTRALIAN OR SOMETHING?

ELIJAH: - STEVE IRWIN

ROBYN: (LAUGHS) DID HE DIE BY A SNAKE BITE? OR WAS IT A CROCODILE? – AS HE WAS THE "CROCODILE HUNTER". COMMON HOW FUCKING IRONIC AND SLIGHTLY CLICHÉ IS THAT. 

ELIJAH: HE DIED QUITE A FEW YEARS BACK, HE WAS FILMING FOR AN UNDERWATER DOCUMENTARY, AND IT WAS TITLED "OCEAN'S DEADLIEST" OR SOMETHING. HE DIED BY BEING PIERCED IN THE CHEST BY A STINGRAY.

ROBYN: WELL THAT'S AN EXCITING ANIMAL TO GO OUT ON.

ELIJAH: HE HAD SUCH AN EPIC LIFE THOUGH/ – I WOULD LOVE THAT.

ROBYN: UNTIL HE GOT KILLED. HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL OF THIS ANYWAY?

ELIJAH: I REMEMBER READING ABOUT IT AND LEARNING ABOUT IT IN SCHOOL. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS? SINCE WE WATCHED THE 'ANIMALS IN THE WILD' DOCUMENTARY, LIKE TWO HOURS AGO?

ROBYN: OI (THROWS PILLOW AT ELIJAH) NO IT JUST CAME TO ME ACTUALLY (WITH THE BIGGEST GRIN ON HER FACE, WHICH MATCHES ELIJAH'S) I REMEMBER READING SOMETHING ABOUT HIM. AGAIN I PROBABLY SHOULD NOT SAY /AS YOU WOULD MOST CERTAINLY BREAK UP WITH ME ON THE SPOT.

ELIJAH: COMMON, YOU CANNOT SAY THAT AND NOT TELL ME.

ROBYN: (HIDES FACE FROM ELIJAH) NO BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO SAY IT IS ANOTHER BLONDE MOMENT, I AM INTELLIGENT ELIJAH! NO I CANNOT SAY!

ELIJA SHOTS ROBYN A LOOK, THEN STARTS TICKLING HER.

(GIGGLING LIKE A LITTLE GIRL.)

OK OK!
RIGHT, SO I BASICALLY READ RIGHT, THAT HIS FAMILY OPENED UP A ZOO FOR HIM, FOR HIS MEMORY OR SOMETHING.

ELIJA: RIGHT –

ROBYN: WELL IS THAT NOT PRETTY STUPID, AND BEYOND THE POINT? HE LOVED ANIMALS! WAS THAT NOT HIS JOB? HE WENT AROUND THE WORLD LOOKING FOR THEM IN THE WILD? WHY WOULD HE WANT THEM LOCKED UP IN SOME TINY MADE UP CAGE!

ELIJAH: HE ALSO LOOKED AFTER AND OWNED HIS FAMILY ZOO.

ROBYN: SO WHY WOULD HIS FAMILY OPEN A WHOLE NEW ZOO, IF THEY ALREADY HAD ONE! – IN HIS MEMORY – THAT'S LIKE, LOCKING ALL THE ANIMALS UP! AGAIN IT IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE TO WHAT HE DID? I DON'T GET IT! WHY COULD THEY NOT BE NORMAL AND BUILD HIM A FUCKING BENCH OR SOMETHING!