Sliced Up

SCENE 1:

Outside the Telazon’s.

[ Airynn is sitting on his

porch when Joh arrives

& sits next to him. ]

AIRYNN: Hey, surprised you

showed.  I’m guessing all

of your besties are busy.

[ Joh laughs at him. ]

JOH: That’s right.

So why are you moping

around here on your

weekend off?

AIRYNN: My girlfriend left

me last week.

JOH: You had a girlfriend?

AIRYNN: Yes, smart ass.

She was staying here.

JOH: Oh, I didn’t know.

AIRYNN: And look.

[ Airynn hands him a piece

of paper. ]

JOH: Renter’s application?

AIRYNN: I was working on

getting this sweet pad

for us too.

JOH: That sucks, dude.

Too bad we’re full at

my place.

AIRYNN: Imagine me and

Weis living together?

Anyway, my plan’s ruined

now.

SCENE 2:

Meanwhile, at the Salon.

[ Lorenzo approaches Hithe

& Ace after the meeting. ]

LORENZO: Hey, can we talk?

ACE: Sure man, what’s up?

LORENZO: I was just thinking.

We should have a guys day

at the Salon.  Bring more

men into this place.

HITHE: Yeah but we don’t

want to exclude our regulars.

Most of them are women.

LORENZO: Then let’s do

the event after hours.

ACE: And who would host?

[ Later on, at the front desk. ]

JESZYCA: What’s wrong Renzo?

LORENZO: I had a great idea

and they basically shot it

down.  I need to do something

huge and then maybe I’ll get

some respect around here.

SCENE 3:

Airynn’s bedroom.

[ After Joh leaves, Airynn is

laying down flipping through

the channels.

He stops at an interesting

news story. ]

“Tonight we follow the lives

of a local, private religious

group and learn of their

rather different traditions.”

[ Intrigued, Airynn settles

back, paying attention. ]

AIRYNN: I wonder where

these people stay at.

[ Getting on his laptop, he

searches for some deeper

insight on the matter. ]

AIRYNN: Hmm, Palaseto Clan.

Very interesting.

[ He looks to see if he can

find an address, when his

brother walks in the room.

Airynn shuts the laptop. ]

BILLY: What was that about?

Gross.  Were you watching

porn?

SCENE 4:

Next night, the Salon.

[ Lorenzo meets Sascha

at the front door while

she goes to unlock it. ]

LORENZO: Hey, thanks for

your help.

[ They walk in. ]

SASCHA: No problem.  I can’t

believe Ace and Kare didn’t

wanna be a part of this.

Should I text them and

make sure?

LORENZO: No, no.  I’m pretty

sure they’re going out. 

I got drinks, food, and we

should have a lot of new

faces here.

SASCHA: Sounds good.

I’ll get the table from

the break room for

refreshments. 

LORENZO: Good idea.

SASCHA: Oh, and Pierre

Is coming too.

LORENZO: Nice.  We should

work together more often.

[ Sascha smiles at him before

walking away. ]

SCENE 5:

Outside of TA.

[ Airynn arrives to see Larrie

& Tiesun being cozy outside. ]

AIRYNN: Hey, what’s up?

TIESUN: What are you doing

here on your day off?

LARRIE: Yeah, are you that

bored?

[ Airynn doesn’t say anything

& Tiesun gets up, walking over

to him. ]

TIESUN: She left, didn’t she?

[ Airynn nods his head. ]

LARRIE: Who?

TIESUN: The girl he had staying

with him. 

AIRYNN: I was this close to

moving out.

TIESUN: You know, you don’t

have to be with someone to

have your own place.  I live

alone.  So does Stuu.

AIRYNN: Yeah, I know.

[ He sighs & goes silent again. ]

SCENE 6:

Back at the Salon.

[ Sascha is busy cutting

hair while Lorenzo is

entertaining the clients.

Sipping a glass a wine,

he finishes telling a joke

to the crowd. ]

LORENZO: So anyway, whose

next?

“I am!”

[ Recognizing the voice, he

Immediately turns around. ]

SASCHA: Hey Acer.

[ She yells from her station. ]

ACE: What the hell is going

on in here?

I didn’t authorize this.

[ Sascha looks at Lorenzo,

coming over immediatly. ]

LORENZO: I’m proving that

this was a good idea.  Look

at all these people.

[ Ace takes a second to

look around. ]

ACE: It is a nice crowd.