Nefarious

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A Play in One Act

by

Jerald D. Vergara

Copyright April 9, 2020 Contact Phone

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 Cast of Characters

Mara: She was being haunted by the things she hears

until she fainted.

Mara’s mom (no name): She was seen when Mara woke up after she got
fainted.

Raven: She is a Light-headed and Calm Woman

Lucas: He is a madly aggressive man.

Cessair: He laughs very often. He is a psychopathic.

Zila: She is very Anxious Woman.

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Scene 1

In a dark room; Mara is sitting on her bed and

started hearing murmuring voices and disturbing
sounds. She started to lose her breath and Fainted.

AT RISE: At The Forest, Raven, Lucas, Cessair, and Zila were

lying down… slowly standing up.

ZILA
(Confused and anxious)
Wh… where am I? S…some…body… help!

LUCAS
(Madly Aggressive)
Why am I here?! Get me out of this stupid place, you skanks!

RAVEN
(Light-headed and calm)
Shhh… you don’t want to scare the spiders now, don’t you?

LUCAS
W-what are you saying?! Get out of my sight, you freak!

CESSAIR
[Cynical laughing]
Hahaha… We’re trashed. There’s no way to get back.

[Indistinct screaming]

LUCAS
N-now what the— What was that?!

RAVEN
Our death comes. Our slow, macabre death…

ZILA
Th-there’s no way! No! Get us out of here! Wh-what am I supposed to do?!
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[Creepy forest noises]

CESSAIR
Hahaha! Fools! Dimwits! I’ll be getting the crap out of here instead of whining,
you goons!

LUCAS
Let’s make a plan, aye? We’ll get out of this place, sooner or later.

[Everyone strolls the forest whilst finding a way out]

ZILA
This… I don’t like this. H-how are we supposed to escape?

LUCAS
Shut your mouth and get moving!

[Cessair laughs psychotically]

RAVEN
Shush now. Shush. Or else they’ll hear you.

LUCAS
Get along now!

[Everyone stops walking]

LUCAS
This… this is useless. Where the heck are we?!

ZILA
W-where’s Raven?! Where’s Raven?!

[Everyone searches the area to look for Raven]

LUCAS
Crap!

CESSAAIR
Hahaha! Believe me now?! You fools! I’m heading out of here!

LUCAS
You killed her, didn’t you?! You moron!
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CESSAIR
Wasn’t it you who called her a freak?!

ZILA
S-stop… Stop! Raven’s dead. Now, let’s just get out of here.

ZILA
What now?! What will we do? Two of us are dead! How are we supposed to find
a way out!

CESSAIR
You’re such a fusspot, little girl. Perhaps you should enjoy the moment while it
lasts. For all we know, this is our last moment. [Grins evilly]

ZILA
I don’t want to die yet! I still want to live! I need to find a way out!

CESSAIR
You see that? [Grinning]

ZILA
[Speaking with terror] What where? I don’t see anything
[Comes behind Cessair for cover] what is it? Tell me?

CESSAIR
It’s a cliff! I see a cliff into the woods! [Giggling excitedly] I will see the world!

[cessair runs over and examines the top view of pitch black]

ZILA
What are you doing? You can’t see a thing it’s dark out here!

[Cessair is irresponsive, busy outlooking the pitch black forest]

Maybe something will come at you! You can’t be dead too! I don’t want to be
alone in this darn forest. Please come down

CESSAIR
[turning to her slowly] don’t you love being alone, fusspot? All your thoughts are
speaking to you, they tell you things nobody else will. It’s your bestest friend,
little girl. [giggling] you don’t need me. All you need are your thoughts. You will
die too. Your thoughts will help you.

ZILA
Ce-
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CESSAIR
Hush, little girl. Just don’t mimic what I do

[Cessair jumps off the cliff with a ‘wee’ then dies]

[Zila screams; blacks out]

[End of Scene]