‘CHARACTERS Tupolski Katurian Ariel Michal ‘Mother Father Boy Gist Act One SCENE ONE Police interrogation room. Katurio sitting at table, conte, blindfolded. Tupolst and Ariel ener ad sit posite him, Tupolst with a box fle coming large sheaf of papers. “Tupolski Mister Katurian, this Detective Ave, Pa Detective Tapolski-». Who let that on you? Katrin What? “Tpolsk takes the Blindfold of Tupolski Who let chs on you? Xaturian Um, the ma “Tupolski Why didnt you take i off Te just looks seupi Kavorian I ida’ shink Twas supposed to “Tupols Katuran (pause) Yes Ic just looks stupid Tupolski (pause) Like Iwas saying, this Detective Ariel and I'm Detective Tupolsk Katurian Wel, the main sing {want rosy is, ave ‘complete respec for you and for what yor do and Tm {lod to help you in any way Teun, Thave somplete respect. “polski Well thar's good to hea. Katurian Pm not like some ofthese. .you know? “Tapolski Some of hese what? I don know?XKaturian Some af these res of people who have n0 respect for the police have never bees in trouble with the police in my life n-my life, And Ariel Never been in eouble ual sow, you mean. Katurian Hah? Ariel Repeating myself... Yow have never heen in teouble with th police unt now. You meas atuian Ym a trouble with the police now? Avil What else are you doing here? Katurian In helping you with your enquires, Ichoughe Ariel So wre friends of yours, ike we've rook you here Tike this «soil visi like We're friends of yours? Katarian You're not friends of ming, no Ariel You have had your sights read. You've been took ous of your home. You've had a fucking blindfold an, Do you think we do this to our good fucking friends? Katurian We're nor friends, no, But by same token, Ariel (pause) Lam going to hit you so hacd in the fucking head Xaturian (pause) Hah? Ariel Atm I mul ‘Tupolski am { mumbling? “Tupolski No, you're nor mumbling. You're quite cles Ae [ida think 1 os marbling Kacurian You dons. wil answer everything you want me to. Yeu dan have 10 ariel “You will answer eversthing we want you to, here was newer a quostion, “You willanswer everything swe want you to. There was a question, ‘How mach are You going 10 make ws fack you up inthe meantime?” was ‘what the question Was. Katurian I am going ro try noe ro make you fuck me up all because the reason ist wil answer everything Tapolski Well, chat stary init? le wal, smokes 2 Eyeing Katurian, Ave ies toa cigarette ‘Why do you suspect we have brought you es must suspect some reason, Ariel Look, why don't we ust start rrtusing him and cutout al his shi? Katurian Whee “Tuposki Who's she Number One on thiscase, Ariel, me Gr you? {Pause.) Thank you. Dont sen oh. Anyway, So Why do you suspect we have hroughe sou here? Katurian {ve been eacking my brains, bur can’ think. ‘Tupolski You've been racking your brains but you cant hike? Katurian No. “Topolski Well, yes or n0? Katurian Yes. ‘Tupolski Huh? Katurin Because I've never done anything. Pve never lone any anuepotice thing, P've never done any antistte thing “Tupolski You've been racking your brains but you ca thik ofa single reason we might have brought you herearusian Jan) na a reason but a fing assume there)" % aa although Feat Tupolski The linkage ot winsr? what to whae? Os of Karurian What? Jst, on the thing nf how you took my ies vay tx when you took me, al that $ou have her theres the only thi Tapolski And that {have them where? Have you been reading the papers I've gor in front of me? Kacurian 1 haven't been reading “Tupolski Papers which for al you know, may have been some imoenily classified, very very secret thing. Kari n My eyes caught the les, just glancing, “Tupolski Oh, ite your peripheral vision? Kanurian Yes. “Tupoleki fut hang on fri to be your peripheral ion, you'd have tae rarned acound this way Tupolst tur edewye om. glace down a papers.) ke tis Like sideward, ike this way polski See? Like cis wa Xatusian {meant my piper vision 1 the bottom of “Tupolski Obk, the pesipherl vision a the bottom of Katuran | donit know if there's a word for that Tupolski ‘Ther ian. (Paee| Why would there bea ‘ou tric, so being taken here? I a Katurian That's what I thought ‘Tupolski Given cerain restitions Katurian Of course “upolski The security ofthe state, che secarty ofthe general whateversou-calit. wouldn't even cll chem Katurian J woulda cal them restrictions “upolski {would call chem guidelines. Katurian Guidelines, yes. “Tupolski Given certain guidelines, the security ofthe swhateves isn crime, you write a stor Katucian ‘That's what I thoughe, Thar the whole thing. ‘Tupolski What’ the whole thing? Katurian I mea 1 agree. You read these things, these ‘scores supposedly The police are all hs "The sgoveenment isl his’ Allthese politcal. . what would Sou call em? "The government should be doing this” Please. Fuck off, You know what fay? Lsay if you've for apolitical axe to grind, if you've got x political what Jovyatcallit go waite a fucking essays T will know where Tsuand, [say keep your lefowing this, keep your right ‘ving that and tell me a fucking story! Yau know? A great pan once sady “The fist duty ofa stonveller i 0 tel {story and I believe in that wholeheartedly, “The fst thay ofa storyteller ico tell a tory Or was it The only duty of storyteller i 0 tll a story? Yeah might fave been "The only duty of «storyteller so tell a story [can't remember but anya, thars whet Ido, Utell Sori. No axe to grind, no anything to grind, No social fnything whatsoever And that’s why, len’ see i that's twhy you've Brought mein ere, [can't see what the Teason sould be, unless something politcal came in bysesiden, or something that seemed politcal came in, which ease stow me where iis Show me Where the stand i Fl ke straight out. Fucking burn it. You wse,Tupolei stares straight at him. Tupols | have co fil this form out nove: I's 2 form ase anything bxd happens eo you in custody. (Pause We've gota mistake here with Your name, [think. Your surname is Katrin, es? Katucan Yes Tupolski See, we've got your frst name as Katuran. Kacarian My fist same is Karurian, Tupolski vane) Your fist name is Karurian? Katurian Yes Tupolski And your second name is Katurian? ‘Karurian Yes. “fupolski Your same is Kavurian Katueian? [Kacurian My parents were Funny people Tupolski Hm. Middle iil? Katurian K iypok lacks at him. Katurisn ods, shrugs “Tupolski Your name is Karurian Katurian Katurian? Katucian Likel ssid, my parents were funny people Tupolsk Ni. For funny guess sad ‘pid fucking Kaurian Vor not disagreeing “Tupolski Your addeess is Kamenice 4443? Katurian Yes “Tupolski Which you share with. .? Katurian My brother. Michal. “Tapolski Ah, Michal, Atleast t's not fcking “Kat [Avil He's backvsaed, your brother, yeah? Katurian He's or backward, no. He's slew to get sings [Ariel He's slow to get things. Okay “Topolski Next of kin? Kat “Tupolski Jus formalities, Ksturian, Youknow what Tnean? (Pause) Place of work. rn Michal, My next of kin? Katurian The Kamenice abatoi, Ariel Ths write. Katurian Irs not so ad “Tupolski You ike your work there? Katurian No, bat i nor soba Ariel Cutting up animals Karurian 1 don's cu stuf. just clear sta [Avil Oh, you don’ cut stuff. You jus eae stu Katurian Yes. Ariel see Katurian {just lea it Ariel You just cleat. You don’ eat itKaturian Yes Arie {see tse, Tapoek puts hie pon down, the tears ie as Bow filing 00 “Tupolski That as’ a form incase anything bad hppens to vous incustod, Twas just mucking around ‘Karurian Whar was i? “Tapolski Ic wasa piece of paper L was about to tear in Tupi flips trough the sheaf of stories til be fnds the ome het looking for Ki Katurian What about if we ane, The Little Apple Men Ariel idles back to table sits stubs cigarette ont, ‘Tupolsk famdisrises himself with he story. les not one of my best (Passe. I's prety good, though. “Tupolski This isa scary it tarts of there litle gi, ander father teats her badly “ Katuein He slaps her around and that, He's a Tupolski You sem to havea lor of st... He's a what? Kacarian What “Tupolski The father Ariel Hea.” something, sou ssid Tuposki He represen sting, does he? Katurian He represents has father He is a bad father Fupolki He Kavurian Yes. He slap the lite gi around “Tupolski This is why he sa bad father Katurian Yes “Tupolski What bad father Katurian All the sory say chink, she father seats the lle pil badly. You can draw your own conclusions Jse does he oto the lg "he is Ariel Oh, we can draw our own conslsions, tow, cm) Katurian Hah? Ariel You've ing us we can deaw our even conclusions Katurian Not Yes! Ariel We fow we ca rave our oven fucking coelusions! Katurian 1 know Ariel Hah? Katurian T know: Ariel Fucking. hah?! Ariel ges up and paces. “Tupolski Ariel's getsng abit aggrieved because We can draw our own conclusions” 507 of o4r job (Panes) ‘Kid the fst conclusion we ae éeavvingisexacly how ‘Mins stories have yr gor lise ge seated acl’ oF tlle boy is ated badly”? K [Aiel“A fe" Pl saya fucking fe The first fucking fee we picked up was a litle pl fucked over this wag, oF tle hoy is face over it this way evan A few. A fevXaturian_ Bur the i saying anything Tm aot tying ro say ansting Aiel You're nor whar Katunian What? Ariel Not wha say chat the chiloren represent something? . Ariel “Tam eying eo say Karin ‘That he children represent The People, oF i) Lam eying tsa He's puting words inte my fckiag mouth nov ° am tying 0 #3 let alone draw our own focking conclusions Katorian No. Iie) We can eren speak nove this fcking man says! Pat your fucking hands down =»! ie pls Kaurion bs char by the hai kneels ron hi amd gomges into bis face. Tapes looks at this, sighs * “Tupolski Any sine you're eady, Ariel? Ariel stops, breathing hoot, goes back to his to Kat an) Retake your sat, pleas. Jn pat, Kanwian does so. Tupolski Ob, almost forgot to mention «Tm the good op, fe the bac cop. [Panse | So, back to literate. The ‘ther, sve have eatblished, treats the ite gil bad and ce das the il gets sore apples and carves some tue mea out ofthese apples al litle fingers ile eyes, tie tes, and se gives them to he father but she says ce him theyre not so be eaten they're 9 be kept a8. a memento of when his only litle daughter was young, and maturlly the pig ofa father swalloes a bunch of these Spplemen whole, ast spite her and they have razor Blades in them, and he dis in agony: Katurian And that’s kind of lke the end ofthe stony that shoul be like the end ofthe story. the father ges his come Uuppance. Bu then fe goes on, “Tupolski Buc then it gots on. The gr wakes up that right A number of applemen are walking up her chest. They hola her mouth open. They sa to her Katurian (slight voice) ‘You killed our line brothers “Tupolski "You killed ou ile Brothers. They lim down her throat. She chokes to death on her ow blood, ‘The end. Katurian le’ bit of a twist. You think is a dream sequence, Iristt. Pause.) What? said i wasn my best Ariel You hang out ound the Jew quar, Katurian? Katurian ‘The Jevr quarter? No. Now and then I pass through there. [collect my brother the Lamenee istrict his school, Irs aot che Jesh quarter. You go through the Jewish quartee ‘Ariel You collect your brother, he's older than you, he Sail ges to school” Katuran tes special school. lesa leaering difficulties. (Pauses Is this a Jew thing? I'don't know any Jews Ariel You don't know any Jews? Katuran I con'thave anything against any Jews, but don't hw any JewsAriel Bue you don't have anything a Katurian No, Sto Jha Tupolski Should 1 have" Good answer ‘Should L have?” inst any Jews? Kind of his-livered and subservient on the one hand ye aguely sarcastic and provocative on the othe, “Should 1 * ying tobe provocative upolski Were you tving tobe subservient? Katurian No Tupolski Then you were trying to be provocative, And 10 Ave is going o hit sou again Katurian Lister, I don’ undesstand what Pm doing here don't knoss wat you want me ro say. don’ have snything aznine anybody sy Jews or you or anybody. 1 jase ite stores, That’ all ldo. That’ any fe sty in dnd Loi scores. That it vel stands, moves to he doar Aiel This reminds me. 7m going to talk to the brother Ariel exits, Tapoiki smiles, Katrian stunned, scared. Katurian My other's at school Topolski Me and Anil, we have this funy thing, we aheays say "Ths remnds me’ when the thing hast really reminded us ofthe hing sve saying ie reminds us oF at ate eal funny Katurian My brother’ a schoo! Topolski Your brothers one Sor dow Katurian panes Bus el Tupolski SSS Katurian I ana litle cared “Tupolski What are you scared about? KKaturian Tm scared my brother i all lone ina strange place, and I'm scared your friend is gonna go kick the Shit out af him, and I'm scared he's gonna come kick the Shit out of me again although ithe does is okay, Tmean Prather he didn’ buc chere’s something in these stories you don’ like then go abead and ake i out on ime, but my broher ges frightened easily and he doesn't tanderstand these things anc he's ge aotting to do with these stories anys ve only ever ead them to him, 30 Tjost chink i's compietey untae you shauleve heoughe fhm doven here and thik you should jst Fucking go and facking et him out of here right naw! Right fucking ‘Tapolsi (pause [bet you've all advenalin now aren't yoy all ‘Ooh jst showed at a policeman, all ‘Ooh probably shovlda’e've but ooh got really angry.’ Oo, Calm the fuck down. Aight? Do you this we'e animals? Katurian No, “Tupolski Well, we'ee nor animals. We daa, sometimes, with animals, We're not animal. [Paxse) Your brother ‘willbe fine give you my word ‘Tupolski oaks at another story from ie ple. “The Tale of che Three Gibbet Crossroad’ This does not have your theme, it seems Katurian What theme? “Tupolski Y'know, your theme, “Some poor litle kid gets facked up.’ Your theme, Katacian ‘That isn't a theme. Some of them have come ‘out that way. That is a theme, 1sTupolski Alkhough maybe, ia an oblique was it does ave your theme, Xaturian I don'thave themes. Ive writen, what, four ined stores, and saybe tenor twenty have children in? “Tupolski Have murdered childsen in Xaturan So, wha this i about stories with mardered Iildien ia? Do you think Pm eying to Say, "Go our and rarer children “upols tm a0 saying you're trying r0 say "Go out and mute children, (Pause Age you trying to s3y,Go out find murder children? Katurian No! No Hoody way! Are you kidding? Pm not ying to sy anyrhing a all! That's my whole thing. “Tupolski kaos, know, your whole thing, the frst duty 2 storyteller isto Katurian Yes Tupolski lah blah blab, [know This “Three Gibbet ‘Katuvian If sere are cildcen in them, it's incidental. If there i police them, i's incidental. W's aceidemal “Tapolski Except, the things, don’ interrupt me when Pim talking Katurian No, “Topolski 1f ash you someting outright, or if go with ms eves, like, (Ga ahead and say something like with my eye then yn go ahead and say something but fm mehe midle of something Katurian 1 know, Um sory “Topolski Ancl you're focking doing i again? Did fas ing cutis" Did Igo th my eyes ike, "Go ahead and sa something sian No. ‘Tapoleki No, Idd’, did 12 (Pause) Did P See, that rede an outright question andl did go with my eves ike, ‘Go ahead and say something.” Katuran F'n sory. Pm nervous Tupolski You havea right co be nervous Katurian 1 know Tupolski No, you da’t hear me. Isaid, You have a right to he nervous. Katurian Why? “Tupolski pave) “The Three Gibbet Ceossoads” What are you tying to tellus in this stor? Katurian Us not trying vo ell you anything Is supposed to be usta puzzle without a soltion, Tupolski And whar isthe solution? Katurin (pause) There isn't one. Ws pusle without a solution “Tupolski J chink there a solution. Bur then, Pm eally clever Katurian Wel, mean, you'e righ, the idea i you shoul wonder what he solution is; butte truths ehere {sno solution, Because there nothing weese is there? ‘Than the eo Things it sass. Tpolki There is nothing worse? Katurian (pause) Is there? Tupolsi paraphsases through the stor “Tupolski A man wakes up in the iron giber he's heen leftto starve to death in He knows he wa: gulty ofthecrime they put ha in theze for, bathe cannot emember ‘sha the etme was. Acros the crossroads from him are ‘oo other gibhets there's 2 placard outside one that reads Rapist, there's placard outside the second thar reads ‘Murderer. There® dusty skeleton inside the eapists nee there dying old man inside the murderer’ cage man can't eed the placard ouside his ow cage, so «ack the old tan 10 sead i for him 0 find our what he's done, The od man looks atthe placard looks at Dut ma then spit inhi face sn disput, (Pause) Some Suns come along They say prayers over the dead rapist. ‘Ulva, They ge food and water tothe old murderer. UUbchuts They tad our mans crime, The fe dains from them ad they valle away in tears (Pause) highway tan comes along alah. He looks over the rapist ithout much iterest, He sees the old murderer, smashes Inc f his eae ets him fee He comes to our Inuit eage, race bie cime. The highwayman smiles Tightly, Our man stiles back, slighty, The highwayman faves his gus ad shoots hum through the heart. As ove ‘oan is dying he screams out “Jost ell me what ve done?! The igawayman rides off without rling im sohas he's done, The last words that our man eve sys sre, Will go to Hell And the as sound he ever hears i the highwayman quiey noghing Katurin ‘Thats a good story. Thar’ something esque. What kind of sue” i i? Ican'remember. I don really fo foe that esque? sort of stuff anyway, but there's ashing wrong with that store Is het Tupoiski No, eres nothing wong ith that story There's nothings that ster sou would say the person who we wo rsking scummy cunt, No Allis son Goris painter Fupolski Katurian Oh. “Tupolsi I is saying 10 me, on the surface am saying this, bur underneath the surtace lam saying this other hing. Katurian 05, “Tupolski Ics pointer You underseand? Katurian Yes. ts «pointer. “Tupolshi It is «pointer. (Pause. Is your hes story, you sy? Katurian No, If one of my hes tories. Tupolski Ob, is one of your best stories. You have so Katurian Yes Pause.) My best story is “The Town onthe River" one. ‘The Tale ofthe Town on the Riven” Tapolshi Your best story is ‘The Tale of te Town om the iver? Wai, warn, wait, ut ait, wt wat, ae Tipolski quickly finds the story Hang on... Here we ate. Ah-hah, This telb me something, “This is your Best story Katarian Why, what siti it pointer “Tupoleh stares thir Unit’ the only one that was published Tupolski We know ithe only one that was published Katurian So fos “Tupols alflaughs, Pause) The Liberte t wos published Katurian Yes“Tupolski The Litereod. Katurian I don't sead it Tupolski You do't read it Katurian {send the stories around, you knows, justin ‘0 hopes, to wherever might take them, I dont ead all 1 don't read The Libertad, “Tupolhi Irian legal, you read The Libertad, Katurian Uknost Nori you havea story published in it Tupolsk tc has jour theme, (Pause) Did they give you tienes, The Libaad? Like, ‘Write « sory about a pons? "Weite story about some ile kid wha gets totally focked up" Did they do hae? Karurian They jest gave 9 word-coune thing, The maximum words Tupolski Ic was «theme of your own choosing? Katurian Te was theme of my ovn choosing, Tipolek hand: Katurian the story Tupolski Kead irto me Katurian The whole of et Topolski The whole of i. Standing Katuria stan, Tapoishi Vim. Pacepe a¢ hl shey dda execute you fhe eng, Pose nto relly facking Pause, then Katurian reads the story, enjoying bis own words, t details and its tists Katusian (pause) Um, ‘Once upon a rime i a tiny cobble-seeted town on the banks of fast dowsing sven, there lived ile boy who did not get along withthe totes children of the town they pied 0 fd bullied him because he was poor and fis pacents wre dears and his clothes were rags and he walked argon barefoot. The lle bos, however was of a happy and dieamy Aispostion, and he didnot mind the taunts andthe beatings and the unending solitude. He knew that he was kind-hearted and fll of love and that someday someone Somewhere would se chi love inside hi and repay im inkind. Then, one night, ashe sat nursing Hs newest bruises at the foot ofthe wooden bridge that crossed the river and led out of town, he heacd che approach of 2 horse and eart along the dak, cobbled stret and as it neaved he Saw that its driver was dressed inthe darkest of robes the Black hood of which bathed his raga face in shadow and sen a shiver of fear through title boy's body Puring his fear aide the boy took ov the small Sandwich that was to be his supper that nignt and just as the care was about pass onto and over the bridge, he fered i up tothe hooded driver to see if he would like some. The eatt stopped the driver nodded, got down and Sat beside the linle boy for a while, saringthe sandwich and discussing this and that. The diver asked the bos Wwhy he was bazefoot and ragged and all sane, ad es the boy told the driver of his poor had life, he eed the back OF the dsiver's cart i was piled high with sally empty animal cage, all fou-smellig and dire-ined, and jst as the bos was aboor to ask what kind of animals tas had been inside them, che deverseood up and announced that he had coho om his was, “Bu before go. the driver whispered, “because you have been 80 kindy ton old weary traveller in offering half of vour already meagrePortions; oul ke to give you something now, she ‘oth of which goday vou may not eealise but one hen you ae alte older, perhaps, think vou will ‘sine and than me for Now close your exes." And se tle boy dd whar he 35 tld and closed is exes, Sn from a suit inner pocket of bis robes the driver mes sharp and shiny mes leaves raised Vinal beoushr it seything dwn onto roy ight foot, severing all ve of his maddy lie foes. Ad a the lie oy sa there gaping sent Shocks saving sank off nto the distance at nothing in particulate river gathered up his bloods toes, tossed them avy to ve gaggle of rts that had begun to gather the putes, got back onto is cat, and quietly rode vo ose ae bide leaving the bo, the rts the fiver an the darkening ton of Hamlin far behind him. 1 ks at Tupoleki for any response, giving ack down (OF Hameln, ee? Tupolski Of Hamelin Kanurin Do you gti? The lle boy isthe litle ripoled uy who ean't Keep up eben the Ped Piper shes bac totake al she chldgen avy Thats hove be was crippled “pols 1 know thar Katurian tes ois “Tapolski { know ies a ows [Katurian tthe children he ws ater Tupols aturian tthe chien the Pied Piper was after, To wih ML iden i be vag the eats, He rowght the rats, He knew the cownspeople wouldnt pay: tr was the children ie was after in the hist place. Tupolski (node, Pause) This reminds me. Tpolski goes tothe fling cabinet, tes out a metal boo the sie ofa biscuit tn, then st back down with it placing it om the table benveen hem Katurian What? Oh, ‘Ths ceminds yo.’ When it hasnt reminded you of anything Tupolse stares at bin ‘What’ in the box? Sound of aman screaming hideously ew rooms aay. Katurian stands, becoming Austere ‘That’ my brother Tupolsk (tenn) Yes, believe iis Katurian What's ke doing to him? “Tupolski Well, something fucking horsible. I don't knows; dol? Katurian You sid you woulda’ ouch hin. “Tupolski I haven’ touched him. Katurian But you said he would be fine. You gave me your word, The seeming stops Tupolski Karorian. Iam high-anking police ofier in a totalitarian fucking ditatorship. What ae you doing taking my word aboot anything? Ariel returns, wrapping bis bloodied kend in white bth Katurian Whar have you done to my broser?‘motion: Tapolsk over. They confer ina comer a while, then st ‘Whar have you done so my brother, L sai! Tupolsk See, Ariel? Katurian’s asking the questions now it ws, Whats in the Bax? ~ that was while you were torturing dhe spastic ~ then i “What have you done tomy brorher? Karurian Fuck Whar inthe box’. What have you done tomy brocher?! “Tupolski Wel, Ariel had 2 problem childhood, see, and he tends o take tout om all the rerards we get in. ody shad, really you think about i Katurian Whachave you done tain?! Adil Y'know, you being such an upstart and shouting the plas, | would usualy have smashed yout face ln by nowt, aut because I've just been doing cha 0 four subnormal brother may hand really hurts o for now I'm ust gong ole you of with avery stem swarming XKaturian Iwan: 10 see my brother Right now Tupoiski You smashed his face in, did you, Arie? “Except, hang on, that could be clasied as police brutality, could ie? Oh no! Ariel He really surt my hand Tupolski Look your poor hand! Ariel {eno izealy hut “Tupolski How many cies have I rld you? Use a runcheon, use a whaddvacall, Your bare hands, Ariel? And on a Spastic He wont even get the benef Kan ian He's jst a child Ariel I'm caking a breather nov, but the next time I go in there, think Tam going to put something sharp up inside mand then tar ‘Tupolski Oh, Avie, shad defintely be cased as ‘police bral Katurian I wane to see my beother right new! Tupolski What happened tothe thd chile? Katurian Whae?(Pause,) Wha third child Ariel So its you and your brother, yeh? You're close you and your brother? Karurian He's al ve got Ariel You and your spastic broth, Kaw 12 Hes not spastic ‘Tupolaki “The Writer and his Spastic Broth’ Title for a stot, Katurian, Katurian (tearfully) He’ jas a child Tupolski No, he not. You know who was? Andeea Jovacovie was, You know who she was? Katurian (pause. Sitting down Only from she papers Tupolski Only from the papers. Whar do you know about hes, “only frm the paper Katurian She was the gil they found on the heath ‘Tupolski She was she gel they found on the heath, yes You know how she died? Katurian No. ‘Tepolski Why don't you know how she dia Katueian The papers didn't say 8sTupolski ‘The papers didn’ say. You know who Aaron Goldberg was Katurian Onl fom the papers Tupolski Yes. He was the boy they found inthe damp tehind de Jewish quarter. You know how he died? Katurian No. Tupolski No, he papers dnt say. The papers didnt say ‘oF things The papers didn't say’ anything abour the hie child aise mate gl, wenr missing tree days 260, Ariel The pavers willbe saying something tonight “Tupolski The papers will be saying something tonight he papers wil be saving alot of things ronihe. Katarian About the mate gil? “Tapolski About the mate gel. About confessions. About executions, Al that re of sult Katrin But... I don’: understand what yo're tying to-say to me. Are you eying co say T shoulda’ write "ores with cild-klings in because i the real wold there ze child killings? Ariel He wants to think chat he thinks that all we've fot agains him is a disagreement with his faking prose Sipe Like we don't kon what his Brother jst std eo ee Katurian Wha did» brother just say t0 you? Ariel Like we don’e know what's inthis box. Katurian, Whatever he sid to vo, you made him say to ou. He doeste speak ro strange. Ariel (adjusting bloodied cloth) He spoke to me, He speaks to stangers alr. He said you and he speak co | | Katurian # want co se him, Ariel You want to see him? Katurian L want ro se him, Thats what I id [Ariel You ate demanding to sce him? Katurin I wold like to se my brother Ariel You ate demanding ro sce your brother? Katurian 1a fucking demanding, yes. wanna see he's alight Ariel He will ever be alkight Katurian (standing) U've got right to see my brother Ariel You've gor no fucking rights “Tupolski Sie down, please Ariel Not no more, you've got no tgs. Katuran I've got rights, Everybody's got rights Ariel Yow ain Katurian Why aint 2 “Tupolski Open the box Katarian Hoh? Ariel Fl give you your rights in a minute Katucian Yeah, lke I bet you gave my broser his sights Ariel gave im his sghts alright Katurian 1 bet you did [bet you fcking di “Topolski Open the box Ariel No, 1 bet I facing diKarurian Yeah, [ber you fucking did Ariel No, 1 be facing dit Katurian {know you bet you fucking did... Tupolski (seresring] Open the fucking box!! XKaturian Tl cpen che fucking box! Katurion angrily wrenches the bons lid off thes coils error at whats inside, shivering ina comet Katurian Whats thar “Topolski Retake your sear, pease Katrin What are they? Ariel darts over, drags Katurian back to bis seat and, brolding him by the hair, forces him t0 look nto the ‘You know what they are, We found them in your house Katurian No Arie! Your brother’ already admitted his past Katurian No! Ariel Bor he'shardlythe brains behind the operation, ‘You know how the gil on the heath ied? Two razor blades dow her ite fucking throat, both serapped in apple, funnily enough Tupolskiveaces inta the box Ariel You know how he litle Jew boy died? and pad’ out five bloody toes Tupolski His este, his second toe, his thid te, his fourth toe, hisith oe 6 Ariel That poor litle Jew boy's ive fucking toes and they ‘were found in your house and is nothing to do with You? Karuran (crying) Fuse writ stores! Ariel ‘They make a nie final facking twist con’ thes? “Tupolski Make him swallow them, Ariel wrenches Katurian off the chai Avil Where's che mute gel! Where's the mite gil? Ariel resto force the toes into Katurian’s mowth, “Tupolski Don’t make him swallow them, Avil. Whar are you doing? Ariel You sid make him swallow them “Tupolski Only to scare him! They're evidence! Have Ariel. Pack off ‘Have some sense! Don’t sare on me again! And quite with that problem childhood! sic oo, ‘Tupolski But you did have a problem childhood Ariel Quitit, said! ‘Tupolski And look at your hand, that so obviously fake blood Ariel Ob, fock off Tupolski Pardon me? Ail sid Fuck off Avie tosses the toes on the floor and exts modi “Tupoleks gathers up the toes, puts there back tn the os “Tupolski So moody. Pas. »XKatorian { dost understand a thing thar’ going on. Tupolski No? Well here's where we tand a of 5.5 PMs idaday che fourth. Along with te evidence we found our hous, yout other, spastic oF not, has, under Jfes ot not dmited enough about the kings fr us ‘revute him before the evenings out, But 28 Are said, “ly the beans besing the operation so we want fo confess tou. We hike exeouting riers. Dinos Jin cxecateany day, And we do. But, you execute a fends out a sigh, Vienow? (Parse) Lon kao ial iends out, hats mot eeally my area, but it hast» sigal(Pause) No, Mee gor it, know what Signal sends out Ie sends oot the signal (DONT GO. AROUND. KILLING. LITTLE FUCKING. KIDS” (Pause) Whote's the mute gil? Your brother didnt seem to want to spill the beats Katurian Detective Tupolski? Tapolski Miser Katurian’ Katurian Pelistenes o your bullshit fr a long time td 1 want fel You a couple of dings. don" ive my bruther saa word 10 you. Llbelieve that you ‘epi to kame [oct seqsons, One, because for She reason you dont like the kind of stories I write and vos because fe sone reason vou don't like retarded Drool clurenng up sour streets Tals believe that I'm 1s osu) another word to yoo unt you let me see wt Brushes Sa torture me as much as yo like, Detective Saving another fucking word Tupolsks (pave I see Pause.) Then Vd best go get the clestrodes Tupolsk exits with the metal box, Door clicks shut i re. Katia’ ed stomps SCENE TWO Katurian, sting ona bed amongst toys, alts, pens, paper tan approximation ofa childs room, next door onehich thee is another identical r00m, peas made oF elss, but padlocked and totally dank. Kattan vedeates the short story which he and the rather in ‘amon, and father i goare and glasses, eat Katucian Once upon time there was lie boy upon. ‘Nhom his mother and fatter showezed nothing but love, indness sean all hat suff Hee had his own Hie oom ina big howse inthe middle ofa prety focest. He fwanted for nothing: all he toys inthe world wece hiss all the point all the books, paper, pets. All the seeds of {reatiity were implanted in him irom an carly age and it ‘Was writing that became his first love: shor stories, fairy {ales ile novel all happy, colouril thirgs about bears Sh piglets and angels and so forth, and some of them ‘vere good, some of them were very good, His parents Experiment bad worked. The fist part of his parents experiment bad worked “The Mother and Father, after caressing and kissing Katrin, enter te adjooing room, ard leave cur ight Ie was the night of his seventh birthday that he nightmares fis started. The oom next door ro his own room had dliways been kepe bolted and padlocked for reasons the iy was never quite sue of but never quise questioned Loni the fow whirring of dil the scritchety-seatch of hpolts being tightened she dull iz of unkown things let, andthe fled screams ofa small aged {Fild began to emanate though thick pik walls, On Slginis bast (fo Mother a boy's vai) “Whar were Sllchose noses lat night, Mama” (novmal voicel he'd