Play 299: Faint Glimmer

CHARACTERS
1
2

1
You okay?

2
Yeah, I’m fine.

1
You look a bit off.

2
Just in a bit of a weird mood I guess.

1
Any idea why?

2
Had an odd dream right before I woke up. I’ve been thinking about it all day.

1
What was it about?

2
I’m not really sure.

1
Do you remember much of it?

2
Just a few images.

1
Of what?

2
I don’t know. I can see them in my head, but I can’t figure out exactly what they are.

1
That’s odd.

2
Yeah, it always seems to happen to me with dreams. I forget what they’re about but I’m left with these odd images from them.

1
That happens to me sometimes too.

2
Really?

1
Yeah.

(Beat.)

2
They always have a weird feeling that goes with them.

1
What kind of feeling?

2
I don’t know. Some strange unidentifiable feeling. Whenever I think about my dreams, I get a really strong feeling, but I can never put my finger on what it actually is.

1
I know what you mean.

2
Really?

1
Yeah.

(Beat.)

I like it.

2
Me too.

1
I’m not sure why.

2
Me neither.

(Beat.)

I guess it’s just interesting. And so different from everything else.

1
It’s like it’s from a different world.

2
Yeah.

(Beat.)

And the weird part is no matter how surreal and foreign it seems, it’s all from your head.

1
Weird to think about.

2
Yeah. It’s the only faint glimmer of the subconscious we get to see.

1
Funny that the only time we can see it, it doesn’t make any sense really.

2
Yeah. The only way it makes sense is in a visceral way. We don’t understand it intellectually, just emotionally.

1
Maybe that’s why it’s so interesting.

2
Yeah.

(Beat.)

1
I’m jealous.

2
What?

1
I haven’t had any dreams I’ve remembered in a while.

2
That’s too bad.

1
Yeah.

(Beat.)

(2 laughs.)

1
What?

2
What an odd dream.

(Blackout.)