SCHRODINGER HOUSESITTER <Normal lighting> SCHRODINGER: Hey guys BOTH: Hey! SCHRODINGER: How was the honeymoon? JOHN: Wonderful! Thank you for house sitting SCHRODINGER: Don't mention it. JOHN: (Calling out) Ginger! Ginger! Here ginger! Mary, I can't find .. MARY: Um... have you seen our cat? SCHRODINGER: Maybe. JOHN: Maybe? I don't understand. You were supposed to be minding - (A meow comes from the box) MARY: Did you just hear a - JOHN: Yeah, I could have sworn I heard a - (meow) JOHN: OH MY GOD! (Meows again) MARY: Schrodinger, did you lock our cat in this box!? SCHRODINGER: Well, I might have. JOHN: Get her out of there! SCHRODINGER: I can't! MARY: Why not? SCHRODINGER: We don't know whether she's alive or dead. JOHN: There aren't any air holes! SCHRODINGER: She may not need them! (Meow, pause, thump.) MARY: Oh my god! You've killed our cat. (JOHN wails) Schrodinger, you've-- JOHN: She had so much to give! MARY: Schrodinger, you've killed our cat! SCHRODINGER: That's a half-truth! JOHN: How could you do this? We invited you into our home and you nail our cat into a box until she suffocates. SCHRODINGER: Look, Mary... John ... I might be really sorry. I may not have known what I was doing, and I will probably ask your forgiveness. But ... and this is a big but ... If you never open the box I have technically done nothing wrong. MARY: Done nothing wrong? You've killed our cat. SCHRODINGER: How do you know!? JOHN: I can see the corpse! SCHRODINGER: MURDERER! You killed your cat by observing it! JOHN: That's impossible! SCHRODINGER: That's science! JOHN: Schrodinger... I don't understand why would you .. why would you - I hope you took better care of Timmy SCHRODINGER: Well! ... Maybe. <Lights down> |