PLAYWRIGHT: Um! I don't wish to cause alarm, but I think we might have another problem!
DIRECTOR: What is it?
PLAYWRIGHT: W-eeeell, I'm reviewing the script for the ending that appears to be erging...
DIRECTOR: Oh, god. How could it be worse? Let see it.
DIRECTOR: Oh. I see.
PLAYWRIGHT: You 'see'? What's with that understated reaction?! If we let it happen this way, it'll be a total disaster! Things will end without even a fraction of a satisfying answer
DIRECTOR: Forgive if I've beco a bit numb to complications at this point. It feels difficult to get upset about sothing we've practically already written off as a loss.
PLAYWRIGHT: There are degrees! This is nothing! Never mind catharsis, there isn't even a denouent! The ending might as well just be 'rocks fall, everyone dies'!
DIRECTOR: That's a little on the nose, don't you think?
PLAYWRIGHT: If an ending like this actually goes through as-is, we're toast! They'll stick us in a box and use us as a coffee table!
DIRECTOR: What do you suggest we do, exactly? Lest you forget, the entire stage is still on the brink of collapse from your last stunt. If we pull any more interventions like that--
PLAYWRIGHT: Then the whole thing will fall to pieces faster than a sheet of wet toilet paper, I know! But we have to do sothing!
DIRECTOR: Alright. What if we try being a little liberal with the format? Rather than making an alternation, we'll just pause the scene for a mont, and make use of a duologue. That should impart sufficient context without interfering in diegetic causality. It's still a risk, but we've already been relying on soliloquies extensively, so it shouldn't even be a major departure.
PLAYWRIGHT: Wow, that's actually not a completely worthless idea.
DIRECTOR: You think of as decorative?
PLAYWRIGHT: Still, it will only work if the post-climax cos out properly. It's a gamble... But beggars can't be choosers. Do it.
KAMRUSEPA speaks with irritation, her arms crossed. "Gods above, Su. For all your monts of brilliance, you really can be frustratingly dense sotis."
"You can't just make a bunch of weird gestures and expect to understand what you're thinking," UTSUSHIKO replies, her brow furrowed. "Are you trying to say that Linos is trying to protect Theodoros? I figured that out already."
"It's not that he's protecting him," KAMRUSEPA replies, "but rather what he's protecting him from, and the implications thereof! This is the problem with you-- You always get so stuck in your head trying to solve everything, you overlook what's patently obvious." She clicks her tongue in irritation, then gestures towards CENTERSTAGE. "Look, even Ran has understood the stakes of this mont. That's why she's been holding her tongue."
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