Vashti and Memucan are sitting on the couch in Vashti’s room. With him, I didn’t feel like an object the way I did with most people the king brought in to meet me. VASHTI: Like many of my conversations, we spoke about the king, but with Memucan it was different. MEMUCAN: Memucan, the king’s new adviser, Your Highness. MEMUCAN: Wow, when the king said you were beautiful, he didn’t give you enough credit. Memucan enters through her open door and stares at Vashti. Anyway, on his first day on the job he actually said hello and introduced himself to me, which was… refreshing GUARD #2: If we had any more respect do you think we’d be disobeying the king right now and letting you tell us your side of the story? VASHTI: You don’t have any respect for authority either. GUARD #2: Oh, I love that guy! He convinced the king to give me a raise. GUARD #1: You’re in no place to fire me right now so could you please continue the story? How did you even get this job? You have no respect for authority figures and. He had this spark in his eyes and I swear when he smiled he lit up the room. He wasn’t one of those old stuffy ones with a monotonous voice that makes you want to fall asleep. VASHTI: One day, Achashverosh hired a new adviser. Guard #1 and Guard #2 both release Vashti.
VASHTI: Would you mind releasing my arms? This could take a while. GUARD #1 and GUARD #2 (a little too excitedly): Yes! Do you want to hear my side of the story or not? GUARD #1: I wonder if that’ll be enough time for her to tell us her story. Besides, with all the camel traffic going on today, the executioner shouldn’t get here for another half an hour. GUARD #2: But then we wouldn’t be following orders. GUARD #2 (to Guard #1): You can’t say that unless you know the whole story, and that’s going to be tough because she’s about to be executed for treason. GUARD #1 (to Guard #2): There’s gotta be some reason she didn’t put up a fight. Guard #1 and Guard #2 Both take one of Vashti’s arms and walk out of her room into a hallway in the palace. VASHTI (frustrated): Please just take me away. GUARD #1: How was I supposed to know that she wasn’t gonna put up a fight?
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Vashti takes her eyes off the mirror and gives her full attention to Guard #1 and Guard #2. GUARD #1: We’re here to take you to your execution Your High- GUARD #2 elbows Guard #1.ĭon't miss our top stories.