one.
[ action for Stone Street ]
[Tonight, the hypnotic sound of female drone laughter emanates at almost regular intervals from 458 Stone Street. This goes on for some time before ceasing abruptly as a man, new to the neighborhood, throws the door open, strides out down the walk, and looks sharply up and down the street.
After a moment, the faintly irritated, puzzled expression on his face smoothes out, and he could easily be a drone himself. Until he starts to go back inside, pausing only to pick up the newspaper which wasn't fetched this morning. Then he stops, looks at it again, then again, and then he laughs. Unlike the earlier noise, it's not a drone's laughter.]
[ phone ]
For those of you who believe in a higher power, have you ever considered its sense of humor?
...No, I apologize. That's a terribly provocative question to start with. Why don't we try something else--
I'm afraid I'm not used to these things at all anymore. Where can I purchase a new cellphone in this town?
[Tonight, the hypnotic sound of female drone laughter emanates at almost regular intervals from 458 Stone Street. This goes on for some time before ceasing abruptly as a man, new to the neighborhood, throws the door open, strides out down the walk, and looks sharply up and down the street.
After a moment, the faintly irritated, puzzled expression on his face smoothes out, and he could easily be a drone himself. Until he starts to go back inside, pausing only to pick up the newspaper which wasn't fetched this morning. Then he stops, looks at it again, then again, and then he laughs. Unlike the earlier noise, it's not a drone's laughter.]
[ phone ]
For those of you who believe in a higher power, have you ever considered its sense of humor?
...No, I apologize. That's a terribly provocative question to start with. Why don't we try something else--
I'm afraid I'm not used to these things at all anymore. Where can I purchase a new cellphone in this town?