A7X does Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV Scene 3
what just happened before this writer broke the fourth wall
Huntington Beach, DOMINIQUE's hotel room
Enter ALYSSA and DOMINIQUE
DOMINIQUE
I feel so awful for abandoning Pale Cassius Conspired. I can't live with myself.
ALYSSA
Why Sextus Pompeius Records, Dom?
DOMINIQUE
I don't know. I could kill myself.
ALYSSA
What? Jesus fucking Christ, just turn down that job, say sorry to Andrew, and help him and me find a new bassist, and it's all good.
DOMINIQUE
No, I need to make a grand speech then kill myself. Maybe I'll sing. Or you can sing.
ALYSSA
The fuck?
DOMINIQUE
We're channeling a work of fiction. You know that, right? We're channeling the Roman Army in Egypt.
ALYSSA
We're not the Roman Army though.
DOMINIQUE
We were created by a fanfic writer who loves Antony & Cleopatra, Avenged Sevenfold, slash, and genderflipping. What's my stage name?
ALYSSA
Domitia Enobaria. You're Enobarbus! Of course. And that makes me...Alyssa sounds like Alexas...oh fuck no. I have to kill myself too!
DOMINIQUE
Just go with it.
ALYSSA
There's one thing I don't understand. If we're all the figment of some nerdy yaoi fangirl's imagination...how come we're not seeing Andrew or M Shadows or the both of them pregnant?
DOMINIQUE
Because she doesn't fail biology.
ALYSSA
No. Just life.
DOMINIQUE
It is what it is.
ALYSSA
Right.
Exit ALYSSA
DOMINIQUE [singing]
I did you wrong
I did you ill
Hear my orison
She pulls out a gun
'Cause it will make me
A free woman
I have nothing left
To answer for
Bear me witness
Oh shiny night
She holds it to her head, no longer singing.
I'm so sorry. Bye Andrew.
She shoots. She's dead.
Huntington Beach, DOMINIQUE's hotel room
Enter ALYSSA and DOMINIQUE
DOMINIQUE
I feel so awful for abandoning Pale Cassius Conspired. I can't live with myself.
ALYSSA
Why Sextus Pompeius Records, Dom?
DOMINIQUE
I don't know. I could kill myself.
ALYSSA
What? Jesus fucking Christ, just turn down that job, say sorry to Andrew, and help him and me find a new bassist, and it's all good.
DOMINIQUE
No, I need to make a grand speech then kill myself. Maybe I'll sing. Or you can sing.
ALYSSA
The fuck?
DOMINIQUE
We're channeling a work of fiction. You know that, right? We're channeling the Roman Army in Egypt.
ALYSSA
We're not the Roman Army though.
DOMINIQUE
We were created by a fanfic writer who loves Antony & Cleopatra, Avenged Sevenfold, slash, and genderflipping. What's my stage name?
ALYSSA
Domitia Enobaria. You're Enobarbus! Of course. And that makes me...Alyssa sounds like Alexas...oh fuck no. I have to kill myself too!
DOMINIQUE
Just go with it.
ALYSSA
There's one thing I don't understand. If we're all the figment of some nerdy yaoi fangirl's imagination...how come we're not seeing Andrew or M Shadows or the both of them pregnant?
DOMINIQUE
Because she doesn't fail biology.
ALYSSA
No. Just life.
DOMINIQUE
It is what it is.
ALYSSA
Right.
Exit ALYSSA
DOMINIQUE [singing]
I did you wrong
I did you ill
Hear my orison
She pulls out a gun
'Cause it will make me
A free woman
I have nothing left
To answer for
Bear me witness
Oh shiny night
She holds it to her head, no longer singing.
I'm so sorry. Bye Andrew.
She shoots. She's dead.