Objective: To convince his best friend to stay in this town. Superobjective: To leave the town safely. Outcome: he suceeds.
CHARLES: No, we can’t go. No. Dont you see? If we leave now, the entire village will think that we killed those men. Two mysterious strangers show up, and people in the village start getting killed, and then the two mysterious strangers disappear? How long until you think they’d find us? Our caravan isn’t fast, even if we did have horses! But lets assume we’d steal a horse. I mean, we can’t buy one, we have no money, and if we stole one, well, that certainly makes us look all the more innocent doesn’t it. We have to stay.
I know that you are concerned that we might be next, but there is no guarantee. This is the only chance we have. Here’s what we do, we lay low, and we stick together. If we need to go into the village, we go in the early morning, and then come back here. I didn’t want to mention this, but we have to start thinking about this from the murderers perspective. He has the perfect opportunity to blame this all on us. The town hates us as it is. I’d suggest we start going to church, but that good Father scares me a hell of a lot more than any murderer. To tell you the truth, this whole town gives me the creeps. I’d rather not stay, but now that we’re caught in this trap, the best thing for us is to just play along. I suspect we are caught up in something that is way over our heads. Have you noticed that Rabbit is the only woman in the village? I’m not making this up. Name one other woman that you saw or talked to. You can’t can you? Either we’ve got a town full of the shyest housewives I’ve ever seen, or something else is going on. I’ve got a really bad feeling about this. Why haven’t we even heard of a town of this size? Why didn’t we see any signs for it on the road? Do you understand the gravity of what’s going on here. I just...
(takes a few calming breaths. Sits down with his head in his hands)
I just think the best thing to do is wait. We need to be very quiet, and just watch and wait. And try and figure out how to get horses. If we have horses, at least we have the option of leaving when we want to. Horses... Although...Now that I mention it, I don’t recall seeing any horses in the village either...
