Act Two. Scene One.
SETTING: A PARTY IN A LIVING ROOM, COUCH, BIG CHAIR, TV, DINNER TABLE (SMALLER), KITCHEN CHAIRS AND EXTRA MISMATCHED CHAIRS. THE MOBSTER IS NOW DRESSED IN A BLACK SUIT LIKE A REVEREND/MINISTER. EVERYONE IS IN GROUPS TALKING AND SNACKING. THE REVEREND IS TALKING TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND A SERIOUS LOOKING OLDER LADY PUSHES HER WAY THROUGH.
LADY ALPHA: Pardon me Reverend, I've heard the rumors and scuttlebutt and now I want you to tell me how you heard the call.
REVEREND (FORMER MOBSTER): I was wondering who would ask me first. It's really simple actually, after high school I thought about the clergy but decided to see the world so I went into the Army...
GENTLEMAN 1: What did you...
REVEREND: 11 Bravo, First to go last to know. Our Uncle Sam taught me a lot of things but it really taught me to love God. After the Army I used the GI Bill to go to college, I majored in Religious History with a minor in Accounting, by the way. While in college I did some work for friends of the family, when I finally graduated the company I worked for "made me an offer I couldn't refuse", to use a quote I despise. I worked for them for years, did rather well if I say so myself, but then the company changed and I didn't change with it. So there I am, adrift, not sure what to do and I got a phone call than changed my world. My mother had died. Things happened pretty fast after that, I got my act together, well my spiritual act that is and realized that everything in my past was to make me a better shepherd of my flock. I was raised Catholic but the Catholic church and I don't see eye to eye on everything, I started looking around at the "competition", I remember some of the priests calling the non-Catholics that, and I liked this one, it just fit me like a good suit.
Act Two. Scene Two.
SETTING: SAME LIVING ROOM, DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE. SOME ARE POPPING UP THEIR HEADS TO WATCH THE REVEREND.
LADY 1: He is cute.
LADY 2: Yes he is. But he seems a little off. Whenever he's talking to you he's always looking around. I'm used to guys talking to my chest but he'll look at my hands a lot and over my shoulders. I'm not used to guys not looking at my chest.
GENTLEMAN 2: Sweetie, I've known you for years, most women talk to your chest also.
That's it for the night. I'm not too sure about the last two speaking parts for act 2 scene 2. I want the gossipy feel but I would also like to avoid the whole bust part.
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