Green Room Drabble...

[concertigrossi]

Theo and Caroline vs.  The Entertainment System

“I just don’t get it!” Caroline exclaimed.

            “These shiny circles supposedly have the “moving pictures” on them, but I don’t see how…”  complained Theo.

            “Or how they go into that box!  It makes no sense.” she grumbled.

            James came in and took his hat off.  “Terribly sorry to be late…”

            “No, it’s all right… She started with Beckett’s scene…” Theo tried pressing random buttons again.

            “What are you two doing?”

            “She said that if we were bored we could see a dramatic production on that grey thing there, but we’ve no idea how to make it work…”

            James gave Caroline and Theo a slightly exasperated look.  He picked up the remote and pressed a sequence of buttons.  The TV, DVD player and surround sound system all came on, and the drawer on the DVD player opened.  He put the disc in.

            As the opening credits to “Much Ado About Nothing” rolled up the screen, he met two amazed gazes. “How did you…?”

He pointed to the stack of manuals on the shelf.  “I read the instructions.  Didn’t you?”

Comments

[pink-siamese.livejournal.com]

:mad giggling:: Look at this, an historical first! A man who reads directions! ::snicker::

[concertigrossi.livejournal.com]

Doesn't James strike you as just the kind of person who would read the manual before diving in? :)

[pink-siamese.livejournal.com]

LOL...indeed! In fact, if you want to make James REALLY crazy, take all his manuals away.

[concertigrossi.livejournal.com]

Actually, it depends on how much total insanity you were going for, but if you subtly reprogrammed the devices so that the instructions would occasionally be dead wrong... :)

[pink-siamese.livejournal.com]

Oh, God. Horrors.