2022 PFC Anthology | Page 52

Secrets born and kept Of myths that burst beyond masks Are we what we leave ?
If we cannot leave What does that make us ? Always just stuck in between ?
( Izzy , Amelia , and Jean are in a tree house on a weekend in the summer . You know what that means ! Time is no obstacle . It feels endless and eternal and everlasting . The summer sun is sticky on their skin , and beaming with possibilities . It ’ s the kind of summer that makes the stuff of legend . Izzy , Amelia , and Jean are scouts . They are also friends . But they are scouts first because that is how they met after all . And they take scouting seriously . Jean is crafting a mask .)
The mask is the final piece . Then it ’ s go time /
/ Bigfoot . I can ’ t believe we ’ re doing this-- Do you really think / it ’ ll work
/ Wait , Amelia--
Yeah ?
Did you bring the shoe ?
IZZY
AMELIA
IZZY
AMELIA
IZZY
( Jean stops working on the mask and looks up .)
I mean , it ’ s not technically a shoe--
AMELIA
IZZY