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Hello ? Who even is this ?
VENUS ( O / S )
MARS Hello ?! It ’ s your sister ! Who ’ s here with the rest of your family . Where are you ?
VENUS ( O / S ) Whoa , you ’ re talking really loudly . Maybe you should quiet down a bit . ( MARS gets visibly frustrated ) Anyway I ’ m like here .
Oh really ? Because I don ’ t see-
MARS
( VENUS walks onstage with a coffee cup and shopping bags in hand .)
Don ’ t see what ?
VENUS ( Still on the phone , but looking right at MARS )
( VENUS hangs up the phone and sits down . MARS sits as well . All attention is turned to SUN and EARTH .)
SUN Hello Venus , so glad you could make it . And hello everyone else . We ’ ve all gathered here because Earth has something she ’ d like to talk to us about . Earth ?
VENUS Shouldn ’ t we like wait for everyone else ? You know , Saturn , Uranus , Neptune ? I mean if this is a family meeting then-
MARS -Unbelievable ! No we only need us , if you were here on time , maybe-
-Lets all calm down . Earth , go ahead .
SUN
( EARTH gets up .)
EARTH Okay . So , um I don ’ t want this to be a big deal or whatever . But I-um … I ’ m dying .