Trebuchet

October 28th, 2020

Starring: Engineer 1, Engineer 2

The countryside, 1200ish AD.  The Engineers are testing out their version of a trebuchet.  They load a massive stone into the sling, then pull the cord, launching the stone farther than the eye can see.  They stand and admire it.

ENGINEER 1

Yowza! 

ENGINEER 2

From downtownnnnnnn!

ENGINEER 1

Where will it land?

ENGINEER 2

God knows.  

ENGINEER 1

You think?

ENGINEER 2

God knows all.

ENGINEER 1

You gotten around to the bible yet?

ENGINEER 2

Still illiterate.  

ENGINEER 1

Same.  Heard it’s a good read though.

ENGINEER 2

The best.

ENGINEER 1

You know, I always thought not reading meant I was dumb.  But then we build stuff like this, and I don’t feel so bad.

ENGINEER 2

We’ve always been smarties.  The best innovation comes when there’s a will to kill and destroy.

ENGINEER 1

Amen.

ENGINEER 2

Amen.

… 

ENGINEER 1

Again?

ENGINEER 2

Again.

They scramble to reset their trebuchet for another launch, with glee.

END OF PLAY

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