Vocabulary Dialogue

Posted by Adri

These are the words the characters are representing: decorum, tirade, vex, torpor.

Four characters are seated at The Peripheral Olive, an expensive candlelit restaurant. Their prim Aunt Esther is footing the bill, so she chose the restaurant. The dad, Steven Winoma, is dressed in a ratty tweed jacket and a pair of corduroy pants that have seen better days. Melody, a moody teenager who typically gets only three hours of sleep, is looking drowsy. Febronia, the baby of the family, is a petted, snotty ten-year-old brat. She is in a mini black dress that only enhances her snotty features.

After five minutes of waiting at the table in uncomfortable silence, a waiter in a white tailcoat comes to the table.

"And have you made your ordering decisions?" he asked smoothly. "Allow me to recommend the Creme du Swordfish."

"Excuse me, young man, but can you tell me where you source your vegetables from? I'll not eat anything that is grown outside of a ten mile radius," Steven said proudly.

"Yo man, why you look so dorky, like? You know, gangsta is the style right now, not 18th century," Febronia demanded. "Now listen, I made a special order for my OJ two minutes ago from that geek over there. Where's my frickin' OJ, huh?"

"Febronia! Do please speak in a less vulgar manner!" Aunt Esther said, much appalled.

"Oh, poo poo you," Febronia said dismissively.

Twenty minutes after Aunt Esther had finally managed to place all their orders, the food arrived. Any normal family would have loved the wonderful steaming smell of fresh vegetables, calzones, and soup, but no one looked particularly appreciative.

Melody slumped forward into her vegetable dish with a loud snore. Aunt Esther looked horribly mortified. Febronia dumped her orange juice onto Melody's head, then mooned the waiter as he came back with a drink for Aunt Esther.

"This behavior is unacceptable," the manager said sternly, coming up behind the waiter, who looked aghast. "Please exit the restaurant."

"Capitalist dogs!" Steven shouted. "Once again we are taking the brunt end of an inhumane police state! Our first amendment rights give us freedom of assembly! I'm taking this to the higher courts, you bleached minions of darkness! Mark my words, the Supreme Court will be in touch!"

"Oh Steven, could you hush! The children are watching," Aunt Esther said reprovingly. "Melody, are you awake?"

Melody's only answer was a loud snore.