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The Posthuman War Act 1: The Playhouse

by Paul Shapera

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1.
Jill (spoken): Hi, my name is Jill. I’d like to tell you a story about some friends of mine that happened a while ago. (sung): There were days back in the day when we were young and wild and playing and in glamor and enchantment we all dwelled we might have teetered on the brink but in our fun we didn’t think much of the future, much of prudence or our health and i loved them, they loved me, we were free, we were naive there were oh so many things i can’t explain but all you really need to know, is how we loved each other so and i never thought they'd ever go away so posthumans are a thing, we're very rare, we move between the narratives, that is the worlds that you know there were five of us back then, not counting William, and within a strange dimension made of dreams we made our home we explored and how we played with reality in ways that were thrilling, like a drug we were enthralled we didn’t think of caution we, care and discretion did not heed i never thought those days would ever be so lost sometimes i dream magazines, smiling starlets glamour and haze how they wave from days that are now long since swept dazzle and shine, lost lives once upon a memory til sad old ladies alone in a dark home is all that is left Way far out on level 5, which does strange things to your mind in a tower alien and ancient we built a playhouse where we played games both mind bending and strange learned to tweek, manipulate reality such adventures, such applause, for a moment we were gods But youth misjudges many things, its true Such as toll and consequence, all the wine went to our heads And eventually all bills will become due Sometimes i dream magazines, smiling starlets glamour and haze how they wave from days that are now long since swept dazzle and shine, lost lives once upon a memory til sad old ladies alone in a dark home is all that is left Back in the days, back in the days, lost in a memory Time is a maze, leads you astray, so far away Back in the days, backs in the days, lost in a memory Memories so fine, whitewashed by your mind, back in the day
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Michael: On the edge of the street where dream and reality meet All: We got the groove movin through in our hearts Asha: A land so fantazmic that you cannot imagine All: we got the love holding us in our hearts Jill: Transcendent stupendous hyperdelic consensus All: We got the groove movin through in our hearts Raven: We’re shaman in lands past where last signposts stand All: We got the love holding us in our hearts our hearts Comin with the love and the groove we got mojo and moves we got magic like you’ve never seen Things are happening so wild They would just blow your mind We got love and we got us a dream Lloyd: We’ve all left our worlds here days just shimmer and swirl Jill & Michael: We’ve got powers we’re down to explore Lloyd & Raven: Scientists, poetry, players writing their scenes Asha & Jill: making it all up as we walk in the door Asha: Sometimes its a bit much to ingest I’ll admit Asha, Jill & Raven: Playing with the craze and the rave we explore All: When we falter along its our love keeps us strong we got the love holding us in our hearts Asha: I’m just here with my friends where this sweet groove never ends We're cookin up some love and some learning so far We’re unlocking these keys secrets to reality C... c..... (stutters on c sound) (Asha are you all right?) Y... y.... yeah All: Comin with the love and the groove we got mojo and moves we got magic like you’ve never seen Things are happening so wild They would just blow your mind We got love and we got us a dream Asha: Okay everyone, i’ve color coded dialogue and alphabetized your character motivation lists for the next rehearsal Michael: Guys we’re running low on scotch! We should mump to that weird west narrative and grab some crem brulee while we’re at it Jill: Flaming fart demon ignite! Raven: Parry, thrust! Ha! I’ve got you on the run! Lloyd: Well done, Ravey. You are indeed impressive. Truly formidable. A force to be reckoned with. However, allow me to retort. Raven: Ah! All: Comin with the love and the groove we got mojo and moves we got magic like you’ve never seen Things are happening so wild They would just blow your mind We got love and we got us a dream Asha & Lloyd: we got magic like you’ve never seen Things are happening so wild We got love and we got us a dream
3.
Jill: We’d experiment and play in dimensions far away But a toll was being taken on our minds We didn’t notice for so long but bit by bit things they went wrong And in our ardor had ignored important signs We were cracking but the worst was pure Asha who broke first little tics has multiplied and piled up til at last she broke its true, we didn’t know what we should do and the days of innocence were finally done sometimes i dream magazines, smiling starlets glamour and haze how they wave from the days that are now long since swept dazzle and shine, lost lives once upon a memory til sad old ladies alone in a dark home is all that is left Michael: It’s been weeks since the gnome war Jill: Weeks, it’s been months Lloyd: Jill, Michael, it’s been years, we’ve been here for years Jill: I think somethings happening to our minds Michael: have you noticed our tics are... Raven: come quick, its Asha Jill: Asha! Lloyd: Asha! Michael: What’s happening? Jill: It’s a seizure. Make sure she doesn’t bang her head Lloyd: We should get her to a hospital. Raven: Her seizure is causing a small reality storm around her. Look. Michael: It’s stopping Lloyd: Asha, are you okay? Asha: you try and try, you try the best you can, you try...... the best.... best... Jill: we need William Raven: how do we even call him Lloyd: I’m going to find him and bring him back Jill: Lloyd, the places he goes, its too dangerous Asha: Best you can... best you can... Lloyd: I’d die for her. Happily. i’d die for any of you. I’m going. Raven: Lloyd, i beg you, i’ll go mad without you Michael: David, he’s right. We need William. He has to do it. Jill: Good luck. ..... Michael: David wasn’t kidding, he’s going crazy without Lloyd. Jill: William warned us not to stay here any longer. He said itd mess with our minds. I think we’ve changed in ways we can unchange. David’s not even David anymore. He’s raven all the time now. Michael: i wonder how Lloyd’s faring Jill: Oh no, Asha’s having another seizure. ..... Michael: David, are you okay? Raven: my minds unraveling and I’m spiraling and unfurled Without Lloyd all is existential isolation I crave for sex and wild abandonment, to scream and drown myself in chaos and hyper stimulation Only noise and mad indulgence can disguise My slow descent from tears to empty degradation And all i’ll ever know is desperation as I try to find distraction to avoid stagnation When the story of your life becomes unfurled And you find that it was just a fabrication And all you loved or thought you had or thought you lost Was just an exercise in baseline exploitation Whatever hero’s noble journey that you’re on Is just a drunken run from tears to degradation And all you’ll ever know is desperation as You try to find distraction to avoid stagnation Michael: We’re all unravelling its all, becoming so unfurled our paradise is crashing into desolation We lived in Eden full of love and full of dreams and now its capsizing in bombs of desolation Jill: We’re all unravelling its all, becoming so unfurled our paradise is crashing into desolation We lived in Eden full of love and full of dreams and now its capsizing in bombs Jill & Michael: We had love and the groove we had mojo and moves we knew Eden for just a short time and now its all crashing down paradise spinning round requiem for the time of our lives Michael: Transcendent stupendous hyperdelic consensus We got the groove movin through in our hearts We’re shaman in lands past where last signposts stand We got the love holding us in our hearts our hearts Jill: But at long last Lloyd returned With William looking so concerned And he took Asha, cradled her within his arms He said i’ll take her now with me He said im going to try and see If i can heal her if she hasn’t gone too far He said its time you all must leave You must go back to level three Find some narratives and get your heads aligned The time will come for you at last To set upon the higher paths But for now you all must rest and stabilize All (sadly): Comin with the love and the groove we got mojo and moves We got magic like you’ve never seen We got wild things all happenin’,you cannot imagined We got love and we got us a dream Jill: Sometimes i dream magazines, smiling starlets glamour and haze how they wave from days that are now long since swept dazzle and shine, lost lives once upon a memory til sad old ladies alone in a dark home is all that is left

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Nora Sonneborn as Jill
Abilene Olson as Asha
Bradley Johnson as Michael

Cover by PIxelwayve

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released January 31, 2022

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Paul Shapera Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Cama’s attempt to commune with higher beings failed; she only found Decadent Dottie. Together they roamed, indulging in dangerous forms of psycho-neural self-exploration which Cama hoped would present the key to her people’s further evolution. It only led to her destroying her people so that one of their pets could evolve. She sat in her former civilization's rubble and listened to Paul Shapera. ... more

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