Take TwO:

Hi guys. Sorry I’m so late. I was just getting-

 Oh, thanks. You know, you two are a lot more pleasant than the last couple of characters I had in here. It took them the whole word count to get a single line out.

It’s a window, actually-

That’s… nice, but we’re running out of time. If you two could just read the first few lines, there-

 Stop!There’s only seven words left!

…Sigh.

Lovely Day in the Park

I can’t draw a park. Just pretend. We have to establish the setting for the readers.

What now?

Oh, come on! You’re a rectangle! The only reason you’re not an “it” is that would make the pronouns too confusing.

Better?

Okay, okay, okay. Pants. You have pants now. Your name’s not Mark, you’re not in a park, and everyone’s clothed. Just read the script already.

Why are you apologizing? Everything was going fine. You got a whole line out that time.

Sitting down. You were- ach! Never mind! Just keep reading the script!

 … Never mind. Start over, then.

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