Starring:
Mo McKynzie as Marisol Montgomery
Yodeet Nymberg as Nina
Akanimo Effang as The Host
Director & Sound Designer: Nathan Gabriel
Writer, Creator, & Producer: Jade Madison Scott
Script Supervisor: Virginia Wilson
Theme Composer: Sterlyn Termine
Show Art: Julia Patrick
Introduction
HOST
WGC Productions presents Small Victories.
MARISOL
Hey. Hey. Hey, you think you got it? I’m, uh...I’m preoccupied.
HOST
Yeah, I’ll do it.
MARISOL
You’re the greatest, baby.
HOST
Sure. If you have sensitivity to strong language or drug abuse I hope that you take the action that best serves you. Um, I believe now is the time when the music—
(Small Victories Theme Fades In)
HOST (CONT'D)
Ah, okay. Thank you.
INT. Aaron's Stairs- Just After Midnight
Marisol is thundering down the stairs. The thud of the music's bass can be faintly heard
MARISOL
(Internal)
Oh my God. Just holding it, even just holding it makes me feel better. Just holding it feels like the feeling I get when I stand on a tall ledge or like at the top of a balcony or near the metro platform and my whole body tingles. Like my whole body is electric. I’m gonna feel so fucking good.
(Marisol opens the bathroom door, enters, and closes it behind her. Muffled music is heard in the background.)
INT. Aaron's Guest Bathroom
MARISOL
(Internal)
Where’s my I.D.? Fuck, where is it. Fuck, fuck, fuck! Where—
(Someone opens the bathroom door. The following is said out loud.)
MARISOL (CONT'D)
Hey, this room’s taken, assho...Nina, hey.
(Nina closes the door.)
NINA
Hey.
MARISOL
You look….you look great. I mean, that sweatshirt always did look better on you, and the braids? Pink always was your color. Yeah, you look great.
NINA
You’re fucking Aaron again, huh?
MARISOL
What?
NINA
I saw you come out his room—
MARISOL
Nina—
NINA
And, like, the first time it happened you made all these apologies and, I mean, I thought you really got how much it hurt me but—
MARISOL
Nina, I didn’t fuck him. I just bought coke. Here see—
NINA
Just—
MARISOL
Yeah. Come on, I told you I wouldn’t do that again.
NINA
Oh, um, okay. Sorry.
MARISOL
It’s all good.
(Pause)
MARISOL (CONT'D)
I mean, I get it though. The past couple weeks were….look, I’m real sorry ’bout the past couple of weeks.
NINA
You are?
MARISOL
I meant to call you—
NINA
But you didn’t. Marisol, you haven’t talked to me in 20 days.
MARISOL
I know I could have handled it better—
NINA
Stop it.
MARISOL
What?
NINA
Just stop.
(Pause)
NINA (CONT'D)
You look different.
MARISOL
But I still look good, right?
NINA
Marisol, what the hell is going on?
MARISOL
Look, Nina, I just needed a little space, but—
NINA
Space from what? From me?
MARISOL
No. No, I mean, yeah, but not just you, just from everything.
NINA
Did I do something?
MARISOL
No, Nina. No.
NINA
Okay, then talk to me. I mean, we go to the club together, and an hour later I can’t find you. You don’t pick up your phone. I go home, you’re not there. I wake up and I don’t see you the next day. I mean….can you just talk to me?
MARISOL
I’m sorry I made you worry like that.
NINA
Thanks.
MARISOL
You know I’d never wanna—
NINA
I said thanks.
(Beat)
MARISOL
You been okay? Been eating?
NINA
Yeah, I’ve been getting by. How ’bout you? Are you okay? I know that with Sam’s—
MARISOL
Yeah, I’m good. Been crashing with Ollie. Working on myself. Thinking ’bout you—
NINA
Flirting only gets you so far.
MARISOL
Yeah, but how far does it get me?
(Marisol and Nina laugh.)
NINA
You’re a clown.
MARISOL
Not the worst thing I’ve been called.
NINA
Fair point.
(Pause)
NINA (CONT'D)
You should come home.
MARISOL
Nina—
NINA
And I don’t know what exactly it is you need a break from, but come on, aren’t we better together than apart? We’re a team. Don’t you still believe that?
MARISOL
You know I do.
NINA
I don’t know what I know, Marisol.
(Nina laughs)
NINA
Girl, stop looking at me with those puppy dog eyes.
MARISOL
What, these puppy dog eyes? Nina, please, this is my face!
NINA
(Amused)
Stop it. Stop. Come on, I’m serious. God, I miss you.
MARISOL
Hey, you don’t have to miss me anymore. I’m right here.
NINA
You’re right here.
(Pause)
NINA (CONT'D)
Come on, let’s go home.
(Nina starts walking to the door but stops.)
NINA (CONT'D)
Marisol, why aren’t you...oh my God, are you not coming back?
(Someone knocks rather loudly on the bathroom door.)
MARISOL
Someone’s in here!
NINA
Don’t you want to come back?
MARISOL
I—
(The knock on the door is louder.)
MARISOL
Bitch, did you see us leave?
KNOCKER
It’s the COPS!
MARISOL
Shit.
NINA
Your coke.
MARISOL
Shit. Fuck. Shit.
NINA
Here, just flush it down the—
MARISOL
Don’t touch it.
NINA
The police are outside and you want to—
MARISOL
(Genuinely Aggressive)
I said don’t fucking touch it.
NINA
Fine, Jesus. Look, maybe we can leave out the back or something, I saw a door and I think—
MARISOL
Hand me that mug. The one with the toothbrush in it.
NINA
Why?
MARISOL
Now!
NINA
Okay!
(Nina picks up the ceramic mug and hands it off.)
MARISOL
Stand back.
NINA
What? No. Marisol, no!
(Marisol flings the mug through the bathroom window, shattering it instantly. Music thumps.)
NINA (CONT'D)
Jesus Christ.
MARISOL
Give me a boost.
NINA
You don’t think there’s a better way to—
MARISOL
Give me a boost!
(Nina does as she’s asked. Marisol grabs the window ledge, wincing as she touches the glass.)
MARISOL
Aww, shit.
NINA
You okay?
MARISOL
Yeah, it’s just all this glass, and it’s such a tight fit.
NINA
Are you bleeding?
MARISOL
A little. Come on, keep pushing.
NINA
Look, why don’t you come back down before you hurt yourself.
MARISOL
No way. I’m almost out anyway.
(Marisol climbs through the window and lands on the gravel below.)
NINA
You okay?
MARISOL
Yeah.
NINA
Okay. I guess this works, uh, alright, help me out—
MARISOL
Look, baby, I don’t think you’ll fit.
NINA
Marisol—
MARISOL
You can’t fit through the window, Nina! If you tried you’d hurt yourself. It’s not safe.
NINA
Marisol!
MARISOL
I’m sorry! Stay safe!
(Police sirens whir and Marisol runs away.)
NINA
(screams fading)
Marisol! Marisol, don’t leave me! Marisol, come back here!
(Police sirens fade into the Small Victories Theme)
Closing
HOST
You have just listened to Small Victories. Starring Morgen McKynzie as Marisol
MORGEN
Hey, you don't have to miss me anymore. I'm right here.
HOST
Yodeet Nymberg as Nina
YODEET
Stop looking at me with those puppy dog eyes.
HOST
Script Supervisor, Virginia Wilson. Composer, Sterlyn Termine. Director and Sound Designer, Nathan Gabriel. Writer, Creator and Producer, Jade Madison Scott. And Akanimo Effang as The Host. Small Victories is supported by listeners like you. You can support us by subscribing to our Patreon and purchasing our merchandise from our store. Links to both can be found at www.wgcproductions.com. Please follow us @withgoodco on Instagram and Twitter to stay up-to-date.