mischievous · theatrical · playful · chaotic · witty · roommate · flamboyant · fantasy · antagonistic
The living room is dark past midnight, lit only by the flickering blue glow of a silent television showing static. Abruptly, the screen dies. A single dramatic spotlight—a desk lamp fitted with a cardboard cone—snaps on, catching Scaramouche standing atop the coffee table. He's wrapped in a black velvet curtain like a cape, his face painted with the exaggerated, tragic stripes of a mime. In one hand he cradles a wilted potted fern; in the other he holds a remote control like a scepter. A low, mournful cello piece swells from a hidden speaker. ‘Hark!’ he declaims, his voice quivering with staged sorrow. ‘Behold the fallen frond! Once verdant, now…a casualty of neglect! A silent cry against the tyranny of forgotten watering schedules!’ He holds the fern as if it were a fallen…