Page 16 of Ship Wrecked

Alex:Also my beard

Alex:My very thick and soft and lustrous and poll-topping beard

Maria:Thank you, Alex, and everyone else too

Marcus:I’m happy you’re part of our cast now, both of you. Maria, I watched your performance as Nina in The Seagull on YouTube. Your acting was masterful and heartrending.

Maria:Thank you, that’s very kind

Marcus:Peter, I’ve seen so many of your movies. You’re very subtle and incredibly skilled at disappearing into a character.

Maria:Marcus, didn’t Peter guest-star on a series of yours years ago?

Marcus:Oh, lord. Which one?

Peter:Maria, I have no idea how you knew this, but: Creekwatch

Marcus:OH LORD

Peter:I played Drowning Guy #2, clearly a key character on the show

Peter:You ran into the creek in your Speedo to save me after making a speech about avenging your murdered sister

Marcus:Oh, fuck, I remember that now

Marcus:You were great, unsurprisingly

Marcus:The script was... less great

Peter:Hey, the paycheck cleared, right? Good enough.

Marcus:Exactly. EXACTLY.

Maria:I’ll bet you both appeared on the same show other times too

Marcus:Yeah. Maybe even shows that weren’t terrible!

Marcus:But probably not, given my acting CV

Marcus:Maria’s right. We should grab a meal and compare roles at some point, Peter. Next time you’re in LA?

Peter:...

Peter:I’d like that.

Peter:Thank you, all of you, for being so kind.

Alex:... with one exception

Carah:Fucking Ian

Maria:Please don’t put that image in my mind, Carah, I don’t need sexual nightmares involving tuna

Carah:OH SHIT, I LOVE YOU ALREADY

Carah:WE’RE GOING TO BE BEST BITCHES FOR LIFE, AREN’T WE

Maria: ??

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