Prompt: Create a conversation in which there is one primary speaker and a group of other people responding, perhaps in the manner of a chorus, or call and response. It can be a formal, public occasion of some kind, but it could just as easily be an informal one in which the roles of speaker and audience are not already constituted and people may be jostling for position. How do the other speakers affect the primary one? Think about the play (the dynamic interaction) of the voices of the various speakers you create.
“Do you have enough food?” Bubba strained into the walkie-talkie to listen to the miners’ response.
“This food sucks.” “I hate granola bars.” “Can we have rice crispy treats?” The differing accents of the miners communicated in one tone their frustrations on Day 44 of their imprisonment underground.
Bubba wiped his brow and walked a short distance to the covered tent. Assembled there were women of all ages and a few children, even at this late hour. The families. The women called to Bubba as he pulled back the tent flap. “Do they have enough food?”
“Yes…yes. They seem like they’re holding out fine.” Bubba looked at the dirt floor of the tent. His budget could never stand sustained rice crispy treat purchases.
“Ask them if they need anything to entertain themselves.” As the redheaded girl near the back of the tent chimed in with this, the other women murmured in agreement.
Bubba waddled over to the opening in the ground where a small hole had been drilled to the miners’ lair for communication and supplies transfer. He wheezed into the walkie-talkie, “They want to know if you guys have enough to do down there.”
“Playboy!” “I want Maxim!” “Send Pamela Anderson!”
Bubba took slow steps back to the tent. As he faced the women, he only found the energy to bring up two words. “They’re okay.” He collapsed on his cot and fell fast asleep. As his head hit the pillow, a corner of an old Playboy poked out from under his mattress.
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