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Characters

• Diana
• Alan Paul Smith

INT. A FLAT SOMEWHERE IN BIRMINGHAM - DAY

SFX: SHOUTING OUTSIDE THE DOOR AND BANGING ON IT FOLLOWED BY THE DOOR BREAKING AND BOOTS RUSHING INTO THE ROOM

DIANA
(commanding)
Freeze! Put your hands up, don't move.

SFX: DRAWING OF GUNS

ALAN
What?? Who are you?

SFX: SOMEONE BEING RUSHED, BUNDLED TO THE FLOOR AND HANDCUFFED

DIANA
Are you Alan P. Smith?

ALAN
(muffled)
Yes.

DIANA
Did you two weeks ago post on StraightSpace that you were and I quote "feeling queer"?

ALAN
(muffled)
It was a turn of phrase.

DIANA
Yes, a phrase that has been banned for the past 3 years. You're coming with us.

SFX: ALAN BEING PULLED TO HIS FEET

ALAN
What? Where are you taking me?

DIANA
Rehab, you're off to the island.

SFX: BEING BUNDLED INTO A VAN, DRIVING OFF.

FADE OUT.