Overview
- Female: 1
- Male: 1
Context
It’s Marcus’ first day on the job at The Twilight Cone, an unusual ice cream shop owned by his Great-Aunt Diane. Marcus has already been trained on the milkshake machine and scooping ice cream when suddenly his eccentric aunt needs to run to the store. She reluctantly decides to let him open the shop but makes him promise not to serve any flavor but vanilla. However, Marcus is bored of only dealing with vanilla and is desperate to serve some of the other flavors.
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Diane: Your hat is on crooked.
Marcus: (Tries to fix it) Better?
Diane: It's worse.
Marcus: How about now?
Diane: Scooch down. You're so tall. You should be a basketball player. (She fixes his hat)
Marcus: I just seem so tall because you're so short.
Diane: Hey, watch it. You might be my grand-nephew, but you can't sass me when you're wearing that uniform. I'm your manager. You gotta be professional.
Marcus: Yes, Aunt Diane.
Diane: Now, I've taught you the art of operating the cash register. You've mastered the milkshake machine. All we need is for you to learn the secrets of the scoop (Twirls ice cream scoop) and then you'll be ready for your first day.
Marcus: (Reaching down to scoop some ice cream) Okay. So I'm guessing you just put the scoop in the ice cream.
Diane: Whoa--whoa! Stay away from the strawberry. You're only a trainee. Let's start with the vanilla.
Marcus: But I'm so bored of vanilla!
Diane: Watch the sass!
Marcus: Sorry, Aunt Diane, but ever since I was a kid, vanilla is all I've ever tasted. You kept all the other flavors off-limits. I never understood why.
Diane: (Squishes his cheeks) Oh, my sweet little nephew. You always did ask too many questions. Now, back to Scooping 101. First, you want to give your customer a good once over to figure out which flavor's right for them---half of this job is matching the right flavor to the right person.
Marcus: Why don't you let the customer decide?
Diane:This ain't Dairy Queen! This is MY ice cream shop---so I make the rules. I decide what flavor goes into what cone. Now, when you hold the scoop, make sure your thumb is-- (Suddenly, she stops talking and sniffs the air)
Marcus: What's wrong?
Diane: We're almost out of chocolate syrup! (She ducks behind to check her supplies)
Marcus: How can you---
Diane:(Hops back up) Down to the last teaspoon! What a fool I am! And here with the store just about to open. I'll be right back!
Marcus: I'll hold down the fort.
Diane: You'll hold down nothing. Don't sell a single scoop until I get back.
Marcus: But I know what I'm doing.
Diane: (On her way out) No sass out of you.
Marcus: Don't you trust me?
Diane: (Just about to exit, she pauses and thinks about her nephew's words for a moment) Fine. You can open the shop. But until I get back, don't sell anything but vanilla!
Marcus:But what if someone---
Diane: (Switches a sign around, changing it from CLOSED to OPEN. Smooshes Marcus' cheeks together) You be a good boy and I'll be right back.
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