Spectrum.

Lights rise to reveal a group of three people standing looking at a plain door. Bold is rather excited while looking at the door. Timid is rather nervous while looking at the door. Apathetic doesn’t care enough to look at the door. After a moment, Bold realizes that someone has to take charge of the situation, so he steps forward authoritatively towards the doorway. Timid becomes quite distraught when detecting Bold’s intentions.

Timid

What are you doing Bold?

Bold

I am stepping through this doorway of course!

Timid

(Getting quite passionately frightened)

That’s a terrible idea! What on earth would possess you to do that!?

Bold

I have a need to know what’s on the other side. It might be something I’ve never experienced before.

Timid

Precisely, if you haven’t experienced it before… then how can you be sure it won’t be something terrible?

Bold

I don’t. That’s precisely what makes it worth doing.

Timid stares at Bold, incredulous. Upon not receiving a response Bold turns back around and heads for the door again. Timid desperately attempts to cause him to reconsider. Apathetic yawns.

Timid

If something happens to you what are we to do? Did you even once consider us before deciding to do something so brash?

Bold

(Stopping to think for a second)

Now that you mention it, I don’t think I stopped to think I considered anything, much less you, before deciding to do something so audacious. Huh.

Timid

But… you… you must always consider the consequences to your actions, else something terrible could end up happening!

Bold

If you take all your time considering consequences, however, you fail to allow anything at all, terrible or lovely to happen. (Sincerely confused) What kind of an existence is that to live?

Timid

An assuredly prolonged one!

Bold starts to consider for a second, but notices the door again and remembers his initial interest and excitement immediately, and begins to once again walk towards it. Timid, by this point, has become so very nervous as to be searching around desperately all around him for something to stop Bold.

Timid

(Desperate)

Apathetic, are you just going to stand there and watch him do something so brazen?

Apathetic turns to Timid, stares at him for a second, and then shrugs nonchalantly. Bold Opens the door, and steps through, closing it as he enters. A moment passes. Timid quickly steps over to the door frantically trying to listen with his ear on it. Apathetic watches him for a moment, yawns unconcerned, and walks offstage. Lights fade.

Fin.