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Once, if my memory serves me well, my life was a banquet where every heart revealed itself, where every wine flowed.
-Arthur Rimbaud, A Season In Hell
Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
-American folklore, origin unknown
August 1944
New York City
Screen is black.
Joan (v.o.)
I dare you.
Cut to:
Int. Drugstore - Day
Classic, comfortable Americana, complete with a soda fountain.
JOAN VOLLMER, SADIE, and MARY lurk by the magazine rack. Joan is a post-collegiate, dark-haired beauty. Sadie has a heart-shaped face, with softer features and softer temperament.
Joan gives Sadie a challenging look.
Joan
(repeats)
I dare you.
SADIE
I dare you.
Joan smiles impishly. Mary frowns; she's the stickler of the group.