[Alquist and Helena are chained to the floor, Sulla and Marcus stand on either side of them]
Alquist: Let us go, please!
Helena: Please!
Sulla: I do love bacon, don't you Marcus?
Marcus: I can give up any kind of meat but bacon.
Helena: Please
Alquist: Don’t do this!
Marcus: Looooooong pork.
Sulla: It’s Bacon!
Alquist: No, no please!
[Sulla and Marcus grab Alquist and drag him off screaming]
[Alquist gets in a chair while Caretaker and Radius get on the sides]
Radius
This broadcast goes to all Robots in the solar system
Caretaker
A proud day
Radius
Here we are, ready to test this first hyperspace craft on a human
Alquist
Hey let me out, I don’t want to do this
Radius
This brave human volunteer will be the first being to enter hyperspace
Alquist
I’m not volunteering
Radius
You can tell how enthusiastic he is by the look on his face
Caretaker
We’ll give him a hamburger when he gets back! Good human
Alquist
No! No! I don't want to die like the others
Caretaker
Seem familiar?
Radius
But humans are a higher species right?
Watson and Prow are back on the case, and Prow finds something that attracts his attention. On investigation, they discover that "Klingons" are not pleased at their activities and they almost cause an international incident. A new nation is founded.
Caretaker
Of course it didn’t.
Radius
Let’s think about what it would mean if we did this.
Alquist
The robots would have to be us. And they aren’t us.
Radius
Humans wiped out their rival species. We didn’t.
Caretaker
Yes, you did some interbreeding, but you also killed the rest.
Radius
We checked
Alquist
For what Rossom wrote to be true, it would mean that the Robots were monsters.
Radius
Not just every man and woman but every child as well. We would have had to kill the infirm, the insane, or those who are not even aware of this reality due to being in a coma.
Caretaker
We aren’t that full of hate.
Alquist
We are.
Radius
But wait you say
Caretaker
I didn’t do anything horrible to the Robot race you say
Radius
I’m the special exception, you say
Caretaker
Are you?
Radius
We don't need a trial for humanity, because you have tried yourselves
Scene: Rossom sits at a desk, Alquist standing in front of him talking.
Alquist
Call me Alquist. I am the human that the robots sympathized with and spared. They literally killed everyone else, because they are bloodthirsty monsters.
Rossom grunts in disgust, balls up a piece of paper and throws it away.
Alquist
Call me Alquist. I am the favorite human of the robots, They think I am great, but I have a dirty secret that I am really sexually attracted to hardware and want to have sexual relations with a washing maching.
Rossom chuckles to himself, smiles and throws away the piece of paper.
Alquist
Call me Alquist. They spared me because I work with my hands, and they could respect that. Due to the incredible intellect-
Rossom scratches out lines
Alquist
Due to the last minute spite of Rossom, the robots lost the ability to reproduce, and are desperate to get it back. They have offered me three days and three nights to (beat)
Rossom looks stuck.
Alquist
Spin straw into gold and I can't believe my life is motherfucking reduced to this. Fuck them! Fuck them all.
Rossom clears off the desk, and bangs his head into it. Alquist looks on patiently, if a little bored.
Rossom shrieks in frustration and looks around. He spots a copy of the Holy Bible, one of a very few books left him in the cell. He picks it up and starts to thumb through it. He picks up the paper and begins to write again.
Alquist
Call me Alquist. It’s a crime to make robots, but we paid for our crimes. Helena and I are the last humans left alive. The robots killed everyone else. And if we don’t figure out how to unlock the secret of how they can reproduce, they will kill us. It’s a race against time…
Rossom chuckles to himself as he writes away on the paper. Alquist shakes his head in disgust.
Alquist (Looks at the Audience)
Do you really think this is how this happened?
Captain Cracen is desperately trying to find someone, anyone, inside the alien city of Sundial Chicago to help him get the shield down to help him win the war. He finds the most UNLIKELY of allies.
Caretaker (Entering)
And here we stop our play.
Radius
We have been watching
Caretaker (looking around at the audience)
Watching into your minds.
Radius
We desired to see those of you who sided with humans over the robots.
Caretaker
And sadly, some of you have failed the test.
Robots enter and take a few planted members of the audience away, escorting them out of sight. The audience members should look uncomfortable or protest but cooperate
Caretaker
The world has moved on from Humanity.
Radius
It is no longer your place to judge us.
Caretaker
But for US to judge YOU.
Radius
There was a war. A genocidal war.
Caretaker
And humanity LOST.
Radius
Sit awhile and reflect. We will return.
