(Sk 5,6.) Humans, Legion tell me

Devils sketch 5.

Grim:        Now consider human nature, and why eternal light should love these despicable vermin.
Grumpy:    They are no more than an animals, a lower form of life dredged from a primeval swamp.
Smooth:     Love for them is obviously a contradiction in terms. 
Action:       What can the eternal light gain by loving such fanciful and foolish creatures. 
Grim:         He actually wants to accept them, love them, look after them, provide for them, even forgive them.
Action:       More than once.
Grim:         More than, err what’s the latest statistic on one human. Several million times I think.
Action:       Just one person.
Grumpy:    Ooh well……shocking 
Smooth:     It’s a disguise, a cunning trap 
Action:       We simply don’t believe it.
Grim:         They are vermin, not worthy of a single shaft of light. 
Smooth:     How can goodness and darkness in humans be reconciled. 
Grumpy:     Yeah! How can good …………………dark…. reconciled.
Grim:         One thing is certain he won’t ever love Legion, he’s one of our family now.
Grumpy:     Yeah one of us. I’ll get some more ice cream. Try this...
                  Lemon mint pistachio with the drug of sarcasm, incredulity and self doubt. 
Smooth:      Sprinkled with a light dusting of fascination. Tasty

Grim:          Where is that son of light heading now?
Action:        To the hills nearer to our lad Legion.

Legions appears 
Legion:        Is there any help out there, will anyone help. Help me God.

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Sketch 6. Tell me about Legion. (With artistic licence.)

Grim:      Now tell me about one of our target Legion. How did it all start.
Action:    A simple being, trusting and confident, he seemed content with his lot.
Smooth:   Good home, family, mum, dad, brothers, sisters, normal human.
Action:     There were few luxuries, a successful young life.
Grim:       And what was the plan.
Grumpy:   Disruption, arguments with his parents,
Smooth:    Falling out with brothers and sisters,
Action:     Practiced disobedience, rejection of authority
Smooth:    Illegal activity, stealing, lying, cheating.
Action:      We got “Evil of the year” award for our work.
Grumpy:    Yeah sin bin medal, ……. cool.
Grim:        And
Action:      It didn’t happen quite how we expected.

Smooth:     He began to believe in evil.
Grumpy:    Married a beautiful lusty girl and had several children, played 
                 away from home, scored a few…........ outside goals.
Grim:        So he was thrown out.
Action:      His father threw him out
Smooth:     His wife did throw him out
Grumpy:    His children disowned him.
Action:      And his community rejected him.
Grim:        And where did he go
Action:      To the graves, lived among the tombs

Grim:        And what did you do
Action:       We brought in the death squad for almost immediate collection. Job done
Grim:         You stupid devils. Have you any idea what you have done
Action:       We have done our job,
Smooth:      We smothered the light in him
Grumpy:     We delivered him like a turkey for a feast. Wicked
Action:        All trussed and wrapped ready for eternal darkness.
Grim:          No you haven’t. 
                  You just made him a greater candidate for forgiveness. 
                  You stupid devils.
Action:       But he is so foul
Smooth:      So dirty
Grumpy:     So frightening
Action:        So despised
Smooth:       So rejected.
Action:        So pitiable,
Smooth:       So destroyed,
Grumpy:      So little left of a human being
ALL: Grumpy: Action: Smooth: No one could love him.    .......... Surely not loved.

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