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The Last Straw script

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October 22, 2025
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The Last Straw script

2024 comedy fantasy script

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Chris

October 22, 2025
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  1. INTERIOR - MARTA'S BAR - NIGHT An elf with short

    hair and freckles named ARTHUR trudges into a bar. The other bar patrons take notice of what appears to be a minor walking across the floor and stare at him. Arthur approaches the counter and sets down some gold. ARTHUR Gimme a whiskey. On the rocks. MARTA, the owner & barmaid, looks at Arthur and raises her eyebrows. ARTHUR Sorry, sorry. *May* I have a whiskey with some ice, please? MARTA ...I'm uh... I'm gonna need to see some form of identification. ARTHUR Identifica- Do- do you think I'm a child?!!! MARTA I know a young'n when I see 'em. ARTHUR Well can't you see my ears?! I'M AN ELF! MARTA Ya look pretty young for an elf. ARTHUR I'm FIFTY-FIVE!!! MARTA And you guys live to be what, five hundred? You're like ten years old by comparison. ARTHUR It doesn't work like that! Our growth is exponential, not linerar! MARTA If ya gonna keep being difficult it might be in ya best interest to just leave. ARTHUR Alright fine, here's my guild card. Ya happy? Arthur places an ID card on the counter. MARTA 1.
  2. MARTA I would be... if this was real. ARTHUR GAAAAH!

    Can't you just let me have my drink? What's the big deal? MARTA Alright listen, Marta's Barta is a resptectable ADULT establishment and we hold here to certain standards and practices. ARTHUR And *you* listen to me. I am having. The worst day of my life. I have been fighting living slime in the rain for some stupid quest that isn't paying me enough and now that I'm finally back in civilization all I want to do is unwind with a nice drink, and here you CONDESCEND to me instead of simply- A boyish halfling with a "hewwo" voice interrupts Arthur. HALFLING -Mawta can I get two Beers pwease? MARTA Comin' right up! Arthur glares in the distance, steaming with anger and disbelief. MARTA What? He's a halfling and a regular. ARTHUR ...I am going. Somewhere else. INTERIOR - SECOND BAR - NIGHT Arthur approaches a different BARKEEP, sits in a swivel chair, and places some gold on the counter. ARTHUR ...I would like a whiskey with some ice, please. BARKEEP ...Hmmmmmmmm... May I perhaps see some form of identifi- Cut to the swivel chair still spinning to imply Arthur's quick departure. 2.