The Fireside Room
(or the Bible Room)
Disclaimer: I do not own the idea, nor do I own the characters.
Author's Notes: I know this has been done to death, but I thought I would like to try it. This time, experimenting with different characters from the Bible. Starting with David and the Royal Family. You can ask your favorite characters anything.
[The set shows a fireplace and tall bookcases with ladders to reach some of the books with. Before the fireplace is a coffee table, pillows, couches, and comfortable chairs. The fire is warm, bright, and inviting. Enter our host.]
The Writer0214: Good evening, gents and ladies! And welcome to The Fireside Room. Also known as The Bible Room. This is your host, Jethro! Here, you have a chance to ask your favorite Bible characters anything you want to ask them. Ask them, dare them, anything you please! Just leave your questions/dares in the reviews thingy and our guests will be sure to answer your questions. And here are our guests for tonight's show….
[They enter.]
The Writer0214: Head of the party of guests for tonight's episode, David himself! [applause]
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome…Bathsheba! [whistling and cheers; David, Absalom, and Solomon glare at the whistling crowd]
Once known as the Rose of Benjamin, the Princess Michal! [more cheers]
Michal: Once? Once?! And that's queen to you, commoner!
The Writer0214: Amnon! [boos] Adonijah! [slight applause] The Prince Jonathan! [crowd rises and applauds]
Michal: Oh, great. What in the name of Sheol is my airhead-of-a-brother doing here? [frowns]
The Writer0214: Well? Everybody likes him.
Michal: [sarcastically] I can see why.
The Writer0214: Everyone, please welcome Queen Abigail! [more cheers, whistles, and applause]
Michal: [irate] Oh! So she's the queen, is that it?
The Writer0214: Please welcome…Princess Tamar! [warm applause; some from the crowd are whistling]
[Absalom gets up] Absalom: Alright! Who's whistling? Cut it out! [Absalom glares at the crowd then at Amnon. They glare at each other.]
The Writer0214: Come on, people! Please, whoever is whistling, stop it. Seriously. It's inappropriate. And now, please welcome…Ahinoam! [slight applause] Jesse! [slight applause] Joab! [wild cheering] And last but not least of all, Mephibosheth!
Joab: Unfortunately, Abishai and Asahel cannot make it tonight.
Michal: [scoffing] Them? Huh… Who would want to invite those two…dogs?
Joab: Silence, woman!
[The room grows still as Mephibosheth comes in with crutches. Even Joab shuts up. Adonijah gets up and helps him to his seat. The Royal Family of Israel is now seated on the couches and chairs; some are comfortable on the floor.]
The Writer0214: Alright, people! Showtime! Remember; send in your requests, questions and dares, and our guests will be sure to answer them if they can. So start sending 'em in!
Absalom: [cracks his knuckles] Yes, please do. I'm itching for some questions. That is—I'd like to ask some of my own. [glares at Amnon again; flexes his neck and makes a cracking sound with it]
[Joab gets up and moves to sit in between them to intervene]
The Writer0214: Guys, guys, guys! Hold it! Hold it! Whoah! No need for this now. Please. And again, remember—send in those questions, dares, and requests… Before these two people here kill each other.
Absalom/Amnon: [cracks their knuckles] What did you say?
The Writer0214: N-nothing… Nothing…
Absalom/Amnon: Good.
[awkward silence]
Abigail: You know, this place is nice. Cozy. Comfortable. I like the couches and the fireplace.