Take A Chance

At the R E C E P T I O N

Dinner time; Monica sits by the counter working on the laptop. Shopay enters the dimly-lit lobby.
Monica, “A bunch of Quicksilver boys got busted on drugs at the Surf Point in Malé.”
Shopay says, “Really! How do you know?” he pauses at the counter.
Monica, “It’s on the website with a picture of them.”
Shopay, “Show me!”
Monica, “You’re asking, huh! I’m telling you so. You go there to the Surf Point, don’t you?” she turns the laptop.
Shopay takes a keen look, “I know this boy,” he sneers, “Poor fellow is busted.” Quicksilver boys on the screen; weather-beaten, gold hair, bleached, dye and smoking…
Monica asks, “Is that a joke?” She enters inner office.
Shopay sees a wine bottle left on the counter. He looks around. He pulls the coke and takes a shot down his throat. His lungs burning…he throws out.
Monica rushes to the counter, “What happened, Shopay?”
Shopay, “What have you got in that bottle?”
Monica sighs, “Crazy! That’s hardener. Doni left it there after working on the fibreglass boards.”
Shopay says, “He shouldn’t leave them in a wine bottle…”
Monica, “You’re not supposed to drink. You must see the doctor.” She reaches to help.
Shopay, “Surely I can stand that brand. I just need a rest. What is it, again?”
Monica, “Hardener.”
Ali runs in to help. “Shopay!”
Monica, “Take him to the room.” Ali escorts him to the staff room.

At the S T A F F R O O M

Shopay throws again into the (bathroom) basin, Ali rubs his shoulders. They come out to sit in bed, Ali sits beside him.
Ali, “You’re drinking too much, Shopay! Small amount of drink is okay like I do. But you’re twenty-four hours filled.”
Ali corrects his lapels and drops a hand on his thigh.
Shopay, “Now you’re becoming too kind.”
Ali, “Ask me if you need anything,” helps him to bed.

BUNGALOW #34

Bed light; Dirk hears singing noises coming from the beach. He can’t sleep. A thunderous roar of generator blasts in his ears. The lights return…generator change. Dirk gets up…

At the R E C E P T I O N

Dirk complains, “I can’t sleep. It’s too loud.”
Monica, “I will fix it.” She calls the Powerhouse, “Cut it off! Guests are complaining…”
Fitte argues, “The big generator needs rest, the one I repaired. Now I’m running the small generator.”
Monica says, “Now switch off! You can start it later.”
Fitte switches the generator. Dirk has gone to the room.

BUNGALOW #34

Dirk sleeps in bed – silence, the sound of waves washing around the island. Again, the roar of generator shook him up.

At the R E C E P T I O N

Three o’clock midnight; Dirk rushes in. Monica goes straight to check the Powerhouse why Fitte switched on the loud generator set. Dirk follows. By the loud Powerhouse, Ali (watchman) turns up still holding the empty can of beer and staggering on his way, giving shock to Dirk. Nobody can hear a shout by the generator set. Dirk sees a tiny, dry and old, generator standing on stilts that looked like a mosquito, shattering on its concrete foundation, vibrating to the ground. This one is screaming loud taking an overload of the resort lights, air-conditioning and refrigerators.
Monica screams, “Turn it off!”
Fitte, “But you told me to start it later.”
Monica cries, “Off! Gosh! Look at that little thing screaming at the top!”

Fitte runs the Perkins and changes…

B U N G A L O W #34

Dirk sits in bed – a roar of shrieks he heard from the outdoor. Dirk walks out.

B U N G A L O W #33

The boys entered Bungalow #33 after party. They put on the lights. The girls up and wrapped in blankets shrieking while the boys threw their underclothes over them. Lucky, Shopay, Koi…flirt.

Dirk approaches the bungalow. He sees what’s going on through the open door. He pauses in the dark to watch.

Meanwhile, Ali finds a huge figure, someone like Fitte, watching on the room. Ali runs secretly into the waters and soaked a gunny sack. It’s the ‘wet-trap’ he tries to put on somebody who peeps – many times he has fallen into the trap. He climbs up behind Dirk and drops it on him.
Dirk, “Ouch!”
Ali, “Oh!” he realises it’s Dirk and quickly steps back in the dark.
Dirk drops the sack, he sees nobody in still dark. He goes to the room…soaked and shocked.