Eurylochus


 * A Man Among Monkeys**

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Eye Witness Reports from the Odyssey, Eurylochus

Scene 1 [Introduction]

Sound: Intro music

Eurylochus: Hello, welcome to this week’s edition of Eye Witness Reports from the Odyssey. I am Eurylochus, second in command of a crew of noble and brave Achaean Fighters coming home from the Trojan War. I am famous for being a mutineer but I assure you that all my actions were completely justified and I beg of you not to believe any skewed information that may have been presented to you by the crafty king Odysseus.

Scene 2 [Exposition]

Eurylochus: Well here I am, trudging though the forest with my small scouting party who were recently assigned under my command by Odysseus. Hey, this looks like a palace of a nymph of some sort. There is no way I am going in there. I mean who would be that dumb to walk into the forest home of some strange Nymph. Probably some evil, potion mixing, seductress. The rest of my men can go ahead on in but I’m staying out here where it is safe. OH MY ZEUS! She’s evil! I knew it! . All my men have been transformed into pigs! I got to go warn the others!

Sound: loud breathing, footsteps

Eurylochus: I knew it, I knew it, this isn’t my fault, I warned them, this isn’t my fault.

Scene 3 [Rising Action]

Eurylochus: Suddenly Odysseus, the brute, screams out, WHERE ARE THE REST OF THE MEN! WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM! Terrified I tell him what happened and our stupid captain throws me to the ground and calls me a weak coward for reasons I do not know. He releases a savage war scream and charges back up into the forest on the path to the Nymph’s palace. I seriously doubt he will ever make it out of there alive. Thirty minutes later, wow, here comes Odysseus back from the forest! He is claiming he has saved all the men and befriended the Nymph he calls Circe. Wait a second, why for all Mt. Olympus should I believe this guy? He is probably under a spell or drug of some sort, and this is all a trap set by Circe or whatever her name is. But wait, why is everybody listening to him! They are following! They cannot be taking him for serious! Am I the only sane one here or am I the madman!

Scene 4 [Climax, Falling Action, and Denouement]

Eurylochus: I yell out to everybody saying that anybody with half a brain would stay down here on the beach. Bad idea. Oh no, a possessed, bloodthirsty look is coming over Odysseus and now he is grabbing the closest sword lying on the ground.

Sound: Manly Yell

Eurylochus: The monster is chasing after me, swinging his sword with a unparalleled fury, screaming threats and profanity having something to do with my wife and family. There! I dive into the bushes.

Sound: Bushes Rustling

Eurylochus: It looks like Odysseus can’t find me! (Sigh) I think they are all leaving and going to that Circle’s or Ciri’s palace or whatever she is called. Good riddance, I hope she eats them all, the stupid brutes. The only problem now is, how will I ever get home?

Eurylochus: Thank you, and be sure to tune in next week to Eye Witness Reports from the Odyssey.

Sound: Closing Music