[[RSBE]] #RSBE #giddy #computergames #upbeat #duet #ensemble #funny #playful *At about the same time, both characters spy an old console gaming system on a table. They pick up the controllers fondly. Staging should be lively and elaborate. Ensemble sings in the background Gamer #1 Look! Gamer #2 Look! Gamer #1 I had this console Gamer #2 I did too! Gamer #1 Those were the days, huh? No hours of homework Gamer #2 No ten page papers Gamer #1 No let downs Put downs Both Emotional breakdowns… Just the game… Gamer #1 Some days I wish I was my avatar Gamer #2 Cruising the stars Gamer #1 Living on Mars Gamer #2 The character in my video game Gamer #1 Nuking the aliens Gamer #2 Saving the world Gamer #1 Running and jumping Gamer #2 Adrenalin pumping Both Ah! *They imagine and remember the games* Gamer #1 Hey… If I brought mine from home We could play it together!  Both We could be a team. Life is so much simpler in a game Gamer #2 Help out the good guys Gamer #1 Destroy the bad guys Both Drive it, shoot it, fly it in a game Gamer #2 And if you die… Gamer #1 And if you die… Gamer #2 No permanent sorrow Both Just come back tomorrow Ah! *If there’s no applause, self conscious, spoken* Gamer #1 No one saw us do that, right? Gamer #2 I don’t think so. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J-rNmS18h9A?si=Fq3gKGo7DGICl2CC" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> Great performance at Opera Charlottesville.