Blood Cell

Ouch!

Shit

Are you leaving us already?

I didn’t get to annoy you yet

What?

You’re going have to rip your sheet into a make-shift cord

if you’re wanting to swing off the bars tonight,

but I hope you won’t since you’ve only just got here…

another suicide and the guards won’t believe me

Hope not

Oh and if you want to see the sunset,

you’re going to have to move slightly to the left

Funny thing is, I never remember watching them

when I was free women

Guess you don’t realise what you've got till it’s gone

Amen to that

Hey, wait!

What?

Yeah you look good in that light

Hmm,

given the surroundings, I'll take that as a complement

I’m Barbara by the way, and you are?

What, you want to know my name?

you know it’s been so long I’ve almost forgotten myself

I’m just messing with you!

I’m Evelyn

And this is our living coffin

Say goodbye to your dreams and hold onto your imagination

What do you imagine?

Naughty things…

when the lights go out

Again I’m just messing with you!

Don’t worry were going to have plenty of time

to size each other up over the next few days to…

well forever, I suppose

You’re a lifer as well?

Unless the nutters in D declare an uprising

perhaps you and I can escape in the confusion

D wing...

is it dangerous?

Can be

But to be honest

I’m quite comfortable in here now,

I don’t think I could even adjust to

the outside world again

Fair play

So what was the last thing you saw on the news

before you came in here?

Me, strangely

I’ve never been on TV before…

oh and hmm,

war and heartache across the world

So same shit different day

Well that settles it. I will stay in here,

thank you very much

Suppose it’s as safe as any

Oh if the mask scares you, then,

tough

I have to wear it to protect my skin

What happened?

I’ll tell you another time,

but it fucking hurts

You should watch out for the gangs in here

So it's as bad as they make out on the TV?

Hmm... can be

but in here, it’s unedited

But if you want to join one I’m sure you can find one

Are you part of one?

No, no -

Tell you I’ve got nothing but time,

but I haven’t got time for that

Well you're part of one gang at least

Ah yes, well...

guilty

Are you one of those ...

addicted to it?

Addicted to religion?

No but,

guess you could say I'm, I'm addicted to sin

the book helps keep me balanced

Don’t worry about that,

always happens in S wing

I thought this was E?

S...

shit

Yeah were in the old part of town, unfortunately

Don’t worry!

you won’t decay yet, you’re not an old building

I feel like I’ve been demolished

Wait till you start feeling like a vagrant

Yeah you’re going to start to rot in here soon enough

Is that how you feel?

I have my ways of coping

So just so I know then, what... are you?

Are you a wife? Girlfriend? Mother?

All three in a past life,

now guess I’m just a no good killer

Well you must have killed good to wind up in here?

He deserved it

Just think of this place as the medicine for the crime

Medicine?

God I’m so ashamed

Well,

big guy knows you are

What about you?

What where you before all this?

Well,

on the outside I guess you could say I was

a bit of a naughty girl

and now I’m on the inside you could call me a...

struggling artist

Well I guess you...

artists give ‘life’ -

You're really going the extra mile

I suppose I am

I’m going to rest up anyway, I’m on these serious painkillers

and they give me the harshest headaches

Oh,

do you need another?

Do you have paracetamol?

Actually yeah,

on the shelf

Damn it, they always make these things so tight!

Oh shit!

I’ll get 'em

You ok?

Yeah...

blood just rushed to my head

What’s this?

Oh what’s this you’re stashing away?

Well that is private

Is it like a happiness box?

I used to have one of these as a teenager

Don’t spill…

Is it yours?

Ah no, no, no, no

you can keep that,

it’ll earn you some interest by the time you get out of here

Hm, I wish

Everything ok?

Yeah,

it's just going to take a while to adjust

Do you want a tablet?

I’m good thanks

Do you need some water?

Hmm no,

all good

Oh by the way, um…

I hope that you don’t mind,

I, uh, had a bit of water from the tap

The tap wasn't working

God it’s not water

I just had a bit of wat…

It’s not water...

You need to get the guard, it's white spirit!

What?

Of course its water!

My gosh, you fucking scared me. I was going to say,

it’s not like you can see any paintings up here

Hmm,

there will be

Oh yeah?

Is there art classes?

Could say that

but yeah, you're right the sink it's knackered

I’m sure it’s on D.I.Y Johnny the caretaker's list

of thing to do, but he never comes around, so...

I just fill the bottle up before lights go out

But now that you’re here I suppose we’ll need two

What's up?

Shirts just a bit itchy

Oh yeah,

the new shirts, they're always like that

Do you want of one my shirts?

No – I’m ok, thank you

I need to get used to it

What is it?

It’s just a mirror, is it yours?

No, it’s not mine

Must be an old cell mate's

Yeah, guess what use would you need for a mirror in here?

Fuck, Evelyn. I didn’t mean anything by that with,

with the mask…

It’s cool, don’t worry

I know what you mean

But in time you’re going to forget vanity in this place

Don’t think I’ll need a few days

Say Evelyn, you’re an...

an artist, right?

Yeah

What do you think about doing something,

doing something with this place?

like decorating it?

I’m not a damn decorator, Barbara

This isn’t university halls, look around you, for God’s sake!

Sorry,

yeah

It’s fine, Barbara. Just think, ok?

Just be natural

Let it out