It’s nice to know I have a solid reputation.
In drama scene from Haze of Dreams, Ernest and Roscoe try to do business together, but their egos seem to generate their conflict.
Featured Scene – Haze of Dreams
ERNEST: That makes fifty.
ROSCOE: Why not one hundred?
ERNEST: We agreed on fifty.
ROSCOE: You made more on that deal.
ERNEST: …as my right.
ROSCOE: It was your right.
ERNEST: Part of the deal.
ROSCOE: It was.
ERNEST: (gesturing to the cardboard box) There’s your fifty.
Ernest begins to stand up.
ROSCOE: Sit down, Ernest.
ERNEST: I need to get back to –
ROSCOE: You nervous?
ERNEST: You’re making me suspicious.
ROSCOE (calmly): Take a seat.
Ernest slowly sits.
…I don’t like catching the short end of the stick, son.
ERNEST: What short end?
ROSCOE: Half-truths.
ERNEST: I told you all you needed to know.
ROSCOE: That’s true from your point of view, but from where I’m sitting, there was information I was not given, and I don’t appreciate that.
ERNEST: What information do you wish you had, Roscoe?
ROSCOE (laughs): Come now. There ain’t so much as a mosquito taking a piss that doesn’t first ask for my permission.
ERNEST (smiling): I was warned about you.
ROSCOE: It’s nice to know I have a solid reputation.
ERNEST: One hundred thousand.
ROSCOE: I’ll have them zeros.
ERNEST: I’ll tell you what.
ROSCOE: Yes?
ERNEST: No.
ROSCOE: No?
ERNEST: It’s not good enough.
ROSCOE: That’s mighty bold of you.
ERNEST: It’s just business, sir.
ROSCOE: Walking out of here just got that much harder for you.
ERNEST: You can’t intimidate me.
ROSCOE: Oh?
ERNEST: I have more shipments waiting to set sail. I can go anywhere, or I can arrange it so they only come through your port on a regular basis. I don’t mind paying the toll, Mr. Roscoe, but I clearly need to stay above margins in order to make a profit.
ROSCOE: You’ve nowhere else to go!
ERNEST: Alright, you might run this region, but you don’t own the ocean.
ROSCOE: How often will deliveries arrive?
ERNEST: To start, once a month. As we ramp up operations, we can get this going on a weekly basis within the first year. I’ve a plan to bring in enough volume on the daily. I will bring you more business, the likes of which you’ve never seen. Here’s what I demand, discounted rates for the sheer volume I will provide; my competition must receive a price hike in order to squeeze them out. What I will provide for you will outpace all profits from everyone else combined.
ROSCOE: Quite shrewd. You’re an obstinate f’cker, and it might get you places.
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Scene Summary
In the one-act eplay Haze of Dreams, Roscoe isn’t happy with his cut of a shipment deal because he believes he wasn’t told all the necessary information beforehand.  Ernest wants to work out a future deal for more shipments in which they can both make a substantial sum, but Roscoe seems to only be toying with Ernest.
- Genre:Â Drama
- Length: ~5 minute scene
- Characters: 2 men
- Themes:Â business, work, negotiation
- Best For:Â drama scenes
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Scene Source: Haze of Dreams
Haze of Dreams is a drama play script by Joseph Arnone, 2026.
