Where Have You Been?
Short drama/sci-fi scene from one-act eplay Withering Hologram, wherein Landon questions if he will ever be able to love again.
Featured Scene – Withering Hologram
ZURI: Where have you been?
LANDON: A new village they’re building…it’s clean, it’s nice.
ZURI: You didn’t call.
LANDON: Was I supposed to…
ZURI: You didn’t have to, I mean you don’t have to, but…
LANDON: I didn’t realize.
ZURI: It’s fine.
LANDON: I didn’t know we were that serious.
ZURI: I said it’s fine. Call me when you want to call me.
LANDON: The work that I do is very demanding.
ZURI: So you’ve claimed.
LANDON: I’m not lying to you.
ZURI: Did I say you were lying?
LANDON: Why are you making me feel that I am?
ZURI: Look, maybe what I’ve been feeling has been…maybe you don’t feel the same.
LANDON: But I do feel the same.
ZURI: You do?
LANDON: Of course I do.
ZURI: …You don’t show it.
LANDON: What we have is really nice, can’t we leave it that way? Why does everything have to shift? As if there’s a better relationship than the one we already practice.
ZURI: Practice? I wasn’t aware of the fact that we were “practicing” a relationship.
LANDON: I used the wrong word. You know what I mean.
ZURI: Actually, I don’t. You come here for days on end, practically living here, we do everything together and then you’re off without a word, a call, nothing, like we don’t exist.
LANDON: That’s the job.
ZURI: I am not a job.
LANDON: Not you. My job, the work that I do. It’s–
ZURI: Very demanding.
LANDON: Yes.
ZURI: My work is demanding as well.
LANDON: I know.
ZURI: It’s not like I’m not able to make time for us along the way. I don’t disappear and become unreachable.
LANDON: Is this all because of a phone call?
ZURI: It’s more than that…isn’t it?
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Scene Summary
In the one act eplay Withering Hologram, Landon depends on his artificial intelligence assistant IRIS to help him come to terms with his broken relationships.
- Genre: Drama / Scifi
- Length: ~5 minute scene
- Characters: 2 women, 1 man, Iris (voice)
- Themes: love, companion, purpose
- Best For: 1 man, 1 woman drama scenes
FAQ
A: Visit Monologue Blogger’s section called Scenes on their website. You can also check out Alderona, The Achiever, and The Intelligent Kind which are all science fiction pieces.
Related Scenes & Monologues
- Alderona – science fiction scene
- Growing Concerns – science fiction monologue
- We Will Take Good Care of You – science fiction monologue
Scene Source: Withering Hologram
Withering Hologram is a drama / sci-fi play by Joseph Arnone, 2026.
