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Flapper Jane and Captain Jack. Jane is a man. Her real name is Jeremiah. Jane is 26 and Jack is 30. Jane is a Flapper, Jeremiah is a dancer, and Jack is a attorney. They are brothers, but now they are brother and sister. Jack's having difficulty adjusting to Jane. Thier parents owned a fur coat factory and Jeremiah was supposed to inherit it, but he didn't. Jane has hazel eyes and light brown hair. Jack has green eyes and blond hair. He uses Dapper Dan to slick it back. Jane is 5' 9" and Jack is 6'. Jane is sexually confused. She likes to dance and party, but she doesn't like animals. She especially hates goats because a goat stomped on her head when she was six at Happy Harry's Petting Zoo. Jack's whole life is about work and he's frustrated that his brother is his sister. He has multiple personality disorder. He has a wife named Olive and they like to swing. A lot. They're posing for a picture. It is the first Christma after the "operation" and Jane is introducing her new self. Jane would rather be partying with her other sexually confused friends. She is drinking her pain away because the rest of the family regected her. She hates gift giving and Christmas, especially with her family. But she showed up anyway to shock everyone. Jack would rather be on his prized vessel, the S.S. Manly. His parents got him a new boat as a gift for not screwing up his life and becoming a woman. But also for becoming the new inheriter. Jane lay on the red leather couch that was seamlessly embellished with brass buttons. Her calves stuck to the leather so that which each twitch of nervousness her legs would squeak. The room was dreary; lined with brown wooden panels that gave the room a very professional look. Jane reached into her purse and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. Grabbing the last cancer stick in the box she brought it to her lips and lit it. Taking a long drag, she released the smoke in her mouth and began to tell about her life. “Well it all started when I was little,” the puff of smoke was now a window into what had been Jane’s past. “see I never liked who I was. I was never comfortable with myself, more personally my sexuality. I was confused I felt trapped inside of my body, my body of. . . a man. Back in the day people used to call me Jeremiah until I took it upon myself to change who I was last year. I changed everything my name my body y genital, and my occupation. I used to work at one of those swanky bars with flappers dancing all over the place; now I’m one of those dancers. The guys that come in idolize me. I could have my choice of anyone of them, but none of them were what I was looking for. I was looking for love not just some quick fling. I started hanging with the wrong people and got myself into some hard drugs. Heroin, cocaine whatever I could get my hands on. Long story short, I lost my job my fans and my sanity. That is until the night of the family Christmas party.” “No one knew there what had happened to me. My parents knew of my //change//, but they decided not to tell anyone. I wasn’t even invited to the party I just showed up and said I was related; the families so big no one noticed anyway. That’s when I saw my brother. He didn’t know it was me he just assumed I was a relative. We started talking and I explained that we weren’t related so that I could a new bond with him. Well one thing lead to another and I woke I realized that we were in bed together, naked. Thoughts flew through my head at break neck speed. Then I rolled close to him and put my arms around him stroking a few wisps of his chest hair, and said to him ‘I’m your brother.’”

//Scene 1: Jane lay on the red leather couch embroidered with circular brass buttons. The room was dreary; lined with brown wooden panels that gave the room a very professional look. Plaque lined the one wall that claimed the autherntisity of the other man in the room.//

Jane: You want to know about my life? About all the shit that’s happened to me?

//Jane reached into her person and took out a cigarette pack//

Jane: Fine but listen good because I’m not saying it twice.

//lighting one of the cigarettes and breathing in deeply she exhales releasing smoke that turns into a busy mirror of her past A mirror in which she narrates everything.//

//Scene 2: The First thing we see through the smoke is a little boy with short brown hair running around and playing with another boy who is obviously older most likely the young boys brother.//

Jane: Well it all started when I was little. See I never liked who I was. I was never comfortable with myself, more personally my sexuality. I was confused I felt trapped inside of my body, my body of. . . a man. Back in the day people used to call me Jeremiah until I took it upon myself to change who I was last year.

//The cute pictures of boys playing quickly break away in a grainy way like film slipping from a reel into Jane (Jeremiah)now changed from a boy into a young man and then into the women that he became, Jane.//

Jane: I changed everything my name my body my genital, and my occupation

//Now we see Jeremiah (Jane) working at a bar//

Jane; I used to work at one of those swanky bars with flappers dancing all over the place,

// Then he slowly starts to change into a women and his position starts to change as well from behind the bar he moves onto the stage as Jane.//

Jane: Now I’m one of those dancers. The guys that come in idolize me. I could have my choice of anyone of them, but none of them were what I was looking for. I was looking for love not just some quick fling

//Jane is in a hotel room with a bunch of other dancers shooting heroin.//

Jane: I started hanging with the wrong people and got myself into some hard drugs. Heroin, cocaine whatever I could get my hands on.

//Jane back stage doing a quick line of coke then running on stage//

Jane: Long story short, I lost my job my fans and my sanity. That is until the night of the family Christmas party.

//Jane literally getting thrown out the back door landing in a puddle from the steady rain falling above her.//

//Scene 3: Jane telling her parents what had happened to her and her changes.//

Jane: No one knew there what had happened to me. My parents knew of my //change//, but they decided not to tell anyone.

//Jane’s father screaming at her, and her mother crying in a mansion with a large fire place blazing in the background but all the screams are inaudible.//

Jane: I wasn’t even invited to the party I just showed up and said I was related; the family. It’s so big no one noticed anyway

//Jane looked around and stood as hordes of people walked around her she doesn’t make small talk with anyone then on the opposite side of the room she sees her brother.//

Jane: That’s when I saw my brother. He didn’t know it was me he just assumed I was a relative. We started talking and I explained that we weren’t related so that I could form a new bond with him. Well one thing lead to another and…

//Flash to Jane laying in bed naked with the covers wrapped around her to cover any of her personal body parts. She rolled over and saw her brother eqally naked. Thoughts flew through her head at break neck speed. Then she rolsd close to him and put her arms around him stroking a few wisps of his chest hair, and said to him//

Jane: I’m your brother.