Stranger than Fiction

AT RISE:

Bleary-eyed NERDS toil on computers in a dank room. Another NERD, only slightly less bedraggled rushes into the room.

NERD:
Guys! There appears to be a large burning ball of gas in the sky, what gives?

No response.

NERD:
See, it was a joke. Get it? I meant the sun.

Nothing.

NERD:
I wish I could say we were purposefully acting out stereotypes. It would be less sad, somehow.

Nuttin'.

NERD:
Alright, fine. Make room.

BLACKOUT. END PLAY.

(And special thanks to Emily for the guest strip!)