Shadows on the Wall: Mobility
C-ko: [Marching across stage with a music box in the shape of a barrel organ, surmounted by the figure of a monkey playing the cymbals] Gogai! Gogai! Gogai!

[Scene: B-ko dressed in a very strange costume with a tight military-type tunic, a sari/hobble skirt, and sleeves that reach the floor. A-ko is dressed in something rather like a layered ballet dress, no sleeves, just an abbreviated top and an ankle-length skirt.]

B-ko: [Pressing the back of one hand to her forehead] Alas! Alack! And woe is me!

A-ko: Huh?

B-ko: I am undone!

A-ko: Do yourself back up, then.

B-ko: I can't reach the buttons. They're in the back.

A-ko: [Buttoning up B-ko] How'd you get into this costume, anyway?

B-ko: I had help.

A-ko: I see. So, what are you going to do in it?

B-ko: Well, I had planned to unite the world of martial arts, but who can do anything in these sleeves, I ask you?

A-ko: They do look rather awkward.

B-ko: I keep losing things in them, too... [Gestures with a sleeve towards A-ko.]

A-ko: [Peers down B-ko's proffered sleeve, then reels back as Gir pops out.]

Gir: Hi! [Laughs] That was fun! Let's do it again!

A-ko: What else have you lost?

B-ko: I seem to have lost some time. Do you think it might be up my sleeve? [Looks up one absurd sleeve, then the other, perplexed.]

A-ko: I'm not very good with time. I don't think I can help you. [Walks calmly off.]

B-ko: Wait! I need your help! I can hardly walk in this thing! [Takes a few tottering steps, then falls to her knees] Damn!

Gir: I know what you need! You need a hug!

B-ko: Ummmm.

Gir: [Runs up and hugs B-ko.]

B-ko: Hey, are you any good with buttons?

Gir: I love buttons!

B-ko: Great, then help me get this thing OFF!

Gir: Whee! I can do that! [Grabs one edge of the skirt and starts to pull.]

B-ko: Ah, no, Gir, that's not what I meant, we need to undo the buttons first... Hey! Stop! Aie!

[There is a tearing sound and then a mighty shower of little buttons as the curtain comes down.]