On page 58 of Water by the Spoonful, Elliot is chatting online with Orangutan. Orangutan reveals to Elliot and Yaz that she knows that Elliot had an addiction to pills from his leg injuries during the war. This is an emotional moment for Elliot since he does not get along too well with him mom. Up to this point we know that Haikumon is actually Elliot's mom and that she is the administrator for a crack addicts' chat forum. Each of the players in the chat room share their story with their addiction and seek help from each other. Elliot has gone through several surgies on his legs and has been prescribed pain killers. He has abused these pills and when Orangutan reveals that, it hits Elliot personally. Elliot is at the house to pick up the computer to pawn it off in order to buy some flowers, but decides to hack his mother's username in the process. Afterwards we see that Elliot really does not like talking about his addiction or any other the material associated with it.
I think Hudes wrote this scene in as a showing of the harsh reality of things to Elliot and Yaz. Orangutan revealed a truth to Elliot that he has this entire time been trying to avoid. This also speaks to Haikumom's commitment to her chat forum. If she does not have a computer, how could she administrate the forum? This creates a set up for her relapse. Despite everything that she does for others, Odessa is susceptible to her vices. Without her support group, she couldn't cope as well. Yaz being present during this encounter I believe is important as well since she later becomes Freedom&Noise as the interim site manager for the forum while Odessa is in the hospital.
This play seems to be about a lot of mis-communication. Some of the characters don't want other character to know what is happening. I found it very confusing to read and keep up with who knows who and who is related to who.
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