Nocturne's eyes open as the gas leaves the tube, the agent
through the aged blurred window. The sounds of the nocturnes playing
fades out as the door opens.
The agent fires a Thompson unto the tube while she twitches against the chains until she's screaming, drum emptied. The tube slams shut and fills again with gas. Heavy breathing while the nocturnes resume.
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Her heavy breath continues as she runs through the night woods, music fading out. She leaps to a low branch and pulls herself into the tree, climbing fast to the swaying top. She looks to the near distant LA lights in the dawn.
At the agent camp, the passenger watches the distant city for nothing, sun up, the ground quakes an aftershock. He steadies himself ...
Agent - Behind him, "She's almost there." He walks to prepare the others while the passenger has that look of 'reconsidering his job opportunities' about him.
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The agent fires a Thompson unto the tube while she twitches against the chains until she's screaming, drum emptied. The tube slams shut and fills again with gas. Heavy breathing while the nocturnes resume.
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Her heavy breath continues as she runs through the night woods, music fading out. She leaps to a low branch and pulls herself into the tree, climbing fast to the swaying top. She looks to the near distant LA lights in the dawn.
'Hollywoodland'
At the agent camp, the passenger watches the distant city for nothing, sun up, the ground quakes an aftershock. He steadies himself ...
Agent - Behind him, "She's almost there." He walks to prepare the others while the passenger has that look of 'reconsidering his job opportunities' about him.
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(darkness with a hint of green ...)
Jim - "Sam ? That you under that ?"
Clemmons - "Helping is good."
The blind is pulled off, Jim, also young again (some vine on his shirt).
Jim - "Why you old dog."
Clemmons - (still young again) "And just look. At. You ..." He shakes his head ... smiles. "We did it."
Jim - "We did it !"
They laugh into the fade-out on the rolling boat in the woods deer parting way of it's crashing through ..."! We Did It ! Whoooo ..."
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Mother - Looks to the gun in her hand and holds it to her heart. She smiles, The gun my love would kill me with, my gun of mine, my love." She spins the wheel.
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As they walk the markets down the central street, the populace starts seeming a bit off and fearful. Occasionally one returns to task as if against their will, but complacent.
Otherwise seeming a perfect place of wood brass and steam. 'Tourists' perhaps a bit too obsessed with their token counts, distinct from the denizens.
Maiden - "I never met my father. She never said who."
Man - "That's too bad, but sometimes their just not worth it. Sorry you may never know."
...
Maiden - "Do you have a dad ?"
Man - "Died in the war."
...
Maiden - "You don't get to do that."
Man - "Don't intend to."
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Jim - "Sam ? That you under that ?"
Clemmons - "Helping is good."
The blind is pulled off, Jim, also young again (some vine on his shirt).
Jim - "Why you old dog."
Clemmons - (still young again) "And just look. At. You ..." He shakes his head ... smiles. "We did it."
Jim - "We did it !"
They laugh into the fade-out on the rolling boat in the woods deer parting way of it's crashing through ..."! We Did It ! Whoooo ..."
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Mother - Looks to the gun in her hand and holds it to her heart. She smiles, The gun my love would kill me with, my gun of mine, my love." She spins the wheel.
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As they walk the markets down the central street, the populace starts seeming a bit off and fearful. Occasionally one returns to task as if against their will, but complacent.
Otherwise seeming a perfect place of wood brass and steam. 'Tourists' perhaps a bit too obsessed with their token counts, distinct from the denizens.
Maiden - "I never met my father. She never said who."
Man - "That's too bad, but sometimes their just not worth it. Sorry you may never know."
...
Maiden - "Do you have a dad ?"
Man - "Died in the war."
...
Maiden - "You don't get to do that."
Man - "Don't intend to."
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On
the decks of the Arena, Lilith and Mambathu unload cargo under the dock
keep's watch and notation, before all distracted by a gust and dark
clouds coming.
City views ...
A suspicion among the people, a pity not for themselves but for them.
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At
the train depot, Mars disconnects a heavy harpoon and chain from the
upper hull of the engine behind the stack and drops it down. He looks
up at the clouds, Eve at the platform with Naamah and One loading
weapons. He jumps down.
Eve - Handing him the book, "Take this to Sanctuary. And you really do need to go. Now. We need to get our sister."
He takes it, thumbs though ... pages and pictures ...
Mars - "What is this ?"
Naamah laughs. "Perfect." Loads. "Let's go."
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The train steams out as they leave the platform.