Miranda - Voiced over as she watches the canoes glide away, "I think it's time for me to live."
Prospero - To Miranda in their house, "Yes. I think you're right. But did you know that I was never the book's keeper ?"
Miranda - Smiles, "I did know that."
Prospero - In a hug, "We are so proud of you, Miranda."
Miranda - "I'm proud of you too. You were a beautiful tale."
She steps back embracing the book as he and the house fade away, and she stands alone in the woods. She continues staring at nothing, head down until Morgan (historical) walks up next to her.
They watch the Morgan of the past as the boats back down the river ...
Morgan - "Sometimes history meets a myth."
Miranda - "I was never here. Was I ?"
Morgan - "You're here now."
Miranda - "You ?"
Morgan - Watching the canoe move away, "No ... this is her world now."
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Miranda (modern) splashes high over the keeper's palace wall, landing on the roof at night.
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Andromeda - Lying with Morgan in low light, "Will you tell me ?"
Morgan - "I've told you everything. I've answered every question, told you every tale." She laughs, "There's nothing !" She rolls to her back looking up distantly, smile fading.
Andromeda - Rolling over to kiss her heart, "No you haven't but maybe you can't." She smiles, smelling her neck, "Maybe you don't know either. A word you haven't learned yet ?" She smiles crouching over her, "Can't hack it with your shiny new sword ?"
Morgan - Laughing, "Okay ! I'll take it if you'll stop asking !" Rolling them into the blankets, "I just don't know the word."
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The keeper wakes up suddenly with a breath, Miranda sitting over her reading the book of names, smiling and touching the pages as she turns them.
The keeper stares at her terrified, with shortened breaths inhaling, shrinking back and pulling the covers.
Miranda - Still smiling at the pages then looking up, gently, "I want you to know we're not going to take this from you. I'm not. And I want you to know that we believe in you." She closes the book and holds it up, "This. Is yours now."
She stands, the keeper's eyes following her as she pulls a chair to the bedside. "But I want to read you a story. Okay ?"
The keeper nods with terror, her eyes falling to the book as Miranda opens it again.
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Morgan stands in the merlin's cave entry, two crows flying in. "Merlin."
He sighs and looks down, "Why ?"
The demon watches from the corner smiling.
Morgan - "He knows why. Ask him."
Merlin - Defeated, "Why then, Abraxas ?"
Abraxas - "Because we needed the story."
Merlin - Looking up curious, "Why ?"
Morgan - Circling, "Because you sold us out. Why ?"
Abraxas - "You even sold out God. Why ?"
Morgan - "Your people."
Abraxas - "Your order."
Morgan - Disdainfully, "So why merlin why ?"
Merlin - Laughing quietly, "Why ... why, why, why ... why not ?"
A shot.
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In the asylum ~
Germain takes blood with a heavy syringe from the dead witness, while the guards look at each other and away, cotton in their ears.
Germain - Motioning to his ears, after they remove the cotton, "Thank you gentlemen." He holds up four tickets, "Lifetimers to the Globe ?"
They each snatch two, and Germain walks. "Died from his wounds !"
Guard - "Yes sir, he came in pretty bad off."
They pick up the body up to carry him to the slide, tossing him down to the pit in a puff of limestone powder.
Other guard - Looking down to the pit, "That he did."
They look at each other and laugh, walking away.
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Morgan - "Shh ... it's okay. Eat this." She puts a leaf in his open mouth and closes it, smiling with a nod. She sits him up and pulls a cup from the grass. "You're thirsty. Drink this. It's water."
He stutters to thank her before she puts her finger to his lips.
Morgan - "Shhh ... drink."
He nods and drinks.
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Thunder outside the cave ~
The two Morgans meet at the entrance to the cave.
Historical - Handing back the gun-blade, "Worked."
Mythical - "And ?"
Historical - Smiles and pulls a sack from her back, removing the demon's head, then replaces it, handing it over. "We're done then."
Mythical - Looking at the head, "Probably for the best. It's your world now."
She hands her back the book.
Historical - Looking into the woods where the crows fly away into the distance, standing alone and holding the book close, "I know."
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Miranda - Looking at the keeper smiling, turning the page, "History or myth ?"
The keeper stares.
Miranda - "Please ?"
Keeper - "... history."
Miranda smiles.
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The music returns as Morgan and the witness walk through the quiet forest.
Morgan - Looking back smiling, "I didn't always hate your kind. I may not hate forever. But I do." She stops and turns to the disturbed man, taking his chin in her hand gently smiling, "You see there's white. And there's men. And they're both you."
He nods lost in his mind as she turns walking again following.
Morgan - "And these days ..." smiling back as she walks, "that's the devil."
They pause at a crook in a path on the hill. They can see the fallen fort between the trees.
Morgan - "Do you remember ?"
He nods in horror staring at the destruction.
Morgan - "Do you know why ?"
He looks at her shaking his head.
Morgan - Looks at him kindly, "I was afraid of that. Here. Eat this."
She puts a leaf in his mouth as a tear rolls down his cheek.
Morgan - "It's okay. Drink." She puts a cup in his hand as he stares at her, eyes empty, "It's okay."
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Keeper - "... why ?"
Miranda - "Why ?"
Keeper - Clears her throat, "Why did she destroy that man ?"
...
Miranda - "Listen to the wind ..."
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Music returns, they stand on a hill overlooking Roanoke island, a perfect breeze. She looks smiling to the side at him.
Morgan - "This hill were standing on ?" She looks back to the island. "It's where your soldiers buried the dead." She looks at him, "Like you."
He starts to shake his head.
Morgan - Pulling him close, holding him as he weeps, "Oh no no, it's okay." She pets his hair, "It's okay. Everything dies eventually. Here. Eat this." She puts a leaf in his mouth and hand him a cup smiling as tears stream from his eyes, "It's okay. It's all better now. Drink this."
He drinks staring and slowing his inhales.
Morgan - "You see ? Everything dies." She looks back to the island, "Do you remember signing the order ?"
He shakes his head in a twitch.
She smiles and reaches into her hair, pulling his signet ring from a strand, putting it on his engagement finger. "Do you remember now ?"
He nods slowly.
She smiles.
Morgan - "And do you remember what else you did ?"
Tears stream and he nods, fighting it.
Morgan - She walks extending her hand, "I have something for you. It's behind this tree."
He follows, broken and stumbling, taking her hand.
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Keeper - "... why are you here ?"
Miranda - Closes the book and sets it next to her bed, kissing the keeper's forehead. "Because no matter what you've done, you're all alone and that makes me sad." She moves to the window. "I think you're more alone than anyone in the world."
Keeper - Calling quickly, "Is she using me ? Like the bad man ? Are you ?"
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Morgans voice ~ "Remember who was there. And when the moon comes out, just remember. You're already dead."
The sound of sobbing, a leaf and a drink.
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Miranda - Stopping to look at her, her leg on the window sill for a leap, "I don't know what Morgan intends." Eyes glowing, "but I swear to you on my mother's tale that I will not." She leaps, a splash.
The Keeper looks at the book, afraid.
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Shakespeare - In Elizabeth's court, all staring at Walter with quills at readiness, "That was no angel ! It was just a poisonous pirate in a pretty dress ... obviously ..."
Agreement from the room.
Elizabeth - "Indeed. After the ... 'mer-maid' ..."
Germain - "Unimpressed !"
Elizabeth - "You see ? You really must do better."
Dee - "Get to the angel !"
The room agrees.
Walter - "... oh ... well there was an angel ! A glorious angel, her beauty ..."
The room groans.
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A knock at Morgan's cabin door (historical) ~
Morgan - Behind a dressing screen, flopping the white dress over the edge, "What."
Mambathu opens the door, entering, "Is he in place ?"
Morgan - "He is. We leave in the dawning moon."
Mambathu - "I'll be sure the readiness." He pauses, then moves to leave.
Morgan - Pulling gear from from the screen, "Ask."
Mambathu - "We were wondering. So you never used the book, understandable. Temptation and madness. And then you give it away freely ... again wise." With a laugh, "Particularly when one has a mermaid on hand !"
Morgan - Exiting the curtain dressed for the deck, smiling, "Sure !"
Mambathu - "We don't believe you got nothing for it. We know you better."
Morgan - Sits in he chair, motioning with her eyes to the raw wooden bookshelf behind her, as always filled with volumes. "Do you ?"
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Andromeda - In their airship cabin, "Show me."
Morgan turns the chair and unlocks the cabinet, with glass over brass mesh protecting the books. "Have a look."
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Mambathu - Picks up a manuscript, then another comparing. Laughing ... "How long were you transcribing ?"
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Andromeda opens a book to see it's box bound to hold loose pages, she looks at the top manuscript.
Andromeda - "... Shakespeare ?"
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Shakespeare in Elizabeth's court clears his throat nervously writing while Elizabeth giggles at part of the tale.
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Shakespeare, years older, exits a pub into the rain getting stuck in the door with another man, then stumbling his way. He looks annoyed after the other, then drunken surprise at the woman in front of him.
The bullet shop girl, in rainy tears and panic.
BSG - "Please sir ! You must help me, please ! I know who you are and I know you're a fancy man, and I'm just a foolish girl ... but please ! It's like a baby to me. Please !"
She plops kneeling in the puddle at his feet, head low and holding a manuscript high.
BSG - "Please will you read my script ?"
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A cork pops at her wedding to Lieu Hanh with cheers.
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Andromeda giggles.
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Shakespeare - Reading the manuscript, "Yes yes ... oh ... oh ! These are good ideas ..." He clears his throat, tucking into his pocket. He looks at her hopeful face. "It's ... not bad ! Not bad. Needs work. I'll see you're compensated of course ... what's your name ?"
BSG - "Virginia sir. Virginia Dare, and thank sir, thank you. Come find me at the abbey."
She kisses his hands until he pulls them away uncomfortably.
Virginia - Calling after as he walks, "And bless you sir, God bless you always !"
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Mambathu giggles.
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Shakespeare looks at his ringless fingers and pats his empty pockets angrily looking back where she can no longer be found, "! Harlot !"
Her cackling giggle echoes from unknown alleys.
Morgan - Voiced over, "A very long time, but it wasn't just me."
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Andromeda - Piling volumes on the desk and comparing them, "But ... these don't compare with each other ... they're all wrong. You know that."
Morgan - Smiling from her chair, feet up on the desk, "I do."
Andromeda - Staring ... "You're inverting false fields of information with true points ... you've been navigating."
Morgan - Plopping her feet down and leaning forward smiling, "Through history ..."
Andromeda - Leaning forward, smiling wickedly, "Using ... tales."
She kisses her.
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Walter - "Her glorious light ... shone from the Heavens !"
Elizabeth - While the roam complains, "Oh you must stop ... just ... continue the tale."
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Andromeda - Pulling back, "You're still smug."
Morgan - "Like you said, they all have something true ..." A kiss ... "something here" ... "something there"
...
Andromeda - "So if you know how to put them together just right ..."
Morgan - "You get ..."
Andromeda - "A Book of Names."
They look out the window at the high moon.
Andromeda - "That's so fucking sexy."
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The full moon dawns over Roanoke, casual wanderers enter the tavern. And inside a shop called 'Virginia Ball and Musket'.
Eleanor Dare holds a baby, digging behind the counter as a man heads for the front door.
Ananias Dare - "I'm off to the fun times ... " He leans into the baby as the baby pulls away, "You be good for mamma, daddy be back later."
He kisses Eleanor's cheek as she grimaces,
Ananias - "And then momma's gonna be good for daddy."
He slams the door on his way out.
Eleanor - "Virginia, that's not your daddy."
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On the burial hill Miranda wipes at the dirt, finding bone. She sighs and looks up, hearing the shots across the distance, seeing the lighthouse flashing it's signals. She hugs the book.
Miranda - "Mother ..."
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Eleanor, holding Virginia, pulls the coffer and guns from under the counter, pocketing the money and loading the ammunition, filling her belt. Virginia reaches over and starts grabbing for a pistol, getting her hand slapped, the pistol put to Eleanor's belt as she looks out the window at the rising moon.
Eleanor - With concern, "Ohh Virginia, it's time to go now."
She packs the last and heads for the back door.
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Miranda - Holding the book close before opening it, "I think I have to say your name now."
All around cloaks throw rope, climb rooftops low with bows prepped sideways in wait.
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Lit by the back of the moon, Eleanor tiptoes through the woods to a canoe, still carrying Virginia and her own many guns.
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The witness slams the tavern door open as the room falls silent looking.
Witness - Looking around the room, he pulls a pistol and points it at Ananias, "You were there ..."
He shoots.
One after the other as many rise then die, "You were There !" Over and over. He takes some shots stumbling and shaking his head, "Already dead ... ! You were There !", dropping each gun after fired and pulling the next.
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Men fill the streets with arms preparing, each after the other dropped by a wave of Powhatan arrows from the rooftops. Families watch from windows, some satisfied, some saddened, some terrified.
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"! You were There !"
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The watch from a British man-of-war spots a the distant light and calls to crew, alarming the nearby sister ship.
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A light fills the street to Miranda's chanting screams, archers and families staring, climbing down, walking out and toward.
Miranda ends with a scream to the sky and closes the book as light explodes from the streets, lifting the boards and wares behind the exiting people to watch.
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"! You were There !"
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The approaching pair of man-of-wars sights what appears to be a rowed barge. long and wide with empty deck and no sail, black with thick plating.
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The angel angrily pulls the wood from the buildings into a ball over them as she hovers, guiding the tearing and thrashing, slapping hard together with her movements in her arms and angry dance.
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"! You Were THERE !" to the last, some still hide and peer, but he's uninterested as he leaves, the tavern flaying apart from the roof.
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As the naval craft flank the barge on both sides to investigate, it sprays and showers them with thick oil. Hatches flip open and flaming cocktails fly, igniting the naval ships as they pass low for cannon.
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Morgan's fleet turns the bend from behind the island, pulling alongside each other as they shower the navy vessels with chain-shot, destroying masts, next past the first, over the barge passing.
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Aboard the navy, cannon powders begin igniting, while the fleet shows it's sides and fires into the side of the first, then through to the second, the barge paddling away from between and toward the fleet, circling the wreckage to join them on way to the Roanoke docks.
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Eleanor and Virginia watch from the docks in awe of the destruction, oblivious to the light behind them. Virginia pulls a tiny pistol from Eleanor's cleavage and gets her hand slapped.
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The angel throws the boat far crushes the wreckage together and into a boat, then throws it to sea in a rage of frustration, spinning to nothingness before an explosion knocks the watching crowd back.
The silent people then see Miranda holding the book, the buildings gone but foundation and rubble.
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Eleanor and Virginia watch the boat fly over ...
At the docks and sea they watch the boat fly over ...
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The witness stands in the street with two empty guns smoking, sees Miranda approaching in the cleared town filled only with glaze eyed families.
Holding the book she walks up to him peering curiously, but cruelly.
Witness - Falls to his knees. "Already dead."
Miranda - Crouches and looks cruelly into his eyes. She hisses, "Yes. You are."
She leaps far to the trees, through and toward the docks.
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Elizabeth and the court stare at Walter, then look around between each other.
Shakespeare - "... and what was that angel's name again ?"
Dee - "Sounds like Ariel to me ..."
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The keeper sits up in bed scared as Miranda closes the book.
Keeper - "... but ... you left him broken. The bad man."
Miranda - Smiles, "I did. A long time ago. But I think I would again."
She sets the book on the stand and hugs the keeper, to some apprehension, and then looks at her.
Miranda - "If you feel like you've really got to hurt something, I understand." She kisses her forehead, "Just try to hurt something really bad. Okay ?"
Keeper - Staring, then a slow smile ... "okay."
Xquic and Lieu Hanh walk into a marketplace shop called 'The Meandering Bookstore".
Down the isles books hop and jump on the shelves, some flopping open to be read, others growling. They reach the counter.
Xquic - "We need another 'Bulfinch'."
Lieu Hanh - "The new gunner doesn't know anything yet."
Miranda - "Just got another crate."
She pries open the crate hard with a crowbar then tosses them a copy over her shoulder.
Xquic - Catching, "Thanks !" They start to leave.
Miranda - "Your captain still owes me !"
Lieu Hanh - "We'll remind her again !"
Miranda - "Thank you !"
The door slams.
Prospero - To Miranda in their house, "Yes. I think you're right. But did you know that I was never the book's keeper ?"
Miranda - Smiles, "I did know that."
Prospero - In a hug, "We are so proud of you, Miranda."
Miranda - "I'm proud of you too. You were a beautiful tale."
She steps back embracing the book as he and the house fade away, and she stands alone in the woods. She continues staring at nothing, head down until Morgan (historical) walks up next to her.
They watch the Morgan of the past as the boats back down the river ...
Morgan - "Sometimes history meets a myth."
Miranda - "I was never here. Was I ?"
Morgan - "You're here now."
Miranda - "You ?"
Morgan - Watching the canoe move away, "No ... this is her world now."
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Miranda (modern) splashes high over the keeper's palace wall, landing on the roof at night.
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Andromeda - Lying with Morgan in low light, "Will you tell me ?"
Morgan - "I've told you everything. I've answered every question, told you every tale." She laughs, "There's nothing !" She rolls to her back looking up distantly, smile fading.
Andromeda - Rolling over to kiss her heart, "No you haven't but maybe you can't." She smiles, smelling her neck, "Maybe you don't know either. A word you haven't learned yet ?" She smiles crouching over her, "Can't hack it with your shiny new sword ?"
Morgan - Laughing, "Okay ! I'll take it if you'll stop asking !" Rolling them into the blankets, "I just don't know the word."
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The keeper wakes up suddenly with a breath, Miranda sitting over her reading the book of names, smiling and touching the pages as she turns them.
The keeper stares at her terrified, with shortened breaths inhaling, shrinking back and pulling the covers.
Miranda - Still smiling at the pages then looking up, gently, "I want you to know we're not going to take this from you. I'm not. And I want you to know that we believe in you." She closes the book and holds it up, "This. Is yours now."
She stands, the keeper's eyes following her as she pulls a chair to the bedside. "But I want to read you a story. Okay ?"
The keeper nods with terror, her eyes falling to the book as Miranda opens it again.
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Morgan stands in the merlin's cave entry, two crows flying in. "Merlin."
He sighs and looks down, "Why ?"
The demon watches from the corner smiling.
Morgan - "He knows why. Ask him."
Merlin - Defeated, "Why then, Abraxas ?"
Abraxas - "Because we needed the story."
Merlin - Looking up curious, "Why ?"
Morgan - Circling, "Because you sold us out. Why ?"
Abraxas - "You even sold out God. Why ?"
Morgan - "Your people."
Abraxas - "Your order."
Morgan - Disdainfully, "So why merlin why ?"
Merlin - Laughing quietly, "Why ... why, why, why ... why not ?"
A shot.
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In the asylum ~
Germain takes blood with a heavy syringe from the dead witness, while the guards look at each other and away, cotton in their ears.
Germain - Motioning to his ears, after they remove the cotton, "Thank you gentlemen." He holds up four tickets, "Lifetimers to the Globe ?"
They each snatch two, and Germain walks. "Died from his wounds !"
Guard - "Yes sir, he came in pretty bad off."
They pick up the body up to carry him to the slide, tossing him down to the pit in a puff of limestone powder.
Other guard - Looking down to the pit, "That he did."
They look at each other and laugh, walking away.
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('Embers and Ashes' by Pain Teens)
The
witness wakes in a calm afternoon field, grabbing at the dirt around
him. His head is in Morgan's lap. She's dressed in a white flowing
gown, hair up, smiling down at him.
Morgan - "Shh ... it's okay. Eat this." She puts a leaf in his open mouth and closes it, smiling with a nod. She sits him up and pulls a cup from the grass. "You're thirsty. Drink this. It's water."
He stutters to thank her before she puts her finger to his lips.
Morgan - "Shhh ... drink."
He nods and drinks.
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Thunder outside the cave ~
The two Morgans meet at the entrance to the cave.
Historical - Handing back the gun-blade, "Worked."
Mythical - "And ?"
Historical - Smiles and pulls a sack from her back, removing the demon's head, then replaces it, handing it over. "We're done then."
Mythical - Looking at the head, "Probably for the best. It's your world now."
She hands her back the book.
Historical - Looking into the woods where the crows fly away into the distance, standing alone and holding the book close, "I know."
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Miranda - Looking at the keeper smiling, turning the page, "History or myth ?"
The keeper stares.
Miranda - "Please ?"
Keeper - "... history."
Miranda smiles.
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The music returns as Morgan and the witness walk through the quiet forest.
Morgan - Looking back smiling, "I didn't always hate your kind. I may not hate forever. But I do." She stops and turns to the disturbed man, taking his chin in her hand gently smiling, "You see there's white. And there's men. And they're both you."
He nods lost in his mind as she turns walking again following.
Morgan - "And these days ..." smiling back as she walks, "that's the devil."
They pause at a crook in a path on the hill. They can see the fallen fort between the trees.
Morgan - "Do you remember ?"
He nods in horror staring at the destruction.
Morgan - "Do you know why ?"
He looks at her shaking his head.
Morgan - Looks at him kindly, "I was afraid of that. Here. Eat this."
She puts a leaf in his mouth as a tear rolls down his cheek.
Morgan - "It's okay. Drink." She puts a cup in his hand as he stares at her, eyes empty, "It's okay."
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Keeper - "... why ?"
Miranda - "Why ?"
Keeper - Clears her throat, "Why did she destroy that man ?"
...
Miranda - "Listen to the wind ..."
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Music returns, they stand on a hill overlooking Roanoke island, a perfect breeze. She looks smiling to the side at him.
Morgan - "This hill were standing on ?" She looks back to the island. "It's where your soldiers buried the dead." She looks at him, "Like you."
He starts to shake his head.
Morgan - Pulling him close, holding him as he weeps, "Oh no no, it's okay." She pets his hair, "It's okay. Everything dies eventually. Here. Eat this." She puts a leaf in his mouth and hand him a cup smiling as tears stream from his eyes, "It's okay. It's all better now. Drink this."
He drinks staring and slowing his inhales.
Morgan - "You see ? Everything dies." She looks back to the island, "Do you remember signing the order ?"
He shakes his head in a twitch.
She smiles and reaches into her hair, pulling his signet ring from a strand, putting it on his engagement finger. "Do you remember now ?"
He nods slowly.
She smiles.
Morgan - "And do you remember what else you did ?"
Tears stream and he nods, fighting it.
Morgan - She walks extending her hand, "I have something for you. It's behind this tree."
He follows, broken and stumbling, taking her hand.
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Keeper - "... why are you here ?"
Miranda - Closes the book and sets it next to her bed, kissing the keeper's forehead. "Because no matter what you've done, you're all alone and that makes me sad." She moves to the window. "I think you're more alone than anyone in the world."
Keeper - Calling quickly, "Is she using me ? Like the bad man ? Are you ?"
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Morgans voice ~ "Remember who was there. And when the moon comes out, just remember. You're already dead."
The sound of sobbing, a leaf and a drink.
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Miranda - Stopping to look at her, her leg on the window sill for a leap, "I don't know what Morgan intends." Eyes glowing, "but I swear to you on my mother's tale that I will not." She leaps, a splash.
The Keeper looks at the book, afraid.
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Shakespeare - In Elizabeth's court, all staring at Walter with quills at readiness, "That was no angel ! It was just a poisonous pirate in a pretty dress ... obviously ..."
Agreement from the room.
Elizabeth - "Indeed. After the ... 'mer-maid' ..."
Germain - "Unimpressed !"
Elizabeth - "You see ? You really must do better."
Dee - "Get to the angel !"
The room agrees.
Walter - "... oh ... well there was an angel ! A glorious angel, her beauty ..."
The room groans.
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A knock at Morgan's cabin door (historical) ~
Morgan - Behind a dressing screen, flopping the white dress over the edge, "What."
Mambathu opens the door, entering, "Is he in place ?"
Morgan - "He is. We leave in the dawning moon."
Mambathu - "I'll be sure the readiness." He pauses, then moves to leave.
Morgan - Pulling gear from from the screen, "Ask."
Mambathu - "We were wondering. So you never used the book, understandable. Temptation and madness. And then you give it away freely ... again wise." With a laugh, "Particularly when one has a mermaid on hand !"
Morgan - Exiting the curtain dressed for the deck, smiling, "Sure !"
Mambathu - "We don't believe you got nothing for it. We know you better."
Morgan - Sits in he chair, motioning with her eyes to the raw wooden bookshelf behind her, as always filled with volumes. "Do you ?"
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Andromeda - In their airship cabin, "Show me."
Morgan turns the chair and unlocks the cabinet, with glass over brass mesh protecting the books. "Have a look."
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Mambathu - Picks up a manuscript, then another comparing. Laughing ... "How long were you transcribing ?"
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Andromeda opens a book to see it's box bound to hold loose pages, she looks at the top manuscript.
Andromeda - "... Shakespeare ?"
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Shakespeare in Elizabeth's court clears his throat nervously writing while Elizabeth giggles at part of the tale.
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Shakespeare, years older, exits a pub into the rain getting stuck in the door with another man, then stumbling his way. He looks annoyed after the other, then drunken surprise at the woman in front of him.
The bullet shop girl, in rainy tears and panic.
BSG - "Please sir ! You must help me, please ! I know who you are and I know you're a fancy man, and I'm just a foolish girl ... but please ! It's like a baby to me. Please !"
She plops kneeling in the puddle at his feet, head low and holding a manuscript high.
BSG - "Please will you read my script ?"
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A cork pops at her wedding to Lieu Hanh with cheers.
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Andromeda giggles.
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Shakespeare - Reading the manuscript, "Yes yes ... oh ... oh ! These are good ideas ..." He clears his throat, tucking into his pocket. He looks at her hopeful face. "It's ... not bad ! Not bad. Needs work. I'll see you're compensated of course ... what's your name ?"
BSG - "Virginia sir. Virginia Dare, and thank sir, thank you. Come find me at the abbey."
She kisses his hands until he pulls them away uncomfortably.
Virginia - Calling after as he walks, "And bless you sir, God bless you always !"
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Mambathu giggles.
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Shakespeare looks at his ringless fingers and pats his empty pockets angrily looking back where she can no longer be found, "! Harlot !"
Her cackling giggle echoes from unknown alleys.
Morgan - Voiced over, "A very long time, but it wasn't just me."
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Andromeda - Piling volumes on the desk and comparing them, "But ... these don't compare with each other ... they're all wrong. You know that."
Morgan - Smiling from her chair, feet up on the desk, "I do."
Andromeda - Staring ... "You're inverting false fields of information with true points ... you've been navigating."
Morgan - Plopping her feet down and leaning forward smiling, "Through history ..."
Andromeda - Leaning forward, smiling wickedly, "Using ... tales."
She kisses her.
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Walter - "Her glorious light ... shone from the Heavens !"
Elizabeth - While the roam complains, "Oh you must stop ... just ... continue the tale."
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Andromeda - Pulling back, "You're still smug."
Morgan - "Like you said, they all have something true ..." A kiss ... "something here" ... "something there"
...
Andromeda - "So if you know how to put them together just right ..."
Morgan - "You get ..."
Andromeda - "A Book of Names."
They look out the window at the high moon.
Andromeda - "That's so fucking sexy."
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The full moon dawns over Roanoke, casual wanderers enter the tavern. And inside a shop called 'Virginia Ball and Musket'.
Eleanor Dare holds a baby, digging behind the counter as a man heads for the front door.
Ananias Dare - "I'm off to the fun times ... " He leans into the baby as the baby pulls away, "You be good for mamma, daddy be back later."
He kisses Eleanor's cheek as she grimaces,
Ananias - "And then momma's gonna be good for daddy."
He slams the door on his way out.
Eleanor - "Virginia, that's not your daddy."
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On the burial hill Miranda wipes at the dirt, finding bone. She sighs and looks up, hearing the shots across the distance, seeing the lighthouse flashing it's signals. She hugs the book.
Miranda - "Mother ..."
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Eleanor, holding Virginia, pulls the coffer and guns from under the counter, pocketing the money and loading the ammunition, filling her belt. Virginia reaches over and starts grabbing for a pistol, getting her hand slapped, the pistol put to Eleanor's belt as she looks out the window at the rising moon.
Eleanor - With concern, "Ohh Virginia, it's time to go now."
She packs the last and heads for the back door.
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Miranda - Holding the book close before opening it, "I think I have to say your name now."
('Shut 'Em Down' by Public Enemy)
The
witness stumbles into town from the end of the street, laden with guns
taken from the fort. A brace of six across his chest, more on his
back and packed into many belts. Muskets hang from his shoulders and down his elbowed arms dragging with his
feet, stumbling under the weight.
All around cloaks throw rope, climb rooftops low with bows prepped sideways in wait.
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Lit by the back of the moon, Eleanor tiptoes through the woods to a canoe, still carrying Virginia and her own many guns.
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The witness slams the tavern door open as the room falls silent looking.
Witness - Looking around the room, he pulls a pistol and points it at Ananias, "You were there ..."
He shoots.
One after the other as many rise then die, "You were There !" Over and over. He takes some shots stumbling and shaking his head, "Already dead ... ! You were There !", dropping each gun after fired and pulling the next.
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Men fill the streets with arms preparing, each after the other dropped by a wave of Powhatan arrows from the rooftops. Families watch from windows, some satisfied, some saddened, some terrified.
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"! You were There !"
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The watch from a British man-of-war spots a the distant light and calls to crew, alarming the nearby sister ship.
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A light fills the street to Miranda's chanting screams, archers and families staring, climbing down, walking out and toward.
Miranda ends with a scream to the sky and closes the book as light explodes from the streets, lifting the boards and wares behind the exiting people to watch.
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"! You were There !"
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The approaching pair of man-of-wars sights what appears to be a rowed barge. long and wide with empty deck and no sail, black with thick plating.
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The angel angrily pulls the wood from the buildings into a ball over them as she hovers, guiding the tearing and thrashing, slapping hard together with her movements in her arms and angry dance.
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"! You Were THERE !" to the last, some still hide and peer, but he's uninterested as he leaves, the tavern flaying apart from the roof.
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As the naval craft flank the barge on both sides to investigate, it sprays and showers them with thick oil. Hatches flip open and flaming cocktails fly, igniting the naval ships as they pass low for cannon.
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Morgan's fleet turns the bend from behind the island, pulling alongside each other as they shower the navy vessels with chain-shot, destroying masts, next past the first, over the barge passing.
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Aboard the navy, cannon powders begin igniting, while the fleet shows it's sides and fires into the side of the first, then through to the second, the barge paddling away from between and toward the fleet, circling the wreckage to join them on way to the Roanoke docks.
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Eleanor and Virginia watch from the docks in awe of the destruction, oblivious to the light behind them. Virginia pulls a tiny pistol from Eleanor's cleavage and gets her hand slapped.
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The angel throws the boat far crushes the wreckage together and into a boat, then throws it to sea in a rage of frustration, spinning to nothingness before an explosion knocks the watching crowd back.
The silent people then see Miranda holding the book, the buildings gone but foundation and rubble.
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Eleanor and Virginia watch the boat fly over ...
At the docks and sea they watch the boat fly over ...
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The witness stands in the street with two empty guns smoking, sees Miranda approaching in the cleared town filled only with glaze eyed families.
Holding the book she walks up to him peering curiously, but cruelly.
Witness - Falls to his knees. "Already dead."
Miranda - Crouches and looks cruelly into his eyes. She hisses, "Yes. You are."
She leaps far to the trees, through and toward the docks.
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Elizabeth and the court stare at Walter, then look around between each other.
Shakespeare - "... and what was that angel's name again ?"
Dee - "Sounds like Ariel to me ..."
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The keeper sits up in bed scared as Miranda closes the book.
Keeper - "... but ... you left him broken. The bad man."
Miranda - Smiles, "I did. A long time ago. But I think I would again."
She sets the book on the stand and hugs the keeper, to some apprehension, and then looks at her.
Miranda - "If you feel like you've really got to hurt something, I understand." She kisses her forehead, "Just try to hurt something really bad. Okay ?"
Keeper - Staring, then a slow smile ... "okay."
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! The End !
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After credit ~
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Xquic and Lieu Hanh walk into a marketplace shop called 'The Meandering Bookstore".
Down the isles books hop and jump on the shelves, some flopping open to be read, others growling. They reach the counter.
Xquic - "We need another 'Bulfinch'."
Lieu Hanh - "The new gunner doesn't know anything yet."
Miranda - "Just got another crate."
She pries open the crate hard with a crowbar then tosses them a copy over her shoulder.
Xquic - Catching, "Thanks !" They start to leave.
Miranda - "Your captain still owes me !"
Lieu Hanh - "We'll remind her again !"
Miranda - "Thank you !"
The door slams.
~ historical note scrolled as she returns to work ~
When
asked what had happened by the next colonials, the regional Chief Powhatan, father of
Matoaka, known to the west as 'Pocahontas', told them they were very bad men so they killed them
all, and then asked if they'd like their stuff back.
True story.
