Wednesday, January 30, 2019

~ The Rough Storybook ~

~ epilogue ~
Persephone and Saffron hold each other tightly after a long and relieved kiss at the front door of the manor. Saffron sighs and smiles, allowing no tears for now.

Saffron - "So ... where's the motorcycle ?"

Persephone - Looking down with a smile, "I thought I might let you drive for a little while ..."

Saffron - "Oh thank God I was afraid I was going to throw up on you all the time."

Persephone - Rolling her eyes, "I hate it when you talk about that guy."

Saffron - "Oh thank Hera whatever. Do I get to pick the car ?"

Persephone - "Of course you do ! Provided it can carry enough gold."
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The trunk of a '47 Fleetline is closed. Doors slam shut, the engine purrs out the cold wrought gates and soon they're stopped at the crossroads.
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Saffron - Shouting over the fall wind through open windows. "Hey sleepy face ! Which way do you want to go ?"

Persephone - Stirs from a half nap and sits up with a stretch, extending her arm out the window to feel. "Mmm ... you choose ...", she answers dreamily.

Saffron - "South it is !"

Persephone - Watching Saffron's profile as she minds the oncoming traffic and works the gears onto the highway, "You know ..." She reaches over to twirl her finger in a wisp of her hair, fluttering in the wind "I think you might be a very bad influence on me."

Saffron - Smiles wide under her big sunglasses. "Yeah !"
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Pipsiveya's voice as they drive down the dusty road, "So it's true. The fates Have become wilful. There was no trial at all."

The maiden is sitting alone among the rubble of the tower as the feet approach her. Michael and Lucifer behind Pipsiveya's.

Amazon's and Gargareans gather in the field around, angels in the sky.

Pipsiveya - "If anyone's guilty, it's you."

The Maiden - She looks across the cratered field smiling, eyes glowing blind, "But there was a trial. It was the twilight of the gods."

Her view fades into modern Har-Megiddo and it's ruins, clear of anything interesting. It's actually quite boring with a road and a field next to a small ruin on a hill, cars driving down the road.
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An old tube television, wallpaper grimy with years of smoke and 'radiation shadow' behind, showing the news :

News-human - "A new terrorist organization calling itself 'Persephone' has appeared, causing the destruction of several monuments all over Europe last night, leaving archaeologists in mourning."

Shots of destroyed monuments and archaeologists crying.

News-human - "This statement was found painted on the debris from many of these treasures along with several obscenities - 'These are the gods which chained a goddess and fallen before Persephone.'"
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Persephone screams her rage to the skies that night, spray paint in both raised hands, "! Motherfuckers !"
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("Bad Penny" by Big Black)
 
 
News-human - "Authorities had this to say."

Authority - With annoyance, "First, we don't 'know' that this can be classified as a 'terrorist organization'.  All we 'know' is that several monuments were destroyed at approximately the same time, and that apparently there were no injuries reported.  Now Get out of here !"

He pushes the camera away, covering the lens.

! Credits !
Actors named by their walking feet after battle, dead or alive.
The bus driver is 'The Bus Driver'
The keeper is 'The Keeper'

Including Goremouse
The rest as obvious 
 
(at the break in music) 
 
A still photo of nameless in his original suit and hat, looking angrily over his cane through the mid-song monologue, framed closer then closer again.
 
Nemesis is doing hard dance above the army for her credit,
Apex shown watching her from behind with his helmet at the side.
 
'The uncountably large army' as 'itself'

! Studio Credits !
 
(matching her movements perfectly through the list)
...
(the song ends)

Nemesis with Apex, looking over their army.

Nemesis - Wearing random pieces of his armor. "So what are these guys actually for, anyway ?"

Apex - Looks at her and smiles, then thrusts up his fists proudly into the air.

"! Hoo ! Hoo ! Hooahhhh !"


! Boring Credits !
...

End with nameless cane twirling slowly through space, then grabbed by an astronaut.  Nemesis - Voiced over, "Wait What ?!"