Act 3, Scene 1: Not Kidnapping the Queen

• Setting: The road behind Illyan's house. It's dark. Illyan is waiting in his truck, the head and tail lights are on. A tarp is covering the loading space of the truck. A lantern dangling from a pole dimly lights the scene. A stiff wind is blowing, making the tarp flutter and the lantern dangle back and forth.
• Stage setup: In the act break, prepare the new filter for the backlight for 3-2.
• Backdrop: the road behind Illyan's house at night
• Big scene elements (2nd rail):
  • Illyan's truck
  • a lantern from a pole
• On playrail: Nothing.
• Props:
  • big animal net
  • tranquilizer blowtube with darts for soldier 2
  • machine pistol of soldier 2
  • machine gun of soldier 3
  • pistol of soldier 1
  • pistol of Illyan
• Special effects:
  • tarp fluttering in the wind (Mesuri)
  • Ortha rips off the tarp (Mesuri)
  • gunshots
  • tranq dart shot, getting stuck in Ortha's fur (2x) (Mesuri)
  • Ortha getting tangled up in the net (Mesuri)
  • puff of smoke as the truck departs (Luno)
  • BATTLE COORDINATEOR (Zefiro)
• PreRec: Soldiers (?)
• Puppets: Ortha (Tani, o'wolf, Estragon, Lee Taiger, Lynard), Florence (Pan, Liam), Cal (Eisfuchs, Tigerseye), Will (Curry, Haku, "Pine Nuts"), Jack (Runo, "Whisperwind"), Sly (Runo, "Derpy Coon"), Illyan (Lynard, Kayjay, "Ironwill"), Soldier 1 (Hai, "Void"), Soldier 2 (Nex, "Sparky"), Soldier 3 (Luno, Jyanon, "Elder Raindancer")

TECH PREROLL

LX 0099 - Work Light OFF (Static Playbacks)

LX 3100 - STANDBY for GO: DBO with dim blue reading light (link to LX 0002)

Check Levels
Unmute Desk

Pan: ON
Eisfuchs: ON
Lynard: ON
Curry: ON
Tani: ON
Telepathic FX: ON

DIALOG

Curtain - open

AMB-0901 - Outside at Night

LX 3210 - Lights on

Will, Sly, Jack, Cal, Florence and Ortha enter from [7]

Will whistles

SND-0901 - Whistle
MUS-0901 - Cue 1

SND-0901 (cont.) - Open Driver Door

Illyan gets out of the car

Florence links to Ortha, Cal links to Florence

Illyan: "Good evening everyone! Are we ready to go?"

Florence: "I'd like to go through the steps again one more time before we start."

Ortha: "Yes, that's a good idea. I don't have a very good feeling about this."

Will: "Alright. So this is the plan. Correct me if I'm wrong, Illyan. Florence, Cal and Ortha get on the back of the truck, and Illyan drives into the city."

Illyan: "Check."

Will: "Illyan stops at the north end of the park, behind the hedge."

Illyan: "Check."

Will: "A few minutes before midnight, Ortha flies northeast, over the palace wall, and goes in circles until she sees the Queen in the palace garden."

Illyan: "Yes, correct".

Will: "Ortha swoops down, grabs the Queen, and brings her back to the car, where Cal and Florence are going to take care of her. Illyan then drives everyone back here."

Illyan: "Yup."

Will: "We then have about an hour or two before the Queen's absence will be noticed."

Cal: "Which means if we don't manage to bring her back until then, we're fucked six ways to Sunday."

Ortha: "Oh, that's a new one."

Florence: "Okay, Ortha, ready to go now?"

Ortha: "I'm a bit worried about the wind - spot landings are tricky with heavy crosswinds. Even for me. But I'll make do."

Florence: "Then let's get on the truck."

Illyan gets into the driver seat

Ortha reluctantly walks towards the back of the truck, Cal and Florence follow along.

Ortha stops.

MUS-0902 - Cue 2

Cal: "What is it?"

Ortha: "I really don't like small enclosed spaces. I've been in a cage for too long."

Cal: "We'll be by your side the whole time. Relax. There's nothing to worry about."

Ortha: "If you say so …"

MUS-0903 - Cue 3

Ortha carefully sniffs the back of the truck

Ortha: "Wait … something doesn't smell right … GET BEHIND ME! IT'S A TRAP! QUICK!"

Florence and Cal dive for cover behind Ortha

————————- BATTLE PHASE 1 ————————-

Ortha grabs the tarp, and rips it off the back of the truck in one swift motion and …

SND-0902 - Ripping Cloth
MUS-0904 - Cue 4

… reveals Soldier 1-3 standing next to each other. Soldier 1 is carrying a net, Soldier 2 is carrying a tranquilizer blowtube, Soldier 3 carries a machine gun

Soldier 3 whips up his gun and fires a salve into the party

PRE-0801 - DEATH SCREAMS

Will is hit and drops down

Sly dies

Jack dies

Curry: OFF

Cal: "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!"

Soldier 1 throws the net at Ortha, and gets her half-assedly tangled up in it.

Soldier 2 shoots a tranq dart at Ortha and hits her. It gets stuck in her fur.

————————- BATTLE PHASE 2 ————————-

Ortha tries to get the net off herself

Soldier 3 leans over the edge of the truck, trying to shoot at Cal and Florence

Soldier 3 fires a few single shots

Illyan: "Don't shoot … we need her alive!"

Ortha gets rid of the net, and jumps onto the truck bed.

SND-0903 - Tortured Truck
PRE-0902 - Soldier 1, 2: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Soldier 1, 2 jump off the truck and take cover on the front side of the truck

Soldier 3 is frozen in place

Soldier 3: "*whine*"

Soldier 3 shoots two more times

Ortha is thrown back by the impact of the hits

Illyan: "I said don't shoot at her!"

Ortha lunges at Soldier 3

PRE-0903 - Soldier3: "Yeeeeeaaaaaaargh!"

SND-0904 - Crack

Ortha breaks his neck, then throws him over board towards level 1.

SND-0905 - Bodyfall

————————- BATTLE PHASE 3 ————————-

Ortha jumps forward, and tries to get at Illyan inside the driver cabin.

Ortha bites the drivers cabin

SND-0906 - Metal Crash

Ortha shakes the drivers cabin

SND-0907 - Metal Rattle

Ortha smashes the window trying to reach inside.

SND-0908 - Glass Break

Illyan fights back (interaction between Ortha and Illyan continues in background. Improvise!)

Cal leaves his cover, and runs forward

Cal grabs the machine gun from the dead soldier 3

Illyan: "The bloody tranquilizer is not working! In god's name, DO SOMETHING!"

Cal runs back to take cover

————————- BATTLE PHASE 4 ————————-

Soldier 1 draws a pistol

Soldier 2 gets his tranquilizer blowtube ready

Soldier 1 and 2 leave cover, walking along the side of the truck, while Solder 1 shoots at them at the back of the truck, covering Soldier 2

Cal blindly shoots around the corner

Soldier 1 and 2 stop, Soldier 2 points his tranquilizer blowtube at Ortha, shoots, and hits

They move back.

Ortha stumbles and her attacks become sluggish

Cal shoots one more time

Soldier 1 dies

Soldier 1: "Aaaaaaaaaargh!"

Cal shoots more until he's out of ammo

Soldier 2 dives back into cover

————————- BATTLE PHASE 5 ————————-

Cal: "Fuck! I'm out of ammo!"

Florence: "Why didn't you shoot the tires?"

Cal: "BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD BE DEAD NOW!"

Ortha sways from side to side

Ortha collapses on the back of the truck, slumped partly over the driver's cabin

SND-0909 - Crash

MUS-0905 - Cue 5 (Rythm!)

Florence: "No, Ortha, don't give in! You have to get off the truck, now! Come on!"

SND-0909 (cont.) - Motor Starts

Ortha: "They … I think they poisoned me … I can't … move my legs any more …"

Cal: "NO! ORTHA!"

Cal completely loses his shit

Cal tries to pull her off the truck by her tail (she doesn't move, she's way too heavy)

Cal (crying) "Noooohooohoooo! Florence, help me pull!"

Florence pulls

Cal cries in desperation

Florence: "Forget it, she's way to heavy!"

Ortha: "Run … you fools …"

MUS-0906 - Cue 6 (Rythm!)

Soldier 2 throws away the tranquilizer blowtube, and produces a machine pistol

Ortha goes limp, and her eyes close

Cal: "No, Ortha, I'm not going to let you go … never!"

Tani: OFF

Telepathic FX: OFF

————————- BATTLE PHASE 6 ————————-

Cal frantically pulls at her tail, to no avail

Illyan shoots out of the window

Soldier 2 climbs on the back of the truck from behind level 2

Florence: "Cal, this is our last chance to run!"

Cal (crying): "Nohooohooooo!"

Florence punches Cal in the face

Florence: "RUN YOU IDIOT"

Cal: "Wahahahaaaa!"

Florence runs, leaving to [7]

Cal runs, leaving to [7]

Soldier 2 shoots a machine gun salve after them, but misses

Soldier 2 bangs on top of the driver's cabin three times

SND-0910 - Knock Knock Knock

PRE-0905 - Soldier2: "Hit it!"

Illyan puts the pedal to the metal

Huge puff of smoke from the rear

SND-0911 - Motor Revs Up, Tires skidding
SND-0909 - FADE
AMB-0901 FADE

LX 3199 - Lights out

SND-0910 (cont.) - Sound of truck disappearing into the night.

Fade Ambience, SFX and Music with LX 3199

Curtain - close

Mute all but Video

LX 0099 - Work Light ON (Static Playbacks)