SHADOW RUN
KEVIN
Slow dooowwnnn.
ORA
Hey, I said if you could stay on
your feet you could ride the horse.
KEVIN
But It hurrrrttss. My bones and my
leg and also my arms.
ORA
Learn to fight better and you’ll
feel better.
KEVIN
Look, I’m doing my best!! Just take
It easy on me, will you? I...I’m...
I’m just, I’m not used to physical
combat. Just, you know, physical
labor.
ORA
Yeah... The Terra were’t used to It
either I bet...
KEVIN
We did what...
ORA
I know, we did what we could. You
have been saying that for days.
KEVIN
It was not our fight in the
first...
ORA
How can you say that?
KEVIN
They kidnapped us! We should never
have been there! That... That
Natura was huge, It was one of the
biggest I’v have ever seen.
ORA
(sarcastic)
Oh yeah, you’ve seen a lot of them
have you?
KEVIN
Hey! I stayed. I helped.
ORA
I know... but stop saying its not
our fight. Its everyones fight.
KEVIN
Ugh! You should just...
ORA
What??? What?!!
KEVIN
I don’t know... Never mind.
ORA
I just don’t like that we just
left. I hope the rest are okay.
KEVIN
Yeah me to... Me too. So... now
will you take It easy on me
training???
ORA
NO!
KEVIN
Why not!!!
ORA
You can’t just ask someone to stop
fighting in the middle of a fight!
KEVIN
They might be tired too.
ORA
Listen, if you learn nothing else
from your training please
understand this: when you ask your
opponent for things in the middle
of a fight to the death, it’s not
likely you’ll find common ground.
Generally, you resort to violence
because alternatives aren’t viable.
Come on girl.
KEVIN
I dunno. Some people are just mean.
The Vigiles never tried to find
common ground.
ORA
They’re paid to be violent.
KEVIN
No, they’re paid to hunt and kill
me.
ORA
Yeah...It does feel like they just
want to kill us all.
ORA (CONT'D)
And that’s why we’re teaching you
to fight.
KEVIN
Ugh.
ORA
You said yourself that you need to
learn!
KEVIN
I know. But I didn’t realize it’d
be this hard.
ORA
It’s not hard. You’re just bad at
It.
KEVIN
Hey, and that’s another thing.
Antagonizing me doesn’t make me
fight better.
ORA
In my experience, beating someone
in a fight makes them ashamed and
they just want to hide in a hole.
Antagonizing them while I do It
makes them want to win the next
time.
KEVIN
I’m not ashamed! I’m just not good!
ORA
That’s the way to go. Insist you
aren’t capable. I’m sure the
Vigiles will hear you out.
KEVIN
Hey, I didn’t say--
ORA
“Oh, please, please...kind, kind
mercenaries, don’t do violence to
me. I can’t defend myself, ‘I’m
just not as good.’”
KEVIN
Hey!
ORA
What? You want to hit me now?
KEVIN
Yeah, I really do!
How is this supposed to get my
confidence up?
ORA
It’s not. It’s supposed to make you
want to fight and, hey, would you
look at that? Looks like I know
what I’m doing and you should
listen to me.
KEVIN
I’m only listening to you because
you can fight. Once I’m better than
you, watch out.
ORA
It’s a deal.
ORA (CONT'D)
Alright, you can ride now.
KEVIN
Really? ‘Cause I, I think my leg is
going to fall off.
ORA
Sure, go on.
KEVIN
(Chuckles) I hate your staff by the
way.
ORA
Yeah Godrick did, too. Here, ill
give you a leg up.
KEVIN
How much farther is this place?
ORA
I don’t know. I’ve never been
there.
KEVIN
Oh.
Think it’s close?
ORA
(Groans)
SCENE BRAKE
KEVIN
Well, I have a feeling we found It.
ORA
What gave It away? The big wooden
door?
KEVIN
Okay, alright what? What is your
deal? You’ve been ... You’ve been
grumpy for hours.
ORA
I’m sorry, I’m just, I-I-I’m tired.
My mind keeps wandering and
picturing...Godrick...the
corrupted... All these terrible
things.
KEVIN
I get It. I’m sorry. Listen, we’ll
go inside, we’ll see about a hot
meal and...uhm...huh.
ORA
What?
KEVIN
Uh...How do we get inside?
ORA
Hello??
KEVIN
Hello?
ORA
HELLO??????
KEVIN
Anybody here?
TOWN GUARD
Who is that?
ORA
Who said that? Let us in!
TOWN GUARD
Not bloody likely. Look up!
KEVIN
Oh...Oh! Hi there! Sorry, we
did..uhh... we didn't know who you
were.
TOWN GUARD
(Spits) And I still don’t know who
you are.
ORA
Oh, umm...Ora.
TOWN GUARD
Don’t know you. The other one?
KEVIN
Uhh, Kevin...sir.
TOWN GUARD
Don’t know you either.
KEVIN
So? Can we come in?
TOWN GUARD
Why?
ORA
What do you mean “why?” ‘Cause it’s
almost night...and it’s dark at
night...and we can’t see in the
dark!
KEVIN
Ora...
TOWN GUARD
It’s going to be almost a full
moon, It won’t be that dark.
ORA
WHAT?! Are you kidding me?
TOWN GUARD
(Chuckles) I’m just sayin’ “the
dark is scary” is a piss-poor
reason to ask for entrance...
KEVIN
We don’t...We don’t want to make
trouble. We just have to deliver
something and we’ll be on our way.
Do you know the matriarch of the
Gregg family?
TOWN GUARD
I don’t. But, that is a much more
compelling argument. Come on in,
I’ll have the boys open the gate.
ORA
Really?
TOWN GUARD
Yeah, I mean, you’re clearly not
going to cause any more trouble
than is already here.
ORA
Oh...ummm...Thank you.
TOWN GUARD
No horses, though.
ORA
But, this is my horse.
TOWN GUARD
I hear you and, if I’m being
honest, I do not care.
KEVIN
What are we supposed to do with It
then?
TOWN GUARD
As It happens, my family operates a
stable just inside the gate. My
wife’ll look after your horse while
you’re in town.
KEVIN
Well, how lucky is that?
TOWN GUARD
For a reasonable fee.
KEVIN
Of course.
ORA
Look, we don’t have much money and
we’re a long way from home.
TOWN GUARD
Well, let’s see what you got. Just
wait there.
Babs! Got a horse for ya’!!
OPEN THE GATE!!
KEVIN
Ummm...hu...
TOWN GUARD
Babs!!
BABS
I HEARD YA’, you horse’s ass! If
you yell one more time, I’m going
to gut you in your sleep!
BABS (CONT'D)
Hello dears, looking for a place to
put your horse for the night?
ORA
Like we told...ummm...the... the
guard...
BABS
Guard, HA!
ORA
We don’t have much money.
BABS
OH, well, let’s seen then.
ORA
Here...
BABS
This’ll do. Your horse’ll be in
fine hands until you leave.
KEVIN
And I was worried we wouldn’t have
enough.
ORA
I figured we’d have just enough.
BABS
You’ll find your horse just down
there to the left when you’re ready
to leave.
ORA
Please take care of Spirit, miss...
BABS
Oh. Don’t you worry, dear. Name’s
Barbara, but everyone calls me Babs
What a creature. You ever think
about selling her?
ORA
Absolutely not!
BABS
We’d take good care of ‘er. This
isn’t the kind of animal you’d
eat...
KEVIN
Well-- If you really needed It...
ORA
No! You aren’t gonna’--
BABS
Beautiful horses aren’t usually the
delicious ones. Good looking horse
like this? She’d probably taste
terrible...
ORA
Can I trust you to not eat my
horse, Babs?
BABS
I just said all beautiful horses
taste terrible! What do you want
from me?!!! Although, I did dine on
a stallion once that was...mmm
ORA
Ya’ know what...
BABS
Hey!
ORA
I have a better idea.
BABS
What are you doing?!
ORA
Just a little insurance, Babs.
You can have these coins back when
we leave, if Spirit is taken care
of...very well.
BABS
Really...?
KEVIN
Ora...
ORA
So...do we have a deal?
BABS
(Laughs) You have a deal! You’re
gonna’ do just fine in this town,
even for someone so clean.
Oh and And don’t worry, I would
never eat a horse, dear. I’d sooner
eat a person! (Laughs)
TOWN GUARD
What’s going on down there?
BABS
OH SHUT UP AND KEEP TO YOUR OWN
BUSINESS, YOU PIG FART.
TOWN GUARD
I just wanted to shut the
gate...dear! If you would not mind
STEPPING INSIDE THE TOWN ALREADY!
BABS
LISTEN, YOU WEASLE’S ASS...Oh...Oh
we should probably do that. Sorry
kids, lovely chatting, but I want
to get your horse inside before
it’s too dark outside.
ORA
Babs, do you know the Gregg family?
There’s supposedly a woman with
that name in Shadow Run.
BABS
Hm...No, doesn’t ring a bell.
KEVIN
Are we even sure she lives here? Or
that she's still alive even?
ORA
Are you sure she doesn’t live here?
You see Babs, we have an important
family heirloom for her.
BABS
Well, I don’t know your Gregg, but
if anybody does, asking around the
Lord’s Throne pub would do the
trick.
KEVIN
Oh, that sounds nice!
BABS
It’s not.
KEVIN
Oh...
BABS
Oh, and watch out for whiskers!
ORA
Thank you.
TOWN GUARD
Ah-HEM!
Welcome to Shadow Run!
BABS AND TOWN GUARD
(Laugh)
ORA
Still think they have nice parks
here some place?
KEVIN
Not particularly. I’m starting to
think this is not the friendliest
place.
ORA
I have a feeling it’s going to get
worse before It gets better.
MUSIC
SCENE BRAKE
KEVIN
Hu! Well, this is a real...
ORA
Look out!
KEVIN
AAAAAH!!
BAR GOERS
(Laugh)
ORA
Hey, you Okay?
KEVIN
Yeah, yeah I’m fine.
ORA
I don’t think they actually wanted
to hit you, if that makes you feel
any better.
KEVIN
You know, It does not.
GARY
Oy! Hey Fearless, come here!
KEVIN
Let’s just hope someone in here
knows who we are looking for...
ORA
I’ll go talk to the bartender. You
ask around the tables.
KEVIN
What are you kidding?
CONRAD
Hey, hero!
KEVIN
You want me to just go strike up a
conversation?
CONRAD
Hey, clean boy, ya’ deaf?
KEVIN
What...?!? Me?!
CONRAD
Sorry about the bottle...It slipped
right out of Gary’s hand.
Right, fellas?!
BAR GOERS
(Laugh)
CONRAD
Hey, why don’t ya’ come over here
and let ‘im make It up to you!
KEVIN
This is a bad idea....
ORA
See? You’re making friends already.
Oof!
BAR PATRON
Hey, watch It!
ORA
Sorry, I was just trying to...
BAR PATRON
No one cares what you were trying
to do ...and no one cares if you
live or die.
ORA
Oof!...I...ummm...
Hello? Hello?
BARTENDER
Okay, hold on!
ORA
Where are...
BARTENDER
Okay, whaddaya want?
ORA
You’re...are you...?
BARTENDER
A gnome, yes. And impatient.
What...do...you...want?
ORA
Information.
(MORE)
BARTENDER
Never heard of It. Try Grog.
ORA
What? Hey! Get back here!
BARTENDER
Let me know when you need another!
SCENE TRANSITION
KEVIN
Can’t you just answer...?
CONRAD
We could...but we won’t...
BAR GOERS
(Laugh)
CONRAD
Gary here has been nice enough to
welcome you to his table and you
won’t even play with him?
KEVIN
I-I totally would, but I... You
know, but I hurt myself practicing
my moves. I got a little... Back
thing now.
GARY
Come on! Feats of strength, ya’
noodle-armed bastard. What? You
afraid to arm wrestle a 200-yearold
man?
BAR GOERS
(Laugh)
GARY
Look at him the little wimp.
KEVIN
I...I don’t think you’re really 200
years old, Gary!
GARY
Yer only as old as you feel...and
200 feels right. C’mon, give us a
go! I’ll tell you what you want to
know if ya’ win!
(to the crowd)
GARY (CONT'D)
Give the people what they want,
boy!
BAR GOERS
(Cher)
KEVIN
I’m not a boy!
BAR GOERS
Ooooooo
GARY
What’s the wager?
KEVIN
I- I don’t have any money.
GARY
So, don’t lose, then!
BAR GOERS
(laugh)
KEVIN
What?...Why do you want to arm
wrestle me? There are...so many
other people you could do this
with.
GARY
It’s a custom here at the Lord’s
Throne. New ones... wrestle the old
one! And...this is all I have.
KEVIN
I feel bad for you, if that’s true.
GARY
UGH!
KEVIN
Ouch!! Son of the...
CONRAD
Oh Gary, I think you jiggled his
brains loose with your ring.
KEVIN
Why? Why do you have such a big
ring?!
CONRAD
We all have ‘em.
(MORE)
CONRAD (CONT'D)
And they never come off...
GARY
...unless the hand does!
KEVIN
What...happened to your other hand?
GARY
UGH!
KEVIN
OW! Stop that!
GARY
Wouldn’t stick around here long if
I were you kid if you can’t handle
yourself. That was barely a tickle.
SCENE TRANSITION
ORA
Let’s...try this again. Have you
seen anybody, ANYONE with the name
Gregg?
BARTENDER
I see lotsa’ stuff.
ORA
I’m asking...
BARTENDER
(Belch)
ORA
OH! Oh... No...No (Cough)
I’m asking have you seen any Greggs
around here? Ugh. Do any Greggs
live here?
BARTENDER
Oh.
No.
ORA
You’ve been huge help.
BARTENDER
Ah, a short joke. Very funny.
You’re too clean.
BARTENDER (CONT'D)
What’re you doing alone? You got
some kind of virus or something’?
ORA
Ugh.
BAR GOERS
(Laugh)
KEVIN
Yeah, well...joke’s on you then!
Ora, that was a really bad idea.
ORA
What happened?
BARTENDER
To him? Well, he looks like he just
got his ass kicked by the old man.
KEVIN
Yeah, well he had a big ring!
And...I don’t think he’s as old as
he said he was so...that’s...
that’s something.
BARTENDER
No... It isn’t.
ORA
Shut up.
Did you learn anything?
KEVIN
No. An old-er...man slapped me when
I wouldn’t arm wrestle him.
ORA
Did you ask him whether he knew the
Greggs or not?
KEVIN
I tried, but he seemed dead set on
either arm wrestling me or beating
me senseless.
ORA
You should have tried some of what
we learned.
KEVIN
I...I felt bad for him? He says
he’s 200 years old.
ORA
Nobody’s that old.
GARY
WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME, HERO BOY?
YOU WANT TO HAVE A PIECE OF THIS?
ORA
Ugh!
GARY
Oof.
KEVIN
Ahh, okay. I see now. You just, you
just shove ‘em.
ORA
Unless you know the whereabouts of
the Gregg family, leave us the hell
alone, old man.
KEVIN
He does have a name, Ora.
ORA
Why would I care?
GARY
Because I know the Greggs...and I
think my leg’s broke now.
ORA
Oh, your leg’s fine. Where can I
find them? I have a family heirloom
I need to deliver. It was a dying
man’s wish.
GARY
(laughs)
Elizabeth doesn’t need any more
stuff.
KEVIN
That must be his aunt.
ORA
Does this ring any bells, old man?
GARY
Gary. I’m the one called Gary.
Yeah, that’s theirs, alright. Has
the Gregg family crest.
ORA
Finally. Thank you. Do you know
where we can find them?
GARY
I dunno. I haven’t been allowed
near Elizabeth since I tried to get
rid of her house.
KEVIN
Uhh..Gary, you’re just not making
sense. How do you get rid of a
house?
GARY
Elizabeth, how do I say this,
collects things. A lot of things.
For no particular reason. Just to
have ‘em.
KEVIN
Okay... well where is the house
you didn’t get rid of?
GARY
It’s by the back side of town. When
you think you have gone too far...
keep going. Then you’ll come to a
wooden shack...that’s not It. Keep
going a bit further, until...
ORA
I get It. We’ll figure It out.
Well, great, we’ve got something to
add to her collection. Right,
Kevin? Hey, Kevin...
GARY
What’s the matter, kid? Never seen
a prophecy before?
KEVIN
That’s not the prophecy.
ORA
You’re not reading are you? That’s
kind of a big ‘no-no’.
KEVIN
No, but it’s different than the one
you showed me. The lines.
They’re...longer.
GARY
(laugh)
That’s a genuine prophecy, you
noodle. What? You don’t believe
me??? Here I’ll arm wrestle to
prove It hahahahah ...
END OF EPISODE 5