FOR VOW AND CODE
KEVIN
You realize what this means?
ORA
It’s strange...it’s looks nothing
like the real prophecy.
CONRAD
(Laughing)
Oh, it’s doesn't?
KEVIN
Hey, listen, we didn’t mean to
badmouth this prophecy. It’s-It’s
probably really great. Because
obviously, I can’t, you know, just,
read It--
ORA
No, no. It’s different from the
true prophecy. This can’t be real.
CONRAD
By all means, go ahead and look for
wisdom nailed to the wall of a pisspoor
public house in the middle of
nowhere.
GARY
Piss off! I live here!
ORA
What’s It to you? I’m just passing
through and was curious
about...local customs and whatnot.
There’s nothing wrong with that.
CONRAD
No, nothing at all!
You think you’re The One?
ORA
What if I do?!
CONRAD
Well, then we are honored! And I
would like to buy you a drink!
BAR GOERS
(laugh)
ORA
Hey! Keep your money, I’m just
interested in the Prophecy.
CONRAD
Awww, thats too bad. I’ve been from
one side of this world to the other
and everybody who tries to tell me
about prophecies has been a
lunatic.
“But, this one will surely be the
one.”
BAR GOERS
(laugh)
KEVIN
Look friend, we aren’t looking for
trouble. We’re just here because It
got dark and...
CONRAD
Ugh!
KEVIN
Oof!
BAR GOERS
(laugh)
ORA
You ever seen that guy before?
KEVIN
Not that I can remember.
ORA
He acts like a Vigile.
KEVIN
I think he is one...I think they
all are. They all have the rings.
ORA
Can’t really say if these were the
ones I met before. They all dress
in black, and have the same
attitude problem. It’s hard to tell
them apart.
SCENE TRANSITION
CONRAD
See, this is why all that ‘Vigiles
code’ stuff is horse shit. Who are
we doing It for? That kid? Her?
Gary, the million-year-old Vigile??
BAR GOERS
(laugh)
CONRAD
Nobody cares. I’m not keeping to
some arbitrary set of rules just so
some asshole with power can feel
like a good person.
Old man...
GARY
(groans)
CONRAD
Here, let’s get him up.
DRINKING VIGLE
Right!
CONRAD
One, two, three...
Oh, looks like he’s waking up.
What’s that, Gary?
“Oi, ‘ello everybody! I’m some
dodgy relic from thousands of years
ago. Shadow Run is very exciting
and not at all a boring place full
of mud and piss.”
Well, Gary, like this piss pot of a
town, I’d say you’re full of shit!
Have a seat, old man!
SCENE TRANSITION
KEVIN
That doesn’t sound like the Gary I
know.
ORA
Nobody should be treated like that.
Shit eaters.
KEVIN
They look like they’ve been
drinking a while.
DRUNK VIGILE #1 (O.S.)
Conrad, you’re a riot!
BARTENDER
I like that they’re buying
stuff...but I don’t like them
saying mean things about Shadow
Run. I live here. So does Gary. Oh
but they just love screwing with
him cause he’s retired, although
Gary would never admit It. Honor
among Vigiles my ass.
ORA
You want us to kick ‘em out?
BARTENDER
How’s that gonna work?
ORA
You just leave that to us.
BARTENDER
Us? Your friend here? Listen...uh,
uh ... What was your name?
ORA
Ora.
BARTENDER
Sure... why not? Ora, no offense,
but the Vigiles’ entire existence
is traveling around and killing or
kidnapping people and sometimes
both.
ORA
How do you know that’s not what I
do?
BARTENDER
I don’t. But, I’m damn sure that’s
not what your friend here does.
KEVIN
Ooooh, a kitty! Hey, kitty. Come
here.
LEXI
(Hisses)
KEVIN
Ouch! Oh! Get away. What the hell?
Even cats are mean here.
BARTENDER
Yeah, watch out for Lexi, she’s a
mean one she’ll just...
ORA
He can handle himself. I’ve been
training him. Right, Kev?
KEVIN
What?
ORA
I can handle Conrad and the others
are probably drunk enough where you
won’t be in any real danger.
KEVIN
Look, I’d consider myself ‘in
training’ still. I am not ready for
this.
ORA
You’re as ready as you need to be.
Come on.
KEVIN
I really don’t think we need to do
this. We have a lead on where
Godrick’s aunt is. We’ve got a new
prophecy which, you know, is fun.
Why go looking for trouble?
ORA
Hm. You’re right.
KEVIN
See? Look, we got what we needed.
Let’s just--
ORA
You’re not ready. I’ll do It
myself.
KEVIN
Wait!
VORLAUF
Conrad!
CONRAD
Vorlauf. Sir. Please come join us
for a drink.
VORLAUF
Ugh!
CONRAD
‘Ey!
VORLAUF
Have you forgotten the code? A
Vigile protects those who need
protection. We defend this realm.
We do not gallivant. We are not
beasts. We provide a service.
CONRAD
All due respect Vorlauf, but we’re
mercenaries. We keep things the way
they are -- usually with violence --
for money.
LINUS
Wait, is that true?
VORLAUF
Absolutely not. If you weren’t prevows,
I’d make this man your first
test of might.
ANN
Conrad here is a special kind of
Vigile... the kind with one hand
too many.
CONRAD
Nice to see you too Ann, you going
to take It from me? I’m sure you’d
put It to good use.
HAL
Conrad, what about me? You leave
our group and you don’t even say
hello to me? That hurts... hurts me
where I live...
CONRAD
....Nope...don’t think I know
you...
HAL
Thats exactly what I said to you
last time.
CONRAD
Listen, Vorlauf. You need to ease
up a bit. I mean, take a look
around. Do you really care so much
about these people? So much that
you’d regularly risk life and limb
for a code? A code that does
NOTHING to protect you. Don’t
pretend like you’re not in this for
the same reasons the rest of us
are.
VORLAUF
I chose this life because I believe
in the code. Somebody needs to
defend--
CONRAD
...your ability to make a bunch of
money. Yes, I agree. We all agree
the code of ‘I need money to live
so I’m going to make a lot of it’
is important.
BAR VIGLES
(Cheer)
CONRAD
Glad we could defuse this. You
really seemed upset when you walked
in here.
LINUS
Sir, if It helps, I believe you.
CONRAD
(Laughs)
BAR VIGLES
Boo
CONRAD
Oh yes. I used to as well...then I
got smart.
ANN
It’s funny how the people who claim
to be smart never show It.
VORLAUF
This - this is why people feel the
way they do about Vigiles. This
selfish attitude. It’s disgusting.
SCENE TRANSITION
BARTENDER
Pssst. Hey. Ori. Wa ha, ha. You
been starin’ at that guy quite
intensely It seems like.
KEVIN
Right? Ora, that guy looks like
he’s pissed. What are you doing?
It.
ORA
What? Oh... think I’ve seen that
guy. I mean I know his voice.
I’m... I’m just trying to see his
face...It’s just weird because I’ve
never been to Shadow Run before.
BARTENDER
It’s not that surprising. And
seeing his face may not be that
helpful. People call Shadow Run
“The Bog Of Faces”. It’s because
people here tend to be incredibly
forgettable. Take me for instance.
Go ahead. Take this in.
KEVIN
It’s uncanny!
BARTENDER
See? What stands out about what
I’ve got going on here? Nothing.
Just another muscle-bound, one-eyed
Gnome missing half his teeth...
Just another face from the bog.
You’ll forget you ever met me as
soon as you meet someone else.
ORA
What does that have to do with that
guy?
BARTENDER
It means he’s probably not from
around here.
KEVIN
(laughs)
You know, I’ve kinda come around on
you, barkeep. You’re alright.
(MORE)
The bartender shrugs.
BARTENDER
That’s nice of you to say. You
gonna stick around the ol’ Bog of
Faces a while?
KEVIN
Oh no... No no no no.
SCENE TRANSITION
VORLAUF
You’ve broken the code more times
than I can count. And that’s just
since I got here!
CONRAD
Ha!
VORLAUF
Time to settle the bill, Conrad.
CONRAD
I’m not going anywhere. I haven’t
finished my drink.
For Vow and Code!
VIGILES
FOR VOW AND CODE!! (Laughs)
CONRAD
See...it’s you, your two idiots and
your wet-behind-the-ears, idealist
Pre, who, according to the “code,”
ain’t allowed to do anything to
me...
...vs. a table of veterans who
understand how the world works.
VIGLES
(Cheer)
CONRAD
That little one over there? She saw
the prophecy on the wall and she
seemed to think that she was having
a bloody revelation. Think about
that. She saw something on the wall
of the Lord’s Throne and thought...
“Of course! The truth! I understand
now!”
CONRAD (CONT'D)
Tell me again why we’re supposed to
protect people like that from
Magic, instead of locking them up
someplace dark and damp so nobody
else gets crazy all over them?
BAR GOERS
(Cheer)
CONRAD
What’s more dangerous? Magic or
stupid?
VORLAUF
I’m far more concerned about the
danger of having a pile of garbage
like you wondering the countryside
and giving the Vigiles a poor
reputation.
SCENE TRANSITION
ORA
That’s... That’s him. He’s the one.
KEVIN
What one?
ORA
I don’t like the way he’s looking
at me.
KEVIN
I think maybe we should go.
SCENE TRANSITION
VORLAUF
Did that girl over there say where
she was from?
CONRAD
Ask her yourself. You’re the man of
the people, after all...
LINUS
That’s enough!
CONRAD
Found your voice, have you, Pre?
You’re following a nearly extinct
breed, might be the last of his
kind...although he would like you
think that we are the minority.
Your ‘ethical’ sponsor here thinks
he should take us in and reprimand
us. Little slap on the wrist for
not checking every bullshit
bureaucratic box when we do our
jobs. Remember, It does not matter
what I do... the code says, a pre
can’t draw his sword. So you’re
gonna help him to slap my wrists??
LINUS
Uh-uh...ummm....
ANN
Actually, I’m his sponsor.
CONRAD
Ho ho! S’that so? So you’re here as
a bodyguard and a baby sitter?
ANN
And pest controller.
CONRAD
So you’re here to fulfill your
contract...
VORLAUF
That’s right. One way or the other,
I won’t allow you to continue
sullying the code I’ve dedicated my
life to.
CONRAD
Then. Make. Me.
*Fight *
DRUNK VIGIL
HA, my turn!
HAL
Not So fast! Sleep tight friend.
Watch yourself Vorlauf.
VORLAUF
Another one??
CONRAD
Bloody Pre bastard!!
ANN
Hey snot-brain!
You’re mine, you piss poor...
DRUNK VIGILE #2
Take that, ya’ plague Sore!
ANN
Ahhhhh!
HAL
Not smart, friend.
SCENE TRANSITION
BARTENDER
Thats my cue.
ORA
Wait! Where are you going?! This is
your bar!!
BARTENDER (O.S.)
(yelling)
PLEASE LEAVE AND PAY YOUR TABS WHEN
YOU’RE FINISHED. THANK YOU FOR
COMING TO LORD’S THRONE.
KEVIN
Ora! Let’s go!
ORA
This is my chance. I can avenge
Godrick.
KEVIN
Godrick? There’s too many of them!
Come on. Let’s go!
ORA
I’m going in!
VORLAUF
You! Stop right there!
SCENE TRANSITION
CONRAD
Hey! High-and-mighty!
VORLAUF
As It was always going to end.
AAAHHHHHH
CONRAD
AHHHHHHH!!!!
SCENE TRANSITION
LINUS
I could use!!!....I could use a bit
of help here!
ANN
On your left!
ANN (CONT'D)
Care to dance?
HAL
If you’re not too busy...!
ANN
(to Linus)
Let’s go!
LINUS
Alright.
SCENE TRANSITION
VORLAUF
Now to your rest, however
undeserved.
Now, as to the girl...
SCENE BRAKE
KEVIN
Wait, wait hold up.
ORA
What?! Come on, you were right. We
gotta go!
KEVIN
No...
(breathing heavy)
No...come on. Seriously. I’m so out
of breath.
ORA
GHHAAAA! AAAA!
KEVIN
Why did you mention Godrick back
there?
ORA
That was him! That was the man who
came with that crew of Vigiles and
murdered Godrick’s parents.
KEVIN
What???
ORA
I froze. I froze! I can’t - I can’t
believe I froze! And.. And then
there’s that second prophecy!
KEVIN
So the thing on the wall really was
a...
ORA
Yes! Another Prophecy! I couldn’t
read It all - people kept talking
and then they came in - but... but
if there’s a different
prophecy...then...then... Gaahh,
what an idiot I am.
KEVIN
Hey, come on! Don’t talk like that.
ORA
I was so, so sure that Godrick was
the Chosen One and now I...I don’t
even know if that Chosen One thing
is real or not. I mean, how do I
know if anything is real?
KEVIN
Well...
Alright that is a good point.
ORA
I’ve got to go back.
KEVIN
WHAT?!
ORA
Don’t you get It? I have to read
the rest of It, memorize It!
KEVIN
There are people back there missing
hands...dead people...people who
have literally tried to kill you!
ORA
But...Godrick...I...
KEVIN
Look, Maybe... Maybe this will
help.
ORA
Kevin! Did you...? Is that...?
KEVIN
I grabbed It off the wall during
the fight.
ORA
Kevin I... I can’t believe you!!
You...Oh, you’re amazing!!
KEVIN
It’s no big deal, I’m just good in
a crisis, I guess.
Oughf! Hey!...what was that for?
ORA
And you weren’t going to show It to
me?!
KEVIN
Oughf. No, I...
ORA
...And you were just going to what?
Never let me see It?!
KEVIN
I just...
ORA
If I wasn’t about to go running
back in there, would you, would you
have just thrown It away or
something?
KEVIN
I was just thinking It would be
better to show It to you when we
weren’t standing in the middle of
the street.
ORA
Hummm... Alright... I MIGHT believe
you. Thank you. This is really
great.
KEVIN
Don’t mention It?
ANN
Hey, you forgot your sword...and
your finger!!
RUNNING VIGILE
Keep It!!! Just keep It!
ANN
Meh, Hey Linus, I got you a new
sword! And a new finger!
ORA
Well...You’re right, we’ve got to
get off the street.
KEVIN
Gary said that the lady lives at
the back end of town...and since
the gate was over that way...I’m...
I’m guessing we want to go this
way?
ORA
I guess that makes sense.
SCENE BRAKE
VORLAUF
Those of you that can still draw
breath, get out! You are not on my
summons. But remember what happened
here! For a Vigile, the code is not
a choice! However, the ring on your
finger is... and we are more then
happy to relieve you of It.
HAL
That went well ha ha... Right?
VORLAUF
Shut up, Hal.
LINUS
It was incredible! I only wish that
I could have helped more.
ANN
Eh, if you had done any more It
would have ended very badly for
you, Code-wise. Ya’ did good.
HAL
That Code... I think It causes
Vorlauf more problems then It
solves.
LINUS
Really? I don’t think thats true.
HAL
This from the guy who turned in his
neighbor.
LINUS
No no no no, but that was part of
the law.
Liked your town and wanted to
protect It did you? Then why aren’t
you still there?!
LINUS (CONT'D)
I did the right thing.
HAL
Let me tell you something: if you
had even thought about drawing your
pissy little sword on one of these
poor excuses for a Goat turd,
Vorlauf would have turned you into
the Bank himself! Now... You still
love the precious Code?!
LINUS
Hey! What?! You can’t talk to me...
ANN
Ugh!
(MORE)
LINUS
Hey!
ANN
Stop! First of all, he could skin
you standing up even if you did
fight back. Second, it’s not about
you. Conrad used to travel with us.
LINUS
What?
ANN
Conrad was one of Hal’s friends
before Hal joined up. But when Hal
tried to get him in, Vorlauf
thought It was a bad idea. Conrad
was always exactly like you saw him
tonight...a complete self-serving
Goblin. And Vorlauf sponsored him.
LINUS
But...why?
ANN
To stop Hal from doing It. Hal
isn’t exactly a push over. Conrad
was going to be someone’s
apprentice one way or another and
Vorlauf knew It. He also knew It
would likely end like this.
LINUS
I don’t understand.
ANN
If an apprentice commits a crime,
the sponsor is held accountable.
Unless... the sponsor can capture
the apprentice themselves and turn
them in. Vorlauf knew Hal would
never turn in his friend, even if
It meant losing a hand. So, Vorlauf
became Conrad’s sponsor; he was
responsible for him...
LINUS
But why couldn’t Hal do It?
VORLAUF
Because Hal is loyal to a fault. He
never would have hunted down his
“friend” for breaking the Code.
VORLAUF (CONT'D)
No, he would have lost his own hand
instead of turning in a deadbeat
criminal disguised as a protector.
Conrad was always on that path.
LINUS
Well...
VORLAUF
Enough, it’s done. I need you to
keep watch, Pre. The head watchman
should have been ‘round by now. If
he’s not here by morning we will go
look for him.
Ann, where’s Hal?
ANN
I don't know, I thought he was
inside...
VORLAUF
I’ll find him.
ANN
I’ll be back out in a bit to
relieve you.
LINUS
Who are we waiting for?
ANN
Don't worry about It, just let us
know if anyone’s coming.
LINUS
How should I let you know?
ANN
Just...yell. Or come inside.
Whichever.
LINUS
Hey!
ANN
WHAT?!
LINUS
If it’s so easy to get screwed over
by an Apprentice, why did you take
me on?
ANN
If you for one second think that
you’ve impressed someone with your
fighting skills you can forget that
right now. I took you on because
you’re the perfect apprentice.
You’re a coward. You’re so scared
of what other people think of the
law that you would never desert.
And Linus, I’m not Hal. I would
have no problem hunting you down
and turning you in. Better still, I
might just cut off both your hands
and leave you to bleed to death.
And that’s why I took you
on...because you are the perfect,
disposable soldier.
LINUS
Eat shit.
ANN
Prove me wrong.
SCENE BRAKE
ORA
Ugh, even with the full moon I
can’t see what this says.
KEVIN
Look! On the door of that cottage.
ORA
Where?
KEVIN
What do you mean ‘where?’ We
haven’t passed another building in
what feels like an hour. Look up!
ORA
Sorry, I was... I was trying to
read.
KEVIN
Look on the door. Isn’t that the
same seal that’s on the amulet?
ORA
Shhhhhh! Shhhh, shhhhh.
Looks like It to me.
KEVIN
Sooo... should we knock?
ORA
Maybe... or maybe we should just go
home. I mean, if that guy
recognized me we’re all dead. Why
risk this poor woman’s life, too?
KEVIN
But we came this far! Why not at
least see if this lady is actually
Godrick’s aunt?
ELIZABETH
Who are you?
KEVIN
Aaaaah! I’m... I’m blind!!
ORA
The light! I -I can’t see!
ELIZABETH
Shut up and tell me what you
want...quick!
END OF EPISODE 6