
IN THE LAND OF AARU PART 1 NARRATOR In the abstruse Land of Aaru, full of regal countrysides and... GODRICK (Hawk Sound) HAWK (Hawk Sound) Haha GODRICK NARRATOR(CONT’D) And ray-less forests, the once halcyon days... ORA AAAAAAAAAAAAH! GODRICK What the... Shit... ORA Yah! Ooff! GODRICK Yah! No! ORA (attacking) GODRICK ORA AAAA GODRICK Ha missed me NARRATOR ...Halcyon days now gone and people... GODRICK Throwing things? Really? ORA (angry) It would appear so. NARRATOR ...People, resigned to lives separated... GODRICK You don’t want to ORA Yeah? That's what HYAAAAAA! do this. you think. NARRATOR Separated from each... GODRICK Ugh!!! My nose! My Nose! NARRATOR I’ll just let you hear the story. GODRICK Alright! Thats It! GODRICK You know what your problem is?! ORA What's that? GODRICK You don’t know when to stop! ORA Ugh! ORA Well, do you know what your problem is? GODRICK I’m sure you’re going to tell me. ORA You don’t think ahead. GODRICK Oh yeah? And hows that? ORA Well, it's not that I don’t know when to stop... Her hand lands on the staff that she threw earlier. ORA It’s just...there isn’t ever a good time. GODRICK AAAAHHHH! Okay, okay I quit! Right in the same spot as yesterday. Oh I hate that staff ORA Ha, loser. GODRICK Oh, shut up. I thought we were on a break for you to go off and piss. ORA We were, I did It, and then we weren't. Hey, you think a corrupted is going to give you a break? GODRICK When have the corrupted ever attacked us Ora? Huh? When?! ORA Not at home, sure, but when we... GODRICK Plus, I don’t think they would kick my ass all afternoon before they sneak up on me. ORA I did not sneak up...I yelled first. GODRICK (Laugh), yeah... thanks for that. Okay, I’m done for the day. ORA No! No no no. We can go again. GODRICK What is with you? It’s been all week! ORA The Chosen One is not going to just let anyone follow them. GODRICK Ora, I want to find them as much as you... ORA You think the things we’ve seen are bad? The stories we hear? The rest of Aaru is way worse. Before we had the Guardians, now we have no one. GODRICK You really think that Guardians were real? Seriously? ORA Ugh! I’m sure of It! If we are going to help fulfill the Prophecy-- GODRICK The Prophecy, the Prophecy! I’m tired of hearing about the Prophecy. You know a lot of people don’t even believe in the Prophecy. ORA You know what? A lot of people are willing to accept a broken world, too! But you and I aren’t! Are we? Right? RIGHT?! GODRICK Right... ORA Okay then. Now, let’s go again. I’m Ready GODRICK Sorry, I’m done for the day, Ora. Really. I’m going home... ORA Okay, Okay well when we find the Chosen One Ora... GODRICK ORA I’m going to make sure to tell them... GODRICK Ora...shut up... ORA What? Vigiles? GODRICK They’re heading towards my house ORA Why would they be.... GODRICK I don’t know! ORA Godrick! Wait!! VORLAUF Come outside in the name of Code! ANTON Is It just you two?! VORLAUF So you don't deny It then? ELAINE Go away! I admit GEORGE What do you want JASPER Don’t play dumb. nothing. from us? ANN No one else inside, but we’re still having a look! (laugh) GEORGE They have no right to be in there JASPER We know someone was here. The beacon was seen. GEORGE My wife is innocent. You have no right! VORLAUF We have every legal right. And if you don’t tell us what you know... GEORGE We know nothing. ANTON If you say she doesn’t possess the magic...then you must. Hey!! GODRICK ANTON GAHHH! Wa...What the hell?! GODRICK Let them go!! ELAINE Throwing rocks doesn’t help, Godrick! RUN! VORLAUF Jasper, grab him! JASPER Yes, my lord! GEORGE RUN!!!! YOU MUST RUN!!!!! ORA Ahhhhhhhhhh! Godrick, down.....UP!! JASPER UGH!! Ugh! Blast you horse! ORA You forgot your sword, jackass! GODRICK Thanks. ORA You go get your parents! I'll distract the rest! Okay! GODRICK ORA Not gettin’ far without your horses, Vigile! YAH! YAH!! VORLAUF Damned child!! What are you doing??? Stop that I say! JASPER I pray you know what to do with that sword, boy. GODRICK I’ve learned a thing or two. ANTON Think you can handle two against one? GODRICK Let’s find out! Aaaahhh! ELAINE George! They’re inside! GEORGE I’ll get the door! ELAINE Godrick!!! GEORGE Elaine the Shovel! ELAINE Hey You! ANTON wha....? ELAINE you like that? How do You’re Not without this! ANTON My sword! ELAINE You want It back?? Here!! ANTON Dead!! ELAINE JASPER You’ll pay for that woman. GODRICK Mom! Look out!! ELAINE Godrick, help your father with the door! Mom! GODRICK GEORGE I can hold the door! Go help your mother! JASPER If you can! Ugh! GODRICK JASPER Let go that door, old man! GEORGE RUN! YOU MUST... HAL Got It! ELAINE George!!!! VORLAUF I Don't have time for this! ORA Ugh! Coward Come Back Here VORLAUF What happened...? JASPER It wasn’t my fault. When the door flew open he fell on to my blade GEORGE (Breathing) HAL You shouldn’t have resisted! ELAINE Aaaaaaaahhhh! ANN Jasper, the woman! ELAINE AAAAAAAA!! GODRICK MOTHERRRRRRRR!! ORA Nooo! ORA In the abstruse Land of Aaru, full of regal country sides and ray-less forests, the once halcyon days now gone and people resolved to lives separated from each other. A prophecy, passed down, followed by believers will set forth the path for The One. Leading the land of Aaru back to its days of yore. 1 SCENE BRAKE ELAINE (echoing) Godrick...Godrick, it's okay. Godrick... GODRICK!!!!! GODRICK Mother! ELAINE (echo of previous) Godrick, help your father with the door... GODRICK Wa..Wait! 1 No... GODRICK (CONT'D) JASPER Let go of that door old man GEORGE Run, you must run. No! GODRICK BOOMING VOICE Rise, Hero Godrick! For the People! Godrick, Godrick, Godrick.... GODRICK What...no, no, No. I can't...wait! Ugh!!! GODRICK (CONT'D) AMA Ora, you need to calm down. ORA But he and I can go! You’re the ones who always told me It was real. Godrick fits the Prophecy, can’t you see? AMA I know, and I agree with you. But Ora, he’s been out for days. He is in no shape to be traveling when he wakes up. His parents just died. ORA I know, that’s what I’m saying! The Prophecy says the Chosen One has no parents. He fits the description, he fits the background, he fits everything we know! EDMUND Ora, you need to give him time. Also, there's nothing in It about you fighting. ORA ...why would you say that?! I wasn’t the one begging to get woken up at the break of day by the age of ten so I could learn to fight.. Practically asleep! I didn’t throw MYSELF in the river...to learn how to catch food with my hands... EDMUND We were training you to prepare for a corrupted attack. To protect yourself from invaders. (MORE) EDMUND (CONT'D) For days like you just went through. Not to help fulfill the Prophecy! AMA Edmund! ORA Do you think I can’t fight? That I can’t help get the Guardians back? EDMUND You’re the best fighter I know. ORA Then why are you fighting me so hard on this?! EDMUND I believe in you more than anyone else. I just...I just don’t think it’s him. AMA Edmund, you can’t be serious. Look at It, look at him. EDMUND Ora, I love you...but I just can’t believe he is the one. ORA How can you... GODRICK He’s right. AMA Godrick. Godrick how are you feeling? GODRICK I’m not the One. I don’t have It and I don’t want to be It. ORA But, it's born into you, it’s not up to you! GODRICK Well It sure isn’t up to you! ORA Godrick! AMA Ora! This is what we’re talking about. You can't push him. He’s your friend. ORA I know. I’m sorry. ORA (CONT'D) ORA (CONT'D) You wanna talk about It? GODRICK Where are they? ORA My father and I went back the day after It all happened...we buried them by the edge of the forest. The Vigiles must have taken the man your mother stabbed because everyone else had gone... GODRICK And how did I get here? ORA I brought you here. After the explosion I was knocked out, too. I woke up a few hours later in the forest and you were laying next to me. Spirit was there by our side. I think she saved us. GODRICK Your horse? That doesn’t make any sense, Ora. ORA Of course It does. You’re the Chosen One and Spirit knows It. She knew the Vigiles would wake up at some point so she dragged us to safety before they did. GODRICK You are giving that horse too much credit... Wait...explosion? ORA Yes. The one you created, Godrick. Don't you remember? GODRICK I don't remember anything...except my parents’ faces... ORA I saw It with my own eyes. I was in the middle of fighting that Vigile when I heard you yell. I turned to look at you and BOOM. I was blinded by a large, warm, bright light that hit me with such great force that I was thrown back and knocked out. You were knocked out too. It must’ve been the Magic. The Magic must knock the breath out of you. GODRICK No no, It, It wasn’t me... ORA Godrick, I saw It! GODRICK You’re so certain I’m part of that Prophecy! I don’t see It. Alright? I’m just some guy in the middle of nowhere. I’m not the best fighter. I, I, I can’t even read. ORA You can learn. I can teach you. It... It doesn’t matter how you start out, It matters where you end up. GODRICK This Chosen One will be responsible for saving everyone. I couldn’t even save my parents. ORA Godrick, your parents murders have to mean something. It has to be part of something bigger. If I let myself think they died for nothing... ORA (CONT'D) Dad, look I don’t need... EDMUND I’m not here to say you're wrong. There’s even a chance I’m just fighting you because I don’t want you to be right. But your grandmother pointed out that um, no matter who’s right, it's not my decision to make. Here ORA Dad... EDMUND ...look at this. GODRICK A Scroll? What is this...? EDMUND Ora, your grandmother and I love you. We love you both, in fact. If you feel that this is the right thing to do, we support you. We are so proud of you... You know, the older I get the more I learn I can’t control everything... I hate that... GODRICK What is this? ORA It's the Prophecy. My mother’s had It since before I was born. In the old days, they used to collect the scrolls and burn them. We had to keep It secret... for reasons that seem so obvious now. ORA (CONT'D) I’m sorry I’ve been babbling on about fate so much. I’ll stop now. Don’t get me wrong, I do believe in my heart that you’re the Chosen One, but... You’re my friend first and I’m here for you, no matter what you want to do. GODRICK I don’t even know what I’m looking at. ORA Do you want me to read It to you? GODRICK Fine, yeah. Read It to me. ORA Alright. Listen to this. Listen to the words. ORA (CONT'D) All hail thee, listener of time. Find thy destiny within this rhyme. One fighter without fear. Be Brave. To lead by head. Chosen by an imperfect; stand, face the land. Life survives death’s knock. Magic moves. A pained twig on a dead limb at the home tree. Not knowing, but rise one dream. Savior GODRICK Huh. You know, my parents gave me this amulet. ORA I always thought It was some kind of key. GODRICK It’s... It’s just shaped like a key. It doesn’t actually open anything. ORA Oh. GODRICK They told me if anything should ever happen to them that I should seek out my aunt in Shadow Run. So...It can’t be me. ORA What do you mean? GODRICK The Prophecy said I have no connection to the family tree. And I still have an aunt. ORA It says the closest missing twig...not all branches. Oh... What? It’s nothing. GODRICK GODRICK (CONT'D) ORA GODRICK Speak. You clearly want to say something. ORA No. I said I would stop. GODRICK Just tell me. ORA Fine! Hear me out. Your parents were like a second family to me...but they’re gone now and you showed magic. Now you have a mysterious key amulet and a quest to find a mysterious long lost relative. And you still don’t think you’re the Chosen One? ORA (CONT'D) Where you going? GODRICK To thank your parents. And tell them I won’t be staying past tonight. ORA What?? You told me to tell you! GODRICK I need to fulfill my parents' wishes and see my aunt. Not a mysterious person, Ora, my aunt. We can leave in the morning. ORA We? GODRICK Like I could stop you! We always said if we left we would have each other’s backs... (beat) Besides, I could use the company. ORA Fine. FINE! GODRICK ORA Hey! GODRICK What?! What could you possibly have to say now?! ORA Thank you. GODRICK And just to be clear, Ora. I am not the Chosen One. ORA Right. Yes! ORA (CONT'D) END EPISODE 1 PART I