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| Vespertine | Oct 26 2012, 11:32 PM Post #1 |
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OOC: I wrote up this storyline/history a few years ago but it never got posted. I thought it was undoable and too long at the time. WIth the word max being where it is, I think I am finally able to do this historical SL I wrote up. Place: A king’s castle court room somewhere in Ancient Korea Time: 8PM Date: Unknown Outfit: Description of outfit is in the paragraphs Background Music: For the World - Hero Soundtrack Rolling Dialogue on Screen: 1500 years ago, in the age of beasts and dragons when people believed that Gods and Goddess were both good and evil, there lived a warrior, a female. A princess. During her rule she had a tenuous hold on her kingdom. Several monsters came one day and ravaged her land and while her father sat idly by doing nothing, she vowed to lead an army to destroy said monsters. She needed to do this because if she came to rule and the beasts were not destroyed, her kingdom would be ripped apart and the people over who she ruled would rise up against her if she did not protect them. So, she donned her weapons, put on her armor and rode out into the 5 kingdoms to rid them of the evil monsters. This is her story. This is her legacy. ________________________________________________________________________ (The camera fades from black to a scene of a village somewhere in Southeast China. Half of the village is burning and the villagers are running around either trying to protect their property or running away from the beast that is ravaging their village. A man suddenly flies into the scene and lands on a wagon and rolls off. He does the Heimlich scream as he flies across the field. From behind the hut comes a terrible beast of great power. It is female, it stands 8 ft tall, has 4 arms, glowing red eyes, blue skin, dressed in Amazon Garb and has tattooes all over it’s body. Another villager comes up and attempts to stab it with a pitchfork. He fails as she moves and he tries again whereupon she grabs the pitchfork, pulls him towards her, grabs his throat and then throws him 10 feet away from her. She suddenly starts to speak and when she does so, her voice is very demonic.) Demon: This village is MINE! You are nothing and soon this kingdom will be nothing. There will come a day when you, all of you will bow down to me. (a female villager runs past her and she grabs the villager, holds her in all 4 of her arms and then rips her apart. Blood spatters everywhere. Camera fades to black as does the sound….) ________________________________________________________________________ (Camera fades from black to a scene of grand ballroom. 100’s of people are in attendance and all of them are talking at once. A lone man sits on a golden throne at the end of the hall. He is dressed in a blue kimono and silk pants. His eyes are closed as he is half listening to the villagers.) Vill1: This beast destroyed my family! V2: She is very powerful and very wicked! V3: We have to do something. You rule this kingdom. You should do something! Ruler: And what…. Do you propose that I do. If what you say is true, I can send my whole army out against her and they will dead before dawn. (the villagers shout out again) V1: But we must destroy this beast. V2: It destroyed a year’s worth of crops. V3: Do you not have any wizards to fight it? Ruler: So are you saying this…. creature… is magical? V3: It spews fire from her mouth. Ruler: So this… beast is a female? Ah. I will not put my men at stake for a mere female. (the crowd starts to shout again. Suddenly the ruler stands up and all silence descends upon the hall.) Ruler: And what would you have me do? Send my wizards out? Their magic it seems is nothing compared to hers. Send my warriors out. And who will protect you when a real threat to this kingdom is imminent. No. I’m sorry. You have to do this on your own. I do not the resources or the patient to deal with such a trivial matter. (the whole hall stands in silence for a few minutes before a couple of protesters start out. He turns his back to sit down and waves them off.) Ruler: You have heard me. Voice (to his left) If you will not do it. I WILL! (A female warrior at his left side goes to stand to the side of him. The camera pans closer and we see it is Vespertine. She is dressed in silver armor with silver boots, her breastplate has the sign of a mideval “V” on the front of it. Ruler: NO! I forbid you to go. V: But father. These people are asking you for help and you are turning them down. Their lives, their families, their livlihoods are at stake and you just sit here! Ruler: And what would you have me do? Risk my men for one mere woman. V: No, Risk a woman for one mere woman. I am not afraid of her. And I have heard reports that there isn’t just one of them. In the Northlands there is another, a sister if you will and to the East a third like her reigns supreme as well. The last two have not entered your kingdom yet but given time they will. We need to hunt them and stop them before they do come here and ravage the kingdom even more. Ruler: NO! I forbid it. You are my daughter. Your place is to be at my side and reign there. V: But father, you are doing nothing. You know if mother were alive she would- Ruler: But your MOTHER isn’t alive, is she. I have lost her, I do NOT want to lose you. V: You will not lose me, I will not die in vain. (Vespertine turns to the audience in the hall) V: If what you say is true, then there must be a weakness. I intend to find that weakness. I intend to destroy her. I intend to destroy all three of them. But I can’t do it alone. I need help. I need good people. I need warriors. I need fighters. We will not be an army because an army she can withstand. We will be a band and together we will fight and we WILL win! Who is with me? (nobody comes forwards for several minutes as she looks around the hall.) Ruler: Pfff, I didn’t think anyone would go with you. (after he says that, a couple of Samurai warriors from Japan, mercenaries if you will, step out of the crowd and stand beside her, a couple of archerers come from the right side and stand beside her. An ox of a man from the villages comes to stand before her with a great warax in hand.) Man: Princess. I’m but a mere blacksmith, but I have seen her destruction up close and I have fought in many battles in my time against elements like her. Take me, you need me. (she smiles at him and pats him on the shoulder. A dark man with dark blue skin and cloaked in black steps forward. There is an air of electricity about him and small bolts of lightning occasionally spread across his skin and cloak. When he speaks, it is a northern African speech.) Man: Princess. I have known you all these many years. Before I came to this land, I had beasts similar to what you are facing now. If you want me, as always I am yours, princess. V: And I would not have it any other way. (He stands beside her and two more men, rangers by the look of them with heavy tattooes come to gather in front of her.) V: And this shall be my army. Together we fight as one and together we will destroy her! (as one the entire hall cheers and the Ruler sighs heavily and sits back down on his throne. Vespertine goes to stand beside him, leans over and whispers in his ear.) V: Do not worry, father. I WILL be back. (as the cheering continues, the camera fades to black…) (the camera fades from black to a scene of another village that is being destroyed by the four armed beauty. It is a seaside village. As we watch, the demon is being attacked by villagers with pitchforks and are losing quite badly. She has one in her arms which she is about to tear about. Suddenly an arrow flies through the air and lands in her wrist followed by a second one which lands in her shoulder. She drops the villager and roars out in fury. She then looks around from where the arrows came from. Between two trees steps Vespertine and her small band.) V: And what do I call you, Demoness? Demon: YOU will pay for that! YOU can call me the Tattooed Beauty! (The demon roars in fury again and takes a couple of steps towards Vespertine. Vespertine puts her arm to the side and the black cloaked man hands her a sword which is glowing a blue glow.) Demon: And what is your name, my sweet dinner? V: You… can… call me….Vespertine. But I will be known by your kind as: VENGENCE. (Vespertine takes a couple of steps forward herself and roars in fury as well.) V: And Vengence shall be mine! (Suddenly, both move at the same time, as the beast runs she takes out a long scimitar (an Arabian looking sword) and starts to twirl it. They run by each other and twang swords. Vespertine has a silver samurai sword that was made especially for her. It matches her silver armor and boots. Both turn at the same time and both run towards each other, both stop at the same spot and start battling it out with their swords. At one point it looks like the Demon is gaining the advantage but the Black Cloaked Man shoots a fireball from his hand and it lands on the Demon’s shoulder. It doesn’t hurt her, just annoys her. This is followed up by flaming arrows from the two archers. Both arrows land in her back, but the demon ignores them and keeps hacking away at Vespertine. Vespertine ducks a swipe and gets low and sweeps out. The demon falls on her back. Vespertine is quick to get up, and then jump into the air, aim her sword downward so that it will strike the heart of the demon. But at the last second, the demon moves out of the way but the sword grazes its arm, blue blood gushes from the wound. Both get up at the same time. The demon looks at her shoulder and sees the blood rushing down her arm and then looks at Vespertine. Vespertine raises her sword and we see that half of the blade is covered in blue blood.) V: So…. You are mortal after all. (the Beast hisses in fury and runs towards Vespertine. It swings a wide arm with its scimitar and Vespertine moves at the last second but not before having the point of the sword graze her arm and she herself starts to bleed. She looks over her shoulder at the demon who is smiling evilly. The demon licks the blood from her scimitar.) Demon: You will be a tasty morsal. (Again they both swing into action, the demon runs after her and tries to charge and skewer Vespertine but Vespertine jumps and backflips at the last second and comes down behind her. She turns around rather quickly but the demon hasn’t. The camera cuts shot...) (The camera cuts to shot of the Demon staring at the pitchfork that is held by the blacksmith. The pitchfork is at the throat of the Demon.) Blacksmith (BS): And now you die. You killed my family and my village. Demon (snickers) I killed many families and many villages. Why should you have the honor of killing me? BS: Because you missed me! Demon: BAH! (The Demon backs up and with one of her arms knocks the pitchfork away. She then grabs the Blacksmith and throws him onto the troopers.) Demon: The last of your village. Good riddance! (The camera goes to slow motion and as the demon turns around, we see Vespertine jump up behind her and swing and slice out with her samurai sword. The demon ducks but it’s too late and her head is taken clean off her shoulders. The head rolls a few feet away from where the body is and as the camera pans to it, it pans closer to the eyes which are still open and a second or so later they close ever so slowly. A couple of booted feet come up next to the head and pick it up. Camera cuts shot.) (The camera speeds back up and the focuses on the warriors around Vespertine who is standing on a boulder, the head of the Tattooed Beauty held high in the air for all to see.) V: WE… ARE… VICTORIOUS! (As one the soldiers all cheer for her and the villagers come out of their hiding places and cheer her as well. One of the soldiers gets out a spear and sticks it in the ground and she goes over to stick the head on the end of it. The villagers and soldiers all gather round and cheer. She makes her way to the back of the crowd where she is joined by the Black Cloaked North African Man, a hood covers his head.) V: We celebrate with them. But tomorrow we ride. We go North. Our work is not done yet. Man: Yes Princess. (they stay standing side by side as the camera fades to black.) A Year later… (The ruler of the kingdom sits heavily upon his throne. He has heard nothing and has seen nothing from his beautiful daughter. She last went missing after dispatching beast number 2. His advisors try to lift his heart but his heart is heavy and even though the sun outside is shining and the birds are singing, his is a dark heart, heavy with guilt. Suddenly the door at the end of room swings open and in walks three warriors, black of armor and one holds a bag over his shoulder. The camera goes to slow motion and they start walking in slow motion, hands on hilts as they approach the king on his throne. When they get to the edge of the dais, they stop and kneel before him. The man on the right throws the bag that was on his shoulder at the feet of the king. The camera speeds up again and one of the king’s advisor’s steps forward and opens the bag, out falls the heads of the monsters. The king looks at the heads for a minute and gets a smile but that slowly fades as he looks up at the warriors before him.) K: You have dispatched the beasts but this is not the armor that went with my daughter a year ago. Tell me, if you can, what has become of my daughter. (the knight in full body armor and pitch black, lifts a hand to his helmet and takes off the helmet, only to discover that it is indeed Vespertine. She smiles at him.) V: Father, I have slayed the beasts and the intruders to your land. The kingdom is once again at peace. K: Can it be so? (he goes down the dais and takes her in his arms and weeps as does she. The camera pans up and over to the sunny window and cuts shot.) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Place: Los Altos Hills, Ca, White Tiger compound Time: 1PM Date: Oct 21, 2012 Outfit: My outfit , not her but the outfit she is wearing Background Music: None 1500 years later… (The camera cuts to shot of Vespertine running with Kenji and Sinjin, two of her white tigers in their fenced in area. She sees the camera for PDW and goes towards the one tree in the field. She sits cross legged below it and both tigers sit on either side of her. She addresses the camera.) V: Next Tues I face Danny and Josie in the ring. It will be my debut match. Both of them seem like good competition for me but I will reserve my respect for them until I see them in action. (she sighs and looks around) V: I’m not going to tell you what’s what or how or who’s going to win between the three of us. That would be a nice underestimation on my part. No, Danny, Josie, all you need to know is that you WILL face me and I WILL be waiting for you. I will be waiting, watching and striking when you least expect it. (pauses a second) V: Any other time, any other day, any other federation and I would give you a lot of respect but I’m new here and I’m guessing so are you two. I don’t know you yet. I have yet to see how focused you are in the ring and what kind of game plan you have going in. I don’t know what you are capable of yet. To gain my respect, you have to earn it. I’m going to be watching you Ms. Josie, Danny my sweet, I’m going to be waiting. I’m going to be figuring out your weak points and finding ways to exploit them… if you have any. As my new catchphrase goes: take what you want, give nothing back. I’m ready for this match, my sweet, are you? (she looks around then continues) V: Now what you haven’t seen yet and what you haven’t figured out yet is that: I’m a warrior. I’m a female gladiator and my arena is the squared circle. I live for the thrill, I live for the kill. I’ll fight till I die and go out with a bang. I love the adoration or the hatred heaped upon me by fans. It matters not to me which one I get. Our fists and our feet are our weapons today. Back in ancient times they were swords, shields, axes and hammers. Today we replaced those swords and shields with chairs and tables and ladders, oh my. But make no mistake about it, I’m a warrior. A female Amazon, a princess, a goddess of war. Get on my bad side and woe be to you next time we meet. (a whistle goes off in the distance and she suddenly stands up as does the tigers) V: (to the tigers) Lunchtime for you two. Come on guys, let’s go eat. (back to the camera) V: I’ll be in that ring, Danny, Josie. I hope you will give me your all because you know I’ll be doing the same thing. (she walks off screen with a tiger at each side. The camera focuses in on where she just sat and then fades to black and then these words come on the screen and then disappear too) “The show must go on.” Freddie Mercury “Queen” Edited by Vespertine, Oct 26 2012, 11:36 PM.
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