NEW short - The Shadow of Ignorance - from 19 Nocturne Boulevard
A town in the 1700s finds itself having a witch problem.\xa0 Luckily someone knows what needs to be done with witches!
(I thought this had come out long ago, but somehow I missed posting it!)
Written by Julie Hoverson
Sound and mastering by Aaron Emmanuel
JUDGE (50s)\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Russell Gold
BAILEY (40s)\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Barry Howarth
WITCH HUNTER (any)\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Karim Kronfli
ELIZABETH JAMESON (18)\xa0\xa0\xa0 Libby Thomas
MASTER BERNE (30)\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Michael Hudson
MASTER HILLMAN (30)\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Alex Gilmour
OLD MAGGIE (70)\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Elizabeth Price
OLD AGNES (70)\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Julie Hoverson
MAJOR JANIS TIMMS (30)\xa0\xa0\xa0 Devin Nissan
KATE (30)\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Katy Anderson
PRIEST (40)\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Owen Curtiss
BORDO, GOAT (any)\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 \xa0
TOWNSFOLK\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Jay Langejans
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The Shadow of Ignorance
Cast:
Judge
Bailey
Witch Hunter
Elizabeth Jameson
Master Berne
Master Hillman
Old Maggie, who lives by the Fen
Old Agnes
Major Janis Timms, Time Traveler
Kate, Priest, and other TOWNSFOLK
Bordo, goat
MUSIC
SCENE 1 \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0COURT
SOUND \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0CROWD IN LARGE ROOM
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oyez, Oyez, this Court will come to order!
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Are all present who would accuse?
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Aye, judge!
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 This court is convened in a case of the most severe crime...
MAN IN CROWD\xa0\xa0\xa0 Witchcraft!
TOWNSFOLK\xa0\xa0\xa0 [general mumbles "curses" "witchcraft" "I always knew about her" "God protect us" "witch!"]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GAVEL BANGS
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Call the court, Bailey
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 This tribunal will come to order!
TOWNSFOLK\xa0\xa0\xa0 [murmurs subside]
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Call the accused.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Bring in the accused!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR OPENS, SEVERAL PEOPLE ENTER
KATE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [at the back] Witch!
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Do not think I would hesitate to remove you from the court, Kate Carlin!
KATE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [hurried murmur] My apologies, master.
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Pronounce the bill, Bailey.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [reading] Elizabeth Jameson, you stand accused of multiple acts of witchcraft.
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Never did I any such thing!
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hold your hexing tongue, woman.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [reading] Such acts include the drying up of several of Master Hillman's cows. Is Master Hillman present?
HILLMAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Aye, them cows was grand producers afore she--
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Reply "Aye," only, master.\xa0 Should we require testimony, you will be called to witness.
HILLMAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Aye.\xa0 I be present.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [back to reading] Further, accusation has been made that you attempted to seduce master Berne--
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Nay!\xa0 He is the one made every attempt to importune me!
BERNE\xa0\xa0\xa0 You gave me the horn, you cannot deny it!
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 This is not--
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 You get the horn all on your own, sir, else why would your wife be abed with your eighth child?
BERNE\xa0\xa0\xa0 My lust for you is from the devil.
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 If you please--
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Perhaps you should visit Master Hillman and his cows!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GAVEL
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Silence!
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Silence in the court. No mouths will speak but my own, unless invited to witness!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 A MOMENT OF SILENCE, A COUGH OR TWO
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [loud] Good.\xa0 [to judge] Shall we add inciting congress with animals to the charges against the accused, for her impetuous insult to Master Berne?
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Think you we need further charges?\xa0 The evidence is quite damning.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [shrug] It was well-witnessed.\xa0 We may have to address it.
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Continue with the case as presented.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [reading again]\xa0 You further stand accused of stealing dirt from a consecrated grave after midnight, whistling on a Sunday, and wearing a red hat to church.
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 I never stole nothing!\xa0 I put flowers on me mother's grave, and the only time I had to go there, it had come down dark - but surely could not been as late as midnight!\xa0 What else am I do to?\xa0 I work from sun up to sun down to keep body and soul together!
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Your soul is debatable, were these charges proven true.
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 My soul is as pure as any maid's, judge.\xa0 I am poor and alone, an easy target for the lusts and accusations of others.\xa0
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 You are accused by some number of your fellow townsfolk.\xa0 Do you claim they conspire against you?
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 I know naught of conspiracy.\xa0 I throw myself on the mercy of the great lords gathered here, and say that were I ever to even have a foul and fiendish thought, I banished it with prayers to God, and would never have acted on such, even had I power to do so.\xa0
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Mercy is all very well, but the accusation must be answered.\xa0 Call the witch finder!
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [solemnly announcing] Witch Finder!\xa0 Enter!
TOWNSFOLK\xa0\xa0\xa0 [murmurs]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR OPENS, SLOW CONFIDENT STEPS APPROACH
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 You swear upon your immortal soul that you will speak true.\xa0
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 I so swear.\xa0
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Most excellent.\xa0
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 You are Master Morgenstern, expert at uncovering witches and heretics, are you not?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 I am.\xa0 I have personally been party to the execution of over a dozen witches in several counties.\xa0
TOWNSFOLK\xa0\xa0\xa0 [Murmur of approval]
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 You have said there are certain signs that can reveal a witch, beyond any doubt.\xa0 Would you enumerate some of these, in brief?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 I would be honored, masters.\xa0 First, most witches have some beast - generally of a midnight color - to guide them.\xa0 They are known to speak to this "familiar", which might even reply, though often in words unheard by any but the witch.\xa0
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Does the accused have such a familiar, Bailey?
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 I do not!\xa0 I barely keep myself fed, let alone a beast!
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [smooth] Tis not the only sign, merely the most obvious.\xa0 Witches often have area on the body rendered insensate by their congress with the devil.\xa0 Patches which cannot feel the prick of a pin.
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Have you checked the accused for such?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 I have not yet been given that task.\xa0
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 I am never a witch!\xa0 Certes an expert like yourself must see that, my gracious lord!
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [seemingly sympathetic] Witches may wear any visage, young lady.\xa0 With such power as they can wield, they may appear as lovely as you.
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Is there none safe from being a witch?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Those who dwell without the company of others, with none to observe any devious activity, are the likeliest culprits.
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 I am not alone for a single portion of the day! \xa0I toil daily for three different families to earn a shred to eat, and sleep in a pew in the church, where the good father might always watch over me.
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hm.\xa0 May I peruse the charges, Bailey.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 At your pleasure, Witch Finder.
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [reads for a minute, grunts, then quietly to judge]\xa0 May we retire from company for a few minutes, masters?\xa0 A strong suspicion comes upon me, but is not for the ears of onlookers.
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [quietly responding] As you wish.\xa0 [up] Bailey?\xa0 Announce we shall return shortly.\xa0
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Bring the accused, if you please.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [announcing] We must have private counsel.\xa0 None may leave whilst we are absent.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 MURMURS, FEET, DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES, CUTS OFF MURMURS
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SCENE2\xa0\xa0\xa0 SMALLER ROOM
[They speak in whispers unless noted otherwise.]
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 May I perform a test on the accused, sirs, here in your presence?
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Need you a pin?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 I have in mind a more serious test.
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Well enough.\xa0 What is it?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 I have a holy relic on my person for just such cases.\xa0 If she is a witch, she will be unable to even gaze upon it.\xa0
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 That would settle all.
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 However...
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 If she can look upon it, but not touch it, she may not be damned herself, but have had dealings with a witch.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Dealings?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [ominous] Even the most upright of folk may turn to the devil when desperate.\xa0 Never think a simple charm or remedy will do them any harm - but evil sneaks in through the slightest of cracks.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [clearly guilty] Oh, uh, really?
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [also shifty] Um, yes, of course.
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [lighter] Or a curse may be upon her.\xa0 You say she has no family and no hopes of marrying, due to her extreme poverty?
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes, it's quite tragic.
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 And none ever considered a curse might have placed her in such straits?
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [astonished]\xa0 No!\xa0 Do you think--
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 I must consider everything.\xa0
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 What must we do if she is accursed?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 We must find the witch that laid the curse upon her, and destroy her to undo all her wicked works.\xa0 Or his.\xa0 Some of the most diabolical witches I have uncovered have been of the male persuasion.
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Good god preserve us!
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 First, let us test the accused.\xa0 If she is the witch, this will all be moot.\xa0 [up, speaking across the small room]\xa0 Girl!
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [tearful dignity] I am called Elizabeth Jameson.
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 You claim you are no witch, do you not?
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [a bit confused] I - I mean aye, I mean ...
[definite] I am no witch, master.
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Then perhaps you are accursed.\xa0 Are there any who would do such a thing to you, girl?
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [reluctant] Perhaps master Berne, as I... I struck him when he made unwelcome advances.
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Many men do not take such a rebuff kindly.\xa0 Hold this for a moment, if you would.
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 This?\xa0 Certainly.\xa0 [pain, surprise] Oh!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SOMETHING CLATTERS TO THE FLOOR
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Your pardon, master!\xa0 That - that thing!\xa0 It burned me!
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [satisfied]\xa0 I know.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SNATCHES UP FROM FLOOR
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 See, masters?\xa0 She is accursed; no witch.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 How lucky we are you were here!
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Certes, sirs.\xa0 Else you might have condemned an innocent.\xa0 Further, thought yourself safe, while the true miscreant walked unsuspected among you.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 What is there to do now?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [grim] We summon the witch to the court.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Will your relic do that?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Nay, sir.\xa0 I must use a trifle of the witch's own power to do it.\xa0 This must be kept secret between us.
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 What are you saying?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 I am trained, by the mother holy church, to use some of the devil's own magic against his works, but none must ever know.\xa0 You must all swear.
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 I would never uncover any such trust placed in me.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [hesitant]\xa0 We will not be called upon to participate, will we?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Nay, master, I endanger no soul but my own. I am willing to do that, in service to god and the good people of your town.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Well then, I concur.
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 You, girl?
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Were you to remove whatever curse I am under, and free me from this accusation, I would follow you to the ends of the earth!
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Just swear you will never speak of it.
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 My lips will be ever sealed.
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Good.\xa0 One further request - if the culprit is uncovered, their property should be forfeit to the crown, but in recompense for the curse this girl has suffered under, I think she should receive some portion in recompense.\xa0 Do you gentlemen concur?
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 I will make it so.\xa0 Enough to dower her into a respectable marriage, certainly.
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 That would do well in the eyes of the lord.\xa0 Now I must lay hands upon you, girl, to summon your tormentor.\xa0 These good men will witness there is no mishandling.
MUSIC
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SCENE 3\xa0\xa0\xa0 COURT ROOM
TOWNSFOLK\xa0\xa0\xa0 [restless murmurs]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR SLAMS OPEN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM
TOWNSFOLK\xa0\xa0\xa0 [GASPS, other exclamations]
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [very witchy sounding]\xa0 Who is't that summons me?
TOWNSFOLK\xa0\xa0\xa0 [horrified gasps, a few sounds of fainting or small muffled screams]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 NEAR DOOR OPENS, MEN RETURN
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 I do!
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Who are you to summon such as I to your bidding?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 I command you, with the power of the church and God behind me!
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 I laugh at your command!\xa0
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Laugh you may, but I shall compel your name from you, crone.\xa0 Speak!
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [fighting] I... will... not!
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Should we not take her?\xa0 She cannot help but reveal her name in custody!
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 This is merely a manifestation - the witch is here as if in a dream.\xa0 Else you would surely recognize her voice or visage.
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [knowingly] Of course!
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Do not distract me further.\xa0 [up]\xa0 Speak witch!\xa0 Your name - I command it!
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [fighting] \xa0I am... I am...\xa0 Old Maggie of the fens.\xa0 You fools never thought twice about coming to me for my remedies, thus I own a morsel of every soul in this chamber!
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Release them, now, crone!\xa0 Most especially this girl, Elizabeth!
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 You cannot command me!
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Everyone!\xa0 Everyone in this room must pray and refute the devil!\xa0 Where is the town priest?\xa0 Ah!\xa0 Lead the prayer, if you would, sir.
PRIEST\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [still fighting] You are far too strong!\xa0 I must release my hold on them!\xa0 Aaaaaagh!!!!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 WHOOSHING EXIT, DOORS SLAM
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [exhausted] Come morning, we'll fetch this Maggie--
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 We should go now!
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes!\xa0 We must brave the darkness to bring justice and security--
PRIEST\xa0\xa0\xa0 And release from Satan's grip!
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 --to the town!
TOWNSFOLK\xa0\xa0\xa0 [Agreeing noises]
JUDGE\xa0\xa0\xa0 The people will not be halted, Witch Finder.\xa0
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Is there great danger if we go by night?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [tired] Tis of no matter- A witch may be stronger by night, but this one will be weakened by the confrontation just passed.\xa0 I will be recovered and ready when folk have fetched torches to light the way.
BAILEY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [announcing] Fetch torches and weapons to protect ourselves!
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [halfheartedly, still tired] Yes, yes weapons.\xa0 Of course.
ELIZABETH\xa0\xa0\xa0 We must destroy the witch to assure the curse is gone forever!\xa0 I cannot go on, under such a dark cloud!
MUSIC
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SCENE 4\xa0\xa0\xa0 COTTAGE IN WOODS
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE - FROGS, NIGHTTIME
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 POUNDING ON A WOOD DOOR
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [inside] Who is't that comes to me so late?
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 One who would save you, wise woman.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR OPENS
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Save me?\xa0 From what calamity?
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 The townsfolk.\xa0 They come to burn you as a witch.\xa0 Gather anything you wish to keep.
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Who art thou?
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 I have a conveyance ready to take you away, what more do you need to know?
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 May I bring my goat?\xa0 I cannot abandon her to burn.
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Your goat is welcome, but time is short.\xa0 Dress.\xa0 Tell me what I can gather for you.
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 A trunk lies under that blanket.\xa0 I wouldst have it with me, if you can shift it.\xa0
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SHUFFLING FEET GOING UP CREAKY STAIRS
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [from off] A dream forewarned me of this, after my dear cousin Agnes was drowned at Haddisfield.
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Agnes.\xa0 Yes.\xa0 [Uhn!\xa0 moving heavy object]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 HEAVY BOX SHIFTED
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DISTINCTLY MODERN HUMMING NOISE, AS OF MACHINERY. WHOOSH OF MOVEMENT.
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [calling] Your trunk is safe, grandmother!\xa0 Grab your goat and hurry, I think I hear the rabble approaching!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 MORE SWITCHES, ELECTRONIC NOISE
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Come Bordo, my sweet--
GOAT\xa0 \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0Mahhh
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh!\xa0 What have you there?
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 A false body for them to burn.\xa0 They need to see you die, to be content.
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 How awful people are, that they may need one's help one moment, then turn so cruel and heartless the next.\xa0
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 I promise you, times do change.\xa0 Come now.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR OPENS, EXIT
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SCENE 5\xa0 \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0OUTSIDE COTTAGE
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MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 My trunk?
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 In my carriage, here.
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 I see no carriage.\xa0 'Tis a small house!
GOAT\xa0 \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0Mahhh!
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [amused] If it helps, I will enter first.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 WHOOSHY DOOR SOUND
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Come on.\xa0 Get inside!
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Very well.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 FEET, WHOOSHY DOOR CLOSES
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SCENE 5\xa0\xa0\xa0 SCI FI SOUNDSCAPE
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SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SLOW FOOTSTEPS
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [awe] It is so large within!\xa0 How can this be?
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 The door is a just a portal.\xa0 It can open anywhere.\xa0 It, and I, are from the future.
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 But why come for me?
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Once it was determined that people who were going to die anyway could not hurt the time stream if they were removed, the wiccan council of 2170 decided to save any of the wise women of the past that we could.
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Your words mean nothing, I fear.
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 See if this helps.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 ANOTHER DOOR OPENS, SHUFFLING FEET ENTER
AGNES\xa0\xa0\xa0 Maggie!
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [awe!]\xa0 Agnes?\xa0 But- but you--
AGNES\xa0\xa0\xa0 [happy] Just as with you!
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 ohh!
GOAT\xa0 \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0Mahhh
AGNES\xa0\xa0\xa0 Quite unnerving, I know Maggie, dear.\xa0 Sit here with me.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 TIME TRAVEL NOISE [NOT THE TARDIS - LOL]
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 And... We are clear.\xa0
MAGGIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 My head is a jumble.\xa0 Where are we? Who is this lady?
AGNES\xa0\xa0\xa0 This is Major Timms.\xa0 She is from a future as far beyond our time as the birth of Jesus was before.
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Close enough.
AGNES\xa0\xa0\xa0 She came here to carry us off, in the very moment of our doom, to bring our knowledge and wisdom to the world of her future.\xa0 Wisdom appears to be scarce there.
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Just another stop or two before we return to my time.
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SCENE 6\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE, MORNING
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 CAPSULE APPEARS - SCI FI NOISE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [looking for someone] Hello?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [weary whisper] \xa0Here.
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [clearly knows him] You look tired.
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Late night bonfires can do that.
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Good job, if that helps.
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Thanks.\xa0 Only three more months of this and I get to go home.
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Want me to take a message?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [shrug] I'll get there about the same time you do.\xa0 Where you off to next?
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Somewhere in Africa.\xa0 Late 1800s.
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 How did we ever get past all this?
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [noncommittal noise]\xa0 Mm.\xa0 Just keep up the good work.\xa0 OK?
WITCH FINDER\xa0\xa0\xa0 You too.
TIMMS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [yelling back] And don't catch dysentery!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 LEAVING NOISE SEGUE INTO
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