Act 2, Scene 3: The Melddown

Setting: We're inside the infamous tavern "The kitten and the rooster". A darkish, warmly lit room inside a wooden house, in which a big party is going on. Ale is flowing by the barrel. Waitresses who surely must have the black belt in karate are serving food and drinks. Patrons are sitting in groups around tables and arguing about the daily politics loudly. The members of the gryphon hunting party (Meld'okan, Lun'oona, Kal'iken, Ton'kena) are sitting at the table in the middle of the stage. There's a giant thanksgiving-style stuffed turkey with a knife and a fork in its back on the table, that the pack of friends are sharing for dinner.
Stage setupNameComment
CurtainLabRatz
Backdrop
Left: Kitten_And_Rooster_Left
Middle: Kitten_And_Rooster_Middle
Right: Kitten_And_Rooster_Right
On 2nd rail
torch3x attached on backdrop on the positions of the wooden beams.
pub table 1[4, 2nd] (One person for set up)
On playrail
pub table 2[6] (One person for set up)
pub table 3[2] (One person for set up)
Hand props & personal props
roasted turkeyPanOn pub table 1
mugNone11x for patrons
pile of empty beer mugsFoxelOn pub table 1, need to be able to be pushed off the table
flying bottlesFoxelEmpty beer bottles to be thrown chaotically during the fight. Who ever es KO'ed should join.
battle chairLynardFor Ton'kena and Patron_3, Round one.
swordOrunFor Patron_4 and Patron_5, Round one.
frying panNoneFor Patron_3 and Patron_5, Round two.
crash glass bottleLynardFor Patron_5, Round four.
white surrender flagNoneFor Meld'okan to wave after the fight.
Special effects
PreRec
Voice:
RoleActorHandsVoicePuppetCostume
Meld'okanEisfuchsNexCarterMeld'okan
Lun'oonaSunnyFurvanSolaire
Kal'iken2ndVoiceRangarigBlackwood
Ton'kenaWaneAikoTon'kena
Vis'alikFeorandersCooper
EliKidaZephyrGoldeneyes
Patron_1o'wolfHakuNoneFeivel McBrookhaven
Patron_2ZuriBalistoNoneBailey
Patron_3DinoexLunoNoneSparky
Patron_4KayjayMstishaNoneBottlebrush
Patron_5DunkelpfoteOrunNonePotami
RATS
IDSampleButtonDescription
1RATSxxRemote 1 Blue Button (set 1 to xx)squekey turkey
PartTime
Intro**00:00 **
Dialogue**00:00 **
**Scene Total****00:00 **

TECH PREROLL

%LIG% LX-0099 Work Light OFF (Static Playbacks)

%LIG% LX-0099 STANDBY for GO, all torch QW O sm

%MIX% Check Levels
%MIX% Unmute Desk

%MIX% Puppeteer1: ON


DIALOG

%ATT% STANDBY Stage left [1, 1st, off]: None

%ATT% STANDBY Stage left [1, 2nd, off]: None

%ATT% STANDBY Stage right [7, 1st, off]: None

%ATT% STANDBY Stage right [7, 2nd, off]: None

%ATT% STANDBY Stage: Meld'okan, Lun'oona, Kal'iken and Ton'kena (in this order from [4, 2nd] towards [3, 2nd]) around pub table 1 at [4, 2nd]; Vis'alik at pub table 2 at [7, 1st]; Patron_1 and Patron_2 at pub table 2 at [6, 1st]; Patron_3, Patron_4 and Patron_5 (in this order from [2, 1st] towards [1, 1st]) around pub table 3; Eli serving the patrons.

%LIG% LX-0000 fade-in: T2 near, far, backdrop, QW

%HND% Open the Curtain.

%HND% Curtain - open

%LIG% LX-2300 Tavern

%AMB% - AMB-2301 - Full Pub Audience

%MUS% A band is playing music somewhere in the background.

%ACT% Meld'okan, Lun'oona, Kal'iken and Ton'kena (in this order from [4, 2nd] towards [3, 2nd]) are talking and drinking from mugs around pub table 1 at [4, 2nd].

%ACT% Meld'okan does not hold a mug, he is lying face-down on the table, surrounded by an absurd pile of empty beer mugs.

%ACT% Vis'alik sits at pub table 2 around [7, 1st], all the way at the side, wearing a black hooded cloak, the hood hiding his face.

%ACT% Patron_1 and Patron_2 at pub table 2 around [6, 1st] in this order, talking and drinking from mugs.

%ACT% Patron_3, Patron_4 and Patron_5 (in this order from [2, 1st] towards [1, 1st]) around pub table 3, talking and drinking from mugs.

%ACT% Eli serving the patrons with more beer, bringing them new mugs and taking the old.

Ton'kena: "Okay, next round is on me! Eli! Eli?"

Eli: "Yeah?"

Ton'kena: "Another round of ale, if you would be so kind."

Eli (points at Meld'okan): "Sure! Just you three, or for that one, too?"

Ton'kena: "Him, too. He's had a rough day."

Meld'okan (face down): "I'm drinking to forget."

Eli: "Forget what?"

Meld'okan: "I don't know, I forgot."

Eli: "You take good care of him, okay?"

Lun'oona: "Oh, don't worry, he can take it. He's got the stomach of a rat."

Kal'iken: "And the brain of a slug."

Meld'okan (face down): "Fuck off Kal."

%ACT% Lun'oona, Kal'iken and Ton'kena laugh.

Ton'kena: "I wonder what became of that gryphon."

Lun'oona: "I say it's dead."

Kal'iken: "And if it's not, I'm sure we scared it away for good."

Lun'oona: "I don't think it's gonna be back either way. Bummer."

Meld'okan (looking up): "I wish!"

Kal'iken: "You know something we don't?"

Meld'okan: "All I know is I'm cursed. Fucking CURSED."

Lun'oona: "You talking about the gryph or your ex?"

Meld'okan: "Both."

Ton'kena: "You sure love pitying yourself, don't ya. I think that harpoon thing you built was actually pretty sweet!"

Lun'oona: "And about your ex, if you miss 'em so much why the hell did ya dump him."

%ACT% Meld'okan stands up abruptly, nearly falling over, clearing the pile of empty beer mugs off the table in the process.

%ACT% Meld'okan grabs Lun'oona.

Meld'okan: "I didn't never not dump no-one! He dumped ME because I didn't want to move into his grannie's ramshackle hut!"

%ACT% Lun'oona pushes Meld'okan back on his chair.

Lun'oona: "Chill, man! Everything's gonna be okay!"

Meld'okan: "NOTHING IS OKAY. He's probably in bed with another guy RIGHT NOW. Saw them at the market, billing and cooing like doves!"

Lun'oona: "Damn, anyone we know?"

Meld'okan: "Yes ... No! Dammit, I know, but if I told you, my balls are gonna shrivel and fall off! IT'S A CURSE!"

Kal'iken: "Shut up Meld, you're drunk."

Meld'okan: "HE CURSED ME I SWEAR HE DID!"

Kal'iken: "Dude, this is all just happening in your drunken ass head!"

%ACT% Meld'okan stands up again, trying to be threatening.

Meld'okan: "DO I LOOK LIKE I'M MAKING THIS UP!?"

Lun'oona: "Yeah. You totally do! Now stop shouting before they throw us out."

%ACT% Meld'okan sits down again and drops his head back on the table.

Meld'okan: "If there only was someone I could talk to."

Kal'iken: "Yeah, if only your best buddies were here."

Lun'oona: "But instead it's just you in an empty room."

Ton'kena: "It's a curse, I tell you ... A CUUUURSE!"

%ACT% Lun'oona, Kal'iken and Ton'kena laugh!

Meld'okan: "YOU HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!"

Ton'kena: "THEN HOW ABOUT YOU FUCKING TELL US?"

Meld'okan: "I CAN'T ... AND YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME ANYWAY!"

Ton'kena: "If you're going to be like this for the rest of the night you can fuck right off, okay?"

Meld'okan: "OKAY! OKAY, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED, AND IF MY BALLS FALL OFF THAT'LL BE ALL YOUR FAULT!"

Lun'oona: "We're all ears!"

%ACT% Meld'okan takes a deeeeeep gulp of beer.

Meld'okan: "Okay. So I know where the gryphon went. It's actually a guy, a grey wolf, and he can turn himself into the gryph and back. That's how the beast went poof all of a sudden. Tim found the guy and took him home. I saw him turn back into a gryphon before my own eyes, prolly giving Tim the hardest boner in his life ... SHIT!"

%ACT% Lun'oona, Kal'iken and Ton'kena laugh.

Meld'okan: "THERE! I TOLD YOU YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME!"

Kal'iken: "Your balls still in shape, or are they already starting to shrivel?"

Meld'okan: "FUCK OFF KAL, I'M NOT FINISHED. Turns out the guy's a mage - and Tim, too! Saw them float objects in mid air together just for the fuck of it. There's a fucking magic cave right under Win'olah hill full of glowy crystals and shit, I've been there, I swear!"

Ton'kena: "You really have to cut down on the cave 'shrooms."

Meld'okan (through his teeth): "Ton, just for a second, try to imagine how it feels when you fail to catch a gryphon and miss out on the highest bounty the Queen's ever put on someone's head, only to find out your bloody ex is hooking up with em?"

Ton'kena: "I'm trying to imagine it right now ... and ... it's ... *snort* ... it's the ... funniest thing I've ever imagined ..."

%ACT% Ton'kena giggles so hard he's crying.

Kal'iken: "Be gay, do magic!"

Lun'oona: "Living the life to the fullest!"

%ACT% Lun'oona and Kal'iken start laughing, too.

Meld'okan: "HE FREAKING FUCKED THE GRYPHON BEFORE MY EYES. CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW THAT FEELS!?"

%ACT% The Patron_1, Patron_2, Patron_3, Patron_4 and Patron_5 in the pub stop talking, staring at Meld'okan.

Lun'oona (giggling): "No, I'm sorry, I've never fucked a gryphon before."

Meld'okan: "THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!"

Kal'iken: "And how the hell would that even work ...?"

Meld'okan: "HOW WOULD THAT EVEN WORK? WHAT DO YOU THINK HOW THIS WOULD WORK, MISTER FUCKING WISE GUY?"

%ACT% Meld'okan jumps on the table, grabs the roasted turkey, and pretends to fuck it from behind.

%SND% RATS - Squeaky Toy Sound (repeating)

Meld'okan: "Ahhh! Ooooh! Yeah! Your ass feathers are so fluffy! Teach me your magic daddy! Aaah! Aaaah! You're all my dreams coming true daddy! Aaah! Ahhh!"

Eli: "HEY YOU! PUT THE FOOD BACK ON THE TABLE AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE YOU PERVERT!"

Meld'okan: "I'M NOT THE PERVERT! TIM'OFEJ IS THE PERVERT! AND NOW YOU KNOW IT TOO!"

%ACT% Lun'oona leaps at Meld'okan and tackles him off the table.

%SND% SND-2301 - Escalating Bar Fight

%ACT% Meld'okan throws the roasted turkey at the guys at pub table 3 at [2, 1st].

%ACT% Patron_3, Patron_4 and Patron_5 react by throwing flying bottles of beer back at Meld'okan and his friends. Starting here, a large bar fight erupts. Everybody joins!

%ACT% Eli rescues the Turkey and runs off with it.

%ACT% Vis'alik is the only one who does not move, pulling down his cloak even more, hiding in the corner.

%ATT% The following fight will be acted out as a tournament style fight lasting for four rounds. The winner of each duel will be involved in the next round, the looser will be K.O. and disappear instantly below the play-rail. Each round last about 30 seconds, there will be a classic boxing fight bell to signal the start of the next round.

%ACT% Eli saves the roasted turkey, but otherwise ignores the fight and goes on as normal: She serves Vis'alik another beer and starts to clean up the KOed patrons.

%HND% All throughout the fight, flying bottles are being thrown all over the stage.

%ATT% -------- Round one (20 SECONDS) --------

%LIG% LX-2301 Chase on "FIGHT"
%SND% SND-2302 - Mortal Kombat Announcer : Round One - FIGHT

%SND% SND-2302 (cont.) - Cartoon fighting noises

%ACT% Patron_1 and Patron_2 fight each other with their mugs.

%ACT% Lun'oona and Kal'iken fight each other by banging each others' heads on the table.

%ACT% Ton'kena and Patron_3 fight each other. Ton'kena walks over to Patron_3 at [3, 1st] and hits him with a battle chair. Patron_3 is not impressed, turns around slowly and starts to slap Ton'kena repeatedly.

%ACT% Patron_4 and Patron_5 fight each other with swords. They are drunk and won't really hit each other,

%SND% SND-2302 (cont.) - End of Round Signal (Donkey)

%ACT% Patron_1 goes down.
%ACT% Patron_2 wins, stays at [6, 1st] and waits for Kal'iken to arrive.

%ACT% Lun'oona goes down.
%ACT% Kal'iken counts Lun'oona out and walks over to Patron_2 at [6, 1st].

%ACT% Patron_5 hits Patron_4 with the pummel of her sword. Patron_4 goes down
%ACT% Patron_5 wins, stays at [2, 1st] and waits for Patron_3 to arrive.

%ACT% Ton'kena goes down
%ACT% Patron_3 wins and walks over to Patron_5 at [2, 1st].

%SND% SND-2302 (cont.) - Applause

%ATT% -------- Round two (15 SECONDS) --------

%LIG% LX-2302 Chase on "FIGHT"
%SND% SND-2303 - Mortal Kombat Announcer : Round Two - FIGHT
%SND% SND-2303 (cont.) - Cartoon fighting noises

%ACT% Patron_2 and Kal'iken fight each other by hitting each other's faces with their fists.

%ACT% Patron_3 and Patron_5 fight each other by first slapping each others' hands

%SND% SND-2303 (cont.) - End of Round Signal (Chicken)

%ACT% Patron_2 goes down.
%ACT% Kal'iken wins, stays at [6, 1st] and waits.

%ACT% Patron_5 hits Patron_3 with a frying pan.
%ACT% Patron_5 wins and stays at [2, 1st].

%SND% SND-2304 - BÖNG!

%SND% SND-2303 (cont.) - Applause

%ATT% -------- Round three (10 SECONDS) --------

%SND% SND-2301 FADE SLOWLY
%LIG% LX-2303 Chase on "FIGHT"
%SND% SND-2305 - Mortal Kombat Announcer : Round Three - FIGHT
%SND% SND-2305 (cont.) - Cartoon fighting noises

%ACT% Kal'iken and Patron_5 rush towards each other and meet at [4, 1st]. They fight by strangling and biting each other.

%SND% SND-2305 (cont.) - End of Round Signal (Awooo)

%SND% SND-2305 - Mortal Kombat Announcer: FINISH HIM!

%ACT% Patron_5 grabs the crash glass bottle, takes a big gulp and burps Kal'iken to unconsciousness. She is the last person standing.

%SND% SND-2305B - GULP

%SND% SND-2306 - BUUUUUUURP

%ATT% -------- Round four --------

%AMB% AMB-2302 - Empty Bar
%AMB% AMB-2301 FADE

%LIG% LX-2304 Chase on "FIGHT"
%SND% SND-2307 - Mortal Kombat Announcer : Round Four - FIGHT

%ACT% Patron_5 looks left ... then look right ... there's nobody left to fight.

%ACT% Patron_5 takes a big gulp from her crash glass bottle and hits herself with a crash glass bottle and goes down.

%SND% SND-2308 - CRASH!

%SND% SND-2309 - Mortal Kombat Announcer: Flawless Victory!

%ATT% -------- The fight is over --------

%ACT% Meld'okan waves a white surrender flag from under the table.

%ACT% Meld'okan appears from under the table, tries to steady himself, looking around.

Meld'okan: "*SIGH* Some people just can't handle the truth. What a mess."

%ACT% Meld'okan proceeds to walk outside, slowly staggering along.

%ACT% Vis'alik stands up and swiftly sneaks up behind Meld'okan.

%ACT% Vis'alik takes Meld'okan down from behind.

%ACT% Meld'okan drops his white surrender flag.

Meld'okan: "MMPRARRGH!"

Vis'alik: "I think I know someone who will be able to handle the truth just fine. The Queen is looking forward to your report."

Meld'okan: "Mmmhmmh! MMhhhhhm!"

Vis'alik: "Boy, you reek like a distillery ... better stay away from open flames before you explode ..."

%ACT% Vis'alik guides Meld'okan outside.

%LIG% LX-0099 Lights out

%HND% Close the Curtain.

%AMB% AMB-2302 - FADE

%HND% Curtain - close

%LIG% LX-0099 Work Light ON

%ATT% Microphone handover from ROLE to OTHER ROLE