Posted by Kylaris on October 22, 1999 at 14:28:33:
This is the final performance of the play "Ktytha", written by Taerin and performed by several Troupers. CAST Gobnait holds Ktytha tightly about the waist. Gobnait draws back, removing her arms from Ktytha's waist. Gobnait says 'You've been looking a bit fat, my treat.' Gobnait pushes Ktytha off her lap suddenly. Jacynth begins to tremble and quiver, stumbling off Nebrevata's lap uncerimoniously. Gobnait whispers 'Trust given. So foolish.' Gobnait lurches away, keening softly. Saldorin lumbers slowly into view, his gaze focusing on Ktytha. Jacynth walks onstage, holding her belly and wobbling a bit as she walks, a pain in her step. Ewan says 'dieing men....dead....bah....' Jacynth tries to conceal a wry smile that slips across her face. Ewan says 'If she accidentally happens to be....held....softened, and mauled in this raid.....' Ewan says 'I think we can fill the post' Jacynth looks confused suddenly and asks in a softer voice. Ewan utters the words 'parh dudasabru'. Saldorin begins stomping up and down on Jaragh. Armisael screams soundlessly, as he becomes engulfed in flames. Jacynth grabs the baby to her chest, clutching it tightly, bursting into fresh tears. Jacynth wields a silver dagger. Jacynth looks down at the blood soaked dagger in her hands and turns it towards herself, quickly plunging the dagger once through her heart and twisting it, falling over slowly. Taerin gasps in astonishment. Gobnait lowers a sapphire blue curtain over the dead and bleeding corpse of Ktytha.
I edited it to remove prompts and other irrelevancies, but some grammatical errors may have crept in during that process. So don't blame them on the performers.
Ktytha, Citizen of the Empire : Jacynth
Nebrevata, Imperial High Arcanus : Gobnait
Reniver, Imperial Warmaster : Taerin
Agorinth, Imperial High Priest : Saldorin
Jaragh, Knight of Thera : Armisael
Genofen, Emperor of Thera : Ewan
Taerin walks up to the center of the stage, faces the audience, and bows slightly.
Taerin says 'Welcome to the Troupe's production of Ktytha!'
Taerin says 'This is a play regarding the past generation of imperial citizens, though written as a 'passion play'... a performance designed to espouse some virtue or vice, or outlook.'
Taerin says 'As it *does* involve these past citizens, you may also regard it as a historical work, or at the least, a satire.'
Taerin scans west.
Taerin says 'Again, thank you for coming, and we hope you enjoy the play.'
Taerin bows, steps off the stage, and dons a black tunic.
Taerin raises a sapphire blue curtain to reveal a large throne covered in arcane symbols.
Gobnait wears a frowning mask painted with arcane symbols on her head.
Gobnait walks to the throne, her black robes crackling as they drag on the floor.
Jacynth enters quietly, moving quickly towards Nebrevata, curtseying deeply.
Gobnait stands by the throne, staring out at you from behind her mask.
Jacynth smiles at Nebrevata and asks:
Jacynth says 'You summoned me Mistress?'
Gobnait nods ever so slightly.
Gobnait says 'Arcanus.'
Gobnait kisses Ktytha passionately through her mask.
Gobnait hops onto the throne, her movements seeming a little looser and human than before.
Gobnait beckons to Ktytha.
Jacynth climbs up onto Nebrevata's lap, cozing there.
Gobnait says 'And how do we serve the Empire, my treat?'
Jacynth leans in kissing Nebrevata squarely on the lips.
Gobnait snuggles close to Ktytha, fingering her hair with one hand.
Jacynth says 'You know how we serve the Empire, my Mistress.'
Jacynth draws a finger down Nebrevata's cheek sensuously.
Gobnait leans into the finger on her cheek.
Jacynth motions about herself widely.
Jacynth says 'See these numerous corpses of our enemies here?'
Jacynth says 'Have I not donated nicely?'
Gobnait says 'You have, girl.'
Gobnait says 'You please me greatly. Here, a small gift of the truly enlightened to wear.'
Gobnait gives (Glowing) a silver comb to Ktytha.
Gobnait says 'Someday, all of Thera will be as that island.'
Gobnait says 'Pure...'
Gobnait says 'Without those...'
Jacynth leans in closer to Nebrevata breathing softly in her ear, placing the comb carefully in her hair just peeking out behind the mask.
Gobnait shudders slightly with pleasure at the breath in her ear and then shrugs .
Jacynth says 'Oh thank you Mistress. It is beautiful!'
Jacynth traces a finger along the comb lightly.
Gobnait plays with Ktytha's hair, arranging it around the comb.
Jacynth says 'Someday, we enlightened ones will rule!'
Jacynth tosses her head saucily.
Jacynth says 'I heard those _fools_...'
Jacynth frowns.
Gobnait rubs her face against Ktytha, seeming to drink deeply of her scent, then sits back slightly, a frown on her face.
Gobnait cocks her head slightly, listening.
Jacynth says '...were causing a ruckus last night..'
Guthrie nods at Jacynth.
Jacynth rolls her eyes, disgusted.
Gobnait snorts in disgust.
Gobnait says 'Genofen, bah.'
Gobnait spits out the names like nails.
Gobnait says 'Reniver. Agorinth.'
Gobnait says 'They do not think. Stupid oxen.'
Gobnait pauses and taps the cheek of her mask, making an eerie hollow noise.
Gobnait says 'But they have made me think.'
Jacynth nods in agreement, her eyes peering deeply into Nebrevata's as she licks her lips.
Gobnait holds Ktytha closer about the waist.
Gobnait says 'Genofen and Agorinth made Reniver drunk for their amusement.'
Jacynth says 'Oh?'
Gobnait says 'And you know how liquor loosens tongues..'
Gobnait says 'He made several boasts that interest me.'
Gobnait peers closely at Ktytha, her eyes flashing in the shadows of her mask.
Jacynth blanches a pale pasty white and stammers a bit.
Jacynth says 'Err...well..he's taken a few blows to the head you know...'
Jacynth says 'Coarse peasant!'
Jacynth spits in utter disgust!
Jacynth says 'I'd scarcely believe a word he said sober. '
Gobnait makes some soft grunting noises.
Gobnait says 'Go.'
Gobnait says 'Stand over there.'
Gobnait points imperiously.
Jacynth hurries to the place she was ordered and stands there sheepishly.
Gobnait says 'Surely you would never betray our gender.''
Gobnait whispers 'Never betray ME.'
Gobnait utters the words 'oculoinfra aniuleiom'.
Jacynth gasps seeing the fury in her eyes.
Gobnait yells 'AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
Gobnait jolts to her feet and stares at Ktytha, her entire body shaking.
Gobnait slaps Ktytha across the face, sending her sprawling.
Gobnait says 'You BITCH! You're PREGNANT!!!'
Jacynth falls backward into a corner, shaking and speaking through quivering lips.
Gobnait says 'Traitor!'
Jacynth says 'No, no, Mistress! You're mistaken!'
Gobnait snarls in disgust.
Gobnait whispers 'I cannot believe this.'
Jacynth says 'It isn't as you suppose!'
Gobnait says 'AIGH!!'
Gobnait shakes her head madly, flinging her black curls from side to side.
Gobnait shoves Ktytha full in the chest, sending her sprawling.
Armisael leaves west.
Gobnait yells 'Get out of my sight! Out!'
Jacynth tumbles about with the shove and sobs quietly on the floor.
Gobnait stares at Ktytha, tears streaming down her mask, and points a trembling finger at her.
Gobnait utters the words 'xafe ay candusqarr'.
Jacynth disappears.
Gobnait stands alone, her chest heaving.
Gobnait slaps herself hollowly on the face.
Gobnait says 'Ugh.'
Taerin lowers a sapphire blue curtain, and soft scraping sounds are heard from beyond.
Gobnait stops using a frowning mask painted with arcane symbols.
Taerin strips off the black tunic.
Taerin wears a furry mask showing a felar's visage on his head.
Taerin hands the tunic to Gobnait.
Gobnait wears the black tunic and raises a sapphire blue curtain to reveal a temple altar, a stuffed healer with a New Thalos sign stuck to it, and New Thalos temple Scenery.
Gobnait giggles.
Ewan smiles happily.
Jacynth sits in the middle of the stage, her head in her hands, noticably sobbing, her shoulders shaking up and down with each fresh outburst.
Gobnait raises a sapphire blue curtain again to reveal a temple altar, a stuffed healer with a New Thalos sign stuck to it, and New Thalos temple Scenery.
Taerin appears in the room.
Jacynth says 'Why? Oh why!?'
Taerin cackles as he slicks fresh blood and bits of flesh from his blade.
Jacynth sobs in misery.
Taerin raises an eyebrow at Ktytha's weird actions.
Jacynth shakes her head in dismay.
Taerin says 'Hey, sweet treat, my pretty thing...'
Taerin looks at Jacynth.
Jacynth hears the voice and the look on her face turns to a scowl.
Taerin says 'Eh. What's with you?'
Jacynth says 'Reniver! I...I'm going to have your baby!'
Taerin blinks and stares stupidly at Ktytha for a moment.
Jacynth says 'You fool! I cannot believe I ever trusted you.'
Taerin glances slowly around the room, his face twitching slightly.
Taerin whispers 'MY baby?'
Jacynth spits in disgust at Reniver.
Taerin boggles at the concept.
Taerin says 'Is that possible?!'
Jacynth growls.
Jacynth says 'Apparently so, you flea ridden mess!'
Jacynth rubs her stomach in a slow circle.
Jacynth says 'I'll be having it soon, too.'
Taerin says 'ehhh, no, no, NO you SLUT!! You're wrong!'
Jacynth spits out the words angrily.
Taerin makes a whimpering sound as he throws down a small globe.
Taerin vanishes!
Jacynth gasps in astonishment.
Jacynth falls back, her eyes full of tears and her face a mask of despair.
Jacynth sits herself upright and sighs heavily.
Jacynth whispers 'A baby..'
Jacynth whispers 'No Warmaster, No Arcanus...just a baby...'
Jacynth looks down at her growing belly, scowling a bit more, she continues to sob.
Jacynth sniffs sadly and looks up, wiping a tear from her cheek.
Saldorin says 'Eh, what's the matter with you?'
Jacynth says 'Oh, High Priest.._High_ Priest....'
Jacynth blinks innocently.
Jacynth scoots over closer to Agorinth and nuzzles up against his leg, her eyes wide.
Jacynth says 'Oh High Divine Leader...I am sooooo sorrowful.'
Jacynth lets the words roll off her tongue with a sticky sweet whine.
Jacynth peers up at Agorinth wide eyed and whines some more.
Jacynth says 'Sooooo sorrowful...'
Jacynth says 'Come and I will tell you my tale...'
Jacynth puts her hand in Agorinth's, letting him pull her to her feet and she leads him away by the hand.
Gobnait lowers a sapphire blue curtain.
Gobnait raises a sapphire blue curtain.
Taerin looks at Ewan.
Armisael adjusts his dragonmask slightly.
Jacynth shakes her head and talks to herself more than to anyone else.
Jacynth says 'Loving Agorinth is easier than _loving_ Agorinth.'
Jacynth sighs.
Jacynth says 'No more fire giants for me..'
Jacynth continues offstage, still wobbling from side to side.
Saldorin stumbles forward, sliding to a halt with a look of embarrassment on his face.
Saldorin quickly scans the area to see if anyone noticed, and then tries to nonchalantly wander away.
Gobnait lowers a sapphire blue curtain, and soft scraping sounds are heard from beyond.
Gobnait gets chocolate cake from a leather backpack.
Gobnait raises a sapphire blue curtain to reveal some Balator scenery and a sign reading 'The Balator Orphanage'.
Armisael steps proudly onto the stage.
Armisael has created a Golden Sword!
Armisael wields a Golden Sword.
Jacynth walks towards Jaragh, a tiny squirming bundle wrapped in a tattered blanket in her hands.
Armisael says 'What do you want, you Imperial Witch? Come to slaughter more of my defenseless Orphans, have you?'
Armisael growls.
Jacynth nearly throws the child into Jaragh's arms, speaking nary a word she turns quickly on her heel, leaving the baby behind in a baffled Jaragh's arms.
Armisael looks down at the bundle, a look of horror and disgust spreading across his face.
Armisael whispers 'Dear Merciful Shokai...'
Armisael whispers 'Of what unholy union came this foul, wretched hellspawn?'
Armisael shrugs helplessly.
Armisael says 'I guess I'll just throw it in with the rest of them, perhaps Thrym will have a use for it.'
Armisael walks calmly off the stage.
Gobnait lowers a sapphire blue curtain, and soft scraping sounds are heard from beyond.
Gobnait raises a sapphire blue curtain to reveal an ornate Imperial throne.
Ewan enters and sits on the throne, playing with the ornamentation a bit.
Ewan says 'Ktytha.....'
Ewan says 'KTYTHA!!! Bring Yourself!!!'
Jacynth pops into existence.
Jacynth scrambles towards Genofen, crawling up into his lap.
Jacynth says 'Yes, my Emperor? I am yours to command.'
Jacynth leans in and kisses Genofen passionately.
Ewan says 'mmm....yes....Ktytha, You embody what an Arcanus should be...'
Jacynth looks up at Genofen, feigning adoration.
Jacynth says 'I am glad I please my Emperor. '
Ewan says 'yes, Perform well in this next raid, and perhaps I'll let you spend some more time...with the...wildcat....'
Jacynth nuzzles up against Genofen.
Jacynth winces and then quickly recovers, plastering a smile back onto her face.
Jacynth says 'Ooh, you know how I do like that.'
Jacynth starts moaning.
Taerin falls down laughing.
Ewan says 'That is not all dark temptress.....Nebrevata begins to tire me, with ehr talk of oppression, oppress more, more men, oppress.....'
Ewan says 'foolish nattering...'
Jacynth looks up, her interest piqued.
Jacynth can no longer conceal her outright pleasure at this turn of events and claps her hands together excitedly.
Jacynth says 'I certainly think so!'
Jacynth says 'Raid? What raid are you planning Emperor?'
Ewan says 'The cities to the south...they have lived too long without recognizing us......Tonight......'
Ewan says 'They will feel the wrath of the Empire'
Jacynth looks to the south, her breath catching in her throat.
Jacynth looks weak and slumps down in Genofen's lap as the color drains from her face.
Jacynth whispers 'Balator?'
Jacynth furrows her brow, concern rising up from deep within.
Jacynth says 'Not Balator!'
Ewan looks at Ktytha questioningly, and raises his voice.
Ewan says 'Yes!.....Balator'
Jacynth frowns deeply, her forehead creasing as the worry on her face grows more apparent.
Ewan says 'I will speak to you after the battle. Go...now'
Ewan utters the words, 'xafe ay canduqarr'.
Jacynth disappears.
Gobnait lowers a sapphire blue curtain, and stuck to it is a sign that reads 'RAIDING BALATOR'.
Saldorin wields a grotesquely huge, blood-dripping, flame-rimmed axe.
Armisael steps up onto the stage.
Saldorin arrives and roars mightily at Jaragh!
Armisael says 'Foul servants of Darkness, you will never take this town!'
Armisael holds his Golden Sword up high.
Saldorin waves his axe around menacingly.
Saldorin says 'Bah, your words are nothing... as you shall soon be!'
Saldorin swings his axe at Jaragh, missing him by a hair.
Armisael lunges at Agorinth, the tip of his sword grazing off the right side of Agorinth's armor.
Saldorin roars at the strike, twisting to the side and swinging his axe low at Jaragh's legs.
Armisael hops out of the way just in time, dodging the blow.
Armisael swings his sword back around at Agorinth, resulting in a loud clang as it crashes into Agorinth's axe.
Saldorin growls with anger, rage suffusing him as he steps close and begins beating Jaragh about the head!
Armisael slips out away from Agorinth, sparring away with him at sword's length.
Ewan walks in and smiles slightly.
Armisael stiffens up, his face taut with agony.
Saldorin throws back his head and laughs into the night.
Armisael falls to the ground.
Saldorin says 'Know, before you die, that all that you love will be made dust!'
Saldorin sneers at Jaragh evilly.
Saldorin says 'Har!'
Saldorin looks around, grinning evilly. He sweeps up the ashes and walks away, still chuckling.
Ewan leaves with a proud look on his face.
Gobnait raises a sapphire blue curtain to reveal what appears to be the smoldering remains of the Balator scenery, and a sign barely propped up, covered in scorch marks, that reads 'THE BALATOR ORPHANAGE'.
Jacynth stumbles in on the broken remains.
Armisael quietly rolls off the stage, as a dummy corpse is left in his place.
Armisael leaves south.
Jacynth peers around herself, noticing the bundle in the middle of the stage, she runs to it, falling on her knees beside it.
Ewan walks in, a satisfied smirk on his face.
Ewan frowns.
Ewan looks at Ktytha.
Ewan says 'We....won, girl'
Jacynth looks up, her eyes swollen and puffy, tears pouring down her cheeks.
Ewan frowns at Ktytha.
Jacynth sobs in misery.
Jacynth says '..but...'
Ewan says 'Nebrevata found an.....unfortunate death at the hands of our blades.'
Jacynth looks down at the bundle in her hands.
Ewan raises an eyebrow.
Ewan looks at the baby in Ktytha's hands.
Ewan says 'ack, gods!'
Ewan says 'What the hell is that? What foul breeding gave you that thing!?'
Jacynth growls.
Jacynth says 'You bastard! That is...that was..my baby.'
Ewan glares at Ktytha.
Ewan says 'Watch..who..you insult, Arcanus...'
Ewan holds a red and black striped wwand.
Ewan says 'or should I say...'
Ewan zaps Ktytha with a red and black striped wand. Her baby crumbles into ash.
Ewan says 'High..Arcanus'
Taerin gasps in astonishment.
Jacynth gasps in astonishment.
Jacynth holds the empty, tattered blanket in her hands, watching the ashes drift slowly towards the stage.
Ewan nods
Ewan says 'now, Stand, girl....Take your new post.'
Ewan says 'We of the council have many things to organize, now that Balator is ours'
Ewan raises an eyebrow and beckons for Ktytha to follow.
Jacynth looks from her empty arms, to Genofen, and back again, then lets out a s cream of agony.
Jacynth screams loudly!
Ewan lets a slight growl out, it grows.
Ewan says 'You try my patience...'
Ewan says 'come...'
Ewan says 'NOW'
Jacynth says 'Do you not understand? There is Nothing! Nothing! NOTHING AT ALL!'
Ewan glares at Ktytha.
Ewan says 'Do you go mad woman?'
Ewan glances at Ktytha.
Jacynth takes a step forward quickly and jabs the point directly into Genofen's eyes, each one in turn, a look of horrified satisfaction on her face.
Ewan says 'what is that dagg---AA, you.. LITTLE BITCH AAAAGH!!!!!'
Ewan clutches at his face, blood gushing like rivers between his fingers!
Jacynth watches Genofen writhing in agony and nods to herself slowly.
Ewan says 'AAAAAAARGH!!!!!!!!!'
Ewan says 'BITCH.....YOU WILL PAY!!!!.....'
Ewan utters the words 'xafe ay candusqarr'.
Ewan disappears.
Jacynth falls to her knees, her head in her hands, dropping her head so her fore head touches the floor, her hair falling around her.
Jacynth looks up slowly, her head shaking as despair begins to overtake her.
Jacynth whispers 'What is there?'
Jacynth whispers 'Nothing. There is Nothing.'