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[[Category:Bardic Runners Up]][[Category:2012 Bardics]]
By: Sylvance
By: Sylvance
Posted on: August 31, 2012
Posted on: August 31, 2012
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ACT I, SCENE 1
ACT I, SCENE 1


A PLUSH, PINK BEDROOM, YET CLEARLY IN A STATE OF DISUSE AND SLIGHT DISREPAIR. A HAZE OF DUST FILLS THE AIR, ILLUMINATED BY A FINGER OF LIGHT THAT PROTRUDES FROM 'TWIXT PINK COW-PRINT CURTAINS. CENTRAL, A FOUR-POSTER BED SWATHED IN ONCE-ALLURING SILKS.
A PLUSH, PINK BEDROOM, YET CLEARLY IN A STATE OF DISUSE AND SLIGHT DISREPAIR. A HAZE OF DUST FILLS THE AIR, ILLUMINATED BY A FINGER OF LIGHT THAT PROTRUDES FROM 'TWIXT PINK COW-PRINT CURTAINS. CENTRAL, A FOUR-POSTER BED SWATHED IN ONCE-ALLURING SILKS.


THE DOOR TO THE EAST SLAMS LOUDLY SHUT, THOUGH THE PERSON CLOSING IT IS NOT VISIBLE TO THE AUDIENCE.
THE DOOR TO THE EAST SLAMS LOUDLY SHUT, THOUGH THE PERSON CLOSING IT IS NOT VISIBLE TO THE AUDIENCE.
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::::: Or ghosts of decades past return to haunt.
::::: Or ghosts of decades past return to haunt.


::::: (APPREHENSIVELY) Yet... somehow solid, somehow real this seems.
::::: (APPREHENSIVELY)  
::::: Yet... somehow solid, somehow real this seems.


::::: Wherefore have I been cast out from my dreams,
::::: Wherefore have I been cast out from my dreams,


::::: (PANICKED) My Lady, Valnurana? Take me back!
::::: (PANICKED)  
::::: My Lady, Valnurana? Take me back!


::::: Please swallow down what You have vomited
::::: Please swallow down what You have vomited
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ACT I, SCENE 2
ACT I, SCENE 2


CYRENE'S CENTRAL CROSSING AT DAY. THE SOUND OF TOWNSFOLK GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS PERVADES THE SCENE. THE SET IS DOMINATED BY THE CYRENIAN CLOCK TOWER AT CENTRE STAGE, AND A STONE BENCH AND STONE PEDESTAL ARE ALSO VISIBLE.
CYRENE'S CENTRAL CROSSING AT DAY. THE SOUND OF TOWNSFOLK GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS PERVADES THE SCENE. THE SET IS DOMINATED BY THE CYRENIAN CLOCK TOWER AT CENTRE STAGE, AND A STONE BENCH AND STONE PEDESTAL ARE ALSO VISIBLE.
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Act I, Scene 4  
Act I, Scene 4  


WITHIN A LARGE AND GLOOMY WELLWAY, WITH ROUGH-HEWN STEPS SPIRALING AROUND THE WALL. THE STEPS ARE SMALL, SCARCE WIDE ENOUGH FOR TWO TO CROSS UPON THEM, AND AIR WHIPS THREATENINGLY THROUGH THE VERTICAL SHAFT. LIGHT BEAMS DOWN FROM ABOVE.
WITHIN A LARGE AND GLOOMY WELLWAY, WITH ROUGH-HEWN STEPS SPIRALING AROUND THE WALL. THE STEPS ARE SMALL, SCARCE WIDE ENOUGH FOR TWO TO CROSS UPON THEM, AND AIR WHIPS THREATENINGLY THROUGH THE VERTICAL SHAFT. LIGHT BEAMS DOWN FROM ABOVE.


SEELYA STANDS AT THE MIDPOINT, APPARENTLY PAUSING FOR BREATH.
SEELYA STANDS AT THE MIDPOINT, APPARENTLY PAUSING FOR BREATH.
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