EPISODE 4 - THE SEAM BETWEEN: Part 1
A plethora of knives. A couple more knives.
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SCENE 1
[A nice serene shot of the outside of the inn we saw TRIFOO go into last episode. Life seems normal: people are walking by, birds are chirping, etc
Suddenly, the wall explodes outwards, the TRENCHCOAT MAN crashes into a stall selling produce.
The camera centers on TRIFOO, he’s standing in the newly made hole in the inn’s wall, looking down at the broken stall. His eye is glowing fiercely red, and there is red miasma gathered around his left wrist
Close up of his left hand, it cuts upward at the wrist, in a small reverse chop.]
TRIFOO
(Quietly)
Spectral Matter, Vice Prayer.
[Two large skeletal arms, made of the translucent purple material we’re getting used to seeing, emerge from the ground on either side of TRENCHCOAT MAN, and clap together as if they were praying, before dissipating into mist. The force of the clap is enormous.
When the mist clears, where the TRENCHCOAT MAN was is empty; he is now perched on the roof across the street from TRIFOO. His trenchcoat flutters in the wind with the momentum of his escape.
His hands go into his coat’s inner pockets and back out again– over and over, his hands are so fast they make a continuous blur of movement.
TRIFOO looks up. A hundred or more knives are bearing down on him from above.]
TRIFOO
(Thinking)
Infinite knife coat aside, something’s not right… Maybe some Orderly Implements in play…?
[Zoom out to show the whole inn again, the knife cloud crashes into where TRIFOO was standing in multiple waves. It waxes and wanes a couple times in its intensity. It’s just. so. many. knives.
But TRIFOO is back on the ground/street now, the purple skeletal arms spurting from his back in a wing-like formation are already dissipating. Dust floats up in clouds around his feet as if he just came to rest.
A glint in his peripheral—
Zoom to TRENCHCOAT MAN, who is now directly to the left of TRIFOO, about 10 yards away.
Zoom backwards to where TRIFOO stands, another wave of knives frozen in midair as we slow to extreme slow motion. The closest of the knives is about 6 inches away from TRIFOO.
Cut to far-away overhead shot of the area– a cloud of dust explodes as the wave of knives makes impact.
Back on the street, the TRENCHCOAT MAN is looking down so his face is in shadow, we only see a bright and menacing smile, he’s picking his teeth with a knife.
He throws his head back, and cackles.]
TRENCHCOAT MAN
Bre-he-he-he-he-ha-ha-hoooo I’ll be a LEGEND foh dis!! Taking down the supposedly great (derisively) Triangulus… Hero, den scourge, oh de Order. You died a meaningless deaf on a meaningless quest. I–
[Close up of TRENCHCOAT MANs eye, registering surprise,
Cut back to where TRIFOO was standing,
Dust starts to clear,
TRIFOO’s silhouette slowly becomes visible.
He looks like a pincushion.
Starting at his feet, slowly panning up, we see he’s been stabbed at least 50 times, there are knives emanating from all over his body.
He is in the first pose in this sequence:
Arms outstretched, in a low wide squat,
His eye is glowing red,
Small but extremely dense balls of red energy start to form in front of his outstretched hands.
We see that blood, dripping from all the wounds, is feeding into the orbs of energy,
He claps his hands together, and the sound is deafening.
In the silence that follows:]
TRIFOO
(whispering, shaky)
If I am to die on this Errand, it will not be by your hand.
[He draws his hands slowly apart, as he does, he pinches a small thread of pulsating red energy that lengthens as he separates his hands.
We see a very shocked TRENCHCOAT MAN for a moment before cutting back to TRIFOO. His upper torso takes up the whole screen. Knives sticking out of, well, everywhere. The beam of red energy held just below his glowing eye in the camera frame.]
TRIFOO
(whispering, but with quiet strength)
Seam, Alteration.
SCENE 2
[Back with CHIFFON and THE LAUGHING SWORDSMAN. They are right where we last left them, CHIFFON sitting in the dirt with her head in her hands, deep in thought.THE LAUGHING SWORDSMAN is just decelerating her laughter when:
Soft explosion noise,
They both look towards it, it’s the same cloud of dust we saw when TRIFOO took all the hits]
LAUGHING SWORDSMAN
(suddenly serious)
Finally.
[She starts strolling away merrily]
LAUGHING SWORDSMAN
Take it easy, lady! Hope your shit works out!
[CHIFFON looks up]
CHIFFON
Hold on just a second! You just majorly complicated things for me! You can’t just walk away!
LAUGHING SWORDSMAN
(starts laughing again)
(over her shoulder)
Hey hey hey - you had already roughed those guys up plenty before I showed - all’s I did was level the playing field!
CHIFFON
(running to catch up)
I had a plan, thank you very much! And you just ruined it …
LAUGHING SWORDSMAN
(Pause)
Tell you what - My guts sayin’ you’re at the center of somethin’ fun. After I finish my business in this town, I’ll help you with your, (chuckling) ‘plan’.
[They emerge out of an alley on the far side of the street where TRIFOO is,
CHIFFON gasps as she sees him covered in knives,
We hear TRIFOO say “Alteration” again,
Then the fine red thread of energy in front of him snaps in a flash of blinding red tinted light,
CHIFFON covers her eyes as the light peaks and then fades…