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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 1020875" data-attributes="member: 96">drnuncheon's Freeport Story Hour presents: MONTE COOK'S QUEEN OF LIES[LONG SHOT of a rider on a horse, traveling a road that runs along the top of a seaside cliff.  The music starts - something low and sweeping, with lots of horns.][CUT to fancy wooden double doors with brass handles, filling the screen.  The handles turn and they are opened by the butler, JANOS, wearing a curled, powdered wig and a fancy coat.]JANOS:         My Lord?  An elf. On a horse.[CUT to DI'FIER, seated and writing behind a desk in the library.  He looks up, and stands quickly.]VOICEOVER:    In the City of Highgate...[EXTREME WIDE-ANGLE of the sea crashing into the base of tall white cliffs - maybe a ship sailing into the cavern mouth to give us an idea of scale.  PAN UP to reveal the city.]VO:         ...at the Temple of Knowledge...[A carriage pulls up in front of the temple.  CUT to inside, looking out the window - a face appears: relatively young, blond hair pulled tightly back, with round spectacles.]ENNIS:        Drusilia Naïlo?[DRU and DI'FIER share a worried glance.]ENNIS:        Detective Ennis of the Bluffside Regulars.  I'd like to ask you a few questions.VO:            ...war has begun.[Temple interior.  Corpses are everywhere, blood stains the marble floor, and the uniformed GUARDS pick their way around it all.  ENNIS leads DRU and DI'FIER past the carnage.]VO:            Some will fight for money.[PAN ACROSS a group of hardened MERCENARIES: breastplates, bastard swords, kilts and greaves. They look suspiciously across a cobbled square.  Continue pan to reveal a group of elven ARCHERS who return the looks with ones equally suspicious.]VO:            Some will fight for friendship.[REAR SHOT of a stocky, red-haired DWARF standing at a ticket counter, standing on his toes so he can see the attendant, pounding the counter with his fist.  An enormous axe is tucked into a belt loop, and there are a couple of large, hastily-packed bags to either side of him.]DWARF:        I don't care where the next one is going to. Threehills?  That's fine!DI'FIER (OS):    Threehills is a lovely place.[CLOSE-UP as the dwarf turns, his eyes widen and he goes pale - we see that it is GARTO.]VO:            Some will fight for faith.[BACK to the ARCHERS, who slowly begin to turn and look at something on their other side.  CONTINUE PAN to reveal the hooded and cloaked forms of Dru's poorly disguised SERPENT PEOPLE, clutching their spears.][CUT TO a bearded, armored man - BROTHER EGIL - raises his hand to shield his eyes, and we see a brilliant white light begin to shine upon him.  PULL BACK to reveal that the cavern is being illuminated by the ribbons of light that form the wings of an ANGEL.]VO:            One will fight for love.[CLOSE-UP on DRU: dirty, bloody, angry.]DRU:        Where. Is. My. Father?[LONG SHOT of darkness.  We see a flickering light illuminate a doorway, and it reflects off of water.  As the lightbearers enter, we see it is an enormous arched tunnel, with walkways to either side of an underground waterway.]VO:            Their battle will take them far beyond the lands they know.[CUT TO GARTO, DRU, and DI'FIER around a table.]GARTO:        Silathenial? It's a myth.[DI'FIER lays an ornate dagger on the table.]DI'FIER:    It's no myth.[CUT TO MERCENARIES, blades drawn, shields ready, creeping forward into the darkness.]  VO:            Some of them will never return.[The shadows swallow them up, and for a moment all we hear is the crunch of gravel under their feet.  Then, a ball of flame EXPLODES in the middle of them, scattering them like toys.  The music changes to something frenetic with a driving beat and plenty of percussion.  The following is a series of QUICK CUTS<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" />[A stone-walled room full of armed soldiers, as the stone twists as if it were clay.  Sword-weilding creatures begin to pour through the opening: half elf, half spider.][A twisted, hunchbacked GIANT in the middle of a cavern, screaming in rage, swinging his enormous morningstar across the top of a stone wall and splattering three armored GUARDS.][LONG SHOT from above a ballista as distant figures begin to run across a stone arch connecting two towers. The ballista fires and the spearlike bolt arcs through the air towards them.][A mosaic of a GIANT SPIDER begins to tremble, and chips of colored stone scatter as the creature begins to pull free of the picture.][LIGHT lances through the darkness and falls upon a naked, battered ELF chained to the wall of a closet.  He shies away from it.][DRU in the darkness, her rapier in her left hand, calmly taking aim with the flintlock in her right.  The music pauses for a moment, and then the roar and the smoke and flame of the gun being fired.][FADE OUT, then IN on banner<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" /><a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57851" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.io.com/~jeffj/qol.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a> Now playing at a Story Hour Forum near you.</blockquote>

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