Scene three
Narrator-The following is the life of Captain Blood. He plundered and destroyed villages, but times were catching up with him. This was, after all, the seventeenth century! Privateers were becoming an endangered species.
He decides to move to the New World, where he settles down in New Orleans. He is lead to a mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans that is said to be cursed. Even the people who worked on building it are said to have disappeared after its completion. Not believing in this rubbish, he walks into the house and eventually realizes the house is in fact haunted. Upon this epiphany, all he can do is laugh and realize he has found the perfect home. He can hide his fortunes without any "Foolish Mortals" interrupting him.
Eventually he had to venture outside of his "tomb", which is how he came to meet Miss Charity Florence, with whom he instantly fell in love. They planned to marry, but Blood couldn't think of letting her live in a haunted house. Desperate, he calls on anyone he could, which is how he came to meet a young woman who would only be known as Eudora, who promises to relieve him of his troubles and make him happier than he had ever been. Very stressed by his imminent wedding, he promised her anything to rid his manor of the spirits. She does what she can quickly and effortlessly. She addresses the "Captain" about her payment. He places a small payment of $100 in her hand. She states that he promised her anything her heart desired. He scoffs at that and walks off. What he didn't know was that it is not very smart to lie to a gypsy.
On the eve of Bloods wedding, his bride waits for her soon-to-be husband. But he never shows. Hours pass, people leave, and yet no one knows where her love is. Years pass. Decades. She waits… and waits… and waits. In the attic, every night she waits. As long as her heart beats.
In the Moonlight
Sable-In the Moonlight I sing, in the moonlight I wait,
Oh how I hope, Could he please just be late?
How could I ever think… how I could ever believe…?
Perhaps… I should just leave.
NO!
Do I have friends! Do I have a home! Do I have a family who loves me!
I Do!
The Sea Captain- In the moonlight I wait to see her light…
From her window I will see her smile so bright.
Sable- In the moonlight I wait. The Sea Captain- In the moonlight she waits.
In the moonlight I hope. In the moonlight she hopes.
That my bright white light, That her bright white light,
will guide him home! will guide me home.
It won't guide me home.
Will Guide him home!!
Narrator- But he was never guided home. Never. It took years for the curious and courageous to break through the thick oak door protecting the house. Can you guess what they found? Only a single, burnt out candle.
