Ch 11: Oath

Scene opens to show a bunch of the not so elderly elders circling Mr. Walker.

Elder 1: How could you do this?

Mr. Walker: What has happened here is a crime!

Elder 2: We took an oath!

Mr. Walker: I did not go into the wood – my daughter did. (falls asleep)

The nearest elder beats the living crap out of him until he wakes up.

Living Crap: Ouch.

Mr. Walker: If we didn't help, we could not call ourselves innocent anymore. Lucius Hunt is on the verge of death.

Elder 3: So was you letting your own daughter into the woods.

Mr. Walker: And I'm guilty, Robert! I could not just stand by and let this happen.

Mr. Percy: Let her go.

All the elders turn and look at him with a note of nausea.

Mr. Percy: The creatures are a myth – she does not have to worry.

Mr. Walker: And I have told her that, there's really nothing she should worry about.

Mrs. Clack: But she is blind! She cannot see any dangers around her!

Mr. Walker: There are no dangers. Covington Wood is just a bunch of trees.

Mr. Percy: I think Ivy can do this. There's no one better to do it. She's not breaking any oath, any treaty. Let her go.

Scene fades.