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Due to popular demand and my insatiable desire to add more plot...WE HAVE MORE PLOT! Whoo-hoo! I bet you all weren't expecting this! Okay, maybe you were, but humor me! Or ELSE!
Today's song is 'Falls Back On' by Nickelback. Several words have been altered to fit the scene, so don't sue me :P
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(The group returns from the beach to see Tom, Carl, and Ronan in Nita's house.)
TOM: Ah, good. You're back!
CARL: We've got some stuff to talk about, kiddos. Into the living room with ya.
RONAN: (Nods to Nita & Kit)(Peach's gleam is in his eye) Nita, Kit. Nice to see you again.
(They go into the living room)
ZOE: What's this all about? Did something happen?
TOM: We need to set a few things straight. It's not terribly serious...Right, Carl?
CARL: You guys know what we talked about earlier? Well–
RONAN: (Interrupts) Let's cut to the chase. Avril, do you believe It or not?
AVRIL: (Hesitates)(Defiantly) ...Yes...
(Ronan holds up a hand to shush Tom and Carl who protest immediately)
RONAN: That's dangerous. Either get your Ordeal over with and put what It has said out of your mind, or...
LEE: Or?
RONAN: Or give up the wizardry. We cannot afford to have some fool wizard join the Lone One. Do you have any idea what that could do to the Order and Nature of things?
(The room falls silent. Avril looks stunned and hurt.)
AVRIL: (Low voice)Y-you can't mean that...
CARL: He can and he does.
TOM: It's just for your own good, Avril. We're trying to help you. We're not the bad guys here...
LEE: Yeah right! How can you say that to her? She's done nothing but try to fight him; is it her fault that she's the Advocate?
AVRIL: You believe me?
LEE: Of course I do!
RONAN: Whether you believe it or not is irrelevant. Now, tell me something, Avril. Do you have any idea what it means to be a wizard? Have you ever made any sacrifices in the name of Life? Have you even tried to fulfill your Ordeal more than that one encounter with It?
AVRIL:
No, I don't guess...
I didn't sacrifice
TOM: Exactly. You have no experience, no idea what It does...what It could do with the help of a wizard.
AVRIL:
I know I don't realize
Just how much
It takes... and I know...
CARL: Just trust us. It doesn't want to do anything but use you.
AVRIL:
But then I find It falls back on
On to me, to make me see, believe...
TOM:
Down onto you?
AVRIL: Doesn't anyone believe me?
LEE:
I do, it's true
RONAN: So...you won't stop believing It? You know the price then. We can't afford a weak link.
AVRIL: (Sighs) Fine.
And I won't beg to stay;
I'll leave, and just believe
CARL: Yes?
A word you say, and then I guess...
LEE: Don't give up the Wizardry, Avril. The choice'll take your memories with it!
It all falls back on you
To find out
AVRIL:
Find out
LEE:
What's the deal
TOM:
And I guess you don't know.
Simplify:
It's just, you have to
Have to choose
AVRIL:
I know...
There's a fine line between right and wrong
And I know we knew all along
Just how much I can half belong ... and I knew.
LEE:
And then you find out It falls back on you
Well, I'm really up on this
Cause I've seen it before
RONAN: (Looks suspicious) Have you now?
LEE: I've been a lot of places and seen a lot of things.(To Avril) Don't say yes! They can't take it without your consent; if you're willing to have Wizardry, it will stay with you. Even if they won't let you use wizardry, because you didn't give it up, at least you'll still have your memories without that empty space in your heart. And because you're more aware of things you can still help fight entropy in little ways.
NITA: Avril...maybe Ronan's right...
KIT: It's evil. You know that; It tried to kill you.
AVRIL: I can't believe you guys are going along with them...
NITA: We've been wizards for awhile, and they have even longer. We've learned to trust their judgment.
LEE: (Angrily) You all just can't see what's happening. Come on, Avril. Let's go for a walk...
(He takes her hand and they vanish)
RONAN: (Sighs)
Why the hell can't I get through you?
KIT: What do we do now?
TOM: We wait. She'll come back eventually and when she does, she'll make the right choice.
(Zoe leaves. The rest of the group sits down to wait in awkward silence.)
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Ooooooooh, whatcha think?! Review, please! Give me your ideas, theories, and song suggestions!