NinjaOverlord: -cackling- Haha!n.n At last, act 1 is done! Bwahahahaaaaaa!
Kami-Elf: Yeah, now only four more to go…
NinjaOverlord: -stops laughing- ……..Oh yeah…….
Kami-Elf: -staring incredulously- …Did you actually forget?
NinjaOverlord: -realizing with horror how much work is left- Aaaaaa……noooooooo…. blagghh….-collapses-
Kami-Elf: -looking nonplussed at him writhing on the floor- ….It would appear that too much Shakespeare is hazardous to one's health.
Linku: ….Obviously.
Kami-Elf: We own neither Hamlet or FireEmblem. Please review.
Act1 Scene 5
In the forest surrounding Elsinore…
"Where will you lead me?" asks Raven. "Speak; I'll go no further."
"Listen," answers the Ghost. Raven nods.
"My time is almost up, where I must return to the tormenting flames that await me."
"Poor ghost!" cries Raven.
"Do not pity me, but listen well."
Raven nods again.
"I am the spirit of your father; doomed to walk each night for a time and confined to the fires by day, until the crimes done in my life burned away. But I am forbidden to speak of what awaits after this world, though there are such things that would freeze your blood to hear of…Oh, the torment that awaits me! If you ever did love your father, avenge his foul and most unnatural murder."
"Murder!"
The Ghost nods.
"Murder most foul."
"Tell me of it, quickly, that I may rush to my revenge!"
"I find you most suitable. Heed me: the whole of Etruria is told that I died by bite of a poisonous serpent; know that the serpent who ended your father's life now wears his crown."
"My uncle!"
"Yea, that wicked beast, who used his wit and wealth to seduce your mother not a week after your father's death, and married her not two months after his burial! But, oh, the morning comes nearer; I must hurry."
The sky begins to lighten in the east.
"On the day of my death, I lay sleeping in the garden, as is my habit. Then did my brother enter, and pour a foul poison into my ear, which was upturned as I lay on my side. The poison did its evil work, and did fill my blood, and I died. Thus, all I ever was, or could ever be, was ripped from me by my treacherous brother's hand. Oh, Raven, avenge me!"
The sky turns gray as the sun nears its appearance.
" But, however you do pursue this act, do not allow your actions to harm your, mother, though you may have considerable anger toward her. Her punishment is for the Divine to set. And also, remain pure in all throughout all you do, lest your own soul be placed in jeopardy for the sake of your father's."
The horizon turns a bright gold as the sun's first rays pierce the sky.
"Farewell, Raven, Farewell! Remember me!"
The Ghost vanishes with the entrance of the sun.
Raven stares at the spot where the Ghost last stood, thoughts firing rapidly through his dazed mind.
"Oh, my body, still yourself, and bear me up. Remember you? Yea, you poor ghost, I'll wipe away all trivial thoughts and memories from me, and place in my mind only what will advance this further. Oh, you tainted woman! Oh, cruel villain; you may smile, but I know you for what you are!"
Raven draws his sword and lays it on his palm.
"Remember you?" In one smooth stroke, he draws blood from his hand. "I have sworn it."
The voices of Lucius and Isadora come from the direction of the castle.
"My lord, my lord!"
"My lord Raven!"
Raven turns toward their approaching shapes. "So be it!" he says to himself.
Lucius' and Isadora's shapes sharpen and focus through the fog.
"How is it, my lord?" ask Isadora.
"What news, my lord?" asks Lucius.
"O, wonderful!" Raven replies.
"Tell us, good my lord," entreats Lucius.
"Nay, you will reveal it."
"By St. Elimine, not I."
"Nor I, my lord," Isadora adds hastily.
"There is a villain loose in Etruria"
"My lord," says Lucius with a smile, "we need no ghost to tell us this. 'Tis the nature of nations to have knaves and criminals within it."
Raven grins. "That is true, very true. And so, without any more fuss, let us shake hands and part, Each of us as his business and desire would point. For all men have business and desire, such as it is. And for myself… look you, I'll go pray."
He says all of this in one breath.
Lucius and Isadora stare at Raven in confusion.
"My lord, these are wild and whirling words," says Lucius slowly.
"I am sorry they offend you. Yea, very sorry, by St. Elimine."
"There's no offence my lord."
"Yes, by Roland, there is, Lucius, and much offence too. Having to do with this spirit, here; it is an honest ghost, let me tell you that. As for your desire to know what has occurred between us, master it. And now, my friends, give me one request."
"What is my lord?" asks Lucius warily, eyeing the bloody sword in Raven's hand. "We will."
"Never speak of what you have seen tonight with others."
Without hesitation, the others answer as one: "My lord, we will not speak."
"Nay, swear it."
"In the name of heaven and Elimine, I do swear," says Lucius. Isadora echoes him.
Raven holds up the weapon gripped in his hand. "Upon my sword."
Lucius and Isadora look at him in puzzlement.
"We have sworn already, my lord," says Isadora.
"Upon my sword."
The voice of the ghost issues forth from the ground: "SWEAR!"
Looking down fearfully, Lucius says, "Propose the oath, my lord."
"Never to speak of this that you have seen; swear by my sword."
"SWEAR!" cries the ghost again.
"Swear by my sword."
"SWEAR!"
Lucius and Isadora gaze wildly around the forest floor. "Oh, heaven, this is most strange!" cries Lucius.
"Therefore greet it as a stranger; there is more in heaven and earth than is dreamt of in your studies. But here now, in the future, if I should behave oddly or in wild manner, do not be afraid or interfere. Trust in me, and swear.
"SWEAR!"
With great foreboding, they do.
"Rest, rest, disturbed spirit. So gentlemen, let us return together."
END OF ACT 1
NinjaOverlord: …At last…
Kami-Elf: Yeah, only four-fifths left…
NinjaOverlord: -shouting- SILENCE! QUIET YOURSELF MORTAL, LEST YOU SUMMON THE WRATH OF THOSE WHOSE POWER IS BEYOND YOUR IMAGINATION!
Kami-Elf: -eyebrow raised- You get eloquent when you're angry.
NinjaOverlord: That's it….Hey, Linku!
Linku: Ayup?
NinjaOverlord: -pointing and grinning evilly at Kami- He says that skirt makes you look fat.
Linku: -staring at Kami-…is that so?...
Kami-Elf: Ah…um….
Linku: I shall take that as a yes. -the lights go out, and screams of "ultimate suffering" issue forth.-
NinjaOverlord: You were warned…
Kami-Elf: NOOOOOOOOOO! -the lights come back on and he is gone-
Linku: -brushing her hands in a satisfied manner- That was fun.
NinjaOverlord: I bet. Any way, please review; this is a LOT of work, and the only encouragement I get is from you all. Update soon.