Amrita lifts Wolf's body from the wagon and holds him in her
arms.
Her face is unable to hide her grief.
Satianne has an almost childish gleam in her eyes.
SATIANNE
Ah, your wolf.
LAQUIA
This was from our sentries?
AMRITA
Yes, if our messenger had gotten
through...
(She looks directly at
Satianne again.)
...this would not have happened.
LAQUIA
I have seen this beast in battle.
He was legendary by your side. Take
him and give him the honors he
deserves.
(She looks past Amrita.)
I see Mikaleta there, she can tell
us of this, "peace" you talk about.
In the meantime we will keep your
weapons.
LaQuia motions to some warriors. They pick up the
Thermiskyrian's weapons. She then nods to Ndoni, Satianne
and other tribal leaders.
LAQUIA (cont'd)
Come.
She exits to her hut. Mikaleta and all the Oiorpata leaders
except Satianne follow her immediately.
SATIANNE
(To Amrita.)
I thought the Thermiskyrians were
only lovers of men.
Amrita is lost in her grief..
AMRITA
All manner of beast have our
respect. Until they have proven
they do not deserve it.
SATIANNE
A lover of man, and beast? How
very interesting.
Amrita meets Satianne's bedeviling gaze. The hatred between
the two of them is palpable. She turns and walks away with
Wolf.
INT. LAQUIA'S HUT - DAY
The elders and tribal leaders are gathered around. Mikaleta
is just finishing with the explanation of the plan as
Satianne enters.
MIKALETA
...It simply requires the trust of
leaders from both tribes to bring
this peace. LaQuia stares hard at
Satianne.
LAQUIA
Alright, Mikaleta, we will discuss
this among ourselves now. You may
go.
Mikaleta exits. There is a long pause before LaQuia speaks.
LAQUIA (cont'd)
Satianne! What is this talk of
"rogue" warriors? These women were
under your tutelage?
SATIANNE
Yes, LaQuia, I was teaching them to
become the most savage warriors we
could produce. Obviously they took
their training too far and struck
out on their own to practice what
they had learned.
LaQuia obviously doesn't believe her, but lets it go for the
moment.
NDONI
The Thermiskyrians have an
interesting peace proposal Laquia.
I feel there might be some
advantages to it.
Satianne goes into her "smarmy" mode, oozing false charm.
SATIANNE
Well, we should certainly look at
the whole picture of a peace with
the Thermiskyrians. What is the
positive side of this?
NDONI
We have lost many warriors in past
battles with the Thermiskyrians.
The continuous threat of them takes
away from our hunting and foraging
further to the east. The constant
alertness and patrols undermine the
morale of our people. With a peace
we would be able to forge a common
front that would intimidate any
other enemy.
SATIANNE
And the negative...?
NDONI
I... don't see any... at this time.
SATIANNE
No? Is not answering to another
for what we wish to accomplish a
negative? How about the
Gargareans, our male counterparts?
The seasonal rituals to produce
female children for our tribe might
be threatened. The Thermiskyrians
were never friendly with the
Gargareans. Would the Gargareans
then become our enemies? Our tribe
would very soon die out.
The elders and tribal leaders ponder this.
LAQUIA
You are right, Satianne. We cannot
afford to alienate the Gargareans.
We need the male seed in our
seasonal ritual to expand our
tribe.
SATIANNE
So, we cannot afford this peace.
NDONI
Yes! We can! If the Gargareans are
part of the plan.
About Me
- Biff
- A retired actor, who writes directs and occasionally produces short films. Studied with the Oscar winning actor and coach, William Hickey at the famed HB Studios in New York. As a character actor, have about two hundred or so credits on stage, film and television. From selling American Express and Pepsi, to co-starring and starring roles in Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Edward Scissorhands, White Oleander, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas., Ed Wood, Batman Returns, Hesher, Another 48 Hours and many more. Some television credits include guest-star roles on Star Trek (TNG), The Young and the Restless, Hill Street Blues The Gilmore Girls, Scrubs, Sienfeld, Night Court, Murder She Wrote, Golden Girls. Have written, produced and/or directed numerous short films and music videos. With one feature film script optioned, have completed 3 others and continue writing and rewriting. BUT... always looking for work so if you have a job, call me.
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