Megan Grey
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TC ep 250 Script
🕑 Added 2024-08-20 10:32:39 +0000 UTC250
trio + farrah and raven sleeping in clearing, farrah keeping watch. ky and scra closeish, ky watching scra sleep as he sings softly. gets up, sitting beside farrah.
farrah: He only does it when he’s with you, you know. The only time I heard it was when you stayed over with him back in my apartment. I thought it sounded interesting so I wrote it down…
K: and im sure you have a theory for what it means. what is it.
F: History, I expect. If it’s a Raven lullaby, the lines “kin against kin, fiend against foe, the trees cried rivets of silver” sounds like a battle, doesn’t it? Possibly about when they were banished by the Crow King.
K: and the rest?
F: …Instructions. To what, your guess is as good as mine.
K: heck of a thing to sing to children about.
F:...how…are you? Scra said you looked…rough, when he got you back. You still don’t look great. I’ve noticed you haven’t been sleeping, too.
K: what about you? don’t look like you’ve slept much.
F: …I guess prison didn’t agree with me, either.
K:...ive noticed you and Ree have been less…hostile to each other.
F:...I suppose that’s another thing prison put into perspective. Everyone has a past, if it’s something you can work through then…life is short to hold onto animosity, don’t you think? It’s…simpler to just look at what’s in front of you, and try ignore all the other noise.
K: simpler, but not realistic. (looks at scra)
F:I…don’t think he’s that complex. If he didn’t like you, I think he would show it.
K: I don’t doubt he likes me, I just worry it’s not for the right reasons.
F: I don’t think you get to dictate other people’s feelings towards you.
K: I just don’t want him to ignore everything I’ve done…everything I’ve done to him.
F: I don’t think he’s ignoring it, I think he, like Ree, understands why you did it all, accepted it, and has decided to move past it. I think you should think about doing the same. It’s like you feel so guilty that you keep wanting someone to punish you for it all. I think you punish yourself enough.
morning, ky’s cooking breakfast, ree is absent.
S: you woke up early again?
K: (keeps stirring pot, doesn’t look up) …my inner clock’s still messed up, I think.
S:...sure. I was…thinking of going for a quick fly after breakfast before we leave, to see if I can spot any more birds…would you want -
K: don’t. you might be spotted. The raven’s right in saying it’s safer to travel on foot, there might be Guard patrols looking for you.
S: (angry) you -
ree reemerges, hair wet carrying a towel.
R: River’s free, Scra. Ky, will you dry my hair again?
K: Scra be care-
S: what, do you want to guard me while i bathe, too?
ky blushes and scra storms off. Ree gets shit eating grin.
K:...leave it.
R: go join him, why’re you holding back?? you’ve already hooked up -
K: it wasn’t like that. And it was just a spur of the moment thing, he didn’t mean anything by it.
R: do you want it to mean anything?
K: it can’t.
R: you stupid, stupid boy. please, for the love of Icarus, just talk to him. It’ll do you both wonders, I’m sure.
K: like you and Farrah talked, you mean?
R: yeah, something like that. just do it, I think we’re all tired of you two dancing around each other, the sexual tension is affecting all of us, im sure.
raven from corner: don’t stop on my account.
R: no one asked you, Raven
Erias: call me Erias, for the 1000th time.
R: whatever, Raven. How much longer have we got to walk, anyway?
E: We can fly once we reach The Scarr. there’s no cover there, anyway.
R: im sorry, The Scar?
E: yes.
(skips to the group standing on the edge of dense woodland and an entire forest of blackened trees and barren earth.
E: The Scarr. Site of the final battle between us and the Crow King’s new forces as they drove us into our banishment. It now acts as a defence between us and the outside. Locals know better than to try to cross, they’ll either be blasted out of the sky or blown to bits on land.
(all look at nearest trees that have shards of metal embedded)
f: (mutters) the trees cried rivets of silver
R: how’re we getting across then? in a non-blown-to-bits way?
E: (pulls out communicator) we announce ourselves.
f: what is that -
E: (holds it away) just a comm device, only works when it’s in range of the receiver.
F: how far -
E: (device dings) access granted. stick near me if you don’t want to die. put your coats on, it’s gonna get cold.
(sky darkens when flying, air gets colder. a mountain looms. farrah and scra tired)
K: (to scra) are you cold?
S: im fine.
R: (looking up at mountain disappearing in cloud and snow) you all…live up a mountain??
E: (snort) no. (descends where fir trees meet the burnt ones, a river of snow run-off running down the mountain and disappearing into a cave) we live in it. dont fall in, you’ll die of hypothermia.
R: there’s a lot of potential dying involved getting here
E: has to be, don’t want any outsiders wandering in.
R: why would anyone want to come here?
E: why are you here?
F: (looking at river) there was a place i used to know…hidden down by the river.
(E pulls out a flashlight and they start walking)
K(to scra)...ive got an extra sweater…you told me ages ago that you’re bad with the cold.
S: …fine. hand it over.
(puts it on. farrah and ree look at ky pleadingly.)
K…yes i have more.
(all walking, wearing ky’s sweaters.)
S: (to ky) …it was in a cave too, wasn’t it? when i told you.
K: yeah.
E: eyes up, this is the best bit
(shines flashlight on cave roof, illuminating thousands of cave paintings)
E: the earliest Avarians sheltered here also, these went undiscovered until Ravens found the cave entrance and uncovered them. Avians were here, millions of years ago, making these. Makes all those battles and Crow King shit feel insignificant, doesn’t it?
S: (putting hand on painted hand print)...yeah.
(walking in tunnels. scra looks at ky’s hand and takes it.)
(get to a massive iron door, all exhausted)
F: this is -
(E scans his hand on the keypad, the door opens)
E: Mt. Harafen. Home of Ravens.
(Raven guards wait on other side, brandishing spears.)
Ravenguard: Welcome, intruders. We have been expecting you.
Which do y'all like better for the mountain name - Mt. Harafen (play off nordic word Hrafn for raven) or Mt. Munin (after thor's raven Muninn meaning memory) or something like Coraxus after the latin for raven (corvus corax), or Voronieer after the slavic voronin? names are such a pain lol
Only 4 eps of S3 to gooooooo (Im nervous too lmao)
Comments
Megan
yeah google says 14k-40k so i did just do it as an exaggeration but I'm just gonna switch it to "thousands" so ppl don't get confused I think tbh
Mari
The oldest cave paintings on Earth are only 28,000-30,000 years old. Are Avians that much older as a species that their cave paintings are millions of years vs thousands? Or is Erias using hyperbole? Coraxus sounds too corvid-y & a bit on the nose. Harafen & Voronieer sound good!
tinyglassphrog :3
I like Mt Munin it has a ring to it
