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Can I speak
with you, my Lord?
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| King: |
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Not now.
Do you not know I am pondering on tomorrow's final battle?
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| Queen: |
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It
is always "not now". It is urgent that
I speak to thee, my Lord. |
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| King: |
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Ok, Ok,
Ok, go ahead; speak to me if it is so urgent.
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| Queen: |
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Why am I
below my Lord? Shouldn't I be beside thee?
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| King: |
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You
know that's not the way. How dare you come at me
with such requests? |
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| Queen: |
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I
do not care if it is not your way. Am I not the
most important piece when thine play? |
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| King: |
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This is
outrageous. Thou know this can never come to be
a Queen beside thy King. Do thee not understand
tomorrow at dawn it will be do or die with thine old
friend? Something that thy is not proud of, but
the power and love is all I can comprehend.
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| Queen: |
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Does
thy Lord not know this is a game of mind, power, strategy,
and patience?
Have you gone mad? Has this silly world put
you in a dimension of thine own? |
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| King: |
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I
shall not listen to this stupidity. It is not a
game. It is life, blood, death, and power.
Where do thou get this madness? Have you gone mad,
my Queen? |
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| Queen: |
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You
shall listen to this stupidity!!!
I am tired of being put off. You shall fulfill my
request of power and to sit beside thee or you shall be
with out a Queen in tomorrow so called life or death battle…or
shall I say game?
(The King hits his Queen with his septer and she falls
into the Bishop and Pawns. The King, just realizing
what he had done, tries to help his Queen get up and she
slaps his hands away.) |
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| King: |
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Please
let me help you up. I know not what I do.
(The Queen gets up on her own.) |
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| Queen: |
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This
is not the first time thy know not what thy do, and it
shall certainly be the last. I am leaving.
I shall not take abuse that is below my dignity.
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| King: |
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Please
wait. I have dwelled in a river of pride and glided
down a boardwalk of greed. I am sorry it took this
for me to see the ignorance thy see.
(The Queen stops right before the door and turns.) |
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| Queen: |
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Shall
my Lord fulfill my request or shall I leave you and tomorrow
you will not be at your best.
(The King sighs with reluctance and takes a minute
to think.)
Shall it take so long for you to choose between power
and me? Thine love, thy do not see the ignorance
I see. |
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| King: |
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Do
I not give you everything you want and need?
Do I not fulfill your fantasies and dreams? |
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| Queen: |
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Thy
do give me everything I want and need and trust me, thy
do fulfill my fantasies and dreams, but thy do not give
me the respect and power and authority that I have not
only longed for, but need. I feel like a slave girl, a
peasant. I need respect and power to feel content in life,
to feel proud of myself, to go through the day and feel
valued not worthless. Do you not understand my feelings? |
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| King: |
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My
Queen, I am truly sorry that I make thee feel so demoralized.
I shall put my ego in check.You will no longer be below;
you shall be seated beside me on thy throne. |
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Scene
II
Time:Dawn
Place: The Battlefield
At Rise: King Capone and King Gambino are at war
and Capone's Queen is in check.
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| King: |
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My Queen,
retreat! They've got you surrounded! Please
come back!
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| Queen: |
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One more
move and I shall take this Kingdome for thy love.
One more move.
(The Queen makes her move and gets killed by Gambino's
Bishop.)
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| King: |
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NOOOOOOOOO!
I love you, my Queen.
Why do thou not listen to me?
(The King, out of anger and love, puts himself in
the middle of the battle and purposely puts himself
between Gambino's two Rooks. The king is put in
checkmate and beheaded.)
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The
End. |
