| (The curtain opens. The PRISONERS, including TRANNS and RAOUL, are led out onto the stage by LILLIA and EWAN.) PRISONERS Look down, look down Don't look 'em in the eye Look down, look down, You're here until you die! RAOUL The sun is strong; it's hot as hell below PRISONERS Look down, look down, there's twenty years to go RAOUL I've done no wrong! Sweet Nayru, hear my prayer! PRISONERS Look down, look down, Nayru doesn't care RAOUL I know she'll wait, I know that she'll be true! PRISONERS Look down, look down, they've all forgotten you TRANNS When I get free you won't see me here for dust! PRISONERS Look down, look down Don't look 'em in the eye How long Farore Before you let me die? Look down, look down, You'll always be a slave Look down, look down, You're standing in your grave (EWAN steps forward with a yellow slip of paper. The LILLIA brings TRANNS forward.) EWAN Now bring me prisoner 24601 Your time is up and your parole's begun You know what that means TRANNS Yes, it means I'm free EWAN NO! It means you get Your yellow ticket-of-leave You are a thief TRANNS I stole not anything! EWAN You robbed a house! TRANNS I broke no window pane! My cellmate's child was close to death And we were starving! EWAN And you will starve again Unless you learn the meaning of the law. TRANNS I know the meaning of these 19 months A slave of the law EWAN Five months for what you did The rest because you tried to run, yes 24601 TRANNS My name is Tranns Harkin. EWAN And I am Ewan Do not forget my name Do not forget me, 24601 (EWAN gives TRANNS the paper. The PRISONERS, LILLIA, and EWAN begin to exit.) PRISONERS Look down, look down You will always be a slave Look down, look down You're standing in your grave. (They exit.) TRANNS Freedom is mine. The earth is still. I feel the wind. I breathe again. And the sky clears, the world is waiting. Drink from the pool. How clean the taste Never forget the years, the waste. Nor forgive them, for what they've done. They are the guilty, everyone. The day begins... And now lets see what this new world will do for me! (TRANNS encounters a FARMER and a WORKER, trying to get work.) FARMER You'll have to go I'll pay you off for the day Collect your bits and pieces there and be on your way. (The FARMER pays TRANNS.) TRANNS You've given me half What the other men get! This handful of tin wouldn't buy my sweat! WORKER You broke the law It's there for people to see Why should you get the same As honest men like me? (The FARMER and WORKER exit. An INNKEEPER enters.) TRANNS Now every door is closed to me Another jail, another key, another sin For when I come to any town They check my papers And they find the mark of Din In their eyes, I see their fear: `We do not want you here.' INNKEEPER My rooms are full And I've no supper to spare I'd like to help a stranger All we want is to be fair TRANNS I will pay in advance I can sleep in a barn You see how dark it is I'm not some kind of dog! INNKEEPER You leave my house Or feel the weight of my shoe We're law-abiding people here Thanks be to Nayru. (The INNKEEPER exits.) TRANNS And now I know how freedom feels The jailer always at your heels It is the law! This piece of paper in my hand That makes me cursed throughout the land It is the law! Like a cur I walk the street, the dirt beneath my feet. (LIAZA enters from a mission doorway.) LIAZA Come in, girl, for you are weary And the night is cold out there. Though our lives are very humble What we have, we have to share. There is wine here to revive you, There is bread to make you strong, There's a bed to rest till morning, Rest from pain, and rest from wrong. (LIAZA seats TRANNS at a pew with some bread and a silver cup. An alter is set up with a pair of silver daggers. LIAZA exits.) TRANNS She let me eat my fill I had the lion's share The silver in my hand Cost twice what I had earned In all those nineteen months That lifetime of despair And yet she trusted me. The old fool trusted me - She's done her bit of good I played the grateful serf and thanked her like I should But when the house was still, I got up in the night, took the silver, took my flight! (TRANNS seizes the daggers and runs off stage. She is almost immediately dragged back on by two CONSTABLES. LIAZA enters.) CONSTABLES Tell her reverence your story Let us see if she's impressed You were lodging there last night You were the honest Liaza's guest. And then, out of Hylian goodness When she learned about your plight You maintain she made a present of this silver-- LIAZA That is right. But my friend you left so early Surely something slipped your mind (LIAZA sets a bag of Rupees down in front of TRANNS.) You forgot I gave these also Would you leave the best behind? So Messieurs you may release her For this girl has spoken true I commend you for your duty May Din's blessing go with you. (The CONSTABLES release TRANNS and exit.) But remember this, my daughter See in this some higher plan You must use this precious silver To become good, if you can By the witness of the martyrs By the passion and the blood Din has raised you out of darkness I have bought your soul for good! (LIAZA exits.) TRANNS What have I done? Sweet Nayru, what have I done? Become a thief in the night Become a dog on the run And have I fallen so far And is the hour so late That nothing remains but the cry of my hate, The cries in the dark that nobody hears, Here where I stand at the turning of the years? If there's another way to go I missed it sixteen long years ago My life was a war that could never be won They gave me a number and murdered Harkin When they chained me and left me for dead Filled with longing and filled up with dread Yet why did I allow that woman To touch my soul and teach me love? She treated me like any other She gave me her trust She called me daughter My life she claims for Din above Can such things be? For I had come to hate this world, this world which had always hated me Take an eye for an eye! Turn your heart into stone! This is all I have lived for! This is all I have known! One word from her and I'd be back Beneath the lash, upon the rack Instead she offers me my freedom, I feel my shame inside me like a knife She told me that I have a soul, How does she know? What spirit came to move my life? Is there another way to go? I am reaching, but I fall And the night is closing in And I stare into the void, to the whirlpool of my sin I'll escape now from the world From the world of Tranns Harkin Tranns Harkin is nothing now Another story must begin! (TRANNS tears up her yellow ticket-of-leave and runs off. Blackout. Lights rise a year later, outside of Catalan factory, the POOR workers line up for their pay. TRANNS is among them.) POOR At the end of the day you're another day older And that's all you can say for the life of the poor It's a struggle, it's a war and there's nothing that anyone's giving One more day, standing about, what is it for? One day less to be living. At the end of the day you're another day colder And the shirt on your back doesn't keep out the chill And the righteous hurry past They don't hear the little ones crying And the winter is coming on fast, ready to kill One day nearer to dying! At the end of the day there's another day dawning And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise Like the waves crash on the sand Like a storm that'll break any second There's a hunger in the land There's a reckoning still to be reckoned And there's gonna be hell to pay at the end of the day! (The FOREMAN walks out of the factory, chasing after a pretty employee named CAROLINA. Across the stage, POLYXENA hands TRANNS a letter which she opens immediately and reads.) FOREMAN At the end of the day you get nothing for nothing Sitting flat on your butt doesn't buy any bread POOR There are children back at home And the children have got to be fed And you're lucky to be in a job and in a bed! And we're counting our blessings! POLYXENA Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today? With his terrible breath and his wandering hands? It's because Carolina won't give him his way Take a look at his trousers, you'll see where he stands! And the boss, he never knows that the foreman is always in heat If Carolina doesn't look out Watch how she goes She'll be out on the street! POOR At the end of the day it's another day over With enough in your pocket to last for a week Pay the landlord, pay the shop Keep on grafting as long as you're able Keep on grafting till you drop Or it's back to the crumbs on the table You've got to pay your way at the end of the day! (CAROLINA snatches the letter out of TRANNS' hands.) CAROLINA What have we here, little innocent sister? Come on Tranns, let's have all the news! "Dear Tranns you must send us more money... Your man needs a doctor...there's no time to lose!" TRANNS Give that letter to me it is none of your business With a husband at home and a bit on the side Is there anyone here Who can swear before Din She has nothing to fear? She has nothing to hide? (TRANNS fights CAROLINA for the letter. The BOSS enters.) BOSS What is this fighting all about? Will someone tear these two apart? This is a factory, not a circus! Now come on ladies, settle down I run a business of repute I am the Mayor of this town I look to you to sort this out and be as patient as you can--- (The BOSS exits. The FOREMAN turns on the women.) FOREMAN Now someone say how this began! CAROLINA At the end of the day she's the one who began it There's a man that she's hiding in some little town There's a man she has to pay You can guess how she picks up the extra You can bet she's earning her keep sleeping around And the boss wouldn't like it! TRANNS Yes it's true there's a man and the man is my father And my mother abandoned us leaving us flat. Now he lives with an innkeeper man and his wife And I pay for my dad, what's the matter with that?? POOR At the end of the day she'll be nothing but trouble And there's trouble for all when there's trouble for one While we're earning our daily bread She's the one with her hands in the butter You must send the slut away Or we're all gonna end in the gutter And it's us who'll have to pay at the end of the day! FOREMAN I might have known the bitch could bite I might have known the cat had claws I might have guessed your little secret Ah, yes, the virtuous Tranns Who keeps herself so pure and clean You'd be the cause I had no doubt of any trouble hereabout You play a virgin in the light but need no urgin' in the night. CAROLINA She's been laughing at you while she's having her men POOR She'll be nothing but trouble again and again You must sack her today Sack the girl today! FOREMAN Right my girl! On your way... (The POOR and FOREMAN exit, leaving TRANNS alone.) TRANNS There was a time when men were kind When their voices were soft and their words inviting There was a time when love was blind And the world was a song and the song was exciting There was a time, then it all went wrong I dreamed a dream in times gone by When hope was high and life worth living I dreamed that love would never die I dreamed the gods would be forgiving Then I was young and unafraid And dreams were made and used and wasted There was no ransom to be paid No song unsung, no wine un-tasted But the tigers come at night With their voices soft as thunder As they tear your hope apart and they turn your dream to shame He slept a summer by my side He filled my days with endless wonder He took my childhood in his stride But he was gone when autumn came And still I dream he'll come to me That we will live the years together But there are dreams that cannot be And there are storms we cannot weather I had a dream my life would be so different from this hell I'm living So different now from what it seemed Now life has killed the dream I dreamed. (Blackout. Lights rise on the docks a year later. TRANNS and a group of WOMEN try to seduce the Red Dragon's SAILORS including COLBY and JACE.) COLBY I smell women, smell 'em in the air Think I'll drop my anchor in that harbor over there JACE Lovely ladies, smell 'em through the smoke Seven days at sea can make you hungry for a poke Even stokers need a little stoke! WOMEN Lovely ladies, waiting for a bite Waiting for the customer Who only comes at night Lovely ladies, waiting for the call Standing up or lying down or any way at all Bargain prices up against the wall (DALIA enters, chased by an OLD WOMAN. Everyone else freezes.) OLD WOMAN Come here, my dear Let's see this trinket you wear This bagatelle... DALIA Madame, I'll sell it to you... OLD WOMAN I'll give you four DALIA That wouldn't pay for the chain OLD WOMAN I'll give you five, you're far to eager to sell, it's up to you. DALIA It's all I have OLD WOMAN That's not my fault DALIA Please make it ten OLD WOMAN No more than five My dear, we all must stay alive! WOMEN Lovely ladies, waiting in the dark Ready for a thick one Or a quick one in the park Long time, short time, any time, my dear Cost a little extra if you want to take all year! Quick and cheap is underneath the pier! OLD WOMAN What pretty hair, what pretty locks you got there What luck you got, it's worth a centime my dear I'll take the lot DALIA Don't touch me leave me alone OLD WOMAN Let's make a price, I'll give you all of ten Rupees Just think of that! DALIA It pays a debt OLD WOMAN Just think of that DALIA What can I do? It pays a debt. Ten coins may save my poor Lorette! (DALIA and the OLD WOMAN exit.) SAILORS Lovely lady! Fastest on the street Wasn't there three minutes She was back up on her feet. Lovely lady! What yer waiting for? Doesn't take a lot of savvy just to be a whore Come on, lady. What's a lady for? (DALIA enters again, her hair cut. COLBY spots her.) COLBY Give me the dirt, who's that bit over there? WOMAN 1 A bit of skirt, she's the one sold her hair. WOMAN 2 She's got a kid sends her all that she can COLBY I might have known There is always some man Lovely lady, come along and join us! Lovely lady! WOMEN Come on dearie, why all the fuss? You're no grander than the rest of us Life has dropped you at the bottom of the heap Join your sisters, make money in your sleep! That's right dearie, let him have the lot That's right dearie, show him what you've got! (DALIA goes off with a SAILOR.) Old men, young men, take 'em as they come Harbor rats and alley cats and every type of scum Poor men, rich men, leaders of the land See them with their trousers off they're never quite as grand All it takes is money in your hand! Lovely ladies, going for a song Got a lot of callers but they never stay for long TRANNS Come on, Captain You can wear your shoes Don't it make a change To have a girl who can't refuse? Easy money lying on a bed Just as well they never see The hate that's in your head Don't they know they're making love to one already dead!? (The OLD WOMAN enters and approaches DALIA. DALIA shrieks and falls to the ground and the OLD WOMAN runs off. There is great commotion, during which, EWAN enters. TRANNS, standing over DALIA, seizes her cloak and puts it on.) EWAN Tell me quickly what's the story Who saw what and why and where Let him give a full description Let him answer for we care. In this nest of whores and vipers Let one speak who saw it all Who laid hands on this young tramp here? What's the substance of this brawl? She will answer for her actions When you make a full report You may rest assured, you vipers, That she will answer to the court. DALIA There's a child who sorely needs me Please M'sieur, she's but that high Holy Din, is there no mercy? If I go to jail she'll die! EWAN I have heard such protestations Every day for twenty years Let's have no more explanations Save your breath and save your tears Honest work, just reward, That's the way to please Farore. (TRANNS steps forward, pulling her hood over her face so it can't be seen.) TRANNS A moment of your time, Ewan I do believe this woman's tale You've done your duty Let her be, she needs a doctor, not a jail. Where will she end - This child without a friend? I've seen your face before Show me some way to help you How have you come to grief In a place such as this? DALIA My daughter's close to dying If there's a Farore above She'd let me die instead TRANNS In Liaza's name my task has just begun I will see it done! I will see it done! (TRANNS picks up DALIA and hands her off to JACE who takes her offstage.) EWAN Can this be true? I don't believe what I see! A girl like you to be as strong as you are... A memory stirs… You make me think of a girl From years ago A girl who broke her parole She disappeared Forgive me, dear, I would not dare! TRANNS Say what you must, don't leave it there. EWAN I have only known one other Who can do what you have done She's a convict from the chain gang She's been ten years on the run But she couldn't run forever We have found her hideaway And she's just been re-arrested And she comes to court today. Of course she now denies it You'd expect that of a con But she couldn't run forever, No, not even Tranns Harkin! TRANNS You say this girl denies it all And gives no sign of understanding or repentance? You say this girl is going to trial And that's she's sure to be returned To serve her sentence? Come to that, can you be sure, that I am not your girl? EWAN I have known the thief for ages Tracked her down through thick and thin And to make the matter certain There's the brand upon her skin She will bend, she will break This time there is no mistake. (EWAN freezes with the rest of the company, leaving TRANNS alone.) TRANNS He thinks that girl is me! He knew her at a glance! That stranger he has found This girl could be my chance Why should I save her hide Why should I right this wrong When I have come so far and struggled for so long? If I speak, I am condemned If I stay silent, I am damned! Who am I? Can I condemn this girl to slavery Pretend I do not see her agony This innocent who bears my face Who goes to judgment in my place Who am I? Can I conceal myself for evermore? Pretend I'm not the girl I was before? And must my name until I die Be no more than an alibi? Must I lie? How can I ever face my fellow man? How can I ever face myself again? My soul belongs to Din, I know I made that bargain long ago She gave me hope, when hope was gone She gave me strength to journey on Who am I? Who am I? I'm Tranns Harkin! (TRANNS holds out her hand to reveal the tattoo on her palm.) And so Ewan, you see it's true, That girl bears no more guilt than you! Who am I? 24601! (TRANNS runs offstage, chased by EWAN. Blackout. Lights rise on a hospital bed where DALIA is lying in delirium.) DALIA Loretta, it's turned so cold Loretta, it's past your bedtime You've played the day away And soon it will be night. Come to me, Lorette, the light is fading Don't you see the evening star appearing? Come to me, and rest against my shoulder How fast the minutes fly away and every minute colder. Hurry near, another day is dying Don't you hear, the winter wind is crying? There's a darkness which comes without a warning But I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the morning. (TRANNS enters.) TRANNS Oh, Dalia, our time is running out But Dalia, I swear this on my life DALIA Look, M'sieur, where all the children play TRANNS Be at peace, be at peace evermore. DALIA My Lorette! TRANNS Shall live in my protection DALIA Take her now TRANNS Your child will want for nothing DALIA Good young girl, you come from Din in Heaven. TRANNS And none will ever harm Lorette as long as I am living. DALIA Take my hand, the night grows ever colder. TRANNS Then I will keep you warm. DALIA Take my child, I give her to your keeping. TRANNS Take shelter from the storm DALIA For Din's sake, please stay till I am sleeping And tell Loretta I love her and I'll see her when I wake... (DALIA dies. EWAN enters.) EWAN Harkin, at last, we see each other plain Street rat! You whore! You'll wear a different chain. TRANNS Before you say another word, Ewan Before you chain me up like a slave again Listen to me! There is something I must do. This woman leaves behind a suffering child. There is none but me who can intercede, In mercy's name, three days are all I need. Then I'll return, I pledge my word. Then I'll return... EWAN You must think me mad! I've hunted you across the years Girls like you can never change A girl...such as you... TRANNS (in counterpoint) Believe of me what you will There is a duty that I'm sworn to do You know nothing of my life All I did was steal away You know nothing of the world You would rather see me dead But not before I see this justice done I am warning you Ewan I'm the stronger one by far There is power in me yet My race is not yet run I am warning you Ewan There is nothing I won't dare If I have to kill you here I'll do what must be done! EWAN (in counterpoint) Men like me can never change Girls like you can never change No, 24601, my duty's to the law You have no rights Come with me 24601 Now the wheel has turned around Tranns Harkin is nothing now Dare you talk to me of crime And the price you had to pay Every man is born in sin Every man must choose his way You know nothing of Ewan I was born inside a jail I was born with scum like you I am from the gutter too! (TRANNS breaks a chair and threatens EWAN with a leg while addressing DALIA.) TRANNS And this I swear to you tonight EWAN There is no place for you to hide TRANNS Your child will live within my care EWAN Wherever you may hide away TRANNS And I will raise her to the light. TRANNS and EWAN I swear to you, I will be there! (TRANNS knocks EWAN out and exits. Blackout. Lights rise on LORETTA cleaning.) LORETTA There is a castle on a cloud, I like to go there in my sleep, Aren't any floors for me to sweep, Not in my castle on a cloud. There is a room that's full of toys, There are a hundred boys and girls, Nobody shouts or talks too loud, Not in my castle on a cloud. There is a lady all in white, Holds me and sings a lullaby, She's nice to hear and she's soft to touch, She says "Lorette, I love you very much." I know a place where no one's lost, I know a place where no one cries, Crying at all is not allowed, Not in my castle on a cloud. Oh help! I think I hear them now, And I'm nowhere near finished sweeping and Scrubbing and polishing the floor. Oh, it's her! It's Madame! (BROOKE enters.) BROOKE Now look who's here, the little madam herself! Pretending once again she's been `so awfully good', Better not let me catch you slacking Better not catch my eye! Ten rotten coins your mother sends me What is that going to buy? Now take that pail, my little `Mademoiselle' And go and draw some water from the well! We should never have taken you in, in the first place How stupid, the things that we do! Like mother like daughter, the scum of the street. Still there Lorette? Your tears will do you no good. I told you fetch some water from the well in the wood... LORETTA Please do not send me out alone Not in the darkness on my own! BROOKE Enough of that, or I'll forget to be nice! You heard me ask for something, and I never ask twice! (LORETTA exits. GRIFF enters as well as the CUSTOMERS of the Gavia Inn.) CUSTOMERS Come on you old pest Fetch a bottle of your best What's the nectar of the day? GRIFF Here, try this lot, guaranteed to hit the spot Or I'm not Griff CUSTOMERS Gissa glass a' rum Landlord, over here! Din this place has gone to hell So you tell me every year Mine host Griff He was there so they say, At the field the Dragon slew Got there, it's true When the fight was all through But he knew just what to do Crawling through the mud So I've heard it said, picking through the pockets Of the Hylian dead He made a tidy score from the spoils of war GRIFF My band of soaks My den of dissolutes My dirty jokes, my always pissed as newts. My sons of whores spent their lives in my inn Homing pigeons homing in Then fly through my doors And their money's as good as yours CUSTOMERS Ain't got a clue what he put in this stew Must have scraped it off the street Nayru what a wine! Chateau Neuf de Turpentine Must have pressed it with his feet Landlord over here! Where's the bloody man? One more for the road! Griff, one more slug o' gin. Just one more, or my old man is gonna do me in. (TRANNS enters, followed by a SAILOR. GRIFF rushes to the SAILOR.) GRIFF Welcome, M'sieur. Sit yourself down And meet the best innkeeper in town As for the rest, all of 'em crooks Rooking their guests And cooking the books Seldom do you see honest men like me A gent of good intent who's content to be Master of the house, doling out the charm Ready with a handshake and an open palm Tells a saucy tale, makes a little stir Customers appreciate a bon-viveur Glad to do a friend a favor Doesn't cost me to be nice But nothing gets you nothing Everything has got a little price! Master of the house, keeper of the zoo Ready to relieve 'em of a sow or two Watering the wine Making up the weight Pickin' up their knick-knacks When they can't see straight Everybody loves a landlord Everybody's bosom friend I do whatever pleases Nayru! Won't I bleed 'em in the end! ALL Master of the house, quick to catch yer eye Never wants a passerby to pass him by Servant to the poor, butler to the great Comforter, philosopher, and lifelong mate! Everybody's boon companion Everybody's chaperone GRIFF But lock up your valises Nayru! Won't I skin you to the bone! (ADEN enters. GRIFF scurries over to him, taking his suitcase.) Enter M'sieur Lay down your load Unlace your boots and rest from the road This weighs a ton Travel's a curse But here we strive To lighten your purse Here the goose is cooked Here the fat is fried And nothing's overlooked Till I'm satisfied Food beyond compare, food beyond belief Mix it in a mincer and pretend it's beef Kidney of a horse Liver of a cat Filling up the sausages with this and that Residents are more than welcome Bridal suite is occupied Reasonable charges plus some little extras on the side! Charge 'em for the lice Extra for the mice Two percent for looking in the mirror twice Here a little slice, there a little cut Three percent for sleeping with the window shut When it comes to fixing prices There are a lot of tricks he knows How it all increases All those bits and pieces Nayru! It's amazing how it grows! ALL Master of the house, quick to catch yer eye Never wants a passerby to pass him by Servant to the poor, butler to the great Comforter, philosopher, and lifelong mate! Everybody's boon companion Gives 'em everything he's got GRIFF Dirty bunch of geezers Nayru! What a sorry little lot! BROOKE I used to dream that I would meet a prince But Din Almighty, Have you seen what's happened since? Master of the house isn't worth me spit! `Comforter, philosopher' and lifelong shit! Cunning little brain, regular Voltaire Thinks he's quite a lover But there's not much there What a cruel trick of nature Landed me with such a louse Din knows how I've lasted Living with this bastard in the house! ALL Master of the house! BROOKE Master and a half! ALL Comforter, philosopher BROOKE Ah, don't make me laugh! ALL Servant to the poor Butler to the great BROOKE Hypocrite and toady and inebriate! ALL Everybody bless the landlord! Everybody bless his spouse! GRIFF Everybody raise a glass BROOKE Raise it up the master's arse ALL Everybody raise a glass to the master of the house! (The CUSTOMERS clear out. TRANNS approaches BROOKE and GRIFF as ADEN retrieves his suitcase and watches.) TRANNS I am here to help Loretta And I will settle any debt you may think proper I will pay what I must pay To take Loretta away. There is a duty I must heed, There is a promise I have made For I was blind to one in need I did not see what stood before me Now her mother is with Seska Dalia's suffering is over And I speak here with her voice And I stand here in her place And from this day and evermore GRIFF What to do? What to say? Shall you carry our treasure away? What a gem! What a pearl! Beyond rubies is our little girl! How can we speak of what we're speaking of? Let's not haggle for darling Lorette! Dear Dalia, gone to rest Have we done for her child what is best? Shared our bread, shared each bone Treated her like she's one of our own! Like our own, my dear. TRANNS Your feelings do you credit, sir And I will ease the parting blow Let us not talk of bargains or bones or greed Now, may I say, we are agreed? (TRANNS pays GRIFF.) BROOKE That would quite fit the bill If she hadn't so often been ill Little dear, cost us dear Medicines are expensive this year Not that we begrudged a sow It's no more than we Humans must do! (TRANNS gives BROOKE her gauntlets.) BROOKE and GRIFF One thing more, one small doubt There are treacherous people about No offense, please reflect Your intentions may not be... correct? (ADEN steps forward and pays GRIFF. LORETTA enters.) ADEN No more words, here's your price. Fifteen hundred for your sacrifice Come, Lorette, say goodbye, Let us seek out some friendlier sky. Thank you both for Lorette It won't take you too long to forget. (TRANNS, ADEN, and LORETTA walk out of the inn as GRIFF and BROOKE rejoice. Blackout. One year later the lights rise on the streets of Maze Island, filled with BEGGARS. TRANNS and GAVROCHE stand at the center, addressing the audience.) BEGGARS Look down, look down, and see the beggars at your feet Look down and show some mercy if you can Look down and see the sweepings of the streets Look down, look down, upon your fellow man! TRANNS How do you do? My name is Tranns These are my people, here's my patch Not much to look at, nothing posh Nothing that you'd call up to scratch This is my school, my high society Here in the slums of Hyrule's shell We live on crumbs of humble piety Tough on the teeth, but what the hell! Think you're poor? Think you're free? Follow me, follow me! BEGGARS Look down, and show some mercy if you can Look down, look down, upon your fellow man TRANNS (to various audience members) What you think you're at hanging round me pitch? If you're new around here, girl you've got a lot to learn Listen you old bat, crazy bloody witch 'Least I give my customers some pleasure in return. I know what you give! Give 'em all the pox! Spread around your poison till they end up in a box Leave the poor old cow, Move it, Madeline She used to be no better till the clap got to her brain BEGGARS and TRANNS When's it gonna end? How we gonna live? Something's gotta happen soon or Something's gonna give... It'll come, it'll come, it'll come It'll come, it'll come, it'll come (The STUDENTS enter, led by ADEN.) ADEN Where the leaders of the land? Where are the swells who run this show? JACOB Only one man - and that's Oriel Speaks for these people here below BEGGARS See our children fed. Help us in our shame Something for a crust of bread. In Holy Nayru's name DANA In Farore's Holy name. BEGGARS In her name, in her name, in her name... JACOB Oriel's been stabbed and fading fast! Won't last the week out so they say ADEN With all the anger in the land How long before the judgment day? Before we cut the fat ones down to size? Before the barricades arise? GAVROCHE (to audience) Watch out for old Raoul All of his family is on the make Once ran a hash-house down the way Bit of a swine and no mistake He's got a gang, the bleeding lay-about Even his daughter does her share. That's Jordana, she knows her way about Only a kid, but hard to scare Do we care? Not a cuss! Long live us, long live us! BEGGARS Look down, look down, and show some mercy if you can Look down, look down, upon your fellow man! (RAOUL's gang assembles center stage with his WIFE.) RAOUL Everyone here, you know your place You, Jordana, watch for the law with Din, take care. You turn on the tears No mistakes, my dears WIFE These bloody students on our street Here they come slumming once again Our little Jordana would kiss their feet She never had a scrap of brain (TRANNS has joined the students.) JACOB Tranns, what's up today? I haven't seen you much about. TRANNS Here, you can always catch me in. JACOB Mind the police don't catch you out! TRANNS Here, whatcha doing with all them books? I could have been a student too! Don't judge a girl on how she looks... I know a lot of things I do! JACOB Poor Tranns, the things you know you wouldn't find in books like these. TRANNS I like the way you grow your hair JACOB I like the way you always tease. (JACOB wanders off.) TRANNS Little he knows! Little he sees! (SUZETTE enters with her FATHER. TRANNS sees this and runs to JACOB.) WIFE Here's the old boy. Stay on the job and watch out for the law. TRANNS Stay out of this. You'll be in trouble here It's not your concern You'll be in the clear JACOB Who is that man? TRANNS Leave me alone! JACOB Why is he here? Hey, Tranns! (JACOB runs after TRANNS, but crashes into SUZETTE.) I didn't see you there, forgive me. RAOUL Please M'sieur, come this way Here's a child that ain't eaten today. Save a life, spare a sou Din rewards all the good that you do. (RAOUL sees TRANNS.) Wait a bit. Know that face. Ain't the world a remarkable place? (RAOUL grabs TRANNS' hand and looks at her tattoo.) TRANNS What is this? Are you mad? No, Monsieur, you don't know what you do! RAOUL You know me, you know me. I'm a con, just like you. JORDANA It's the police! Disappear! Run for it! It's Ewan! (EWAN enters and breaks up the fight. SUZETTE and her FATHER leave.) EWAN Another brawl in the square Another stink in the air! Was there a witness to this? Well, let him speak to Ewan! The streets are not safe, But let these vermin beware We'll see that justice is done! Look upon this fine collection Crawled from underneath a stone This swarm of worms and maggots Could have picked you to the bone! I know this man over here I know his name and his trade And on your witness, madam, We'll see him suitably paid. (TRANNS has disappeared.) But where's the lady gone? And why on earth did she run? RAOUL You will have a job to catch her She's the one who will resist No more bourgeois when you scratch her Than that brand upon her wrist. EWAN Could it be she's some old jailbird That the tide now washes in Heard my name and started running Had the brand upon her skin Could he be the girl I've hunted? Could it be she's Tranns Harkin? RAOUL In the absence of a victim, Dear Inspector, may we go? And remember when you've nicked 'em, It was me who told you so! EWAN Let the old girl keep on running I will run her off her feet! Everyone about your business Clear this garbage off the street! (Everyone exits. Timidly, TRANNS returns as the stars begin to come out.) TRANNS There, out in the darkness A fugitive running, fallen from grace Fallen from grace Din be my witness, I never shall yield Till we come face to face Till we come face to face He knows his way in the dark But mine is the way of Farore And those who follow the path of the righteous Shall have their reward And if they fall as Ganondorf fell, the flame, the sword! Stars! In your multitudes Scarce to be counted Filling the darkness With order and light You are the sentinels Silent and sure, keeping watch in the night Keeping watch in the night You know your place in the sky You hold your course and your aim And each in your season Returns and returns And is always the same and if you fall as Ganondorf fell, you fall in flame! And so it has been, and so it is written on the doorway to paradise That those who falter and those who fall must pay the price! Din let me find him that I may see him safe behind bars I will never rest till then, this I swear This I swear by the stars! (JACOB enters again.) That inspector thinks he's something But it's me who runs this town! And my theater never closes And the curtain's never down Trust in me, have no fear Don't you worry, auntie dear, You can always find me here! Good Din! Oh, what a rumpus! JACOB That girl, who can she be? TRANNS That cop! He'd like to jump us but he ain't smart, not he. JACOB Tranns, who was that girl? TRANNS Some bourgeois two-a-penny thing! JACOB Tranns, find her for me! TRANNS What will you give me? JACOB Anything! TRANNS Got you all excited now, but Din knows what you see in her Ain't you all delighted now? No, I don't want your money sir... JACOB Tranns, do this for me... Discover where she lives Be careful how you go Don't let anyone know... Tranns! I'm lost until she's found! TRANNS You see, I told you so! There's lots of things I know... Tranns...she knows her way around... (Blackout. The lights rise on the Painted Mask Café were the STUDENTS are assembled. TRANNS enters.) CATLYN At the high point the sections are prepared! DANA At rue de Bac they're straining at the leash! GOHAN Students, workers, everyone There's a river on the run Like the flowing of the tide Hyrule coming to our side! ADEN The time is near... So near…it's stirring the blood in their veins! And yet beware... Don't let the wine go to your brains! For the army we fight is a dangerous foe With the men and the arms that we never can match Oh, it's easy to sit here and swat 'em like flies But the national guard will be harder to catch. We need a sign to rally the people To call them to arms, to bring them in line! (JACOB enters.) Jacob, you're late. DANA What's wrong today? You look as if you've seen a ghost. SHANLEIGH Some wine and say what's going on! JACOB A ghost you say...a ghost maybe She was just like a ghost to me One minute there, and she was gone! SHANLEIGH I am agog! I am aghast! Is Brother Jake in love at last? I have never heard him `ooh' and `aah' You talk of battles to be won But here he comes like King Harkin It's better than an o-per-a! ADEN It is time for us all to decide who we are... Do we fight for the right to a night at the opera now? Have you asked of yourselves What's the price you might pay? Is it simply a game for rich young boys to play? The color of the world Is changing day by day... Red - the blood of angry men! Black - the dark of ages past! Red - a world about to dawn! Black - the night that ends at last! JACOB Had you been there tonight You might know how it feels To be struck to the bone In a moment of breathless delight! Had you been there tonight You might also have known How the world may be changed In just one burst of light! And what was right seems wrong And what was wrong seems right... SHANLEIGH Red... JACOB I feel my soul on fire! SHANLEIGH Black... JACOB My world if she's not there... STUDENTS Red... JACOB The color of desire! STUDENTS Black... JACOB The color of despair! ADEN Brother Jake, you're no longer a child I do not doubt you mean it well But now there is a higher call Who cares about your lonely soul? We strive toward a larger goal Our little lives don't count at all! STUDENTS Red - the blood of angry men! Black - the dark of ages past! Red - a world about to dawn! Black - the night that ends at last! ADEN Well, Gohan, do we have all the weapons? Dana, Catlyn, our time is running short. Shanleigh, put the bottle down! Do we have the weapons we need? SHANLEIGH Give me brandy on my breath and I'll breathe 'em all to death! GOHAN In Zora Harbor they're with us to a man! CATYLN In the high point they're tearing up the stones! DANA Twenty daggers good as new. (GAVROCHE runs in.) GAVROCHE Listen! CATLYN Double that in Port Harbor! GAVROCHE Listen everybody! GOHAN Seven swords in Catalan! GAVROCHE Earl Oriel is dead! ADEN Oriel is dead. Oriel! His death is the hour of fate. The people's man. His death is the sign we await! On his funeral day they will honor his name. It's a rallying cry that will reach every ear! In the death of Oriel we will kindle the flame They will see that the day of salvation is near! The time is here! Let us welcome it gladly with courage and cheer Let us take to the streets with no doubt in our hearts But a jubilant shout they will come one and all They will come when we call! Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start when tomorrow comes! TRANNS Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Somewhere beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see? GOHAN Then join in the fight that will give you the right to be free!! ALL Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start When tomorrow comes! DANA Will you give all you can give So that our banner may advance Some will fall and some will live Will you stand up and take your stand? The blood of the martyrs Will water the whole island! ALL Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start when tomorrow comes! (Blackout. The lights rise on SUZETTE at the gate of her family estate.) SUZETTE How strange, this feeling that my life's begun at last This change, can people really fall in love so fast? What's the matter with you, Suzette? Have you been too much on your own? So many things unclear So many things unknown. In my life there are so many questions and answers That somehow seem wrong In my life there are times when I catch in the silence The sigh of a faraway song and it sings of a world that I long to see Out of reach just a whisper away waiting for me! Does he know I'm alive? Do I know if he's real? Does he see what I saw? Does he feel what I feel? In my life I'm no longer alone Now the love in my life Is so near find me now, find me here! (Her FATHER enters.) FATHER Dear Suzette, you're such a lonely child How pensive, how sad you seem to me Believe me, were it within my power I'd fill each passing hour How quiet it must be, I can see With only me for company. SUZETTE In my life I have all that I want You are loving and gentle and good. But Poppa, dear poppa, In your eyes I am just like a child Who is lost in a wood (Her FATHER exits. JACOB and TRANNS enter on the other side of the stage.) JACOB In my life she has burst like the music of angels The light of the sun and my life seems to stop As if something is over And something has scarcely begun. Tranns Harkin! You're the friend who has brought me here Thanks to you I am one with the gods And Heaven is near! And I soar through a world that is new that is free... TRANNS Every word that he says is a dagger in me! In my life, there's been no one like him anywhere Anywhere, where he is... If he asked...I'd be his TRANNS and JACOB In my life, there is someone who touches my life JACOB Waiting near TRANNS Waiting here (JACOB goes into the estate and encounters SUZETTE.) JACOB A heart full of love A heart full of song I'm doing everything all wrong Oh Din, for shame I do not even know your name Dear Mad'moiselle Won't you say? Will you tell? SUZETTE A heart full of love No fear, no regret JACOB My name is Brother Jacob Arjin SUZETTE And mine's Suzette JACOB Suzette, I don't know what to say SUZETTE Then make no sound JACOB I am lost SUZETTE I am found! JACOB A heart full of light SUZETTE A night bright as day JACOB And you must never go away SUZETTE This is a chain we'll never break JACOB Do I dream? SUZETTE I'm awake! JACOB A heart full of love TRANNS He was never mine to lose SUZETTE A heart full of you TRANNS Why regret what could not be? JACOB A single look and then I knew. TRANNS These are words he'll never say SUZETTE I knew it too. TRANNS Not to me... JACOB From today... TRANNS Not to me... SUZETTE Every day TRANNS Not for me... JACOB and SUZETTE For it isn't a dream Not a dream after all! TRANNS His heart full of love He will never Feel this way... (JORDANA enters. TRANNS sees her.) TRANNS Jordana, what are you doing So far out of our patch? JORDANA This house, we're going to do it Rich man, plenty of scratch You remember he's the one Who got away the other day Got a collar on his chest Perhaps a fortune put away! TRANNS Oh Din, somebody help me! Dear Din, what'll I do? He'll think this is an ambush He'll think I'm in it too! What'll I do, what'll I say? I've got to warn them here I've got to find a way. (JORDANA exits. TRANNS pulls up her hood and runs to RAOUL and his GANG as they enter.) RAOUL This is his lair, I've seen the old fox around He keeps himself to himself He's staying close to the ground I smell profit here! MINION 1 What do I care who you should rob Give me my share, finish the job! RAOUL You shut your mouth Give me your hand (They see TRANNS.) MINION 2 What have we here? RAOUL Who is this hussy? MINION 1 It's your brat Jordana Don't you know your own kid Why's she hanging about you? RAOUL Jordana, get on home You're not needed in this We're enough here without you TRANNS I know this house I tell you there's nothing here for you Just the old man and the girl They live ordinary lives RAOUL Don't interfere, you've got some gall Take care, young miss, you've got a lot to say! MINION 1 She's going soft MINION 2 Happens to all Go home, Jordana, Go home, you're in the way TRANNS I'm gonna scream, I'm gonna warn them here. RAOUL One little scream and you'll regret it for a year. MINION 3 What a palaver, what an absolute treat To watch a cat and it's father Pick a bone in the street MINION 2 Not a sound out of you! TRANNS Well I told you I'd do it, told you I'd do it...Ahhhh!!!!!!!! RAOUL You ain't my girl, you'll rue this night I'll make you scream, you'll scream all right Leave her to me, don't wait around Make for the sewers, go underground! (The gang scatters. JACOB and SUZETTE rush to TRANNS.) JACOB It was your cry sent them away Once more Harkin saving the day Dearest Suzette, my friend Tranns Brought me to you, showed me the way! Someone is near. Let's not be seen Somebody's here... (JACOB and TRANNS exit in one direction, SUZETTE in the other. Blackout. The lights rise on JONO, alone in a platform.) JONO One day more, Another day, another destiny, This never ending road to destiny; These men who seem to know her crime Will surely come a second time, One day more... (SUZETTE and JACOB enter from opposite directions.) JACOB I did not live until today, How can I live when we are parted? JONO One day more... JACOB and SUZETTE Tomorrow you'll be worlds away, And yet with you, my world has started. (TRANNS appears in a spotlight.) TRANNS One more day all on my own JACOB and SUZETTE Will we ever meet again? TRANNS One more day with him not caring JACOB and SUZETTE I was born to be with you. TRANNS What a life I might have known JACOB and SUZETTE And I swear I will be true! TRANNS But he never saw me there... (The STUDENTS march in.) ADEN One more day before the storm! At the barricades of freedom! When our ranks begin to form, Will you take your place with me? JACOB Do I follow where she goes! Shall I join my brothers there! Do I stay or do I dare? ALL The time is now, the place is here JONO One day more! (EWAN enters, dressed as a student.) EWAN One more day till revolution, We will nip it in the bud! We'll be ready for these schoolboys, They will wet themselves with blood! JONO One day more! (RAOUL and WIFE enter.) RAOUL and WIFE Watch'm run amuck, Catch'm when they fall, Never know your luck When there's a free for all, Here a little pinch, There a little touch, Most of them are goners So they won't miss much! VARIOUS STUDENTS One day to a new beginning Raise the flag of freedom high! Every man will be a king Every man will be a king There's a new world for the winning There's a new world to be won Do you hear the people sing? JACOB My place is here, I fight with you! JONO One day more! JACOB and SUZETTE I did not live until today... Tomorrow you'll be worlds away And yet with you my world has started TRANNS One more day all on my own... EWAN I will join these people's heroes I will follow where they go I will know their little secrets, I will know the things they know. JONO One day more! RAOUL and WIFE Watch 'em run amuck Catch 'em as they fall Never know your luck When there's a free-for-all EWAN One more day to revolution We will nip it in the bud We'll be ready for these schoolboys TRANNS and EWAN Tomorrow is the judgment day ALL Tomorrow we'll discover What our gods in Heaven has in store! One more dawn. One more day One day more! (Blackout. Lights rise on ADEN, the STUDENTS, and the BEGGARS assembling a barricade. EWAN is on stage in disguise.) ADEN Here upon these stones We will build our barricade In the heart of the city We claim as our own! Each man to his duty and don't be afraid. Wait! I will need a report On the strength of the foe. EWAN I can find out the truth, I know their ways Fought their wars Served my time, in the days of my youth! VARIOUS STUDENTS Now the people will fight And so they might Dogs will bark. Fleas will bite. They will do what is right (TRANNS enters dressed as a boy. JACOB approaches her.) JACOB Hey little boy, what's this I see? Oh Harkin, the things you do! TRANNS I know this is no place for me Still I would rather be with you. JACOB Get out before the trouble starts Get out, Harkin, you might get shot TRANNS I got you worried, now I have That shows you like me quite a lot JACOB There is a way that you can help You are the answer to a prayer Please take this letter to Suzette And pray to Din that she's still there! (TRANNS takes the letter. Blackout. A spotlight falls on her.) TRANNS Little you know...Little you care! And now I'm all alone again Nowhere to turn, no one to go to Without a home without a friend Without a face to say hello to And now the night is near I can make believe he's here Sometimes I walk alone at night When everybody else is sleeping I think of him and I'm happy With the company I'm keeping The city goes to bed and I can live inside my head Own my own pretending he's beside me All alone I walk with him till morning Without him I feel his arms around me And when I lose my way I close my eyes And he has found me In the rain the pavement shines like silver All the lights are misty in the river In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight And all I see is him and me forever and forever And I know it's only in my mind That I'm talking to myself and not to him And although I know that he is blind Still I say, there's a way for us I love him, but when the night is over He is gone, the river's just a river Without him the world around me changes The trees are bare and everywhere The streets are full of strangers I love him but every day I'm learning All my life I've only been pretending Without me His world would go on turning A world that's full of happiness That I have never known I love him, I love him, I love him but only on my own. (Blackout. The lights rise on the now completed barricade where the STUDENTS are assembled.) STUDENTS Now we pledge ourselves to hold this barricade Let them come in their legions And they will be met Have faith in yourselves and don't be afraid Let's give 'em a screwing That they'll never forget! This is where it begins! And if I should die in the fight to be free Where the fighting is hardest There will I be Let them come if they dare We'll be there! LILLIA (Offstage) You at the barricade listen to this No one is coming to help you to fight You're on your own You have no friends Give up your weapons - or die! ADEN Damn their warnings, damn their lies They will see the people rise! STUDENTS Damn their warnings, damn their lies They will see the people rise! (EWAN enters.) EWAN Listen my friends I have done as I said I have been to their lines I have counted each man I will tell what I can Better be warned they have armies to spare And the danger is real We will need all our cunning To bring them to heel. ADEN Have faith, if you know what their movements are We'll spoil their game There are ways that a people can fight We shall overcome their power EWAN I have overheard their plans There will be no attack tonight They intend to starve us out Before they start a proper fight Concentrate their force Hit us from the right. (TRANNS enters.) TRANNS Liar! Good evening, dear inspector Lovely evening, my friend. I know this man, my friends His name is Inspector Ewan So don't believe a word he says 'Cause none of it's true This only goes to show What little people can do! And little people know When little people fight We may look easy pickings But we've got some bite So never kick a dog Because he's just a pup We'll fight like twenty armies And we won't give up So you'd better run for cover When the pup grows up! SHANLEIGH Bravo, Harkin, you're the top of the class! CATLYN So what are we going to do With this snake in the grass? ADEN Tie this man and take him To the tavern in there The people will decide your fate VARIOUS STUDENTS Take the bastard now and shoot him! Let us watch the devil dance You'd have done the same Inspector If we'd let you have your chance! EWAN Shoot me now or shoot me later Every schoolboy to his sport Death to each and every traitor I renounce your people's court! CATLYN Though we may not all survive here There are things that never die SHANLEIGH What's the difference? Die a schoolboy Die a policeman die a spy! ADEN Take this man, bring him through There is work we have to do! (EWAN is carried away by GOHAN and tied to a chair. There is the sound of a fray and SUZETTE climbs over the barricade.) DANA There's a boy climbing the barricade! JACOB Good Din! What are you doing? Suzette, have you no fear? Have you come, my beloved? Why have you come back here? Suzette, what's wrong? I feel... There's something wet upon your hair Suzette, you're hurt You need some help! Oh Din, it's everywhere.... SUZETTE Don't you fret, M'sieur Jacob I don't feel any pain A little fall of rain Can hardly hurt me now You're here, that's all I need to know And you will keep me safe And you will keep me close And rain will make the flowers grow. JACOB But you will live, Suzette - dear Din above... If I could close your wounds with words of love... SUZETTE Just hold me now, and let it be. Shelter me, comfort me... JACOB You would live, a hundred years If I could show you how I won't desert you now... SUZETTE The rain can't hurt me now This rain will wash away what's past And you will keep me safe And you will keep me close I'll sleep in your embrace at last The rain that brings you here Is Heaven-blessed! The skies begin to clear And I'm at rest A breath away from where you are I've come home from so far So don't you fret, M'sieur Jacob I don't feel any pain A little fall of rain Can hardly hurt me now That's all I need to know And you will keep me safe And you will keep me close And rain, will make the flowers... JACOB Grow… (SUZETTE dies.) ADEN She is the first to fall The first of us to fall upon this barricade JACOB Her name was Suzette Her life was cold and dark, yet she was unafraid. CATLYN We fight here in her name She will not die in vain. DANA She will not be betrayed. (SUZETTE is carried off. There is a rain of arrows that falls down on the STUDENTS. TRANNS pulls ADEN out of harm's way and the STUDENTS and BEGGARS throw stones back over the barricade.) GOHAN See how they run away! SHANLEIGH By Din we've won the day! ADEN They will be back again, Make an attack again. For your presence of mind For the deed you have done I will thank you Tranns When our battle is won. TRANNS Give me no thanks M'sieur There is something that you can do. ADEN If it is in my power... TRANNS Give me the spy Ewan Let me take care of him EWAN The law is inside out The world is upside down ADEN Do what you have to do, The man belongs to you. The enemy may be regrouping. Hold yourself in readiness. Come my friends, back to your positions. The night is falling fast... (TRANNS takes EWAN out of sight, drawing a dagger.) TRANNS We meet again. EWAN You've hungered for this all your life: Take your revenge! How right you should kill with a knife! (TRANNS cuts EWAN loose.) TRANNS You talk too much. Your life is safe in my hands. EWAN I don't understand TRANNS Get out of here. EWAN Harkin, take care, I'm warning you... TRANNS Clear out of here. EWAN Once a thief, forever a thief What you want you always steal! You would trade your life for mine. Yes, Tranns, you want a deal. Shoot me now for all I care! If you let me go, beware. You'll still answer, yes I swear! TRANNS You are wrong, and always have been wrong. I'm a girl, no worse than any girl. You are free, and there are no conditions, No bargains or petitions. There's nothing that I blame you for. You've done your duty, nothing more. If I come out of this alive, you'll find me At number fifty-five Rue Plumet No doubt our paths will cross again. (EWAN exits quickly. The STUDENTS and BEGGARS settle down for the night with wine.) ADEN Gohan, you take the watch They won't attack until it's light Everybody stay awake We must be ready for the fight For the final fight Let no one sleep tonight! Jacob, rest. DANA Drink with me to days gone by Sing with me the songs we knew GOHAN Here's to pretty girls Who went to our heads Here's to witty girls Who went to our beds ALL Here's to them and here's to you! TRANNS Drink with me, to days gone by Can it be you fear to die? Will the world remember you When you fall? Could it be your death means nothing at all? Is your life just one more lie? ALL Drink with me To days gone by To the life that used to be Let the wine of friendship Never run dry At the shrine of friendship never say die Here's to you and here's to me... JACOB Do I care if I should die Now she goes across the sea? Life without Suzette Means nothing at all Would you weep, Suzette, Should Brother Jake fall? Will you weep, Suzette, for me? (Everyone falls asleep. JONO enters in a spotlight.) JONO Gods on high hear my prayer In my need you have always been there She is young, she's afraid Let him rest Heaven blessed. Bring her home, bring her home. Bring her home. She's like the sun I might have known If Din had granted me the sun. The summers die One by one How soon they fly On and on And I am old And will be gone. Bring her peace Bring her joy She is young I'm no longer a boy You can take, you can give Let her be, let her live If I die let me die Let her live Bring her home, bring her home. Bring her home. (The spotlight goes out. The STUDENTS wake. ADEN examines the situation.) ADEN The people have not stirred We are abandoned by those who still live in fear. The people have not heard. Yet we will not abandon those who cannot hear. Let us not waste lives Let all the women and fathers of children go from here. DANA Drink with me to days gone by Sing with me the songs we knew ALL At the shrine of friendship Raise your glass high Let the wine of friendship Never run dry. If I die I die with you! (The sound of soldiers is heard over the barricade.) ADEN How do we stand, Dana? Make your report. DANA We've bows enough But ammunition short JACOB Let me go into the streets There are bodies all around Ammunition to be had Lots of arrows to be found! ADEN I won't let you go It's too much of a chance. JACOB The same is true for any man here! GAVROCHE You need somebody quicker And I volunteer! (GAVROCHE starts climbing the barricade.) GOHAN Come back Gavroche, don't you dare! DANA Someone pull him down at once! (GAVROCHE descends the other side of the barricade.) GAVROCHE Look at me, I'm almost there! Little people know, when Little people fight, we May look easy pickings But we've got some bite! (GAVROCHE tosses some weapons up to the STUDENTS.) So never kick a dog Because he's just a pup We'll fight like twenty armies And we won't give up So you'd better run for cover When the pup grows… (An arrow flies at GAVROCHE and hits him. He falls onto a corpse.) LILLIA (offstage) You at the barricade listen to this The people of Hyrule sleep in their beds You have no chance No chance at all. Why throw your lives away? ADEN Let us die facing our foes Make them bleed while we can CATLYN Make 'em pay through the nose GOHAN Make 'em pay for every man! ADEN Let others rise, to take our place Until the earth is free! (SOLDIERS rush on and start attacking the STUDENTS. JACOB is stabbed and falls on top of TRANNS. As the fight ends, TRANNS frees herself and runs to ADEN. She feels his pulse, then lifts him, carrying him down into the sewers. EWAN comes over the barricade and looks for TRANNS. Not finding her, he starts into the sewers. Blackout. Lights rise on the sewers. TRANNS and ADEN are unconscious on the ground. RAOUL is picking among the corpses.) RAOUL Here's a hint of gold stuck into a tooth Pardon me M'sieur You won't be needing this no more. Shouldn't be too hard to sell. Add it to the pile, add it to the stock Here among the sewer rats A breath away from hell You get accustomed to the smell. Well someone's got to clean 'em up, my friends Bodies on the highway Law and order upside down Someone's got to collect their odds and ends As a service to the town! (RAOUL seizes TRANNS' daggers.) Here's a tasty blade, pretty and engraved Wouldn't want to waste it That would really be a crime Thank you sir, I'm in your debt Here's another toy, take it off the boy His heart's no longer going And he's lived his little time But his watch is ticking yet! (RAOUL takes ADEN's watch.) Well, someone's got to clean them up; my friends Before the little harvest disappears into the mud Someone's got to collect their odds and ends When the gutters run with blood. It's a world where the dog eats the dog Where they kill for bones in the street And Din in her Heaven, she don't interfere 'Cause she's dead as the stiffs at my feet I raise my eyes to see the heavens And only the moon looks down The harvest moon shines down! (RAOUL turns over TRANNS, recognizes her, and leaves. Eventually, TRANNS wakes and picks up ADEN and walks through the sewers. As they emerge, they meet EWAN.) TRANNS It's you, Ewan I knew you wouldn't wait too long The faithful servant at his post once more! This man's done no wrong, And he needs a doctor's care. EWAN I warned you I would not give in I won't be swayed TRANNS Another hour yet and then I'm yours And all our debts are paid. EWAN The lady of mercy comes again and talks of justice TRANNS Come, time is running short Look down, Ewan, he's standing in his grave Give way, Ewan, there is a life to save. EWAN Take him Harkin, Before I change my mind I will be waiting, 24601. (TRANNS carries ADEN off. EWAN walks to the bridge to Hyrule.) EWAN Who is this girl? What sort of devil is she? To have me caught in a trap And choose to let me go free? It was her hour at last To put a seal on my fate Wipe out the past and wash me clean off the slate! All it would take was a flick of her knife Vengeance was hers and she gave me back my life! Damned if I'll live in the debt of a thief! Damned if I'll yield at the end of the chase. I am the Law and the Law is not mocked I'll spit her pity right back in her face There is no way on earth that I can It is either Harkin or Ewan! How can I now allow this girl to hold dominion over me? This desperate girl whom I have hunted She gave me my life, she gave me freedom. I should have perished by her hand! It was her right. It was my right to die as well Instead I live, but live in hell! And my thoughts fly apart Can this girl be believed? Shall her sins be forgiven? Shall her crimes be reprieved? And must I now begin to doubt Who never doubted all these years? My heart is stone and still it trembles The world I have known is lost in shadow. Is she from heaven or from hell? And does she know that granting me my life today This girl has killed me even so? I am reaching, but I fall And the stars are black and cold. As I stare into the void Of a world that cannot hold I'll escape now from the world From the world of Tranns Harkin There is nowhere I can turn There is no way to go on..... (EWAN starts to climb over the railing of the bridge. Before he can jump, TRANNS races on stage and pulls him back to safety. They are about to engage when the WOMEN of the island start to stream past.) WOMEN Did you see them going off to fight? Children of the barricade Who didn't last the night? Did you see them lying where they died? Someone used to cradle them And kiss them when they cried. Did you see them lying side by side? Who will wake them? No one ever will. No one ever told them That a summer day can kill. They were schoolboys Barely just begun Fighting for a new world That would rise up like the sun Where's that new world Now the fighting's done? Nothing changes, nothing ever will Every year another brat, another mouth to fill. Same old story, what's the use of tears? What's the use of praying if there's nobody who hears? Turning, turning, turning, turning, turning Through the years. Turning, turning, turning through the years Minutes into hours and the hours into years. Nothing changes, nothing ever can Round and round the roundabout and back where you began! Round and round and back where you began! (The WOMEN exit.) TRANNS There's a grief that can't be spoken There's a pain goes on and on Empty chairs at empty tables Now my friends are dead and gone Here they talked of revolution Here it was they lit the flame Here they sang about tomorrow And tomorrow never came. From the table in the corner They could see a world reborn And they rose with voices ringing I can hear them now! The very words that they had sung Became their last communion On the lowly barricade…at dawn. Oh my friends, my friends forgive me. That I live and you are gone There's a grief that can't be spoken There's a pain goes on and on Phantom faces at the window Phantom shadows on the floor Empty chairs at empty tables Where my friends will meet no more. Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me What your sacrifice was for Empty chairs at empty tables Where my friends will sing no more... (EWAN and TRANNS exit together. Blackout. Lights rise on a society dinner. ADEN is sitting apart from the other GUESTS.) GUESTS Ring out the bells upon this day of days! May all the angels of Farore above In jubilation sing their songs of praise! And crown this blessed time with peace and love. (A waltz begins. RAOUL and his WIFE enter, dressed in Hylian finery and approach ADEN.) RAOUL I forget where we met Was it not at the Chateau Lafarge Where the duke did that puke Down the Duchess's de-coll-etage? ADEN No, `Baron de Thenard' The circles I move in are humbler by far. Go away, do not stay Do you think I don't know who you are? WIFE He's not fooled, told you so. Show M'sieur what you've come here to show. Tell the boy what you know! RAOUL So it goes, heaven knows Life has dealt me some terrible blows. WIFE You've got cash and a heart You could give us a bit of a start RAOUL There's a tale I could tell WIFE Information we're willing to sell. RAOUL There's a man that girl slew I saw the corpse clear as I'm seeing you! What I tell you is true! WIFE Pity to disturb you at a feast like this But five hundred coins surely wouldn't come amiss. ADEN In Din's name say what you have to say. RAOUL But first you pay! What I saw, clear as light Tranns Harkin in the sewers that night Had this corpse on her back Hanging there like a great bloody sack. I was there, never fear Even found me this fine souvenir! (RAOUL shows ADEN his own watch.) ADEN I know this! This was mine! Surely this is some heavenly sign! RAOUL One more thing, mark this well It was the night the barricades fell. ADEN Then it's true, then I'm right Tranns Harkin was my savior that night! (ADEN hits RAOUL and then throws money at him.) As for you, take this too! Din's forgive the things that we do. (ADEN runs offstage.) RAOUL Ain't it a laugh? Ain't it a treat? Hob-nobbin' here among the elite? Here comes a prince, proper and true This one's just weird But what can you do? Hyrule at my feet, Hyrule in the dust And here I'm breaking bread With the upper crust! Beggar at the feast! Master of the dance! Life is easy pickings if you grab your chance. Everywhere you go, law-abiding folk Doing what is decent but they're mostly broke! Singing to Farore on most days Praying for the gifts she'll send. RAOUL and WIFE But we're the ones who take it We're the ones who make it in the end! Watch the buggers dance Watch 'em till they drop Keep your wits about you And you stand on top! Masters of the land Always get our share Clear away the barricades And we're still there! We know where the wind is blowing Money is the stuff we smell And when we're rich as can be Nayru! Won't we see you all in hell! (Blackout. Lights rise on JONO alone on stage.) JONO Alone I wait in the shadows I count the hours till I can sleep I dreamed a dream Tranns stood by It made her weep to know I died. Alone at the end of the day Upon this shining night I pray Take these children, Farore, to thy embrace And show them grace. Din on high, hear my prayer Take me now to thy care Where you are let me be Take me now Take me there Bring me home Bring me home. (AMANDA enters.) AMANDA M'sieur, I bless your name M'sieur, lay down your burden You raised my child in love And you will be with Din. (AMANDA exits. TRANNS and EWAN rush onstage.) TRANNS Poppa, poppa, I do not understand! Are you all right? They said you'd gone away. JONO Tranns, my child, am I forgiven now? Thank Din, thank Din, I've lived to see this day. Now you are here Again beside me Now I can die in peace For now my life is blessed TRANNS You will live, poppa, you're going to live It's too soon, too soon to say goodbye. JONO Yes, my child, forbid me now to die I'll obey, I will try On this page I write my last confession Read it well When I at last am sleeping. It's a story Of those who've always loved you, Your mother gave the world for you, Then gave you to my keeping. (JONO leans over to hand TRANNS a sheet of paper, but AMANDA enters suddenly.) AMANDA Come with me Where chains will never bind you All your grief At last, at last behind you. Din in Heaven Look down on her in mercy. TRANNS Forgive me all my trespasses And take me to your glory. TRANNS and AMANDA Take my hand And lead me to salvation Take my love For love is everlasting. And remember The truth that once was spoken To love another person Is to see the face of good! (Blackout. A spotlight shines down on TRANNS as the CHORUS sings.) CHORUS Do you hear the people sing Lost in the valley of the night It is the music of a people Who are climbing to the light For the wretched of the earth There is a flame that never dies Even the darkest night will end And the sun will rise. They will live again in freedom In the garden of Farore They will walk behind the plough-share They will put away the sword The chain will be broken And all men will have their reward! TRANNS and CHORUS Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Somewhere beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see? Do you hear the people sing Say, do you hear the distant drums? It is the future that they bring When tomorrow comes! Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me? Somewhere beyond the barricade Is there a world you long to see? Do you hear the people sing Say, do you hear the distant drums? It is the future that they bring When tomorrow comes! Tomorrow comes! Tomorrow comes! |