Her Voice Within/Transcript

Intro music plays

Aphmau: Hmm? Huh? M-My clothes?! Where am I? What happened?

Lo: (Groans)

Aphmau: Lo! Lo, is that you?

Lo: Yeah, it's me. They took my oranges. At least they left you decently clothed.

Aphmau: Are you kidding me!? I'm in my undergarments! I feel exposed!

Lo: I'll look away.

Aphmau: (Sighs) Please, I'm a grown woman, besides that, after what you said before.. I trust you.

Lo: Thanks. Are you sure?

Aphmau: I'm not ashamed of my own body.

Lo: That's the spirit. Nice to hear that a woman who isn't ashamed of what she looks like.

Aphmau: I appreciate that.

Lo: So

Aphmau: Yeah, the plan didn't go well.

Lo; No, no it did not. I know I should have known better than to ever trust that rat. Gah! Such an idiot!

Aphmau: Lo?

Lo: Yeah.

Aphmau: Did by chance your plan happen to be us walking out the front door?

(Lo makes face)

Aphmau: What?

Lo: Do I look that stupid to you?

Aphmau: (laughs) No. You obviously know when to use oranges over apples. But I was just curious. How exactly did you plan on getting us out of Lord Janna's mansion?

Lo: There's a secret entrance to the house on the first floor. It opens to an old tunnel that leads just outside of town. It was an old escape route. Lord Janna thinks no one else knows about it. With all the commotion and everyone getting ready for the wedding, we could have slipped out unnoticed.

Aphmau: Okay. Yeah, that was a pretty good plan.

Lo: Except I hadn't planned on running into Gary! I would think that he wouldn't try something on such a major event, but NO! He does it ANYWAY! And now, here we are.

Aphmau: In a cell.

Lo: Yep.

Aphmau: In our underwear.

Lo: In our underwear.

Aphmau: Honestly, was stripping us down necessary? This feels..eerily familiar. Why does this keep happening to me?

Lo: Um...

Aphmau: What?

Lo: How often do you get forced stripped into your underwear and thrown into dungeons? Is there something I should know about you? What kind of life you've been living, Apple? I will judge you forward, but you seem to be more than you appear to be.

Aphmau: It's nothing. You can forget about it. It's not important.

Lo: Should I be worried about you?

Aphmau: you could I've led an interesting life. But we can talk more about that once we get out of here. Any ideas?

Lo: Well, we could always use the key. That usually works.

Aphmau: What? What key? Where?

Lo: Right over there hanging up on the wall. See it?

Aphmau: Ugh, you've gotta be kidding me?

Lo: Nope.

Aphmau: Who puts the keys to the cell right next to the cell? This is ridiculous! Why would they leave the keys there in the first place?

Lo: That's Lord Janna for ya.

Aphmau: Huh? What do you mean?

Lo: You see these cells?

Aphmau: ( Sarcastically)No, I don't. maybe if I got out of a cell, I would be able to.

Lo: I mean that was an obvious question. Got to keep you on your toes somehow. The cells are probably the most secure in the land. These bars, they're tougher than steel. They won't bend or break. Lord Janna spared no expense for us.

Aphmau: Well, that's reassuring. She's such a gracious host.

Lo: (Laughs) Well, we are rather important people. Wouldn't you say?

Aphmau: What do you think she's going to do with us?

Lo: That depends.

Aphmau: On?

Lo: Do you want the truth or do you want to sugarcoat it.

Aphmau: Just give it to me straight.

Lo: My kind of girl. knowing Lord Janna, she'll probably have us executed first thing.

Aphmau; What!?

Lo: She'll want to do it before the wedding.

Aphmau: What!?

Lo: Lord Janna doesn't like leaving anything to chance.To her, we're a loose end that needs to be cut. If you'll excuse the pun.

Aphmau: How are you going to sugarcoat that!?

Lo: Hmm. I was hoping you wouldn't ask me to.

Aphmau: (Sighs) She is hell-bent on having the wedding, isn't she?

Lo: More like desperate.

Aphmau: Desperate?

Lo: Very.

Aphmau: Lo, what kind of person is Lord Janna? When Haley talked about her before all of this, she sounded like a kind hearted, compassionate Lord. Maybe a little stuffy. But still nice, and now she wants our heads on a plate? So, I'm just a little confused.

Lo: I'm not from around these parts originally. I don't know Lord Janna that well, but from what I've heard she's the lord Skystead has ever known.

Aphmau: Is she immortal? Does she bathe herself in the blood of her enemies or something? I mean how else can you explain how she looks that good all the time.

lo: Umm... no, it's just that Skystead isn't that old.

Aphmau: Hmm.... Now that you mention it, I don't remember hearing much about it before.

Lo: Skystead used to be three different villages. Those villages eventually combined into what is the Skystead village we know today.

Aphmau: And Lord Janna?

Lo: The people chose her to be their lord. She was once a guard to one of the villages. Everyone knew her to be knowledgeable and smart. She demonstrated great combat skills and humility as a protector to the people. Always putting them first.

Aphmau: Combat skills? A great protector? Humble? What happened? Why is she doing this now?

Lo: To put it simply, power.

Aphmau: So, that's it? She wants more power?

Lo: She's afraid of losing it. Her power is what has kept them safer this long ans she knows it. She's been so consumed with her hunt for power. Her never ending quest for power has corrupted her into the person we know today. There is nothing she won't do as long as it let's her hang on to the power she has.

Aphmau: That doesn't sound like a lord to me.

Lo: Perhaps not to you, but there are people who admire powerful lords.

Aphmau: What do you mean?

Lo: I do not know much about you, Apple or where you came from, but the way of choosing lords these days has been slowly changing.

Aphmau: There was never one way to choose a lord. every village has it's own story.

Lo: (Chuckles) I could talk this with you but let's focus on the matter at hand.How the heck do we get out of here?

Aphmau: I-I don't know.

(Cat meows)

Lo: What?

Aphmau: (gasps) An adorable little kitty!

Lo: May I say, I love how you go from talking serious to fawning over a kitty. How did it get in here?

(Cat meows)

Aphmau: Perhaps, it's here to save us.

Lo: What? Apple, I know things are looking pretty bad here, but let's be realistic.

Aphmau: All we have to do is just ask it for help. We can do this Lo. Trust me. Cats love me.

Lo: (sighs) You know what, why not? It's not like we have any other options at the moment.

Aphmau: (Laughs) That's the ticket! Now the first thing we need to do is call the cat over. Then we have it grab the key for us.

Lo: Here Kitty! Come on, Come over to Lo.

Aphmau: Come here, kitty kitty. Come on.

(Aphmau and Lo fight over the cat back and forth)

Scene changes to Zane and Emmalyn

Emmalyn: Why is it that we're sneaking around at dusk? Wouldn't it be better if we waited for night. We wouldn't be so easy to spot that way.

Zane: Let me ask you this. If you were going to sneak into this library, when would you do it?

Emmalyn: At night. Duh. When it's dark out.

Zane: Very good. And if you were guarding this library, you would probably think the same thing, right?

Emmalyn; Well, obviously. If I were guarding this library, I would double the guards in front just so...Oh.

Zane: Exactly. We're sneaking in now while the security isn't as bad. It'll be much simpler this way. Trust me. Now let's get going.

(Music)

Zane: And it's as simple as that.

Emmalyn: Wow .Look as this place. That old inn keeper was right.

Zane: I have to agree with you. This place should do nicely.

Emmalyn: I can't wait to learn more about Shadow Knights. I will say, there more intriguing than I originally thought.

Zane: I suppose I should take that as a compliment. Wait. Shadow Knights!? That's not what your here to learn! Do you see this? The only reason you're still breathing is because your supposed to learn everything you can about the shadow lord. And this fragment!

Emmalyn: Shhh! Are you trying to get us caught? We just snuck in here. And what do you think I'm doing. You can't just study one thing and hopefully get the answers you're looking for. Any one subject could be related to a multitude of others in order to truly understand something like the shadow lord. I need to study everything involving him. Irene, the nether, Shadow Knights.

Zane: Are you trying to tell me that you wasted all that time on things I didn't ask you to do!?

Emmalyn: Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you wanted to learn more about the shadow lord. What do you think I'm doing? You're the one that abducted me and threw a pile of books on me. I am doing the best I can with the tools given to me. And it seemed pertinent to learn more about the shadow knights, since you wanted to learn more about the shadow lord! Geez! Now if you'll excuse me, I have some more research to do.

Zane: Fine. Just go already. Stop wasting my time.

Emmalyn: Ha!

Zane: That wretched woman is getting to comfortable. She needs to be taught a lesson.

(Scene changes)

Aphmau: Ughh!

Lo: Face it, It's not going to work. This cat is dumb and completely full of himself.

Aphmau: You got something against cats?

Lo: They never help! I'm much more of a dog person. I mean I don't mind cats. They're adorable in their own right, but they don't seem to detect human emotions very well!

(Cat Meows)

Lo: Let's start thinking about our other options.

Aphmau: Ughh! Cat! Why do you taunt me?

(Cat Meows)

Aphmau: Ugh!!! Why Cat!

Lo: Well, may not be the best approach. but... It's our best option for the moment. Unless Apple, you know any magic do you, by any chance?

Aphmau: Um..No. I don't.

Aphmau's voice inside head: Don't lie.

Aphmau: Huh?

Aphmau's voice inside head: Why don't you accept what you are? You don't exist for nothing.

Aphmau: What? Who's there?

Lo: I'm here? You ok, Apple?

Aphmau's voice inside head: How many of your friends are you going to let perish? Do you even understand how my power works?

Aphmau: I'm, I must be going crazy.

Lo: Hey. Hey. It's Aright. It's just the stress. Don't worry. We'll get out of this. I just don't know how yet.

(Guards Enter)

Lo: Hey guys. What's going on? Okay.. well,can you at least get some clothes for my friend. She isn't decent.

Aphmau: What's going on?

Lo: Besides, it's cold down here.

(Guards enter Lo's cell)

Lo: Oh.. This can't be good.

Aphmau: Lo!

Lo: Yeah, this isn't good.

Guard #1:You got some nerve, Lo. If that even is your real name.

Guard # 2: you think we're just gonna just let you get away with lying to us like that?

Guard #!: We liked you too. Well, not you, but the Lo you were pretending to be.

Guard # 2: I was gonna ask her out too.

Lo: Oh. Really. Even if I was interested, It wouldn't date a scumbag like you who treats women like objects.

Guard # 1: Hey Mitch, we talked about this.

Mitch: (Sighs) you're right.

Guard # 1: The point is Lo, whoever you are, we're here to teach you a lesson about the dangers of lying.

Aphmau: Don't you hurt him!

Guard # 1: Quiet! We'll deal with you later. Now try not to struggle. you'll just make it more difficult on yourself.

Aphmau's voice inside head: If you cannot control this power and give. it. up.

Aphmau: Whatever you are, stop talking to me like you know me!

( Fighting)

Aphmau: No!

( Angry Aphmau unleashes)

Guard # 1: What in Irene?

Mitch: How is that even possible?!

(Fighting)

Lo: Wow.

Aphmau; What happened?

Lo: You are just full of surprises aren't you now?

Aphmau: Full of what now?

Lo: Hey, I'm not complaining. Those guys sure can pack a punch. I guess that makes us even from earlier doesn't it?

Aphmau; Yeah, I guess so.

Lo: I'm not going to question what you just did. I'm just glad you did it. I don't know about you, but I've had enough of this place. How about you and I get out of here? Excuse me gentlemen, but i'll be taking your clothes. You can have the smaller guard's.

Aphmau: Wait. We're taking their clothes? Are you serious?

Lo: I don't think we have any other option. This will be the best way to get around Lord Janna's mansion. You might even be able to get close enough to Haley to get her out.

Aphmau: (Sighs) You're right. We don't have much of a choice.

Lo: I know. I'm not happy about it either. Now come on and help me with this guy's pants.

Aphmau: (Sighs) Okay.

Music

Lo: Hey, you know what? You don't look half bad.

Aphmau: I'm going to assume that was intended as a compliment. We both look the same.

Lo: All right. Looks like we're all set to rescue Lord Haley.

Aphmau: Again.

Lo: Again. Let's get moving. Actually, Hold on for just a second.

(Cat meows)

Lo: You.

(Cat Meows)

Lo: Your a jerk!

( Cat Meows)

Lo: (Sighs) you're hopeless. All right. Let's go.

Aphmau; I'm sure you'll be useful. Someday.

( cat Meows)