LOST TIME MEMORY: Kingdom Hearts
[Warning: swearing and violence!]
I've been working on a radioplay script for almost a year now to go along with my Overbit Chaos story, and I'm almost to the point where I can finish it and start recording for it. (Yay! ;w But, before I got to the final draft, I did want to get some feedback and improve on this story as much as I can.
This is the second draft and the story, for the most part, is set. It's a bit messy still, and I'm going to edit things like dialogue, characters, and all that fun stuff, but everything that happens is going to stay as it is. (If something is missing from the draft, I made a note of it so you know what's going on~)
I'm only putting up the first two scenes for now, but I'll add the rest later!
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated (I'll give you cookies! ;w, but here's the script! I divided it up into scenes to make things easier to read, hopefully~ :T Thank you so much for reading this! ;w;
Theme!
[Warning: swearing and violence!]
I've been working on a radioplay script for almost a year now to go along with my Overbit Chaos story, and I'm almost to the point where I can finish it and start recording for it. (Yay! ;w But, before I got to the final draft, I did want to get some feedback and improve on this story as much as I can.
This is the second draft and the story, for the most part, is set. It's a bit messy still, and I'm going to edit things like dialogue, characters, and all that fun stuff, but everything that happens is going to stay as it is. (If something is missing from the draft, I made a note of it so you know what's going on~)
I'm only putting up the first two scenes for now, but I'll add the rest later!
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated (I'll give you cookies! ;w, but here's the script! I divided it up into scenes to make things easier to read, hopefully~ :T Thank you so much for reading this! ;w;
Theme!
Spoiler ShowSCENE 1
EXT. LUNARY TOWN (MARKETPLACE) - NIGHT
Aex (V.O.): If I could go back in time, if I could stop all of this... could I save you? Could I save our home, everything that we ever cared about?
That night, the world changed... Perhaps for the worst, but perhaps for something more, something better. I didn't know it yet, I still don't know it now, but I wonder... What would have happened if I had a chance to save you?
On this night, at the end of the world, I wish there was something that I could've changed.
Aex: (shaken, searching) Luna...
[Footfalls on concrete. Sneakers splash through a puddle. A boy races through the remains of a fallen world, a town trapped in destruction.]
Aex: LUNA!
[His voice becomes more and more panicked. He presses onwards. But, as he does...]
SFX: SLAM!
[...the boy is no longer alone. He whirls around, panicked.]
Aex: What?
[His blue eyes focus on what looks like a tidal wave of monsters. Grouped together, thousands -- perhaps even millions -- of twisted creatures rise up. Millions of golden eyes lock on their target: him.]
Aex: Ahh!
[Panicked, the boy races away from the monsters, sneakers slamming over and over again on the concrete. He gasps for air, leaping over fallen rubble, fighting to escape from this madness. He discovers an escape.]
Aex: There!
[With a 'ha!', he leaps.]
Aex: Oof!
[Crashing to the floor, he stumbles and pins himself against a wall, into the shadows.
The swarm rushes past, stampeding through town. He gasps, gulping for air.]
Aex: How... (gulps) How did this happen...?
[He shakes his head, leaning back against the wall. He sits on the concrete, staring up at the stormy sky above.]
Aex: Everything was alright before. Everything was fine before... What happened...?
[He looks around and gets his answer when a loud clatter of thunder erupts.]
Aex: What the... (gasps) An orb?
[He looks up, hearing the little bits of electricity encircling the orb. It's incredibly distant, but it's loud enough from this far away to be heard. He grimaces.]
Aex: Darkness. (sighs) That's why they're here... But, what is that thing? There's been dark storms before, sure, but nothing like that.
[He sighs, composing himself as he sits in the alleyway.]
Aex: If Master Yeal was here, he'd... [pauses, suddenly becoming angry] No. Master Yeal isn't coming back. (growls) I have to figure out what to do. I have to find Luna. I have to get us outta here somehow... But how?
[As he says this, he remembers that they (Luna and himself) would always go to Master Yeal's study (A: "Where would she go? Wait... Master Yeal's Study... That's it! Maybe she's there. It's worth a shot, right?" He leaves after that and heads past the docks, towards Master Yeal's Study)]
Spoiler ShowSCENE 2
EXT. LUNARY TOWN (DOCKS) - NIGHT
[SFX: loud winds, growing calmer; running footsteps on concrete]
Aex: [running, out of breath] (panicked) Luna!
[Aex heads away from the marketplace ruins and towards the docks.]
Aex: (panicked, out of breath) Gotta get to his study... They've gotta be there!
[He's heading towards Master Yeal's study, a safe haven for Aex and Luna, as well as the place where Yeal often resided. If they were anywhere, they would be there... The sounds of waves fades into the scene. The setting seems calmer, unlike the chaotic world surrounding him; it's as if this is the eye of the storm.]
[SFX: sneakers scuffing; ambient waves, calmer winds]
[As Aex heads for Yeal's study, he notices something odd on the docks: a figure.]
Aex: [stops, starts to catch his breath] (curious) Huh...? [pause] Wait, somebody's at the docks... (pause) Could it be? Was it really... him?
Aex: (realizes who the figure is) [gasps] [starts running again] Nngh!
[SFX: running footsteps, starting on concrete then stepping onto the wood dock; wind whistles past him]
[The boy dashes across the boards, the wind rushing past him. He starts to slow down and then he screams out...]
Aex: (relieved) Master Yeal!
[A smile cracks on the boy's face. It's him, it's really him! But the man doesn't turn around to face him. Aex grows anxious, drawing to a halt.]
[SFX: footsteps stop]
Aex: [out of breath] (relieved, but holding onto a twinge of anxiety) Master Yeal... What're you doing here?
[Yeal doesn't turn around. After a pause, the boy gulps, his hands shaking.]
[SFX: footsteps on wood (one step)]
Aex: [gulps] (becoming more anxious) C'mon... we gotta find Luna...
[The man still didn't turn. His cloak billows in the wind, his form entirely still. The more Aex stares at the dark figure, the more he begins to realize...]
[SFX: fabric (cloak) moving in wind]
Aex: [gasps] Oh! Err... (embarrassed) Thought you were someone else... S-sorry...
[Embarrassed by his actions, he abruptly turns away from the figure, taking a step down the dock. The wooden board squeaks under his feet as the wind begins to kick up again.]
[SFX: footsteps walking away on dock; wind starts to howl]
Enigma: (pensive, serious) This world... What a weird place...
[SFX: steps stop]
Aex: (curious) Huh?
Enigma: How can a place withstand so much darkness being thrown at it? Always being attacked, yet never disappearing... [small laugh] I'm surprised that the Heartless set their sights on it. Thought they'd be too scared about it...
Aex: (confused) Who... who're you?
[SFX: footsteps turning around on dock]
Aex: [gasps] Wait... (surprised) You're... you're from another world!
[The man turns around, wearing a grin. After he reveals himself, his attitude becomes more serious.]
Enigma: (calm but urgent) I've been tracking the Heartless for a while now, trying to stop them. They've been going across the worlds, destroying them as they go... and now, they've targeted this one.
Aex: (uneasy) So... that's why they were in the marketplace... right?
Enigma: Right. But I'm not going to let them take this world, not this time. I haven't been able to save other worlds, but this one's different: this one stands a chance. But only with your help.
Aex: (disbelief) Me? Why?
Enigma: There was a battle here not too long ago, when this all started: the Starcatchers against the Heartless. The Heartless won the fight, and they killed everyone, every single Starcatcher... All of them... except Master Yeal. I was able to find him and he told me to find you and Luna, that both of you could stop the Heartless.
Aex: (surprised, anxious) He... told you to find us...? But why? (hopeful) If he wasn't dead, then...
Enigma: Aex, those were his last words. He is dead.
Aex: (shocked) What...?
Enigma: (guilty) I tried to save him, but I wasn't fast enough. That's why he told me to find you two. (urgent, trying hard to convince Aex) He trusted you both, especially you. The three of us together can stop the Heartless!
Aex: (coming to terms with what happened, but still shocked) But... how're we supposed to stop them? (anxious) How're they not going to kill us, too?!
Enigma: You just gotta trust me, kid. Yeal believed in you and, if he did, then I know you can do it.
[Aex is deeply unsure about this; after all, how could he be strong enough to fight the Heartless? Master Yeal never seemed to think that he was good enough to become a Master Starcatcher! (Or that's what Aex had always been left believing...) Perhaps the man knew something that he didn't, but Aex knew that he couldn't possibly be strong enough.
Still, the man extends his hand to the boy, beaconing him to fight the Heartless and save his home.]
Enigma: Well? You want to save your world, don't you?
Aex: (unsure, intimidated) Ye... yeah, I do, but... I'm not strong enough...
Enigma: Yeal thought you were. He believed that you could do it and, if he did, then so do I. What'd ya say? C'mon, let's find Luna and stop the Heartless.
[If Yeal thought that he was strong enough, then... maybe he was. Perhaps he really did have the power to protect his home.]
Aex: Al... alright. (determined) I'll... I'll do it.
[SFX: Aex takes the man's hand]
[The boy takes the man's hand. As Aex did, something about the enigma seemed to change instantly...]
Enigma: [His demeanor completely changes -- he loses the personality that he's taken on, falling back into his usual coy, manipulative attitude] [small chuckle] (coy, wicked, grinning) Good.
[A shock rockets through Aex, pain stabbing through his entire body.]
[SFX: shock, distorted sound effects (The enigma affecting Aex with his Parasite)]
Aex: [gasps] (suddenly hit with excruciating pain) Gahhhh! (struggling to talk through the pain) What... the... heck?!
[The enigma's voice becomes distorted, the sounds going through Aex's ears twisting and changing; whatever's wrong, it's completely distorting his senses!]
Enigma: (cocky) [laughs] You really think it was gonna be that simple, punk?!
Aex: (straining) W... what...?
Enigma: I was never here to help you or this stupid world! The Heartless chose to get rid of it, sure, but there's still one thing here that I need and you're gonna help me find it!
Aex: GAH!
[The world around Aex seems to disappear. The pain consumes him, leaving his entire body numb. He could only feel one thing: something is crawling through his arm, twisting inside of his head.]
AEX (V.O.): (dazed, terrified) What's... wrong with me...? My head... it's like something's crawling in my head...!
Aex: Nngh!
AEX (V.O.): (dazed) Why do I... feel like... this? What's wrong... with my head...?
[Aex feels as though he's fading, as if he is no longer in control of himself...]
AEX (V.O.): I gotta stop... I gotta stop this...!
[Fighting to raise his hand, he points it at the man, his palm fighting to glow red.]
Aex: [straining, trying to raise hand] N-nngh... (straining, trying to talk through bared teeth) Fi... Firaga!
[SFX: fire blast, contacting and exploding; thuds against the dock as the flame settle]
Enigma: GAH!
Aex: [falls backwards] Oof!
[It worked! The two blasted away from each other, each collapsing on the dock.]
[SFX: wood squeaking as Aex sits up; Parasite coming out of his hand]
Aex: [straining to sit up, catching his breath] (confused, scared) What the...
[But, whatever was inside of Aex's head failed to accomplish what it needed to, darkness coming from his hand and falling to the ground. On the dock, a strange creature lies squirming, almost as if it were a tiny snake or a worm.]
[SFX: Parasite squirming]
Aex: (confused, anxious, whispering) Was that... in my head...?
[SFX: dock squeaking, footsteps]
Enigma: [voice distant] [loud growl] (enraged) Son of a bitch! [grunts as he stands up] Nngh!
[Despite the pain from the attack, the man leaps to his feet, shaking off the disorientation he's feeling and stomping over to Aex.]
[SFX: loud footsteps coming closer]
Aex: (scared, whispering) Oh shit... [pulled off of the ground by the enigma] (surprised) Gah!
[The man yanks Aex off of the ground, holding him up by his jacket collar and keeping him nearly nose-to-nose to his face.]
Enigma: (enraged) Where is it?
Aex: (confused, anxious) What?
Enigma: (enraged) Where is it?!
Aex: I-I dunno what you're talking about!
Enigma: (scoffs, sarcastic) Right, dumbass, of course you don't! Yeal conveniently failed to tell you anything like he always did, always keeping secrets from his two favorite idiotic brats!
Aex: (anxious, frustrated) What the heck are you talking about?!
Enigma: The crystal!
Aex: (confused) What?
Enigma: Don't play stupid! Your master had it: that damn crystal orb! You must know where he hid it, so where is it?!
Aex: I seriously don't know what you're talking about...
Enigma: Well, you're the only one who's gonna know! Your master wouldn't tell me before I shot him in the f**king head!
Aex: (shocked) What?!
Enigma: (sarcastic) Yup! I killed Master Yeal!
Aex: (enraged) You...
[SFX: gun click]
[With a metallic click, a gun is pointed Aex's temple. The boy panics, anger draining from him in seconds.]
Aex: [gasps]
Enigma: (coy) Now, I'm about to do the same damn thing to you.
Aex: (scared) N-no!
[Fear getting the best of him, Aex slams his hand against the enigma's arm, pushing the gun side, and then slams his foot into his stomach.]
[SFX: slam!]
Enigma: Gah!
[The boy falls, dropping with a thud against the dock. Followed behind him, the enigma stumbles back, staggering back away from the boy.]
[SFX: thud; footsteps stumbling back]
Aex: [falls to the dock] (quiet oof!) [sharp inhale]
[Taking in a fast breath, Aex sees the enigma struggling with the pain. As he watches, a thought glimmers through his eyes: a chance to escape.]
Aex: (whispers) I can't fight him. He'll kill me... I just gotta get outta here...
[As much as he wants to make this man pay for what he did, he chooses the wiser option: to run.]
Aex: [jumps up, starts to run] Tsk!
[SFX: Aex scrambles up to his feet and charges down the dock]
[As Aex makes a run for it, the enigma discovers the boy's escape. Something clicks in the man's head, leaving fear to swell up inside of him.
After all he's done, the one thing he feared is becoming a reality. He panics.]
Enigma: [realizes what's going on] (starts to panic, in excruciating pain) N-no!
[Fearing the boy's escape, the enigma haphazardly shoots after the boy, missing his fleeing target.]
[SFX: gunshots]
Enigma: (anxious, in pain) Nonono! (enraged) Get back here, punk!
[There's nothing else he can do: he had to go after him!]
[SFX: rapid footsteps down dock, fading]
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