The Shadow Cloud was eating its way over every town, village, farm, and valley that it could get its hungry hands on:
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The sky was painted with the constant flight of rainbows around the Palace of Collections as the Old Woman “decollected” the museum. She had been using the Rainbow Stone transports to send back the bodies and possessions that the Queen had stolen. Little did the Old Woman know that the places she was sending decollected possessions to were all taken over by the Shadow Cloud. Soon the Black Shadow ate the rainbows mid-flight before devouring the Palace of Collections. The Old Woman herself was frozen in death while trying to escape through a Rainbow Stone transport. At least the palace would never be able to trap anyone else again.
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In a bright moonlit field, the Fianto Shepherd notices something is bothering her animals. Glowing in the dark, the elephants and other animals are in a circle protecting a young elephant who has been cracked by the shadow. The shepherd orders them to move. They move and the calf is relieved. The animals become nervous and agitated. Seconds later, the Fianto is taken by the Shadow Cloud, then the animals.
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It’s well past midnight when the Professor arrives home exhausted and in shock.
PROFESSOR
What is the world doing?
He spends the next few hours working trying to keep his mind busy so his thoughts don't turn negative. His method becomes sloppy and increase in error. Most of the hundreds of plate samples he processed had to be discounted for mistakes in his distracted procedure.
PROFESSOR
Don't speculate about the danger, just keep working.
he tells himself. But as he continues to check plates, the shadow grows out of his bag that was unknowingly contaminated when he was looking for his friend at University Circle. It comes out and crusts over his room, his instruments, and then his body. It then finds its way to the entirety of Dreamer Village, taking every villager into its arms and strangling them with its dry black death. Finding its way to the hospital, it climbs the tall old walls and seeps its way in through the windows following a flat wide path over the walls. The shadow finds the nurses and creeps slowly up their slumber chairs, killing them one by one with its dry black hug. Their skins frozen with cracks as its melting heat dries their bodies. Having done its work in that room it finds the halls to the other rooms, repeating its recipe on everyone. One last room remains: the nursery. Felsik is sleeping in his chair. He wakes up from the crackling noise of the growing blackness taking over the hospital. The infants wake up from slumber, crying from the rows of cribs. Felsik sees the blackness enter the room and spread on the walls. He sees it growing towards the babies. He prays to the universe to give him the strength to protect them, but before his prayer was over, he found an energy come over him. He struggles out of his chair and falls on the floor. He sees the blackness take over the cribs. One by one the babies’ cries are silenced. He crawls across the floor racing the blackness to the last crib. He struggles but manages to stand up at the last crib trying to protect the last infant. With struggled speech, he orders the blackness away.
FELSIK
No!..no!...no!
but the void disobeys and petrifies him in a black crusty dust. It grows past him and quickly takes the last infant. The hospital is now gone.
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troms house torms siter is in slumber dream
Because of the mineral vapor filling the small room, the Black Shadow had moved around Torm’s house, ignoring it until now. Having no one else left to take except Torm’s sister and because the air had cleared of the vapor, the Black Shadow could now enter with immunity. It finds its way in through the cracks of the front door. It crawls over Torm’s sister’s bed and into her body. The Shadow Fever veins break out of her skin trying to defend its prize from confiscation from the hand of a stronger monster. In her dream the fever veins appear as ornate black irons rotating around her arms like a snake. But the Shadow Cloud quickly eats the Shadow Fever, claiming the sister’s body. The fluids in her body evaporate and suck her skin to its bone. In the dream the white flowing cloth becomes black silk and wraps itself around Torm’s sister in a beautiful cocoon of death. The Shadow Cloud has killed her in life and in dream. Torm’s sister is DEAD.
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The sky was painted with the constant flight of rainbows around the Palace of Collections as the Old Woman “decollected” the museum. She had been using the Rainbow Stone transports to send back the bodies and possessions that the Queen had stolen. Little did the Old Woman know that the places she was sending decollected possessions to were all taken over by the Shadow Cloud. Soon the Black Shadow ate the rainbows mid-flight before devouring the Palace of Collections. The Old Woman herself was frozen in death while trying to escape through a Rainbow Stone transport. At least the palace would never be able to trap anyone else again.
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In a bright moonlit field, the Fianto Shepherd notices something is bothering her animals. Glowing in the dark, the elephants and other animals are in a circle protecting a young elephant who has been cracked by the shadow. The shepherd orders them to move. They move and the calf is relieved. The animals become nervous and agitated. Seconds later, the Fianto is taken by the Shadow Cloud, then the animals.
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It’s well past midnight when the Professor arrives home exhausted and in shock.
PROFESSOR
What is the world doing?
He spends the next few hours working trying to keep his mind busy so his thoughts don't turn negative. His method becomes sloppy and increase in error. Most of the hundreds of plate samples he processed had to be discounted for mistakes in his distracted procedure.
PROFESSOR
Don't speculate about the danger, just keep working.
he tells himself. But as he continues to check plates, the shadow grows out of his bag that was unknowingly contaminated when he was looking for his friend at University Circle. It comes out and crusts over his room, his instruments, and then his body. It then finds its way to the entirety of Dreamer Village, taking every villager into its arms and strangling them with its dry black death. Finding its way to the hospital, it climbs the tall old walls and seeps its way in through the windows following a flat wide path over the walls. The shadow finds the nurses and creeps slowly up their slumber chairs, killing them one by one with its dry black hug. Their skins frozen with cracks as its melting heat dries their bodies. Having done its work in that room it finds the halls to the other rooms, repeating its recipe on everyone. One last room remains: the nursery. Felsik is sleeping in his chair. He wakes up from the crackling noise of the growing blackness taking over the hospital. The infants wake up from slumber, crying from the rows of cribs. Felsik sees the blackness enter the room and spread on the walls. He sees it growing towards the babies. He prays to the universe to give him the strength to protect them, but before his prayer was over, he found an energy come over him. He struggles out of his chair and falls on the floor. He sees the blackness take over the cribs. One by one the babies’ cries are silenced. He crawls across the floor racing the blackness to the last crib. He struggles but manages to stand up at the last crib trying to protect the last infant. With struggled speech, he orders the blackness away.
FELSIK
No!..no!...no!
but the void disobeys and petrifies him in a black crusty dust. It grows past him and quickly takes the last infant. The hospital is now gone.
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troms house torms siter is in slumber dream
Because of the mineral vapor filling the small room, the Black Shadow had moved around Torm’s house, ignoring it until now. Having no one else left to take except Torm’s sister and because the air had cleared of the vapor, the Black Shadow could now enter with immunity. It finds its way in through the cracks of the front door. It crawls over Torm’s sister’s bed and into her body. The Shadow Fever veins break out of her skin trying to defend its prize from confiscation from the hand of a stronger monster. In her dream the fever veins appear as ornate black irons rotating around her arms like a snake. But the Shadow Cloud quickly eats the Shadow Fever, claiming the sister’s body. The fluids in her body evaporate and suck her skin to its bone. In the dream the white flowing cloth becomes black silk and wraps itself around Torm’s sister in a beautiful cocoon of death. The Shadow Cloud has killed her in life and in dream. Torm’s sister is DEAD.
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SCENE SUMMARY
A devastating Shadow Cloud is rapidly consuming the entire world, devouring towns, villages, farms, and everything in its path with a dry, black, petrifying force.
Palace of Collections: The Old Woman is returning stolen artifacts and bodies via Rainbow Stone transports when the Shadow Cloud intercepts the rainbows mid-flight, consumes the palace, and freezes her in death as she tries to escape.
Fianto Shepherd: In a moonlit field, the shepherd and her animals (including a cracked young elephant) are overtaken by the Shadow Cloud. The animals are killed after trying to protect the calf.
Professor & Dreamer Village: The Professor returns home in shock and tries to distract himself with work, but the Shadow Cloud — which had contaminated his bag earlier — emerges and engulfs his home, instruments, and body. It then spreads through Dreamer Village, killing all the villagers. It invades the hospital, murdering nurses and patients room by room. In the nursery, Felsik desperately tries to protect the infants, crawling to the last crib and commanding the shadow to stop ("No!..no!...no!"), but he is petrified and the final baby is taken. The entire hospital is wiped out.
Torm’s Sister: The Shadow Cloud had previously avoided Torm’s house due to mineral vapors. Once the air clears, it enters, overpowers the defensive Shadow Fever veins in her body, and kills her in both the physical world and her dream state. Her body is desiccated and cocooned in black silk.
Palace of Collections: The Old Woman is returning stolen artifacts and bodies via Rainbow Stone transports when the Shadow Cloud intercepts the rainbows mid-flight, consumes the palace, and freezes her in death as she tries to escape.
Fianto Shepherd: In a moonlit field, the shepherd and her animals (including a cracked young elephant) are overtaken by the Shadow Cloud. The animals are killed after trying to protect the calf.
Professor & Dreamer Village: The Professor returns home in shock and tries to distract himself with work, but the Shadow Cloud — which had contaminated his bag earlier — emerges and engulfs his home, instruments, and body. It then spreads through Dreamer Village, killing all the villagers. It invades the hospital, murdering nurses and patients room by room. In the nursery, Felsik desperately tries to protect the infants, crawling to the last crib and commanding the shadow to stop ("No!..no!...no!"), but he is petrified and the final baby is taken. The entire hospital is wiped out.
Torm’s Sister: The Shadow Cloud had previously avoided Torm’s house due to mineral vapors. Once the air clears, it enters, overpowers the defensive Shadow Fever veins in her body, and kills her in both the physical world and her dream state. Her body is desiccated and cocooned in black silk.
10. HEART WALTZ
23 HUNGRY SHADOW
