SHIRLEY HUGE ESTSHIRLEY
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PANEL 4
INT. UNDER GENERAL AHYRRAD'S DESK - CLOSE UP -
TORCH LIT
Shirley huddled under the desk looks shocked and a little scared.
Ahyrrad's boot is kicking her bottom.
SHIRLEY
Those poor kittens! Ouch!
AHYRRAD (O.S.)
Gasp. Urrrumphh... Oil reicht, I vill
come und listen. In two veeks?
MOLDRED (O.S.)
Two weeks. Safe Harbor, Midgardon.
PANEL 5
EXT. GENERAL AHYRRAD'S TENT - DAY
Ahyrrad holds Shirley by the arm just outside his tent. Shirley in a
short tunic looks happier.
AHYRRAD
...Mock sure he get's to the coast und
lives de coontree soonest.
SHIRLEY
Yes, my general I'll be packed and
ready when the coach arrives. I'll
await you in Safe Harbor.
AHYRRAD
Veassel your vay into the Haveners and
find out vhat they plan.
PANEL 6
EXT. MESS TENT - DAY
Ripper and Lorry sit at Shirley's feet with her luggage as Morry
escorts Moldred out of the mess tent.
SHIRLEY
You girls be good, but not too good and
learn to take care of yourselves.
MOLDRED
Unhand me. I was just...
MOHRYRT
Shut your big mouth cat-dog. We've had
enough out of you...
HORDES (O.S.)
(from inside the tent)
When we gonna get paid?--
How about some real meat in our stew?--
Is the general really losing it?
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PANEL 1
EXT. HORDES OF HEL ENCAMPMENT -COACH STOP-
EAST/WEST ROAD- SUNSET
Shirley is boarding the coach as Moldred waits in the road. Morry is
loading Shirley's trunk on the back of the coach and Lorry and Ripper
wait below with Shirley's other bags.
MOHRYRT
Two passengers today. Miss Goodness a
very important liaison from my dad to
Pope Dillard and King Philip, plus
Moldred "the Malcontent" a hedge
wizzer... wizard.
MOLDRED
Moldred the Malcontent...
I like it. I'll keep it. Thank you.
PANEL 2
INT. COACH. CLEAR NIGHT - FULL MOON
Inside a well padded stagecoach with velvet trimmed benches facing
each other; Moldred sits on one side lost in thought and barely
notices Shirley. Shirley opposite, looks out the window also lost in
thought.
PANEL 3
MOLDERED'S HEAD IN CORNER OF PANEL SCENE FRAMED BY
THOUGHT BALLOON.
Moldred is thinking about his last visit home and making love with
Vive his childhood sweetheart out on the moors under the stars.
PANEL 4
SHIRLEY'S HEAD IN CORNER OF PANEL SCENE FRAMED BY
THOUGHT BALLOON.
Shirley is thinking about her near fatal encounter with Reardon.
PANEL 5
INT. COACH. CLEAR NIGHT - FULL MOON
Shirley is giving off fumes and Moldred is showing more interest.
PANEL 6
EXT. COACH. CLEAR NIGHT - FULL MOON
The coach hits a bumpy patch of road and bounces up.
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PANEL 1
INT. COACH. CLEAR NIGHT
Shirley is now on Moldred's lap.
SHIRLEY
Is that a wand in your lap or are you
just glad to see me.
Moldred looks surprised.
SHIRLEY
Your softer on my poor little butt than
a hard bench can I sit here till the
next stop?
PANEL 2
INT. COACH.
Shirley puts an arm around Moldred's neck and settles in. Moldred
gets some of his composure back.
MOLDRED
This coach will not be stopping till we
get to Baston in 3 days; Miss....?
Maybe you could sit on my spare robe?
SHIRLEY
Ah come on; I'm a very light little
mink. Doesn't this feel nice.
PANEL 3 (INSET)
MOLDRED'S FACE AND SHIRLEY'S ARM.
Shirley rubs her velvety arm on his cheek.
PANEL 4
INT. COACH
Moldred is holding one of Shirley's wrists and looking angry.
MOLDRED
If you're a mink I'm a Bavarian
Schwinhundt. Do you do this to every
tazwolf you meet?
SHIRLEY
I DO NOT! I'm a respectable young lady.
You may call me MS. Goodness!
MOLDRED
Lady you miss goodness by miles. You
respectable; surely you jest
SHIRLEY (T.B.)
He knows I'm called Shirley. That gives
him power over me, right? --- if I
don't shut him up he'll talk me into
who knows what!!
PANEL 5
INT. COACH. CLEAR NIGHT
Shirley is deep kissing Moldred and guiding his hands up her skirt
and down her blouse. Their enveloped in her fumes. Moldred a bit
dazed isn't resisting.
PANEL 6
INT. COACH
Moldred naked sits on the floor of the coach. Looking up at Shirley
from between her legs. She's nude too.
SHIRLEY
You do have a very talented tongue...
MOLDRED
Karma Sutra classes with Madame Fyang.
SHIRLEY
Fyry?
MOLDRED
Madame Fyry Fyang headmistress of the
University of Magick in Lin Nai.
SHIRLEY (T.B.)
Why did she teach me?
PANEL 7
I/E. COACH STOPPED WITH DOOR OPEN
Shirley and Moldred are having tantric sex, Moldred is sitting in a
lotus posture with Shirley seated on his lap with her legs wrapped
around his back, as the coachman leans in the door.
MOLDRED
Hold on a little longer. Feel the
energy.
SHIRLEY
YES! I can feel it shoot up my spine.
COACHMAN
OH shit! Excuse me. We need a new
horseguy, Earl threw a shoe. The
company pays for a room overnight.
Guess you only need one, eh?
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PANEL 1
EXT. THE BLACK DOG INN- NIGHT
Moldred fully dressed helps Shirley also dressed out of the coach.
SHIRLEY
Thank you kind sir.
MOLDRED
It's been a pleasure getting to KNOW
you. Would you mind getting separate
rooms? I need to meditate.
Shirley has a calculating smile.
SHIRLEY
I need to freshen up anyway. When
you're through mastibat-- meditating
maybe we can dine together.
PANEL 2
EXT. THE BLACK DOG INN- KITCHEN ENTRANCE - NIGHT
A black cloaked figure climbs to a second floor window.
PANEL 3
INT. THE BLACK DOG INN- SECOND FLOOR ROOMS -
SHIRLEY'S ROOM
Shirley is exploring the trunk she inherited from Nadia Mercy. She
discovers the handle of a brush unscrews. The cloaked figure is
easing open the door behind her.
PANEL 4
INT. SHIRLEY'S ROOM
The now uncloaked otter KHRISTIAN, IN A BLACK AND GOLD TARTAN,
SPEAKS. SHIRLEY TURNS TO FACE HIM WITH THE BRUSH BEHIND HER BACK.
KHRISTIAN
Are you the one they call the MINK? I'm
Khristian. We must talk.
SHIRLEY
You follow the new Onest sect. Why
should I care?
KHRISTIAN
Khristian is my name. You must not kill
her.
PANEL 5
INT. SHIRLEY'S ROOM
Shirley goes back to sorting through the trunk but keeps the brush
handy.
SHIRLEY
Who are you and who do you want me NOT
to kill?
KHRISTIAN
I'm part of Pope Dillard's elite Host.
I was assigned to watch Princess
Catherina The Cosmopolitan of
Midgardon. Now Queen Catherina The
Cosmopolitan, though she knows it not.
SHIRLEY
I thought Philip of the house of
Pacratty was king. You mean...
KHRISTIAN
Died yesterday. You were to kill his
heir, but I cannot allow it.
SHIRLEY
Why?
KHRISTIAN
Because I love Catty.
PANEL 6
INT. SHIRLEY'S ROOM
Khristian JUMPS SHIRLEY AND ALMOST PINS HER TO THE BED. Only ONE OF
HER ARMS IS FREE AND IT'S HOLDING THE BRUSH HANDLE WHICH IS A THREE
SIDED DAGGER.
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PANEL 1
INT. SHIRLEY'S ROOM
Shirley stabs Khristian in the shoulder. Khristian Pulls a dirk from
his belt.
SHIRLEY
Next time I'll aim lower.
KHRISTIAN
There won't be a next time. I'll kill
you or die in the attempt.
There's knock on the door.
MOLDRED (O.S.)
Ms. Goodness are you decent? Wrong
question. Are you hungry?
SHIRLEY
(whispered)
Leave now otter from haven. Dead or
alive you would be hard to explain. If
you die here who will protect your pack
rat girl?
KHRISTIAN
Next time I see you, you DIE!
PANEL 2
EXT. THE BLACK DOG INN.
Khristian slinks off into the night. A larger shadow, A Dalmatian in
overalls, detaches itself from the dark and a large Bowie knife
appears in Khristian's back.
RONIN WYLDE
Pencil-neck, scum sucking, turncoat. I
loves my job.
PANEL 3
INT. THE BLACK DOG INN DINNING HALL.
Moldred and Shirley sit side by side eating heartily. Shirley has her
right leg draped over Moldred's left. At a nearby table a white
rabbit in a white suit sits alone smiling.
SHIRLEY
Can I sleep in your room tonight?
Someone barged in on me while I was
dressing.
MOLDRED
Sure, If you'd feel safer that way.
PANEL 4
INT. THE BLACK DOG INN - MOLDRED'S ROOM
Moldred and Shirley are both nude. Moldred is massaging Shirley's
back as she lies face down on the bed.
MOLDRED
This will loosen you up. What made you
so tense.
SHIRLEY
Ah, that's great. When I get to Lynden,
I have to do something I'm not sure I
want to.
MOLDRED
Then come to Midgardon. The king owes
me a favor.
SHIRLEY
Can't. Show me some more Kama Sutra.
PANEL 5
EXT. COACH. ON ROAD ABOVE NORTH BASTON - CLOUDY DAY
It's late in the day. A wide, smooth dirt road leads into a neat but
weathered harbor town of barn-wood houses and extensive piers. Many
fishing boats, schooners, bRIGANTINEs, Galleons and BARQUEs float at
anchor or are moored to the quay.
PANEL 6
EXT. NORTH BASTON - DOCKSIDE - CLOUDY DAY
Moldred stands outside the coach as his baggage is lowered talking to
Shirley.
MOLDRED
Ms. Goodness, Shirley, You can be
anything you set your mind to. Do not
let other people run your life.
SHIRLEY
Not for much longer, Moldred. I've
thought of a way to hedge my bets... Go
home to your childhood sweetheart and
have a nice life.
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PANEL 1
EXT. NORTH BASTON - DOCKSIDE - SUNDOWN
Shirley watches through the coach window as a scruffy calico cat girl
attempts to steal Moldred's coin pouch as he walks along the piers
eating fish and chips.
SHIRLEY
I envy and feel sorry for that girl.
She's about to be Moldreded...
COACHMAN
Next Stop Lynden
PANEL 2
EXT. LYNDEN COACH DEPOT - NIGHT
The depot is a low wide brick building. Coach schedules are displayed
In a glass case on the side of the building. Shirley stands with her
luggage outside the depot. DENNY a young Dalmatian in clean white
monks robes studies the schedules.
SHIRLEY
I'm here. Now what?
DENNY
Y'all da mink? "In days of old when
knights were bald..."
SHIRLEY
"the days were pretty hairy."
PANEL 3
INT. EXCELSIOR HOTEL - ROOM 205 - LIT BY GASLIGHT
A luxury suite with velvet wallpaper and silken bed clothes. All the
furnishing are carved and/or inlaid. Denny in an Edwardian suit
watches Shirley unpack.
DENNY
SHIRLEY
When and where is she most unguarded?
DENNY
She's sneaking out of the Midgardon
embassy ta meet her lover an otter that
used to work for us when he was
breathing. Here, for lunch tomorrow.
Shirley looks surprised.
SHIRLEY
Alone and trying to be anonymous.
DENNY
My dad's watching your back. If you
fail He'll do her. But that will be
harder to cover-up. Ronin Wylde enjoys
his work. It will be messy.
PANEL 4
INT. EXCELSIOR HOTEL - ROOM 205 - LIT BY GASLIGHT
Shirley stares at the ceiling. A hole forms in the air to one side of
the bed. Incense smoke billows out.
SHIRLEY
This is a new direction. Can I kill in
cold blood? Do I want to?
FYRY
(from the smoke)
No, you do not.
PANEL 5
INT. EXCELSIOR HOTEL - ROOM 205 - BED
Shirley and Fyry sit naked in lotus postures facing each other, on
the bed.
FYRY
My master wishes this mouse girl out of
the picture too, but not permanently.
SHIRLEY
If I do not kill her Ronin will and
anyone nearby just for kicks I take it.
FYRY
Take these.
INSET
A mouse tail and an open golden
band/collar big enough to fit on the
neck of a non-anthro mouse. The collar
has four-leaf clover designs and the
word CATTY.
PANEL 5
INT. EXCELSIOR HOTEL - RESTAURANT - DAY
CATTY (Queen Catherina The Cosmopolitan) watches the entrance
nervously from her table for two near the Kitchen door. A Sea lion
maitre d' blocks Ronin from entering.
MAITRE D'
Sir, you can not enter our
establishment dressed like a workman.
RONIN WYLDE
Move yer arse or lose it. I killed that
mousy's da and I aim to finish the
whole fam damily!
CATTY
Check please.
PANEL 6
INT. EXCELSIOR HOTEL - RESTAURANT KITCHEN - DAY
Catty is racing through the kitchen and becoming non-anthro.
CATTY
Which way is the rear exit, Please.
KITCHEN STAFF
This way Madame.
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PANEL 1
EXT. EXCELSIOR HOTEL - ALLEY BEHIND KITCHEN -- DAY
A non-anthro sable watches as a non-anthro pack rat runs out the open
kitchen door.
INSET
Sharp teeth grab the pack rat by the
scruff of the neck.
PANEL 2
EXT. EXCELSIOR HOTEL - ALLEY BEHIND KITCHEN -- DAY
Shirley holds a little cage containing Catty, in non-anthro form and
wearing the collar Fyry gave Shirley. Hasselblad a hamster holds out
his paws.
SHIRLEY
Madame Fyry told you what to do?
HASSELBLAD
Yep. Present for Miss Ripper at Hel 's
Horde Camp. Only you and me'll know
where Queen Catherina The Cosmopolitan
is.
PANEL 3
EXT. EXCELSIOR HOTEL - ALLEY BEHIND KITCHEN
Ronin with a bloody Bowie knife faces Shirley with a mouse tail
dangling from her mouth.
RONIN WYLDE
I had me a ball in thar. You?
SHIRLEY
She was a little rich for my taste, but
good eating. No body, no crime. Kept
the tail as proof.
RONIN WYLDE
Youse a nasty bit ain't Ya? I thinks
I'm in lust. You a virgin?
SHIRLEY
Nope.
RONIN WYLDE
Shame.
PANEL 4
EXT. HAVEN ON THE WAVES (A FRIGATE) - MIDSHIPS
RAILING -- SUN UP
Shirley in a lace nightgown stands at the rail wiping her mouth with
a hanky.
SHIRLEY (T.B.)
Every morning. What's left of dinner
goes over the side. The foods not that
bad. I wonder what's gotten into me...
In - to - me...
PANEL 5
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SHIRLEY