@ GONE TO WIND by Tatania Karthina, PaxLair Chesapeake
@ Written January 23, 2006
@
@ Ashton Silks SCRIPT FILE
@
@ Act 1:
@ [Narrator] Starlet O'Skara was not beautiful, 
@ but enthralled by her charm, men seldom realized this.
@ It's sunset on the beautiful Vara grounds and Starlet 
@ entertains the twins, Kal and Ort Porolton.
@ [MOVEMENT: Narrator goes into house and changes
@ into Sammi costume]
@ [MOVEMENT: twins and Starlet sit on porch - 
@ one on either side of Starlet]
@ [Starlet] I'm so looking forward to the ball tomorrow after the BBQ.
@ Pa even bought me a brand new ball gown!
@ [Starlet] *eyes glow dreamily*
@ [Kal] Never mind the ball! Did you hear that the Mayor 
@ said he will soon declare war on the Daemons and Liches in Wind!?!
@ [Starlet] War! War! War! If I hear the word War one more time, 
@ I'll not eat at the BBQ with either of you tomorrow!
@ [Ort] Starlet Honey! There has to be a war! 
@ The Daemons and Liches are trying to leave Wind to take over the city!
@ [MOVEMENT: Starlet stands and moves from the twins
@ and they follow]
@ [Kal] What if we tell you a secret? Will you eat with us then?
@ [Ort] It's a really good secret Starlet! 
@ I heard it myself from John Silks when he told your Pa!
@ [Starlet] Well, maybe.
@ [Kal] You remember Kelly Hammer from Jhelom?
@ [Starlet] *nods*
@ [Ort] Ashton is going to announce his engagement 
@ to her tomorrow night at the ball!
@ [Starlet begins pacing and thinking to herself via *emotes*]
@ [Starlet] *paces back and forth, thinking...*
@ *Ashton can't marry Kelly, because I love Ashton!*
@ *Ashton doesn't know I love him.*
@ *That's why he hasn't asked me to marry him.*
@ *All I have to do, is tell him.*
@ *Maybe I'll make him jealous first.*
@ *Then, if that doesn't work, I'll just tell him.*
@ [MOVEMENT: Twins mount ethereal horses and gallop 
@ halfway up isle and pause to speak]
@ [MOVEMENT: Sammi steps onto the balcony]
@ [Ort] What do you reckon we said wrong Kal?
@ [Kal] *shrugs*
@ Who knows, Ort. Girls are funny 
@ creatures sometimes.
@ [Ort] Hey! Let's go to the Defense Minister's! 
@ Maybe he can feed us supper.
@ [Kal] That's much better than Mother finding out we 
@ were kicked out of another school! Let's go!
@ [MOVEMENT: twins leave via the teleporter and 
@ return to backstage]
@ [Sammi] Mizz Starlet! How comes you didn't invite 
@ those Gentlemens to dinner! Shame on you!
@ And outside in the night air without your shawl!
@ I done teached you better than that, Miss Starlet!
@ Yunz get on in here my lamb and we'll eat supper soon!
@ [MOVEMENT: Starlet runs toward teleporter, pausing midway]
@ [Starlet] No Sammi! I'm going to wait on Pa to come back from the Silk's!
@ [Starlet exits via teleporter and returns backstage]
@ [end of Act 1]
@ [SET CHANGE: Stagehands move to the stage and drop 
@ picnic tables and benches in front of house]
@ 
@ Act 2:
@ [At BBQ, Starlet flirts with twins vying for position beside her]
@ [Kal] *nudges Ort*
@ [Ort] *pokes Kal*
@ [Starlet] *smiles coyly at the twins*
@ *bats eyelashes*
@ [MOVEMENT: Twins take a seat on each side of Starlet]
@ [Ashton and Kelly sit at another table holding hands]
@ [Ashton] 
*lovingly holds Kelly's hand*
@ [Kelly] *looks adoringly at Ashton*
@ [Bret leans against the building watching Starlet with interest]
@ [Bret] *leans against the wall*
@ *eyes narrow while watching Starlet with interest*
@ [Narrator] The next day at the BBQ, Starlet puts her plan into action.
@ Starlet does not know that someone else has put their  
@ own plans into action on this bright sunny day.
@ The best laid plans do seem to always go astray.
@ Each of the beaux want to be the one she favors. 
@ Starlet recieved 5 Marriage proposals that day... 
@ Except from the one she truly loves... Ashton...
@ *fades away*
@ [Narrator hides or walks to obscure stage location]
@ [Starlet] *looks longingly at Ashton* 
@ Boys! Boys! So much attention shall turn my head, if you all are not careful.
@ [Kal] Let me get you some cake, Starlet darlin.
@ [Ort] No, I will Starlet honey, if you'll allow me.
@ [Starlet] I think perhaps... Bret may get my cake.
@ [MOVEMENT: Pre-Assigned member of the Audience runs down 
@ the isle and calls out for all to hear] 
@ [War Announcer] It's War! It's War! 
@ The Mayor has declared War on the Daemons and Liches of Wind! 
@ All men must report to their Commanding Officers by 
@ dawn's first light! War! War!
@ [MOVEMENT: Audience member returns to their seat]
@ [MOVEMENT: Twins return to the house]
@ [MOVEMENT: Bret advances on Starlet]
@ [Bret] You should know Starlet that your father gave his 
@ permission for us to marry.
@ We will be married before the day is through.
@ [Bret] *smug grin*
@ [Starlet] Oh no, we won't! We'll see what Ashton has to say about that!
@ *flounces over to Ashton*
@ Ashton! Oh, my darling, Ashton! I love you so!
@ You cannot marry Kelly because I know you love me!
@ [Ashton] 
We must not say things that we might later regret Starlet.
Yes, I love your passion for life and you are beautiful,
But I am marrying Kelly.
@ [Starlet] *frowns and looks stunned*
@ [Ashton] 
Besides, I heard your Pa say that you are to marry 
Captain  Butter, this very day.
@ [Starlet] *gasps*
@ [MOVEMENT: Starlet huffs into the house followed by
@ Ashton and Bret]
@ [Starlet] *walks away in a huff*
@ [SET CHANGE: Stagehands pick up tables]
@ [COSTUME CHANGES: Wedding attire for Ashton, Kelly,
@ Bret and Starlet]
@ [The twins go to the audience and 
@ beg women to marry them as well.. 
@ if the ladies agree, the ladies join the actors
@ on the stage for celebrating]
@ [Ashton & Kelly talk love words and
@ have eyes only for each other]
@ [Kelly] *smiles lovingly at Ashton*
@ [Ashton] 
*leans down and kisses Kelly gently on the cheek*
@ [Bret speaks of his love to Starlet]
@ [Bret] *eyes smoulder, locking Starlet in his gaze*
@ [Bret] Starlet, one day you will learn to love me,
@ as much as I love you.
@ [Starlet watches Ashton and Kelly jealously]
@ [Starlet] *jealously eyes Ashton and Kelly*
@ [Narrator] There was a frenzy of activity as the young couples in 
@ love rushed to get Married before the men left for Wind. 
@ Among these couples were Ashton and Kelly, Bret and Starlet.
@ All the city stayed up late in the night celebrating the War and Marriages.
@ Until... as the sun peaked over the horizen, it was time for hasty goodbyes, 
@ for the men had a War to fight.
@ *fades away*
@ [Narrator hides or goes to obscure stage location]
@ [MOVEMENT: All the men mount up on erethral mounts, 
@ and hoop and holler as they go off to Wind.
@ Ladies return to backstage]
@ [Narrator] There will be a brief Intermission during a set change. 
@ Refreshments will be served outside.
@ 
@ Act 3:
@ [Narrator] The War in Wind raged on for 4 long years. 
@ The women survived in utter poverty but did so proudly
@ as they bragged of their men's letters home. 
@ Heroes were made in Wind, lives were lost and
@ the men kept fighting valiantly.
@ One bright sunny day though, the men finally returned to their homes. 
@ There was much celebration in the streets and 
@ homes of the returning Warriors. Life would continue
@ and the city would once again, thrive.
@ The men return from Wind, much less exuberant, than when they left.
@ Starlet and Bret were having quite a turbulent homecoming.
@ *fades away*
@ [MOVEMENT: Narrator hides, or walks to obscure part of stage]
@ [MOVEMENT: Starlet and Bret wrestle each other]
@ [Starlet] Bret! Why can't we go to Ashton and Kelly's to welcome Ashton home?
@ [Bret] Because of that conversation I overheard in the stables Starlet! 
@ You're my wife and I'll be darned if I'm going to share you the 
@ moment I get home!
@ Tell me Starlet, do you still love Ashton?
@ [Starlet] *smacks Bret*
@ That was ages ago Bret! How unfair of you!
@ *thinks: "Oh, my Darling Ashton, I do love you!"*
@ [Bret] I can tell by the dreamy expression on your face 
@ every thought you have, my dear Starlet.
@ I'll take you, but dress appropriately first, my little harlot!
@ [Bret shoves at her a red dress to her]
@ [MOVEMENT: Bret drops red dress on ground]
@ [Bret] *shoves a hideous red dress at Starlet*
@ [MOVEMENT: Starlet picks up red dress and goes to change]
@ [Starlet] *fuming, takes the dress and goes to change*
@ [MOVEMENT: Starlet returns in slut dress]
@ [Starlet] *prances around in the slut dress*
@ [Lights dim in Starlet and Bret's house]
@ [Narrator] The scene next door was much different, as a tender 
@ homecoming is cherished.
@ [Lights brighten in Ashton and Kelly's home]
@ [Kelly] Oh Ashton! I've been so ill.  I thought
@ I'd never see you again, my love.
@ Dear Starlet took such good care of me.
@ [Kelly] *smiles weakly*
@ [Ashton] 
*gazes lovingly at Kelly with grave concern*
You have to be strong my darling. I'm here now.
We have the rest of our lives together.
*smiles bravely*
@ [Kelly] I love you so Ashton, but I'm afraid my time is near. 
@ Hold my hand while you tell me how our lives could have been.
@ [Ashton] 
*grips Kelly's hand like he will never let go*
Kelly, my sweet Kelly... We're to have 4 children
and a dog... a home full of love and laughter.
We're to have books lining the walls so we can read together 
about many grand adventures.
Once you're stronger, we'll have adventures of our own, my love.
@ [MOVEMENT: Kelly drinks lesser poison potion]
@ [Kelly] *looks deathly ill*
@ My Dear Ashton, it's almost time. Please go next door 
@ and get Starlet and Captain Butter for me.
@ [MOVEMENT: Ashton runs next door to get the Butters.]  
@ [MOVEMENT: Bret and Starlet follows Ashton back]
@ [Kelly] *reaches out to weakly grasp Starlet's hand*
@ Starlet dear, I must ask you. Please take care of Ashton.
@ He needs caring for so badly.
@ [Starlet] *looks concerned*
@ I promise Kelly, but you can't die! I need you!
@ [MOVEMENT: Kelly takes lethal poison here]
@ [Kelly] *moans in pain*
@ [Ashton] 
*pushes Starlet out of the way and takes Kelly's hand* 
@ [Bret] *sneers while whispering to Starlet*
@ [Bret] How nice that you have the first wife's permission, my dear.
@ [Bret] *storms out and goes home to pack his bags*
@ [Starlet] *torn between watching Bret leave and Kelly die*
@ *It is Bret I love. After all these years, now I know.*
@ [Starlet] *runs after Bret*
@ [lights dim in Ashton and Kelly's home and Ashton cries out]
@ [Ashton] 
KELLY! NO KELLY!
@ [Starlet] *panting for breath*
@ Bret!  Bret my darling! I never knew, but I do now! 
@ I love you Bret!
@ [Bret] *glares at Starlet with contempt*
@ How unfortunate for you Madam. 
@ You always seem to love someone you cannot have.
@ [Starlet] *panics*
@ You don't understand Bret! I love you! I love you! 
@ I have not loved Ashton in a long time.
@ I think it was a habit, more than anything.
@ [Bret] *sneers*
@ Starlet, you're like a child with a broken toy. 
@ You do not want it until it is broken.
@ I cannot live like this my dear. I will not. I'm leaving you my dear.
@ [Starlet] *looks around in a panic*
@ But Bret! Where will I go? What will I do?
@ [Bret] Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.
@ [MOVEMENT: Bret walks out the door and up the isle to the teleporter, 
@ then returns backstage]
@ [Starlet] *stunned... watches Bret leave*
@ *speaks with a determined look and voice*
@ I love you Bret Butter. I'll get you back somehow.
@ I do not know when, or how, but someday you'll love me again.
@ I'll think about that tomorrow.
@ *gazes hopefully into the distance*
@ [Narrator] This concludes our show!
@ We hope you enjoyed the play.
@ How about a great round of applause for the actors as they come back on stage!
@ [MOVEMENT: All actors line up on stage and
@ will bow 3 times after Narrator says next line]
@ [Narrator] I present to you the actors tonight!
@ [MOVEMENT: BOW 3 times]
@ [Narrator] Thank you for having us for our 
@ theatrical presentation of "Gone to Wind"!
@ Farewell and Good Day!
@ [MOVEMENT: All Actors head off stage or curtain closes]
@ [END - Mingle with the audience]