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“SHOGUN” © 2003. Okihei Enterprise, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Tribute to Richard Chamberlain |
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| The Black Ship is docked a line of Grays guarding
it.
A tall stake has been driven into the packed earth, Dell Aqua stares, not moving. Blackthorne:"What is it"? Dell'Aqua:"I'm afraid that you were right. It is the Inquisition". Blackthorne:"Who?" Dell'Aqua:"Captain Ferriera. There is a stake for burning - - and his men are still armed". Blackthorne:"Brother Michael - - are you still there"? Brother Michael:"Yes, Anjin-san. I am here". Blackthorne:"Listen, Brother, before you said I was a worthy Samurai. Did you mean it"? Brother Michael:"Yes, Anjin-san. That and everything". Blackthorne:"Then I beg a favor as a Samuarai". Brother Michael:"What favor"? Blackthorne:To die as a Samurai". Brother Michael:""Your death isn't in my hands. It is in the Hand of God, Anjin-san". |
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| Ferriera:"Good day, Eminence".
Dell'Aqua:"Is this your idea"? Ferriera:"Yes, Eminence". Dell'Aqua:"Go back aboard the ship"! Ferriera:"No". Dell'Aqua:"Go back aboard the ship"! Ferriera:"I have been waiting for you, Ingeles". Blackthorne:"That is something that pleases me not at all". |
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| Blackthorne pulls his long sword from its
scabbard, holding it awkwardly with two hands.
Ferriera:"Today you will be pleased in hell". Blackthorne:"You motherless coward". Ferriera:"Disarm him"! Dell'Aqua:"Put down your guns! Before God, I order you to stop"! Ferriera:"I want that man"! Dell'Aqua:"You can't have him! Order your men aboard at once"! Ferriera:"I order you to turn around and go away"! Dell'Aqua:"You order me"? Ferriera:"Yes, I order you! I am Captain of the Black Ship, Governor of Macao, Chief Officer of Portugal in Asia and that man is a threat to the State, the Church, the Black Ship and Macao! Dell'Aqua:"This man is blind"! Ferriera:"Stand aside"! Dell'Aqua:"Before God, I'll excommunicate you and all your crew if this man is harmed. Do you understand"? Ferriera:"I caution you again! As God is my judge, I will inform Lisbon". Rodriques:"He can do it, Captain - - and Madonna, he will. Order your men aboard. Captain do you hear"? Ferriera:"God curse you, Ingeles"! Ferriera pulls the trigger, but at that same moment six arrows impale him, the pistol firing harmlessly - - as Ferriera collapses. |
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| Brother Michael:"May God forgive me, Eminence,
but I gave the signal".
Blackthorne:"What is it? Who is dead"? Rodriques:"The Captain, Ingeles. You got the devil's luck on your back. What about the Black Ship? We were sailing on the tide". Dell'Aqua:"Then sail". Rodriques:"With no captain"? Dell'Aqua:"You shall be captain, Rodriques. Rodriques:"Captain? Me? And Governor of Macao"? Dell'Aqua:"Yes. And Governor of Macao". Blackthorne:"I'll sail after you". Rodriques:"With what? You have no ship, Ingeles". Blackthorne:"At Anjiro". Rodriques:"No, Ingeles, the Erasmus is dead - - burned to her spine". Blackthorne:"No". Rodriques:"It's true. It was the Hand of God". Blackthorne:"You lie". |
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| Dell'Aqua:"No, Captain Blackthorne, he speaks
the truth".
Blackthorne:"I don't believe you". Dell'Aqua:"Before God". Rodriques:"You're beached, Ingeles. You're here forever". Blackthorne:"May the winds carry you to hell, Rodriques". Rodriques:"They may, Ingeles - - they may. But you will never sail again". |
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| Dell'Áqua leads Blackthorne onto the
Galley.
Vinck:"Lord Jesus, Pilot, what happened to you"? Blackthorne:"Where's the Captain. Get him to set sail! Now! We're going back to Anjiro"! Vinck:"But you said Nagasaki -" Blackthorne:"Now, Vinck, damn you. Now." Dell'Aqua:"You are safe here, Captain Blackthorne. And now I shall leave you". Blackthorne:"Why did vou save me"? Dell'Aqua:"For your soul and mine and -" Blackthorne:"And what"? Dell'Aqua:"That is reason enough. Goodbye, Anjin-san". Vinck:"I told him, Pilot. Anjiro it is". |
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| Blackthorne:"They told me - - they told me
the Erasmus is lost. Our ship's lost - - fired. Oh, God, let it all be
a lie. Can you see it yet"?
Vinck:"No, Pilot -- we're still not at the point". Blackthorne:"Isoge! Isoge"! Yabu:"Asoko! Asoko wo miyo". Blackthorne:"What is it? Can you see, Vinck? Tell me, damn you! Was it true"? Vinck:"Aye, Pilot -- even more true than that". Blackthorne:"Tell me what you see". Vinck:"She's just lying there -- what there's left of her. Aground: Masts are gone -- decks are gone -- everything - Dear God". Blackthorne:"What about the keel? Can you see it"? Vinck:"Aye. Looks like they beached her. The monkeys -" Blackthorne:"The ship is dead. The Erasmus -That was Alvito's curse. He said I'd never leave these islands". Vinck:"Marooned for the rest of our lives, aren't we, Pilot"? Blackthorne:"Yes". |
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| Vinck:"You were the one brought us to this
stinking place: You were the one who said come to the Japans and we come
and how many died corning here? Answer that if you can, God rot you! You're
to blame!
Blackthorne:"Yes -- the blame is mine. Does that make you feel better? What do you want me to tell you? I'm sorry, Vinck -- I'm sorry". Vinck:"Sorry? Is that all you are? How're we going to get home? That's your God-cursed job to get us home, isn't it? You promised -- you vowed to get us home? Now what're you going to do"? Blackthorne:"I don't know". Vinck:"You've got to know, damn you: You're the pilot"! Blackthorne:"What do you expect me to do? Change what's happened? If I could -- my heart's torn out, can't you understand that? The ship is lost -- my dreams lost with it: Everything: They've taken everything of value in my life: It's gone, Vinck and I can't change that! Gone- Another -- another of our ships'll get here someday. We've just got to wait". Vinck:"Wait? How long're we to wait? Five muck-plagued years? Twenty? The rest of our rotten, miserable lives? With these black-eyed monkeys"? Blackthorne:"Hold yourself, Vinck". But Vinck's mind snaps -_ a paroxysm of insane laughter shaking him as he begins ripping at his clothes. Vinck:"The monkeys're corning for us! They're going to chop off our heads and stick them out for the birds to eat. The birds'll pick our eyes. They're coming"! |
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| Wildly Vinck starts to run down the beach,
the seabirds scudding into the air, mewing and cawing out of his path.
Vinck runs frantically for another few steps -- then, with a dreadful,
dying shriek, his body convulses and he collapses. Blackthorne starts to
move blindly down the beach, holding his arms out in front of him.
He rips the bandage off. Vinck lies on the beach, his whole body convulsed in death. |