The Moirai By Rob West

2014

B1007328 Sheffield Hallam University

Characters Dion Woman in White Lost Soul / Shopkeeper Dark Figures Part 1, Hell is empty, and all the devils are here - the Tempest, Act 1, Sc 2 EXT. STREET. DAY DION (21) stands at a pedestrian crossing. He crosses the road and walks down the street. He passes a shop and stops as he notices a small watch on a gold chain for sale in the window. DION is drawn to the watch, strange but faint whispers can be heard as he gazes at it. He enters. the shop. INT. SHOP. DAY DION walks into the shop and approaches the SHOPKEEPER (25). DION Hi, I am wondering about that watch in your window. SHOPKEEPER Yes, a nice antique, Ill get it for you. The SHOPKEEPER goes over to the window and retrieves the watch. He hands it to DION. Who examines it. He notices three marks etched on the back like a tally. DION It is lovely, how much is it? He places the watch on the counter. SHOPKEEPER Well I should tell you that it doesnt work. Youd need to get it repaired. A dark figure can be seen standing behind DION.

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CONTINUED: DION That is alright, shall we call it a tenner? SHOPKEEPER That sounds good to me. Is it a gift for somebody? DION hands him a ten pound note. The figure can be seen closer to him now. He picks up the watch. DION A gift for myself I suppose. Thanks.

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DION puts on the necklace and we hear the strange whispering intensify as he turns to leave the shop. The figure looms silently in the corner. The shopkeeper smiles as he goes. SHOPKEEPER Have a nice day. EXT. STREET.DAY DION walks down the street some more, the dark figure can be seen trailing him. As DION turns down another street, he sees the pedestrian ahead of him morph into the dark figure. DION stops and looks very shocked at this. The figure following him comes up behind and grabs him. Everything goes black. Part 2 - Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air. - Macbeth, Act 1, Sc 1 EXT. FOREST. DAY DION wakes up in a forest. He is lying on the ground. He rises and begins to wander through the trees. He find s a small ornate hand mirror on the ground. When he looks at his reflection he sees a man standing behind him. DION turns but the man has begun to walk away. DION tries to speak but no sound comes from his mouth. The man stops and sits on the ground. As DION approaches he begins rocking back and forth repeating the same line over and over. LOST SOUL There is no time. There is no time. She said. DION is about to respond but he hears the familiar strange whispers which lead him away from the LOST SOUL. He sees THE DARK FIGURE up ahead. The watch is around his neck. (CONTINUED)

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DARK FIGURE Whats that? You cannot speak? Haha, your will is mine. DION steps closer, his gaze fixed on the watch. He can hear it ticking inside his head. The figure grabs him and he is transported through a white light. DARK FIGURE I have your soul. You cannot escape this fate. EXT. ALLEYWAY. DAY DIONS legs can be seen from his hazy point of view as he is dragged down and alleyway. He blacks out once more. INT. RITUAL CHAMBER. NIGHT DION awakens again in a dark but empty room, the whispers and strange noises are all around him. He blacks out once more. When his eyes open again, the dark figure looms over him. He splits into three distinct figures and they cackle and laugh in a terrifying manner. DARK FIGURE Inside the Nexion, we undo fate itself. As the main figure looms in, we see the watch around his neck. At this moment, DION blacks out, waking for a final time in the same place but with a masked woman dressed in white standing before him. WOMAN IN WHITE I am here for you, none of this is real. Stay with me, Ill take you away from this dark place. White fills the screen and once again DION is transported. Part 3 - Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends. - Henry vi, Act 3, Sc 2 EXT. CAVE / HILLSIDE. DAY DION is inside a dark cave, we see him move past the rocks, guided by the womans voice.

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CONTINUED: WOMAN IN WHITE Clotho spun the thread of life, Lachesis drew the lots of men but Atropos used her abhorred shears to cut the thread of life inexorably.

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DION stands in the cave entrance, light glares in from outside. The woman can be seen standing in the light. DION steps out and looks around him. Above the cave is a small tree on the hill, the woman stands beside it. DION approaches her. DION You saved me from the darkness, who are you? WOMAN IN WHITE I suppose I am your guardian angel, I sensed that your soul is in great pain, but it is worse than I thought. Your soul is not in your possession. It has been trapped by them. DION Trapped? How? By who? WOMAN IN WHITE I do not know who they are, but they hearts are full of hatred and despair. They have trapped your soul in a pocket watch, cant you hear the constant ticking? DION thinks for a moment and can faintly hear the sound of a clock ticking. DION Yes...the watch, I bought it shortly before I woke up here. Can you tell me where we are? WOMAN IN WHITE This is the spiritual upper world, your soul has been trapped and so your body and mind wait in limbo. I have freed you temporarily so that I can tell you this. Dion, you are dead. DION Dead?! Did the dark figures kill me?

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CONTINUED: WOMAN IN WHITE Yes, you have become their play thing, they will continue to torment you for eternity unless you can break free of them. It is ancient magic which they use. I have not seen its like on this earth for a a very long time. Dont you see, where you were when I found you was not reality, it looked and felt real, I know. But that is part of their trickery. They aim to send you mad, much like any other soul you may have seen in limbo, they want to break you and keep you as their thrall. DION begins to look deeply concerned. DION How do I stop them? WOMAN IN WHITE There is only one way, you must return your soul to your body. It hangs around the leaders neck, he will come for you now, they will not have taken kindly to my interruption of their rites. You need to be strong now, resist the desires that fill your heart when they speak to you. It is a hollow desire and merely part of their spell. DION Thank you for helping me, will I see you again? WOMAN IN I will be watching powers are limited but I will do what WHITE over you, my in their realm I can.

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They begin to hear the whispers and strange noises build once again, the woman removes her cloak and place it around DION WOMAN IN WHITE There is no time. Take my cloak, it may shield you from their control but not for long. Good luck. DION is transported once again through the endless white.

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EXT. FOREST. DAY DION wakes up in the same way as before, he is on the ground. As he stands he notices the DARK FIGURE looming ahead of him. DARK FIGURE Well well, the prodigal son returns, you cannot resist my command. DION keeps the hood up, refusing to meet the DARK FIGURES gaze. DION But I can speak now, your power is diminished. DARK FIGURE And what good will words do you? Your soul hangs around my neck, there is nothing you can do. Your time has come. The figure moves so that he stands right in front of DION. DARK FIGURE This pathetic cloak does little to protect you, Look upon me and despair. The DARK FIGURES face can be momentarily seem as a ghostly visage, he pulls down DIONS cloak, as he does this DION pushes him back, grabbing the watch from his neck as he does so. There is a horrific shriek and DION stands with the watch in his hand. He looks either side of him, DARK FIGURES advance from all sides. DION You may have stolen my life from me, but you will not have my eternal soul. DION winds back the watch and a bright light absorbs him, the DARK FIGURES reel backwards and time begins to go in reverse. The main events of the film go backwards and we hear the woman speak. WOMAN IN WHITE There are those who play god and seek control, but a true God allows free will of the mind, body and spirit. The three Fates have weaved (MORE) (CONTINUED)

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WOMAN IN WHITE (contd) the final thread of your destiny and your primordial spirit can finally transcend. We return to DION as he drops the watch on the floor of the forest. We see it as he walks away. The final shot showing him and the woman walking away into the endless white abyss.