Episode 1I Can Hear the Beast

9 min 36 sec9 scenes

I black out on the last train and wake in an interrogation yard in another world. The roar of a chained beast reaches me as words, and only me. The warden tells me to write down what he needs, not what I heard.

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Episode 2The Old WordsThe old man tapped his cane once more and looked at me for a long time. The torch lit only half of his face.

"You are the small one who hears my words. Today, that is enough."

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Rugar's Status

As of Episode 1

Rugar's Status

Stage 0First Meeting

Trust5/100

Guard95/100

Words heard3

How he sees youThe human who spoke to me with respect

A beast used to disappointment closed his eyes, and for once he was not bracing for it.

Relationships

How they see Harin

RugarA giant monster in chains, the one people call the beast of ruin.
Wary A pause, then "What you wrote was not erased"
BaneA warden of the Compact Office.
Danger Holds the roof over her head, and makes her write what he needs
YeomunThe last interpreter before Harin.
Unclear "You heard it too, didn't you?"
Opens in Episode 2

How this episode begins

Opening of the script

The last thing I remember… is the announcement on the last train home. "The next stop is…" And then… nothing.

The moment I opened my eyes, I heard screaming. No… I thought it was screaming. A beast's roar, loud enough to shake the ground. But right in the middle of that sound… someone was talking.

RugarThat night you speak of… I was not there.

Harin…You weren't… there?

The second I said it out loud, the whole yard went silent. The soldiers with their spears. The man at the top of the stone steps. Every one of them was looking at me. And so was… the beast in chains. As big as a house.

Amber eyes turned… slowly… toward me.

Boots, coming down the stone steps. A man in a black uniform walked toward me. Smiling.

BaneWhat was that you just said?

HarinWhat? Oh, I… that man, no, I mean… that…