Riverworld Page #6

---

Show me.

Lovely.

Quite lovely.

And you thought

I never graduated

from soviet naval academy.

It should put on

quite a show.

Sorry, Sam.

Matthew!

It was an accident...

It was an accident...

Okay? Okay?

You can't keep beating

yourself up over it

Your entire life.

Yeah, that's

what everyone says...

What everyone says...

What everyone says...

People need to see the truth.

People need to see the truth.

"forget it.

Put it behind you."

"put it behind you."

You owe it to that little girl

to keep showing it to them...

Otherwise you're

wasting two lives...

Otherwise you're wasting

two lives.

How come you know

all the answers?

You know all

the answers?

I'd better not lose you.

To the end of the world.

Found this one

hiding

In the captain's

quarters.

I was hardly hiding.

I was doing my hair.

She had

the door locked.

It is my room.

I'm afraid

that's no longer true.

I wouldn't be so hasty.

Sam's quarters are drafty.

You might want

a little extra warmth.

Signorina Allegra

Bracchioforte de Venezia

At your service.

Charmed.

Is she the last one?

I smelled

a few rats

Crawling around

in the bilge,

But we'll get them.

Throw her overboard.

Wait, wait!

One of your rats,

Amelie, our engineer,

She's quite

loyal to Sam.

A little infatuated,

actually.

She knows every

inch of this ship.

I might be able to help you

smoke her out.

So, why are you

telling me this?

Guess.

I think you like power.

I think whoever

controls the boat

Has power,

And if it's not

going to be you,

Then there are...

Other ways to exert control.

I am transparent to you,

Unable to hide my motivations,

Which is a good basis

for a partnership, no?

Besides,

you need me.

I was Sam's

confidante,

Privy to all his plans

to find the source.

I don't care about

Clemens' idiotic quest.

I have an agenda

of my own.

Really?

Does it involve adventure?

If you call armageddon a lark.

I'm going to wage war

on the gods,

Shake the heavens,

And bring this entire farce

to a conclusion.

Now, if you wish to participate,

You'd best prove

as useful as you say,

Because I'm not good

with disappointment.

Nothing.

No footprints

on the other side?

I don't know about Hal,

But Matt would have

fought like hell.

Even if he couldn't

swim to shore,

I mean...

He just would have

floated downriver.

No.

He was shot two times.

I couldn't save him today.

I couldn't even do that.

I just...

I just watched my friend

go down in the water.

There is but one path

we can choose.

We are never

going to catch them.

We are never going

to catch them

By following the river.

We're tortoises,

And that hare

ain't getting any slower.

You all right,

Mr. Porter?

Not really.

No sign of Hal, and...

Matt's gone.

I can't believe those words

are coming out of my mouth.

Well, are you certain?

Yeah.

What about Tomoe?

Is she certain?

She says the only way

to find them

Is to join 'em,

And I don't know.

I've already

been around here twice.

I just can't do it again.

Everyone must heed

their calling in this life,

Especially here.

Her decision is no more or less

valid than yours.

We will see

them all again,

Rest assured.

The only real enemy in this life

is despair, my friend.

I know that.

I've been there myself.

I lost my wife,

My daughters,

And I woke up

here alone.

I found one

infallible solution.

Hey, maybe

this is not the time...

I am pontificating.

Anger.

That's the cure

for what ails you.

You get yourself

good and riled up.

That's what I did,

Transformed myself into

a mean-spirited, stubborn,

Irascible hornet.

Raged at the world!

Anger is a distraction.

Purpose.

Purpose is a gift from allah.

We're spending too much time

winding back and forth.

The nottie has to

stick to the river.

We sure as hell don't.

Cross the mountains?

Revenge,

Our most

comforting friend,

Is waiting for us

on that boat.

I've been a poor husband.

I wasted our lives on war

And grasping for power.

I ask for your forgiveness.

They will remember you

Long after I have been

forgotten.

Little girls

will ride their ponies,

Pretending to be Tomoe Gozen.

I will find you.

Welcome back,

Mr. Ellman.

Judging by

your reaction,

Your last few moments

in the river

Were not

all that pleasant.

Please keep that in mind

as we proceed.

What are you doing to me?

Where am I?

Jessie?

It's okay, babe, I'm coming.

I'm sorry, baby.

That's why I was afraid

to pull you into my life.

I never wanted anything

to happen to you.

I saw a ring.

A ring...

Was it for me?

Yeah.

Then I'm happy.

My answer is yes.

No...

No.

No, Jess...

Jessie...

No, Jessie, wake...

Jessie, wake up.

Wake up, baby.

Jess...

No...

Hmm, a good strong

emotional memory.

No!

No, that's not

the way it happened.

Perhaps yes,

Perhaps no.

Who's to say?

I was there.

That is not the way it happened!

I'm confused.

You wish with all your being

That that was

the way it happened, yes?

So, what's the difference?

What the hell

are you doing to me?

What the hell are you

doing to me?

That's not the way

it happened!

That's not the way it...

That's not...

That's not the way

it happened...

That was...

Vigorous.

When I was

a soldier in India,

I came across a book

called the Kama Sutra.

It was...

Quite educational.

It won't work,

by the by...

Seducing me so that

I will relax my guard,

And you can find

the opportune moment to strike.

From one serpent

to another.

Yes, we are despicable

creatures, aren't we?

And yet I died

of old age

In my own bed,

With my wife

at my side.

Oh? A moral lesson?

Quite the opposite,

really.

My death was more... Poetic,

Poisoned by a rival.

Well, just

so as you know,

I never drink

or eat anything

That I haven't

prepared myself.

Very healthy of you.

Show me

that twisty one again.

No, not now.

Work to do.

Worlds to end.

You really intend

to destroy this place?

Watch and see.

No!

Well, I think

that's quite enough

Of that nonsense.

So who exactly is it

you're looking for?

Am I that obvious?

This world is home

To thousands of villages

And hundreds of thousands

of people,

Perhaps all of humanity

at one point or another,

And everyone

is looking for someone.

Including yourself?

I may be the exception.

I'm looking for a way out.

Though you may be

an argument to the contrary.

You son of a b*tch!

Clearly, not an image

you wish to cherish.

It's not real.

This,

All those images in my head,

It's just some sick game

you're playing!

None of it's real!

Is it?

Is this real?

Define "real."

Interesting.

You have no grailband,

You stopped Pizarro,

You almost took the ship

from Burton,

And yet you expect me to believe

That was all random chance?

What did they ask of you?

The second chancers?

What did they

ask you to do?

I have no idea what

you're talking about.

I just want to find her!

Jessie!

The girl you showed me

in my dreams.

I just want to find

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes