EPISODE 3
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PERCIVAL :
I am
the brother of Aglovale, who is king of Listenoise,
but also a king’s son, so…
GALAHAD :
It must be a lot to take in all at once!
PERCIVAL :
( brushes, brushes )
Ah, yes. Um, uh…
GALAHAD :
( shines, shines )
Galahad.
PERCIVAL :
Galahad, yes.
Sorry, I’m having a hard time processing everything that happened in just a few hours.
I didn’t expect an estranged brother to save me from a bewitched bear.
GALAHAD :
Oh? You managed to see something was wrong with that bear?
PERCIVAL :
Well, bears don’t usually react like that.
They don’t attack unprovoked,
only if they feel threatened, and I wasn’t moving a bit…
GALAHAD :
Well, you sure know your stuff when it comes to wildlife.
PERCIVAL :
I spend lots of time in the woods.
GALAHAD :
Did you notice the bear had markings on its back?
PERCIVAL :
Markings?
GALAHAD :
Actually, it wasn’t the bear that was bewitched.
It was this dagger.
Someone stabbed it into that poor bear’s back.
Do you see the patterns on the hilt? They have traces of magic.
PERCIVAL :
I’m not sure I understand…
GALAHAD :
Do you know anything about magic?
PERCIVAL :
Hmm, it's a near-extinct ancestral art, practiced by a very select few, that… uh…
GALAHAD :
Don’t worry, I don’t know the specifics either!
All I know is that several relics from the past are still around, like this dagger.
They don’t all have the same effect, but they’re often used for nefarious purposes.
It’s part of our duty as knights to bring them back to the Round Table.
PERCIVAL :
…
Tell me, what is a knight, exactly?
GALAHAD :
…
Oh, um,
it’s such basic knowledge, I never thought I’d have to explain it.
Let’s see.
What do you know about the kings of Britain?
PERCIVAL :
Not much, to be honest.
GALAHAD :
So the island of Britain is split into several kingdoms.
Each kingdom has a ruler, who sometimes has to wage war against others.
A knight is a person who serves the king and fights for him.
In peacetime, they can be tasked with various quests, all in the name of protecting those who need it.
And I’m a squire, which means I'm a knight-in-training!
PERCIVAL :
So, you serve my brother?
GALAHAD :
Not really. I’m not his official squire.
The Round Table assigned me to assist Sir Aglovale during this quest.
PERCIVAL :
The Round Table?
GALAHAD :
( sigh )
Ah, the Round Table is…
I'm surprised you don’t know these things, actually.
RHYS :
It’s an order from his lady mother.
PERCIVAL :
Rhys?
RHYS :
She forbade us from talking about knighthood, the Round Table, of King Arthur, all that.
PERCIVAL :
Why so?
RHYS :
She was afraid you too would want to be part of them,
and that she’d lose you.
GALAHAD :
It’s true that it’s a dangerous path,
and that there are many pointless fights…
PERCIVAL :
… Galahad?
GALAHAD :
But
it’s our honor and duty to protect those who cannot protect themselves.
There’s no⎯
MOTHER :
Aglovale, I beg of you, stop this!
PERCIVAL :
Mother?
GALAHAD :
Sir Aglovale?
AGLOVALE :
Percival.
It is time for you to become a knight in my service.
PERCIVAL :
Uh
… I
(looks)
… ?
MOTHER :
Refuse him!
You can still do so m⎯
AGLOVALE :
I am not talking to you,
and that wasn’t a question.
Percival is a noble, and a prince to boot.
It is his duty to take up arms and be made a knight.
MOTHER :
You cannot force him to take arms!
AGLOVALE :
Oh, you clearly don't know me.
But I expected nothing else from you, after all.
(Percival : Well then... Um...)
Our bloodline’s honor depends on it.
MOTHER :
If dishonor is the price to pay in order not to see my children die⎯
AGLOVALE :
You speak of a bloodline that is not yours.
Your opinion has very little bearing on the affairs of Listenoise.
MOTHER :
This is about the fate of one of my children⎯
AGLOVALE :
Because you care about that now, do you?
MOTHER :
Percival!
AGLOVALE :
Percival.
PERCIVAL :
( I… )
GALAHAD :
My lady, Sir Aglovale, please.
It’s been a long day for Percival, and becoming a knight implies great change.
Maybe sleeping on it would⎯
AGLOVALE :
Mind your place, Galahad.
This has nothing to do with you.
MOTHER :
Gala…had?
PERCIVAL :
Great change…
That’s what the weird guy from the woods said.
AGLOVALE :
… Excuse me?
PERCIVAL :
He appeared out of nowhere…
He told me the white stag was a herald of great change.
Ah, I'm sorry if this all sounds confusing or completely crazy,
but I think that
this is my great change.
I must become a knight.
AGLOVALE :
… Tell me, Percival,
that strange man,
what did he look like?
PERCIVAL :
Well, uh,
he was tall, wore very strange clothes, and he was… hm…
?? :
Very handsome?
PERCIVAL :
Um, I wouldn’t go as far as that, even though he had his own kind of char⎯ OOW??
?? :
Oh, so I’m not your type, Percy.
Insulting, but fair.
Go and flirt with youngsters your own age.
You all look just peachy.
Galahad,
(Galahad : Hello!)
Dame Briane,
Aglovale.
AGLOVALE :
( sigh )
… Of course.
You arranged things so Percival and I would meet,
wouldn’t you, Merlin?
( sigh )
Wouldn’t it have been simpler to tell me outright?
MERLIN :
Ah, it’s always the same old thing with you lot.
“You could be clearer, Merlin,”
“You could have said so, Merlin,”
That’s not how my predictions work, kid.
AGLOVALE :
K-kid?
BRIANE :
Merlin, what are you doing here?
You warned me about Aglovale and Lamorak,
and now you've come to take Percival away from me?
It can only be a mistake, can’t it?
MERLIN :
I’m never wrong.
Percival must leave you.
What can I say?
Fate is absurd.
AGLOVALE :
… Can one truly call it absurd if it is merely what someone already had coming?
MERLIN :
I can understand your resentment, O King of Listenoise.
But you are not without reproach either.
BRIANE :
No, Merlin.
Aglovale is right.
Everything is deserved, nothing is without meaning.
All of this is nothing more than the consequence of my own actions.
In any case,
You’re free to stay the night.
Percival,
You will follow your brother into chivalry,
on one condition.
When you cross the boundaries of this domain, it will be for the last time.
PERCIVAL :
Mother? But… ?
BRIANE :
Knights aren’t welcome on my lands.
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