Scenes with Much 130
[Much is pacing]
MuchI don't like this. I hate it. It doesn't make sense. If Marian's in danger we should be looking for her! Robin's up to something!
[He stares at the letter and picks it up]
No! You cannot open people's private letters!
[Much sighs and looks at Will who nods in a "she's got a point" way]
[Pause]
[Much looks at Djaq and opens the letter and looks over it, then holds it out for Djaq to take]
Much
Read it for me.
[Djaq takes the letter and reads it aloud]
"My dearest Marian, I fear we may not meet again in this life."
[The gang all look up to Djaq in shock]
Much
What?
"We are both to be betrayed by Winchester".
[Scene transitions to Robin getting ready - wearing his Black Knights costume and sheathing throwing knives]
[Voice over] "I cannot allow it. All the Black Knights will be gathered together: [As he says their names, he sheathes a throwing knife] Winchester, Durham, Rotherham and the rest of the Sheriff's traitorous gang."
[Robin sighs]
[Voice over] "I may never have the chance again."
[Robin turns around and puts up his hood and cloak]
[Voice over] "And I cannot let this opportunity pass."
[Robin walks away. Scene transitions to him walking down a corridor]
[Voice over] "I must kill them."
[Robin walks through the door shows his ring with the Sheriff's insignia to Gisborne]
[Voice over] "I only hope you remember me well and forgive the brutality of what I'm going to do."
[Robin walks over to his chair and looks at the Sheriff]
[Voice over] If England is to live... [Winchester sits in his chair] they must die, and so I fear must I."
[Robin sits in his chair]
[Voice over] "Go to the woods to fight again. Go with my lads. I will see you in heaven."
Let the walls enclose us.
[The door slams shut]
[Voice over] "Goodbye, my love."
[Much is angry and hits the soup bowl with a ladle]
Much
I'm trying to think of a good bit. Even on a bad day, there's always something good, as my mother used to say. There must be something!
Much
The Sheriff's got the pact, Allan is Gisborne's man, Marian's galloped off...! [Pause] I mean someone help me, because I'm struggling.
Much
Robin's alive. That's a good thing, 'cause for a moment, that was looking...
[Much sits down and takes a bowl of stew]
Much
Well we can't just eat in silence!
RLRobin, Little John, Will, Djaq
SHUT UP!
[They all throw bread at Much]
[After Edward has saved Robin's life and has tussled with Birkley, who has a dagger after the latter was threatening Robin with a dagger, Robin is pointing his bow and arrow at Birkley]
[Shouting] Leave it, Birkley! You are a man of the cloth, you cannot kill!
BBirkley
And you, Hood, are a man of war who cannot kill!
[Pause]
[Robin fires an arrow straight at Birkley's heart, killing him instantly. He falls to the ground. Will arrives and looks at Birkley, then Robin in shock. Djaq looks in shock at Robin and Much looks in shock at Birkley]
[Edward turns around and has the dagger in his chest]
Much
No!
[Robin and Much rush over to Edward helping him to the ground and kneel next to him]
[Djaq kneels next to Edward]
Don't remove the knife. I'll prepare my instruments.
[Djaq runs off]
John! Get John and Beatrice to safety. Now!
[To John of York and Beatrice] Go! Now!
[He runs away with them]
[To Much. Softly] Go. Go.
Much
Ok.
[Much leaves]
[Pause]
You'll need this... [He reaches for the pact and hands it to Robin] [Quietly] pact.
You will not give up your life for mine.
[Pause]
You know, I've never quite understood my daughter's feelings for you.
Well, I probably don't deserve them.
No, I think you do. Robin, listen. For Marian to lose us both would kill her.
Edward. Edward, that is not going to happen!
[Robin nods]
Tell...Tell her...It's good to dream.
[Robin nods]
[Robin takes Edward's hand and Edward takes Robin's hand. Edward smiles and dies]
[Robin starts to cry, but on hearing Gisborne and guards, leaves]
[Gisborne notices Birkley and then Edward and kneels next to Edward]
[Softly] Edward. [Whispering] Marian.
[John of York and Beatrice are astride a white horse. Little John is waiting to pull the horse away]
[John of York shakes Robin's hand]
[Robin and Marian step back and Much walks up to John of York and Beatrice holding a toasting fork. He hands it to John]
Much
Toasting fork.
[John of York laughs and laughs while talking]
[Little John leads on the horse then lets it go and steps to the side as John of York and Beatrice leave. Little John waves goodbye. As they leave, Djaq and Will who are holding bowls filled with flower petals, shower them in the petals as they go. Robin, Much and Marian clap as John and Beatrice leave]
Much
Good luck!
[Pause]
You did disarm the trap didn't you, Will?
[A thud is heard and then the ring from the gong]
[Pause]
[Will looks at Robin, then after a pause drops the bowl of flowers, quickly pats Robin and runs off to help John of York and Beatrice. Robin, Little John, Much, Marian and Djaq run after him]
[Carter arrives at the fight in Clun on horseback and throws a throwing knife at a guard. Much sees this]
Much
Who is that?
[Robin fights]
Much
Robin. Gallows!
[Robin races up near the gallows fighting guards. Carter throws another throwing knife at a guard. He watches Robin fight. Robin continues to fight and Carter runs up to him, noticing a guard about to attack]
[Robin fights the guard and Carter runs up to him. As Robin knocks out the guard, he notices Carter has picked up his bow and is aiming it at a noose. Long pause as Robin and Much watch Carter aiming. Carter fires the arrow which hits the noose, snapping it and freeing a villager]
[Much, Will and Djaq are now gathered behind Carter and Robin]
[Pause]
[Carter hands Robin his bow back]
Much
[To Will] He's good.
[Carter nods to Robin and Robin laughs. Carter turns to Much, Will and Djaq and Will nods at him]
[Carter facing away, has cut his arm, allowing blood to drip down his hand. The gang arrive]
Thank you, friend. I owe you my life.
[He turns around to face Robin]
But I won't take it yet. Carter.
[Robin walks up to him and shakes his hand]
[Much walks to Carter and shakes his hand]
Much
Much. Nice, er, [He mimics throwing a knife] move. Have we met?
Much
[To Djaq] I'm sure I know him.
[Whispering] Much, let it be!
Much
I know that face.
Much
You must be disappointed with er, the wound. Y'know, if you're planning on going back to the Holy Land and kill him.
Much
In England!
[Pause]
Much
It's not me, is it?
[Robin laughs, Carter smiles]
[Robin has permitted Carter to kill him, if it will help him. Carter is about to stab him]
[Quietly] He was a hero. Just not on that day.
[Carter drops his sword and falls to the ground]
What am I doing here? What have I done?
[Pause]
Help me. My brother. I loved him so much.
[He begins to cry]
[Softly] Hey. It's alright.
[He kneels next to Carter, ruffles his hair and hugs him]
[Softly] It's alright. It's alright.
[Much and Djaq burst into the barn]
Much
Are you alright?
[Robin nods]
Much
Why is he crying?
He's not crying. He's laughing on the wrong side of his face.
Thomas was my hero. Whatever he did, I had to do too. And when he joined the Knights Templar...I knew I had to follow. I had only just joined when...when he died.
Much
Thomas. You look like him. That's why I recognized you.
I was determined to carry on for him. To be as good as him. To get to the very top. I joined the King's private guard.
Much
[To Robin] Like us.
[Robin winks then smiles at Much]
Much
I can't believe we're trusting him. He tried to kill us.
Of all of us, you and I know what war can do to a man.
Much
I've been to war, but I didn't come back a mad killer.
Well, the demons work in different ways, don't they?
[Much sighs]
But they're still the same demons.
Much
I've got demons. You've never held me like you held him.
Much
You haven't.
[Pause]
Much
You never listen to my story.
It's because I was there with you. It's my story too.
Much
Yeah, I know. It's just we never talked about it. We never talk.
Alright. Well let's talk.
Much
No. Not if you're doing it to humour me. No.
Much
Whatever I say you never listen to me anyway.
You know that's not true.
[Much and then Robin stop walking]
[Much gestures to Carter with the hilt of his sword]
Much
I told you I recognised Carter from the Crusades. You didn't believe me. You'd believe Marian. You spend time with her.
[He glances over to the other outlaws and puts his arms on Much's shoulders and sighs]
Old friend...you have a special place in my heart.
Much
Do I?
Well do I really need to say it?
Much
No. Of course not.
[Robin shakes Much's hands in a brotherly fashion and walks off]
Much
Just once in a while would be nice.
Where's, er, where's Will and Djac?
Much
They said they've gone to get some honey.
Much
If that's all they've gone for. Well, why does it need two of them? Hmm? "Honey" is one of those things.
Much
What do you call it when you use a sweet, innocent word but what you really mean is something else?
Much
No.
Much
Euphemism. Exactly. Yes, there's a bit too much honey going on around here, if you ask me.
[Robin and Marian chuckle and smile ]
Much
Will and Djac nipping off together. You two going on long walks in the forest.
[Robin smiles and raises his eyebrows]
Much
What happened to fighting for justice and rebelling against the Sheriff?! We should be sticking together, instead we're splitting into couples. And to be perfectly honest, [he puts his arm around Little John] I don't fancy mine much.
[Marian chuckles]
Much
Anyway, while you two have been off gallivanting...
We haven't been gallivanting!
Much
I know what you were doing
We were burying a corpse in the forest.
Much
[To Robin] Is that a euphemism?
Back home, my uncle had a friend - the Sultan's official pigeon handler.
Much
He handles pigeons?
Much
Job, I suppose.
It's a very important job, Much!
[Much looks down, Little John gives him a look]
The Sultan's best pigeon - the smallest and quickest - was a pigeon called La Denah.
[Scene transitions to the Fool also talking about Lardner to the Sheriff with Will, Allan and Gisborne present]
The Saracens use pigeons to carry messages. They place the message around a little ring connected to the bird's foot. They let it go and it flies off. And it doesn't matter how far away you release it, because it will [He emphasises the following words] always find it's way home.
[Scene transitions to Djaq and the gang]
But it's not home that their searching for...it's their mate. You split the two of them up and a pigeon would fly to the ends of the Earth faster and straighter than any man ever could...just to be with the one they love.
So, we could get a message to King Richard halfway around the world in no time at all.
Much
Well that's incredible!
My question is: Why is King Richard using the Sultan's best pigeon?
Well maybe they formed an alliance or something.
Or King Richard and his army have helped themselves. If they've got La Denah, they've got the Sultan. And if they've got the Sultan...they've got everyone.
[Whispering to Robin] We have to go back to the tree.
[Djaq, Little John and Much are thinking of what to write to King Richard, with Djaq writing]
Much
It needs more immediacy.
Much
Come home immediately.
Much
What?
Lardner's a pigeon not an eagle. More words, more weight.
Much
It's one word! Same as now.
[Later]
Much
Right. "Your Majesty, no reinforcements. Prince John plans to steal your throne."
Plots. Plots is a better word.
Much
"Your Majesty, no reinforcements. Prince John plots to steal your throne. Come home...now." Short, sharp and to the point.
I'll add "Make peace" before "Come home". "Make peace immediately".
Much
Ah...I do like immediately.
[The Fool appears]
[Much, Djaq and Little John raise their weapons towards The Fool]
Much
Who are you?
And alliterate - alliteration makes it much more memorable.
Much
How did you get here?
I appear, I disappear, it's what I do.
[Will arrives in a guards' uniform and as he speaks, he removes the "mask"]
[They unsheathe their weapons]
I thought you were caught.
Madam, manacles are mere mist for me and my... [He looks at Will] my mate.
[Will looks back at him]
Have you heard about the pigeon?
Much
Yeah. Robin and Marian have gone back to the tree to get it.
Yeah, well, so has the Sheriff and Gisborne. They've got them surrounded in that tree.
Much
Immediately!
We need to make Robin and Marian disappear.
Much
How do we do that?
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