(CHAPTER ONE: Reunion)
(Layout: Anime)
(Setting: some forest at night w/full moon & clear sky)
TRITHAL (voice-over, narrating): "It is the 327th Year of Nengo. The Land of Fantasy has changed, and I have changed as well."
(Camera follows figure clothed in all-black from head to toe jumping from tree to tree. Subject stops in tree directly in front of camera. 1/2 second later, his blue glowing eyes open. After about 3 seconds, subject jumps from tree and continues forward...)
TRITHAL (voice-over, narrating): "Over the centuries I've been known by various names, and by various occupations. In other words, I have been many different people. But, who am I now?"
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(Subject spots small cabin ahead in clearing with light on inside.)
TRITHAL (telepathically): "Danika, what's your location?"
(Camera spots 2nd subject likewise dressed in black from head-to-toe, but with well-defined curves, moving on the ground through some tall grass outside the cabin. Camera gets shot of subject's face, and her green glowing eyes open.)
Danika (telepathically): "I'm approaching the cabin from the south. I'm almost to where I can see inside."
(Camera returns to first subject perched in tree w/blue eyes showing)
TRITHAL (telepathically): "I'm approaching from above from the north. As soon as you get close enough, tell me what's going on inside."
Danika (telepathically): "Ok..."
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TRITHAL (voice-over, narrating): "During these past five years, I've undergone more transformations than I have in the past 500 years. One could go as far as to say that I've evolved far beyond what I originally was. But, what exactly am I now?"
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Danika (telepathically): "Ok, I can see inside now.... Eww! Nasty!!!"
TRITHAL (telepathically): "What is it?"
Danika (telepathically): "I see the target... he's in the kitchen... leaned up against a counter... and there's some black guy plugging him in the ass! Gross!!!"
TRITHAL (telepathically): "Yuck! I guess that means our original plan isn't gonna work. We'll have to go to the backup plan."
Danika (telepathically): "Do we have a backup plan?"
TRITHAL (telepathically): "Not yet. Give me a minute..."
Danika: (rolls her eyes, aloud) "You're a doofus, Tsutaru!"
TRITHAL (telepathically): "I heard that!"
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TRITHAL (voice-over, narrating): "Who am I, you ask? At the moment I'm a husband, a teacher, a key figure in our community, and a part-time bounty hunter. And what am I, really? Over this past year I've taken the time to assess my current self, and I have come to this conclusion: I am neither human nor Macha. I am comprised of the passion and wisdom of Macha-Rei, the mahriac energy of Macha-Kao, and the psychopathic rage of Trithal Tsutaru... all held together by the teachings of Shirotama, the discipline of the Kaze Sword, and the endless love and affection from my wife, Danika... and at times dampered by marijuana when necessary..."
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Danika (telepathically): "Tsutaru! Make with the plan already! I'm about to puke from watching this!"
TRITHAL (telepathically): "Okay... I can't sense anyone else inside, so let's try some good ol' fashoned ninjutsu. See if there's a window or something you can sneak in through... and once you're inside, make your way quietly to the kitchen and tackle the black guy. I'll jump in and aprehend our target."
(Camera follows Danika as she finds an open window at the east side of the cabin and sneaks in. TRITHAL moves to a position where he can burst into the door leading into the kitchen when ready.)
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TRITHAL (voice-over, narrating): "Those closest to me call me Tsutaru. My students call me Trithal-sensai. My peers call me Trithal-san, or just plain Trithal... depending on how well we are acquainted. In the past I've primarily called myself Macha-Rei when I wasn't assuming some other name. My host was once known as Trithal Tsutaru. But, now that we are permanently fused and have become a single, unique person, I have no rightful claim to either name. Therefore, the name I have chosen to call myself is the name the late Master Hitukiri, or Macha-Sora, gave me after my most-recent assimilation..."
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Danika (telepathically): "Ok, I'm in position."
TRITHAL (telepathically): "Prepare to move on my mark... san... ni... ichi... IKI!!"
(Danika jumps out from hallway and attacks black guy, trying not to become nausiated at the sight or smell of his shit-covered schlong. At the same instant, TRITHAL busts through back door and pins the target to the floor.)
TRITHAL (aloud): "Masayuki Edwards, Judge Kingston missed you in court last week. He sent us here to check up on you."
Masayuki: "Goddamnit! Who the hell are you?"
(TRITHAL removes cloak from head to reveal his face, which is covered in a few more tatoos than before.)
TRITHAL: "My name is Trithal the Divine Wind." (flashes bounty hunter license) "You are coming with us."
(TRITHAL handcuffs the fugitive, and he and Danika escort him to their SUV parked nearby. Once he is loaded in the back, the two enter the front of the vehicle and drive toward Marystown. Dawn is breaking in the east.)
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TRITHAL (voice-over, narrating): "During this past year, I've tried to keep in touch with Axem, Thrax, and Chris. It's hard to believe that a year has passed since the last time we were all together. I wonder what everyone's doing right now?..."
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