Tuesday, February 8, 2022

[Play] A Hand Grenade Loose in King Arthur's Court - Act 2, Scene 12

 Herald One and Herald Two enter the stage.


Herald One

And so it was that they returned to King Arthur.


Herald Two

And Johnny the Greater Power defying freak was paraded through the streets like the human ape he was.


Herald One

Indeed, people threw fruit and feces and other foul things at the person who thought he could defy Order and Chaos by disguising himself at Mordred


Herald Two

So incensed were the people that they totally forgot the insolence of the weird superhero who had defied them.


Herald One

Indeed.


Herald Two

Order and Chaos might not agree on much, but someone switching places with one of their major pieces like that is just not cool.



Herald One

Not cool at all.


Herald One and Herald Two look at each other and smiling, knowingly.


Herald Two and Herald One

Anyway…


Herald One

Arthur offered his most profuse gratitude to both of them.


Herald Two

Morgana was made Court Magician of all things


Herald One

Grenademan was made a member of the Order of St George, the highest order of knights in the land.  Arthur tried to make him a Baron but Grenademan thought that made him too much like the Red Baron and so wouldn’t have it.


Herald Two

(shakes his head in confusion a moment and continues)

Anywho, he was still given a vast estate where he set up factories and laboratories and a university.


Herald One

It was a very anachronistic age.


Herald Two

And soon, Arthur put the Greater Power defying abomination Johnny Silversmith in charge of a select committee to create democracy.


Herald One

It was by human terms a very golden age.


Herald Two

Months passed.


Herald One

Sir Grenademan, or Sir Frank Noble as  he came to be known in Camelot as Pelinor and Morgana divulged once they found a cure to Frank’s insanity as long as he didnt wear his battle gear, transformed their society


Herald Two

Practically overnight, it was a steampunk utopia


Herald One

That’s an oxymoron


Herald Two

Nevertheless, there it was.


Herald One

Wonder after wonder, discovery after discovery, until one day…


Herald Two

Morgana had finally figured out the spell to send Frank home.


Herald One

And so it came time to say his goodbyes


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