Ode To Scope, Dialogue 9/7/97

'Ode To' ... Scope, the nine fingered
"Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart---the dark apology for every error.
The strong and virtuous admit no destiny.
On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches.
And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other."

~~Edward Bulwer-Lytton~~

On Board the Ghost Ship this ill-fated eve...

Private Chat: #6: Scope the nine fingered
Don't you get tired of me annoying you all the time Moon?

Private Chat: #6: Scope the nine fingered
You know there's one way to get rid of me once and for all, but you have to do it in public.

Private Chat: #3: MoonLite ~
Scope? Yesterday eve I 'bowed' a greeting to you. You slapped me. ((And Rhys, the Druid, stood up for me, even tho I know him hardly at all.)) Today I ignore you, and you won't stop pm'ing me... What, Scope? I'm listening, I remember your last offer, which I turned down ((and I offered, once, for the good of the Ship, for you to kill MoonLite on deck, Scope. We've tried to end this...))

Private Chat: #6: Scope the nine fingered
*pulling out a simple looking dagger but is a of a high quality steel, its edges as sharp as a razer blade* you must take the blade and run me through with it... a mortal blow must you deliver to me.

PUBLIC:

#6: Scope the nine fingered
*grinning very evilly at MoonLite, a flash of red can be seen deep in his dark eyes*

#6: Scope the nine fingered
*producing the blade and handing it towards her* TAKE ME MOON! TAKE MY LIFE AND IT WILL ALL END! YOU AND ONLY YOU!! KILL MY MORTAL BODY AND I WILL BE GONE, NEVER TO COME BACK!

#3: MoonLite ~
*backs away* No, no Scope. I have only drawn a dagger on this ship twice, and only in defense of the Ship. I will not take another's life. I will not. *whispering* I can not, not even if it is what you want... Friend... NO!

#6: Scope the nine fingered
*shoving the blade into her hands* Do it! End it now! And then you will have peace!

#6: Scope the nine fingered
*backhanding her across the face* IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT MOON! THE CONSTANT HARASSMENT, THE TORTURE, THE UNENDING BATTLE!!!! YOU CAN END IT NOW!

#6: Scope the nine fingered
Many of your supporters would call you a fool foront... Moon do it and end the misery!

#3: MoonLite ~
*a tear falls at the stinging slap* We were friends, once, Scope. Maybe even only for a few weeks... but, no... I can not... I'd rather have you on my ass for the rest of my mortal days...

#3: MoonLite ~
KaT? It's okay, thanks for your concern. Scope, I have no battle, and I have no 'supporters', I have only friends. I will not. And yes, *EG* I'm sure many would love the opportunity to do away with you Scope...not I. Nay! *backing away*

#6: Scope the nine fingered
Friendship, bah *seething the words out* ...if we were ever friends then you would kill the monster that is me out of pity....

#3: MoonLite ~
And, Scope? I have other ways of curing demons ... it's called unconditional love... it's what I practice above all.

#6: Scope the nine fingered
Then you will not take me?

#3: MoonLite ~
*bows my head* Even in this I am a traitor, Scope. No. I can not.

#6: Scope the nine fingered
*hangs his head low and heaves a heavy sigh, then looks back down into her eyes, a single tear falls down his face*

#1: Shayanna Danielle Griffinsbane
Scope. Play games with MoonLite's head you do. Why?

#6: Scope the nine fingered
It will end Moon... and my blood will be upon you *placing the dagger in her hands he grabs a firm hold and makes her plunge the dagger deep into his chest, piercing his heart*

#3: MoonLite ~
*SCREAMING* Oh Scope... what have you done? *looking at the blood on her hands and the dagger in his chest...* SCOPE!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!!

#6: Scope the nine fingered
*a smile comes across his face as the blood pours forth from his chest, he begins to fall in weakness*

#1: Shayanna Danielle Griffinsbane
*Pulls the Dagger out of Scopes chest and Casts Cure Critical Wounds*

#3: MoonLite ~
*raises teary eyes to Shay...* I doubt he wants to live, if he has not the will to live, no spells can cure him...

#6: Scope the nine fingered
*breathing shallower he looks up at Moon as he falls to the deck upon his back*

#3: MoonLite ~
*falling to her knees and cradling Scopes head in her lap. Watching the life's blood pour out of him...* Asking why, Scope? Whyyyyyy?

#1: Shayanna Danielle Griffinsbane
If tis death that you seek it shall be by my hands, not Moon's!

#3: MoonLite ~
*whispering, begging* Yes, Shay... please... help him only to die faster without pain...

#3: MoonLite ~
That'sthe least I can do for him... if only that... *feeling Scope's body weaken and quiet and pale...* SCOPE!!! Nooo... *crying out loud over him*

#6: Scope the nine fingered
let it be remembered this day *wheezing slightly* Moon, let it be remembered that I, Scope the nine fingered have given his life for the good fight...

#3: MoonLite ~
Aye, Scope, you always have done that... and your name will always live on the Ship, you know that... and, alas, you will always have my respect and a place in my heart... you know that... scope, oh dammit... don't do this... Scope, Noooooooo!

#6: Scope the nine fingered
a curse be on your house..... M-moon.... a curse.... be... on your..... house..... *and he breathes his last*

#1: Shayanna Danielle Griffinsbane
*Leaps into the air* *Comes down and cleaves his head in two*

#3: MoonLite ~
*SCREAMS AS SCOPE DIES...* Supreme Captain, it's your fault!!!!! This I will never forget!!!!!

#1: Shayanna Danielle Griffinsbane
Are you ok Moon?

#4: cabanagirl-KaT
*hugs Moon*

#3: MoonLite ~
*huddled over Scope, crying* Yes Shay, it's what he wanted...

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

-- SCOPE THE NINE FINGERED --

~ SON OF ZEUS, BROTHER OF THOR, STUDENT OF MARS ~

BROTHER TO DOOMSDAY AND LADY OF SHALLOT

~ And ~

LOYAL PROTECTOR OF HIS FRIENDS OF
THE GHOST SHIP

SEPTEMBER 9, 1997

#3: MoonLite ~
*looking at Shay and KaT* He never knew. Scope never knew... If I had but loved less? I would have killed him, gladly...

#1: Shayanna Danielle Griffinsbane
'Tis the Captains fault? If there is anything I can do Moon. I shall help thee. *Hugs*

#3: MoonLite
Oh Nicky... it's Scope... my betrayer... my enemy... he is... dead ... *sobbing uncontrollably* Shay?? The Captain did not have to brand me a traitor... there was only talk, *gritted teeth* talk, of a mutiny... only the ravings of a broken heart...

#3: MoonLite ~
*small smile* Shay, you have already helped ease my mind that he died, quickly, as he wanted...and no, I've told you before, Shay, do not harm any...

#3: MoonLite ~
Supreme Captain... if he had but understood that all Moon wanted to do was to love... ahhhh...'tis a long, stupid story... and not important... *Kisses her fingertips and places the kiss on Scope's lips ... Covers Scope with his own cape*

#3: MoonLite ~
Shay? Help me put Scope's body in my cabin. I will then tell the Supreme Captain tomorrow that Scope needs a hero's burial at sea, with his friends and family around.....

#1: Shayanna Danielle Griffinsbane
*Helps Moon move the body...*

#3: MoonLite ~
*crying softly* Alas, I am neither friend nor family of Scopes, so I will leave the ceremony up to the Captain and the Officers... ((I'm sure Lady Angelique can help me... she's recently been an assistant to Scope...))

#3: MoonLite ~
*lays Scope on my bed, covering him softly with white satin sheets, lighting candles*

#3: MoonLite ~
*whispers* Thank you, Shay, I see why you have earned your Knight of the Argent Rose title... if you'll leave us alone now... I need to just sit here quietly for a moment...

#3: MoonLite~
*truly, truly wondering why Scope did this... blood on my hands???? Nooooo.* I'll never know...

#4: cabanagirl-KaT
*hugs moon* I think you need a drink... batman get her something...

#3: MoonLite ~
*deep sigh* Nicky, I'm sorry, you and batman, and even KaT had to witness this. Some of us, truly, are ship people and Ship business has to be attended to...

#3: MoonLite ~
*grateful eyes turned toward KaT* Yes, a drink, and to toast Scope...

#4: cabanagirl-KaT
It's ok Moon, friends don't jump overboard.

#3: MoonLite~
And I know not why, but Scope 'released me' .... and Shay? The Captain really said that about Moon? Wishing I was dead??? *sadly shakes head* All this death and dying is useless... unnecessary... and such a waste.

#2: batman
Will a triple Jack Daniels on the rocks do?

#1: Shayanna Danielle Griffinsbane
Yes, Moon. The Captain said that.

#3: MoonLite ~
*gritting my teeth and clenching fists, fingernails cutting into the palms and bleeding* Then Scopes' blood is truly on the Captain's hands... as Scope was more loyal to the Captain and his family than to anyone else... and he would have not continued to protect the Ship from the perceived 'harm' the 'traitor' MoonLite represented... all these weeks now... and I have done nothing to no one...

#1: Shayanna Danielle Griffinsbane
Well. I must go. Bye everyone! *S* Take care Moon. *Hugs*

#3: MoonLite ~
*gratefully grabs glass* *holding it up* Cheers, Scope. I hope you're happier in death than amongst the living. Often, tho? Living is much, much harder... *thinking* now, now I am more doomed than the dead. Scope, at least, is reprieved... And no one knew, just today, too, I lost my Captain Will Brook's love to another...

#3: MoonLite ~
Hmmmmmm, KaT? A toast to Scope:

I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.
--Confucius

"Those that do not learn from the past are bound to repeat it".

#3: MoonLite ~
*drinks the drink in one gulp, slams the glass down on the bar, and slowly walks to her cabin, hanging her head ... Ahhhh, Scope's Curse? *grinning a chilly, ironic smile* *thinking to Scope* you knew not... But ... It's too late, Scope... I'm already damned to Hell... Two loves, two different kinds of loves... in one day... both... gone...

*crying to Scope's memory* ... Why didn't you kill ME when you had the chance???

A SOLDIER'S LAMENT

with thanks to Steve MacDonald
~ Sons of Somerled ~

Tell me whom you love,"
Houssaye wrote,
"...And I will tell you who you are."

So forget ye not
The parted ones.
For the souls they live on
In the blood of the sons.

Some are born through sorrow,
Some are born throught pain,
Some are born...through laughter and joy.
We were born to live again...
And we will live, again!

A lonely soul by the river
The Celtic Moon his only friend.
The journey's end...but not far away
The journey begins again.
And we will begin, again.

Life be like the joy and sorrow
Peace, enjoyment, love and sorrow.
One fond kiss, and then we sever...
One farewell...Alas, Forever!

Goodbye, Scope...

Live on, Loyal One...
Live on, Warrior Son...

A small PS to this story.

The Supreme Captain, in all his infinite 'power' *threw a bucket of blood at MoonLite and called her a murderer*. She turned to him, pointed at him, and told him that Scope's blood, was in fact, on HIS hands and not hers. Supreme Captain then *set hounds on MoonLite while he took a body out of her cabin and gave it to Angel*. Blithe and DarkAngel, of the Icari Warriors had, in fact, helped to move Scope's body and hide it, as they so stated. MoonLite continued to deny that it was Scope's body...only wanting to turn the body over to Lady Angelique in a quiet and personal way... befitting a warrior.

It was proven, later that night that Cabanagirl-KaT and MoonLite did, in fact, try to give Scope's hidden body to Lady Angelique. Lady Angelique maintained, loyally, that the Supreme Captain had already given her the body. Then MoonLite agreed and said if Angel, in fact, truly had Scope's body then she would not mind if we laid 'this' deceased on the gangplank and give him a burial at sea.
Apparently, it WAS Scope's body as two of his relatives, his brother Hawkins and his Uncle, came at the last moment to claim it. If there was any question, it was proven at that moment. The story ends with the funeral services. *sigh* Which MoonLite was not invited to attend...

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