Masquerade of the Guilty

(Final script; Dialogue, Action & Music)

*Spotlight on the traveller> Harmonia of Polysnynodie< Plays*

Aether/ Traveller: My charge is unrelated to your duties as an Archon. Instead, I would like to charge you
as a fraud, who’s never been the Archon in the first place.

-points to Furina with an accusing finger, spotlight on Furina-

Neuvillette: Charge accepted. Lady Furina, do you plead guilty?

-spotlight on Neuvillette, traveller and Neuvillete turns to Furina.-

Furina 1: … I plead guilty. How can I be guilty? There is no way that that I, Focalors, could be anything
other than your true Archon.

-tone shifts from hesitation to confidence and feign disbelief.

Neuvillette: Then let the trial commence… According to the judgement of the oratrice mecanique
d’analyse cardinale, Furina is… No, “The hydro Archon is guilty and is to be punished via the death
sentence.”

-Neuvillette picks up letter and opens, pounds staff, spotlight turns off-

*Neuvillette and Furina 1 exits stage. Aether stands frozen, Furina 2 and Focalor comes in
>Quand la Lumiere respendira< starts playing*

Voice/ Focalor & Furina: Just as prophecies are usually only the future seen from the perspective of the
gods, could things be happening in hidden corners where the god’s gaze does not fall? Ultimately, fate
shall serve as your only guide no matter what will happen in the Tevyat’s future. All you need to do is to
play your part.

-Focalor and Furina dances, upon ‘ultimately’ Focalor twirls Furina around and leads her to a choir and
places hands on her shoulders of ‘All’-

Aether/ Traveller: Furina! No! I still need answers!

-Aether reaches out and tries to catch up to Focalor leading Furina 2 out of the stage then Aether exits-

Focalor: Furina… Furina…?

-Focalor enters once more as she calls Furina-

Furina 2: M-Mirror me…?

-walks towards Focalor-

Focalor: Eheh. My ideal numan. Listen well. Fontaine has just lost its hydro Archon. I need you to “play” a
role- that of the new Archon.

-takes Furina’s hands and looks her in the eyes-

Foclaor: That’s right. You must begin a never-ending masquerade. You must never let anyone suspect
your identity. But should your identity be revealed, then all hope will be lost.

-Hands and foreheads pressed. At ‘But’ leads her off the stage, Furina 1 enters-

Furina 1: I, Focalors, the god of justice and the member of the ‘seven’ hereby declare that-

-Furina 2 enters and places her hand on her shoulder at “justice”, then Aether enters takes Furina 1’s
hand-

Furina 2: 500 long years of suffering and loneliness…

Aether/Traveller: Furina… you don’t have to shoulder this burden alone… your people are more than
willing to share your burden with you…

Furina 2: Share my burden…

-Furina 2 walks a few steps when she heard what Aether said, she reaches out and tries to tell Furina 1 to
do so, but Furina 1 steps up-

Furina 1: No, I have nothing to say. I am Furina, the Archon of Fontaine.

Aether/Traveller: …Fine.

-Disappointed, Traveller let’s go of hand-

*spotlight off, characters out the stage, Focalor and Neuvillette enter the stage, >Le souvenir
avec le crepuscule< starts playing*

Neuvillette: So even Furina doesn’t know the truth? You’ve never once let her in the full plan?

-Disbelief, eyes following Focalor as she walks around-

Focalor: Yes, it had to be done. To deceive the heavenly principles, you must first deceive yourself.

Neuvillette: I believe that I understand how your deception works but that is the only half the truth is it
not?

Focalor: Eheh. Good, good. I’m sure you’ve long sensed that the oratrice is no simple machine, yes? In
truth it is no enactor of justice. It is in fact a device created to kill the god of justice.

Neuvillette: I… beg your pardon…?

-Neuvillette appears sad and then sobs-

Focalor: The vast majority has been--had to be—accumulated to enact this death sentence.

-Focalor makes way towards Neuvillette who’s sobbing-

Focalor: Oh… getting sad again are we? “Hydro dragon, Hydro dragon, don’t cry…”…ludex Neuvillette,
the highest judge in our land, what verdict shall you pass upon us?

-Focalor makes her way towards Neuvillette and wipes his tears then turns-
Neuvillette: You are a devious one, Focalors. Things being as they are surely you know that I could never
again declare them to be “guilty”.

Focalor: Ah, the hour of my execution is almost here. Farewell, Neuvillette, I hope you enjoyed the part
you played these last 500 years…

-Focalor dances during Neuvillette’s turn, Furina 1 & 2 dances at Focalor’s farewell-

Neuvillette: I, Iudex Neuvillette hereby declare… people of Fontaine, your sins are forgiven.

-Before his speech Furina 1 and 2 exits, Neuvillette goes to center stage and tells his part-