Jayden Fowora-Knight: Phillip

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Phillip

Philip: [sees Clara looking at the bridge to the Fourth Realm] Halt!
[points his sword at her]
Philip: Who goes there?
Clara: [startled] It's just me!
Philip: [misunderstands] State your purpose, Just Me.
Clara: No, my name's Clara. And I must cross this bridge.
Philip: Impossible. Nobody crosses the bridge to the Fourth Realm without a direct order from the regents.
Clara: [confused] Fourth Realm? Where am I?
Philip: [puts away his sword] You're in the Christmas Tree Forest. But THAT is the Fourth Realm, which is currently at war with the other three realms.
Clara: [alarmed] WAR?
Philip: That is correct, Miss Clara Just Me.
Clara: [frustrated] No, my name isn't 'Clara Just Me'. It's Stahlbaum. Clara Stahlbaum.
Philip: [surprised] Stahlbaum? Are you a relation to Marie Stahlbaum?
Clara: [nods] She's my mother.
Philip: [kneels] Forgive me, Your Majesty! I didn't recognize you, Princess Clara.
Clara: [surprised and amused] Princess?
Philip: [gets back up] Captain Philip Hoffman. At your service, Your Majesty.

Shiver: [shows Clara Marie's old throne room] This is your mother's throne, Your Grace.
Sugar Plum: Have you come to save us, Clara?
Clara: No.
[the regents look disappointed]
Clara: I'm sorry. I didn't even know this place existed before today. You see, I was looking for a Christmas present from my godfather.
Hawthorne: [delighted] Oh, I love Christmas!
[to Sugar Plum and Shiver; lost]
Hawthorne: What's Christmas?
Clara: Then I ran into this homeless mouse.
Shiver: [concerned] Mouse?
Clara: And that's when I met the captain.
Philip: [enters the throne room] We barely escaped Mother Ginger. And the Mouse King.
Sugar Plum: [gasps] You met Mother Ginger? Oh my dear Clara, you're lucky to be alive!
Hawthorne: You must promise never to go back to the Land of Amusements, Clara.
Sugar Plum: [frustrated] Hawthorne!
Shiver: [also frustrated] Its title has been restricted.
Hawthorne: Oh, of course. I meant the Fourth Realm.
[to Sugar Plum and Shiver]
Hawthorne: Apologies. I'm just so upset.
[to Clara]
Hawthorne: Forget I ever mentioned the Land of Amusements.
[Sugar Plum and Shiver silence him]

Shiver: [to Clara, as she's attempting to escape the tower] My dear, that doesn't look very secure.
Hawthorne: [worried] You can't!
[to Shiver]
Hawthorne: It's not gonna work.
Clara: It's just the laws of physics.
Philip: Do those laws ALWAYS work?
Clara: Always.
[under her breath]
Clara: As far as I know.