**

Pre show set is:

- Maroon, Galleon, E, Harvey, and Captain Whitebeard inside the ship.

- Locken Key inside the Fort.

- Chomp, Retch, Hork, and Squat inside/behind the vardo

- Margaret in the audience

**

(E, Galleon, and Harvey emerge from inside the belly of the ship with bottles and mugs in their hands and stagger to various points on the ship, slumping down into drunken slumber. Galleon ends up on the bowsprit.)

(Locken emerges from the tower gate with a sackful of bottles over his shoulder. He begins placing the bottles on top of crates, barrels, and pilings around the fort in front of obvious traps, including the loop trap on the lasso in Section F.)

Locken:

(Noticing the audience watching)

Well, greetings good citizens. How are you all on this fine spring day? (Acts like someone says something in the audience) What’s that? Well, of course I noticed the large pirate ship sitting here at the end of the dock. We guards here at Castleton Harbor Fort have eyes like eagles. Well, we guard, I should say, since I’m the only guard here at the Fort.

You’re likely wondering why I’m not loading our cannons and trying to blow this leaky crate out of the water. Well, these pirates docked here last night and haven’t done anything but drink since they dropped anchor, so I’m laying a few traps for the rascals here and using my best pirate bait to lure ‘em in. (hefts up a bottle and takes a large swing, belching if possible) Ah, now that’s some fine bait.

Besides, pirates are the least of my worries. There are worse things in these parts than buccaneers you know. Nasty, slimy things. I’m talking about the vicious, scaly dragonmen of the woods and their evil mother, the mighty dragon Yohko. (Oh no!) Hold on a minute here. Some of you must be new this part. When someone says the name of the evil dragon, you all have to say Oh No! Let’s try it together. Yohko! (Oh no!) That’s better. If you children don’t get the joke, don’t worry, someone over 40 will explain it to you.

(Locken lights the fuse on a bomb and stands up holding it in his hands)

Now, I must be away to maintain my constant vigil to keep the fort and the village free of pirates, dragonmen, or whoever may try to invade. Nothing, and I mean nothing, can slip past my ever-watchful eyes.

(Locken stands there for a moment in section E grinning at the audience, oblivious to the lit bomb, until he finally notices and throws it over the wall above Section H, where it explodes)

(Concussion Bomb in Section H) – (1)

(The explosion wakes up E, Harvey, and Galleon with a start, causing them to fall off their perches. Galleon falling into the water.)

      {10’ Fall into Water}

Locken:

(Grins abashedly at the audience)

            Whoops.

(Locken dashes for the gate to the fort and disappears inside before the pirates recover)

**

Locken moves to the upper section of the fort behind Section H.

**

E:

            What in the blue wavezes was that?

Maroon:

(poking his head up from the behind section B and wearing an apron and chef’s hat.)

            Do you three mind? I’m trying to start a soufflé here.

Harvey:

            It wasn’t us, Maroon.

(Galleon emerges from the ladder behind section E and moves towards the ships ladder.)

E:

            Galleon must’ve had beans for dinner again.

Harvey:

            If ye ask me, the little bugger should have his porthole sewed shut and tarred.

Maroon:

(turning towards the bow)

            You hear that, you slimy, bilge-sucking, son of a… Hey, where’d he go?

Galleon:

            I’m down here you hairy windbag.

Maroon:

Oh good, you’re washing up before dinner. See if you can pick me up some scallops while you’re in there.

(Maroon exits into the waist of the ship)

**

Maroon grabs a plate full of stinky food from inside the ship.

**

E:

(to Galleon)

            You’d better hurry up, I heard there are dragons in these latitudes.

Galleon:

            Oh, aye. You’re a funny bosun aren’t you? Tell me another one ya big ugly…

Harvey:

(excitedly pointing to something behind Galleon)

            Look out behind you!!

(Galleon shrieks like a girl and charges headfirst into the side of the ship, knocking himself loopy)

Harvey:

(wiping tears of laughter from his eyes)

            Oh, aye. You’re a tough guy, ain’t ya?

Galleon:

(pulling out his flintlock)

            Get back here you scurvy dogs.

(Galleon pursues Harvey and E around the deck of the ship silently)

      [Dragonmen Entrance Music]

      (Smoke from the gypsy vardo behind the audience.)

(Retch, Chomp, Squat, and Hork make their entrance through the smoke.)

Chomp:

(Waving her hand in front of her face to clear the smell)

            Wow, Squat. You really need to do something about that body odor.

Retch:

Yeah, how are we ever going to sneak up on these humans at the fort if you keep stinking the place up.

Hork:

            Yeah, stinking the place up. Huh huh.

Squat:

            I can’t help it guys. I must be oozing charm today.

Chomp:

            That’s not charm you’re oozing, stinky.

Hork:

(Loudly)

            Yeah, stinky!

Retch:

            Hork, be quiet.

Hork:

            Sorry.

(The dragonmen have positioned themselves beside Margaret in the audience)

Retch:

            Well, there’s the fort. It looks easy enough to attack.

Hork:

            Yeah, attack!

Squat:

            Well, what are we waiting for? Mom said to get in there and kill some humans.

Hork:

            Our mom, Yohko?

(Oh No!)

(The force of the audience’s voices causes Hork to stumble backwards into Margaret, who rises in indignation)

Margaret:

Hey, hey, hey. Do you mind? I didn’t pay good money to come in here and get sat on by you.

Hork:

            We’re sorry.

Retch:

            No, we’re not. (slaps Hork in the back of the head)

Hork:

            No, we’re not.

Margaret:

You know? You’re lucky I don’t sue you all.

Retch:

            You want to threaten us, lady?

Chomp:

            Then we’re gonna threaten you.

Squat:

            But we’re gonna follow through with it!

Hork:

            Kill! Yeah, yeah.

      [Begin Fight Music 1]

(The dragonmen advance threateningly on Margaret, forcing her to back up the ramp onto the dock.)

Margaret:

            Whoa, now. Hold on just a second.

(A fight ensues between Margaret and the dragonmen where Margaret clubs them all with her handbag until one of them takes it away from her. Margaret climbs the ladder towards Section G.)

Squat:

            What does she have in that thing?

(Chomp reaches in the bag to pull out a large rock from Margaret’s handbag)

Retch:

            C’mon, let’s get her.

(Retch and Squat climb the ladder to pursue Margaret)

Chomp:

            Hold on, Hork. I’ve got an idea.

(Chomp takes Hork to wait below the slide pole)

(Margaret waits until Squat and Retch get close before sticking her tongue out at them and sliding down the slide pole to escape. Squat and Retch slide down the pole landing behind Margaret.)

(Chomp confronts her when she lands with Hork standing behind her)

Chomp:

            Now, we’ve got ya, human.

(Margaret tries to deliver a kick to Chomp, who dodges to the side, causing the kick to strike Hork in the crotch)

(Margaret tries to run away from them towards the ladder, but Retch and Squat grab her from behind and drag her off behind the boxes outside Section F. Chomp and the gingerly walking Hork follow.)

      [End Fight Music 1]

**

Margaret changes from human to dragonwoman outfit.

**

(Galleon has Harvey and E cornered on the bow of the ship with the plank run out.)

Galleon:

            All right Harvey, ya bugger. Try to scare me, will ya? Time to walk the plank.

(Harvey steps onto the plank and moves towards the edge with Galleon’s chuckles echoing in the background. Harvey pretends to notice something in the water below.)

Harvey:

            You do know that there’s a chest of gold buried down there, right?

Galleon:

            Do I look like a stupid landlubber to you? I’m not going to fall for that.

Harvey:

            No problem. That just means more booty for me.

E:

            And me. I’m into the booty, ya know.

Galleon:

            Oh no ya don’t. That loot is mine. (to Harvey) Get back here. (To E) Hold this.

(Galleon hands his flintlock to E and scrambles out onto the plank before realizing he has been had)

Galleon:

            Aw no.

(Galleon looks back at Harvey and E, who gesture for him to take a dive)

(Galleon simply shrugs and steps off into the water.)

      {10’ Fall into Water}

E:

(to Galleon)

            You know, you’re lucky the captain doesn’t pee off the bow of the ship any more.

Harvey:

            Well, not as much, anyway.

Galleon:

(Coming up the ladder on the back of the dock)

            So that’s what smells like whiskey. (smells his shirt). Ugh. Now I do have to take a bath.

Harvey:

            Now hold on a minute. (takes a big sniff of the air) It’s not Galleon that smells like whiskey.

Galleon:

            It’s not?

(Galleon takes a big sniff of his shirt until he gets loopy and falls over backwards into the water again)

E:

            Well what is it? (takes a big sniff of the air)

(E & Harvey take turns making loud sniffing noises)

(Maroon emerges from the ship with a plate of some unknown substance and approaches E.)

Maroon:

            Do you guys think this looks ready?

(Maroon holds the plate under E’s nose right as he takes a deep sniff. E reacts by making a violent jerk, yelling, and falling over backwards into the hold of the ship.)

      {5’ Low Fall}

**

E grabs a burlap sack from inside the ship.

**

Maroon:

            Yeah, that’s good isn’t it? (takes a sniff of the plate) Tuna & limburger.

(Maroon exits into the waist of the ship)

(Harvey takes one more sniff and then focuses on the bottles lying around Section F.)

Harvey:

            Aha! There’s where it’s coming from. (points to the bottles). Booze overboard, boys!

(Harvey moves to come down the slide pole to the dock)

(A lot of loud crashing noise comes from the ship as E pops his head up from the waist)

E:

            Booze? Make a hole ya buggers! Bosun comin’ through!

(Harvey makes his way down the dock and barrels by Galleon as he finishes his climb back up the ladder)

Galleon:

Well, if this town didn’t have a nasty water supply before, it does now. I shouldn’t have eaten that Thai food last night. (notices Harvey running by) What’s going on, Harvey?

Harvey:

            Beer run!

Galleon:

            Beer! Where?

(Galleon moves to follow Harvey towards Section F when E comes stomping up from behind)

E:

            Oh no ya don’t.

(E takes his burlap sack and stuffs it over Galleon’s head and delivers a Galleon a kick to the groin before moving on towards the bottles in Section F.)

E:

            He could never hold his liquor anyway.

(Harvey finds a whiskey bottle near the fort and plops down on a crate to start drinking.)

(E makes it to Harvey and grabs the breakaway bottle from a barrel and also grabs one from Harvey’s hand and takes a drink. Harvey looks outraged and grabs his bottle back from E. E grabs the bottle back and as he takes a drink, Harvey does a foot stomp, causing E to make a spit take in Harvey’s face before he wails in pain.)

(As Harvey takes a swig of the bottle, E smashes the breakaway bottle over his head.)

      {Bottle Smash}

(Harvey freezes in the act of drinking and topples to the side as E reclaims the bottle from his hand)

(Locken emerges from behind the wall in Section H and cautiously observes the pirates)

(Galleon finally extricates himself from the sack and makes it to where E is drinking and Harvey is recovering)

Galleon:

            There still any left for me?

E:

            Not over here. These are mine, stolen fair and square.

Galleon:

            Fine, these look better over here anyway.

(Galleon moves over to the back part of Section F where he grabs a bottle and hooks himself into the snare line, disguising the move by rummaging through a box looking for rum)

E:

            Now this is the pirate’s life. Nothing to do but drink lots o’ rum and plunder lots o’ towns.

Harvey:

            Aye, yer right there, E. A grand life it is!

(The pirates again bellow out laughter and “Arr”s, slowly dwindling down until they’re not making any noise any more and they just look around.)

E:

            Is kind of boring though, isn’t it?

(Harvey and Galleon immediately mumble their agreement)

(Locken leans out over the edge and spies the pirates, the looks out to the crowd, placing his finger over his lips.)

Locken:

            Shhhhh….

Galleon:

            Did you guys hear something?

(Locken reaches for a rope hanging from the wall in Section G.)

E:

            What did it sound like?

Galleon:

            It sounded like someone went “Shhhh…eeeyaaaaaaaa!”

(Galleon is yanked up by the snare line in Section K)

      {Snare Line}

E:

            No… I didn’t hear anything like that.

Harvey:

            It was more of a generic shushing sound, right?

E:

            Right.

Galleon:

            Hey idiots! One of you want to give me a hand here?

Harvey:

            Fer the love o’ pete, Galleon. What did you do?

Galleon:

            I didn’t do nothin’. I was just standing here.

(Locken moves to the slide pole in Section H)

E:

Yer always havin’ ta touch somethin’ aren’t ya? First it’s the ships wheel, then it’s the gunpowder, then it’s the cabin boy…  

(Maroon emerges from the waist of the ship with a plate of snacks)

Maroon:

            Who wants to be the first to cut the cheese?

E:

(moving to stand with his butt to Galleon’s face)

            Ooh! Me! I’ll cut the cheese!

Galleon:

            No he won’t!

Maroon:

            What are you brass monkeys doing over there?

E, Galleon, & Harvey:

(Pointing at one another)

            He did it!

Maroon:

            Um, did either of you two calamari notice the guard standing above your heads?

(E and Harvey both look up at Locken, who smiles and waves to them)

E:

            Oh sure, we knew he was there the whole time.

Locken:

            Oh, you knew no such thing.

(The Relief Guard emerges over the wall in Section H and moves to stand on the platform)

Maroon:

(moving to the bow swivel gun)

            Don’t worry, I’ll take care of the bugger.

Locken:

Ha! You can’t kill me. My relief guard just showed up, and now we’ll decimate the lot of you.

Maroon:

            Really?

 (Maroon fires the swivel gun at the fort, causing an explosion in Section H that sends the relief guard flying into the water)

(Swivel Gun Blast in Section D.)

(Sonic/Smoke blast in Section H.) – (2)

      {Trampoline Bounce}

Locken:

            Oh well. So much for reinforcements.

Maroon:

Harvey, you’re the surgeon, get Galleon down from there so we can eat. I made your favorite, Crabcolodas!

(Maroon goes back into the waist)

Harvey:

            All right, let a doctor take care of this. (reaches out towards E) Scalpel.

(E places a dagger in Harvey’s hands.)

(Harvey reaches for the rope holding Galleon up when Locken slides down the pole, landing in section K and drawing his sword)

Locken:

All right, you bandits, surrender now and I won’t be forced to slay you all with my fabulous sword fighting skills.

(Locken flourishes his weapon. E and Harvey look at each other and all of the pirates, including Galleon, pull a pistol and point it at Locken.)

Locken:

            Oh, think you’re pretty smart, eh? Well, let’s see you hit a moving target!

(Locken starts dodging back and forth in an attempt to confuse the pirates.)

E:

            Should I?

Harvey:

            You’d better, this is depressing to watch.

(E fires his pistol, hitting the barrel of black powder behind Locken. The resulting explosion sends Locken flat on the ground in front of the pirates.)

(Pistol Fire in Section K.)

(Sonic/Smoke blast in Section F.) – (3)

(Harvey picks up Locken’s sword from the dock as Locken drags himself to his feet)

Locken:

            Well, that could have worked out better.

E:

Don’t move, ya barnacle. You and your fort are now in the hands of the most ruthless pirate crew to ever sail the 5 seas.

Harvey:

            Seven.

E:

            What?

Harvey:

            There are seven seas.

E:

            No there’s not. There’s 5.

Harvey:

            Listen, ya talking marlin, I was educated at Oxford!

(Harvey and E break into a bickering argument, ignoring Locken standing before them.)

(Locken makes a move to disarm Harvey and reclaims his sword, backing away towards the center of the dock)

Locken:

            Ha! Now who’s in who’s hands, eh?

(E takes his pistol and aims it towards Locken, calculatingly pulling back the hammer)

Locken:

            What do you think you’re doing? You’ve already fired your shot.

E:

(looking dejected)

            Aww…

(Galleon cocks his pistol and points it at Locken)

Galleon:

            Ha! Looks like you’re done for, mate.

(Locken reaches out and spins Galleon around on his rope.)

      [Begin Fight Music 2]

(E helps Galleon to the ground as Harvey engages Locken)

(Galleon ends up entangled in a pile of rope that came from the snare)

(A sword fight erupts between Locken, E, and Harvey in Sections E & F. It ends with Locken facing E and Harvey with his back to the ship in front of a gunport)

Locken:

            You had enough yet, you filthy pirates?

E:

            Don’t you worry, ya bugger. You’ll get what’s coming to ya.

Locken:

            Oh really? Which one of you is gonna give it to me then?

(Maroon reaches out through the gunport and smashes Locken’s head with a skillet, sending him collapsing into arms of E while Harvey collects his sword again.)

      [End Fight Music 2]

Maroon:

(Poking his head through the portal)

No fighting in the kitchen. (to Harvey & E) You two hurry up and capture that fort so we can eat.

(Maroon hands a pirate flag to Harvey through the gunport and disappears back inside)

Harvey:

            All right, I’ll take care of putting our roger up. You get this lubber stowed away in the brig.

(Harvey heads up the ladder towards Section G to raise the pirate flag and E moves towards the ship’s ladder)

**

Harvey hands off E’s flintlock backstage to get it reloaded.

**

E:

Easy for you to say, you don’t have to lug him up the ladder. (Stops and looks around) You know, I can’t help but think that we’re forgetting something.

(Galleon gives an ostentatious cough from where he is entangled in the rope)

E:

            Oh well, I’m sure it’ll come to me. Now let’s figure out a way to get you up there, ya lubber.

Galleon:

            I knew I should have signed up with Blackbeard’s crew. Well, at least it can’t get any worse.

(E has a rope tossed over the rail which he begins to loop under Locken’s arms.)

      [Dragonmen Entrance Music]

      (Smoke from the boxes beside the fall pad.)

(Chomp, Retch, Hork, Squat, and the newly-transformed Ripp enter from around the crate façade towards the crowd.)

Squat:

            Way to go Retch. Your magic turned this human into a dragon.

Chomp:

            Big improvement, if you ask me. Anyone seen any food around here?

Retch:

            What can I say? I’m a maestro. How do you feel, Ripp?

Ripp:

            I may be bad, but I feel good.

Hork:

            Yeah, good!

Squat:

            Wait ‘til we get a chance to introduce you to Mom.

Hork:

            Our mom Yohko!

All Dragonwomen:

            Hork, be quiet.

(Galleon takes notice of the dragonmen)

Galleon:

            Hey!

Squat:

(gesturing to the audience)

            We might wanna try keeping them quiet, too.

Chomp:

            We could eat ‘em.

Retch:

            Aw… the human saw us. That’s a bad break.

Squat:

(pulling out the talisman of bad luck)

            Sorry, it must be my magic talisman of bad luck.

Chomp:

            Why would you want to keep around a talisman of bad luck?

Squat:

            ‘Cause it’s cuddly.

Chomp:

            I’ll bet it tastes good with ketchup, too.

(Chomp/Squat struggle for the talisman, but Chomp ends up with it as the dragonmen surround Galleon)

Galleon:

            E? E!!! The dragonmen are coming! Need a little help here!

Squat:

(peering at Galleon)

            What do you think it is?

Retch:

            I think it’s a human.

Chomp:

            Well, it’s nice of ‘em to leave us with some food. I’m starving.

Hork:

            Heh, heh. Food!

(The dragonmen slowly close in on Galleon, their hands out to grab him)

Galleon:

            You really don’t want to eat me. I’m all skinny and tough and… E!!!

(E hears Galleon and turns to confront the dragonmen. His motion wakes up Locken.)

E:

            What the flying fish?!? You mean there really are dragonmen?

Locken:

            I’ve been trying to tell you.

E:

            Hang on, little buddy. I’m coming to help.

Galleon:

            Oh boy, now I’m saved.

Retch:

(to Squat and Chomp)

            You two get him out of there while we kill this pirate.

(Squat and Hork lower Galleon from the noose and take him through the door to the fort)

**

Galleon changes into his dragonman trappings.

Squat moves to the zip line cradle in the back of the tower and raises the dragonman flag.

**

      [Begin Fight Music 3]

(Retch, Ripp, and Chomp engage E in a brief sword fight. When they get close to Locken, he tries to enter the fight)

Locken:

            Ha! Die Dragonmen!

(Locken lunges forward, but ends up getting yanked backwards by the tied rope)

(E appears to be holding up well against the dragonmen initially and forces a stand-off on the dock)

Ripp:

            He’s too big. How are we going to beat him?

Chomp:

            With this!

(Chomp reaches takes out the talisman of bad luck)

Retch:

            The Talisman of Bad Luck

Chomp:

(to E)

            Heh, heh. You’re in for it now, buddy.

(Chomp tosses the talisman to E, who catches it)

E:

            This is bad luck? How can it be bad luck? It’s so cute and cuddly…

(E rubs it on his face, only to elicit a sneeze that causes him to drop his sword, trip over it and ends up getting hit on the head by Chomp from her chicken-chucks. E slumps to the dock by the ladder.)

      [End Fight Music 3]

Ripp:

            What did you hit him with?

Chomp:

            Bad luck chucks.

(Maroon emerges from the waist of the ship in time to see E get taken down)

Maroon:

            Harvey! Get off yer backside! The dragonmen have taken Galleon.

Harvey:

Dragonmen! Ha! Now, yer talkin’ fairy-tales, Maroon. Everyone knows there is no such thing as dragonm…

(Squat pops up from behind the low wall in Section H, making faces at Harvey)

(Harvey screams and runs to the slide pole and slides to the dock. He then runs towards Section E.)

Harvey:

            You’re right, Maroon! There’s a dragon-thingie up there on the…

(Harvey sees the dragonmen in Section E, then turns and runs into the ladder trying to escape and ends up slumped down in a comical position on top of E.)

Locken:

            You’ll never take me out so easily, you villains. Now come over here so I can stab you.

 (Chomp, Ripp, and Retch move to the edge of Locken’s reach and taunt him as he tries to reach them. This continues for a few moments until Maroon attracts their attention from the waist of the ship)

Maroon:

            Yoo-hoo.

(The dragonmen look up and see Maroon brandishing his cutlass and then chop the rope tethering Locken to the ship)

Maroon:

            Sic ‘em, ya mackerel.

        [Begin Fight Music 4]

Locken:

            Kill the Lizards!

(Locken engages Ripp, Chomp, and Retch in a fight in Section E.)

Maroon:

            I love my job.

(Maroon watches the fight between Locken and the dragonmen which continues until Locken looks to have won, only to get kicked into the deep end by a kick from Chomp on the sliding rope after having Ripp toss him the talisman of bad luck)

      [End Fight Music 4]

(Maroon comes down to the dock)

Ripp:

            So, you think we should turn him into a dragonman?

Chomp:

            That guy? He’d never cut it as a dragonman.

Locken:

(from the water)

            You’ll never take me alive!

Retch:

            If that’s the way you want it.

(Retch hefts her spear as if to spear Locken with it, but is interrupted by the sound of Maroon cocking his pistol)

Maroon:

Uh-uh. No killing the lil’ bugger. He has the keys to the fort and I’m gonna be needin’ those.

Locken:

(from the water)

            He’s right, I do.

Maroon & Retch:

(to Locken)

            Shut up.

(Chomp and Ripp both stick their tongues out at Locken, making a raspberry sound)

Retch:

            What do you want, then?

Maroon:

            Let’s make a deal. He throws me the keys and then you can kill him.

Locken

(from the water)

            Hey, that’s not fair!

Maroon & Retch:

(to Locken)

            Shut up.

(Chomp and Ripp both stick their tongues out at Locken, making a raspberry sound)

Retch:

Hmmm… deal! We don’t need the keys anyway, we’ve already taken the fort, see? (points to the green dragonman flag)

Retch:

            Shake on it?

Maroon:

            Sure.

(Maroon and Retch reach to shake hands. Retch ends up getting Maroon’s gun and he misses her spear.)

Retch:

            Ha! (tosses the flintlock to Chomp) Hold this would you?

Chomp:

            Cool! Dinner!

(Chomp tries to take a bite out of the gun, but Ripp takes it away)

Ripp:

            It’s not food, it’s a spyglass!

(Ripp and Chomp try to take turns looking through the barrel of the pistol)

(Maroon reaches for another pistol, but Retch stops him by pointing her spear at his chest. Maroon smiles weakly at her)

Maroon:

(pointing at a spot behind Retch)

            Look, defenseless babies!

All Dragonwomen:

(turning to look)

            Where?

(Maroon takes a step back and draws his cutlass and boarding dagger, facing off against the dragonwomen, who realizes their mistake and turn to fight)

        [Begin Fight Music 5]

(A fight erupts between Maroon, Retch, Ripp, and Chomp that ends up with Maroon getting pinned in the corner of Section E next to the ship)

Chomp:

            So, where are ya gonna run to now, human?

Ripp:

            Looks like you’re all out of dock space.

(Maroon smiles at the dragonwomen and thumps on the side of the ship where a gun port opens and a 12” cannon emerges, pointing at the dragonwomen)

(The dragonwomen turns their heads in unison and look at the cannon, then look at each other, then turn and run for the opening in the boxes by the fall pad in Section F and exit)

**

Retch, Ripp, and Galleon put on their hand loads.

Chomp and Squat grab their fire-breathing kits.

**

(Maroon moves to towards the center of Section E. Locken comes up the ladder to Section E)

Maroon:

            Oh, there ye are. Why don’t you be a good little bugger and give me those keys.

Locken:

            Oh no ya don’t. You don’t think I’m about to give the keys up to a pirate, do ya?

Maroon:

(Pointing his cutlass at Locken)

            I could just run ye through.

(Locken ponders for a second)

Locken:

(Pointing to a spot behind Maroon)

            Look, defensless cabin boys!

(Maroon half turns before realizing his mistake)

(Locken moves to collect his dropped sword in Section F)

(Maroon charges Locken and the two exchange a brief flurry of swords)

Maroon:

            Harvey! E! Pump yer scuppers dry and get over here to help me.

(Another exchange happens between Maroon & Locken and the pirates do not move.)

Maroon:

(half-turning to E & Harvey and delivering a kick)

            Hey you two! I said get up!

(Locken reaches out and takes away one of Maroon’s live guns as the E & Harvey rise to their feet)

Locken:

            Ha! All right, you three. You’re all captured!

(Maroon, E, and Harvey all turn and face Locken)

Maroon:

            Avast there, ya lubber. No need to get your sails bent.

(Maroon takes a step towards Locken)

Locken:

            Stop right there. I’ve got your gun and I know how to use it.

E:

            No he doesn’t. He doesn’t even have it cocked.

(Upon hearing E’s words, Locken cocks the gun and points it at the pirates, who turn to glare at E, who shrugs)

Harvey:

            Aw, he doesn’t have the guts to use that thing.

Locken:

            Listen you. I’m gonna shoot you, then skin you, then eat you, then spit you up, then…

Harvey:

(lunging forward)

            Boo!

(Locken lets out a scream and fires the gun straight in the air)

(Pistol Fire in Section K.)

(The pirates rise from where they ducked out of the way when the shot was fired and look at Locken, who stares at the pistol in amazement a moment before breaking down sobbing)

Locken:

            I’m the worst guard in the world.

(The pirates move to console Locken in the middle of the dock)

Harvey:

            No. You’re not the worst guard in the world.

E:

            You’re not good, though.

Maroon:

(Thumping E on the shoulder)

            C’mon, let’s go aboard and we’ll discuss a possible career change. Can you fit in a barrel?

(The pirates lead Locken towards the ship and Maroon and Harvey make it to the top of the ship)

**

Harvey returns E’s loaded gun.

Maroon hands his flintlock off to get reloaded.

**

        [Dragonmen Entrance Music]

      (Smoke from behind the wall in Section H and inside the fort in Section F.)

(As the music goes off, Locken stops and looks disgusted)

Locken:

            Uh oh. I know what that sound means.

(The dragonmen enter, with Retch entering form the fort and Hork from the top of the wall on the first stanzas, then Ripp from the Fort on the 3^rd, then Galleon in his dragonman outfit enters on the last verse from the top of the wall)

E:

            Oh, no problem. At least they brought Galleon back.

Retch:

            That’s what you think. Let me introduce you to the newest dragonman, Barf!

Locken:

            That has to be the worst magical transformation I’ve ever seen.

Retch: