By Paul Buckmaster 

 

 

-"COUNT DOWN! IT'S BEEN MANY MOONS SINCE WE'VE LAST SEEN EACH OTHER!"

-"ARE YOU WELL?"

-"OF COURSE, AM I NOT ALWAYS WELL?"

-"GREAT, JUST GREAT!"

-"THE PLANET WILL WATCH OVER ME. NOW TELL ME OF YOURSELF,

WAS YOUR JOURNEY PLEASANT?"

-"IT HAD ITS MOMENTS."

-"AND YOUR MUSICAL STUDIES, DO THEY PROGRESS?"

-"I SUPPOSE SO, OVER THE YEARS I'VE BEEN INTO JUST ABOUT EVERY

CONSIDERABLE TYPE OF MUSIC THERE IS, YOU KNOW."

-"MM, SPLENDID."

 

-"BLINK? SMALL? WHAT DO YOU DO?"

-"I BUILT MY WHOLE LIFE TO SEE YOU CROWNED, KING. TOMORROW

NIGHT MY LIFE'S WORK WILL BE REWARDED,"

 

-"LOOK AT THE THRONE! A PEOPLE WITHOUT A KING FOR A HUNDRED YEARS AND

I'M TO BE THE HEIR OF THE THRONE. DIDN'T I TELL YOU?"

-"I KNOW YOU'LL BE A GREAT RULER."

-"NOW, COUNT DOWN, THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME LEFT IF YOU'RE TO FIND

ANY SUSTENANCE BEFORE THE PARTY, YOU REALLY MUST GO OUT NOW."

-"MINE IS AMBER."

-"COUNT DOWN."

-"MY NAME IS AMBER."

-"COUNT DOWN."

-"AMBER."

-"COUNT DOWN."

-"AMBER."

-"AMBER, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ME?"

-"WON'T YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT? OR SOME WINE?"

-"NO, THANK YOU."

-"LET'S SEE, WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT YOU? QUITE A LOT.

VAN HELSING'S TALKED ABOUT YOU A GREAT DEAL."

-"OH, THAT YOU'RE AN AUTHORITY IN THE OCCULT, THAT YOU'RE HERE TO OPEN

A MUSEUM AND THAT YOU'RE GIVING A PERFORMANCE AT THE PREVIEW THIS

EVENING."

-"IS THAT ALL?"

-"NO IT'S NOT ALL."

-"WHAT ELSE?"

-"A FEW THINGS I'VE LEARNT MYSELF IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS."

-"REALLY?"

-"THAT YOU'RE CHARMING, ATTRACTIVE, THE PERFECT HEIR-"

-"IS THAT ALL?"