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DUKE
So how do we get in?
LANA
We need a couple of keys to unlock the door but since a key could technically be anything, I’m not quite sure what we’re looking for.
WILT
So does that mean that we’re back to square one? (Gets thumb pinned under Duke’s.) Damn it!
(Duke and Wilt stop playing. Oblex turns away from the door to speak.)
OBLEX
Not necessarily. I recognize this shape here in the door. It looks exactly like the Medal of Truth.
DUKE
(Skeptical) Medal of Truth?
OBLEX
I admit the name sounds better in Greek. Anyway it’s a marathon that’s always held right before the festival that only working class citizens are allowed to participate in. It started as a layman’s alternative to the Olympic Games in ancient times. It was thought that since the working class were more humble and honest, this contest was by extension more noble. Each year the medal is passed on to a new champion so that no one could be corrupted by fame or glory.
WILT
Ok, so we have to earn this medal. How are we going to do that when none of us have trained for the race and Duke still has that leg wound?
EXT. – DOWNTOWN LÁGNOS – MORNING
(Scene opens with an establishing shot showing downtown Lágnos where Jasmine can be seen walking in the distance. Cut to a tracking shot of Jasmine as she walks down the street. As she passes an alleyway a hand reaches out and grabs her shoulder. Jasmine gets startled then grabs the man’s arm and flips him over her shoulder. Esau falls into the light. Jasmine steps back and takes a fighting stance. Cut to a medium shot of Jasmine and Esau.)
ESAU
Wow. You really are your mother’s daughter aren’t you? (Stands up and brushes the dust off of his clothes.) The names Esau, collector and dealer of anything that’s difficult to come by.
(Esau extends his hand to shake Jasmines. Jasmine takes another step back. Esau shrugs and withdraws his hand.)
JASMINE
The same Esau that the Mistress interrogated after we arrived? I didn’t think that you would still be alive.
ESAU
Surprised me too. Though she does a pretty good job of hiding it, the Mistress can still be sentimental sometimes. That’s actually why I need to talk to you.
JASMINE
What do you mean?
ESAU
Haven’t you been wondering why the leader of a supposed charity organization has been resorting to such violent tactics as of late?
JASMINE
Mistress says that the ends justify the means.
