Act 3, Scene 1: The Snow Queen Flips the Lid

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DIALOG

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%MUS% MUS-3101 - Trance Song 1

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%ACT% Link, Lyra, Sorin, Sina are sitting on a table in [3]

%ACT% Guest 1 [7], Guest 2 [6] and Guest 3 [5] dance and talk at the playrail, Barkeeper [5] on 2nd rail

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%ATT% Drink Situation:
%ATT% Link has a giant, green glowing canister in front of him, drinking from it through a green glowing hose.
%ATT% Sina has a big glass of beer in her hand, which she uses to bang on the table whenever she's making a point. https://www.pearl.de/a-NX9130-3013.shtml;jsessionid=g3208EA3A6417025677603F4F0ECF5816
%ATT% Sorin is sipping from a fancy blue cocktail that emits dry ice fog and has a live tentacle coming from it.
%ATT% Lyra has her tablet propped up on the table in front of her, next to a bottle of mineral water.

%ACT% Link is "dancing" in his chair. He's happy.

%ACT% Lyra is staring at her tablet, swiping and prodding. She is focused, and sober.

%ACT% Sina is drunk. And angry.

%ACT% Sorin is celebrating himself - so proud he aced the escape!

Link: "Wohoo! I love you guys, I've never felt so young in years! The way you shook off those guys in traffic - brilliant!"

Sorin: "The moment I ran the red lights, sirens blaring, and then made that sudden left turn right in front of the oncoming truck, and into the one-way street ... it was like Star Wars, but with cars. Car Wars! I wish someone had filmed it!"

Link: "I'm sure you're on at least 1325 traffic cameras! Let me just check if I can hack the server ..."

%ACT% Link pulls up his tablet and starts to work on it

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Lyra (cynical): "Yeah, what a great chase! There's nothing more exciting than expecting to die at any moment! Four out of five stars!"

Sorin: "Why only four?"

Lyra: "Because I survived and have to live with these memories for the rest of my life."

Sorin: "Was it at least worth it?"

Lyra: "I was SO sure Albio's records would lead us to **something** ... but it's all really weird. He was checked in in the evening, with some kind of neurological disorder. All kinds of tests were scheduled for the next day. But he was declared missing the same night. No signs of third party interference. Looks like he got up, walked out, and was never heard of again."

Sina: "Seems like our search is over! Time to get off this shitty planet."

Sorin: "You're already giving up? After all what we've been through? I thought we were just getting warmed up?"

Sina: "Every minute we stay here gives our enemies more time to get us!"

Lyra: "Whoever that might be. What I don't understand ... I thought Albio was forced to leave Davida right after your family coerced you back to Earth. But no matter how I look at it, I can't find any evidence for that."

Sina: "Of course you don't. They know exactly how to play this game."

Link: "What if he simply got cold feet once he realized what he'd gotten himself into?"

%ACT% Sina jumps up from her chair

Sina: "WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY? YOU TAKE THAT BACK, OR I WILL-"

Link: "Smash in my teeth? Well good luck, they're all stainless steel."

Sina: "I'm fed up with this shit. This whole thing was nothing but an elaborate trick! I've been researching Albio's whereabouts for years, and then - BAM! - suddenly some documents appear luring us right here to Earth."

Lyra: "That's a bit far fetched, don't you think?"

Sina: "There are not many people in this universe with access to a bomb of that size. And among those there are only two people who know about Albio. John and Meredith Stillwater."

Link: "That's not something parents do. Not even foster parents. You're paranoid!"

Sina: "I'm not going to listen to your drivel any longer, old man. Sorin, let's go."

Sorin: "And let all this be for nothing?"

Sina: "Oh no. You think I'd be stupid enough to make this hell of a trip for nothing but the unlikely chance to find Albio?"

Sorin: "Then what else did you do it for?"

Sina: "Guess what. I brought Earth a little present."

Sorin: "Sina, are you out of your mind? That's insane!"

Sina: "Did you believe I'd just sit on top of the bomb and wait until the UN comes knocking? We're gonna blow it up right in their face - in low orbit, over Stillwater Dynamics Headquarters. UN Military will recognize what kind of bomb this was. That'll hit the Stillwaters where it hurts most. And give them lots of explaining to do."

Link: "The EMP will wipe out electronics in a radius of hundreds of kilometers!"

Sorin: "You must be kidding me!"

Lyra: "I'm afraid she's not. I just checked. The remaining container isn't pudding. She knew we wouldn't have time for a full inventory before departure, so she swapped the cargo tags while we weren't looking. Sina! You lied to me! You abused me!"

Sina: "Oh really? But didn't YOU dig up this story to get back to Earth in the first place? And here you are! You got exactly what you were promised, plus a new identity and a sizeable amount of starting capital."

Link: "You owe me a fucking space station, you know that?"

Sina: "Blowing it up was your own free decision. I even saved your life."

Link: "Which wouldn't have been in danger if these mercs hadn't been after YOUR bloody ship, goddammit!"

Sorin: "Sina. You're drunk. And you're angry. I'm not letting you bomb the planet in such a condition."

Sina: "Then I'll do it myself. You're fired."

Sorin: "It's my ship now."

%ACT% Sina jumps up and turns to leave

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Sina: "And I'm still the commander. I'll let you know where you can pick it up when I don't need it anymore."

%ACT% Sorin jumps up and grabs Sina

Sorin: "No! Sit back down, you're making a terrible mistake!"

Sina: "LET ME GO, YOU MOTHERFUCKING SON OF A BITCH!"

%ACT% Lyra jumps up, too, and helps Sorin hold Sina down.

Sina: "RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

%ACT% Sina fights back, breaks free, and lashes out at Lyra and Sorin with the glass of beer.

%ACT% Sina hits Sorin

Sorin: "AAAARGH!"

%ACT% Sina hits Lyra

Lyra: "FUCK!"

%ACT% Bouncer 1 and Bouncer 2 run in from [1]

Bouncer 1: "HEY! YOU! THAT'S ENOUGH!"

%ACT% Bouncer 1 and Bouncer 2 grab Sina, carrying her outside to [1]

Sina: *KRAISCH*

Bouncer 1: "YOU CAN COOL OFF OUTSIDE! And I don't want to see your face in here ever again!"

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%ACT% Sina gets dragged along, screaming and kicking

%ACT% Lyra, Sorin and Link stare at each other in disbelief

Sorin: "What the hell just happened?"

Lyra: "I ... I don't know."

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%ACT% Sorin and Lyra sit back down

Link: "Looks like the snow queen flipped the lid."

Sorin: "With a little luck she's so drunk she won't even make it to the spaceport."

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%ACT% Lyra swipes and prods her tablet that's still on the table

Lyra: "She just called the shuttle."

Sorin: "Damn, how are we going to stop her now?"

Link: "Do you think it's really the UN who's after her? Or her parents?"

Lyra: "My best bet is on ERG. They have a motive to blow up Juno. They have the power to pull it off. And they have a good reason to be after Sina. They could have tracked us through Trent's tablet that was still logged into CommNet."

Link: "Also, I've met the Stillwaters ... It's been a couple of years, but they were surprisingly down to earth for being as influential as they are."

Lyra: "Agreed, from what we know, they actually cared a lot about her. Even when she got herself pregnant without a permit. I'm pretty sure they primarily wanted to keep her from doing anything stupid. And if she reacted back then when confronted with her own mistakes like she does today, that would explain a lot ..."

Link: "When was the last time she actually talked to her parents?"

Sorin: "I don't know. A long time ago, I suspect. I don't remember her talking about them at all."

%ACT% Lyra swipes on her tablet

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Lyra: "She's on the shuttle now."

Link: "Can you lock her out of the ship?"

Sorin: "Not from here."

Lyra: "Then let's say goodbye to the world as we know it."

Sorin: "Deploying a bomb by hand from a container inside the cargo hold of a freighter is not exactly a standard procedure. At least I don't think she'll be able to pull it off while being shitfaced like that. So we might still have some time."

Lyra: "Should we call the UN?"

Sorin: "That would literally be the end of the Pioneers."

Link: "If we want to save the world, we'll have to first save Sina from herself."

Sorin: "What do you mean?"

Link: "She's acting like a little girl who thinks there's a monster living under her bed. And that she can get rid of it by throwing a bomb on it."

Sorin: "The monster ... that's her past catching up on her, right?"

Link: "Precisely. And there is only one way to destroy that monster."

Sorin: "That sounds like you have a plan."

Link: "I thought you'd never ask! Let's get dressed. We're going to meet some important people tonight. Do you guys know how to play golf?"

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