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The Lost Child

The Lost Child

An emotional monologue within a conversation between a young lady and an older man - Using character and prop concepts, and a script

Mya Barnwell

November 08, 2024
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  1. Scene 11 Duration 02:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog You're

    so tender with her. The Lost Child Page 30/101
  2. Scene 11 Duration 02:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog It

    seems caring for a child comes as naturally to you as swordplay The Lost Child Page 31/101
  3. Scene 12 Duration 04:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog She

    is unusually well behaved. And, I have some experience with children. The Lost Child Page 32/101
  4. Scene 12 Duration 04:00 Panel 4 Duration 01:00 Dialog I

    was an orphan. I spent my youth in the streets of Kyoto. I took it upon myself to feed and protect the younger ones. The Lost Child Page 35/101
  5. Scene 14 Duration 06:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog You

    were an orphan? But..how..? The Lost Child Page 39/101
  6. Scene 14 Duration 06:00 Panel 6 Duration 01:00 Dialog How

    did I become a samurai and master swordsman in one of the most powerful houses in the Shogunate? The Lost Child Page 43/101
  7. Scene 15 Duration 03:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog Like

    all boys, we‘d often play swordsman in the streets. We’d fashion swords from bamboo and tree branches The Lost Child Page 45/101
  8. Scene 15 Duration 03:00 Panel 3 Duration 01:00 Dialog I

    was 5 years old when I discovered that I could see between the moments The Lost Child Page 46/101
  9. Scene 16 Duration 03:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog I

    could predict my opponent's movements and thus move and strike before they could even react The Lost Child Page 47/101
  10. Scene 16 Duration 03:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog I

    could predict my opponent's movements and thus move and strike before they could even react The Lost Child Page 48/101
  11. Scene 16 Duration 03:00 Panel 3 Duration 01:00 Dialog I

    could predict my opponent's movements and thus move and strike before they could even react The Lost Child Page 49/101
  12. Scene 17 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog When

    I was 7, I discovered I could earn money by challenging the older boys to duels The Lost Child Page 50/101
  13. Scene 18 Duration 08:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog When

    I was 15, I was going to Sake houses and market places and The Lost Child Page 51/101
  14. Scene 18 Duration 08:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog When

    I was 15, I was going to Sake houses and market places and challenging adults, The Lost Child Page 52/101
  15. Scene 18 Duration 08:00 Panel 3 Duration 01:00 Dialog When

    I was 15, I was going to Sake houses and market places and challenging adults, winning yen, The Lost Child Page 53/101
  16. Scene 18 Duration 08:00 Panel 4 Duration 01:00 Dialog When

    I was 15, I was going to Sake houses and market places and challenging adults, winning yen, food, The Lost Child Page 54/101
  17. Scene 18 Duration 08:00 Panel 5 Duration 01:00 Dialog When

    I was 15, I was going to Sake houses and market places and challenging adults, winning yen, food, whatever i could to keep the neighborhood kids fed. The Lost Child Page 55/101
  18. Scene 18 Duration 08:00 Panel 6 Duration 01:00 Dialog Unfortunately,

    I earned a reputation. The Lost Child Page 56/101
  19. Scene 18 Duration 08:00 Panel 8 Duration 01:00 Dialog One

    day, a very rich, very arrogant young samurai in training challenged me, offering a bag of gold The Lost Child Page 58/101
  20. Scene 19 Duration 02:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog When

    I beat him, he became enraged, dropped his stick, pulled his sword, and attacked. The Lost Child Page 59/101
  21. Scene 19 Duration 02:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog When

    I beat him, he became enraged, dropped his stick, pulled his sword, and attacked. The Lost Child Page 60/101
  22. Scene 23 Duration 03:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog I

    easily disarmed him, The Lost Child Page 68/101
  23. Scene 23 Duration 03:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog I

    easily disarmed him, broke his nose The Lost Child Page 69/101
  24. Scene 23 Duration 03:00 Panel 3 Duration 01:00 Dialog I

    easily disarmed him, broke his nose and shattered his collar bone. The Lost Child Page 70/101
  25. Scene 24 Duration 02:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog His

    father, a high-ranking noble demanded that I be put to death. The Lost Child Page 71/101
  26. Scene 24 Duration 02:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog His

    father, a high-ranking noble demanded that I be put to death. The Lost Child Page 72/101
  27. Scene 25 Duration 02:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog However,

    The young man's sensei, Grandmaster Shogo Miyagi offered an alternative.I was to become his apprentice. The Lost Child Page 73/101
  28. Scene 25 Duration 02:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog I

    cooked his meals, laundered his clothes, cleaned his dojo and learned the way of the sword. The Lost Child Page 75/101
  29. Scene 26 Duration 02:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog When

    I was 18, he presented me with these swords, and told me there was nothing more he could teach me. The Lost Child Page 77/101
  30. Scene 26 Duration 02:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog For

    the next 45 years, they were my only friends. The Lost Child Page 78/101
  31. Scene 27 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog I

    dedicated my life to instructing soldiers in the way of the sword. The Lost Child Page 79/101
  32. Scene 28 Duration 02:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog Then

    came the Meiji restoration. The Lost Child Page 80/101
  33. Scene 28 Duration 02:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog I

    saw the country change around me. Much of it for the better. The Lost Child Page 81/101
  34. Scene 29 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog But

    in this world, swords are banned. I was an orphan once again. I concealed my swords and wandered, a masterless Ronin. The Lost Child Page 82/101
  35. Scene 30 Duration 01:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog It’s

    a terrible thing, to have no purpose. The Lost Child Page 83/101
  36. Scene 31 Duration 03:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog Then,

    one day I stumbled into that restaurant. I’ve been there ever since. The Lost Child Page 84/101
  37. Scene 31 Duration 03:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog That

    is my place in this new world. Serving Katsudon, Donkatsu and Udon. The Lost Child Page 85/101
  38. Scene 32 Duration 05:00 Panel 1 Duration 01:00 Dialog This

    is why I tell you to abandon this way of life. The Lost Child Page 87/101
  39. Scene 32 Duration 05:00 Panel 2 Duration 01:00 Dialog It

    will do nothing but bring you pain, and then leave you with heartache... The Lost Child Page 88/101