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MASADO BANZAI (CONT'D)
have an even more devastating
effect on the world...
CUT TO:
INT. SABAH, MALAYA - XAN'S FORTRESS - THRONE ROOM - DAY
A dark, cavernous room. Part dungeon, part high-tech crime
center. We see the silhouette of a figure sitting on a
throne: HANOI XAN.
Standing at attention before him are rows of his personal
guard - the BRAVOS. Dressed all in black, these men each
brandish a curved scimitar. We notice that all of their right
ears have been mutilated.
TWO BRAVOS lead a NEW RECRUIT to the foot of Xan's throne. He
is dressed in red for his initiation ceremony.
Looking down at the Recruit, Xan stirs. He speaks in a
wicked, gravely voice - like fingernails on a chalkboard.
HANOI XAN
(reciting)
All my days have I done evil.
RECRUIT
For all of my days shall I do so.
HANOI XAN
Proclaim your allegiance!
RECRUIT
By the Oath of the Flying Fish, I
swear to walk in the Hidden Ways,
and to serve no other but my Master
Hanoi Xan, Herald of Peace!
HANOI XAN
Put him on the Tree of Fealty. If
he screams, he dies.
ANGLE - TREE OF FEALTY
The grim-faced Recruit is to led to a gnarled, leafless TREE
to the right of Xan's throne. The tree is covered with small
leathery looking things we can't quite make out, until—
The Recruit allows the two Bravos to place his RIGHT EAR
against the trunk of the tree. He then remains motionless as
one of the Bravos NAILS IT THERE.
The Recruit struggles to remain silent despite the pain. One
of the Bravos hands the Recruit an ornate ceremonial knife.
ON HANOI XAN, watching from his Throne with mild interest.
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