The 47 Ronin v1.3 (c#1A72A6.fdr - Whoa is (Not)

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TEARS begin to run down her cheeks. And just as she cries
out and makes the move to slash her own throat --
Mika’s eyes fall on something she recognizes among the sea of
presents. A gift wrapped in a swatch of silk BEARING HER
FAMILY CREST.
Mika gasps and drops the knife as she races to pick up the
package. Unwraps it the reveal a block of ivory delicately
carved into the shape of a single beautiful SAKURA BLOSSOM.
Mika begins to cry, but now in joy.
Minoru is here. He is coming for her.
As hope grows in her eyes, filling her with renewed strength,
and Mika laughs for the first time in a year --
SFX: CRUMP-CRUMP-CRUMP! SOUNDS OF SNOW-MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS
ROCK THE CASTLE!
Startled, Mika races to the balcony, where a SLITHERING NOISE
begins to fill the air, GROWING LOUDER with every passing
second. Like a titanic snake sliding down the mountain.
INT. KIRA’S CHAMBERS - SAME TIME
Kira is asleep in his opulent bed...when a sound so deep and
powerful begins to VIBRATE the wall stones in their mortar.
Softly at first, but then violently enough to wake him in a
panic.
Kira races a window...where he sees a LINE OF TORCHES along a
path to the top of the mountain begin to WINK OUT as
something swallows them, one by one, descending toward the
castle.
LORD KIRA
What in hell --?
EXT. KIRA’S MOUNTAIN CASTLE - PARAPET WALK - CONTINUOUS
Kira’s GUARDS stand frozen atop the outer defensive wall,
staring out at the terrible darkness racing down the
mountain, heading straight for them. The noise is DEAFENING.
And as they watch in horror, the cause of the disturbance
blasts into the pool of light around the castle --
A MILLION CUBIC FEET OF ICE roars down the mountain, right at
Kira’s castle! The avalanche speeds downward in a solid
mass, like a vengeful tectonic plate sliding downhill,
OBLITERATING everything in its path.
A YOUNG GUARD is paralyzed by the sight.