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

101.
Gods...
YOUNG GUARD
A shout Guard #1 jolts him back to motion.
PARAPET GUARD #1
THE ALARM, YOU FOOL! THE ALARM!
The Young Guard runs through the chaos of the walk to reach a
MASSIVE BELL in the tower. But just as he grabs the rope to
swing the log clapper --
PARAPET GUARD #1 (CONT’D)
FIND COVER!! FIND CO--
WHAAAAAAAMMMM! The entire castle SHUDDERS as the avalanche
COLLIDES into the wall and --
WHOOOOOOOOOOSH!! The snow sweeps across the parapet walk
like the Wrath of God, sending everyone screaming into the
abyss.
IN THE ALARM TOWER ALONG THE REAR WALL
The Young Guard swings the clapper -- GONNGGGG! -- but the
sound is swallowed as the avalanche reaches the tower and --
CRACKKK! -- tears the entire structure away from the wall
like the hand of frost giant child dissatisfied with his toy
castle.
The Young Guard screams as the tower shears from its
foundation and we TRACK WITH HIM as it tumbles all the way
down the cliff.
INT. CASTLE COURTYARD - CONTINUOUS
Kira’s elite samurai race from their barracks by the
hundreds, each wearing the Lovecraftian armor of House
Yoshinaka. Their bodies covered in lacquered black scales
and their kabuto helms wrought into the shape of the DEMON
OCTOPUS that is his sigil, eight bladed STEEL TENTACLES
dangling down their backs.
They reach the breech in the wall, but can see nothing
through the thick clouds of swirling ice crystals.
Then SHAPES appear in the dense fog.
OCTOPUS SAMURAI #1 is the first to recognize the danger.
RONIN!
OCTOPUS SAMURAI #1
Oishi steps through the mist.