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The Hueco Mundo Opera
Act 1 Scenes 4-6, cut due to length
Scene 4
Ichigo paces up and down the stage deep in thought. He stops and turns towards the audience.
ICHIGO:
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
Enter Orihime and Grimmjow
ORIHIME:
And may I say, Gurimijo-sama,
Thank you for saving me from
That spoon head and the one-eyed chap!
And then later on, although your methods
Had been questionable a bit…
From those women whose jealousy
Blinded their judgment.
GRIMMJOW (Grimmjow speaks in prose for he is vile and brash):
Yeah, yeah! Heal this is idiot now, so I can kill him
ORIHIME:
Gurimijo-sama!
I’ve been betrayed again!
So this is it!
The reason of your affections
Had been morbid love for the boy!
I will die before I heal him!
We’ll both perish like two exploding stars
Our gifts, his demonic nature, my divine nature
Will never succumb to His will
In two deaths we will ruin His plans!
Scene 5
Enter Halibel and her maids of honor, Apache, Mila Rose and Sun Sun.
From the opposite side of the stage creeps the shadow of a huge cloaked figure.
Mila Rose and Apache retreat in horror.
MILA ROSE, APACHE:
‘Tis Satan!
NELL:
No, my ladieth. Pleathe do not retreat!
As the figure approaches it becomes apparent that it is of modest size
HALIBEL:
Who are you? Reveal yourself!
NELL:
I fear to do tho, for yearth have pathed that I have lived in thameful ecthile.
I do not know how I may be retheived
HALIBEL:
Reveal yourself to me and
If with friendly sights you are returning,
You shall be well-received
NELL:
Pleathe, do not inthitht. I come to you, hoping for your aid.
I touch your feet my lady and kith the hem of your hakama.
My fingerth reach your knee and I lift, touching where your chin thould be.
It ith not femmethlath I betheetth, but cover.
Cover me, will you, noble lady?
I am friend, you know me, grant me your favor, noble lady, and I, a knight for you.
HALIBEL:
I am afraid my character has not been explored adequately,
For me to answer your request.
SUN SUN:
My lady, women in difficult times and courts must support each other.
All the while, the rest of the cast stays silent in the background, functioning as decoration.
GRIMMJOW:
The fuck is going on? I was on to delve into a f*cking tirade and here I am interrupted.
ULQUIORRA (he came using sonido, that’s why the poet didn’t present him in time).
*cough, cough*
Gurimijo…
GRIMMJOW:
HA! Urukiora!
See I can speak in verse too!
And I rhyme better than you!
ULQUIORRA:
Rhyme is the sign of cheap wit and trashy art.
GRIMMJOW:
No it’s not!
ULQUIORRA:
Gurimijo…you do not rhyme.
And you don’t speak in verse too.
Hand over the girl
GRIMMJOW:
…No I shan’t!
Scene 6
Alas, the stage is once more overpopulated as Nnoitra and Tesla make a long overdue reappearance! Nnoitra focuses on the miniscule figure of child Nel
NNOITRA:
Demons of hell!
What does my eye see?
You, abomination!
Female atrocity and animorphic freak!
Tesla shudders in horror…and writhes too…because he is uke.
TESLA:
Lord, do not fret!
APACHE:
How dare you, Nnoitra, speak with that tongue?
While our noble lady Halibel, Chairman at the Women’s, Children’s and Animals’ rights associations of Hueco Mundo, is present.
Curses, you vile, obscene man!
HALIBEL:
This multiple meetings have only given birth to conflicts.
Let us step inside and solve this in a peaceful way.
You heard right. No blood will be spilt, here on the door of our graceful palace.
Inside, I say! This corpse here, too.
Inside, keep your wrath at bay, lest I reveal my rank.
GRIMMJOW:
All these have come naturally and unavoidably.
I obey too the rules of dramaturgy.
Inside! I keep my wrath and release this girl.
I show patience against this enemy who is currently…dead,
In an effort to appear noble and a worthy would-be king.
NNOITRA:
So do I, for it would be wrong and shameful, to my likes, appear headstrong!
Tesla, come along!
TESLA: (aside)
What whimsical master, have I?
A few moments earlier he couldn’t wait
Watch me touch that human woman’s behind!
…And not with my hands…
Halibel picks up little Nell and exits followed by her escorts. Nnoitra and Grimmjow exit while fighting who will go first, followed by Tesla.
A few conveniently placed arrancar errand boys and girls pick up Ichigo and carry him offstage. Ulquiorra lifts Orihime in his arms.
ORIHIME:
No, Ulquiorra-sama, see, I am fine in my health!
No more fainting spells or easy tears down my cheeks. See.
ULQUIORRA:
Silence.
The Doctor said, in your condition
You shouldn’t strain.
And I will wash the dishes and do the laundry.
No talk, you say yes.
I will also scrub the floors and make the beds.
No talk, you say yes.
If you say anything else, then
…I will stitch wonderful flowers on your dress.
Hush! It is an order not a negotiation.
And those last two exited happily ever after.
continue to Act 2
Act 1 Scenes 4-6, cut due to length
Scene 4
Ichigo paces up and down the stage deep in thought. He stops and turns towards the audience.
ICHIGO:
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
Enter Orihime and Grimmjow
ORIHIME:
And may I say, Gurimijo-sama,
Thank you for saving me from
That spoon head and the one-eyed chap!
And then later on, although your methods
Had been questionable a bit…
From those women whose jealousy
Blinded their judgment.
GRIMMJOW (Grimmjow speaks in prose for he is vile and brash):
Yeah, yeah! Heal this is idiot now, so I can kill him
ORIHIME:
Gurimijo-sama!
I’ve been betrayed again!
So this is it!
The reason of your affections
Had been morbid love for the boy!
I will die before I heal him!
We’ll both perish like two exploding stars
Our gifts, his demonic nature, my divine nature
Will never succumb to His will
In two deaths we will ruin His plans!
Scene 5
Enter Halibel and her maids of honor, Apache, Mila Rose and Sun Sun.
From the opposite side of the stage creeps the shadow of a huge cloaked figure.
Mila Rose and Apache retreat in horror.
MILA ROSE, APACHE:
‘Tis Satan!
NELL:
No, my ladieth. Pleathe do not retreat!
As the figure approaches it becomes apparent that it is of modest size
HALIBEL:
Who are you? Reveal yourself!
NELL:
I fear to do tho, for yearth have pathed that I have lived in thameful ecthile.
I do not know how I may be retheived
HALIBEL:
Reveal yourself to me and
If with friendly sights you are returning,
You shall be well-received
NELL:
Pleathe, do not inthitht. I come to you, hoping for your aid.
I touch your feet my lady and kith the hem of your hakama.
My fingerth reach your knee and I lift, touching where your chin thould be.
It ith not femmethlath I betheetth, but cover.
Cover me, will you, noble lady?
I am friend, you know me, grant me your favor, noble lady, and I, a knight for you.
HALIBEL:
I am afraid my character has not been explored adequately,
For me to answer your request.
SUN SUN:
My lady, women in difficult times and courts must support each other.
All the while, the rest of the cast stays silent in the background, functioning as decoration.
GRIMMJOW:
The fuck is going on? I was on to delve into a f*cking tirade and here I am interrupted.
ULQUIORRA (he came using sonido, that’s why the poet didn’t present him in time).
*cough, cough*
Gurimijo…
GRIMMJOW:
HA! Urukiora!
See I can speak in verse too!
And I rhyme better than you!
ULQUIORRA:
Rhyme is the sign of cheap wit and trashy art.
GRIMMJOW:
No it’s not!
ULQUIORRA:
Gurimijo…you do not rhyme.
And you don’t speak in verse too.
Hand over the girl
GRIMMJOW:
…No I shan’t!
Scene 6
Alas, the stage is once more overpopulated as Nnoitra and Tesla make a long overdue reappearance! Nnoitra focuses on the miniscule figure of child Nel
NNOITRA:
Demons of hell!
What does my eye see?
You, abomination!
Female atrocity and animorphic freak!
Tesla shudders in horror…and writhes too…because he is uke.
TESLA:
Lord, do not fret!
APACHE:
How dare you, Nnoitra, speak with that tongue?
While our noble lady Halibel, Chairman at the Women’s, Children’s and Animals’ rights associations of Hueco Mundo, is present.
Curses, you vile, obscene man!
HALIBEL:
This multiple meetings have only given birth to conflicts.
Let us step inside and solve this in a peaceful way.
You heard right. No blood will be spilt, here on the door of our graceful palace.
Inside, I say! This corpse here, too.
Inside, keep your wrath at bay, lest I reveal my rank.
GRIMMJOW:
All these have come naturally and unavoidably.
I obey too the rules of dramaturgy.
Inside! I keep my wrath and release this girl.
I show patience against this enemy who is currently…dead,
In an effort to appear noble and a worthy would-be king.
NNOITRA:
So do I, for it would be wrong and shameful, to my likes, appear headstrong!
Tesla, come along!
TESLA: (aside)
What whimsical master, have I?
A few moments earlier he couldn’t wait
Watch me touch that human woman’s behind!
…And not with my hands…
Halibel picks up little Nell and exits followed by her escorts. Nnoitra and Grimmjow exit while fighting who will go first, followed by Tesla.
A few conveniently placed arrancar errand boys and girls pick up Ichigo and carry him offstage. Ulquiorra lifts Orihime in his arms.
ORIHIME:
No, Ulquiorra-sama, see, I am fine in my health!
No more fainting spells or easy tears down my cheeks. See.
ULQUIORRA:
Silence.
The Doctor said, in your condition
You shouldn’t strain.
And I will wash the dishes and do the laundry.
No talk, you say yes.
I will also scrub the floors and make the beds.
No talk, you say yes.
If you say anything else, then
…I will stitch wonderful flowers on your dress.
Hush! It is an order not a negotiation.
And those last two exited happily ever after.
continue to Act 2