On Fri, 29 Mar 1996, Andy Skuse wrote:

Midnight. Prince Panda Launcelot and Queen Furryous sit quietly in the royal
garden under the moonlight, discussing their future . . .

(A pair of eyes watches them from above...)

Queen Furryous: I cannot abandon my King for you my Knight. The stability
of Spamalot depends on *our* stability. It appears that you and I are
eternally destined to be together for only a few hours each night.

Prince Panda: My Queen! There is more to this than you know! Your king is
not who he seems.

Queen Furryous: <gasp!>

Rumiko(dressed in black and watching): i shall listen to discover how 
	much this knave truly knows...

Prince Panda: (Clasps the queen's hands gently) Your king has told you that
The Emperor is evil . . .

Queen Furryous: Yes! A man who uses terrible methods of torture to hold
power over the lands to the east! He threatens our borders as we speak!

Prince Panda: The king fills your head with lies! The Emperor is far from
evil. He has single-handedly delivered our country from the hands of opressive
tyrants who wished to change the country's structure. If not for the
Emperor, we would still be reading posts from the FFML in digest form!

Queen Furryous: <GASP!> Digest??!! How horrid!

Rumiko: that's only part of the truth... but it matters not.  you are too 
	dangerous to be left alive...(She signals to the other side of the 
	garden)

Prince Panda: So you see? The Emperor has freed us, so that we may live our
lives in freedom, as it should be.

Queen Furryous: (Looking thoughtful) But why should Spamalot fall? You said
the king is not who he seems?

Prince Panda: Yes. You see, the man who brought the opression and terror to
our lands was . . .

[Just then, footsteps are heard in the distance]

[Prince Panda kneels before Queen Furryous and kisses her hand tenderly]

Prince Panda: I am sorry my Queen. My time is up this night. I shall return
on the morrow to reveal the rest of what I have learned. Until then my love,
I must flee!

Queen Furryous: Good-bye my knight! Until then!

(As soon as the Prince is out of sight, Rumiko jumps from her concealment 
and wraps her arm about the queen.  The Queen nails her in the stomach 
with her elbow.)

Queen Furryous: How dare you attack your queen?!  AH! (Rumiko footsweeps 
her and covers her mouth with a cloth) MMMPH!!!!  mmmph... 

Rumiko(catching the unconscious Queen): that hurt, you little...

Sir Virgo: Watch thy tongue!  That is our queen you speak of!

Rumiko: But for how much longer?  She knows too much!  I say we be done 
	with her!

Sir Virgo: What of the king?

Rumiko(Shrug): Who cares?  He can get another queen...

(Sir Zodiak and Sir Allegra stay in hiding, hoping that the prince will 
	have overheard and rush in like a fool...)

	Rob "Playing paddleball in the throne room..." Orick

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Jody(looking over her red armor): Do I get to be the pompous knight of 
	the Emperor of BOFH?
Robma(looking over the cast list): Ummm... (finding her name) Yup!
Director: ACTORS TO THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT SCENE!!