Ani-Mania Inc. Publishing presents:
"Savage Heart"
a dark songfic. (I think that's a first...)
using the song:
'Torn Apart'
by: Stabbing Westward and Wink
from "Spawn: The Album"
-- -- = Music Cues important in the timing of the Scenes
[ ] = Stage directions and action
" " = Lyrics
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--8 synthesizer beats, drums kicking in at the end of the 8th--
[As the song begins, we see a hazy, smoking background. A blurred figure
dressed in yellow, with a red umbrella on his back, and holding something in
his hands begins to slowly emerge from the fog. He never really gets into
focus, because he's so far back from the camera, but he is clearly walking
toward it.]
--8 synthesizer beats with the drums--
[There's a series of 4 flashcuts, on the even beats after the drums kick in,
each one bringing the walking figure closer, but the figure is always shown
wavy, like a mirage.]
--mixed synthesizer, drum, and guitar--
[The camera circles the figure(Ryouga) counterclockwise, never really giving a
clear picture. After making three full rotations, it starts zooming in, but
angles up into the air, spinning, and angles down, zooming in on his back.
The image, clear now, shows that the back of his shirt is badly ripped and
somewhat burnt, as though he'd been in a major fight. The camera shows a
setting sun over his left shoulder as he begins to sing in a tortured voice.
As he sings, flashbacks scenes appear over his right shoulder]
"I know I should have told you."
[Flashbacks: Ryouga falling into 'Hitueniichuan' and becoming P-Chan; several
flashbacks, which fade into each other, of Akane and P-chan together, often in
Akane's bedroom]
"I was so afraid you'd leave."
[Ryouga's imagination shows Akane, in full blue aura, drop-kicking P-Chan
somewhere into lunar orbit]
"And now there's nothing left to say..."
[Flashbacks: Scenes of Akane and P-chan together]
"Well nothing that you'd believe."
[Imagination: Scenes of Akane hammering Ryouga or P-chan]
"I never meant to hurt you"
[Flashback: Ryouga, holding an invitation to THAT wedding, and almost crying]
"with the things I couldn't say."
[Flashbacks: Ryouga trying to talk to Akane, and several choice nosebleed
moments, and a shot, in slow motion, of when his bandanna attack cuts Akane's
hair]
"I'd promised you tomorrow"
"while denying you today."
[Camera moves so that it's situated to Ryouga's right, and he is silhouetted
against the sun, the scene tinted red]
"These lies have torn my world apart."
"These lies have torn my world apart."
"These lies have torn my world apart."
[The flashbacks begin again, only this time showing up in the bottom left hand
corner: Ryouga getting the scroll containing the Shishi Houkodan in the cave]
"A darkness grows inside me"
"In fading shades of gray."
[Flashback: Ryouga first trying the Houkodan, the scene fading to black and
white as a green sphere bursts from Ryouga's outstretched hands, smashing
cave-in out of the way]
"All the colors of the world"
"Are slowly sucked away."
[Flashbacks: Several scenes of Ryouga using the Houkodan on Ranma in rapid
succession]
"I'm sinking ever deeper"
[Flashbacks: Ryouga doing things to increase his depression, boosting the
strength of his Shishi Houkodan]
"To a place that's cold and black."
"I can't believe I've lost you"
[Flashback: Akane saying "I hate you" you Ryouga, which he did to let him do a
massive Houkodan]
"That you're never coming back."
[Flashback: Short sequence of the 'Perfect' Shishi Houkodan]
"These lies have torn my world apart."
"These lies have torn my world apart."
"These lies have torn my world apart."
[As this line ends, the screen flashes white, and a full-screen flashback
takes place. Ryouga, in a tree, is watching Ranma and Akane walking, hand in
hand]
"...Torn my world apart!"
[Ryouga watches them, then leaps in a furious axe-handle swipe with his
umbrella that, despite Ranma blocking it, knocks him backward into tree,
shattering it.]
--Music drops to just a synthesizer beat--
[Ranma is hurt, his mouth is bleeding. He reaches up and wipes it on the back
of his hand, glancing down at it, then up at Ryouga. He stands up, and they
both stare at each other, in combat stances, breathing hard for a long time]
--Music up-tempos back to synthesizer and drums--
[Ranma and Ryouga both leap at each other at the same time. The fight takes
place still-frames, flashed onscreen with flares of red and white. Ranma
defends himself well, buy Ryouga fights like a man possessed. Ranma throws a
Mokou Takabisha, but Ryouga just shrugs it off, walking straight through it
unfazed and slams his palm into Ranma's face, breaking his nose, and knocking
him back into a wall.]
"Soon the night will take me"
[Ryouga begins charging up a massive Shishi Houkodan. Ranma is helpless, too
stunned to move]
"And save me from my pain."
"Cloak me in cold darkness"
"And help me lose your name."
[We see a shot from Ranma's vantage point, looking up into Ryouga's face, made
hideous by the glow of the flickering green energy ball he's holding. The
camera pans up as he begins to blast Ranma, we see Akane behind Ryouga.
There's no audio, but she clearly mouths the words "Don't kill him Ryouga, I
love him!". Ryouga's face twists into a horrible grimace as his heart
shatters, realizing what she's said, and the Shishi Houkodan Blast flares,
filling the screen with a deep green that slowly darkens to jet black, then
fades back to the silhouette form of Ryouga, walking down the road.]
"These lies have torn my world apart."
"These lies have torn my world apart."
"These lies have torn my world apart."
"...Torn my world apart!"
[The camera shifts to a shot in front of Ryouga, looking over his shoulder.
Where Nerima Ward once was is a flaming crater, looking much like the mock
towns after an atomic bomb test.]
"...Torn my world apart!"
[The camera finally shows Ryouga's face clearly, and we see it is horribly
burnt and scared. The thing he is carrying is the remains of Akane's head,
still recognizable, but staring glassily in pain, shock, and fear. He leans
forward to kiss her. Just before their lips touch, he crumples to the ground,
blood pooling around his body]
[The camera shifts away from Ryouga, looking at the flaming ruins, as Police
and News helicopters fly around, trying to see what happened]
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What do you think? Was the head too much...
The idea started while I was wondering if Ryouga could make the Houkodan
blast any bigger. I know in the manga he created a huge blast after making
Akane say she hated him. I was planning a way to do this in fic format, and I
was putting together the plot in my head. The idea, though, wasn't flowing
smoothly.
I was listening to the Spawn soundtrack album, and this song came on just as
I was finishing the last scene in my head. The more I listened to the song,
the more I thought it was perfect for Ryouga. Dark and depressing with a
driving beat to it. A real 'grab ya buy the scruff of the neck and shake ya
like a rag doll' song.
If you've never heard it (shame on you!) Here's the URL to a site that has
the song in
Real Audio: (http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/Spawn/Sounds/TornApart.ram)
and
Wav Format: (.http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/Spawn/Sounds/TornApart.wav)
I hope to be making an MP3 of it soon, as soon I find a good freeware MP3
encoder. I'll tell when the MP3 is done on my website, but don't expect it
any time real soon. I can't put MP3's on my site(no space), but I will be
willing to e-mail it to anyone who wants a copy.
Ja ne!
Wakko Warner, Ani-Maniac
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