Epic I

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by lorenotfound

by lorenotfound

Okay so, I don't know whats up with the formatting here so sorry. Also the bit at the end was inspired by the fact that while I was writing this I was listening to Everybody Hates His Parents and You Gotta Die Sometime.

[HERMES, spoken]
Where'd you get that melody

Both Hades and Persephone were thinking the same ting.

[ORPHEUS]
I don't know
It came to me
As if I'd known it all along

"Maybe you have." Hades said. Although he didn't know why this boy would know this melody.

[HERMES]
(spoken)
You have, It's an old song

(sung)
A song of love from long ago
Long-time since I heard it though

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
You've heard that melody before?

[HERMES, spoken]
Sure

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
Tell me more

[HERMES, spoken]
Remember the tale I told you once about the Gods?

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
Which ones?

[HERMES, spoken]
Hades and Persephone
Remember how it used to be, Their love that made the world go round

"I seem to remember that too." Persephone said.

[ORPHEUS, spoken]
Yeah, I remember now
But that was long ago

[HERMES, spoken]
Tell it again though

[ORPHEUS]
King of shadows
King of shade
Hades was king of the Underworld
But he fell in love with a beautiful lady
Who walked up above in her mother's green field
He fell in love with Persephone
Who was gathering flowers in the light of the sun
And he took her home to become his queen
Where the sun never shone
On anyone

[HERMES, spoken]
Go on...

[ORPHEUS]
The lady loved him and the kingdom they shared
But without her above, not one flower would grow
So King Hades agreed that for half of each year She would stay with him there in his world down below. But the other half, she could walk in the sun
And the sun, in turn, burned twice as bright
Which is where the seasons come from
And with them, the cycle
Of the seed and the sickle
And the lives of the people
And the birds in their flight

"You really do have a way with words." Persephone said.

"Thank you." Orpheus responded.

[HERMES]
Singing...

[ORPHEUS]
La la la la la la la...

[HERMES, spoken]
Down below and up above

[ORPHEUS] La la la la la la la...

[HERMES, spoken]
In harmony and rhythm

[ORPHEUS]
La la la la la la la...

[HERMES, spoken]
The Gods sang his song of love

[ORPHEUS]
La la la la la la la...

[HERMES]
(spoken)
And the world sang it with them
(sung)
But that was long ago
Before we were on this road

Everyone herd a sound that sounded like crying from the corner of the room.

"Are you okay?" asked Eurydice.

"Yeah great, I just finished Falsettos for the millionth time." Elizabeth responded.

"Also there are two other parts to this." she said through tears.

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