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Ext. Hermit’s House- night
The Hermit’s house is more of a shed. There is a small garden in the front that leads up to the wooden exterior that is covered with moss. The windows are dusty and cracked but still possible to see through if you were to press your nose to what passes for glass.
Gregor walks up to the door with the group in tow. He knocks, waits, but there is no answer.
SNARKY
Of course no one’s home, it’s a shed not a house!
GREGOR
It is not a shed, it’s a hut! Dirt is a hermit, he’s always home or at least close by.
GINCO
(To himself)
I’d be a hermit too if my name was ‘Dirt’.
Gregor knocks again and once again there is no answer. Leafwin moves over to one of the windows and looks in.He takes a step back and points in.
Laerna notices this gesture, comes over, and looks in.
We see the inside of the house which is very plain. There is a bed in the corner with a bookcase against the wall, filled with old well loved books. Against the third wall is a small wooden desk where Dirt is slumped in his chair.
Leafwin goes to the door and turns the knob which swings in on its own. Leafwin stands there looking in.
Laerna tries to walk in past him but Leafwin puts his arm out and stops her.
LEAFWIN
(Elvish)
Look.
He motions with his head to the floor, which is splattered with the pooled blood coming from Dirt’s body. We get a good look at the body which is sliced up many places along his body leaving long curved marks, like smiles.
Int. Hermit’s House- Continued
Both Leafwin and Laerna enter carefully stepping around the blood, towards the body. Leafwin moves right up to the corps and inspects it closely.
LEAFWIN
He’s dead.
Leafwin turns her head to look at him.
LAERNA
(Sarcasm)
You think?
LEAFWIN
(Bluntly not noticing the sarcasm)
Yes.
Laerna gives him a look, but he is not paying attention. Leafwin leans in again and pushes back a piece of Dirt’s shirt that was sliced in order to get a better view of one of the cuts.
As he touches the body it animates! Both Leafwin and Laerna jump back. Ginco and Snarky respond to their reaction by running into the room, weapons drawn.
Leafwin drops to one knee and pulls out his bow. He fires an arrow into Dirt’s chest causing Dirt to stumble sideways into Snarky who bashes him into the back wall with his sholder. Dirt peals himself off the wall and shambles forward, only to be blown back by the dark magic that comes from Ginco’s wand.
Laerna then bashes him aross his chest with her staff. Snarky finishes him by hitting him over the head with his hammer driving Dirt into the ground, creating a small crater in the wood floor.
They all take a step back recovering from the encounter. Leafwin pokes Dirt’s body with the end of his bow.
LEAFWIN
I was wrong. Now he’s dead.
Learna shoots him a look again.
GINCO
Hey guys over here.
They all turn to see Ginco by the forth wall where there is a tool rack. In it there is an assortment of tools with one clearly missing.
SNARKY
What it is just a bunch of tools.
GINCO
Yes, but he’s a grave digger…
LAERNA
And there’s no shovel!
The Abandoned 