Oblivion: Scene 1

Bound Man: In a great... a great... in a great battle. We are locked... in a... in a great... We are... beyond your perception... beyond, be...

Hunter: Quiet!

BM: Even, even as we.... Even as we... as we.... pass on we are unaware of it.

H: I said quiet! He’ll never leave me alone.

H: Who goes there?

The First Wanderer appears through the door stage left,

completely disoriented, dusting himself off.

H: Be gone!

First Wanderer: I’m lost! The storm!

H: Be gone!

FW: The wild! I’ll die back out there.

H: You’ve just arrived.

FW: Arrived where?

H: You don’t know yet.

FW: For the moment, may I rest?

H: For the moment, you wretch.

The Hunter takes the Wanderer to the table.

H: You may eat.

FW: Where did you find this food? H: I hunt the beasts.

FW: You hunt the beasts?

H: What else is there?

FW: You are a warrior.

H: And who are you?

FW: I can’t remember anything of myself. I wandered for what seemed an eternity. You must have answered my prayers.

H: I have answered no prayers.

FW: Why.... can I not remember?

H: You must experience this world for yourself. I could tell you now but you wouldn’t believe me.

FW: I would believe!

H: For now, as you begin, you’ll remember nothing.

BM: You are in danger!

H: Ah! This man! He has infected everything. This place, my mind.

BM: I shall tell you the truth!

H: He’s here to haunt me. He insists I remember and repent. I am not a violent man, but his evil I could not stand. I have sought peace and balance, away from others, with only glimpses of my past.

BM: Those who sleep in the dust of the earth...

H: I can’t remember what I’m so afraid of, but I don’t wish to know. So it is best I am alone. There is a way to reclaim your past in the wild. Choose your way, but leave me be.

FW: The wild is so dangerous.

H: If you stay, do not speak to this man. He will infect your mind. Some voices are best left unheard.