Chapter 3

Eragon wakes up. Dark scene, but you can see Eragon char.

Eragon: “…sniff…Uncleee …I can’t live with this…wahhhhh…”

Saphira: “You sissy.”

Eragon: “But it’s trueeee! Garrow is gone forever! And in time, I must meet the same fate! Love, family, accomplishments—they’re all torn away, leaving nothing! What is the worth of anything we do?”

Saphira: “No duh. You just figured that out now, you moron?”

Eragon: “…”

Saphira: “I mean, the worth is the act, bla bla bla, deeds hope shit crap.”

Eragon: “…but what can I do?”

Saphira: “Lay down the booze and get jiggy with it.”

Eragon: “…”

Saphira: “I mean, your only true guide is your heart. “

Eragon: “What do you want me to do—pursue the strangers?”

Saphira: “Yes.”

Eragon: “But you just told me I should follow my heart.”

Saphira: “We have duties, do the impossible, you know how it goes. Anyway, you have no heart, so I have to step in.”

Eragon: “I don’t care what you say!”

Saphira: “Good!”

Eragon: “…”

Saphira: “Eragon! You have no family! No farm! You have nothing here!”

Eragon: “But Horst! And Brom! And Roran! And my uncle’s ashes! And Brom! And Roran! He has a right to know how his father died!”

Saphira: “Don’t worry, they’ll tell him. Let’s go.”

Eragon: “Tell me—what was the point to this scene?”

1 second pause.

Eragon: “Saphira?”

Eragon: “Saphira?”

From the side of the screen, Benmeir walks towards Eragon and punches him.

Benmeir: “It’s called the reasoning scene. You talk with someone, straighten and resolve your values, and then plan what to do next. You get a lot of scenes like this in the book.”

Eragon: “Isn’t that kind of redundant?”

Benmeir: “Beats me. It’s your story.”

Characters fade.

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Scene opens in Carvahall.

Eragon: “Saphira, I can’t leave without meat. Wait up.”

Saphira: “But there’s no freaking way we can preserve it while trying to run. And I can hunt for us.”

Eragon: “But I want real marbled beef. Wild game is—gamey. You know I can’t live without meat.”

Saphira: “Fine…”

Eragon steals meat from butcher’s.

Voice: “Going somewhere?”

Eragon: “!”

Brom: “It’s just me. I hope you have enough meat to feed your dragon.”

Eragon: “Why thank you, but this isn’t for her…WAIT! HOW DID YOU FIND OUT?”

Brom: “Don’t fool with me. The gedway ignasia…”

Eragon: “What?”

Brom: “The shining palm. You touched a dragon hatchling.”

Eragon: “Oh my God! It’s finally happened! I’ve been discovered! Saphira! COME HERE!”

Brom: “…”

Eragon: “Erm, let me stall you a bit while my dragon comes to pick me up. H-how did you find out?”

Brom: “Apart from obvious facts, I’m a real wise ass and there’s nothing I don’t know.”

Eragon: “Ah.”

Brom: “And your legs—you’ve been flying?”

Eragon: “…how did you know?”

Brom: “Oh, I crept into your bed and pulled down your pants while you were asleep.”

Eragon: “…”

Brom: “Hee…”

Eragon: “Did the strangers coerce you into doing this? Maybe they want you to discover where I am so they can ambush me! And where is Saphira?”

Brom: “Sometimes I want to plaster your mouth shut.”

Saphira arrives.

Saphira: “Let’s go, Eragon!”

Brom: “What are you planning to do?”

Eragon: “Hunt them down and kill them.”

Brom: “A mighty task for one so young. Certainly a worthy endeavor and one you are fit to carry out.”

Saphira: “What the hell are you saying? He’s a sissy kid who punches like a girl.”

Brom: “That’s why I’m going with you to help.”

Eragon: “Is he really offering help, or is it a trap? I’m afraid of what my mysterious enemies can do. But Saphira doesn’t seem worried about Brom. If that’s the case…”

Saphira: “…”

Brom: “…sometimes I wonder…if he knows we’re here.”

Eragon: “I got it! Mmkay. Well, I don’t really need help, but you can come. So Brom, this is Saphira, and Saphira, this is Brom. Let’s go!”

World map event.

When you reach a certain trail, event occurs.

Dark scene.

Brom: “Eragon, I give you this sword.”

Eragon: “Master, I’m not worthy!”

Brom: “Just take it, you sissy.”

(Sound effect, blade swishing)

Eragon: “It’s cool and red! Like a lightsaber!”

Brom: “That was once a Rider’s blade. This sword is named Zar’roc.”

Eragon: “Oooh, it ripples too!”

Saphira: “Eragon, watch it!”

Brom: “Don’t use it until you learn how to…”

(Sound effect, birds chirping dying away)

 

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Still black scene. 5 second pause.

Eragon: “Wahhh…Uncleee…my life sucks…wahhhhhhhhh…”

5 second pause.

 

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Benmeir comes in.

Benmeir: “At this point, we should be faced with a saddlemaking chapter, but since I personally loathe that part, we’ve decided we should cut it. All they do is make a saddle anyway.”

Benmeir bows and leaves.