I made a 5 minute(not including the epilogue) version of the pirate story for cosplay competition purposes(I'm not sure if I'll ever have it performed, but if I do, I want it to be workable). Just for fun I added an 'alternate endings' epilogue.
Scene 1: The Deck of the Osiris. Cornered at stage left are the prisoners cornered: Prince Fubuki and Princess Asuka. They are surrounded by Shou the Short, Misawa the Logical, and Cabin Boy-Girl. All pirates carry swords or guns.
Daitokuji: Well, if it isn’t Prince Ryou and his lovely sister Princess Asuka. What were ye doin’ outside your father’s realm?
Fubuki: We were embarking on a peaceful mission to bring my sister to meet her betrothed, Prince Ryou the Magnificent. I beseech you, sir! Please, spare my innocent sister!
Asuka: [sweetly] Brother!
Fubuki: She will bring you a much higher price as a virgin.
Asuka: [annoyed] Brother!
Daitokuji: Very well then. [Guestures off stage] Those other wenches are fair game. As usual my first mate, Shou the Short, always gets first pick!
Shou: [runs off stage] I give you a choice, me beauties, kiss me or kiss the sharks! [Screams and splashes can be heard.]
Daitokuji: [goes to Shou and places his hand on his shoulder] Shou, how many times must I tell you? Don't give them a choice! [calls to Rei] Cabin Boy-Girl, Take the other prisoner below deck. Where is the Swabbie?
Juudai: [off-stage] Here, Captain! [Swabbie Juudai swings in on a rope. But he slips off, and falls to the floor where his shoe gets caught on Asuka’s dress. Asuka loses her balance and falls, but Juudai, still on the floor, rolls over and catches her. Asuka is now lying on top of Juudai. Both are awestruck by each other.]
Asuka: [as though she can’t say anything else] Who be…ye?
Juudai: I be Juudai the Slacker, future king of Pirates, and who might you be, Fairest Wench? [Misawa gasps]
Asuka: Never before have I, Princess Asuka, been called such a vile name, Swabbie. [she laughs] You have surely got balls!
Daitokuji: Swabbie, remove yourself from that compromising position and chain the princess to the mast!
Juudai: Aye-Aye, Captain Sensei! [He helps Asuka up] Come, Gorgeous. You shall have the place of honor. [He chains her to the mast]
Daitokuji: Let us make haste, for we are deep in the waters of our mortal enemy, Chronos the Cruel. Navigator, I thought that you said you had drawn us the perfect route which avoided enemy territory.
Misawa: That I did, Captain, but our look-out, Sloth-faced Hayato is asleep at the crows’ nest…again.
Daitokuji: Never mind then. We’ll head for our hideaway where ladies do our wishes for bags full of fishes. [Daitokuji exits]
Misawa: Aye-aye, Captain! [addressing the whole ship with a megaphone] Attention, crew men, in case of an emergency you may find several flotation devices resembling the Black Magician Wench inside Shou's cabin. Take care that you do not grab them by their buxoms for the plastic is wearing thin.
Fubuki: [returns to the deck. He is now the Black Troubadour.] And so the captive princess wept as her abductors carried her into the high seas in chains. [Juudai blows his nose and notices Asuka is crying. He takes the handkerchief that he was using and wipes her face with it. A loud crash rocks the ship. Juudai falls backwards.]
Voice of Hayato: Land Ho! No…wait…it’s a ship. [Rei runs out from below deck and peers over at the ship they just hit]
Rei: Is that the sun? No! It is the glorious persona of a man who is handsome beyond words. [Ryou enters by swinging in on a rope. Rei runs up and gazes in awe.]
Ryou: Boy, go and get your Captain that I might pick a bone with him for kidnapping my bride to be. [Rei exits. Ryou goes to Asuka’s side] Fair damsel, are you my promised Princess Asuka?
Asuka: ‘Tis I, my prince!
Juudai: [gets in between Ryou and Asuka] Hey, we captured her fair and square, who do you think you are just barging in here and taking her from us?
Ryou: I am rescuing my Princess, Swabbie.
Juudai: Then you shall have to get through me first. I'll fight a duel to the death for her!
Ryou: May Osiris have mercy on your soul! [Ryou punches Juudai. Asuka screams. To Asuka as he helps her up and wraps her in his cape.] Forgive my brutality in the presence of my lady. Set sail for the nearest Military outpost so that we may do away with this fiend! [Juudai is chained to the mast. Ryou looks past Asuka and peers over at Rei.] What is this urchin of dubious sexuality and why dost it look upon me so amorously? Seriously, it's creeping me out.
Juudai: That is the Cabin Boy-Girl.
Rei: [running up to Ryou] My prince, I shall prove to you that I am no boy! [she unbuttons her blouse and flashes her chest to Ryou]
Ryou: How? [Asuka is taken aback]
Asuka: Now see here you little-[but she is interrupted by a loud crash. Rei grabs Ryou’s arm. Chronos swings aboard the ship on a rope.]
Chronos: Wallow in fear, pathetic Osiris pirates, as I, Chronos the Cruel, Captain of the Obelisk and Reigning King of Pirates, blow your ship from the water with my unique stylings of Gilbert and Sullivan! [All Osiris pirates, except Juudai, are possessed by the song “I am the Captain of the Pinafore” from H.M.S. Pinafore. The music can be found here:
http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/pinafore/web_opera/pin04.html. The music starts at :28 on the midi file.] I declare that every crew member of this ship is now a member of the Glee Club!
Juudai: Now I see why he’s called Chronos the Cruel!
Chronos: [sings] I am the Captain of the Obelisk!
Possessed Pirates: And a right good captain, too!
Chronos: You're very, very good,/And be it understood,/I command a right good crew.
Possessed Pirates: We're very, very good,/And be it understood,/He commands a right good crew.
Chronos: Though related to a peer,/I can hand, reef, and steer,/And ship a selvagee;/I am never known to quail/At the fury of a gale,/And I'm never, never sick at sea!
Juudai: Oh, really!
Chronos: Yes, really!
Juudai: Oh really!
Chronos: [speaking] For Obelisk’s sake don’t you ever listen! [The music suddenly stops. The other pirates are released from possession.]
Juudai: Gotcha!
Chronos: And who do you think you are?
Juudai: I know that I am Swabbie Juudai the Slacker, Future Pirate King!
Chronos: A lowly swabbie thinks that he can be king?
Juudai: Correction, a lowly swabbie who just out-foxed the current Pirate King!
Chronos: GAH! [he clears his throat and goes to Asuka] You, my dear, will be a little present for my first mate, Thunderfist Manjyome! [Manjyome appears in a flash of lightening and a crash of thunder.]
Manjyome: Prepare my virgin! [Misawa drags Shou over to Manjyome] Not that one! I haven't been out to sea that long! Bring me the Blue Goddess!
Asuka: [She grabs Fubuki’s sword] You will have to duel me first! En garde!
Manjyome: I see you like it rough! Such a fine quality in a woman I’m about to take advantage of. [He takes out his own sword. Asuka and Manjyome fight. Just as Asuka is about to win:] Captain, a little help here!
Chronos: [Sits up momentarily and sings the first few bars of “A British Tar” from H.M.S. Pinafore. The music can be found here:
http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/pinafore/web_opera/pin10.html] A British tar is a soaring soul/As free as a mountain bird/His energetic fist should be ready to resist/A dictatorial word. [Asuka drops her sword and covers her ears in agony. Manjyome grabs Asuka, ties her hands together and ‘hangs her’ on the mast by her arm-ropes on a hook. She thrashes at the bonds, but with no success.]
Manjyome: Now nothing shall stop me from marrying you, having my way with you, stealing your dowry and killing you; not necessarily in that order.
Ryou: I will stop you! [he lunges at Manjyome but is stopped by Rei who is hugging his leg.]
Rei: Do not go, my Prince! He will scar your beautiful face beyond my recognition!
Juudai: I will stop you! If only I wasn’t chained to the mast.
Asuka: Cabin Boy-Girl! Show my Swabbie your buxom! [Rei flashes Juudai. In horror, Juudai breaks free from the chains that bind him.]
Juudai: En Garde!
Manjyome: [Juudai kicks the sword out of Manjyome’s hand.] It makes no difference to me if you want to fight with weapons or fists. I learned how to duel from the greatest teachers in Europe!
Juudai: Oh yeah? I learned how to duel in the street! [Juudai knees Manjyome in the groin. Manjyome screams like a girl. Shou and Misawa throw Manjyome and Chronos back to their ship. Juudai picks up Fubuki’s sword and cuts Asuka’s ropes with them. She jumps into his arms.] Gotcha!
Ryou: My gratitude to you for saving my bride to be. I’d show it to you if only this urchin would release my leg.
Fubuki: Forgive my intrusion, but according to the “Rights of Pirates Act of 1637” because the swabbie defeated the evil suitor, Princess Asuka’s hand now belongs to Juudai.
Juudai: But I do not want her hand. I want her love for she has mine.
Asuka: That is truly the jabber of a fool; a very sweet fool that I cannot help but return my love to.
Ryou: Very well. [Gets in between Juudai and Asuka and joins their hands.] Far be it from me to get in the way of true love.
Misawa: [Takes out a law book]. Furthermore, according to page 245: paragraph A, “A pirate who defeats the current pirate king in a duel shall be crowned the new pirate king.”
Shou: Hail, Swabbie Aniki! King of the Pirates!
Juudai: For my first act as the new Pirate King I declare that the crew members of the Osiris, the Ra and the Obelisk shall all be of equal rank. Let my people sail! [he gets on one knee to Asuka] Are you ready to marry me and become my Pirate Queen for all eternity?
Asuka: You betcha, Baby!
Fubuki: Well, now is as good a time as any for a wedding. [Wedding Song: ‘Here’s a First-Rate opportunity’ From The Pirates of Penzance. The music and lyrics can be found here:
http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/pirates/web_op/pirates11.html The music starts at :42 on the midi file. During the song the wedding is prepared and the marriage occurs. Rei gives Asuka a bouquet, flowers for her hair and pins a veil over her face. Rei becomes the bridesmaid. Daitokuji becomes the preacher. Shou becomes the best man. The other pirates line up as witnesses. Fubuki takes his sister by the arm and gives the bride away:] Here’s a first-rate opportunity/To get married with impunity,/And indulge in the felicity/Of unbounded domesticity./You shall quickly be parsonified,/Conjugally matrimonified,/By a doctor of divinity,/Who is located in this vicinity.
All: [at 1:01 skip to 1:18 on the midi file] By a doctor of divinity/Who resides in this vicinity,/By doctor, a doctor, a doctor,/Of divinity, of divinity. [Juudai and Asuka kiss. Bows all around.]
Alternate Endings Epilogue: Fubuki, Manjyome, Shou, Misawa, Ryou, Momoe, Junko, Asuka, and Juudai are gathered around a campfire. Manjyome has his legs crossed.
Fubuki: And so the swabbie pirate king and his beautiful queen reigned happily ever after.
Manjyome: THE END? Easy for you to say! Your character didn’t get kicked in the jimmies! I’ve got a better ending and goes a little something like this. After his humiliation aboart the Osiris, Thunderfist Manjyome, seeks the help of more ruthless fiend than himself: his lawyer. Together they find out that because the idiot swabbie kicked Manjyome in such a sensitive place, the duel was illegal. So, the injured but wiser Thunderfist returns to the Osiris and challenges the so-called King to a rematch. Thunderfist, of course, is victorious because this time he was prepared with an iron jock-strap. When the swabbie tries the same thing he did last time, he gets a very rude awakening. And so, Thunderfist Manjyome dethrones the swabbie and becomes the true king of pirates. Then the princess comes to his side and says ‘I realize now that the real man is you, because I love bad boys. Are you still hurt from the last time my moronic soon-to-be-ex-husband kicked you in the balls? Let me ease your pain by ki-
Asuka: AS IF! Did you forget the part where the almost princess beats Thunderfist in the duel, but is rudely interrupted by the caterwauling of a drunken captain?
Manjyome: That wouldn’t have mattered since she’s a girl. [Momoe and Junko step on his toes. Asuka strangles him. Manjyome shakes them off.] Oh, for crying out loud, this is the 17th century! Are you going to kill me for adding a little historical accuracy?
Misawa: In that case, the princess would have married the one she was betroved to: the prince.
Juudai: No way! That wouldn’t have been fair!
Misawa: That’s real life for you.
Momoe: But this is a story and I say that the pirate king scoops his bride off her feet carries her to the honeymoon suite and--[CENSORED].
Junko: I think that you’re forgetting the part where the swabbie suffers a major humiliation in bed on his wedding night and is divorced by the princess for being unable to please her. After which, she wises up and marries the prince.
Shou: I think you’re forgetting the part where Shou the Short retires from piracy and runs away with the Black Magician Wench who’s really a mermaid!
Ryou: No, you’re forgetting the part where the prince shoots himself in the head.
Shou: How do you think it ends, Aniki? [he notices that Juudai and Asuka have left] Wait a second. Where did Aniki and Asuka go!
Fubuki: Probably off to make their own ending. [everyone leaves except Fubuki] I would say that this is the end, but the author has decided to continue the story. So keep posted for a new adventure of the Pirate King Juudai and his Queen Asuka.