Just another fairy tale (11/14)
TENTH STROKE
The curtain opens and shows the Throne's Room. The King is seated and looking at his son, who paces impatiently up and down with Ohno's shoe in his hand.
- King: So... he ran off without further explanation... leaving his shoe in your hands?...
The Prince sighs desolately...
- Nino: Yes. Everything was going so well... and the next second he disappears... And you wouldn't believe how fast he was in spite of running only with one shoe!
- King: ... And what are you going to do now?
The Prince turns around to face his father with a resolved face.
- Nino: Beginning a search of course!
The King looks at him baffled.
- King:... to find the other shoe?
The Prince frowns with annoyance.
- Nino: Don't be stupid father. The man who was wearing them... What do I want a pair of shoes for?
- King: Um...ok. Have you tried asking the taxi driver who took him back or his co-driver?
- Nino: Yes, but they are from a foreign country... Marcia, I think... They don't understand our language very well and they talk with a strange accent. All I could get was that they left him at the city doors.
- King: ... And you say you don't even know his name... But you spent the whole night with him! What did you do?... No, don't answer me, I really don't want to know it.
The Prince sighs sadly again and sits beside his father.
- Nino: Besides I have examined the shoe a thousand times at least without discovering anything that can help me to find him... nothing at all.
- King: ... Let me see. It seems an ordinary shoe... neither too small nor too big.
The King takes the shoe in his hands.
- King: ... And what about the word written inside, "TryME"?
The Prince keeps looking depressed. He rubs his temples with a tired gesture without paying real attention to the King.
- Nino: I don't know, I suppose it's the brand.
The King looks doubtful at the shoe and tries to wear it.
- Shoe: "DANGER! DANGER! VERY DANGER!"
- King: UAAAAH!!
- Nino: Eh?
The King quickly takes off the shoe and drops it on the ground.
- King: It talks!!
The Prince looks pensively at the shoe.
- Nino: Try it again, father.
The King stares nervously at the shoe.
- King: ... it's really necessary?
- Nino: Yes, I'm afraid so.
The King puts the shoe on with apprehension for a second time.
- Shoe: "YOU ARE CRAZY!"
The King hastily takes off the shoe once again.
- Nino: So... when someone who isn't the true owner puts it on...
- King: ... It begins to babble stupid things in english?
The Prince takes the shoe in his hands and smiles thrilled.
- Nino: I couldn't express it better father. All right! The search for the "cute-although-dazed-gorgeously-assed-dude" begins!!
The Prince leaves the scenery. The Kings sighs resigned seeing the Prince departure.
- King: At least, while he is busy searching for that man he won't make anymore pranks.
The curtain closes.
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