Overview
- Female: 0
- Male: 1
Context
During the fantasy in Act II, the Centaurs are attempting to defeat Medusa but she turning them to stone when they get to close. The Centaurs decide to retreat instead.
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CENTAUR 1 The monster is here! Hunt the wraith down and kill her!
A simulated chase/battle ensues in the dark with the sound of boulders being thrown and trees being snapped in half. Arrows whiz overhead.
CENTAUR 2 We’ll have your head, Beast!
CENTAUR 1 Don’t look her in the face, men!
CENTAUR 3 She’s charging, Commander!
CENTAUR 1 Stone her!
CENTAUR 3 I’ll run my arrows through the serpent!
CENTAUR 2 Let me catch the creature. I’ll slice her wicked throat.
CENTAUR 1 Enough posturing, men! Bring me her head!
CENTUAR 2 Maybe just her eyes will do. I’ll squeeze them to bloody gore in my fists.
CENTAUR 3 Commander! Victory is ours! I’ve got the monster! She’s - (Struggling. Screaming.)
CENTAUR 3’s line is cut short as he is turned to stone. We hear a creature hissing.
CENTAUR 1 The moonlight shines in the demon’s gaze! She’s turning the forest to stone! Retreat!
We hear a crash.
CENTAUR 1 RETREAT!
We hear CENTAURS galloping away.
CENTAUR 2 Next time, Serpent. We’ll get that head.
LUNA relights her flame and we see her face-to-face with a stone centaur. A night-time garden full of statues is revealed onstage. LUNA is hesitant to approach.
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