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​TV SCRIPT PILOT - Episode 1 TEASER (cont.)

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​​EXT. VIVATRIUM – DAY/DUSK

In the foreground, the historic VIVATRIUM building stands majestic.

It is the seat of legislative and secular power.

 

INT. VIVATRIUM MAITENANCE ROOM - DUSK

A muscular, square-jawed TRAUMATIST official adjusts his white glove. He pulls down a mechanical-electrical lever to-

 

EXT. VIVATRIUM - DUSK

--light the facades, gardens and statues of the Vivatrium precinct.

 

INT. VIVATRIUM CHAMBER - DUSK

KARMALADE, an official is polishing the LAVENDER ROD. It is placed into its cradle in a glass cabinet. The hand in the white glove locks the cabinet door securely. CUT TO:

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EXT./INT. CATHEDRAL - DUSK

Around Constitution Hill, stands ST. DANDY'S CATHEDRAL the seat of ecclesiastic power. 

Upstairs an AERIAL CHOIR is practising. It is simulcasting live on radio. And out huge SPEAKERS affixed near the top of the second and third broach-spires. The choir is heard across the Capital.

 

INT. BELL-LOFT - DUSK

Carillonneurs in white gloves polish the bell's sacred CLAPPER BALLS. Proctor WALLACE, 52, a rotund, head- flagellant monk in a white robe overseas his noviciates.

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INT. CATHEDRAL - CONTINUOUS

Underground, a flagellation chamber is in operation. laundry DWARFS, MONKS and HORNSMEN assist. Sweating from his face and head, Wallace is immersed in a ritual flagellation of an OLIGARCH on a rack. The word 'TRAITOR' is being tattooed across their forehead...