25 octubre 2016

Control.

JADE PALACE GROUNDS - EVENING
Oogway stands under the peach tree, deep in thought. Shifu rushes in, emerging from the mist, extremely agitated.

SHIFU
Master! Master!

OOGWAY
Hmmm?

SHIFU(out of breath)
I have-- it's-- it's very bad news.

OOGWAY
Ah, Shifu. There is just news.
There is no good or bad.

SHIFU
Master, your vision...your vision was right. Tai Lung has broken out of prison. He's on his way!

OOGWAY
That is bad news...

He turns to face Shifu and stares at him, eyebrow raised.

OOGWAY (CONT'D)
...If you do not believe that the Dragon Warrior can stop him.

SHIFU
The panda? Master, that panda is not the Dragon Warrior.

SHIFU (CONT'D)
He wasn't even meant to be here --it was an accident!

OOGWAY
There are no accidents.

SHIFU
Yes, I know. You've said that already. Twice.

OOGWAY
Well, that was no accident either.

SHIFU
Thrice.

OOGWAY
My old friend, the panda will never fulfill his destiny, nor you yours, until you let go of the illusion of control.

SHIFU
Illusion?

OOGWAY
Yeah. Look at this tree, Shifu. I cannot make it blossom when it suits me, nor make it bear fruit before its time.

SHIFU
But there are things we can control.

Shifu kicks the tree and a peach falls to his feet.

SHIFU (CONT'D)
I can control when the fruit will fall.

A peach falls on his head and Oogway chuckles. Shifu tosses the peach in the air, leaps up, and splits it with a chop.

SHIFU (CONT'D)
And I can control--

Shifu punches the ground, creating a hole and places the seed in it.

SHIFU (CONT'D)
--where to plant the seed. That is no illusion, Master.

OOGWAY
Ah, yes. But no matter what you do, that seed will grow to be a peach tree. You may wish for an apple, or an orange... but you will get a peach.

SHIFU
But a peach cannot defeat Tai Lung!

OOGWAY
Maybe it can. If you are willing to guide it, to nurture it. To believe in it.

Oogway covers the seed with dirt.

SHIFU
But how? How? I need your help, Master.

OOGWAY
No, you just need to believe.
Promise me, Shifu. Promise me you will believe.

SHIFU
I... I will try.

Oogway smiles, then glances up at the sky, then back down to Shifu.

OOGWAY
Good. My time has come. You must continue your journey without me.

He hands his staff to a confused Shifu.

SHIFU
What... what are you..?

Oogway backs away into the swirling fog.

SHIFU (CONT'D)
Master, you can't leave me!

The petals surround Oogway as he approaches the cliff's edge.

OOGWAY
You must believe.

SHIFU
Master!

Shifu runs after him. Oogway is engulfed by peach blossoms.
As the winds settle, Shifu is revealed standing at the edge of a cliff.

Oogway is gone.



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