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SESSION #25 - THE REAL FOLK BLUES (PART I)
Written By Keiko Nobumoto
Dialogue Translation By Bandai Entertainment, INC.
Transcript By RFBlues
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OPENING CREDITS
Mars. Julia walks into an apartment. A recorded messege from her informant,
Shin plays.
SHIN: The elders are going to be on the move. It is dangerous over there as
      well. Please hurry.
Session #25
THE REAL FOLK BLUES (PART I)
Red Dragon Headquarters. Vicious and a group of thugs enter the dark main
chamber. The thugs fire machine guns. Suddenly the lights turn on.
WANG LONG: What a foolish act you have done. The fortune-teller told us
           thus. "The night of the red moon, the snake will slither
           horribly quickly to make use of its venomous fangs."
PING LONG: You look so pitiful, Vicious.
SOU LONG: We have informed you of our decision that you cannot be our
          successor.
VICIOUS: The syndicate does not need corpses who cannot even fight.
WANG LONG: That arrogance of yours will ruin everything in the end. Take
           him to the punishment chamber.
VICIOUS: Kill me. Right now.
WANG LONG: You cannot choose how you will die. After we let you have a good
           taste of humiliation we will send you into the underworld.
Vicious is taken away.
VICIOUS: Don't forget a snake's venom poisons slowly after the bite.
Loser Bar, somewhere on Mars. Jet and Spike sit at the counter, depressed.
JET: Sheesh, that was the first time we screwed up so badly. We never had
     anything like that before when we were all alone. All told, they
     screwed up our plans right to the end. They really were like
     troublesome babies. I completely understand why you hate women and
     kids now.
Jet and Spike sense danger from outside. They duck and gunfire enters from
outside, killing the unsuspecting bartender. Spike grabs his drink from the
bartender and takes a sip.
SPIKE: Too much vermouth.
Spike fires back and guns down a thug.
JET: Who are they?
Jet is shot in the thigh. Shin enters.
SPIKE: Lin?!
SHIN: I'm Shin, his younger brother.
SPIKE: Shin... That's right, you two were -
Shin shoots a thug.
SPIKE: If you change sides, you won't be able to return to the syndicate.
       What happened?
SHIN: Vicious is to be executed. He failed to pull off the coup, and has
      been put under restraints by the elders. You are in danger as well.
      And Miss Julia...
SPIKE: Julia is?
SHIN: They're in the city of Tharsis. I'll hold them off here. Please go!
SPIKE: I'll owe you one, Shin!
Spike and Jet escape.
At the doctor's office. The doctor fixes up Jet's wound. Spike is in deep
thought.
JET: I don't know what happened to Red Dragon but it's not really your
     problem now, right? Vicious, Julia... To me, both those names sound
     nothing but ominous. Just like a magic spell that opens a door that
     shouldn't be opened. You're -
The doctor takes the bullet out of Jet's thigh. Jet writhes in pain.
DOCTOR: Hold still.
JET: You are no longer a member of the syndicate...
SPIKE: I know.
Jet looks at the doctor.
JET: You too... Forget everything, including the fact that we came here.
DOCTOR: What are you talking about? I'm just treating stray cats that
        wandered into the office. Stray cats that I can't ever get rid
        of...
Spike recalls a moment in Julia's apartment three years ago.
SPIKE: When this is over, I'm leaving the syndicate.
JULIA: You'll be killed.
SPIKE: I'll let them say I'm dead. I'll be waiting at the graveyard. Of
       course, I will be alive.
JULIA: I... can't come with you.
SPIKE: Come with me. We'll leave here... We'll escape from this world.
JULIA: And then what are we going to do?
SPIKE: We'll just live a life of freedom somewhere. Just like watching a
       dream...
On the road in a red convertible, Julia recalls another moment.
VICIOUS: Are you going to betray me? Are you going to leave this world...?
JULIA: Vicious.
VICIOUS: Even if it's a dream, that's an impossibility.
JULIA: Are you going to kill him?
VICIOUS: Yeah... with your hands. You stay alive... or you both die. You
         can choose.
The chamber. Vicious is chained to the wall.
At a spaceport on Mars. Faye overhears an old woman talking to herself.
WOMAN: So there is no place for me after all. I won't go no matter who
       comes to pick me up. Never. I don't want to live a life where I'm
       always in someone's way.
A familiar-looking man runs to the woman.
MAN: Mom! I've been looking for you!
WOMAN: A-Alfred...
MAN: I told you to wait in front of the curry restaurant!
WOMAN: Sorry.
MAN: It's all right. I'm glad you came.
WOMAN: It sounds too good to be true that you can take care of me now.
MAN: Mom, I want to live with you.
WOMAN: You found a job?
MAN: Don't worry about that.
WOMAN: What about your female co-host?
MAN: I heard she's getting married.
The two walk away.
FAYE: Something about this...
The garage at the spaceport. Faye walks to Red Tail and receives a call.
SPIKE: Where are you now?
FAYE: What is it?
SPIKE: I'm heading out to the city of Tharsis. You should head that way,
       too.
FAYE: Why?
SPIKE: It's hard for Jet to get around on his own. Especially after getting
       shot in the leg. I'm telling ya to stop wandering around so much,
       and just come back.
FAYE: Don't just assume that I'm coming back! You've got to be kidding! I
      have a place to go back to!
Faye hangs up.
FAYE: What's with that attitude? Like he's all high-and-mighty. What does
      he mean, Jet's by himself? HE's there... Ed and Ein too...
Suddenly, Julia's convertible speeds down the street. A syndicate car
Chases her, firing. Faye shoots one of the cars' tires flat. Julia gives
her a lift. Another car continues chasing the convertible. Faye shoots the
hubcap off the car. The car spins out of control and flips over.
EYECATCH
Julia and Faye take a break on the side of the road.
JULIA: You saved me.
FAYE: Same here.
JULIA: You're a good shot.
FAYE: I was getting bounties with it.
Julia looks at Faye.
JULIA: A bounty hunter...?
FAYE: Although now I'm kind off on a break 'cause there's something going
      on. You look like you have something going on, too. It might be good
      to pair up with another woman. How about it? Wanna be my partner?
JULIA: I have... something to do.
FAYE: Oh. Too bad.
JULIA: Do you know any bounty hunter hangouts?
FAYE: I can help if you want to put a bounty on someone.
JULIA: I'm looking for a bounty hunter. I'll drive you back.
On the road.
JULIA: What's your name?
FAYE: Faye...
Julia looks up.
JULIA: Faye...?!
FAYE: Faye Valentine. A common name. What's yours?
JULIA: Julia.
Faye looks up.
FAYE: Julia...?!
JULIA: It's a common name.
Julia stops at the spaceport garage.
JULIA: I'm glad I met you.
FAYE: Me too. Um, have I seen you somewhere...?
JULIA: If... you see Spike again... Tell him that I will be waiting there.
       He'll know what I mean. Tell him that I'll keep waiting...
FAYE: Why...?
JULIA: Good-bye, Faye Valentine.
Julia drives off.
FAYE: Why? Why do you know?!
The Bebop. Jet wakes up in an empty living room. Walking on a crutch, he
finds Spike in the control room.
SPIKE: Does it still hurt?
JET: Do you know a story that goes like this? A man injured his leg during
     a hunt. In the middle of the savanna with no means to treat the wound,
     the leg rots, and death approaches. The man got onto the airplane that
     finally arrived and there he sees a land of pure white below him. The
     place glistening in the light was the summit of a snow-covered
     mountain. The name of the mountain was Kilimanjaro. The man thinks
     "That was where he was headed..."
SPIKE: And?
JET: I hate this story. Men only think about the past right before their
     death, as if they were searching frantically for proof that they were
     alive. Turn back. You told me when we first met that you were a man
     who had already died once. Just forget the past, okay?
They look down at the surface of Mars.
SPIKE: There was a woman. For the first time in my life I saw a woman that
       was truly alive. That's what I believed. She was a piece of me I had
       lost. She is my other half that I had longed for.
Jet stares at Spike.
SPIKE: She's back.
JET: Hm? Who...?
Faye in Redtail returns.
JET: Oh, man...We're not a repair shop. Don't come back just when you broke something -
FAYE: Where is he?
JET: He?
FAYE: The one with the fluffy hair.
JET: What, can't you just say you're looking for Spike?
FAYE: Where is he?
JET: He's in the workshop. What are you trying to hide? You came back here
     just to see Spike?
FAYE: I was asked to relay a message from Julia.
JET: Hey, wait!!
Jet receives a call.
BOB: Jet, it's me.
JET: What, I don't have any information now. We're not really able to -
BOB: I'm glad you're all right. I was worried. It's getting to be pretty
     bad, you know...
JET: About Red Dragon?
BOB: Yeah... There was apparently a coup two days ago concerning who was
     going to be the syndicate's successor. In the end the elders won, and
     they're now out to annihilate anyone who was involved in the coup.
     Your partner will also -
JET: Been there. But why are they trying to get rid of those that already
     left the syndicate?
BOB: Anything against them will be annihilated, down to the very last seed.
     That's how they do it.
JET: That's the worst logic I've ever heard.
BOB: Just run. The police can't handle all of it. Leave Mars.
JET: Too late for that.
The workshop. Faye stands at the doorway. She tries to speak to Spike but
no words would come out. Spike notices her.
SPIKE: You have something? You look like you have some information.
FAYE: How much will you pay for it?
SPIKE: I don't have any money. (ie, I don't have anything to offer you)
Syndicate ships from outside shoot at the Bebop. The entire ship shakes.
SPIKE: You sure came back at the worst time...
FAYE: Weren't you the one who called me here?
SPIKE: Or... maybe they followed you here? Oh, well. It was gonna happen
       sooner or later.
FAYE: Wait!
Faye chases Spike into the hanger. Spike hops onboard Swordfish.
FAYE: Wait a minute!
SPIKE: I don't have any money.
FAYE: She said she'll be waiting there. She said you'd understand.
SPIKE: I don't get it.
FAYE: It was from a woman named Julia. Someone was after her... They were
      chasing her...
SPIKE: Jet, I can go at any time.
Spike takes off.
The Chamber. The elders and a firing squad stand before Vicious.
WANG LONG: You who caused a disturbance in our clan's affairs. By the will
           of the clan, you shall be executed.
Spike struggles to defend the Bebop from the syndicate ships.
FAYE: Let me out too!
JET: Wait! Your right thruster isn't working yet!
FAYE: The end is the same if we go down ship and all! (compare to Boogie Woogie Feng Shui)
SOU LONG: Will you leave words?
PING LONG: Or leave something material?
VICIOUS: Nothing.
The firing squad members raise their guns.
The Bebop. Spike continues defending the ship. Red Tail takes off.
The Chamber. Vicious bird enters emerges from the darkness and explodes,
launching smoke bombs. Vicious is freed.
The Bebop. Spike and Faye continue defending the Bebop.
The Chamber. Sou Long and Ping Long are killed by gunfire. Vicious receives
his sword, approaches Wang Long and puts his blade to Wang Long's eyes. The
thugs pause.
VICIOUS: You shall shed red tears.
Vicious stashes.
The Bebop. Spike destroys the last of the syndicate fighters.
JET: Spike, can you still fly? Don't worry about us. Just go! Go grasp that
     thing you had lost. GO!
Spike flies away.
The Chamber.
VICIOUS: As of now, the leadership has changed hands. From now on, I will
         dictate all authority and symbolism of this syndicate.
A graveyard. Spike finds Julia waiting for him. She points a gun at him.
TO BE CONTINUED
CLOSING CREDITS
COMING EPISODE
SPIKE: A lot of things have happened, but the next episode is the last.
JET: It sure was long...
FAYE: The past is the past...
SPIKE: No use doing this...
FAYE: ...and the future is the future.
SPIKE: So how was it, Jet?
FAYE: A man is a man, and a woman is a woman.
JET: Because of you, I ended up raising Ein.
FAYE: I am who I am, and you are who you are.
JET: Dogs are really cute after all...
FAYE: Like it really matters any...
SPIKE: Hey, Jet. Come on, you aren't...
JET: I wonder why we gave him away...
SPIKE: ...listening to what I'm saying at all!
JET: Oh... What was it?
SPIKE: Never mind. Anyway... Next episode: "The Real Folk Blues (Part II)."
       We'll see you again, somewhere.
FAYE: What? This is the end?
Next Session
THE REAL FOLK BLUES (PART II)