HUD\n Why are we here? And where, what IS here?\n\n HUD\n I mean, this morning I'm being arrested--\n\n ROBYN\n You too?\n\n HUD\n --and now you're talking about Camelot and courses and I haven't even had a coffee yet.\n\n<<display "IntroExposition">>
ARTHUR\n Well, about that job. I need a good hacker and I think you might fit the bill.\n\n HUD\n Wait. You can get me out of this?\n\n ARTHUR\n Mm. Or, if you'd prefer, you could spend the next five to twenty in prison.\n\n<<display "IntroDrive">>\n
HUD\n Ladies first.\n\n ROBYN\n (hesitant)\n Thanks.\n\n ROBYN\n (to Arthur)\n Look, I appreciate you're lady bailing me out with the cops--\n\n HUD\n (interrupting)\n Oh, me too. Except it was you. Not a lady. Um. Sorry. Go on.\n\n ROBYN\n What's going on here? Where are we?\n\n<<display "IntroExposition">>
HUD\n Robin, with an I? Like the melodius songbird?\n\n ROBYN\n With a Y. Like the, uh...Well, not like a songbird.\n\n HUD\n Oh, c'mon. I bet you have a beautiful singing voice.\n\n<<display "IntroHUDName">>
HUD\n You competing with me for this job?\n\n Robyn\n I don't even know what this job is. You?\n\n HUD\n Nope.\n\n Robyn\n He said you're a hacker? Well, I'm a catburglar. Guessing we're not up for the same position.\n\n HUD\n There's a good market in stolen cats then?\n\n<<display "IntroHUDName">>
HUD\n Look around. This place is loaded. At least stick around long enough for breakfast and to five-finger discount some of the silverware.\n\n<<display "IntroEnd">>\n
<<set $whyHackArthur = "right">> HUD\n It was the right thing to do.\n\n ARTHUR\n The right thing to do. I like that.\n\n<<display "IntroJobOffer">>
CUT TO:\n\nINT. CAMELOT\n\nThe main floor of the manor house is an "open concept" common area for the Knights of the Round Table, a group of thieves who right the wrongs that the justice system is unable to address. The center of the common area contains a pool and various shrubs, plants, flowers, and small trees to give a natural appearance. Two entryways from the front allow access into the common area with a piano and a small bar set up between them. It's in this small area that we find Robyn leaning against a wall in the foreground, her arms crossed over her chest, one knee raised, its foot kicking the wall behind her. The door of the entryway behind her opens and Arthur steps in drawing Robyn's attention.\n\n ARTHUR\n Hello, hello. I...have returned.\n\nWe switch to HUD's POV as he wheels in behind Arthur. KAY, a distinguished lawyer in her forties and member of the Knights, approaches Arthur.\n\n KAY\n Looks like you were successful, Arthur.\n\n ARTHUR\n I was. And you?\n\nKay gestures Robyn forward who grudgingly walks into view.\n\n KAY\n Allow me to present Miss Robyn Chambers.\n\nArthur extends both hands towards Robyn to shake her hand. She keeps her arms crossed.\n\n ARTHUR\n Robyn Chambers. So good to meet you.\n\nArthur lowers his hands his enthusiasm unflagging. He gestures towards HUD.\n\n ARTHUR\n Let me introduce HUD, hacker extraordinaire and--\n\n KAY\n (interrupting)\n Excuse me, Arthur. There is a matter that needs your attention.\n\n ARTHUR\n (to Robyn HUD)\n Ah. Pardon me a moment, won't you? I'll be right back.\n\nArthur and Kay step off to the side and start conversing in low tones, leaving Robyn and HUD alone with each other.\n\n HUD\n [[You competing with me for this job?|IntroRobynCompete]]\n [[Robin, with an I? Like the melodius songbird?|IntroRobynI]]\n [[Hey, do you know what this is all about?|IntroRobynAbout]]\n
<<set $whyHackArthur = "fun">> HUD\n For the fun of it.\n\n ARTHUR\n Ah! There is a thrill to it, isn't there?\n\n<<display "IntroJobOffer">>
FADE IN\n\nINT. REAR POLICE VAN - NIGHT\n\nHUD is looking down at his wheelchaired legs. We see the same tattoo on his wrist as from the intro scene so we know this is the same character. He wears a digital MONOCLE that the player uses for interactions when not on a computer. ARTHUR, a man in his early sixties and head of the Knights of the Round Table, arrives at the back of the open van, off screen. Police lights are flashing outside.\n\n ARTHUR\n Hello? Hey, hello.\n\n MONOCOLE\n (tickertape)\n Move the mouse to the edges of the screen or click and drag to see who's talking to you.\n\nArthur keeps calling to HUD until the player turns to face him.\n\n ARTHUR\n Ah. There we are. You're HUD, aren't you? Of course you are. But the question is, are you the right HUD? The HUD who pulled the Relief from the Left hack a few years back?\n\n HUD\n (silent)\n\nArthur looks over his shoulder to the flashing red and blue lights then looks back at HUD.\n\n ARTHUR\n Oh, don't worry. I'm not with the police.\n\n HUD\n Who are you then?\n\n ARTHUR\n A recruiter.\n\n HUD\n Heh! You have a job for me? Now? When I'm being arrested?\n\n ARTHUR\n Why'd you do it? The Relief from the Left hack? Transfering funds from rich politicians to poor flood victims.\n\n MONOCOLE\n (tickertape)\n Click on a response to this man's question.\n\n HUD\n [[For the fun of it.|IntroWhyFun]]\n [[To hide the money I kept for myself.|IntroWhyMoney]]\n [[It was the right thing to do.|IntroWhyRight]]\n
HUD\n You're too pretty to storm out in indignation.\n\n ROBYN\n You think you're gonna get anywhere with lines like that?\n\n HUD\n I got you to stop, didn't I? Look, I don't know you, you don't know me, but if we're anything alike then neither of us have tackled jobs as big as what the Knights of the Round Table do. Do you really want to walk out on an opportunity like this without learning more? Do you?\n\n<<display "IntroEnd">>
FADE IN\n\nEXT. BUILDING - NIGHT\n\nA POV camera sprints across a darkened lawn towards a distinctive window set into sandstone walls of an otherwise non-descript building.\n\nINT. APARTMENT - NIGHT\n\nTight on a computer display, with the apartment largely shrouded in shadows in the background. We hear the tap of computer keys. On the computer display we see "Hack Initiated".\n\nINT. HALLWAY\n\nThe distinctive window we saw outside is lifted open. It's at the end of a dark hallway lined with paintings. We see the hands of ROBYN, a catburglar in her early twenties, but the rest of her features are in shadow.\n\nINT. APARTMENT\n\nThe hack attempt proceeds on the computer screen with a message of "Security Breached. Connection granted."\n\nINT. HALLWAY\n\nRobyn rolls in through the window.\n\nINT. APARTMENT\n\nThe computer display shows "Accessing financial accounts."\n\nINT. HALLWAY\n\nRobyn slinks down the hallway to a lit room, with a statue on a pedestal.\n\nINT. APARTMENT\n\nThe computer display shows "Transferring funds".\n\nINT. STATUE ROOM\n\nRobyn enters the dimly lit room and takes the statue with a smile. The smile turns to a startled frown as an alarm goes off.\n\nINT. APARTMENT\n\nA red alert alarm emits from the computer as the display puts up a red message of "Hack Detected! Backtrace in progress."\n\nINT. HALLWAY\n\nClose on Robyn's feet running down the hallway towards the window she entered from.\n\nINT. APARTMENT\n\nClose on the keyboard. We see fingers tapping frantically. On the wrist of one hand, prominent in camera, is a distinctive tattoo. It will be revealed later that the hands belong to HUD, a mid-twenties computer hacker.\n\nINT. HALLWAY\n\nA door opens and a security guard steps out. Robyn reels backwards.\n\nINT. APARTMENT\n\nThe display changes to "Backtrace complete. Location compromised."\n\nINT. HALLWAY\n\nRobyn runs the other way. Another guard appears at the other end of the hall and Robyn slows to a halt.\n\nINT. APARTMENT\n\nClose on the typing fingers. The apartment door is in the background. We hear the thud of feet on stairs, then the door is kicked open by a policeman.\n\nFADE OUT\n\n"Robyn HUD" title fades in and zooms in from the back.\n\nFADE OUT\n\n<<display 'IntroHUD'>>
ARTHUR\n (checking his watch)\n Yes. I suppose I do owe you an explanation. All right. The quick, quick version. This is Camelot, home of the greatest thieves in the world: The Knights of the Round Table. You may have heard of us.\n\n HUD\n You're the--\n\n ARTHUR\n Ah, hold your questions. Unlike most thieves, we're dedicated to the proactive redistribution of wealth to help the downtrodden.\n\n ROBYN\n What does that mean?\n\n BORS\n We rob from the rich and give to the poor.\n\n ARTHUR\n Whoa. Hold your questions. We have an imminent job requiring both the skills of an expert catburglar, Robyn, and an equally expert hacker, HUD. Hence your pressence here.\n\n HUD\n Yeah, about that--\n\n ARTHUR\n Tut tut. Hold your questions. Before we send you into the field we need to get you trained up first. That's the job of Sir Bors here.\n\n ROBYN\n Trained?\n\n ARTHUR\n Of course. After all, you're going to be partners.\n\n ROBYN HUD\n (together)\n Partners?\n\n ARTHUR\n Take care of it, Bors, there's a good fellow.\n\nArthur walks away.\n\n ROBYN\n Hey, I didn't say yes to this. I didn't say yes. Annnd he's gone. Great. Bors, is it? And training? Screw that noise. How do I get out of here.\n\nRobyn starts to walk for the door. HUD spins to call after her.\n\n HUD\n Wai-wai, wai-wai, wait!\n\n ROBYN?\n What? You want to share a cab with me?\n\n HUD\n [[These are the knights. They define honour among thieves.|IntroConvinceCamelot]]\n [[Look around. This place is loaded.|IntroConvinceLoot]]\n [[You're too pretty to storm out in indignation.|IntroConvinceFlattery]]\n
Robyn looks around, then nods.\n\n ROBYN\n OK. You make some good points. But if they give us homework in this course, I am so out of here.\n\n BORS\n (chuckles)\n If you two are quite ready, then follow me.\n\nFADE OUT\n\nEnd Introduction\n\n
CUT TO:\n\nEXT. CAMELOT - DAWN\n\nA black VAN drives along a cobblestone driveway lined with knee-high walls that are punctuated by square potters with well trimmed evergreens. HUD and Arthur are in the van, unseen.\n\n HUD\n Where are we going for this job of yours?\n\n ARTHUR\n Wait for it, my young friend. And there.\n\nThe camera cranes around from the front of the van towads the rear to show CAMELOT silhouetted by the rising sun. It's a large, two-story, sandstone manor house.\n\n ARTHUR\n Welcome, to Camelot.\n\n<<display "IntroRobyn">>
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HUD\n Hey, do you know what this is all about?\n\n ROBYN\n Not a clue. But whatever it is, beats the alternative for me.\n\n HUD\n Yeah. Me too.\n\n<<display "IntroHUDName">>
HUD\n These are the knights. They define honour among thieves.\n\n ROBYN\n I'm not interested in honour.\n\n HUD\n Ah. But you are interested in thieving and that's a start. Look around. Look at how high class this operation has to be. Can you really tell me you're pulling jobs in the same league as the Knights of the Round Table?\n\n<<display "IntroEnd">>\n
<<set $whyHackArthur = "money">> HUD\n To hide the money I kept for myself.\n\n ARTHUR\n Hmm, so it's wealth you're interested in.\n\n HUD\n Guess so. That's what got me caught tonight.\n\n<<display "IntroJobOffer">>
ROBYN\n So, what kind of name is HUD?\n\n HUD\n A good one. Stands for Heads Up Display. It's a computer term. I'm a computer hacker. It's my alias.\n\n ROBYN\n Yeah, no, I got it.\n\nArthur returns as Kay departs. In the background BORS, a man in his forties and the operations manager of the Knights, enters from an elevator on the far side of the open concept area and approaches.\n\n ARTHUR\n So good to see you two getting acquainted. I can tell you're anxious to get started. Bors? Ah, Bors, there you are. Take these two down to the course and see how they fare.\n\n BORS\n Absolutely.\n\n ROBYN\n (simultaneous with HUD)\n Hey, what's this about?\n\n HUD\n (simultaneous with Robyn)\n Course? What's goin' on?\n\n ARTHUR\n One at a time. One at a time.\n\nRobyn and HUD look at each other.\n\n HUD\n [[Ladies first.|IntroBackgroundLadies]]\n [[Why are we here? And where, what IS here?|IntroBackgroundQuestions]]\n