"(CACOPHONY FADES)" "It's no good." "We are just not a musical nation." "No, no, no, it was..." "It was very nice." "Really?" "Now, I want you to be absolutely, totally, genuinely honest with me." "Did you really, truly, honestly like it?" "No." "They didn't like it." "My God, I want to die!" "Your Majesty, we come from a world where there is no music." "Where Fenrir the Wolf covers the sun." "A world where men live and die by the ax and by the sword." "Well, how do you think I feel?" "We must find the Horn Resounding!" "Is it here on Hy-Brasil?" "I'll tell you what..." "Yes?" "We'll do the one that goes..." "Tum-tum-ti-tum-tum." "Perhaps you'll like that one better." "(CACOPHONY STARTS)" "(BOTH EXCLAIMING)" "Have you ever felt like this about anyone else?" "You mean got into bed with them?" "No." "Of course not, silly." "No, I mean felt like this about them." "You mean you have got into bed with somebody else?" "No, I mean have you ever felt that for the first time in your life you've met someone you really can believe in with your whole heart?" "Someone whose goals suddenly seem to be your goals." "Whose dreams become your dreams." "Have you ever been to bed with anyone else?" "Why do you go on about that?" "You've felt like this before." "It was different." "What was she like?" "Well, I didn't know her very well." "But you loved her all the same?" "We never went to bed together." "Why do you go on about that?" "What's it matter?" "You have been to bed with somebody else, haven't you?" "I've never loved anybody!" "I've never been to bed with anybody!" "(KNOCKING AT DOOR)" "KING:" "Aud?" "Open up!" "It's my father." "KING:" "I know you're in there." "(KNOCKING CONTINUES)" "Aud?" "Do you hear me?" "(SHIP'S HORN BLOWING)" "ERIK:" "Oh, no!" "Halfdan!" "KING:" "I will walk right in and surprise you." "Throw this over you." "Right!" "Well, where is he?" "Who, Father?" "Who?" "Whoever you've got in here, of course!" "Well, there is no one, Father." "(SNIFFING)" "I smell one of those foreigners." "That's who it is, isn't it?" "He's the fifth one this week." "Fifth?" "All right, where is he?" "There's no one here, Father." "Look for yourself." "Oh!" "He wouldn't be a midget, Father!" "Ah!" "So you admit there could be someone here." "You're losing your temper." "Of course I'm not, my dear." "I never lose my temper." "(SHIP'S HORN BLOWING)" "Oh, dear, more visitors!" "A-ha!" "Right!" "Come on!" "Come out of there!" "Come out like a man." "I know you're in there." "It's all in your own mind, Father." "I sometimes think you've got some of your mother's magic in you." "She could blind me as easily as the night, the day." "It's your fantasy." "Well, I'll catch you, like I caught her." "The Cloak Invisible." "It was my mother's parting gift." "Fifth one this week!" "Can I have my shirt back please?" "For goodness' sake!" "And I thought you said it was something special." "Erik, that's just what I am" "(HUMMING) trying to tell you." "You are." "Five this week, how many the week before?" "You're as bad as my father." "And the week before that?" "Erik!" "Erik!" "Yes." "I just want to help you to get to Asgard." "(SHIP'S HORN BLOWING)" "Must not let him land!" "Who?" "Halfdan the Black." "(MEN GRUNTING)" "I feel strange." "What, sort of wobbly and excited?" "Sort of." "That's fear." "Thorfinn doesn't know the meaning of fear." "Is it sort of like a sinking feeling in your stomach?" "That's it!" "But you're not even afraid of death, Thorfinn!" "I know, I know." "It's magic." "What magic?" "I've heard of a magic that strikes fear into the heart, so you cannot fight." "Yes, I can feel it." "I always feel like this!" "(MEN GRUNTING)" "All right." "If they're using magic, we'll use a magic of our own!" "Aud!" "Why didn't you come up by the stairs?" "Where's the Cloak Invisible?" "Why?" "I can't see it!" "Have you got another man in here already?" "It's in that chest." "There isn't another man." "Oh, no, no." "I'll bring it back." "No, Erik, you don't understand..." "No, Aud, it's you who doesn't understand." "Halfdan the Black has come to kill and destroy." "We brought him here." "We must stop him." "No, Erik, you don't realize that..." "Good-bye, Aud." "Erik!" "Thanks!" "No, wait, Erik." "The Cloak Invisible, it only seems to work on my father!" "And a sort of slightly sick feeling?" "That's right." "And you keep wanting to go to the toilet." "Yes!" "So Halfdan the Black's using magic, is he?" "Well, I have here a magic to match his!" "What is it?" "A magic dish cloth." "To the oars!" "(SPEAKING JAPANESE)" "(YELLING IN JAPANESE)" "I don't think it'd be so bad if we knew what you were saying." "Erik!" "What magic have you brought?" "Here it is." "Here is the magic from the King's daughter!" "Huh?" "How did he do that, then?" "Do what?" "Vanish." "He hasn't." "Where is he then?" "He's there!" "Open wide." "Oh, dear!" "I've done it." "Yes." "Scary, scary, don't we look mean?" "You can't see me!" "But I can see you!" "(BOTH SNARLING)" "(SPEAKING JAPANESE)" "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "What's the matter?" "Haven't you seen anybody fight before?" "No." "They're usually too scared of us." "Kill him!" "There, that's a true berserk." "Well I'm..." "I'm just building up to it, Dad." "(EXCLAIMING)" "The fear's gone!" "Kill!" "Now you see me, now you don't." "What?" "(YELLING)" "Well, come on!" "I..." "I..." "Hang the Blacksmith's Code!" "I am the air!" "I am the wind!" "Fight, damn you, fight!" "Well, go on, go berserk!" "Give us a chance, Dad!" "What about you, why don't you go berserk?" "I got to keep my eye on him." "This is the life, eh?" "Oh, dear!" "Erik!" "Kill!" "Thorfinn!" "Look out!" "Now row." "Row, you moron!" "Thorfinn!" "You can't die!" "I'm not frightened of anything." "You'll see my grandfather in Valhalla." "No, he's not..." "Not there." "Tell him I'm coming." "(ALL CHEERING)" "No!" "Wait, wait, Erik!" "Erik, wait!" "Loki." "What are you doing here?" "Halfdan wanted to stop you waking the gods, so I disguised myself to sabotage their plans." "To save you, Erik." "But..." "It was my master Keitel's idea." "Wasn't it, Keitel?" "Well, I..." "But..." "How is it that you can see me?" "You can all see me ?" "What do you mean?" "Why shouldn't we see you?" "I can't see him." "I'm wearing the Cloak Invisible." "There you are." "You mean you could all see me this whole time?" "Weren't we supposed to?" "I feel a little..." "I made this for you." "Erik, we are grateful to you and to your men." "ALL:" "Yes, we are." "And there is only one way we know to repay you." "Musicians!" "We would love to hear you sing again, but what we'd really appreciate would be if you could see your way to lending, not giving, of course, but just lending us the..." "Well, to be quite blunt, the Horn Resounding." "It's yours." "Is that it?" "Is there something the matter with it?" "No, no, it's just I didn't expect it to be quite so big." "You do know how to play the horn, do you?" "What?" "You do know how to play the horn, do you?" "Yes, sir, yes." "Then I expect you'll be leaving first thing in the morning, eh?" "What's the matter, Keitel Blacksmith?" "Have you forgotten why you came on this voyage?" "Do you want Erik to wake the gods?" "How can we stop him now?" "Take this." "And throw it from the cliff heights." "They'll never be able to make the" "Horn Resounding sound without it." "Why me?" "Why don't you do it?" "Hurry!" "Surely you haven't forgotten your blacksmith's oath?" "Hurry!" "SNORRI:" "Keitel!" "What?" "What are you doing, Keitel Blacksmith?" "Get away, Snorri." "What have you got there?" "Get off!" "Snorri, get away..." "Oh, no." "(RUMBLING)" "Gods!" "What have we done?" "Now, I know what some of you must be thinking." "The day has come, we're all going to go down, etc, etc." "But let's get away from the fantasy and look at the facts." "We do seem to be going down quite fast, Your Majesty." "Not trying to contradict you, of course." "Oh, no, no, of course you're not, citizen." "But let's stick to the facts." "The threat of total destruction has kept the peace here in Hy-Brasil for 1,000 years." "So whatever else is happening, you can rest assured," "Hy-Brasil is not sinking." "May I just make a point in support of what King Arnulf's just said?" "We'd be delighted, wouldn't we?" "ALL:" "Yes, we'd certainly like to hear what one of us has got to say!" "Save yourselves!" "Hy-Brasil is sinking." "But you don't know our safety precautions." "It can't happen." "But it is!" "Look!" "I've already appointed the chancellor as chairman of a full committee of inquiry and in the meantime," "I suggest we have a sing-song!" "ALL:" "Good idea!" "I can't swim!" "I can't swim!" "Help!" "Help!" "Relax." "No, let go." "Help!" "Help!" "Excuse me!" "You hit him!" "Well, that's what you're supposed to do, isn't it?" "Look!" "Come on." "(ALL CHANTING)" "You know, I think we're getting better." "How can you tell?" "Father!" "It's all right, it's not happening!" "Father, it is!" "Get onboard!" "No, thanks!" "Who do you think you are?" "Panic-mongers!" "Come on over here!" "ARNULF:" "Leave us alone!" "Yeah." "Leave them alone." "It's sinking!" "Hy-Brasil is sinking!" "Well, my dear, I think you'll find it's all a question of what you want to believe in, and I happen to have more experience of these matters than you do." "I think... (GURGLING)" "It's times like this, my child, when this book can..." "Right." "We must blow the first note." "The note that will take us to Asgard." "Over the edge of the world." "(SPUTTERING)" "(HONKING FEEBLY)" "Here, let me have a go." "No!" "No, I'm doing it." "No..." "Look, you're always telling me..." "Telling me..." "Stop it!" "Why can't you let me do something for myself?" "Just the once?" "No!" "Don't fight!" "We're never going to get where we want to go, if you fight." "It has not spoken for 1,000 years." "Don't blow it, you don't know what might happen." "(HONKING)" "(HIGH-PITCHED SCRAPING)" "What are you doing?" "She wants to kill us!" "She wants to take us over the edge of the world!" "There is no edge of the world." "There is no dragon..." "Right." "You do want to get to Asgard, don't you?" "How do we know that's the way?" "We blew the Horn Resounding." "She blew the Horn Resounding." "Don't you see, Erik?" "She wants revenge!" "What are you talking about?" "Shut up!" "She knows it was our fault!" "I should have got rid of you long ago!" "Like you got rid of Snorri?" "No!" "No!" "No!" "We are in the spell of the Horn!" "Hatred will destroy us." "That's right!" "Hatred will destroy you." "He killed Snorri!" "He caused the land of Hy-Brasil to sink!" "She knew!" "Now she wants to take us over the edge of the world!" "Well, how else do you think we're going to get to Asgard?" "Do you believe I love you?" "Yes, I do." "Then let go!" "I'm still seeing stars." "We're all seeing stars." "No, I was hit on the head." "ERIK: (WHISPERING) Bifrost." "The Rainbow Bridge." "Asgard!" "Where?" "Up there, you fathead." "ERIK:" "Look at it." "It's real." "Hallucinations aren't real." "The second note." "The note to wake the gods." "Gently." "(RUMBLING)" "You've done what you came to do." "Not quite." "I came to find my grandfather." "I..." "I came here to find someone." "Valhalla." "There, you see?" "It's solid." "It's real." "Now do you believe us?" "There's nothing there." "If you're... (CHUCKLING)" "You are all having me on, aren't you?" "It's Valhalla, where the warriors slain in battle go." "It doesn't exist for him." "He hasn't got an ounce of faith in him." "Listen." "(CHILD CHATTERING)" "(PEOPLE CHATTERING)" "Good!" "It's Mr. Wonderful!" "I've come to take you back to the land of the living." "What a stupid idea." "Why?" "Well, what's the point of being dead in the land of the living?" "Who is he talking to?" "(SHUSHING) Right." "Dad?" "How can you tell?" "The bastard!" "Dad!" "He drove me mad!" "Easy, Dad!" ""You'll never be a berserk if you lose your temper."" "Dad!" "I hate you!" "Dad!" "I hate you!" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad!" "You won, Sven." "I'll ask the gods to give you life again." "Have you ever tried asking the gods for anything?" "No." "Odin!" "I'm busy." "He's busy." "Is that Odin?" "You'll have to wait till he's finished his game." "Odin." "We come from the world of Midgard." "Clear off." "No, wait, Thor." "You have to help us." "We don't have to help anybody." "Fenrir the Wolf covers the sun, men fight and kill each other all the time." "This is ridiculous." "Why should we care?" "Because you're the gods." "So?" "So bring the Age of Ragnarok to an end and stop all this fighting and bloodshed." "Erik the Viking." "We don't make men love each other, or hate each other." "But you're the gods." "What right have you to try and stop men fighting, Erik the Viking?" "There is glory in battle." "Riches to be made and won." "Made by you, Loki!" "By you, Keitel Blacksmith." "Don't you know, Erik?" "That's why he went with you." "Ragnarok was good for his business." "It's not my business anymore!" "(HOWLING)" "ODIN:" "Fenrir the Wolf has gone, Erik." "But will men cease fighting each other?" "I have one more request before we return." "Return?" "You have set your foot in the halls of Asgard, Erik." "You cannot return." "But it's all in your imagination." "Whatever "it" is." "You're the only one who can do it." "Please." "Oh..." "You mean we must stay here forever?" "Stay here?" "This is Valhalla." "This is reserved for those slain in battle." "Yeah, we're the lucky ones!" "Yeah, it's better than dying of old age." "For you there is only the pit of Hell." "Son!" "My son!" "Get lost!" "Dad!" "Grandfather!" "Sven!" "I tried to save you." "Why should you care?" "I don't know!" "I just did!" "SNORRI:" "Erik!" "No." "Let go, Snorri!" "I've got you!" "Hold on!" "You'll be sucked down, too!" "I've got you, Sven." "Listen!" "Listen!" "The third note!" "I want to go home." "(MEN LAUGHING)" "I don't believe it!" "It brought us home!" "But who blew it?" "Well, who cares?" "We're home!" "Mum!" "Dad!" "We're home!" "Throw down your weapons or we kill the children." "Well, now, we'll kill the children anyway." "HARALD:" "Mind your heads!" "Harald!" "Mum!" "Hello, mum!" "My boy!" "My boy!" "My boy!" "Look!" "Look!" "(BIRDS TWITTERING)" "I've heard it all a thousand times!" "You all right?" "There is no edge of the world." "There is no..." "What a stupid idea." "Barmy!"