In Which GofyTomcat and Rose Honorfy Les Misérables

Who am I??

Tom Theisman:

Now Harrington is caught
Ransom knew her at a glance.
The officer Ransom's found,
Honor could be my chance.
Why should I save her hide?
Why should I right his wrong?
When I have come so far,
And struggled for so long.
If I speak, I am condemned,
If I stay silent I am damned.

I am an Officer of Haven's Republic
her people are mine
Can I abandon them how will they live
If I am confined?
If I speak, I am condemned,
If I stay silent I am damned.

who am I, can I condemn Honor to slavery
pretend I do not feel her agony?
this officer of Manticore
who like me wants to end this war?
who am I?

can I conceal myself forever more
pretend I'm not the man I was before?
and must my name until I die,
be no more than an alibi,
must I lie?

how can I ever face my dear Haven
how can I ever serve her Fleet again?
my soul belongs to God I know,
I made that bargain long ago
he gave me hope when hope was gone
he gave me strength to carry on
who am I, I'm Tom Theisman

And so, my officers and crew,
This woman's as guilty as you!
Who am I?
Who am I
THEISMAN OF HAVEN!!

The Confrontation" Theisman and Ransom

Ransom
Captain, at last,
We see each other plain
"Citizen Theisman",
You'll wear a different chain.

Theisman
Before you say another word, Ransom
Before you force me to engage again
Listen to me! There is something I must do.
This Manty leaves behind a suffering crew.
There is none but me who can intercede,
In Mercy's name, three days are all I need.
Then I'll return, I pledge my word.
Then I'll return...

Ransom
You must think me mad!
You are sworn to serve us now
But men like you can never change
A man... such as you...
Ransom (in counterpoint)
Men like me can never change
Men like you can never change
No, Citizen,
My duty's to Haven
You have no rights
Come with me Admiral Theisman
Now the wheel has turned around
Tom Theisman is nothing now
Dare you talk to me of crime
And the price you had to pay
Haven's fleet is born to serve
Every man must choose his way
You know nothing of Ransom
I was born with Prolist scum
I was born with scum like you
I am from the gutter too!

Theisman(in counterpoint)
Believe of me what you will
There is a duty that I'm sworn to do
You know nothing of my life
All I did was aid her cause!
You know nothing of the world
You would rather see me dead
But not before I see this justice done

I am warning you Ransom
I will see this duty done!
There is power in me yet
My race is not yet run
I am warning you Ransom
There is nothing I won't do
If I have to kill you here
I'll do what must be done!

Theisman turns to a wounded Honor, beaten and abused by the Tepes officers.

Theisman
And this I swear to you tonight

Ransom
There is no place for you to hide

Theisman
Your crew will live within my care

Ransom
Wherever you may hide away

Theisman
And I will get them safely home

Both
I swear to you, I will be there!

GofyTomcat1 wrote:Who am I??

Tom Theisman:

Now Harrington is caught
Ransom knew her at a glance.
The officer Ransom's found,
Honor could be my chance.
Why should I save her hide?
Why should I right his wrong?
When I have come so far,
And struggled for so long.
If I speak, I am condemned,
If I stay silent I am damned.

I am an Officer of Haven's Republic
her people are mine
Can I abandon them how will they live
If I am confined?
If I speak, I am condemned,
If I stay silent I am damned.

who am I, can I condemn Honor to slavery
pretend I do not feel her agony?
this officer of Manticore
who like me wants to end this war?
who am I?

can I conceal myself forever more
pretend I'm not the man I was before?
and must my name until I die,
be no more than an alibi,
must I lie?

how can I ever face my dear Haven
how can I ever serve her Fleet again?
my soul belongs to God I know,
I made that bargain long ago
he gave me hope when hope was gone
he gave me strength to carry on
who am I, I'm Tom Theisman

And so, my officers and crew,
This woman's as guilty as you!
Who am I?
Who am I
THEISMAN OF HAVEN!!

...this is totally payback for the "I Dreamed a Dream" reprise, isn't it.

This one hits me right in the emotions!!

Lovely Ladies: (Honor and StateSec)


Spacers on Tepes:

I smell women
Smell 'em in the air
Think they're comin' over
on that pinnace over there

Lovely ladies
Smell 'em through the smoke
Seven days in space
Can make you hungry for a poke
Even fusion techs need a little stoke!

Havenite guards:
Honor Harrington, tryin' to save her crew
Manty scum and Grayson scum, and blasted Treecats too!
Salamander, tryin' to save 'em all
Hopin' they'll be safe at home when trapdoors start to fall
"Lady" Harrington, murderer that's all!!

Ransom
Come here, Manty
Let's see this Treecat you wear
This "Nimitz" 'cat...

Honor
Peep scum, he'll never be yours!

Ransom
your crew'll go free

Honor
That wouldn't be worth him, you Peep!

Ransom (to StateSec guards)
Take it away, it threatens our security. Deal with her 'cat!

(Nimitz attacks, and the Peeps injure him.)

Honor
Oh no, Nimitz!!

Ransom (coldly)
That's not my fault

Honor
Hurt him no more!

Ransom
My duty's done
Honor, you'll pay you Manty scum!

Havenites
Honor Harrington, croonin' like her 'cat!
Knows she's just a goner, but she carries on like that!
Salamander, burning in her flames
Soon she'll see the scaffold, then SNAP! the end, no pain
Keep inspecting, Ransom wants her tamed!

StateSec Guard:
What pretty hair
What pretty locks you got there
What luck you got, it's worth your crew's lives my dear
I'll take the lot

Honor
Don't touch me leave me alone

StateSec
Let's make a price, I'll save you all your NC's
Just think of that!

Honor
It pays a debt

StateSec
Just think of that

Honor
What can I do? It pays a debt.
My people will be kept from death!

Peeps

Honor Harrington, going to her death!
sentenced to a neck-stretching for taking Coglin's breath!
Salamander, fueling Manty fire,
now that you've been captured, you've sparked ol' Ransom's ire
Manty prisoner, burnin' her own pyre!

[Honor re-emerges, her long hair cut short.]

Peep officer
Give me the dirt, who's that bit over there?

StateSec guard
A bit of skirt, she's the one lost her hair.

Officer 2
She's got a crew sends 'em all that she can

Pimp
I might have known
duty wins in the end
Manty cell-bait, come along and join us!
Lovely lady!

Sergeant
Come on dearie, why all the fuss?
You're no grander than the rest of us
Life has dropped you at the bottom of the heap
Join your sisters, make money in your sleep!

[Honor is dragged off with one of the StateSec guards.]

That's right dearie, let him have the lot
That's right dearie, show him what you've got!

Old men, young men, take 'em as they come
Harbor rats and alley cats and every type of scum
Poor men, rich men, leaders of the land
See them with their trousers off they're never quite as grand
All it takes is money in your hand!
Lovely ladies
Going for a song
Got a lot of callers
But they never stay for long

Honor (finally on the verge of defeat, starved and demoralized)

Come on, Captain
You can wear your shoes
Don't it make a change
To have a girl who can't refuse
Easy money
Lying on a bed
Just as well they never see
The hate that's in your head
Don't they know they're making love
To one already dead!

Master of the House (of Lords)

High Ridge (gesturing to St. Just and Pierre)
Welcome, Citizen
Sit yourself down
And meet the best
Manty Lord in town
As for the rest,
RMN crooks
building their fleets
And cooking the books.

Seldom do you see
Honest men like me
A gent of good intent
Who's content to be

Master of the house
Doling out the charm
Ready with a handshake
And an open palm
Tells a saucy tale
Makes a little stir
Customers appreciate a bon-viveur
Glad to do a friend a favor
Doesn't cost me to be nice
But nothing gets you nothing
Everything has got a little price!

Master of their fleet
Keeper of the zoo
Ready to relieve 'em
Of an SD or two
cutting up their fleets,
Making up the weight
Pickin' up their DNs
When they can't see straight
Everybody loves Lord High Ridge
Everybody's bosom friend
I do whatever pleases
Jesus! Won't I bleed 'em in the end!

Chorus, High Ridge, and St. Just
Master of the house
Quick to catch yer eye
Never wants a passerby
To pass him by
Servant to the poor
Butler to the great
Comforter, philosopher,
And lifelong mate!
Everybody's boon companion
Everybody's chaperone

High Ridge
But lock up your new CLACs
Jesus! Won't I skin you to the bone!

(To a Manticoran Admiral)

High Ridge
Enter M'sieur
Lay down your load
berth all your ships
And rest from the road

(Taking his bag)

This weighs a ton
this war's a curse
But here we strive
To lighten your purse
Here the goose is cooked
Here the fat is fried
And nothing's overlooked
Till I'm satisfied...

Food beyond compare
Food beyond belief
Mix it in a mincer
And pretend it's beef
Kidney of a horse
Liver of a 'cat (Nimitz, spying on them, bleeks loudly)
Filling up the sausages
With this and that

Residents are more than welcome
Admiral's Quarters occupied
Reasonable charges
Plus some little extras on the side!

Charge 'em for the lice
Extra for the mice
Two percent for looking in the mirror twice
Here a little slice
There a little cut
Three percent for sleeping with the window shut
When it comes to fixing prices
There are a lot of tricks he knows
How it all increases
All those bits and pieces
Jesus! It's amazing how it grows!
Havenites, High Ridge and Chorus

Master of the house
Quick to catch yer eye
Never wants a passerby
To pass him by
Servant to the poor
Butler to the great
Comforter, philosopher,
And lifelong mate!
Everybody's boon companion
Gives 'em everything he's got

High Ridge
Dirty Navy geezers
Jesus! What a sorry little lot!

Janacek
I used to dream
That I would meet a prince
But God Almighty,
Have you seen what's happened since?
`Master of the house?'
Isn't worth me spit!
`Comforter, philosopher'
- and lifelong shit!
Cunning little brain
Regular Voltaire
Thinks he's quite a lover
But there's not much there
What a cruel trick of nature
Landed me with such a louse
God knows how I've lasted
Living with this bastard in the house!

High Ridge
Master of the house.

Janacek
Master and a half!

High Ridge
Comforter, philosopher

Janacek
Ah, don't make me laugh!
Chorus/ High Ridge
Servant to the poor. Butler to the great.
Janacek
Hypocrite and toady and inebriate!

Havenites
Everybody bless Lord High Ridge!
Bless the First Lord also, Lads!

High Ridge
Everybody raise a glass

Janacek
Raise it up the master's arse.

All
Everybody raise a glass to the master of the house!!

"In my life"
(Eloise and Theisman, Honor and LaFollet)

Haven...

Eloise:
How strange
This feeling that our Haven's begun at last
This change,
Can alliances really be formed so fast?
What's the matter with you, 'Loise?
Have you been too much on your own?
So many things unclear
So many things unknown.

In my life
There are so many questions and answers
That somehow seem wrong...
In my life
There are times when I catch in the silence
The sigh of a faraway song
And it sings
Of the Grand Alliance that I see
Out of reach
And Tom Theisman is there,
Waiting for me.

Does he know I'm alive?
Do I know if he's real?
Does he see what I saw?
Does he feel what I feel?

In my life
I'm no longer alone
Now the love in my life
Is so near
Find me now, find me here!

Theisman (imagining Eloise as the RoH restored):
Dear Haven,
You're battered and alone
How pensive, how sad you seem to me
Believe me, were it within my power
I'd fill each passing hour
How quiet it must be, I can see
With only me for company.

Eloise:
There's so little I know
That I'm longing to know
Of the nation that was
In a time long ago...
There's so little you say
Of the Haven you've known
Why you keep to yourself
Why we're always alone
So dark! So dark and deep...
The secrets that you keep!

In my life
There is no longer peace and I yearn
For the truth that you know
Of the years... years ago!

Theisman
You will learn
Truth is given by God
To us all in our time
In our turn...

On Hell...

LaFollett (to Honor)
In my life
She has burst like the music of angels
The light of the sun.
And my life
Seems to stop as if something is over
And something has scarcely begun

Steadholder, you're the friend that has brought me here
Thanks to you, I am one with the gods and victory's near
And I soar through a world that is new that is free

Honor: [to herself, thinking of her last conversation with Admiral White Haven]

Every word my Lord said is a dagger in me.
In my life
There's been no one like him anywhere
Anywhere, where he is
If he asked... I'd be his...

LaFollet and Honor:
In my life...
There is someone who touches my life.

Honor:
Waiting near...

LaFollet:
Waiting here...

"A Grand Alliance"-A Heart full of Love
Elizabeth and Eloise

Elizabeth III
A Grand Alliance.
A new day, a song.
Im doing everything all wrong.
Oh God, for shame, I do not even know your name.
Ma'am President,
Won't you say?
Will you tell?

Eloise:
Grand Alliance.
No fear... No regret!

Elizabeth:
My name is Elizabeth III

Eloise
Eloise Prichart!

Elizabeth:
Eloise!
... I don't know what to say.
Elizabeth:
Then make no sound

Eloise:
I am lost...

Elizabeth:
I am found...

Eloise:
Haven, Manticore

Both:
A night bright as day!

Elizabeth:
Our Alliance must not sway
'Loise, 'Loise!

Eloise:
This is a chain we'll never break.

Elizabeth:
Do I dream?

Eloise:
I'm awake...

Elizabeth:
A Grand Alliance...

Theisman: [Interjecting]
She was never mine to lose...

Eloise and Elizabeth:
New hope, and new life

Theisman: Elizabeth:
Why regret what could not be? A single look and then I knew...

Eloise:
I knew it too!

Theisman:
These are words Haven can't say...
Not to me...

Elizabeth:
From today...

Theisman:
Not to me...
Not for me...

Eloise:
Everyday...

Theisman: Elizabeth and Eloise:
This New Alliance... For it isn't a dream...

She will never feel this way! Not a dream after all!

GofyTomcat1 wrote:"In my life"
(Eloise and Theisman, Honor and LaFollet)

Haven...

Eloise:
How strange
This feeling that our Haven's begun at last
This change,
Can alliances really be formed so fast?
What's the matter with you, 'Loise?
Have you been too much on your own?
So many things unclear
So many things unknown.

In my life
There are so many questions and answers
That somehow seem wrong...
In my life
There are times when I catch in the silence
The sigh of a faraway song
And it sings
Of the Grand Alliance that I see
Out of reach
And Tom Theisman is there,
Waiting for me.

Does he know I'm alive?
Do I know if he's real?
Does he see what I saw?
Does he feel what I feel?

In my life
I'm no longer alone
Now the love in my life
Is so near
Find me now, find me here!

Theisman (imagining Eloise as the RoH restored):
Dear Haven,
You're battered and alone
How pensive, how sad you seem to me
Believe me, were it within my power
I'd fill each passing hour
How quiet it must be, I can see
With only me for company.

Eloise:
There's so little I know
That I'm longing to know
Of the nation that was
In a time long ago...
There's so little you say
Of the Haven you've known
Why you keep to yourself
Why we're always alone
So dark! So dark and deep...
The secrets that you keep!

In my life
There is no longer peace and I yearn
For the truth that you know
Of the years... years ago!

Theisman
You will learn
Truth is given by God
To us all in our time
In our turn...

On Hell...

LaFollett (to Honor)
In my life
She has burst like the music of angels
The light of the sun.
And my life
Seems to stop as if something is over
And something has scarcely begun

Steadholder, you're the friend that has brought me here
Thanks to you, I am one with the gods and victory's near
And I soar through a world that is new that is free

Honor: [to herself, thinking of her last conversation with Admiral White Haven]

Every word my Lord said is a dagger in me.
In my life
There's been no one like him anywhere
Anywhere, where he is
If he asked... I'd be his...

LaFollet and Honor:
In my life...
There is someone who touches my life.

Honor:
Waiting near...

LaFollet:
Waiting here...

"A Grand Alliance"-A Heart full of Love
Elizabeth and Eloise

Elizabeth III
A Grand Alliance.
A new day, a song.
Im doing everything all wrong.
Oh God, for shame, I do not even know your name.
Ma'am President,
Won't you say?
Will you tell?

Eloise:
Grand Alliance.
No fear... No regret!

Elizabeth:
My name is Elizabeth III

Eloise
Eloise Prichart!

Elizabeth:
Eloise!
... I don't know what to say.
Elizabeth:
Then make no sound

Eloise:
I am lost...

Elizabeth:
I am found...

Eloise:
Haven, Manticore

Both:
A night bright as day!

Elizabeth:
Our Alliance must not sway
'Loise, 'Loise!

Eloise:
This is a chain we'll never break.

Elizabeth:
Do I dream?

Eloise:
I'm awake...

Elizabeth:
A Grand Alliance...

Theisman: [Interjecting]
She was never mine to lose...

Eloise and Elizabeth:
New hope, and new life

Theisman: Elizabeth:
Why regret what could not be? A single look and then I knew...

Eloise:
I knew it too!

Theisman:
These are words Haven can't say...
Not to me...

Elizabeth:
From today...

Theisman:
Not to me...
Not for me...

Eloise:
Everyday...

Theisman: Elizabeth and Eloise:
This New Alliance... For it isn't a dream...

She will never feel this way! Not a dream after all!

*incoherent squeaking noises*

Honor:
What have I done, sweet Tester, what have I done,
become a killer of men, become a 'cat on the run
Have I fallen so far, are these charges so great,
that nothing remains but the cry of my hate?
the cries in the dark that nobody hears
here where I stand at the turning of the years!

Theisman:
If there's another way to go, I lost it many long years ago
My love was futile, my war could not be won,
the "People's Republic" murdered dearest Haven
and they then left our Fleet up for dead,
Just to keep the Committee's needs fed!

Honor:
Yet why have I allowed this Peep
To keep me safe and help me live?
He treated me like any other,
He gave me his trust, he helped me live here,
My life he claimed for God above?
Can such things be?
For I had come to fight this war,
This war that has now wounded me.

Take an Eye for an Eye!
turn your heart into stone!
Do your most sacred duty,
the duty you've always known!

Theisman:
One word from Ransom, I'd be back,
Fighting Manties, with heart most black
I feel my guilt inside, a missile fired
She told me that I have a soul!

Honor:
How does he know?
How the Tester can move my life?
Is there another way to go?

Theisman/Honor
I am reaching yet I fall,
and the stars are closing in,
As I stare into the void
of this kind man from Haven of this young Manticoran
I'll escape now from that world
From the world of [I ]Harrington[/i] Tom Theisman
Harrington Tom Theismanis nothing now!
A new Alliance must begin!!

within this Wall/ Upon these Stones

Cerberus Prisoners/RoH loyalists

Now we pledge ourselves to hold this battle-wall
Let them come in their squadrons
and they will be met!
Have faith in yourselves
And don't be afraid
Let's give 'em a screwing
they'll never forget!
This is where it begins!
And if I should die
in the fight to be free
Where the fighting is hardest
There will I be!
Let them come if they dare!
We'll be there!

StateSec over Comms

Prisoners of Cerberus listen to this!
No one is coming to help you to fight!
You're on your own
You have no friends
Give up!
Your guns or die!

Shannon/ Honor together
Damn, their warnings
Damn their lies!
They will see new freedom rise!

Honor's crew/ prisoners
Damn, their warnings
Damn their lies!
They will see new freedom rise!

"Drink with Me"

Honor
Basilisk and Yeltsin's Star,
LaFollet
Hancock Station, Erewhon
Others
Thus the slaughter e'er goes on...

Honor (raising her cocoa):

Drink with me,
to days gone by,
(Shannon's people and Honor's crew joining in)

And to our Allies to be!
At the shrine of friendship, never say die, let the wine of friendship never go dry!
Here's to you and here's to me!

McKeon
We've escaped the place called Hell,
now our true test has begun!
Our lives of the past mean little at all,
For if we're destroyed, if they break through the wall,
None will shed a tear for us.

Honor (raising her cocoa):

Drink with me,
to days gone by,
(Shannon's people and Honor's crew joining in)

And to our Allies to be!
At the shrine of friendship, never say die, let the wine of friendship never go dry!
Here's to you and here's to me!

Theisman (on Eloise/ his restored Haven)

Do I care if I should die
Now she goes across the sea?
Life without Haven
Means nothing at all.
Would you weep, Haven,
Should Tom Theisman fall?
Will you weep, 'Loise,
For me?