The Broken World (audio story): Difference between revisions

|series number in range = 2

|number in series      = 2

|number                = 1.2

|companions            = [[Kitty (The Pointed Hand)|Kitty]]

|story number          = 2

|next                   = The Forest Shakes (audio story)

'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second release in the ''[[The Minister of Chance (series)|The Minister of Chance]]'' series. It was written by [[Dan Freeman]] and introduced [[Julian Wadham]] as the [[Second Minister of Chance]] and featured [[Lauren Crace]] as [[Kitty (The Pointed Hand)|Kitty]], [[Jenny Agutter]] as [[Professor]] [[Cantha]], [[Paul McGann]] as [[Durian]] and [[Sylvester McCoy]] as the [[Witch Prime]], [[Persidian III]].

[[Kitty (The Pointed Hand)|Kitty]] ([[Lauren Crace]]) is a [[barmaid]] at the ''[[Traveller's Rest]]'' in the occupied city of [[Tantillion]]. Her normal activities (abusing [[customer]]s, starting fights) are interrupted by the arrival of [[Second Minister of Chance|a mysterious stranger]]. [[Science]] is now outlawed, so when the stranger openly asks after [[Cantha|a known scientist]], Kitty’s curiosity is piqued. Before she knows it, she is dodging [[fireball]]s and befriending unfriendly [[troglodite]]s...

Following the [[Sezuan invasion of Tanto|invasion of Tanto]], things have changed little at the ''[[Traveller's Rest Inn]]'' in the capital, [[Tantillion]]. The barmaid, [[Kitty (The Pointed Hand)|Kitty]], is still abusing customers and starting fights, and the regulars are still selflessly preventing the collapse of the bar. However, when [[Second Minister of Chance|a cloaked stranger]] arrives, apparently unaware of the invasion, Kitty's curiosity is piqued. Meanwhile at his new lodgings in the castle, Ambassador Durian receives an unwelcome visitor of his own.

[[Durian]] makes Professor Cantha an offer she can't refuse. The Minister creates a miraculous doorway in the forest, and passes through it onto the Frost Bridge between worlds. He tells Kitty to go home, which she of course does immediately with a skip and a polite farewell. On Tanto, a [[Sezian]] patrol interrogating villagers comes up against a new enemy, one that does not go on foot...

On the invaded island nation of [[Tanto]], some individuals are chatting in the ''[[Traveller's Rest Inn]]''. It is revealed that all of the scientists of Tanto have been carted off by the [[Sezian]]s. [[Second Minister of Chance|A stranger]] enters, and enquires about [[Cantha]], a [[professor]]. He is escorted off by the [[barmaid]], [[Kitty (The Pointed Hand)|Kitty]], a [[foundling]], and the owner, [[Porcher]]. However, Kitty appears to know something about Cantha.  

The stranger completes his scientific ritual, and standing before him is a strange door. [[Kitty (The Pointed Hand)|Kitty]] reveals herself, and questions him. Upon being told to go home, she replies that she does not have one, as she will get arrested. The stranger reveals that he lied, and did not really intend to assist in rescuing Cantha. He then steps through the door into a vast space behind, onto the [[Frost Bridge]] between worlds. He tells Kitty to go home, and that if she follows him, then she will die. She continues to plague him with questions, and he continues to try to convince her to stay behind. Kitty disregards and follows him. They then jump and fly through the gap between worlds. They aim for [[City (The Broken World)|the nameless city]]. He tells her to be secret when they get there. They manage to slow down by creating as much air resistance as possible, and land, if somewhat painfully. Kitty sees some people coming, running towards them. They run away. Kitty asks why it's deserted, and the stranger tells her to head towards to hill with the lightning, which has a palace where [[The Horseman|his friend]] lives. They enter a deserted house with a window. It is full of bones. There is [[Drengis|a large angry person]] behind them. He cannot talk. The people from earlier come, and, after attempting to kill Kitty and the stranger, change their minds after the stranger proclaims them to be friendly. The person from earlier, whose name is Drengis, decides that they should kill the stranger and Kitty. However, they are scared by the phrase "where horse?", when Kitty asks it as a question.   

* [[Lauren Crace]] - [[Kitty (The Pointed Hand)|Kitty]]

* [[Kitty (The Pointed Hand)|Kitty]], a barmaid at the ''[[Traveller's Rest Inn]]'', was found in the forest.