Since Part 1 of the Young Master, which also was kind of my debut, was so popular, I decided to produce a second part after all. It took me a while, since I personally do not like the character that much, but I think I managed to make him at least somewhat likeable in the end. Enjoy!

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As always, you are free to voice, perform, fill, or whatever else you might want to call it, this script as you please, as long as you do not hide it behind a paywall. I would love to receive a link to the finished product, I enjoy seeing what other people make of my stuff

Changes you can make: I do not put particularly much care into my titles, so feel free to name it something different. If you do, please put the original name in the description or something. Any SFX I include are optional. Most of my scripts do not specify the gender of the speaker and the listener, but you are free to define either of them, e.g. by introducing pet names such as “good boy/girl”. I also don’t really mind you going a bit off-script, as long you preserve the “spirit” of the script.

Also, I am always open to feedback, be it about the script itself, specific phrases, or about the format and better ways to provide the script to VAs.

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Summary: In the last episode, you were completely blindsided by the young master’s true personality. He blackmailed you and your family into doing his bidding, but he made one single oversight: You managed to sneak your phone into the meeting and were on call with your mother the entire time and recorded the whole conversation. Armed with that asset, you and your mother decided to crush him before he could fulfill his plan completely. However, you have your doubts about that…

For the VA: The Young Master is arrogant, scheming, and cold hearted. His ambitions reach far, but one of the most important ones is to obtain the Listener, a girl who he was obsessed with for the last years. When she confronts him and reveals a counter to his own plans, he is impressed and even proud of her. When she finds herself in danger after joining him, he is genuinely worried about her, as shown by him asking the other side to put down their weapons "...please.", a word that is very uncharacteristic for him.

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Speaker: "Now, just what is going on here? I thought you wanted to meet privately, little mouse? Yet here we are. Me. You. Your goons, and even your mother, now that I look closer. I almost didn't recognize her with that graying hair."

Speaker: *laughs* "So angry! A woman your age should really know how to restrain herself better. But I digress. Sorry for ignoring you like that, little mouse. When you bring so many people to our little date, I might suspect that you don't trust me… But that's okay, because neither do I!" *snaps finger* "Come out boys!"

[Footsteps]

Speaker: "Now that everyone is finally here, let me ask again: What is the meaning of this? Tell me, little mouse!"

Speaker: "Shhh! I didn't ask you, old lady. Let her speak, and don't interrupt again!"

Listener: *answers*

Speaker: "You want to show me something? Go ahead then."

[Recording plays]

“Oh no, the other families won’t do anything. At least not until it is too late. I don’t mind telling you a little secret that no one else knows. I have dirt on every single one of them. They all just believe that they are the only one, that I came across it by accident. So they will sit back and wait until one of the others takes the first shot at me, so they don’t have to suffer my retaliation.”

[Recording ends]

Speaker: *cold* "Where did you get that? My rooms are regularly checked for bugs. So how did you…"

Listener: *explains*

Speaker: "You were on a phone call with your mother the entire time?" *laughs* "So simple, yet it passed right under my radar."

Speaker: *to someone else* "You! Who was on guard duty that day?... Hm… It seems he is not here right now. Good for him. But I'll have to… deal with him later!"

Speaker: "Tell me, little mouse, who really came up with this plan? I've had years to study your mother, and I must say: This does not seem like her. Using a phone call to listen in and record our conversation is much too unconventional for her. Photographs, letters, DVDs… She is known for these kinds of old school techniques. So… That leaves you!"

Listener: *confirms*

Speaker: *sarcastic laugh* "To think that all this time, you weren't a little mouse at all. I might need to reevaluate your nickname after all… Little cat? Hm… That doesn't roll off the tongue quite as well… I'll have to think about it more. In the meantime, let's get back to the topic at hand.” *firm voice suddenly* “Now that you have the recording, what are you planning to do with it?"

Speaker: *angry* "Again, I was not talking TO YOU! Let her talk and stop interrupting us!"

Listener: *explains*

Speaker: "So what? You're telling the other families? I still have a smoking gun on all of them, including you, don't forget that! As if they would do anything that could endanger them."

Listener: *explains*

Speaker: "An alliance? Against me? Isn't that exactly what I am trying to do, what you are trying to avoid?"

Listener: *answer*

Speaker: "Alliance, Absorption, what's the big difference anyway? The families will never rise to true greatness as long as they are divided."

Listener: *reply*

Speaker: "You're acting just as stubborn as the rest of them! Unwilling to give up what little autonomy they have in order to reach for something bigger. But you aren't like that. You find the idea intriguing, I could see it in your eyes when you came to me, when I first revealed my plan to you."

Listener: *denies*

Speaker: "You're still denying it. Fine, have it your way. Let's say your little plan could indeed endanger my operation. What do you want me to do now? Apart from stopping it, of course. And don't tell me you are doing this out of the kindness of your heart, in order to protect the other families!"

Listener: *answers*

Speaker: "And there it is! Money! This is exactly what I was talking about earlier. Even now you are still thinking too small! I can practically hear the words of your mother and my father oozing through your lips. Are you really going to let your own strategy be reduced to this?”

Listener: *question*

Speaker: “What do I mean? Despite what you may have been told, Money is not Power! Money can BUY power, but it can’t stop someone from betraying you, or a bullet from killing you. No, if you have power, then the money will follow! And I am offering you power, but you still try to stand in my way. Why won’t you just take it?”

Listener: *answers*

Speaker: “Wait, what do you actually think I am going to do to your mother? Because I feel like there is a huge misunderstanding here.”

Listener: *answers*

Speaker: “Kill her? Now why would I do that? There are still many people who respect her within your family and outside of it. Even I do, to some extent. Killing her would only set those people against me. At best they would refuse to work with me, and at worst try to revolt. Does that sound efficient to you?”

Listener: *denies*

Speaker: “That’s right, and I am nothing if not efficient. So no, I do not want her life, or her happiness, well being, or wealth. It would serve me nothing. I only need her authority, and for that I basically just need to force her into an early retirement. She can still do as she pleases, as long as she does not interfere with my… OUR business.”

Listener: *question*

Speaker: “Yes, ‘our’ business. I ‘want’ you by my side, did I not make that clear? Before, I thought you were just a scared mouse, so I wanted to own you, but now I see that you are so much more! You only need to realize… or rather, accept it yourself!”

Listener: *denies*

Speaker: “Stop denying yourself who you really are! Just tell me one thing: Is this really what you want? To continue your mediocre life, as a big fish in a small pond? Having to hide in the shadows of this great city, only able to glance at the glory that those in the light enjoy? Or do you want to join my crusade, tear down those in power and take from them what should have been ours from the beginning? We HAVE the ability to rule, if we could just unite under one banner, one throne!”

Listener: *question*

Speaker: “Yes, of course it has to be me on it! Who else would you entrust this to? In just a few weeks I have gotten closer to this goal than any of our parents or grandparents in their entire lifetime!... So, what do you say? Are you ready to join me, not as an underling or a trophy, but to rule together with me? Are you ready to discard the pride and burdens of the old generation and achieve true greatness?”

Listener: *reacts*

Speaker: *confident laugh* “YES! There it is! Those are the predatory eyes I saw that day. This gaze filled with greed and insatiable hunger! You’re making me fall for you all over again. Come to me, and we will change this city!... Yes, make the first step, you know you want to!”

[Sounds of guns cocking]

Speaker: *serious, quiet* “Wait boys, stay calmt. Don’t shoot unless I tell you!”

Speaker: *to listener* “And you, little… ugh whatever. Don’t. Move. It will be alright.”

Speaker: *louder, to someone else* “Now, now, there’s no need to overreact! We all have guns, that much is obvious to everyone, but think about it. Who really benefits from us using them?... That’s right, no one does. There are enough weapons here to turn us all into a bloody mess multiple times over and drown this alley in a sea of bodies. No matter how it would play out, the result would be a mutual defeat. And when all’s said and done, that is still a defeat! So let me ask you, oh great family leader: What are you so afraid of that you would pull a gun on your own daughter?”

[answer]

Speaker: “Oh sure, you didn’t pull it on her directly. But now, she is caught right in the no man’s land between our groups. The outcome remains the same. Just answer the question… please.”

[answer]

Speaker: “Losing power? Of course you would, but what does power really mean to you? Here’s how I see it: You would get to retire peacefully, a bit early I admit, but still better than what most people in this business can hope for. You could live a life of luxury and abundance, without the stress and danger of work, and most importantly, you would get to see your daughter grow up instead of dying in a hail of gunfire. You just need to swallow your goddamn pride, back off, and let her do what she chose to! And what is pride really worth? You can’t eat it, you can’t pay your goons with it, and it certainly won’t stop a bullet from piercing anyone’s heart!”

[short silence, then Guns click again]

Speaker: *relieved* *sigh* “Thank you. Really!”

Speaker: *to the listener* “It’s safe now, you can come to me.”

[Short pause, footsteps]

Speaker: “Are you alright? That didn’t scare you too much, did it?”

Listener: *answers*

Speaker: *laughs* “That’s my girl! You really do have nerves of steel. Do you want to stand back for a while and let me handle the negotiations? I could understand if you don’t want to face your mother right now.”

Listener: *confirms*

Speaker: “Okay, I’ll do it then. Just wait here and I will be back shortly.”

Speaker: *to someone else* “You guys! Take care of her and get her anything she needs, is that understood?”

Speaker: “See you soon.”

[Pause, scene change]

Speaker: “Hey, I’m back. You didn’t wait too long, did you? Did my boys treat you alright?”

Listener: *confirms*

Speaker: *chuckles* “I’m glad they weren’t ‘too’ inhospitable.”

Listener: *question*

Speaker: “Oh, everything went perfectly on my side. Congratulations on becoming the new leader of your family. The actual announcement will come tomorrow, but your mother already declared to everyone present. She agreed to retire and leave the entire business with all the decisions to you… or well, to us.” *chuckles* “Not before threatening me with a VERY vivid description of what she was going to do to me if I ever caused you harm, though. I guess she does care for you, in her own way. I respect that.”

Listener: *question*

Speaker: “What about the marriage? There really is no need to rush it anymore, now that you actually joined me of your own will. The fusion of our families has already been set in motion, so we can just take our time and do it whenever we feel like it.”

Listener: *reply*

Speaker: “Yes, I guess I basically got everything I wanted. But I did compromise on the technicalities. For example, instead of me absorbing your family into mine, we are going to form an entirely new one, led by both of us together. Really only details like that. Nothing that would require me to change my plans, but everyone involved seemed a lot happier with it. Not that I would care about it, but if it keeps them happy and agreeable, I might as well give them a bit of service.”

[Short pause]

Speaker: “It seems to be getting cold, and this alley is really no place to have an enjoyable conversation at this time of night. Why don’t we walk a bit? My cars are not that far from here.”

Listener: *agrees*

Speaker: *to someone else* “You guys go ahead, we want to talk privately for a moment.”

[Foot steps]

Speaker: *relieved sigh* “This was much more stressful than I let on. I’ll be honest, I almost lost out back there. I never thought that would happen, not after all that planning.”

Listener: *question*

Speaker: *laughs* “Angry? No if anything, I am extremely impressed with you. I’ve been searching for an equal for so long. I had a hunch that it could be you, but I wasn’t sure. I guess you just needed the opportunity to spread your wings a little and escape from your cocoon.”

Listener: *question*

Speaker: “No, it wasn’t because of the recording. It was unexpected, for sure, but it wouldn’t have endangered my plan. No, what I was really afraid of was losing you! I don’t mind you knowing now, but you are really my only weak spot. Why do you think I tried so hard to obtain you? I need you close to me! Whenever you are involved, my thinking gets erratic and dull, and then I make mistakes. Stupid mistakes, like for example allowing someone to record a conversation.”

Listener: *embarrassed*

Speaker: *chuckles* “Don’t blush like that, little… No, I really need to think of another nickname… I wanted to go with Cat, but even that doesn’t sound appropriate anymore… Oh wait, I have something! A name that perfectly captures your beauty, cunning, and ferocity. What do you think about… Lioness?”

Listener: *answers*

Speaker: “You like it? Then, my Lioness: Shall we go and show this city what we are made of?”