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EXT. DC-3 IN THE AIR - DUSK
The plane flies west into the sunset.
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INT. DC-3 - NIGHT
Under a meager seat light, Indy is pouring over a journal article by Abner Ravenwood and a related map of Nepal. A few rows back, across the aisle, a trenchcoated European Spy eyes Indy.
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INT. “THE RAVEN” SALOON - PATAN, NEPAL - NIGHT
A huge stuffed raven, wings spread wide, is mounted behind the long bar in the noisy, crowded saloon. A lively mix of patrons is represented in the late hour tableau: Nepalese natives, fierce Sherpa mountain guides, sleazy international smugglers and fugitives, and, of course, mountain climbers from every corner of the earth. A tall Nepalese, MAHDLO, is the bartender. In a corner near the fireplace trouble breaks out suddenly between the groups at two neighboring tables. Ferocious representatives from each table - one a wild-looking SHERPA, the other a muscular Australian CLIMBER - jump up to face each other. As the two contenders stand posed for action, their representative supporters shift in their places, fondling lethal ice axes and clubs.
SHERPA Gmoiska! Shurga rintoik!
CLIMBER Aye! That’ll be your last word.
The bar has quieted ominously and so we hear with startling clarity when - a door behind the bar slams open with a huge BANG! and some Presence, too small to be seen as it moves through the forest of towering patrons, makes a beeline for the troubled corner of the bar. A path clears for it.
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