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(In the Munce Home-Cave, the Munce are in an uproar.)
Munce: Not good! Not good idea at all!
Munce: Is bad idea!
Munce: Truce meeting with Geckles is trap! Tricky Geckle trap!
Jay: Guys, it's not a trap! The Geckles aren't your enemies!
Lloyd: The Skull Sorcerer is your enemy, and the only chance we have to defeat them is to work together! (The Munce continue fighting.)
Nya: It's no use, they're not listening.
Murtessa: You must make them listen.
Nya: Oh, it's you.
Jay: Nya. Be nice.
Nya: She attacked me with a giant spiked club, Jay. Remember?
Jay: Yeah, but if you hold every little thing against a person, you won't make any friends at all.
Nya: (sighs) Make them listen how?
Murtessa: Munce are proud. Strong. They respect only power.
Nya: Hmm. (She uses Water to get their attention.) Alright, you Munce. Listen up! We are going to that truce meeting, and there will be peace! If I have to fight every last one of you! Is that clear? (The Munce agree.) Good. Now, let's get this show on the road.
(In the Geckle Strong-Cave, the Geckles are arguing as well.)
Groko: This meeting is a trap! A treacherous Munce ambush!
Garpo: Hear, hear!
Ginkle: I propose we ambush them!
Kai: Order! Order in the court.
Zane: I do not believe they're listening.
Kai: Ugh. (He uses Fire to get the Geckles' attention.) Thank you. Now, I propose that we trust the new Munce Queen, whoever she is, and go to the truce meeting.
Zane: (He throws a pebble at Kai's head.) Hear, hear. (Kai frowns at him.) I am attempting to follow Geckle Parliamentary procedures.
Groko: What if you're wrong?
Ginkle: Yeah, how do you know?
Gulch: We could settle the matter by slug.
Kai: How do you settle a matter by slug?
("Slug" turns out to be a slug race.)
Gulch: On your mark, get set... slow!
Geckle: Oh, Brown! You can do it!
Garpo: Go go go! Brown for the win!
Zane: What is the purpose of this?
Gulch: It's simple. If the gray slug wins, you're right, and the Munce can be trusted. If the brown slug wins, you're wrong, and the Munce cannot be trusted. Only the slugs know.
Gleck: Please! I am Gleck! I must speak to you most urgently! (He takes them out of the other Geckles' sight.) I believe you! I do not think the Munce are evil. I do not think they stole our blade. But nobody listens to me. (Kai notices his necklace.) I'm only Gleck.
Kai: Okay, uh, Gleck, don't take this the wrong way, but you're the little purple creature Cole saw in the palace, aren't you?
Gleck: Yes. I did not mean to scare him. I was looking for Gilly. I heard that the Elemental Master of Earth was invited to Shintaro. But I was wrong.
Zane: Gleck, may I see your necklace?
Gleck: Will you give it back? It is my most prized possession! Given to me by Gilly, herself!
Zane: Of course, I promise. (Gleck hands him the locket.)
Kai: Hey! Those are Cole's parents, Lou, and - and - ugh, what's his mom's name again?
Zane: Lilly.
Kai and Zane: (gasp) Lilly is Gilly!
Gleck: You - you know her? Oh, joyous news! Will you tell her the Geckles need her help again? Please?
Kai: Ah, Gleck, I'm not sure how to say this, but... the woman you called Gilly... passed away a while ago. (Gleck's lips tremble at the news.) I'm sorry.
Skull of Hazza D'ur: A meeting between Munce and Geckles! They plan a truce! The disobedient voices resonate through the mountain.
Vangelis: What? Who is to blame for this?
Skull of Hazza D'ur: The ninja. They yet live. You know what must be done. (Vangelis transforms into the Skull Sorcerer and flies down to the pit, to a tomb guarded by Awakened Warriors.) Wake up, spawn.
Skull Sorcerer: Open it! (The Awakened Warriors open the tomb) Bring the bones back to life, Hazza D'ur! Bring back Grief-Bringer!
Skull of Hazza D'ur: Rise. Rise! (The Grief-Bringer comes back to life.)
Gleck: Oh no! The Brown Slug is winning. That means the Munce cannot be trusted.
Kai: We have to do something, Zane. Use your powers. Make an ice-slick for the grey slug!
Zane: That would be cheating.
Kai: It's not cheating, Zane, it's a white lie.
Zane: A white lie?
Kai: Yeah, it means we're doing it for a good reason. To stop a war, to defeat the Skull Sorcerer. (The brown slug is almost past the finish line.) Oh, no.
Zane: You are implying that a lie can be good if done for a good reason? I do not accept that supposition.
Kai: Ugh. Zane, what about the time you impersonated Clutch Powers to get into the Explorers Club?
Zane: Clutch Powers was hospitalized and unable to go himself. It was necessary.
Kai: Right! We did it because we had to. Because there was no other way! Argh, we're running out of time. Ugh. It's over. It's all over.
Zane: Very well. I accept the necessity of a white lie. (The gray slug screams as it is propelled all the way past the finish line)
Kai: Wow! Wow, wow, wow. What a race! Well, the slugs have decided. Meeting's on.
(Kai and Zane lead the Geckles to the meeting in their Hero suits.)
Zane: I do not see the necessity of this armor.
Gulch: Merely a precaution. Just in case it is an ambush. The slugs are never wrong, but I suppose there's always a first.
Kai: What do you know about this new Munce Queen? What's she like?
Gulch: I have no idea. Except the Munce consider her very fierce and very ... ugly.
Kai: Ugh.
(Nya is being carried by the Munce on the way to the truce meeting.)
Nya: Is it really necessary for them to carry me?
Murt: You are queen of the Munce. Very important position. Yes, it is necessary.
Lloyd: Hang in there, Nya. Just a little further.
Nya: Kai!?
Kai: Nya? (They embrace.)
Lloyd: Guys!
Jay: Boy, are we glad to see you!
Zane: Lloyd!
Geckle: Protect the Chancellor!
Munce: Protect the Queen!
Kai: Whoa, whoa. Easy, guys. Stand down!
Nya: Yeah, relax, it's okay!
Gulch: You know the Munce Queen?
Kai: Yeah, it's my sister. And she's not that ugly.
Nya: Excuse me?
Kai: Uh, long story. Gulch, Gleck, relax, guys. Nothing's gonna happen. Okay? (The Grief-Bringer roars in the distance.)
Gulch: That sound...
Murtessa: No! It is not possible!
Nya: What? What is it?
Gulch and Murtessa: Grief-Bringer!
Nya: Run! (The Geckles and Munce scream as they run away.)
Gleck: This way!
Lloyd: (To Nya) Get them to safety!
Nya: What about you?
Lloyd: We're gonna try to slow it down! Come on, Zane!
Zane: (He uses Ice to block the Grief-Bringer's attacks.) I - I can't hold it!
Nya: (They halt in front of lava.) Oh no!
Kai: Oh, what do we do now?
Gleck: It's easy! Like this! (He grabs a rope and swings to the other side.)
Kai: Well, if Jay can do it, how hard can it be? (He slams into the rock face.) Help!
Nya: Grab my hand!
Zane: Lloyd! I cannot hold it much longer!
Lloyd: On three, let it go! Trust me! On three! One, two, three! (The ice shatters, and Lloyd blasts the Grief-Bringer with Energy, then collapses.)
Zane: Lloyd! (The Grief-Bringer reassembles itself.) We must run!
Nya: Come on! Swing across!
Skull Sorcerer: Look at them, fleeing like rats. But they cannot escape.
Skull of Hazza D'ur: Grief will come to you all!
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