Dead Boy Detectives (2024) s01e06 Episode Script

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[Jenny] Previously on Dead Boy Detectives
I have feelings for you too.
I wasn't talking about you.
[woman] One Edwin Payne.
Afterlife assignment: Hell.
Escaped.
Escaped?
Hell?
Sorry. Technically, you're a sacrifice.
[Edwin screaming]
I've come for the two dead boys. Come now.
I'm not going back to hell.
[both grunting]
[screaming]
[Angie growling]
- [gasps]
- And I always get what I want!
[roars]
I don't know how to stop him.
I'll take this.
What do you plan on doing with that?
[Esther] Uh, let's call it
a revenge starter kit.
My little baby is coming of age.
I may have set up a date for you two.
Here. Tonight.
[Jenny] You found my secret admirer?
Oh, my God.
Who's your girl? ♪
Midnight making ♪
Moonlight breaking ♪
[knock at door]
Oh. I was hoping you were Jenny.
Sure. Because Jenny
usually hangs in your room for girl talk.
Well, we haven't talked
or even made eye contact
since the whole psycho
date-murder happened.
Oh.
Is that why you silenced
your toxic friends and redecorated?
Love is way less romantic
and way more stabby than I thought.
I couldn't agree more.
Is this about you kissing Charles?
Wait, he told you that?
It It doesn't matter.
This is about David.
I need to be done with him
and get him out of my head.
But you can't be done with him.
Doesn't he still have your memories?
Why miss a life I don't remember?
The life I have now is finally going well.
I have friends. I'm helping people.
What more do I need?
Maybe, um,
you need to figure out who you are.
This sounds like
you're trying to convince yourself.
Just
I'm gonna try a new approach, okay?
And I need your help or support.
So will you help me or not?
All right, I'm in. What's the plan?
Been looking for the Washer Woman
every single night, and nothing.
I guess the green sea glass
doesn't mean emotional stability.
Ayup.
Sorry, we're here to block a demon
from coming into my head.
What do you have for that?
Ah, demons are tricky.
Uh
Unless you were romantically involved
with this demon.
Uh, what does that
have to do with anything?
I'll take that as a yes.
That's good news. Got the perfect item.
It's called the Light of Heart.
[Niko] Sounds nice,
if love wasn't a lie
that brutally ends in violence.
What does it do?
It protects you from the repercussions
of toxic entanglements.
One-time use, $100.
What the hell?
I have to pay my rent.
I can't be a homeless person
with a heart-shaped gem.
My mom gave this to me for emergencies,
and this is definitely an emergency.
You should be careful what you wish for.
I was once a mighty walrus,
free in the ocean. I too had a wish.
Can you just ring us up? Please.
Yes, Mick. We'd like to hear your story.
Unless it's a love story.
No.
It's just tragic.
One day, long, long ago,
a terrible storm raged over land and sea.
A girl and her father were in peril.
The man thought
if he sacrificed his daughter,
- he may be saved by the great gods.
- [girl whimpers]
[gasps]
[thunderclap]
[girl shrieks]
[screams]
[Tragic Mick] But seeing such cruelty,
the great gods forsook the father
and took pity on the girl,
turning her into Sedna,
the goddess of the sea.
And on that day,
my brothers and sisters were born.
Sedna took care of us.
We had plenty to eat, and we were happy.
But I yearned for more.
One day, a boat docked to the land.
I was drawn to the ways of people.
But Sedna was all too familiar
with the darkness of humans,
and she was clear.
If I left the sea, I'd never return.
But I wanted to know
what it was like to live a different life.
And Sedna
granted that wish.
[thunderclap]
I never saw my family or Sedna again.
- Heavy.
- Wow.
Ayup.
Anyway, good luck with the demon.
Here are the instructions.
[Niko] Okay.
Close your eyes,
state what you want two times.
[sighs] I got him out of my body
but he keeps sneaking back in, so
I wanna keep this demon the fuck out.
Mmm. More specifics, less profanity.
[Crystal sighs]
I wanna keep David out of my head.
I wanna keep David out of my head.
[breathing heavily]
[distorted voices]
[voices stop]
Did it Did it work?
I don't know.
God, I just wanna be normal.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Okay, now, something is It is different.
I can't hear the voices.
Niko?
I think my powers are gone.
What is that smell?
Revenge. [chuckles]
Breathe it in, Monty.
Let it fill your lungs.
Still seems a little small.
Why don't you just worry about luring
those little detective boys
into the forest, huh?
And then one wrong step
into the right spot, and
[tongue flutters]
[chuckles]
they'll be gone forever.
And, uh, what about the girl?
Oh, God.
Without her precious little dead boys,
she'll be snake food in no time.
And then no more wrinkles for moi.
What if they're too smart
to take the case?
God! You're not going gaga
for the uptight boy?
No. [scoffs]
No.
But they are real detectives, Esther,
and they have this, like, criteria
[buzzes] I made you
handsome for a reason, Monty.
- So tempt him. Entice him.
- [sighs]
I've already done most of the work,
so all you have to do
is leave a trail of breadcrumbs
and bring it home.
- Do I need to go to the woods myself?
- No.
I'll get it done.
[birds chirping]
- Still nothing?
- No.
- Well, at least David's gone, right?
- Yeah.
God, I feel totally useless.
Okay. What am I supposed to do now?
Maybe the boys could help.
Help with what?
Uh
To help me find my keys.
But I just remembered
I left them downstairs,
so it's, um
It's It's all good.
Well, we actually need your help.
We are in need of your psychic assistance.
Oh, no.
I mean, oh, wow. [chuckles]
Our case board's full up.
Drowning victim needs his boat,
our banker needs his lucky coin.
Simple stuff, leg-work-heavy,
but not for you.
[chuckles nervously] Yeah.
Hey.
We all just gonna end up on the roof?
Oh!
Hello, Monty.
If you would like a private discussion
about astrology or anything else,
I would be very happy to meet with you
in private at a more amenable time.
Privately.
Okay, everybody's a bit off today.
This isn't about astrology, Edwin.
My good friend is in danger.
I need your help.
So you're not gonna tell them?
You heard them. They need my powers.
But you don't have powers.
Exactly. And can you imagine
Edwin's face if he found out?
So, we're just gonna lie?
We're just not telling
until we get a chance
to go back to Tragic Mick's
or somehow figure out
how to reverse this, okay?
It's my, uh, ghost friend, Gladys.
We were supposed to meet,
but she didn't show.
Which is It's very unlike her.
She's a very considerate person.
Kind. Caring.
You know, like you. Charles.
[chuckles]
Cheers, mate.
See, Edwin? Everyone likes me eventually.
You know, before Gladys disappeared,
she told me that she was going
to the Tall Forest to, uh, stargaze.
But she never came back.
And, unlike Edwin,
Gladys doesn't have anyone else.
Just me.
She was the first ghost I saw
after I woke up from my coma.
Let me know I wasn't insane.
That's gonna require
some old-fashioned shoe leather.
That's what you guys call it, right?
Whatever. We would love
to help find your friend.
[Monty sighs] Okay.
Oh, I don't usually get a vote, but yes.
Hold up a tick.
Monty's our mate and all,
but Gladys could've buggered off.
Looking for a ghost who might not even
be missing is low priority right now.
Sorry. Our case board is full.
Edwin, you know what I'm saying?
Gladys was there for Monty
at his most vulnerable,
which is a lot like us, Charles.
In this instance we can make an exception.
[sighs] Great. And because it's more
up your traditional detective alley,
Niko and I will hit up Tragic Mick's
to look around.
We are? I mean, yeah, we are.
Actually, we may need your special skills.
You should come, Crystal.
[Charles] Right.
Tall Forest it is.
I should probably stay for this one.
Jenny shouldn't be alone
after what happened to her.
You look really nice.
[gasping]
[sighs]
[man] Ah!
I was sure you were dead.
Dying isn't available to me. [grunts]
What an unusual thing to say.
[Night Nurse grunts]
I am Kashina.
- [Night Nurse grunts]
- My friends call me Kashi.
Sorry, huh, about the mess.
Don't get many houseguests
and, again, almost certain you were dead.
I must go.
I have important work to finish
here on the mortal plane.
Now, time is wasting.
Is there a way out
of this beast's stomach?
Huh
You know, I've never tried to leave.
Tell me how to get out of this place.
It would be a shame for you to die.
Again. Wait, are you dead?
No, sorry.
I'm just a really, really, really old man
who lives in a fish.
[laughing]
Fine. If you won't tell me,
I'll just have to look for myself.
This won't be pleasant.
Why can't I see your trauma?
Oh, is that what you're doing?
Ah, okay.
Really, I'm not sure I have any trauma.
Life has been fair.
You were swallowed by a gigantic fish.
Ah, one of many adventures.
You know, you are fascinating.
You're also trapped.
Might as well come have an oyster, huh?
- No!
- Oh, no. Okay. Okay.
There must be something I can give you.
How about
good counsel?
You do seem stressed, huh
Look, Kashi, let me be clear.
I don't need anything from you.
My only priority is escaping this beast
so that I may collect
two wicked dead boys.
Tall Forest has a clearing
where Gladys liked to stargaze.
We should start looking there.
I understand you are worried for Gladys,
but ghosts are not at risk of exposure,
injury
Are you saying
my ghost friend isn't gonna die?
Super. Thanks.
Perhaps
Perhaps it is time for us
to clear the air?
I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.
It's my fault, Edwin.
Never get involved with Capricorns.
They are cold,
impulsive
And they hurt people.
Oi.
Take a look.
What's that about, mate?
For protection.
Protection from what, precisely?
Suddenly any ghosts who go into the forest
don't come back.
We've all lost someone in there.
There's pure evil in those woods.
This appears to be
a far larger case than just Gladys.
So, no one comes out
but I assume we're going in?
It's the last place
a ghost wants to be right now.
You're just gonna let whatever's in there
have Gladys?
You guys have more skills than
these regular ghosts that went in there.
That wasn't what I was saying.
[Edwin] You were right.
We are the Dead Boy Detectives,
and we will find your friend.
[exhales]
Oh, we're We're here.
Right. We must carefully survey
for any evidence Gladys was here.
Charles, do you have the stones?
Just whisper the name of the spirit
you're hunting into the stone.
It's Gladys, yeah?
It should glow
if you get close to anywhere she's been.
[whispering] Gladys.
Slash marks.
This could be something.
The stone isn't glowing.
Crystal, can you read the tree?
You want me to read the tree?
[chuckles]
If the stones aren't glowing,
then Gladys hasn't been here. Right?
Can you try?
[Crystal clearing throat]
[breathes deeply]
No, it's just a bear.
Your eyes didn't go white.
- Don't they always go white?
- Maybe you missed it.
All right, you've been brassed off all day
and now you're lying. Come on.
I'm not brassed off. Maybe you are.
There's something weird going on
with Monty and Edwin. Why focus on me?
- What is even happening?
- [Edwin] Don't change the subject.
Fine. I lost my abilities.
They're gone, okay? Just like that.
No, I didn't read the stupid tree.
- Shit.
- What?
Um
Are you okay?
Yeah. I was trying
to get the demon out of my head
and then I went to Mick's, and it
It just happened, okay?
Crystal, why would you
withhold this from us?
Sorry, what happened to, uh,
"We do not need a psychic."
"We can do it
the good old fashioned detective way"?
Firstly, I do not sound like that.
And secondly,
I am dealing with
my own difficulties at the moment.
Please! I'm not gonna tell you
that I lost my powers
so you can leave me to sulk
at the Tongue & Tail.
Unfair, I've grown to value you.
- How do you know
- You would've.
What about me?
Sorry to interrupt, uh, whatever this is,
but I found something.
[Edwin] Hmm.
This luminescence is spectral.
Could be signs of
a type of Omphalotus nidiformis.
That's fancy talk for ghost fungus.
Highly toxic, but only to ghosts.
We should keep our distance, Charles.
It's like
the Case of the Ghastly Greenhouse, innit?
You don't wanna get this one in the eyes.
Real rough go.
Blindness, pain, drives you mental.
That must be what happened
to Gladys and the others.
But how do we find them?
These patches should lead us
to a larger fungal body.
The main hub of the fungus.
Excellent eye, Monty.
I'll go and find out what's going on
with Crystal and her powers.
The Monty thing's all yours.
[rock music playing]
Jenny, we need to talk.
You really need a hobby, Niko.
So, my dad always said,
"Never go to bed angry,"
which I don't understand,
but what I think he meant was,
it feels better if you talk it through.
I don't wanna talk.
But we have to talk,
so you can yell at me and then forgive me.
Let's do this.
A woman attacked me
in a "rom-com meets slasher flick"
kind of way.
She died.
We don't have to yell,
we just have to move on.
So you're saying I've been imagining
that you're avoiding me?
Oh, no, I've definitely been avoiding you.
Because of all of this.
I knew it.
You're mad at me for pushing you
into believing in love
and it blew up in your face.
Ugh! Okay. Time for boundaries.
I am your landlord,
you are my teenage tenant.
So, I don't ask you
why you don't go to school,
or why you talk to yourself
in your room all day,
or why you don't have any friends,
because it's none of my business,
just like whatever the fuck I am doing
is none of yours.
[Charles] You sure
you don't wanna talk about it?
I bet it feels pretty strange.
Yeah, it feels terrifying.
You know you could have told me.
Edwin too,
even though you feel like you couldn't.
- [sighs]
- Yeah. I know. I know.
When there was something wrong with me,
you beat it out of me.
There's something wrong with you.
You don't know what it's like
having a demon pop in your mind
whenever he wants.
It's like his fucking haunting me.
Crystal, not for nothing,
but I do know a fair bit about haunting.
Okay, I love that you wanna help,
but it's
[animal bellowing]
[bellowing continues]
What is that?
Sometimes, when animals die,
they don't know they are dead.
[bellowing]
They simply roam the woods forever.
It's really beautiful.
And
And sad.
What the hell just happened?
If my theory is correct,
the ghost was consumed
by the spore colony.
It's safe to assume
any other ghost met the same fate.
No, so Sorry.
That That did not happen to Gladys.
Edwin, you're saying
this fungus eats ghosts?
That's not a fungus.
Edwin, I can't find the Compendium.
Fungus or whatever, how can ghosts
be eaten if they're already dead?
Ghosts possess energy,
some things feed on that.
They use it to grow more powerful.
We can't die again,
but we can be consumed or absorbed.
There. Middle shelf, grey spine.
[Charles] There it is. The little biter.
Forest Elemental.
Doesn't look so bad.
Nasty bugger.
Any ghost he eats
is completely obliterated.
No afterlife, no reincarnation.
Just empty, dark nothing.
That That's what it does?
Not to worry.
This Forest Elemental
is small and easily killed
with the proper weapon.
[bell dings]
This will make quick work of it.
[Charles grunts]
Well, that's that.
Job officially jobbed.
[Elemental whooshes]
Perhaps this Elemental
is larger than we first thought.
[Elemental groaning]
What happened to
"small and easily killed"?
I'm puzzled. An Elemental feeds and grows,
but never at this scale or speed.
Wait, look at this.
"Interdimensional Creatures and Oddities."
[Charles] It's the same thing,
it's just bigger.
Consumes any spiritual energy.
Supposed to live underground
in another dimension.
Why is it here?
How did it get here?
- Maybe someone brought it here.
- Why would anyone even do that?
Whatever the case,
its growth seems exponential.
By morning
it'll reach Port Townsend, then
All-you-can-eat ghost buffet.
[Elemental growling]
We've not got enough purple stuff
to get rid of it.
If we can find its point of origin,
we can fell it.
We simply need to track it.
And avoid being consumed.
Maybe we should split up?
Right? I mean, that's, like, the only way
we'll be able to cover ground fast enough.
Said every dead teen
in a horror movie ever.
The Elemental poses little threat
to humans. As such,
we should pair ourselves up accordingly.
One living and one dead per duo.
Monty, with me.
Do be careful, Charles.
You be careful.
[Night Nurse whimpers]
This is nonsensical! [grunts]
A starved brain is often cloudy.
You should enjoy some food.
Ugh! I'll enjoy getting out of here
- and getting back to my work!
- [Angie growling]
Oh, yes.
You mentioned earlier
your job involves collecting dead boys?
Dead children.
I make sure they're in their proper place.
[sighs]
But these two boys, well
They can't run forever.
Have you considered
maybe they're happy where they are?
The afterlife is far superior
to anything we have available here.
Huh So you've seen it?
No, it's unique to each soul.
So you can't know it's better.
That's irrelevant!
- The point is, everything has a place!
- [Angie growling]
Ah, hubris.
To assume
everything goes in a specific place.
I do not make the laws of the universe.
I simply ensure they are followed.
And if you start talking to me
about free will,
I will drown you or myself.
Honestly, I don't enjoy violence,
but I'm not above it!
Clearly.
Stabbing the only thing keeping us
safe and sound at the bottom of the ocean.
In theory I will live for eons.
I can't spend eons inside a fish
when there's work to be done!
[breathing heavily]
[breathing deeply]
Where did you get
these different colored rings from?
I told you, I've had adventures,
lived many lives.
Some good, some bad.
But I know, you're certain
you don't need anything from me.
Right, well,
I suppose it couldn't hurt to listen.
Nothing else seems to be working.
Imagine
thinking there was only one way
to do any one thing.
How difficult would life be?
Instead of stabbing,
let us try talking to her.
Why are you being so kind to me, and also,
are you insane?
Hi, hello!
Sorry to bother you,
but could you possibly let my friend out?
Once you do, go back to sleep, huh?
[Angie growling]
[laughing]
I suspect we are going to the surface.
Here.
Take this.
To remember our adventure.
Small as it was.
Hold up. See that?
Time for the old poke and prod.
Uh, maybe I should do that.
Seeing as you could be
super-extra-killed by this thing.
Oh.
[David] Tricky move,
locking me out of your head!
Did you really think
that that would keep you safe from me?
David.
This must be David the Demon.
Seems like a bit of a coward.
Right, show your face.
I already beat you once, didn't I?
[David] Oh, no, I'm so fucking scared.
[screams]
[laughs maniacally]
Let's go.
[David] You look beautiful, Crystal,
I gotta tell ya.
It's a good look for you.
Look at your little boyfriend,
trying to be a hero.
Do you really think
that you deserve a hero, Crystal?
Don't listen to him.
It's just some sort of mindfuck.
[David] Why the fuck do you smell so weak?
What the fuck did you do?
I gave up my powers.
Okay? I got you out of my fucking head.
[David] There is no way
You can't get in anymore, asshole.
Crystal, we need to go, now.
- He's everywhere.
- [David] I'd love to see you try.
- I can't.
- Yeah, Charles, she can't.
'Cause she just gave up
the most special thing about her.
Now she's just another
fucking terrified lump of human flesh.
- You're right, okay?
- [David laughing]
I am no one now. I am nothing special.
So why don't you just
leave me the fuck alone?!
[David] Maybe I will.
You're useless now.
But this, this is also a lot of fun.
Did you really think that you could
beat me with a fucking cricket bat?
- A magic cricket bat?
- [David laughs]
Yeah.
- [Charles grunts]
- [David screaming]
[screaming stops]
[Crystal exhales]
Thank you. [sniffles]
[crying]
I will always hit a demon
with a cricket bat for you.
I wish you didn't have to see that.
He's wrong, you know.
You're still pretty damn special.
Okay, enough, uh, emotional bullshit.
[sniffling] We're, uh, on a case, right?
We still have some ghost-eating moss
to find from another dimension, so
Signs of the Elemental
appear to converge one kilometer due east.
The likely origin. Do you concur?
If we are to solve this case,
we need to communicate.
- You are harboring upset feelings, but
- Yes, I am, Edwin.
Because I like you a lot and you don't.
I kissed you, and you don't even care.
I do care.
I apologize.
You were my first kiss.
That matters greatly.
I was?
You were mine too.
Look, things are a touch complicated
for me at the moment,
but I promise you that I care.
Monty, you're my friend.
[splutters] You know what?
I just remembered
that, um, Gladys also like sailing.
So she might not even be in the forest.
Maybe we should leave
and start looking there.
[Edwin] Odd to recall that now.
- We can't leave till the case is closed.
- I really think we should leave. Now.
Hello.
Someone's been
a very naughty, naughty ghost.
- I'm in the middle of a case.
- Ugh, tell me about it.
I've been on the hunt for you all night
in this ridiculous forest.
I hate trees.
Just, generally, I hate them.
Who is Who is this?
I'll tell you who this is. This
is a very close friend of Edwin's.
[chuckles]
Secret friend.
You didn't think you were the only one
keeping secrets, did you, Monty?
What are you running on about?
[Cat King] Oh, God.
The handsome face, the little
kiss,
bullshit astrology.
He's luring you into a trap!
[inhales sharply]
Sorry. I always say
the quiet parts out loud.
[whispering] He's luring you into a trap.
[Monty scoffs]
Like Edwin would believe that.
So you're not the witch's pet bird?
No?
She didn't turn you into a boy?
Sorry to break it to you, Edwin,
but your first kiss was with a crow.
I saw that.
Very awkward.
[Edwin] Monty?
Edwin, I can explain.
Also, there's no Gladys.
[whispering] Sorry.
What do you mean there's no Gladys?
Were you just pretending to be my friend?
- To get me to feel some sort of
- At first, yes.
Then no.
What does it matter?
You admitted that you don't love me.
Those jumbled feelings
that you have [sighs]
are for Charles.
He's the one you love,
and it's so obvious.
What?
What are you
Even if that were true,
you're a bloody crow!
[Monty breathing heavily]
Nicely done.
You know, you do need to be more careful
about who you trust.
[sighs] I'm such an idiot.
Yeah.
I need to warn Crystal and Charles.
Hold on. Hold on.
[chuckles] I came all the way out
into this ridiculous forest to save you.
I believe I'm at least owed a thank-you.
By the way,
the second kiss is always much better.
Please hear me.
I am not your toy to yank around.
I owe you nothing.
Edwin, I am not someone to be dismissed.
This is all you are. Do you understand?
If you walk away from me,
it'll never come off
and you'll be trapped here forever
and I will stop playing nice.
Do you hear me?
I will stop fucking playing nice!
[Monty panting]
[Esther] Oh.
Is someone having a bad day? [chuckles]
You didn't tell me that mushroom thing
was gonna completely eradicate them.
Or how gruesome it would be. Or how to
Wait, wait, wait. Where are the ghost boys
and the little psychic shrew?
They know, Esther.
That stupid Cat King came
and he told Edwin everything.
So he knows I'm your crow,
and he knows this is a trap.
So, you let them escape?
I knew you were getting too attached.
I never asked to be human,
with all these [sighs]
feelings.
I'm sorry, did you wanna stay
a dirty, disgusting little crow?
I have to finish everything myself.
I mean, this is why we had a plan, Monty,
so I wouldn't be the one
traipsing through the goddamn woods!
[gasps]
- [thuds]
- [knife clatters]
[Monty shrieking]
[shrieking stops]
I think I see something.
Charles! Crystal!
Monty is a crow! He's Esther's crow!
This is a trap!
[all grunt]
- [Elemental growling]
- [all grunting]
[Elemental roaring]
[all panting]
Oh!
Honestly, you wouldn't believe
all the things have gone wrong today.
I could use a drink.
But now that we're here,
if you could just go ahead
and get consumed forever
I know it's a shame
the surprise was ruined.
Because Monty was supposed to be helpful,
but he got too emotional.
Where are my manners?
Boys, this is Teeth Face.
- [Teeth Face growling]
- [Esther laughs]
Teeth Face, this is ugh and ugh.
[chuckles]
Isn't he cute?
Uh-uh.
- [Teeth Face growling]
- [both grunting]
No digging around in my mind, child.
I'll deal with you
after dinner. [chuckles]
Do you like my toothy devil?
[Teeth Face growling]
[muffled screaming]
[Teeth Face growling]
God, I love final moments.
[Washer Woman] When the ground moves
[bird squawks]
- and the bird cries
- [bird squawks]
stop looking without,
and look within. [echoing]
[Crystal gasps]
[woman] Are you hungry?
Quite a production.
I'm Iris, one of your ancestors.
We're all ancestors, all family here.
Uh
What is this place?
It's a special kind of place.
Most of the women in our family
make their way here.
Technically, we're in your head.
Very technically,
this, sweet child, is you.
You're beautiful.
So I'm a tree?
And there's a table and sandwich.
Clearly means something, I
I lost my powers using a glass heart
to stop a demon from possessing me,
but it broke, now I'm powerless,
and a giant mushroom
is gonna eat my ghost friends
Well, that is a specific kind of problem.
To be honest, that is a new one.
Are you all
like me?
Psychic?
Sure. But you're more than psychic.
The women in our family are rare.
Unique, because we can
tap into a shared strength.
Can I get my powers back?
I need to help my friends.
The past is fixed and sturdy.
Like Like a tree.
If you practice,
you could find your true power there.
Between you and me, it's a lot of power.
[women laughing]
[Crystal] I don't know my past.
The demon took my memories.
No, honey.
Your collective past.
All the women in our family share it.
All the healers and And priestess
and shaman and artists.
So, you're
This
is all in my mind?
Again, very technically.
Try not to think about it too hard.
And you know I was willing to give
everything up to get rid of David. Now
- Now I'm nothing.
- None of that.
That is what things like demons
have tried to do to us for all time.
They want you to feel weak, defeated.
But you are not weak.
And you are not alone.
This is a safe place.
A strong place
for you to bring your troubles.
Nothing can take us away.
No curse, no spell, no desperate mistake.
Because it's all still in me.
[gasping]
[both grunting]
[Esther grunting]
[Esther groaning]
[Teeth Face growling]
[muffled screaming]
[Esther roars]
Get up.
[spits]
[Crystal gasps]
[Crystal groans]
[Teeth Face roaring]
[Iris] The women in our family are rare.
Unique, because we can
tap into a shared strength.
[Crystal yells]
[Crystal] Please hear me,
Forest Elemental.
The witch does not control you.
You are free to leave this realm.
[both gasping]
Teeth Face, what the fuck?
Oh, wow.
Sorry. Okay, bye.
- [Esther grunting]
- [Teeth Face roaring]
[Esther screaming]
Oh, my God, are you guys okay?
Yeah. Yeah, we're aces.
[panting] And the witch is dead?
Given her immortality, it is unlikely.
At least she is trapped
in another elemental realm.
Crystal, how did you do that?
I didn't know that I could.
I mean, I I had a lot of help.
Like, every woman
in my family ever helped.
That's where my powers come from.
They're all in here.
Right, that's
That's great.
Can you explain that again to us later?
Just maybe, like, a lot slower next time.
[Crystal chuckling]
[knock on door]
Can I come in?
[door closes]
Niko, I wanted to apologize.
I guess, for snapping at you
and causing the emotions
in your eyes.
I deserved it.
The truth is, I
I'm sad.
I'm sad that I put myself out there,
and this really messed-up thing happened.
So, you hate me.
No, I don't hate you.
But even though there's no way
you could've known about Maxine,
I also don't forgive you.
Just not yet, anyway.
I knew it.
I tried to help.
But I should just stay in my room forever
so I can't mess anything else up.
What?
No. No. Stop that bullshit right now.
Do not change yourself
into some pity-party shut-in
because of a dead psychopath.
That sounds like a good reason.
It's not.
There's already one emotionally shut-down
nihilist in this building.
The last thing we need is two.
So if you love love,
wanna help people, then do it.
Just don't try to help me.
[door opens and closes]
"The Esther Bester" gets my vote.
Oh.
What about "Crystal Shroom Persuasion"?
I like that one.
[Edwin] Hmm. Something more direct.
How about "the Crystal Method"?
I'm honored to finally have
a move named after me. Thank you.
Well, I'm chuffed
you got your powers back, even if
I don't understand it.
Fair. It, uh
It's gonna take me some time
to understand it myself.
Well, I must apologize
for not quite being myself today.
I'm sorry.
Wow, Edwin.
An apology.
Do not get used to it.
[Charles chuckles]
[Crystal] Mmm.
I should go and tell Niko
that I'm back to normal,
kind of,
so she's not stressing.
I'll be back.
[door closes]
Charles?
Yeah, mate.
I, um
find myself
It's very unusual for me to
Apologize? I know.
I'm still gobsmacked at that one.
No, not that.
Listen
Monty unearthed some
feelings within me.
Oi.
You could've told me you liked him.
So this is why you dressed up nice today.
Don't matter one bit to me.
This is why you've been acting so cagey
about the Cat King.
He trying to get frisky with you?
I'll knock his whiskers
off his little face.
[Edwin chuckles]
Thank you.
It's
not as simple as that.
I've been realizing that I
You've been realizing I was right.
And let's all go to the afterlife
so thoughtfully appointed to us.
You're supposed to be
at the bottom of the ocean.
For all intents and purposes,
I'm an eternal, trans-dimensional being.
You can't kill me
by kicking me into a sea monster.
We can talk this out.
You cannot split us up.
That's quite enough chatter.
It was me who kicked you, yeah?
Send me wherever,
but Edwin doesn't belong in Hell.
He was only there on a technicality
because of a muck-up.
The afterlife is incapable of a muck-up.
It's in that little book of yours.
That's odd.
It's not supposed to
A technicality, you say?
With Hell?
Is this why Hell is looking for you?
I was sacrificed by classmates
who didn't know what they were doing.
The demon who took me away
even apologized for the technicality.
Over two million hours in this post,
miles of paperwork,
never once have I seen an error like this.
Shouldn't be possible.
Well
In the grand scheme of things,
I'm more of a minor functionary.
However, these do seem like
especially odd circumstances.
So whilst I suss out
the cause of this aberration,
you two may stay together.
[both sigh]
In the Lost & Found Department.
Temporarily.
- [high-pitched laughter]
- [thudding]
- No, please. No.
- [monster growling]
No, it's coming from Hell!
It's coming from
- [monster roars]
- [Charles screams]
Charles!
- [gasping]
- Edwin!
[grunting]
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