01x08 - A Silver Tongue

[bunniefuu]

[clerics] Light and mercy,
cleanse the soul.

Light and mercy,
cleanse the soul.

Light and mercy,

cleanse the soul.

Light and mercy,
cleanse the soul.

[shouts]

Everlight...

[echoing] Everlight...

I need your guidance.

Where are you?

No!

[grunting]

[panting]

[grunting]

[shouting]

No!

[all shout]

[Pike grunting]

[head cleric] The darkness
lingers still.

We'll try this again
in a few hours,

when you've regained
your strength.

No.

I'll try again now.

It's too dangerous,
Pike Trickfoot.

Do not indulge madness
out of desperation.

This chamber is a conduit

for more energy
than any one person can channel.

Especially one
for whom the connection

to the Everlight is...
questionable.

[grunts]

If you won't aid me,

then I'll do it alone.

Leave me.

[exhales]

Once more.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[gasping]

- [gurgling]
- [hacking]

Cass!

Stay with me.

I've wanted

to do that for longer

than you can imagine.

[both gasp]

Keyleth, hurry!

Vax!

I need Wanderer's Moss,
Flicksilver

and, uh...
the bag that says "dirt."

Need pressure on the wound
before the spell can hold.

Tick-tock, tick-tock.

- [gasping]
- [gurgling]

- Okay.
- [spits]

You can do this.

[whimpers]

Oh, the joy in watching

a de Rolo child meet
a painful end.

Cheers.

You son of a bitch!

We're all sons of b*tches,
de Rolo.

You in particular,
from that bitch

who bore you.

[pounding]

[grunts]

[Anders] Aw!

Did I poke a sore spot?

You didn't know
your parents like I did.

They took every opportunity
to keep an intellect

like mine nose-down

in the dirt, tutoring their...

misbegotten spawn.

[grunting]

[shouting]

[Anders] Unlike you de Rolos,

the Briarwoods see me
for a greater purpose.

And for my efforts,
they have given me a great many

rewards.

Rise, armor of old
and greet our guests.

[grunts]

[laughs]

No.

[grunting]

My turn.

Damn.

[Vax] Oi! Heads up!

This revenge is mine.

Not if you're dead.

We're in this sh*t together.

[muttering]

This will teach you
not to sh**t my friends!

[archer] Pin the bitch down!

Shite!

You're unbelievable.

I know. It's annoying, isn't it?

I realize it's
a long sh*t, but...

any chance for a private lesson?

Not that long of a sh*t, really.

[Vax] Uh, if you're
not dead down there,

we could use some help!

[g*nf*re]

You and you,
on the white-haired one.

[both shouting]

Right, um, which one can I k*ll?

Literally anyone.

[Grog chuckles]

Aw, come on, come on.
Work for me.

Okay, come on. Come on.

Please work.

[straining]

[gasps]

Cassandra?

Cassandra, can you hear me?

No... No.

- [gasps]
- [gasps]

[both shouting]

Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to...

I'm, I'm Keyleth, I'm...

sort of friends
with Percy, and, um,

uh, forget it... you're alive!
Just wait here!

[whimpering]

Not even a scratch?

That's one! That's three!

That's !

All the letters!

As much as I loathed
having to teach you,

I'll relish watching you
skinned alive.

[gasps] The slats!

Having trouble there, Grog?

Because it looks
like you're having trouble.

Don't you do nothin'.

Don't get mad, big guy.

Don't tell me what to do,
smaller guy!

I hate your face so much.

- [chuckles]
- And you.

You look like you need k*lling.

How would you like to k*ll

your friends for me?

[echoing] For me...

Huh? [grunting]

At your command.

[gasps] He wouldn't.

k*ll Vox Machina.

Uh, Grog, what are you...
[grunting]

[gasps]

Delilah?

[distorted voice] No!

[gasping]

[shouting]

Pike!

Can you hear us?

- [screaming]
- You must stop!

[grunts] I can't go.

I won't go.

No!

Not without...

an answer!

[grunts] No!

Please! Everlight!

[gasps]

You heard me?

Thank you.

I-I was trying so hard
to find you.

Everlight?

Is that really you?

Speak, child.

Who are you?

I'm... lost.

I-I tried to live up
to your standards.

To-to be a steward
of your faith.

But I... I failed.

I need to find my way
back to your light.

Lies will not lead you back.

I'm...

I-I'm not lying,

I...

[screaming]

[grunting]

[laughs] If I'd known how much
fun this was going to be...

[both] ...I'd have
possessed this lummox

and made him
rip you apart right away.

[laughs]

[grunts]

Please, Grog!

We're your friends, remember?

We love... [shouts]

Stay out of his range.

There's no reasoning
with him while he's charmed.

Or, you know, ever.

[grunts]

We have to disarm him.

[growls]

You go high, I'll go low.

[both grunting]

[shouting]

[Anders and Grog] Yes.

Don't stop now,

you giant half-wit.

Didn't want to have to do
this to you, but...

[shouts]

[laughs]

[grunts]

The f*ck?

Why is he only after me?!
Oh, gods!

Faster! k*ll them faster!

[Vex] We can't stop Grog,

so let's stop
wasting our time on him.

Enough of this.

- [gasps]
- Vex?

[Anders] If the dumb one can't
complete my task, there are

many more resources
at my disposal.

Pay attention, de Rolo.

I want you to know how you d*ed.

And who did it to you.

[all] Your friends.

[Anders laughing]

[Anders] No escape
this time, welp.

I owe you an apology, Professor.

You're right... the de Rolos
treated you poorly.

My parents never recognized
my potential and clearly

missed yours as well.

A talented mind needs time
to cultivate, to think,

to work out all the angles.

Nice try, de Rolo.

But flattery will not
prolong your life.

And yet, it bought me
all the time I needed.

[grunts]

[gurgling]

[all grunting]

- What...
- The f*ck?

Get it, I guess?

[grunting] Oh, look at it go.

[both grunting]

Got it.

[hacking]

We trusted you.

You were our teacher.

We would've done
anything you asked.

And you betrayed us
when we needed you most.

You're the face I saw
when m*rder entered my heart.

Guys, the smoke!

[Cassandra] Percy?

[gasps]

Are you all right?

I think she's going to be okay.

Come on, clear the house.

Look for anything useful,
and make it quick.

When we escaped, I saw you fall.

I thought you were dead.

And I thought
you'd come back to check.

[sighs]

The Briarwoods.

They kept you alive?

Of course they did.

They had use for me.

Parading me
in front of Whitestone.

Loyal and loving.

But I've been using them, too.

Feeding information
to the resistance.

You must have wanted to escape.

Running away was never
my strong suit.

We don't need to anymore.

We're together.

♪ ♪

[Vex] Apparently Anders' only

valuable possession was
in his mouth.

However, I did find this.

[Grog] Oh! Hey, is this

one of them connect-a-dots?

It's a star chart, Grog.

These symbols show the sky
at a specific time and date.

The solstice.

That's five days from now.

Why would they have this?

We need to signal Archie.

Let him know
that Cassandra is safe.

I might have something for that.

I've always wanted to try this.

♪ ♪

Kind of terrified.

Kind of impressed.

- [indistinct chatter]
- [clamoring]

[grunts]

Where's my steward?!

- [footsteps approaching]
- I-I'm sorry, Lady Briarwood.

Did you need me
to bring you something?

You already have.

- [hacking]
- [gurgling]

Delilah, what are you doing?

Protecting you.

[chants spell]

Dreezala kruum.

Venz-shi-thradi.

Dwem rastathek.

Oshem Sutreeporvas!

[growling]

[grunting]

We've done
all we can do for her.

She's too far gone.

If Pike is to return
to this plane,

she'll have
to find her own way back.

And if she doesn't?

Then her body will be
but an empty shell.

[screaming]

The flames will burn away
your falsehoods

and reveal the truth.

I'm not lying to you, I swear!

Not to me, little one.

[grunting]

To yourself.

The truth?

The truth is... I...

I left the righteous path.

I was drawn
to depravity and v*olence.

When I'm with my friends,
we-we mix it up.

And we drink,
we fight and curse and...

I love it.

But I know it's wrong.

Why do you think it's wrong?

Because I put them before you.

I mean, they're why you cut off

my connection to your light.

Unless...

you didn't sever it.

I did.

Now you speak truth.

Your friends share your passion.

Your temple shares your faith.

Then...

I have to choose?

We do not choose.

We walk down a path.

Any path can be a holy one.

So long as one walks it

with truth.

You can be
whomever you want to be

in the Light, Pike Trickfoot.

So I ask

a final time...

who...

are... you?

[echoing] You, you, you...

[Scanlan]
♪ So sorry Vedmire ♪

♪ Your plan just backfired you got ♪

♪ Scanlaned, you got Scanlaned ♪

♪ By lightning you got struck
by the baddest m*therf*cker ♪

♪ You got Scanlaned,
you got Scanlaned ♪

Ow! [grunts] Huh?

Whoa, huh.

f*ckin' A.

[panting]

[grunting] Whoa.

[moaning]

[chuckles]

Oi! You fellas got room
for a third?

I just got done
being a big bad hero,

and I'm down
for a little ugly bumpin'.

[moaning]

Aw, come on, I got enough magic

below the belt
to make ya feel young aga...

[growling]

[whimpering]

There.

Everywhere.

Of course it's zombies.

Yeah. Because f*ck me,
that's why.

The rebels should be gathering.

If they saw the signal.

Maybe we shouldn't have
announced ourselves

with such... flair.

Well, we wanted
the people to know

the resistance is
still alive, right?

[panting]

Ay, oh!

Scanlan, oh,
you f*ckin' missed it!

I got arrowed a bunch,
I had two voices

in my throat, I stabbed
a stupid tongue in the face.

Oh, sh*t.

Hey, are you even
listening to me?

[wheezing]

There's a hor...

hor... there's a hor...

Yeah, not really the time

for one
of your whorehouse stories.

No... No.

A horde of undead!

[horde growling]

Oh! Horde.

Got it.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Chirp.