The Owl House Page #3

Season #1 Episode #11: Sense and Insensitivity

---

King:
Great to hear, 'cause I really need your help with my next book!

Luz:
Huh?

King:
Apparently I can't write my daring works of genius without rebelling against your gushy fantasy slop!

Luz:
[blushes] Excuse me?

King:
We make a great team! So, here's a pen. Writey writey, clock's a-tickin'!

[Luz takes the pen and drops it, making the gathered crowd gasp.]

Luz:
I'm not writing for you after you made fun of all my ideas!

King:
Hey! What the heck?

Luz:
[turns to go] Congratulations on all your hard earned success. [leaves]

King:
What am I gonna do? I can't write without her!

Piniet:
[listening behind a bookcase] Hmm...

[Cut to the forest. Eda and Lilith both run by, panting. A shadow follows them.]

Eda:
Ha! Doesn't this remind you of how we used to race to the kitchen, Lilly? Lilly?

Lilith:
Mmm! Mmm!

[The camera pans up to show Lilith, wrapped up, being held by a crab-like monster. The monster growls as Lilith tries to free herself.]

Eda:
Lilly!

[Eda summons a large fireball. The crab monster goes flying into the distance. Lilith falls into a bush with a muffled yell. Eda helps her up.]

Eda:
Alley-Oop!

Lilith:
Ugh, thank you Edalyn! I wasn't certain that you'd save me.

Eda:
Stow it! Ugh, we might fight, but you're still my sister. And besides, if someone's gonna be putting you down, it's gonna be me. Ha! [slaps Lilith's back]

Lilith:
[chuckles; looks to the side, gasps] Is that?

[Eda presses her face to Lilith's. Through the trees, a glowing pink flower looms.]

Eda:
The Bloom of Eternal Youth! [pushes Lilith] Alright back off, that baby's mine.

Lilith:
[growls] Why are you always like this?

Eda:
Because Lilith, you think I'm just some tired old biddy. Ah, but I'm more than that. [magically cuts the flower] And with the Bloom of Eternal Youth's power, I'll show you!

[The flower disappears from her hand.]

Eda:
What the-

Merchant:
[maniacal laughter]

[The merchant's shadow falls over Eda as he stands atop the stone behind the flower. Lilith walks up next to Eda.]

[Cut to the library, where Luz is going toward the exit. She sees one of the many posters of King around the building.]

Luz:
[sighs] They got his good angle.

[A shadow falls over her. Two large reptilian-like guards are in front of her.]

Luz:
Uh, can I help you?

[The guards step aside to reveal Piniet.]

Piniet:
Perhaps. I hear you're an aspiring writer.

Luz:
[nervously laughs]

[Cut to the theater in the covention center. The stands are packed. Hanging in the center of the theater is a towering banner for Ruler's Reach 2.]

Crowd:
King! King! King!

Boy:
I can't wait for the sequel!

Amelia:
If it's disappointing in any way, I will spend every day of my life trashing it!

[Cut to King looking at the audience nervously from behind a curtain.]

King:
Oh boy. [paces] Oh, man, Aw jeez. [hems and haws] Hemming. Hawing. Piniet, I gotta come clean. We can't announce book two. I can't write without... without...

Piniet:
Without your writing partner?

[Piniet smirks evilly. He and King enter a dressing room. Luz is inside, in a translucent purple box.]

Luz:
[gasps] King!

King:
Luz! [runs up to her]

Luz:
That snappily dressed lizard trapped me in this shrinking box.

[Piniet tightens his fist. The box shrinks and hits Luz in the head.]

Luz:
[screams and falls] You gotta get me out!

King:
[to Piniet] What are you doing with her? Let her go!

Piniet:
You wrote Ruler's Reach together. So if you don't want her crushed, you'll write together again.

[Luz and King both give him kicked-puppy looks.]

Piniet:
Oh, don't give me that look. Some of the best books were written in literal crunch time.

[The box shrinks again.]

Luz:
[yelps] That's a toxic mentality that contributes to burnout and unrealistic expectations! King, do something!

King:
[growls] Set her free, now!

Piniet:
Not until I get my best-seller. You'll recall you are under contract.

[Piniet pulls the contract out of his jacket. The paper glows. King floats.]

King:
Ah! Nyeh!

[A hole opens in the box.]

Luz:
Ah! [backs away from the hole]

[King is flung through the hole.]

King:
Oof!

Piniet:
[drops paper and a pen into the box] Make your deadline, or you'll never be able to hold a pen again. Just like...

[Piniet holds up Jon De Plume, now shrunk into a cube.]

Jon De Plume:
Help me!

King:
No!

[Piniet opens a briefcase, in which are dozens of other cubed authors. They scream for help.]

Author #1:
Help us!

Author #2:
Get us out of here!

[Piniet puts Jon De Plume into an empty slot and closes the briefcase.]

Piniet:
I'll leave you to it. [leaves] Looking forward to your next volume! [closes the door]

[The box shrinks again.]

Luz & King:
[gasp]

King:
We're not getting out of here until we write a book, and that'll take forever! We're cube meat!

Luz:
Well, I have my story.

King:
But it's all hugging and crying! I can't put my name on that.

Luz:
King, that is why we are in here! Because YOU, can't compromise! [turns around] All I wanted was to write a dumb story with my friend.

King:
Luz, you're living your dream. You're becoming a witch. But this celebrity is as close as I'll ever get to my dream. It all went to my head, and I hurt you. I'm sorry.

Luz:
Hey, [puts a hand on King's shoulder] being with you is one of my favorite parts of this dream.

[The box shrinks again.]

Luz:
[yelps] I have a plan. But we need to work together this time.

King:
Just tell me what to do.

[Cut to the forest.]

Merchant:
I know you must be confused. The Bloom of Eternal Youth, dead? What if I told you the Bloom never existed at all! And now that I have led you to my nest, I'll suck all the life out of you to satisfy my unending hunger!

Lilith:
He scammed us. Can you believe he scammed us?

Eda:
I thought there was a 50/50 chance going in. Hard not to admire the tenacity though.

Lilith:
Good entrance, but that outfit? Ha!

Eda:
Look at his little shoes! [laughs]

Lilith:
[laughing] Stop it.

Merchant:
[covers his shoes] Well, maybe you've never been led into a lethal trap before, but the response should be, "Aa! No! Spare us!"

[Eda and Lilith share a look.]

Eda:
Ah, sure. [steps onto the dais] Spare us.

Lilith:
[summons her staff] Woe to us whose fates are sealed.

Eda:
[cracks knuckles]

Merchant:
Tha-That's right, witches! Cower! Cower? [gulps]

[Cut to the covention hall, where Piniet is stacking the cubed authors into a tower. The tower falls.]

Piniet:
Aw, dang.

King:
Hey Piniet! We're done!

[The door to the dressing room opens. The box is now so small King has to be under Luz's legs, which are bent in order to fit.[

Piniet:
Faster than I expected!

King:
That's the miracle of teamwork!

[A hole opens in the top of the box. Luz holds up her manuscript: Luzura and the Shimminger Tears of Love + Hate. "+ Hate" is added in red while the rest is blue. Piniet takes it and flips through part of it. The box shrinks slightly.]

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes