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Season #1 Episode #14: Really Small Problems

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Eda:
Uh, excuse me, sir. I'd like to have a word with your staff. [points empty staff at the guard; looks at the interlock] Owlbert! Owlbert! Where are you?

[Cut to Owlbert hooting happily and playing Whack-A-Giraffe.]

Eda:
Owlbert, you're lucky I can't be mad at your adorable antics.

[Eda climbs over her stand and runs. Something clatters loudly. She has fallen into a rotten candy machine.]

Candy Vendor:
Hey, I caught her.

[The clown guard walks over, shoes squeaking, and magically ties Eda up and pulls her out of the machine. Her hair is now covered in rotten candy.]

Eda:
I hate carnivals.

[Cut to King leading Luz through the carnival. They stop at the prize booth. The friendship bracelets are still there. King drags Luz onward. Willow and Gus, on the fly, fly up from behind the friendship bracelet frame and follow them. Cut to Luz and King failing at skee-ball. Luz tickles the machines, which lets King successfully throw the ball in. Tickets spew out of the machine/monster as the two cheer. Cut to Gus poking the hairy back of the fly and recoiling in disgust. Willow directs the fly to Luz and King, but they move. The fly lands in the rotten candy machine. Cut to Luz and King at ring toss. One of the bottles hops out of the way of Luz's ring. The attendant shrugs. King shoves a ring over the attendant's body. The attendant reluctantly hands them tickets. Cut to Willow and Gus climbing onto a stand, covered in rotten candy.]

Willow:
[panting]

Gus:
We can't keep doing this.

Willow:
[gasps]

[Camera pans to show a house of mirrors.]

Willow:
We won't have to for much longer.

[Cut to Eda tied up sitting under a banner that reads "THE FUN POLICE because crime is no laughing matter."]

Eda:
Just when I thought I couldn't respect the law any less...

[Shoes squeak as they're put on the desk.]

Eda:
...it surprises me.

Carnival Boss:
So, I hear you're running scams at my carnival? That's my job. And I take my job very seriously. [his bow tie spins]

Eda:
Spare me the yuks. What do you want?

Carnival Boss:
Since I'm a forgiving demon, I'll give you two options. [gestures to Eda's wanted poster] I can pass you along to the Emperor's Coven, who'll throw you in the Conformatorium, or you can scam for me.

[He points to a dress on a mannequin and a cart of caramel crab apples.]

[Cut to the prize booth, where the vendor is counting Luz and King's tickets.]

Prize Vendor:
1230... 1231...

King:
[squeals]

Luz:
Now, King, before you spend your tickets are you sure you want those friendship bracelets and not this bad boy?

[Luz points to a cursed skull, whose eye glows.]

Cursed Skull:
[roars] I am the King of Night. And every breath you take brings you closer to darkness.

[pause]

Luz:
This guy's a riot.

King:
Yes, Luz. I want the bracelets. It's kind of important to me, okay?

Cursed Skull:
I can be important to you. I, who have seen the birth and death of countless nations--

Prize Vendor:
[smacks the skull with a broom] Hey, stop it.

Cursed Skull:
[whinnies]

Prize Vendor:
No, no. Stop it. Yes, where was I, uh... Well, lost count. Okay, one, two, three, four, five, six...

[The fly drops rotten candy in Luz's hair. She feels it.]

Luz:
Ugh, gross. I'm gonna need a mirror. I'll be right back, King. [leaves]

Prize Vendor:
12, 13, 14...

King:
Count faster.

[Cut to outside the house of mirrors, which is being pointed to by several arrows on the ground made of rotten candy.]

Luz:
Oh. There we go.

[Luz follows the arrows and enters. There are more arrows inside, leading past a wall of mirrors that alter what Luz's character design in every one. She reaches the end of the arrows.]

Luz:
"You made it". Aw. What a supportive sign. Wait a sec.

[Willow and Gus are reflected in a mirror.]

Luz:
Supportive friends!

Willow:
Wait, Luz, don't do it!

[Luz runs into the mirror and slides to the ground.]

Luz:
Huh?

[Willow's reflection points down. Willow and Gus step forward.]

Luz:
Oh, my gosh.

[Cut to the prize stand.]

Prize Vendor:
One million. Yep, I just counted to one million. The bracelets are yours. [hands them to King]

King:
Yes. Yes! Now Luz and I will share a bond as mighty as these trinkets! [laughs]

[Cut to the house of mirrors as King rounds a corner.]

King:
Heya, Luz. Good news. I got the bracelets.

Luz:
King...

King:
Huh?

[Luz holds out her hand, on which are Willow and Gus.]

King:
[yelps]

Willow:
You splashed us with something to make us small.

Gus:
And now I can't go on the big boy rides! You monster.

King:
Y-you weren't supposed to shrink. You, you were supposed to disappear. Ooh, no. Wait.

Luz:
What?

King:
No, no, no. Luz, I can explain. I wanted to win the bracelets and there was this psychic, see? [holds out bottle]

Luz:
[puts Willow and Gus down] That must've been what did it. Give me the spray bottle, King.

King:
No, wait I-I-I gotta explain.

Luz:
There's nothing to explain. [tries to take the bottle]

King:
I was just trying to...

Luz:
Shrink my friends?

King:
I was just trying to solve my problems.

[The bottle slips out of their hands. The spray nozzles loosens, resulting in both Luz and King getting splashed with the potion.]

Luz & King:
Uh-oh.

[Luz and King shrink. Willow and Gus walk up to them.]

Willow & Gus: Hi.

King:
Wait, I can fix it. Obvioso showed me how. Behold. [taps cheeks several times] Why isn't this working?

Tibbles:
I'd say it's working quite well.

[Cut to Tibbles approaching his Tent of Tiny Terrors while holding Luz, Willow, Gus, and King. King is still tapping his cheeks.]

Gus:
Um, Luz, I think King is broken.

King:
Tapping my cheeks is supposed to turn us normal. The psychic told me.

Tibbles:
Oh, did he? But, what if he... lied to you from the start? [summons puff of smoke, is now wearing mustache and patting out "Obvioso's" hat] Hold on. [puts hat on] Lied to you from the start? It's different.

King:
You fiend. When Obvioso finds out you stole his mustache... Oh...

Gus:
[facepalms]

Tibbles:
The potion was designed by me. Guess whose cheeks control it?

Luz:
Why are you doing this?

Tibbles:
[rips off mustache] When you destroyed my stand, you destroyed generations of Grimm Hammer history. Now it's time to pay.

[Cut to the inside of the tiny terrors' cage. which they are dropped into.]

All:
[scream] Oof!

Tibbles:
Welcome to the greatest show on the Boiling Isles!

Crowd:
[cheers]

All:
[gasp]

Tibbles:
Will these witches and demon survive feeding time? Let's find out!

[Tibbles rings a bell. The tiny terrors growl as they exit their tent. One unicorn still looks friendly.]

Luz:
Aw. At least he's still my friend.

[angry neighing]

Luz:
That's how friends react.

Tiny Terrors:
[growling, advancing]

Tibbles:
You ruined my livelihood. So now, you'll feed my livelihood.

[With a twirl of his finger, a spotlight turns on. Curtains open to show the inside of the cage is magnified for the crowd's viewing pleasure. Luz, Willow, Gus, and King are backed into a corner by the manticore and a unicorn.]

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