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Season #2 Episode #3: Echoes of the Past

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Hooty:
Porta-Hooty, reporting for Hooty!

[Luz dry retches. King is tearing up while slowly shaking his head. Lilith's hand is at her chest and she's taken aback.]

[Meanwhile, Eda gets out of a steamy bathroom wearing a bathrobe while Luz, Lilith, King, and Hooty fly away on their staffs. She walks into the main room.]

Eda:
Hmm? Where'd everyone go? Man, they made a mess in here. Oh well. It's been a while since I had room to put my feet up.

[Eda jumps on the couch and detaches her feet. Her head is on the armrest and she opens her eyes to see a note on King's plushies, reading...]'

King:
[voiceover] Off to my real castle! Don't wait up! Love, your favorite demon overlord.

Eda:
Oh, no! Not again!

[Eda gets off the couch. Since her feet are detached, she simply falls.]

Eda:
Oh!

[A dressed Eda gets out of the door, putting her feet back on, and heads into the shed. She emerges in her bathtub motorboat from "Separate Tides", flying it off a ledge and into the sea.]

[Cut to Luz King flying over the sea on Eda's staff, while Lilith rides her's while wearing the Porta-Hooty on her back.]

Hooty:
Are we still flying? It's been hours.

Lilith:
Should we call it a day? Or perhaps a night? [laughing] Hooty, your sense of humor is infectious.

King:
There it is!

[He points at an island slowly becoming clear in the fog. He steers Luz down towards it, and Lilith follows.]

Lilith:
This island shouldn't be here. It's not on any of the maps.

King:
It's always been there when I looked for it.

[They land on the shore and walk into the jungle.]

King:
After I shrunk, I woke up here, in Eda's arms, and she carried me away. Like a wittle baby.

Luz:
Awww...

[Luz grumpily gestures at Lilith and Hooty to follow.]

Lilith:
[sighing] Fine. Aw.

Hooty:
[gasps] Look!

[The fog clears to reveal a dilapidated tower.]

King:
Ah, home sweet home.

[Cut to black]

[Our heroes are trekking through the jungle, with King leading the way. King climbs over a tree root, with Luz and Lilith behind him.]

Lilith:
That tower is certainly intriguing, but-- Oh!

[She trips over the root. Hooty extends himself to a nearby tree trunk to stabilize her.]

Lilith:
Thank you, Hootsifer.

Hooty:
[muffled] My pleasure.

Lilith:
But couldn't we have landed a little closer?

King:
The treetops are so thick, this is the only way in. Plus, now I can dramatically do..

[King grabs a bush obscuring the path. He pulls it aside, revealing a keyhole-shaped entrance to the tower.]

King:
...this!

Luz:
Ooh. A door fit for a tyrant.

King:
[chuckles] That's me!

[They walk toward the entrance, which is blocked by rocks. King climbs them.]

King:
I'll find you guys another way in. Wriggle, wriggle, wriggle!

[King crawls into a crevice in the rock pile. Lilith walks over to a wall with a strange symbol caved into it.]

Lilith:
Huh. What a strange material. And this symbol. I've never seen anything quite like this.

Hooty:
Ha! I've seen better graffiti. I've got better graffiti on me.

[Hooty raises his side, showing "LUZ!" and three cool S's graffitied on him.]

Lilith:
Luz, look! This predates any language I know. King's story may be a fake, but these ruins are a history mystery. [giggles]

[The rocks collapse, clearing the way. King peeks up.]

King:
Eh? What's a mystery?

Luz:
[laughing] The only mystery is how Lilith can be so smart and so wrong at the same time. Academics, am I right?

King:
You so are. Come on in.

[Lilith give Luz a dirty look, and she sheepishly smiles back. The two climb over the rocks and into the tower. They use light glyphs to make their own lights and examine the room, which is littered with rocks stacked to make the same figure of something with two or three round rocks as a body and a crescent-shaped head placed horizontally.]

King:
Ah, the chamber where I would devour the hearts of my foes. The taste was cold and bitter, but I bet yours would be sweet, Luz.

Luz:
With all the sugar I eat, it better be.

[They all go forward. Luz notices a shadow resembling the rock figures passing behind her. She gasps, stops, and turns her light around. There's nobody there.]

King:
Can't believe your eyes, huh? My castle does have that effect.

Luz:
Yeah. [sheepish laugh] So much wonder.

[Lilith walks through a hallway. Hooty gasps and looks at a wall.]

Hooty:
Are you seein' what I'm seein'?

[Lilith walks over to a wall, on which is a carving of a giant demon resembling King.]

Lilith:
[gasps] These carvings, they're ancient.

Hooty:
Wh-what does that mean?

Lilith:
Well, if I've never heard about this ruin, let alone this entire island, who knows what other parts of history we scholars have missed?

Hooty:
Are you saying...

Lilith:
That he may actually have been...

Lilith & Hooty: The King of Demons?!

[Meanwhile, King is standing at the top of a pile of rocks, showing off to Luz.]

King:
Ah, my kingdom. I, uh... [wipes a tear from his eye] I got some bone dust in my eye.

Luz:
[looking up] What was up there?

[King also looks up. There's a hole in the ceiling with rocks plugging it.]

King:
I-I can't quite recall. I just remember a muffled roar, probably some minion praising my name.

Luz:
Well, uh... wanna head back? This is all so cool, but Eda's probably on her third cup of apple blood by now, and the last time, it was real hard getting her off the roof.

[Hooty knocks Luz to the ground.]

Hooty:
Your Majesty! It's me, faithful ol' Hooty. You know I was messin' around with you the whole time, right?

Luz:
[getting up] "Your Majesty"?

[Lilith pushes Luz aside again onto the ground.]

Lilith:
It's clear these ruins are of immense historical value. Perhaps you could tell me more about them.

[Luz gets up and brushes herself off.]

King:
[laughing] I suppose I could, uh, regale you with some tales.

[Luz hears something hissing in a dark corridor.]

King:
Am I using that word right? Regale?

[Luz shines her light down the corridor and gasps.]

Luz:
Uh, guys, are you hearing this?

King:
I'll show you where my throne used to be. It was made from the teeth of my enemies and... [laughing] Boy, was it awkward to sit in.

[King leads Lilith and Hooty down another direction. Luz goes down the hallway by herself, and sees that the walls are lined with recesses containing stone figures, resembling the little ones in the foyer, partially covered in fleshy goop.]

Luz:
What are these things?

[She stops by one figure with its "hand" sticking out. She groans in disgust and passes by.]

Luz:
Just kidded. I'd never leave someone hanging. Up top, buddy.

[She high-fives it. It falls apart on her. On the ground, Luz looks up and sees countless other figures in recesses towards the ceiling. She shines her light and sees that one of them is empty. Suddenly, she hears hissing noise behind her. She turns and notices a figure running away. Luz chases after it.]

[Cut back to King, Lilith and Hooty.]

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