TC Ep 312 Script (Patreon)

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[reamer exiting the crown building. He looks up at the sky and the ravens, then at the chimeras around him. He has flashbacks of the experiments he saw on the directors desk as a child, grows sickened. A flash of blonde breaks him out of it. He turns to see keelee hiding]

R: you -

KL: I have to get to him. I have to.

R: Who -

[looks towards the platform she’s looking at. He realises she means Cyras.]

R: {Determined} Right. Come on.

[he grabs her, drawing his gun. He gets her past everyone, fighting. As they get to the platform he looks up, then back to her. He hands her the gun.]

R: Take this. Stretch your wings out.

KL: What - [realises. Furrows brow in determination. Clutches gun to her chest and hugs knees. He launches her into the air. At the pinnacle she unfurls her wings and flaps madly towards tiraa. Reamer watches her go. A crow behind him recognises him]

Crow: Oi- ain’t you the guy that was just up there?

c2: It’s the director’s son! 

C3: bold of ya to come down here, Eagle. 

C1: you’ve gottave known it wouldn’t end well for ya.

R:[he smiles] do your worst, then.

[they converge on him. ]

[KL makes it to tiraa and Cyras shakily.]

T: Keelee! How -

[KL kneels beside Cyras, eyes wide. She sees his plucked primaries. ]

KL: You have to get up. You have to. I wore the scarf. They took it from me, but I’ll find it again. But you have to see it. And I just flew - you have to see that, too. My brother’s up there, I’ll see him after, but I want you to meet him Properly. You just need to wake up. [tears well. Tiraa cries to the side] Wake up. Cyras, wake up!

Altimeter: And with this, it is ended, I’m afraid! Your Ravens cannot fight, and my children far outnumber your meger force. You must accept defeat, and if you do so gracefully we will endeavor to make the transition to this new world as seamless and unstreanuous as possible. It is done.

[ky and scra look defeated. Kymom raises her sword and points it at altimeter]

KM: If you think we will submit quietly, you have underestimated Raptors once again, Dove. 

Alt: [bored] You may fight this futile fight if you wish, Cardinal, but know there will be nothing for you to return to should you manage to scrape a victory, regardless. 

Director: What do you -

Alt: Children - defend your home roost! 

[the batte resurges, the ravens unable to help and just getting picked off by dove guns. Ree and Farrah fighting nearby. Farrah has her gun knocked out her hands. ]

gera: Ravens - ascend! evasive manoeuvres! 

Alt: [to scra] What of you, King? Will you perch here while your subjects fight for their lives like a true monarch?

scra looks at ky. Ky is resolved.

S:[flares wings] No. I won’t. 

[ky looks at his mother. She’s surprised. The director watches them. Ky follows scra down to the battle. As they fly in front of the big screen, Lars mom’s face suddenly appears on it. Everyone stops, watching.]

LM: Hello? Are we live son? I think we are. Good. Hello, citizens of Kooup, and by extension, Avarie. A monumentous discovery has been made on this day. The dole have kept a secret from us all it seems - but what sort of society would we be if we didn’t strive for clarity and truth from our governing bodies? This is the culmination of decades of research and hope, and serves as an answer to both historians, scientists, and [laymen] alike. I present you all - the missing Crow Monarch of Avarie!

[Neekia turns her body camera to face the glass enclosure the doves had in the lab. A thin Crow woman sits in a chair, her hair long and her eyes ringed, but sharp. Scra gasps.]

director: [to alt] You vile-

directormom: But you killed them all. You -

Alt: [angry. A dove flies up to him] Send guards - send a platoon - send 100 soldiers to the First Branch, immediately-

Scra: …Mom.

daelen: I’ve found you.

[The Chimeras look up at the screen, and immediately drop their weapons.]

Chim: Mother - Mother - Mother - Mother -

Scramom: Enjoy your comeuppance, Altimeter. 

[some of the Res converge on the platform next to Brek. Farrah still doesn’t have a gun.]

ree: So that’s Scra’s mom, huh?

F: They've stopped fighting completely. 

Hon: Those kids do the same thing. Looks like they never outgrow it. 

Alt: Fight! Fight, children! Fight! 

Kymom: Looks like your little minions have gone rogue. What was it you were saying about a new world? 

Alt: [muttering to himself] Then I have no choice. I have been driven to this, let it be said. I do not want to, but now it is the only way. [he pulls out a remote from his robe.] This world is too far gone. Icarus drowned so that we may learn from his folly, but there is too much sin, too much lofty idealism, and it stemmed from that land from whence we were banished. Avarie was the beginning of impurity, and so will be the beginning of [purity] after it is cleansed. You were right to come on your crusade here, Cardinal. My only lament is that the Ravens joined you. Say goodbye to your loved ones there, but you will not be parted for long.

[Kymom and Director realise what he means. director lunges forwards, grasping for the remote.]

Kymom: GET IT -

Alt: And with this, Avarie is no more.

[he presses the button. Everyone is on-edge, ears straining for something. The alt turns to the dove beside him, who listens to an ear piece]

dove: The missives have failed to deploy, Altimeter.

Alt: What?! How?!

[He looks down at the platform to Farrah whose backpack is open and she’s pointing a remote at him]

F: Missile jammer, bitch.

[Ree laughs incredulously.]

[the alt is furious]

Alt: [to dove] Enact backup protocol! Deploy manually! 

[the big screen changes, showing eurippe and erias and the albatross in a temple lab warehouse, captured Doves tied in the corner and lines of inactive missiles stopped from launching underwater.]

eurippe: Sorry Altimeter, two of your precious children betrayed you and foiled this plan too. Your dream to spread your lies ends here, with us.

Alt: A Dove and a Raven?! Blasphemous. Disgusting. Unnatural. 

scra: Looks like your bigotry ends here, Altimeter. 

Alt: That’s what you think, boy. Doves! Kill the Crow Queen and King! Let there be none but you remain who carry the Royal line! Let there be none who fly higher, more sun-drenched -

[he pulls a gun from his robes and aims at scra. Ky flies in front to block, drawing gun up when the altimeter is shot twice. One through the wing, one through the chest. Farrah stands with a pistol aimed, ree missing one of hers. Everyone turns to see keelee also aiming the gun reamer gave her.] 

Tiraa: K-Keelee? 

KL: He was bad.

T: Y-yea, but -

Cyras: I…saw that.

[everyone turns to him,on the floor. His eyes look up at his girls.]

T: Cyras! [She wraps her arms around his head, sobbing. He winces, arm wrapping around her waist.]

C: What kind of first kiss was that?

[tiraa blushes, pulling away embarrassed.]

T: It was life-saving! You were dying!

[cyras pushes himself to sit gingerly.]

C: I’ll need another to keep me going, then.

[tiraa is astonished as he pulls her in for a proper kiss, but melts into it. The big screen echoes it. The dying Altimeter sees.]

Alt: That is…against everything…that is…the end. [dies]

[cyras and tiraa finish kissing. Cyras turns to keelee]

KL: You came back.

C: I told you I would. 

KL: I’m glad you have.

C: Yeah. Me too.

[they hug. They pull away and Ky lands near them, uncertain.]

[Keelee looks at him, he looks at her. she runs to him and he leans down, crying.]

K: I’m sorry I let them take you. I’m sorry I locked you away. I’m sorry I got you kidnapped. I’m sorry you’re here in the middle of all this. I’m sorry I couldn't protect you better. I’m sorry I wasn’t a better brother -

KL: Thank you. For trying. I love you, big brother.

[Ky cries harder.]

[Cyras turns to the crows below]

C: Stop this war. You’ve all fought enough. 

Kymom: No! This is our chance! Fight! Fi -

KY: No, mother. That’s enough. It’s over. It’s over.

the fight is done! I don't have to draw it anymore! Here's to the last 3 eps being epilogue~