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Part 1[]
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Good morrow, potential new viewers! The special television episode of I.I.I. is about to begin!
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Just in time for the Groscers submissions! Including for the category of Best Reality Show Star...
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In a begging mood, are we? [LAUGHS] THAT AWARD WILL BE MINE!
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An award, wow! I've always wanted an awar-
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Don't say it or it'll come true, you Lucky Luck! I wish you weren't like this.
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Me too, Silver... Me too...
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Anyway, MePhone's just fixing up a beautiful bridge for his new challenge A challenge that might make this face... a star's face! So keep watching!
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You know what else you should watch?
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-AH!
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Your step! Please show me respect.
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[POP]
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You should've been in that ad, Bow!
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As IF! I'd never wanna be seen in something so tacky!
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Bow readjusts their tacky hat, which conveniently covers up the circuitry they pulled out previously.
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Wait, didn't you use to make commercials?
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Oh- oh yeah! I forgot! Maybe! LOL!
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I see what's happening here...
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Bow looks distressed for a moment.
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Our new team's intimidating you too, huh? Yeah, yeah that's it!
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I think I'm just...
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The scene of Bow ripping out their circuitry replays.
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-not feeling like myself lately...
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Everyone, MePhone has asked us to take a group picture for promotional purposes. Quickly now, before the special guest arrives.
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Hang on, not everyone could FLY like you.
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[CANDLE LAUGHS]
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Oh Silver, how I've missed your random humor.
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Silver glares at Candle, and Nickel glares at Clover.
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Get over here, Nickel! You can stand right next to meee!~
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Well if your luck knocks me down a hill, I may never stand AGAIN! Just edit me in later.
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Squeeze together, you two.
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Goo whines as Yin-Yang pushes him closer to Balloon, who is also being squished by Paintbrush.
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Ah! Oh c'mon, ugh!
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Alright.
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[CAMERA BEEPS THREE TIMES]
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Cheese...
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The camera snaps a photo right as Yin blinks.
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Yin blinked.
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It's true, can we take it again?
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I wouldn't go that far...
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I got it!
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Test Tube presses the button on the camera again and the photo beeps three times. A metal creaking noise is heard as the bridge falls down.
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Ah!
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Test Tube pushes Bow out of the way of the way. The camera snaps a photo, and the bridge falls and crushes everyone except Bow.
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Ow!
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Their hat falls off, revealing their circuitry. MePhone looks at the collapsed bridge in disbelief.
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Wow, the mood really shifted since I left, huh? So bleak over here! I mean seriously, who died?!
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Everyone Nickel.
Everyone died. |
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[🎵 INTRO PLAYS 🎵]
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MePhone tapes the bridge down so it won't fall again.
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Okay... our guest won't even know what happened! I hope.
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Um, like, who's this guest anyway?
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A terrifying pointy-headed authority figure...who could end my show for GOOD! I built him up in my head forever...CRAVING only his approval!
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A silhouette resembling Steve Cobs appears.
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I always feared he would come... And his name...is BALLPOINT PEN!
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The silhouette is revealed to indeed be Ballpoint Pen.
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Oh. Thought it would be someone else.
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Yeah, I WISH! Ballpoint Pen is my toughest critic! He's here to review my reality show LIVE AS IT AIRS!!! I know he loves games where you play on a bridge-which I thought was weird... But I made this challenge just for him! Cause if he gives us a bad review... we can kiss our Groscer chances goodbye! The only positive here is you didn't die again, Bow.
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Did I...really? No it can't be! I've never died! If I did, I'd remember, right?
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Sometimes we block out the memories most painful to us. N-Not that I'd know anything about that, but- hey, okay- I-I better hurry here because, cause, uh a-at the rate Ballpoint Pen is dramatically strolling towards us, I-I'll have to regenerate everyone all at once! I-I've never done that before I-, I don't know if it'd wor-
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Am I interrupting something?
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[DRAMATIC BOOM]
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Ah!
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MePhone turns around and rapidly begins regenerating everyone. A loading noise begins as he turns around to face Ballpoint Pen again. His screen displays a loading bar at the bottom.
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Mr. Pen! Enjoying my season so far, I hope?
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Ballpoint Pen inspects his loading bar for a moment, making MePhone look more nervous.
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Well... I judge all entertainment using two questions... Did I have a ball? Or did it have a point? Sometimes the answer to both is yes.
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Nice! Well, I was abou-
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AND SOMETIMES THE ANSWER TO BOTH IS NOOOO!!!
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AH!
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But... with your new season, you were finally in the ballpark. Simple...fun... That is... until the medical evacuation. The broken laws. The... unhealthy portions.
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He clicks his pen and starts writing in a notebook.
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Yet another season plagued by disastrous accidents. Oh my. Did everyone else quit?
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Oh, of course not! Everyone's... riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight-
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[LOADING COMPLETE NOISE]
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OVER THERE!
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Ballpoint Pen looks at where MePhone pointed, giving him a chance to revive everyone at once.
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Phew- sorry I meant- HERE!
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Why do they all look so... traumatized?
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Oh, that's just how they always look! Don't write that down. Hey gang! How're you all doing? Good?
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Well golly gee! I can only speak for myself...
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Test Tube's voice is shown to be coming from Clover's body, and not Test Tube's.
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But I for one have never felt better!
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[ALL GASP]
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You need to revive them again, one at a time!
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I-I can't revive them while they're still alive! What am i supposed to do? Kill them all again?!
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WHAT?! You're killing them?!
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Uh- NO! That was just an inside joke between friends, we're all very close here! Right, Goo?
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He turns to who he thinks is Goo
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Right!
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The screen moves to show that Goo is over in Balloon's body.
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What is going on? I distinctly remember... the goo was named Goo! And the balloon was named Balloon!
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Th-They usually are but... uh- but-!
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But not in this... roleplay exercise! Yes... MePhone instructed us to act like eachother. So we can practice our empathy. Right, MePhone?
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Uh, yes! Empathty! Very good, Silver-uhh-Candle! See, I feel like my contestants don't care about each other enough. So then I thought, what if they had to BE each other? Eh? Eh?
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Hm. Weird concept. But I must admit to being a little intrigued.
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Yes! Intrigued! Salvaging this. So now we're gonna move on to-
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Are we gonna- oh! Sorry! I talked over you. I assure you Mr. Pen, that's very unusual for me!
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[CLOVER LAUGHS]
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Wait. I...lost...my luck.
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Sorry Clover, I can't imagine how hard that must be for you. Anyway, I lost all my limbs.
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Yeah, can't get any worse then that. Anyways I lost my WHOLE BODY!!!
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The Floor, who is in Paintbrush's body, stands up.
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Sucks to hear.
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I am so sorry! I take back every time I ever stepped on you! But today is my big chance at an award-at stardom! Please don't make me look weird out there!
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Now how would I do that? I can barely even stand up!
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[PAINTBRUSH GASPS]
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You all don't understand... I'm not upset... I'm free!
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[CLOVER LAUGHS]
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Without my luck! I can't hurt anyone anymore! Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
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Yes, and now, to extend our exercise in empathy, it's time for everyone to face...themselves?! In this BRIDGE FACEOFF!!! You and the person you swap- I mean, who's ACTING like you, will race each other to the bridge's center. Whoever touches the Golden Middle Board first scores a point for their teams! And the team that wins the most matchups WINS THE ~empathy~ CHALLENGE!
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I see... So you come together to reach a middle ground, bridging the gap between yourself?
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Uh... do you like that deeper meaning?
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Oh it's brilliant! It is what you intended, yes?
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Oh my gosh! I intended it so hard! First round is Test Tube vs. Clover.
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Hey Test Tube! Think of a number!
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Uh, okay!
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WAS IT SIX?!
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It was not.
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[CLOVER LAUGHS]
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You're already beating me! And i'm powerless to stop you! No more guilt- WEEE!
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Clover spins and runs into the bridge entrance.
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Oof!
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A gust of wind carries Test Tube over to the center.
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Oh! Okay!
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[GOLDEN MIDDLE BOARD GLOWS]
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Magical! Test Tube wins a round for The Pinkers!
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That was amazing! The luck, it- it just happened! I didn't even have to think about it!
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Bow approaches her, holding the bow file Test Tube gave them in the last episode.
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Hey, what's wrong?
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I was looking at Cabby's file again, and I saw this extra weird part. It gets all blotchy! Must be a really hard word like "binocoolars" or "yahgurt." But you're so smart! Maybe you can read it?
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Gollickers! That's odd. I looked at this file before and I didn't see anything blot-
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Test Tube reads a fun fact, listing that Bow likes chairs.
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WHOA NELLY!
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What the-no!! That was my only chance at- at learning fun facts! Uh, yeah! What a fun day!
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And the fun continues! Next up: The Floor vs. Paintbrush.
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Ah, Paintbrush. I hear you’re a front-runner for Best Reality Show Star.
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[PAINTBRUSH GASPS]
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I am?
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Why yes, I am very experienced with running.
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Oh no.
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We’ll, back to your roleplay. But I’ll be sure to keep a close eye on your every move.
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Oh- I have SO many moves. Watch this.
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The Floor moves Paintbrush's leg.
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(In the CDC) He’s living my dream and making it my nightmare! I have to stop this!
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Egh! Ugh! H-How do you move?!
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Oh, just [POP] and then [POP]. Common sense.
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Not for me!
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Really? Hm. Try this. Close your eyes and [POP] take your mind away from here. And then [POP] bring it where you wanna go. Yeah?
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Okay, I can try that. Wait. Where do you go between spots?
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Oh, that’s the red spot.
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THE RED SPOT?! HOW DO YOU COME BACK FROM THE RED SPOT?!
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Now THAT’D take time to explain. Can you answer my question first? Mmkay… so… shoulders, right?
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That’s it- I’m wingin’ it.
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They Pop from the left side of the bridge onto the center.
[GOLDEN MIDDLE BOARD GLOWS] |
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Woah! Paintbrush wins, I guess!
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That…was astonishing! I just had a downright cosmic journey! A- and no one saw any of that?
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They never do.
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huh. Then clearly, attention isn’t everything.
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(In the CDC) Pay attention, all! I have inadvertently infiltrated enemy head-quarters. And now, I possess Candle’s ability to FLY! A tremendous responsibility, yes, but if I use it right, then Best Reality Show Star will be my award yet! Just need to get this flame out…
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♪ Happy birthday! Happy birthday! Blow out the candle, that’s me! ♪
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Is today someone’s birthday? How did I not know?
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Oh, it’s ALL our birthdays. For we were all reborn today! Now begin.
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[CLOVER PATHETICALLY BLOWS]
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I’m sorry. But today- I can’t do it! Hooray! (Claps)
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Wha- you have NOTHING TO CELEBRATE!
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Next up, Candle vs. Silver Spoon.
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-AH!
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Silver repeatedly attempts to blow out the flame himself.
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WAIT! May I have a glass of water?
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I guess? Must you have this now?
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(Evil Laughter) Yes, ! MUST!
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MePhone hands him a glass. Silver douses his flame and falls to the ground. After a few seconds he opens his eyes again.
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Where’s the flying?
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Silver?
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Candle stands at the center of the bridge.
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You know, you could have just walked.
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[GOLDEN MIDDLE BOARD GLOWS]
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Candle wins!
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Truly an amusing commentary on burnout culture!
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You know, your laugh sounds ridiculous. (Even Fancier Laughing)
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Without that file, how am I gonna get answers? Maybe I should ask Candle about my aura again.
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Uh… Answers are like… popcorn! Tasty in the moment, but the stuck in your teeth forever! Hoo…rayyy!.. Sorry Bow! Gotta go!
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(In the CDC) Well that was weird. But that rhyme at the end was nice.
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Balloon vs. Goo! Hurry this up! You two are, like... the least intimidating matchup possible!
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NOT INTIMIDATING?! Oh, WATCH THIS!
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Both of them scream and begin the epic race to the center... which is very slow and boring. MePhone looks fearful of Ballpoint Pen's judgement, and Ballpoint clicks his pen.
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Part 2[]
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Five hours later...
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Five hours in and they're still evenly matched! Hah! It's beautiful! This is why there should be no luck!
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Well... you can't get rid of luck. But... what if you could equally distribute it?
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The Floor, Yin, and Candle
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Yes.
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Stop tempting yourselves with dark magic! Don't listen to them, Clover. Your luck NEEDED to go.
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I agree, Nickel. That's exactly what I've been hoping for.
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Well, your wish came true.
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Flashback:
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"An award, wow! I've always wanted an awar-"
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"Don't say it or it'll come true, you Lucky Luck! I wish you weren't like this..."
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"Me too, Silver... Me too..."
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Y-You're the reason everyone died!
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What?!
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You wished for a luckless life. So fortune... TWISTED fortune... granted your wish... in the only way it knew how!
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A flashback shows one of Clover's butterflies landing on top of the bridge and weighing it down, revealing what caused everyone's deaths.
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First by killing, and then by swapping! And now? You stand before us... cosplaying the less fortunate! But I know who you really are... Nothing but a privileged MURDERER!!!
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Nickel pauses to let the truth sink in.
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Thoughts?
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Even if that were true, we know Clover would not have caused such damage consciously.
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Doesn't matter... Here I thought I finally stopped ruining lives... but instead... I ENDED THEM ALL!
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Clover cries and runs away.
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Thinkers! Balloon finally won the slowest race ever! I thought it sucked. But Ballpoint Pen called it "bold" and "experimental!" We only have one round left, and if we stick the landing here, I bet we'll win so many Groscers, I.I. will run FOREVER!
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Well now we'll need to actually roleplay, cause there aren't any real body swaps left!
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What do you mean? What about us?
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...what?
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Yin and I SWAPPED with each other! Didn't you notice?
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W-we can't even tell!
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Well trust us, WE can.
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Yin is the darker half, I'm the lighter half? It just feels SO WRONG!
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But also... so right? Almost like we were meant to be this way in the first place.
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Okay, Yin-Yang, you're in. Now Bow, I know you're in your own body. But can you just try to play it up like you don't belong in there?
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Uh, yeah! You got it.
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Thanks Bow, I can always count on your silliness.
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MePhone returns to the bridge.
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Aaaand finally, the most mismatched combination of all... Yin-Yang vs. Bow!
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Uh! Ahh no! What's with these triangles? I can't balance!
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Oh, don't get me started on balance! How do you move your stupid leg, Yin?!
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Uh, I don't know! It's always been a struggle!
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Really? ...I never knew your leg felt that way, Yin.
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There's a lot of things you don't know about me, Yang. Over on the right side.
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...wow. I promise I'll treat you better, now that I know, how the other half lives.
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[PAT PAT]
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Yin and Yang, I think this positioning has made you both all the more mindful.
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And these eyelashes aren't me at all! And don't get me started on the-
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Bow touches their circuitry.
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Uh...
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They have flashbacks of when they ripped out a chunk of their head and when they were stuck in Boaty in episode one.
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Timeout!
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Uh, don't worry! Our television broadcast will be right back after these messages! Quick, throw something on! From the archives! A-ANYTHI-
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A clip from Bow's chair advertisement from season 1 plays.
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Hi everyone! I'm here with something that will make you REALLY COOL! It's a chair! :)
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Candle and Test Tube both find Bow sitting on a pic-nix table.
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Bow... there's something I've been meaning to talk to you about. Regarding your... aura...
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Yeah it's missing. I know. And that's not all I figured out. Test Tube, why'd you save my life earlier?
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B-... because I had to!
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Because you HAD to. You knew MePhone couldn't bring me back. You knew I came back a different way. A way you didn't want me to know. And that is why your luck burnt my file!
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I- d-... Bow... Please... just let me explain...
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[SIGH]
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Your death was a tragedy, Bow. Fan never accepted it so...neither could I. But with my technical ability, and his knowledge of all the things you used to do and say... we saw an opportunity to right a wrong... and solve the problem. It wasn't easy, especially since...well... Not too long ago... we went through another loss... And we know that they can never come back to us. Which... is when we realized... maybe... you could give us someone to care for again.
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So when Bow was invited to this island, you brought her along. But weren't you worried some might not believe she was really back?
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No. Because essentially, you're the same Bow they knew and loved. The only difference...is that robotic shell...you're in now.
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So you're saying I'm the same as Bow? But... a robot? A... Bowbot?
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Yes, I-I'm sorry. I've been looking for the right time to-
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Bow and I aren't the same though! There are things from her life I can't remember, or hear, or see!
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I adjusted the program to try to block out everything related to how you died. That way, nothing could ever remind you.
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Nothing could've reminded me, cause I don't have her MIND! Just cause you programmed me with some catchphrases she used to say, doesn't make me her!
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Please! B-Bow, just-
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I'm sorry for whatever loss you went through. But right now? You're VERY lucky... Cause at the end of the day, MePhone can put you all back in your own bodies. But me?...I'll be stuck here. In a body that isn't mine. Because I'm. NOT. BOW!
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Bowbot throws down their hat and storms away as Test Tube picks it back up.She takes a deep breath and attempts saying something before being interrupted by Candle.
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Shhh... I feel it coming to the surface. I couldn't sense it before, but it was always there...
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What is? A- are you saying that Bow DOES have an aura?
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Weren't you listening? That is not Bow. Yet those expectations repressed the aura...the TRUE self, until now.
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But... how do you know?
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Well...how do you know you're Test Tube?
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B-because... Because I know.
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Beautiful isn't it?
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Test Tube runs to the beach and encounters Clover.
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Clover! Have you seen- um...
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Clover points at Bowbot, who is sitting on a rock at the beach.
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Hey, you know... I'm a real hypocrite. I got so mad at Cabby for expecting everyone to be exactly how she wrote them to be, and here I was expecting you to be exactly how I programmed you to be. Look I-, I know I can't make up for what I did, but I want to use whatever I can offer to... help you...BE you...
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Then it sounds like we're on the right track.
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What's going on here!? We need to-!
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MePhone sees Bowbot's circuitry.
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Please MePhone, don't make me go back out there.
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Don't worry. I'll take care of it.
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So... is this final round resuming?
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Yes, sorry uh... technical difficulties. The timeout expires... now!
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Yin-Yang runs to the center.
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We did it! Such a satisfying ending!
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Hey! Pretty great how they were all out there on that bridge, right? Your favorite game!
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My favorite game?
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Oh uh, don't you- uh... Don't you love that game with... the bridge???
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BRIDGE THE CARD GAME. Was all this you just GUESSING what "bridge" was?!
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Wha- What would you prefer?
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Ballpoint Pen starts to leave.
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Wait! Don't go! They could still play cards instead!
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I don't WANT cards! You shouldn't be making something for me. You're supposed to make something you actually believe in. Maybe it'll be enjoyed, maybe it won't, but... you can't control that. And when you try to control it, you forget the most important part of creating: If you're not having a ball, then really... what's the point? Oh. Almost forgot. Your review.
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Ballpoint Pen hands MePhone a slip of paper. It reads: "You can't do this FOREVER." When MePhone looks up Ballpoint Pen has disappeared.
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Uh, hello? MePhone! Where's our confetti?
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You do still realized your team still lost, right? 3 to 2. Meaning The Thinkers are up for elimination.
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Yeah, but... me and Yin had a PERSONAL victory and that is worth celebrating!
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Yes, I have learned a valuable lesson about MYSELF as well! To make me inner flame powers take hold, it wasn't about getting rid of the flame on the OUTSIDE...
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Candle looks shocked.
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No... all I truly needed from the start... was a BIGGER FLAME!!
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Silver pulls out a giant match
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Now the Groscar is MINE for sure!-
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Sliver Spoon accidentally throws the match.
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whoops.
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The exact group from before dies.
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Well, while it's unfortunate the exact same group suffered a second deadly incident today, at least that HORRIBLE fire gave me a chance to revive you each one at a time. Anyway, while you didn't win the challenge Yin-Yang, you DID win immunity. So who's gonna be eliminated? Let's find out. First vote-
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The votes fail to load.
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Um.
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I think I know what's going on here. It's okay. I allow it to happen.
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The votes load.
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Clover. Clover. Clover. That's 3 votes Clover.
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Everyone expect Clover frowns at the outcome. Clover looks satisfied.
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The eighth contestant eliminated is... Clover.
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Sorry Clover... we all could see the game was torturing you.
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You tried so hard to fix yourself but... look, now I get it. The problem isn't you, Clover. It's just your luck.
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Well, the problem with my luck is that... nobody else could have it. But today... a friend in my place made me realized... the luck doesn't have to be all mine.
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She crouches and touches Nickel's side.
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So... Nickel, from this day on... and for the rest of your life...... I wish you... luck.
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No, you're- you're bluffing! Since when could you do THIS?!
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I was so guilty about hurting others. I never thought of helping them! So now, I wish you all lu-
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No you- ! You cast a spell on me but I won't let you do it to them, you WITCH!
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Aw... still thinking it's a curse? One day you too will learn to share the wealth, Nickel.
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Nickel looks devastated.
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Alright! Cordelia! Catalina! Cassandra! Jake. Let's fly! ♪ Until next tiiiiiiime! ♪
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Everybody waves goodbye, except for Nickel, who is busy crying on the floor.
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What a day! I can't believe we were all on TV! I hope it can happen again!
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Mm, no need. We only had to air once for the awards eligibility.
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Oh, yeah! I forgot, broadcast television is dead. Oof. Wonder if anyone even watched.
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Static appears before going to the first part of the episode.
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Good morrow, potential new viewers! The special television episode of I.I.I is about to begin!
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The screen zooms out to show that this is a TV in Purgatory Mansion.
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Eh... not interested.
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Bow turns off the TV.
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