Ep 202 Script

Kieera walking down street, shopping in hand. hear commotion. see barkeeper throwing Ky's dad out of bar

BK: you know you’re not welcome here Garek, leave before i call the Guards.

G: ah, your beer tastes like piss anyway, screw the lot of ya. (leers at passerby) whatre you lookin’ at -

K: (Ky’s dad? again? seriously -)

(G sees her)

G: you there - Osprey girl. gimme a hand, would ya.

K: (grimaces) just because im an Osprey -

G: you think i want this (burps) scum touchin’ me? c’mere, help me up.

K: you’re repulsive. (helps him up) and drunk at 9am.

G: and youre a judgy bint.

K: where’s your son, he should be the one dealing with you.

G: my son, that bastard aint shown his face fer months, AND he took Keelee from me, the coward, cowards - coward -

K: shes still missing, then? (even though Tiraa told us she’d seen her in the director’s house, has no one rescued her yet? would they even bring her back here if they did?)

G: i warned the Diector - i warned her if she didnt get her back for me - but it’s been time, hasnt it? more than enough time. everyone should know. everyone should know her little SECRET - (yells, K ushers him away from people)

K: look, you dont know what youre doing. go home, sober up and consider how blackmailing the director would actually play out - im sure prison would be real good in cleaning you up, at least.

G: you dont know nothin’, girl. nothin’ shall i tell you about the boats? the islands? the secrets? shall i tell you about the rest o’ the world?

K:...tell me…what, exactly?

Erka and Lyr on canyon top.

E: so let me get this straight - Hu, Cepni, Farrah, Lars, and possibly ree are in on this whole conspiracy Resistance thing to do something, but you’re not sure what, but it’s probably to do with the government, and you figured them out because Lars left a flashdrive with your name on it in his room as it was being raided while he was on the run for poisoning his roommates, that shows him spying on the entire school? and Hu now thinks you’re part of it and took you to a secret communication hub to reach the rest of them that’s hidden behind the bookcase in his office?

L: look, ive only told you because i just dont know what to think about it all and i need a second opinion. so?

E: so whats my opinion? babe, everyone here’s conspiring. secret government rebellions, future job prospects, using parental ranks to get a fridge in a dorm room,  making deals with director’s sons to pretend to be together in exchange for good grades in order to share a room with the girl theyre pining after. this aint news, it’s just confirmation. juicy gossip at the least, proof of treason at most. the question is, whatre you gonna do about it?

L: that was…strangely insightful.

E: it’s been known to happen. you know i just pretend to be dumb to get boys to like me. (flicks hair)

L: (snorts) right. (looks out over canyon) …is it bad…if i want to know more about it? if im…interested? Ree and…Farrah had something to do with it. i want to know what. i want to know why. we were friends last year. close. and the whole time they kept it from me.

E: i mean, you did betray them in the end, right? maybe you werent as close as you thought.

L: what do you know about -

E: you didnt help ree look for farrah when she went missing, did you? how come?

L: I-I had my reasons -

E: sure, and they probably had theirs for not telling you. if ree’s even in on it. her disappearing from school is pretty suspicious, though. Ky and the Crow are gone, too. maybe they were all spies.

L: there was always things she was cagey talking about - her family and life before the Academy, mostly. it would make sense if she was. either way, knowing about all this isnt really something you can just…forget, is it? i cant go back to living in ignorance.

E: so you’re gonna go back to the transmitter with Hu and see if there’s a message? and then what?

L: then, im gonna figure out what to do from there. and youre coming with me.

E: i - what?? what if I want to go back to living in blissful ignorance and dancing with boys at the winter ball??

L: do you?

E: no, of course not.

L: (smiles) you didnt tell me what your news was.

E: (laughs) with most of the planning committee MIA, i volunteered to decorate for the Winter Ball. but none of that even matters, now. tell me when you leave.

L; i will. thanks erka.

cepni and co in truck, eyeing flat expanse of land for miles.

P: and…where is this main headquarters for the Resistance meant to be, exactly? its kinda starting to feel like we’ve driven for days and starved ourselves half to death for nothing, when we couldve just flown to The City and gotten a fishburger by now.

C: quiet. everyone out the truck. no sudden movements.

everyone out. cepni cups hands over mouth and makes bird call.

M: what was -

bird call is returned. all silent, looking around.

Tarokk: my, my, what a sight for sore eyes.

C: i told you to get that prescription checked, Tarokk.

T throws head back and laughs: Cepni. come, im sure we have much to discuss. (looks at others) Prisoners?

C: work colleagues.

T: do you handcuff your colleagues often? nevermind, dont answer that. (turns to guards) hood ‘em, let’s get back to safety, already.

T: right, that should do it.

guards take their hoods off, look around in awe. realize the flat expanse they were looking at was fake, and the HQ is in a hidden ravine underneath a synth hard material that lets light through. canopies, caves carved, vehicles lined along edge. tech.

M: h-how have you hidden this? maps will show a ravine here where anyone looking wont be able to find one.

T: (amused) we’ve altered your maps, obviously. they’re all digital, and we have one of the best hackers under our employ. it was his mother who built the one-way ground roof, even. ah, here he is now. Lars, come meet our newest prisoners.

L: (Smiles) oh, we’ve met.

so thats where he ran off to lol