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(dramatic music)
(gasping, snap)
Woah, woah, new idea.
You surrender to me.
It's just one option.
But what if instead of that, you run home
to the city, and on your way you tell
all the other scout teams that I died.
That will put me at ease.
Just hand it over.
Come on, what have you got?
Don't you wanna live out here in this
glorious Empire and serve The Nomads?
(laughing)
That's the deal Catherine made.
(laughing)
She's probably selling city secrets
to The Nomad King in his bed right now!
(laughing)
(action music)
(snap)
Scout Team Seven to Control,
Scout Team Seven to Control!
[Control] Team Seven, what's your location?
Nomad outpost!
[Control] What's the situation?
The situation's bad, we found Sol!
- Scout down...
- [Control] Wait, wait,
shut up, shut up, what's your situation?
Scout down, request backup.
[Control] Which outpost,
I need your exact location.
Come in Team Ten, what's happening?
Team... (crunch)
(arm whirring)
(powering down)
(laughing)
(music intensifies)
You might wanna fix that arm.
I don't need it to kill you.
(laughing)
[Scout] These Nomads were ruthless people.
Mad like you, watch what they did.
(laughing)
(machine running)
This is gonna hurt!
(laughing)
Turn it off, and I won't kill you.
Really...
If you slide this back in,
can that arm break that chain?
(laughing)
How bad is Sun Disease?
I can't imagine this being the
last face you see before you die.
(laughing)
What a horrible way to die.
You know, I'm disappointed.
They said you were clever and dangerous.
(gasping)
(banging, clanking)
(crunch)
(dramatic music)
This is a horrible way to die.
(phone ringing)
Hello?
[Caller] Who is this?
I'm with Scout Team Seven...
[Caller] One of the teams looking for Sol?
Yes, but you shouldn't worry
about him anymore, he isn't a problem.
The mission was very successful.
[Caller] Who is this?
Do you know if there's any way
to turn off the giant torture machine?
A funny thing happened.
[Caller] Cleo isn't there?
Cleo, no, Cleo's away at the moment.
So this machine...
[Caller] You tell her the deal is off.
(dial tone)
That was the most useless
conversation I've ever had in my life.
(machine whirring)
(tribal music)
(laughing)
Hello, hello?
I don't suppose you know who that was.
What did they say?
Can I have some assistance?
Maybe, answer my question.
Ahhh!
They asked for Cleo and
said the deal was off.
Not much of a
conversationalist, are you Cleo?
You stole my call!
Half the world's dead, look where we are,
and I get my call stolen?
What are the odds?
Perhaps they're regrettably
higher than you might expect.
This is just funny.
Ahhh, I fail to see the humor, Senorita.
Can you hand me that bolt over there?
What are you supposed to be?
Please give me the bolt, it's right there.
Just hand me that bolt, get
the bolt, please, right there.
You've got Sun Disease.
Why didn't you protect your eyes?
You must not be from around here.
Just kick the bolt in my direction!
It's looks like you've got
steel in there, that's rare.
Did someone from Paradise
City make that for you?
Ahhh, lady, give me the bolt!
Well for that we'll have
to work out an exchange.
Afraid I don't do favors
for inconsiderate people.
I apologize for skipping the social
niceties of introductions, I would
love to learn more about
you, you seem like a
very interesting person, but if you don't
give me that bolt, I'm going to die!
Well obviously you're gonna die.
Horrifically from the looks of things.
How can a bolt help you?
I'll show you!
(creaking)
What will you trade me for it?
Maybe you can tell me how to
find your friend from Paradise.
Ahhhh!
(banging, clanking)
I came from Paradise.
I can get you inside if you want.
You're from Paradise?
Yeah.
Huh, how would you get me in?
It's hidden, no one on the
outside knows how to find it.
I do, I stole an access
card, I can give it to you.
An access card?
Ahhhh!
It's a Presidential key.
It opens any city gate,
you can walk right in.
And right back out?
Sure, what, are you planning a robbery?
My plans really aren't your concern.
(arm powering up)
Impressive.
Well thank you, lead on.
(suspenseful music)
(choking)
(coughing)
(grunting)
(groaning)
[Cleo] Give me the card.
What can you trade me for it?
A bullet.
Listen Senorita, I don't usually
kill women, but for you,
I might make an exception.
(gunshot)
That was your last shot, wasn't it?
Would I still be standing here if it was?
I don't know.
Why is the card so important
to you that you'd break our deal?
I thought you'd be honorable.
Honorable is just a word people
give you when you do what they want.
And I didn't promise you anything.
(click)
I can't give you the card because
I need it to trade to The
Nomad King for a woman.
Named Catherine.
Who is she to you?
Everything.
What's Paradise to you?
Everything.
If you give the King an access card
to the city, he'll go and destroy it.
She's worth it.
I don't help other people, Senorita,
so either go away or kill me.
Ooof, ahhh!
(groaning)
(machine whirring)
(gasping, buzzing)
We done with this fight now?
(laughing)
So, you clever enough to get Catherine
without this, or will
you try to steal it back?
Nah, it's yours.
I can still get her, it'll just be harder.
You know how to get to the King?
Yeah.
You show me how to get to him,
I'll tell you how to get into Paradise.
Deal?
Deal.
What's your name anyway?
Sol.
Nice to meet you.
(action music)
[Sol] If this is one of The Nomad Army's
abandoned storage outposts,
why are we sneaking up to it?
Are we supposed to be frightened
of Warriors and Invisibles, and what else?
Not... did you see that?
Creatures.
I didn't see anything.
Yeah, well how reliable is your eyesight?
Look, Sun Disease would drive me crazy.
If every time I looked at other
people's faces I saw my own?
No thank you.
Does it happen with everyone you look at?
Do I look like you to you?
Yes, everybody looks like me to me,
but I can read your
face, you can't lie to me.
I never lie.
Are you up for this?
Nobody can stop me from getting to her.
Including Creatures.
Ahhh!
(snarling)
[Sol] What the hell is
wrong with this individual?
Cleo, shoot it!
(arm powering down)
Now!
What, you're out of bullets?!
You said you weren't out of bullets!
I never said that!
It was a direct implication.
I thought you could read my face,
you're an arrogant bastard.
Oh don't you criticize me!
Don't yell at me!
I'm not yelling at you!
Yes you are!
(grunting, snarling)
(snap)
Some help you are.
I don't believe this.
You don't want to point a weapon
at someone if you can't use it anyway.
(arm powering up)
You'd better listen to
me next time I tell you...
(arm powering down)
Don't do that.
Why didn't you kill him? (arm powering up)
He didn't know what he was doing.
It isn't their fault, they're mad.
The world is lonely and quiet enough,
you don't need to take more out of it.
Injury is great conflict resolution.
Killing lasts longer.
(dramatic sting)
Get whatever you need and let's go.
Unless you wanna fix your gun and
point it at that guy for awhile.
[Cleo] Hey, will you check
that Creature's pockets?
See what he's got, they steal stuff.
Why would he want anything?
(dramatic music)
Cleo, how attached are you
to your Creature theory?
Because this is just a man in a mask.
What does he look like?
Handsome.
You afraid or something?
Some people I was friends with
were taken by The King and turned
into Creatures, he's not one of them.
Would you consider this normal behavior?
There are more Creatures out here,
so maybe try not to get your
ass kicked next time, yeah?
I did not get my...
I'm breathing, he's not,
that's conflict resolution.
I got a whole arm made
out of conflict resolution!
(buzzing)
What are you doing, we have to go.
I am Lear, elite Junior
King of this outpost!
Who dareth trespass?
Oh great.
If we don't fight him,
he'll follow us until we do.
What don't you take care of this one, huh?
(buzzing)
[Lear] Who are you, who is that man there?
Cleo, oh I've heard talk of you.
They say you are a fortune that
rivals the treasures of the Isle De Roca.
You're a little behind the times.
Madam, I demand your attention!
From there, do not move, I am to
be viewed from below or
from an inferior angle.
Your hair suggests you believe
in alternative hygienic standards.
Your witticism lacks a definitive luster
and the caliber of even
a lower class education.
And the layout of your face,
on the whole, offends me.
I shall therefore acquisit my rights
as heir to the throne and
challenge you to a duel.
It will be a mighty battle for me.
For you, it will suck.
The winner, in other words I, shall
receive your treasure.
The loser, shortly hereafter to
be known forever as you, dies.
(action music)
And now we come to it, you
behold my mighty challenge!
The Duke of Lear descends upon
you with the fury of an army!
Hey Sol, may I borrow you for a moment?
Madam, I am protected
by powers of nobility.
Now have at thee, you shoddy gnat!
You pukish relic!
Are you serious?
Ha ha, oof!
Foul play, madam, foul play.
You lack an applicable skill set!
My worst day is the peak
of your craftsmanship.
Your ability is less than good.
Ah, you swarthy dog!
Embrace your forthcoming demise!
No, back you... (mumble)
hither away from my ship!
You know how long it took
me to get those suckers?
A really long time!
Amateur...
A monumental error.
Sol!
(arm powering up)
Oh those are pretty, yes, give.
Sol!
Oof!
(screaming)
[Cleo] Sol, don't kill him!
Ahhh!
[Cleo] Sol, no!
(choking, snap)
[Cleo] That was The Nomad King's cousin.
He looked like just another asshole to me.
I fixed my arm.
Once he find out what you did,
we'll have no chance of
getting to Catherine quietly.
There are dead bodies all over the place.
I had a few here and there, so what?
So what?
Maybe we were both better off alone.
(dramatic music)
Do you keep your promises?
Of course.
You're nothing in this world if you don't.
Good, then you have to
take me to Catherine.
We have to stay together.
Why should I trust you?
I don't care for the situation.
Neither do I, but you're the only
breathing person I know, and I'm lost.
So this Catherine, she means a lot to you?
You could say that.
Good.
Well guide, guide.
Where are we going?
[Cleo] We need better weapons.
There's another outpost
not too far from here.
A full armory.
(enchanting music)
You have no idea where
you're going, do you?
No, there used to be an armory here.
Stop!
Woah...
I cannot believe we walked into
this without setting anything off.
We were lucky.
I'm sure they're all duds.
You have no idea what you're talking about.
I don't have any...
Which one of us thinks that this is a bomb?
Cleo?
What are you doing?
[Cleo] I want these.
[Sol] Where could you possibly wear those?
There's one main city left on Earth,
it's hidden underground,
and no one goes out to eat!
[Cleo] I like them, go to Hell.
[Sol] You're being irrational!
I am?
You don't protect your prosthetic arm
in the dirtiest part of the world?
Yeah, that's irrational.
It's not a prosthetic,
it's a deadly weapon.
Ah, shit!
That silly sword bitch broke my goggles.
Keep your eyes closed.
[Cleo] Yeah, thanks.
Let me see.
Let me see them!
No, you break everything you touch.
No I don't.
Let me see them.
(snap) Ah...
What was that?
Uh, your goggles made a noise.
Wait, where are you going?
Come back... look, we're
surrounded by bombs.
Just don't move.
(click)
What was that, did you
just break my goggles?
No, but I did happen to set off
one of these extremely hazardous duds.
Relax, nothing bad is going to happen.
(clicking)
(gasp)
Oh shit, Cleo!
(suspesenful music)
(clicking stops)
Sol?
Sol?!
Sol?!
Oh come on!
(suspenseful music)
(grunting)
[Sol] Cleo, Cleo, are you okay?
(whirring, buzzing)
Your eyes...
You needed help.
You shouldn't have done that.
I can get out of this on my own.
(grunting)
Don't, stop struggling, it gets tighter
every time you move,
you can't get out of it.
Watch me.
Stop it!
Maybe this partnership wasn't a good idea.
Just go, I'll be fine.
What is wrong with you?
You are aggravating!
You're an aggravating woman.
You yell at me when I kill people,
you keep taking my arm bolt, and
frankly your planning is sub par.
I wasn't gonna say anything about
that, but it's becoming an issue.
So you don't think you need any help.
How can you help me?
What are those?
Keys.
For what?
They help with things.
This is your trap, isn't it?
I didn't mean what I said.
This is a delightful
partnership with many perks,
it's just that anyone I... everyone I...
the people around me die quite often.
I just thought it would be
nice, for you, if you didn't die.
It'd be nice for me too.
(coughing)
Thank you.
You saved my life, you keep doing that.
Don't take it personally.
[Sol] What if I did, I
might suspect you cared
about me and we'd have
to get to know each other.
Do I look better to you now?
I liked the way you looked before.
That's too bad.
It's okay, I can remember.
Hey, I think my mind
is playing tricks on me.
When I first opened my
eyes, I thought I saw a girl.
[Sol] Yeah, that's Sun Disease.
You were just hallucinating,
don't worry about it.
We keep finding these.
[Cleo] This one was just killed.
(dramatic music)
[Sol] Thought you could sneak up on me, eh?
(gasping)
[Cleo] That's her.
Him, her, you don't know.
He kind of looks like me.
Have you seen my parents?
[Sol] All right, that sounded
like a girl, but look...
[Scout] Team Nine to Control,
I found my partner's body in pieces.
[Control] The Cannibal Giric is hunting
Sol and Cleo, find them before he does,
and don't let him catch you too.
Team Nine, come in Team Nine.
Team Nine?
(speaking foreign language)
[Sol] I mean look, it's a habit.
I didn't know you'd like her.
It just happens.
Killing is a way of life, could
you try not being upset about this?
I'm not upset!
Ugh, this disease is intolerable.
It's disorienting at first,
but you get used to it.
They have a cure for this in the West.
They say there's some real humanity
left out there, good people.
If they got cured, they'd have
to keep track of all those new faces.
There might be something
liberating about starting over.
Sure, we can have insane conversations
where you ignore everything
that just happened!
Thinks of the lives I might have saved.
You should be thanking me, it's
probably the best thing
I've done since we've met.
If I didn't kill her
then, she might have killed
us later, it was her or us, and I chose us!
Cleo!
(screaming)
(choking, coughing)
Woah, that sucked.
Hey there!
Man, had that trap all worked out too.
You know how hard it is to bury yourself?
It's ridiculous!
Sorry about that, I thought you
were more Creatures,
they'll steal anything.
Who are you?
Just another poor working stiff,
a proletariat sent to nab him.
I love that now I find you.
Oh, you're under arrest by the way.
Who chained you?
Just some Creatures, it took like,
seven, nineteen Creatures to restrain me.
They left to get The Witch Warrior
because apparently I'm not good
at answering questions, so the
Warrior is supposed to "influence" me.
I can't wait.
Sol, Sol, I always really liked you, man!
I mean I like that you
tried in Paradise, man.
Reform and old school, I get it!
You're just misunderstood!
So you wanna break this chain for me?
Sure, if you promise to tell
all the other scout teams I'm dead.
Promise...
Yeah, yeah, that wouldn't be a problem.
What if, also, you traded
me your access card.
Or we can forget the card!
We can forget the card!
I'll tell everyone you're dead
if you kill The Oracle!
And then snap my chain.
[Cleo] Why would they believe you?
Because I'm really popular.
I used to be a Scout, in fact, I
got 50 of my closest City Scout
bros coming to rescue me right now!
Part of that is because word is
I'm sitting on Sol's path
and they want him bad.
But I'm plenty popular.
[Sol] He's a liar. come on!
[Cleo] I know, but we don't know
how many scouts are after you.
[Sol] We're going straight to The King.
All right, The Oracle's
harder to find than Paradise.
[Cleo] Not for me.
Hey, why do you want The Oracle dead?
Oh, I don't, Paradise does.
She's plotting with The Nomad King
to take the city down.
What kind of proof do you need?
Her head.
Decapitation. Ssszzt!
What if you die before
we get the head back here?
Yeah, hey, you'd better hurry
if you wanna beat all these people
back here because, you know, if
they're here and you're
here, it gets political.
And who needs that, right?
Sol, you know.
I don't trust him, I'm not doing it!
Look at him, who's gonna listen to him?
He looks like a weasel!
Yeah, but hypothetically, if my
friends didn't belive
me that you were dead,
and that's a big if, bro, I am
like the point man with these fellas.
But if they don't, it won't matter
because if we have proof that The Oracle
is dead, taking that proof home
is way bigger than you and
your stolen access card.
You're scot-free, man.
(tribal music)
Ahem.
I don't wanna talk about it.
Okay...
What?
Would it bother you if
I don't do this with you?
Don't look at me like that.
I have no desire to tangle with
some spirit spitting religious...
She's really more like a Therapist.
Are you trying to make me kill now?
No, I'm not, it's just I can't do it.
We know each other, it would be weird.
So I offer her an invocation
asking her to join us.
If she accepts, the rock will burn.
And then she'll appear.
She comes to us?
Shouldn't she know we're coming
and already be here, like an Oracle?
Trust me, she's a professional.
Oraculum sacrum veni et nos comt...
Clearly.
I'm not getting it high enough.
Oraculum sacrum veni et nos comtua sep...
arrgh, I used to be able to do this!
Oraculum sacrum veni et
nos comtua sepientia ducae!
With any luck, she's not on vacation.
She travels.
(playful music)
[Oracle] What kind of a situation
is it to have half a boat, I mean really,
everyone else has a whole boat.
It really really depresses me to think
every time that I... oh,
okay, you've killed it.
Very good, Arthur, but you've killed it,
you don't have to kill it anymore.
Arthur, put the oar down, hunny.
[Cleo] I might need to talk
with her for a minute first.
And hurry up, darling.
Sweetheart!
Hi!
[Oracle] Don't worry,
it was working vacation.
I needed a fish for this, otherwise
I would have arrived sooner.
It's been forever, you look beautiful!
Let me guess, you brought
someone to kill me.
We'll talk about it.
Arthur, set up my office.
I almost forgot how dull this part
of the world's become, things
are so dead around here.
I wanna hear all about your drama.
Now you need to start collecting
the... (mumble) plant, there's
a famine coming, you'll do well.
Sweetie, your eyes!
I told you you would catch
Sun Disease if you left me.
Yeah, but now you look better than ever.
Hmmm, imagine what he sees.
I know we parted on bad terms.
I hope by now your realize my visions
come true for those who take my advice.
I heard you allied yourself
with The Nomad King.
I told you I would never do that.
His people have done
enough damage around here.
Try prophesying a fortune to a Creature.
It's pointless, what's an Oracle to do with
the rest of her life
under these conditions?
Naturally I could tell you,
but it would depress you.
Well if that's how you feel,
then why do you have a
Creature working for you?
[Oracle] He's a defector, no one you knew.
[Cleo] Does he know that anything
you promise him is a lie and you'll
throw him away once you're bored?
I don't lie.
[Cleo] You promised me a
family and it never happened.
[Oracle] You're confused, and I
never throw anyone away, I simply
help people find their
most appropriate path.
The smart ones listen.
A little faith on your
part wouldn't kill you.
It might even make your
personality more attractive,
but what do I know?
It's sad really, and don't get me
started on your silly pipe
dream about the Isle De Roca.
Money can't buy you what you want.
It will never bring them back, you know.
Your family is gone.
Don't blame me for seeing what
I see, sweetheart, it's all
there, right in front of me.
(grunting)
When the reunion is over, I'd
like it if we could move this thing along.
[Oracle] Why did you
sell out to the prisoner?
He's not ready to listen.
Hold this, Ahab.
(grunting)
(laughing)
[Cleo] Sol, what are you doing?
It's just a trick, get up!
Why don't you kill me if you
wanna save him from the City Scouts?
Your sword could take my head off.
Ssszzt, right?!
So please dear, do something or be quiet.
You're adorable, you try so hard.
You need to follow your heart
and stop chasing your past.
Pay attention.
[Cleo] He's doing that,
he's following his heart...
He's following his ego.
What is killing Catherine
really going to accomplish?
Killing her?
[Oracle] Stay on this path, and you'll
repeat your misery forever.
She's not the end, she isn't.
Listen, she's not the end.
See, I'm not so bad.
Normally I'd charge for this.
[Sol] She's just a con artist.
What did you do to him?
[Oracle] Isn't Cleo beautiful?
I thought you'd might like to see her.
It's interesting how
you look to each other.
I can't cure Sun Disease, Sol,
but I can pause it.
Do you like her?
[Sol] You look like the same person.
You're the same woman.
[Oracle] No, I'm just choosing
to appear as Cleo to both of you right now.
I'm The Oracle, I get
to mess around like that.
Besides, you don't look
so good in my outfit.
You have two choices.
One is you can kill me for the
prisoner and save yourself from the Scouts,
but if Cleo stays with
you and you kill Catherine,
she will eventually die.
Wanna hear about the second path?
Leave it all behind, leave
the hunt for Catherine.
Leave killing altogether and walk away.
That goes for you too, sweetheart.
Abandon your fruitless treasure hunt.
Leave your family in the past where
they belong and go West with him.
Certain things cannot be undone,
so be sure you're right before you act.
Killing you will make
half our enemies go away.
But what about this enemy?
My death will only make him stronger.
(snap)
This is a mistake.
You don't believe
anything she said, do you?
[Cleo] Yup.
Cleo, she also said that she couldn't die.
Yeah, she dies all the time.
She thinks it helps her reputation.
Nothing is going to happen
to you, you're with me.
I can kill anything that
comes between us and Catherine.
Well you can't protect me from you,
and you're what's gonna cause this.
Woah woah woah!
No, I'm fine, I'm fine.
Okay, help.
(grunting)
Why are you so hell bent on going
after something that won't
make your lift any better?
You're the most stubborn... (grunting)
Woah, hey!
Here, give me your hand.
How could The Oracle
pick us for each other?
Listen, Senorita, I didn't
ask you to be with me!
Why do you want a family anyway?
I don't.
I gave up on that a long time ago.
And besides, I wouldn't pick you.
Wait, what?
Hey, why not?!
Wait, we've been through here before!
No we haven't.
It's like a labyrinth,
you're just confused.
Shit!
So who would you pick?
Him?
Well he doesn't lie or kill people.
I don't lie.
You told me Catherine was your lover
you were rescuing, you just wanna kill her.
I can see how you might have been misled
by that point, but I
never said that exactly.
Technically, I didn't lie.
Yeah, well technically, if I stay
with you and you kill her, I'll die.
Woah, oh... hey!
(distant screeching)
Even if she's right, and she's not,
she said you'll die eventually.
Everybody dies eventually.
Hey, let me explain something
about Oracle terminology.
"Eventually" means like Tuesday.
Yeah, I don't believe that.
I have to get away from you.
- (arm whirring)
- We had a deal!
You are not done until I find Catherine.
Now let's go and get
these Scouts off our back.
I don't wanna run into them again.
[Cleo] Yeah, neither do I.
Oh, you guys, I love you guys!
Where are your friends?
Funny thing about that is my bros came by
and left me here, (laughs) they're a riot.
They really want Sol.
But this, this, when they see this,
when they come back,
they will, they love me,
this puts you out of their
minds and I will be a rich man.
That's disgusting.
You wanna lose that arm too?
Hey now, lover's quarrel?
Would you mind holding off on that
for just a minute and snap this chain?
I can catch up to my friends right
now and tell them that you're dead.
For you guys, anything, or you know what?
I promise.
Come in, guys, come in, big news!
[Scout] What do you want, asshole?
We're not rescuing you.
He's like my brother.
Hey buddy, Sol and that
chick we robbed are dead.
They came by, The Oracle was chasing them,
she killed them, but man, I was... (mumble)
and I got her, I killed The
Oracle, it was ridiculous!
Mission accomplished,
bro, we're going home!
[Scout] I'll send you one Scout Team,
but if you're lying again,
we'll leave you there for good.
What a joker.
So how about snapping my chain?
The Witch Warrior's coming soon.
That doesn't sound good.
It's better if I just
go and meet my friends.
Who sent your people to rob me?
What, hey, hey!
You guys are jerks!
This is a jerk move, man!
I tried to play the
diplomat like a good guy!
I don't ask for anything in return!
One head, no big deal!
And what do you do for me?!
You play the screw you card, nice!
This is nice!
You know how long I'm gonna
be stuck out here for?!
Yeah, I don't either, that sucks!
If The Oracle made them rob you,
then she can't be trusted!
You're not going to
die, we're not, we're not
on one of her paths, we're
not stuck in her grip!
Yes we are!
Stay away from me.
You can't leave me!
Cleo?
Cleo!
(dramatic music)
[Voices] Sol, Sol, Soool...
This could be a problem.
(grunting)
(siren)
(clicking, screeching)
It's not her, get the safe box anyway.
Easy, son, it isn't
wise to travel at night.
Too many Invisibles.
Stay down now!
(creaking)
You son of a bitch!
(grunting)
That was the safe box,
nobody was gonna find ya!
I save your life and you break my stuff.
Now I gotta build a new one!
You stop right there (siren)
or get a little dose of my ear killer.
Sit down and eat.
What were you doing out at night?
I'm on my way to see The King.
Good luck, I hear nobody
sees him face to face.
I'm looking for my daughter.
My wife is out scouring right now.
[Sol] You let your wife wander alone?
I can't stop her.
See, we used to all travel
together as a family.
Who keeps a family these days?
My daughter started going off alone.
Instead of making her stay with
us, I gave her weapons to protect herself.
One day she just didn't come back.
What kind of weapons did you give her?
Just these.
You can find them all over the
place, lots of people have them.
Years ago, I met an Oracle, and she
told me I would have a daughter
and that my little girl
would change the world.
If she dies, I messed up a prophecy.
How would the world change because of her?
The Empire would fall,
I think, I don't know.
It would stop this endless cycle
of violence we're all living in.
How am I supposed to live with
myself if I made it so that can't happen?
It's not your fault.
I met your daughter.
I thought she was someone dangerous,
those arrows really have
been used all over the place.
When did you see her?!
Where is she?!
She's dead.
I killed her.
(suspenseful music)
[Cleo] Oraculum sacrum veni
et nos comtua sepientia ducae!
Come on, where are you?
Oraculum sacrum veni et nos comtua sep...
Sepientia ducae.
(screaming)
(action music)
[Cleo] Go eat somebody else!
(grunting, growling)
(speaking foreign language)
(eerie music)
Hi.
Hi.
All gone!
(groaning)
(giggling)
I sure had you and your
boyfriend fooled, didn't I?
I thought he was gonna pop my head off!
He hurt me so bad, big bully.
Do you kill people with those?
I just dance with them.
(giggling)
Shoom, shoom!
(distorted singing)
(grunting)
(giggling)
Look!
Aren't I clever?
What can you trade me for it, a bullet,
you said you were out of bullets, I never
said that, it was a direct implication,
I thought you read my
face, you're an arrogant
bastard, don't you criticize
me, don't yell at me,
I'm not yelling at you, yes you are!
(giggling)
(mocked gunshot) That was
your last shot, wasn't it?
Would I still be standing here if it was?
You're a goner, you know.
You should pay attention to me,
you should listen to me when I talk to you
because if you choose this first path,
Cleo will eventually die.
Sol's a goners too.
I saw him with my daddy!
He told my daddy he killed me,
and oh boy, you wouldn't
believe what Daddy did!
Is your daddy nearby?
You should stay away from him.
Tell me where he is.
Mmmmm, no.
Tell me!
(dramatic sting)
(playful music)
(action music)
(grunting, incoherent noises)
Rawr!
(dramatic music)
Hello there!
I'm looking for my friend.
[Henry] Does he have a robotic arm
and an overdeveloped streak of arrogance?
He's your friend?
Yes...
Argh, ow, why can't people just
shake hands when they meet anymore?!
And you're next after him.
Hey, you know your daughter's
just over that ridge.
You don't know my daughter.
[Cleo] She showed her dancing to me.
Do you know about her dancing?
That way.
Your friend's right down here.
(grunting, robotic whirring)
Sol?
Sol?
[Sol] Cleo?
(dramatic music)
Where are we?
[Cleo] Oh, um, I got stabbed
in the ass with an arrow,
I'll be two minutes.
[Sol] Hey!
(knocking) Hello!
Why do you wanna go to Paradise?
[Cleo] Some Scout stole
something valuable from me.
It was my mother's.
It's all I have left of my family.
[Sol] Even I wouldn't try
and break into that place.
Is this thing worth dying for?
[Cleo] Is Catherine?
[Sol] That's different,
what I'm doing won't kill me.
Hey, do you think we're being followed?
[Cleo] Yeah, maybe, we're
pretty close to The King.
[Sol] Then why are we stopping to rest?
Won't The King's men attack us?
Or wait until I'm asleep and take you?
[Cleo] Take me?
No, no people stay out of cemeteries.
They're haunted you know.
Let's go back to your cave.
No, it's the only home I have
and you attract too much attention.
Oh don't apologize.
(laughing)
[Sol] My father was a reformer in Paradise.
So many people loved him.
He was a great man.
Catherine turned out to be a Nomad spy.
She and her friends,
they murdered my father.
I killed them all, except Catherine,
before I was caught and sent to prison.
I broke out to find her.
I'm sorry.
[Sol] I feel like I've been
chasing Catherine forever.
I'm tired.
What?
Do you think that we have to
keep being the way that we are forever?
I mean is this still
worth everything to you?
No.
[Cleo] I wanted to believe that
you were chasing Catherine for love.
I wondered what it would be like
to have a man like you chase me.
Some fantasy.
I've never known anyone to fall
in love like that, Senorita.
Sounds foolish.
Yeah, it does.
Thanks.
For the food.
You know, they aren't just good for you.
They're also beautiful.
Women love these, just in case
you ever feel like, I don't know,
indulging in anything foolish.
Maybe I am a fool, and I was just...
I've been thinking about
what The Oracle said.
You don't believe in her.
No, but you do.
Why is she interfering with you and me?
[Cleo] I don't know, she's tricky.
She's the closest to family I have,
but she plays with
people, it's a game to her.
She told me that phone call would
be my way into Paradise,
but I wasn't expecting you.
I don't know what she's up to exactly,
but there's always a catch.
Are you calling me a catch?
Maybe.
I don't wanna see my face on yours anymore.
You said they cure Sun
Disease in the West, right?
Mmmhm.
Well I was wondering if you would
take me there, and you could stay
with me after I kill Catherine.
You can't...
She's the last one.
I promise to stop killing after her.
You'd have to stop now if you
want me to go with you.
And you'd have to give up Paradise.
Yeah, is it worth it?
[Sol] I don't know, maybe.
I'll tell you that man at the well
had me convinced that his daughter
was the most important thing in the world.
And I destroyed it.
I don't wanna do this anymore.
I could give up Catherine
for you, I will, now.
Do you promise?
I do.
So when do we leave?
Tomorrow.
Not right now?
No, no, now would be terrible timing.
You think so?
Yeah, I do.
Wait, I can't.
It's not you, it's me.
(romantic music)
(action music)
(groaning)
(beeping)
Hello?
Hello, hello.
Didn't I ask you if
exactly this would happen?
You did, that's funny.
I think you have a misunderstanding
of humor, Senorita.
It's not working?
We should have stayed awake.
Think they knocked us out with
something when we fell asleep.
Uh, they're awake, do it again,
he wants them unconscious.
(beeping)
Hello?
Yes.
What's he saying?
Yes.
[Masked Guy] What's wrong?
It's The Witch Warrior.
Is it The Witch Warrior?
Yeah.
Oh, okay.
Witch Warriors are The
King's head assassins.
I think they're actually
only one Warrior left.
That's good.
They'll probably take us to meet
The King and execute us there.
That's bad.
Wait, so here, not over at, uh...
[Masked Guy] What happened,
did he hang up on you?
Yeah, you know, I mean I've got
feelings too, I've got kids...
I know you do, I know you do.
It's really just, you
know, this is not well.
[Masked Guy] What is wrong with that guy?
I don't know, he wants us to wait here.
I thought he wanted us to go to the ocean.
No, no beach anymore, he
wants us to wait right here.
Wait a minute, was it supposed
to be the beach or the ocean?
Well both I guess.
It was the beach, which is at
the ocean, but now it's here.
Oh, okay, how come?
(thwip, thwip)
Are we dying?
Yes.
(laughing)
Well that was lucky.
(laughing)
Oh shit, that The Witch Warrior?
Yup, that'd be him.
Oh this can only go well.
(buzzing)
(grunting, laughing)
(sneezing)
God, that arm is brilliant, mate.
But you might think about keeping it clean.
This climate is Machiavellian.
What we wouldn't give for a flat
on the ocean with no
parasites and clean air.
We're paid to kill people in the desert,
but we're philosophically opposed to dirt.
Our charge in life is fantastically ironic.
See this?
If her heart stops
beating, we, and whoever's
nearby who just killed us explode.
That's what they told us anyway.
It's a deterrent to protect
us from assassination.
The mad king, in his infinite wisdom,
wired it to all his finest assassins.
Guy's a wanker, make a note of that.
I will, thank you.
[Warrior] Right, upon finding you,
we are meant to transport you to
The King directly whereupon it's
on to your execution before his eyes.
But that's no matter now,
this changes everything.
We killed some Scouts
who were carrying this.
Thankfully, we know The Oracle
isn't really dead, but we're sure
she's quite upset nevertheless.
Have you spoken to her?
Sadly, no, we can't find her.
And that, my dear, is why we're
disobeying orders, jumping the gun,
reaching Command and being an otherwise
right git by using you for our
own splendidly selfish gains.
Now this is a portal.
Should lead straight to The King, zap.
This is where we would drop you
off later were we not disobeying
orders, jumping the gun, breaching
Command and being an otherwise...
We got it.
[Sol] How does it work?
Get my manual, there we go.
Apply hand to surface.
All right, suppose we'll give that a go.
You realize this won't end well for you.
Unless you make a deal with us
that would transpire thusly, you
take us to The Oracle,
and we'll release you.
Why do you wanna see The Oracle?
That, my dear, is between her and us.
[Sol] You let Cleo go now,
and I'll help you find her.
I've seen her summon before.
No bright ideas.
(snap, snap)
(buzzing)
I hope that's the most
work we'll do all day.
You can come back for her after.
Fine, let's go.
[Warrior] You and that arm seem useful.
When The Oracle's out of the way
and we're in charge, perhaps you
could be our personal minion.
- (whirring)
- I appreciate that!
(action music)
Are you out to ruin our day?
(grunting)
(buzzing)
(arm whirring)
[Cleo] Sol, what are you doing?!
Keeping my promise, he's not dead.
You didn't promise to get beaten to death.
[Sol] Well I don't see
you helping the situation!
[Cleo] Can't you knock him out?
No, good thought though.
(arm whirring)
(portal humming)
(suspenseful music)
King!
The King!
The Nomad King, where are you?!
Hello!
Woah...
Welcome back.
Back?
I know, you don't remember.
Have a seat in that chair.
Don't worry, Cleo will be fine.
Put those on.
Please.
I believe I deserve to be seen properly.
I thought things got screwed up
when that woman got
involved, but you made it.
Thank you for not killing
all the Scouts this time.
We can reuse them if you like.
Reuse?
Oh yes, The Empire's population
is wearing thinner and thinner,
but don't worry, sir,
I'll keep you well stacked.
Why do you keep calling me sir?
All right, I apologize.
I should keep this simple.
I'm not The King.
You are.
I'm your personal Physician.
And loyal servant, here again running
the show for you as promised.
Ever since you replaced The King.
Because since then, this
part of the world got boring!
We have no war.
That's a lie.
I'm not The King, I escaped from prison.
You did the first time.
Now I just reset your memory
back to then every time.
Every time?
Oh you've played this game...
I don't even know how many times, a lot.
It's your entertainment.
After you've conquered this fairly
isolated region of the world, you
had me set up this repeating event
where you go on a mission to
kill Catherine and The King.
Now each adventure is different,
but at the end the latest Witch Warrior
sends you here, you
duel, you fight, you win.
I strap this onto your
head and I reset you.
Back to the beginning.
That's impossible!
Not really.
Catherine didn't murder your father.
You left Paradise, killed her, killed
The Nomad King, and took
the throne for yourself.
Well done, sir.
However, lately I've noticed that
you need to kill more and more people
to reach any level of
satisfaction whatsoever.
It's gonna be problematic for me
if we keep going at this rate, you know?
No.
I made a promise to never kill again.
No, this is who you are.
Ahh, ow!
[Sol] You're lying to me.
No, I'm not.
I am serving you faithfully.
(buzzing)
Sir, put this on.
You'll wake up thinking you've
stolen the access card and
are fresh out of prison.
My men from West will arrive shortly
and cure your Sun Disease.
The next Catherine, who you didn't
get to meet this time because you
are a titch early, is a sitting image
of the original, so if you happen
to contract Sun Disease again,
you get it about half the time.
We'll cure you again just before
so that you can see
her and savor your kill.
What about my arm?
That can't happen every time.
About that...
We can't reset that because last
time what happened is
you got too carried away,
and you killed the previous Witch Warrior.
When he blew up, you burnt your arm.
Now they don't carry real bombs anymore.
We've replaced them with something else.
It's a secret, they don't know.
So I worked your arm into the scenario.
Eh, do you like this?
Wow, do you like this
one, do you want a new one?
What happens if I die?
(laughing)
You?
We've had a couple of close calls,
but that particular outcome,
I think, is highly unlikely.
All right, you know what?
I like the idea of you having a sexy
female guide, I can add that.
You can fall in love,
become a little more human.
What do you think?
Wait, The Oracle, she's real.
Yes, but I wanna keep
her out of the picture.
That woman, she wasn't
supposed to get involved.
So just whatever she said
to you, just forget it.
Well you're about to forget it anyway.
Not forget, we repress your memories,
we do not erase them, you
are still you under it all.
Sir, what are you doing?
Ow, ugh!
Ahh!
[Sol] This is a trick!
What happens if I don't put this on?
[Oracle] Then you'll have
a chance to save Cleo.
The Witch Warrior will kill her.
What are you doing here?
Fulfilling my promise to Cleo.
I told her I'd take care of her.
Is that why you had her robbed?
[Oracle] Yes, I promised her a family.
How else was I supposed
to get her out of here?
I called her to take you to the West,
but she missed the call thanks to you,
and I had to leave my vacation
to come fix everything.
Nothing but lunatics in the West, sir.
You're not supposed to be here, lady!
And you shouldn't tamper with my design.
This cycle's fragile and precise.
He made me promise to keep
this going, and I have.
Sol, do you want to be a monster forever?
This idiot here, this complete fool,
would have you believe that you are a King.
But I say you are the sad ruler
of a land that owns you.
(laughing)
It's ludicrous!
Sir, put my device on.
This land has nothing
left but your excellency.
I got mini societies
built around your patterns.
You are The Empire.
Forget about Cleo, I'll
get you a better girl.
You can have 10 girls, 20!
Is Cleo going to die if she stays with me?
[Oracle] Yes, if you stay here
in this endless cycle of violence.
The West is your only hope.
I have a man from the West coming, sir.
He'll supply you with new goggles.
Put the device on.
I can do this forever.
Ahh, again?
Don't you see how this works?
You need me!
I make this world turn.
(laughs) The world is big!
And you are tiny.
If you don't stop what you're doing,
you're not gonna like where you end up.
And break my promise?
He needs me!
Why?
You look like everybody else.
Sir...
This is your dream.
This is Paradise.
I don't want a revolving kingdom!
This ends now.
We could change the cycle, modify it.
You could live out other fantasies.
Get out of my face.
No, no, not the water!
What have you done?!
My devices will be ruined!
Cleo says you travel a lot.
Is that right?
You wanna go somewhere?
Yeah.
Oraculum sacrum veniet nos
comtua sepientia duchee!
Sepientia ducae.
(growling)
Sepenchia duchee.
Sepientia ducae.
That's what we said!
No, it isn't.
You said this would work.
Shame, looks like we'll
have to kill you after all.
That'll probably make
her visit us right quick.
Try it again!
Oraculum sacrum veniet
nos comtua sepientia ducae.
(sneezes)
Hell with it.
You can do it, you're doing good.
Oraculum sacrum veniet
nos comtua sepientia ducae.
Bitch come here!
Sorry luv, that plan's bollocks.
We'll make this quick.
(yelps)
Sorry.
Ow!
Not exactly going quick, is it?
Hold on.
(sneezes) Useless piece of equipment.
You don't have to take it personally.
Maybe you could just
quickly dehydrate for us.
What are you running
around with Sol for anyway?
It's pointless to fall in love these days.
And if Sol is still alive, he's
probably selling you out somewhere.
No he isn't.
Darling, what's the point?
Hope is the major prerequisite of misery.
It takes days to dehydrate, doesn't it?
There's got to be an easier way
than this to establish disgusting
quantities of wealth and power.
If only there was a way
to do it from a hammock.
You don't strike me as the
take over the world type.
Not take over, rule.
(laughs) There's a big difference.
Taking over takes all the work!
Somebody else does that.
Contractors likely.
We simply rule over a previously
conquered Empire from a quiet den.
Let's walk to The Oracle.
[Oracle] There they are.
[Sol] You're not interested in
letting The Witch Warrior find you?
Just because I haven't died yet
doesn't mean I wanna push my luck.
What's going to happen
to The Empire without me?
Oh, I think we'll survive.
Here, Cleo will love these.
I've got one better.
She loves these flowers.
Take the shoes, trust me.
I'm sorry I took your head off.
How'd you come back?
What good is an Oracle
if she tells her secrets?
You think anyone can do what I do?
Now go.
You kids are a long time away from
happiness and babies, nothing's over yet.
Happiness and what?
Have you heard of The Isle De Roca?
You mean the secret island
of Lemorian survivors.
Home to untold tons of wealth?
We might have.
[Cleo] If I gave you a map to it,
would you forget about
The Oracle and let me go?
[Warrior] So you can go after Sol?
Are you trying to make
more trouble for yourself?
Yes.
Think we could pay someone
to take this bomb off?
Fine, you produce this map, you're
free to get yourself
killed by someone else.
Hmmm, this is better
than ruling The Empire.
We could buy a whole country and retire.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Get going then...
Oh, bugger!
But I had it under control.
I know what I'm doing.
Oh sh...
(groaning)
What's going on?
No one's ever escape The King, ever!
Well he couldn't have escaped unless
he killed The King, right?
Of course right, so you must've killed him.
And killing The King means
you've become The King.
So you are The King now!
You're actually on the right track.
All right.
[Cleo] Really?
Okay, you have to listen to him.
In theory, yes, but, you know,
unless I replace him...
Wealth, power.
You can have it all!
My wonderful kingdom of dirt, take it.
It doesn't work like that.
You see, you have to die,
or someone will find out.
I can keep a secret.
(laughing, coughing)
Fight me.
What...
(action music)
(growling)
Ah, oooh, ah, ah!
[Warrior] To the death!
You will die so we can be King!
In just a minute.
Catch us!
We don't have to.
We will pay every assassin
on Earth to find you.
Everywhere you go, your
names will be known.
Even the West won't take you in
because whoever takes
you in will be murdered.
Their children will be murdered.
Anyone who sees your face and doesn't
try to kill you will be murdered.
There will be no end to your suffering.
So fight me.
Fight me.
Fight me!
(sneezes)
Does he count?
Fight me!
Come on, fight me, fight me!
Fight me!
(buzzing, whirring)
(machine running)
(crunching)
Now look what you've done!
It is extremely uncomfortable.
Cleo, come here.
Get us out and you can have the map back.
We're not going to explode, see?
Right, one last thing, you're dead!
(beep)
Oh...
(coughing)
(machine running)
Oh no, that's terrible inconvenient.
(dramatic music)
(muffled gasp)
(machine whirring, crunching)
(beep)
(beep)
Don't worry about the
gas, sir, it's temporary.
You and The Oracle just had
to get involved, didn't you?
Women, I swear they'll be the death of me.
(zapping)
Here we go, okay, okay.
(fizzes out)
Got it... Gah!
I'll have to reset you at my outpost.
What the...
Oh, ooo, you almost took him away from me.
And you killed my Witch Warrior!
I really liked that one.
You love Sol, don't you?
When the paralysis wears off, I
hope you come find him.
See, I'm resetting his memory.
You'll be a stranger to him.
In fact, he'll probably kill you.
I want you to understand this.
Whatever you and The Oracle think
you've accomplished, I'm undoing it.
Come on, Sol, let's get you back home.
(grunting)
(dramatic music)
(phone ringing)
Hello?
[Oracle] Sweetheart!
(eerie music)
Whoever you are, you
don't belong in that chair!
Get out!
Hello!
Get off there!
Yeah, I'm talking to you.
But I have to sit down.
I hurt my leg, see?
My daddy made that crutch for me.
What are you doing with it?
He tried to take it away too,
but I wanted to dance with it.
He asked me what kind of dancing do I do.
So I showed him, I showed him good.
I danced with Daddy.
Would you like to dance with me?
The Oracle said you would.
Absolutely not!
The King may return at
any moment, so get...
Ooooooh...
You get off there!
Mmmmm, no.
You do as I say!
No.
(gasp)
(yelp)
Disobeying me...
Is the same as disobeying The King himself.
Ah, ahhh!
(giggling)
I got your spine, didn't I?
Ooooo...
We can dance for a long time now.
(harmonic music)
[Cleo] Sol!
Who are you?
How do you know my name?
It's me, Cleo.
You know me.
Lady, I don't know you.
Did he fix your eyes?
Can you see my face with those eyes?
I can see your face.
Look, I'm sure you're a lovely
woman, but I don't have time for you.
Wait, don't you at
least recognize my voice?
No!
Well what's the last thing you remember?
See?
A prison, I was in prison.
My memory's fine, you're confused, leave!
No, I know you.
I wouldn't have done that if I were you.
Let me go.
Before you get hurt, let me go.
I can't, I can't.
No!
(choking)
They fixed your arm too.
The bolt came up before.
What?
This desert is filled with crazy people!
I can't...
We're in love.
(dramatic music)
Oh...
(rock ballad music)