The Outpost (2018–…): Season 4, Episode 5 - They Bleed Black Blood - full transcript

Previously on The Outpost...

- Where are you going?
- I'm going to meet the gods.

Prepare the way.

Unlock the Skevikor.

- Skevikor.
- I know the word, Janzo.

- What?
- It means "the end of the world."

You're a fugitive

so you need to leave the Outpost
and never return.

Whoa, easy!

- Luna.
- Talon and I are tracking Two.

What is Vikka doing with Two?



My body... is weak.

I am honoured to serve you.

Rise.

What in the gods is that thing?

I think you just said it.

What, a god?

And Two just healed her.

Never heard of a god that needs healing.

So that's why Two came here.

We are being watched.

More that way.

That hole there!

Go! I'm right behind you!

I'll make Vikka hold them off.



Zed!

Zed, watch out!

Take him.

Zed!

Move.

Zed!

Is that thing out there doing that?

It's the lump on her forehead.

So, Falista is forcing
you to figure this out

under the threat of death.

Yes.

And what exactly
does she want you to figure out?

Oh, you know, just the simple
age-old conundrum

of how to unlock a Skevikor.

- What's a "Sevikor"?
- Skevikor.

It means "the end of the world"
in Yindrian.

Well, how do you unlock
the end of the world?

Exactly. I can't make
heads or tails of it, Garret.

I mean, what the hell is
a Skevikor anyway, huh?

How do we unlock it?
Is it a door?

Is it another box?
Is it just an idea?

I don't know, Janzo

but there's usually an element of truth
in the ancient stories, so please...

It's apocalyptic mumbo jumbo is what it is.

We should just make something up.

And hope it matches whatever
the voice in Falista's head is saying

because something is talking to Falista.

Skevikor is not a word that she would
just come up with herself

so, please, eyes on the page

otherwise it'll be both of our necks
on the chopping block.

No, Tobin would never permit Falista
to execute you

just because you can't solve a puzzle.

Don't kid yourself, Commander.

Falista seems to be all in
for these so-called gods.

Tobin is deeply and madly in love with her.

Just as I am with my dung-beetle.

And you are with Talon.

Right. I'll talk to Tobin.

He's helped us out
a couple of times recently.

I think he's still on our side.

Good luck with that.

In the meantime, Wren and I will
dive back into these texts.

I'm sorry, Janzo.

I'm supposed to be back up
at the barracks teaching the children.

- Oh, Blackblood children? How are they?
- Wild animals, which is why I must go.

Go, go.
I'll just stay here, be frustrated.

Thank you for being so understanding.
I love you.

Mm, as soon as this book got promising,
the moment it got interesting

nothing but blank pages in the middle.

What blank pages?

These. Look.

These aren't blank, Janzo.

Garret?

Are these pages, or are they not, as blank
as the daily expression on your face?

- Thanks for that. Yes, they're blank.
- See?

Maybe this pregnancy is
affecting your eyesight

because these, my dear,
are very much blank pages.

Or maybe my pregnancy's affecting your brain

because I can see very well,
thank you very much.

Give me that here.

Told you so.

Janzo, there are writings and drawings
on these pages. Loads of them.

No, there aren't, Wren.

Garret and I can't both be crazy.

Well, neither am I!

Tell you what, I will write down what I see.

And then you can tell me what you think.

Alright.

"These words of wisdom

given only to a High Prie..."

These texts must be written by some means
that only you can see, Wren.

Oh, but... but how?

Maybe it's some inherited ability

passed down from High Priestess
to High Priestess?

- But I don't know.
- What's it say?

- Shh!
- It would explain exactly why

it's so important that succession remain
in the family bloodline

because, well,
there's something very different

about your family bloodline
isn't there? Wren...

You were quite literally
born to be High Priestess.

What's it say?

"These words of wisdom

given only to the High Priestess

come directly from

the god who walked amongst men."

I hear the assassin that tried
to kill Falista escaped.

That sort of thing happens
a lot around here.

I'll have to talk to the gate marshal.

She's not gonna show her face
and make this a problem for me, I hope.

No, I'm sure whoever helped her escape

made it very clear
that she doesn't come back.

Good.

Because Falista grows
more troubled by the day.

She's become obsessed with the gods.

It's all she talks about
since she's been seeing the visions

and hearing the voices.

You have to keep her under control, Tobin.

If she keeps using her gods

to justify wielding that awful kinj
against innocent people...

someone will do something to stop her.

Are you threatening my wife?

No, I just...

No.

I'm trying to impress upon you
that you need to stop her.

Spears, above all else

no matter what she does,
she's still my wife.

She's still the woman I've loved
since I was a child.

I'm always gonna protect her.

It's not her, Tobin.

It's the red kinj.

And it is evil.

Now, you want to protect her,
the only way to do that

is to get that thing out of her.

And how do you propose I do that?

I can't just take it from her.

No, she has to give it up willingly.

So talk to her.

Convince her.

Because somewhere inside
is the Falista who loves you

and would do anything for you.

Talon!

Help me! I can't move my legs.

Are you alright?

Not sure yet.

- Anything broken?
- Don't think so.

I just need to get some movement back.

I need to find Zed.

We should run away together.

What?

Just me and you.

Let's leave this place
and escape out into the wilderness.

We can build a little farmhouse

and raise a family.

Why?

What do you know about farming anyway?

I could be a farmer.

We have everything we ever dreamed of.

- Not everything.
- Tobin.

You're king. What more could you want?

I want you.

I want the Falista I fell in love with.

She's right here.

No.

You've changed.

You're not her any more.

I don't know if it's the red kinj
or your newfound religious beliefs.

We can't just walk away from our duties.

The gods have chosen us.

Falista, I want you, not all of this.

They can take my kingdom

my power and my money.

Just let me have you all to myself.

What are you asking?

Give up your kinj.

Give it to someone else.

You're asking me to just give away my power?

I'll gladly give up mine too.

Let them be someone else's problems.

I'll trade everything we have
so I can live a peaceful life with you.

No!

I can't.

I won't betray the gods, not even for you.

Don't ever ask that of me again.

I don't want to have to lock you away
to protect you from yourself.

All clear?

Come on.

Let's find out where they went.

These are the markings from my visions.

I saw that creature in this exact symbol.

Zed and Falista saw it, too.

That's nice.

It was also on Falista's shrine
when she was praying to the gods.

Is that creature one of the gods
she's been praying to?

Not sure I believe in gods.

But look at this.

Now there's something I can believe in.

We're supposed to be saving the world.

You're supposed to be saving the world.

Not me.

I'm gonna get rich.

I'm going after Zed.

You coming or not?

Not.

Zed's probably dead anyway.

Well, they carried him off,
which makes me think they need him alive.

Wishful thinking.

Fine. You would just slow me down anyway.

It's all just a bunch of
mystic gibberish, isn't it?

But these symbols...

- I've seen them before.
- Hm?

They are familiar,
I just can't work out where from.

I swear I've seen them somewhere.

Urgh.

I need to sleep.

Yes. Yes, you do. Come on.

That baby needs to grow.

Let's go for a rest.

We can pick this up in the morning.

There we go.

Mmm.

Alright, alright.

The puzzle room under the Outpost.

- What?
- The symbols.

Gods. That's it.

They're on all the doors down there.
Wren, you're a genius.

Does this mean
that the Skevikor thing is real?

The way most religious nonsense is real.

The word "Skevikor" was probably
just a way to describe something

that people who wrote all of this
at the time didn't understand.

Hmm. Bad news for us is

it's probably something
underneath the Outpost.

Well, the last thing we found there
was Yavalla's kinj

and that really almost was
the end of the world.

This Skevikor thing sounds so much worse.

How can we now even responsibly
share this information with Falista?

Because Falista will kill us
if we don't?

SHE SCOFFS Maybe we should die,
or at least I should.

Bite your tongue!

Well, I'm the only one
who can read these texts

so maybe I'm the only one
that can lead her there.

Wren, need I remind you that
it's not just you and I that will die

but also our unborn child...

- Yes.
- And we don't even know what's down there.

Well, it can't be good, can it?

Who's to say these gods
don't know everything already, huh?

I mean, they could just go down there
and unlock whatever this Skevikor thing is.

We wouldn't be able to stop them
because Falista would've already killed us.

- Yes, you do have a point.
- I always do.

The more we know,
the better chance we have to stop it.

Janzo, we could be destroying the world.

Or we could be discovering
the means to save it.

Do you know how to tie laces, Munt?

Sorry, King Tobin.

Munt, just lace it.

Yeah. Sorry, King Tobin.

King.

That's a joke.

I'm just a husband to Falista
who calls all the shots.

Correct that.

Some voice in her head
is calling all the shots.

Well, she's the woman in your life now.

When it comes to them, I always follow
the advice of my mum. You know...

"Don't argue with me, boy, eh?

or I'll knock your block off, won't I?"

Yeah, I got plenty of that advice
from Gertrusha.

Yeah, I learned young

it's best to always follow Mum

even if I thought she was doing a bad thing.

It's the only way I could be sure
to be at her side to keep her safe.

As usual, that's...

- That's really good advice, Munt.
- It is?

Yeah, I have to go along with Falista

so she trusts me.

That's the only way I can stay close to her
and protect her.

Well, I said all that?

Yes, you bloody did
and it was good advice.

Um, Tobin...

since I done give you some good advice,
maybe you could do the same for me?

Sure, what is it?

You know, I know you're a man of the world

and you've done pretty good with the ladies

and you've... you've...
you know a lot of women.

Ah... this is about a lady, huh?

No, no, no.

- Is it about a lady, Munt?
- No, it's just...

- It's about something. It was, uh...
- Warlita?

How did you know?

It's been pretty obvious, Munt.

I have?

- Yeah.
- Oh.

It's just that, you know, she's so...

She's so beautiful and she's so clever

and I've started to fancy her quite a bit.

The problem is Mum said that
I'm as dumb as a bag of rocks

- and uglier, too.
- That's not true.

I've seen uglier rocks.

- Here's the thing.
- Yeah?

You're a bit of a brute, Munt,
and Warlita, she's...

She's a fancy lady, huh?

And she's used to waiting queens.

And although she's not a princess

she expects to be wooed like one.

Yeah, yeah. Wooed?

Yeah, like lure her into your clutches.

Ah, like with that boar!

No, no. Munt, no. No!

- Nothing like the boar.
- No.

- Not like that.
- No.

Just a gentle kindness.

Oh! Yeah...

Uh...

OK, just...

Ah! Take her to dinner.

- Oh.
- Fine food.

Fine wine, expensive gifts.

Romance.

That's the path to her heart.

- Romance?
- Yeah.

Thank you, Tobin.

Maybe I should go alone.

Last time we went down there
it wasn't exactly a picnic, was it?

Well, last time every puzzle
required both of us to solve it.

Right.

But the first sign of danger,
you're out of there.

Oh, Janzo, watch...

Every bloody time!

A little sympathy would be nice.

So, we are looking for...

Thank you.

We're looking for:
an empty hourglass

death, a broken stone

and the hero Belator

all in that order.

Right, you search for the keys,
I'll search for the symbol.

Oh, gosh, of course, yeah.

Right.

How did it go with Falista?

She's not gonna give up the kinj, Spears,
not for anything.

Then it'll destroy her.

Look what it's already done, Tobin.
She's a tyrant.

- She's the queen.
- She's being corrupted

violent deed by violent deed.

Soon she'll be no better than the monsters
who wielded that kinj before her.

You cannot stand by and watch her
destroy everything that Gwyn built.

You think that's what I'm doing?
Standing by?

I saved you. I...

I saved your little friend.

I killed Three. I'm doing what I can.

I know you are, Tobin, but it's not enough.

Falista has to be stopped.

So what are you saying?
Are you going to oppose her?

If you won't stop her,
I'll have no other choice.

Spears, do not make me your enemy.

Give me more time.

You do whatever it takes.

You take the hourglass and broken stone.

I will take death and the hero Belator.

We're not gonna be cooked
in an oven again, are we?

Oh, no, we disabled that particular trap
last time we were here.

So, no. No oven.

Something worse, then.

I'm just hoping they don't try
to stop us from getting to the Skevikor thing

place, whatever it is.

Well, here's hoping.

Alright.

Hourglass.

Hourglass done.

Death...

...done.

Broken stone.

- Anything horrible happening yet?
- Nothing.

Right.

Hero Belator.

Janzo! Are you alright?

It's always something, isn't it?

Oh, it seems to have broken your nose.

What?

First this room wants to burn off my arm

then it wants to break my pretty little...

Ah!

It's a handsome nose.

All better.

What do you think's down there?

The end of the world?

Ah.

It's exceptional workmanship.

Is it stone or...

I don't know.

What is this place?

I don't know.

Huh.

There seems to be an even larger chamber
beyond these arches.

Wait, wait, Janzo!

We're on the edge of an abyss.

Huh.

Six...

The seven gods.

Again

seven gods.

Huh!

This is interesting.

What is it?

I'm not sure.

It... It feels like some sort of, um...

mechanical component to this altar.

Mm-hm, but for what?

I'm guessing, uh...

you stick in an appropriately-shaped device

like a key, for example,
give it a turn...

and something will happen.

Do we want something to happen?

Probably not.

"Unlock the Skevikor."

What if Skevikor is a thing

and not an event?

Like this altar.

And to unlock the Skevikor,
you need a key.

Uh-huh.

Have a look around.

It might be near this altar somewhere.

Is everything ready?

Yes, everything is perfect.

The sea urchins are stuffed with crab

the pigeons are stuffed with eggs

and the olives are stuffed with cheese.

Why is everything stuffed?

Well, you wanted it fancy.

- Oh.
- This food is fit for a king.

Well, if she don't like it,
I'll stuff you with every last bit of it.

Not in the mouth either.

Your lady, she has never tasted such food.

She will be like soft clay in your hands.

- Is that good?
- Oh, yes.

Ah...

I'll make you proud, Mum.

Warlita.

You look...

And that is a very interesting hat.

Yeah... Oh, yeah. This is, um...

It's the latest fashion.

Yeah, uh, so I'm told.

Uh... sit, please.
Please, yeah.

Yeah, sit.

Yeah.

I'm sorry!

- Sorry.
- It's alright.

Sorry.

Oof!

Sorry.

This is, um...

This is pine sap ale.

It was Mum's favourite.

Some for you.

And then, for me.

Mm.

Yeah, it's a strong flavour.
It'll put hair on your chest.

Not on your chest. More hair on my chest.

Not that you... I've never seen your chest.

I don't know if there's hair. Never looked.

I'm not afraid to. There it is.

Never seen it... I've... You know.

Very interesting flavour.

Oh, the chef has prepared
the finest delicacies from the Capital.

- Chef?
- Yes.

If... That was for him.

And then he... Then he comes. Yeah.

What do you do with it?

- You eat it.
- Yeah, yeah.

Not like that.

You don't eat it like...

That.

Oh!

Your mouth is bleeding!

- I can fix it.
- No, I should go.

No, no, no. There's stuffed bird.

And stuffed fruit.

We have lots of things that are stuffed.

We can stuff more. We can stuff anything.

My dress is going to ruin.

I'm sorry, Munt.

Fair enough.

Oh... Is...

You.

Bend over.

Vikka.

Take all the life

you can hold.

Tera, my love

you will have all your strength again.

Vikka! No!

Vikka!

At last...

I live again.

You have done well...

human.

I'm honoured to serve you.

Long have The Three

looked forward to...

Go home, Janya, and rise again.

Janya's soul...

is free.

We must go to our sister

as her soul will awaken her soon.

But first

our brother Golu cries for release.

Only I have the power

to set him free.

Nice timing.

You really think I would let you die?

- Bastard though you are.
- Bastard though I am.

The thought did cross my mind.

- Faster! They're gaining on us!
- My legs aren't working too well right now.

Zed!

Come on!

Zed, get up!

They bleed black blood.

Right in the chest and he didn't go down.

I get the feeling
they're not so easy to kill.

What made you change your mind?

Good question.
I'm already starting to regret it.

We need Janya to heal us.

I do not fear these humans.

With our healer...

we are indestructible.

Then we will pursue the two
who have our kinjes.

I don't know, Janzo,
but there's usually an element of truth

in the ancient stories, so, please...

Tails of it. I mean,
what the hell are we unlocking anyway?

What is the Skevikor?

Hurry up, Munt.

- What is that you're eating?
- Stuffed pigeon.

I couldn't let it go to waste.

- It was made for Warlita.
- Oh.

How did that go?

Um, she, um...

She didn't eat this here pigeon.

Oh. Munt, you can't win 'em all.

Alright, forget about Warlita.

You're a beast. She's a flower.

- Yeah.
- It's not meant to be.

I'm a beast.

No sign of a key in here.

Wren, I am hungry and tired.
How long have we been here for?

I don't know, Janzo,
but we have to figure this out.

Alright, well...

- We're assuming that this is a Skevikor, yes?
- Mm-hm.

And to unlock the Skevikor, we need a key.

No key, no unlocking the Skevikor,
no problem.

If we don't unlock the Skevikor,
I think Falista might just kill us.

We just need to keep Falista in the dark
for a few more days.

And then, once she's finally had enough
and she wants to kill us, well

that's when we bring her down here
and we buy ourselves a few more days.

Let's be honest

she's never going to figure out
it's missing a key by herself, is she?

Holy are the gods.

Have you ever seen such a place?

Your Majesty, uh, we were just...

Making sure that

everything was safe down here
before we told you about it.

I knew I could count on
you two little geniuses.

Even if you are working against me

you can't stand to see a puzzle unsolved,
it's in your nature.

Look!

Tobin, it's the symbol
we've seen in our visions.

I told you the gods speak to me.

My visions were real.

Hopefully this is proof enough to you now.

I never doubted you, Falista.

You did, but I'll forgive you.

Just don't ever doubt me again.

Did, uh, these gods, did they ever
give you any idea as to

what this thing does?

- You don't know?
- Pff, not a clue.

Well I'm sure they'll tell me
in their own time.

But until then...

you two will work day and night
to find me that key.

I think we lost them.

Who are those creeps?

I'm sorry about Vikka, Zed.

He's been with me since my first hunt.

He didn't deserve to die like that.

I know.

We have to keep moving.

Just give me a minute.

I'm glad you came back.

- We'd probably be dead if you hadn't.
- Yeah, well...

You're the only person I've met
since the sanctuary

who treats me like I matter.

So I figured I should save your butt.

And cos it's pretty clear
you can't fight your way out of a silk sack.

- Is that right?
- Let alone save that loser.

You talking about me?

She sure is.

You're lucky you did save our butts
otherwise I'd be beating yours.

I'd like to see you try.

Those things called each other
Vorta and Tera.

Those were the names
of the black and white kinjes.

She called you Golu.

Because I have the Golukinj.

We need to get back to Janzo and Wren.

Tell them what we saw.

Two said they were gods.

Maybe she's right.

I doubt gods bleed black blood.

Munt.

Where have you been?

You've been avoiding me.

Don't look at me.

Gods above, Munt,
what is wrong with you?

I'm a hideous beast.

Who told you that?

The king.

He said I'm a beast...

and you're a perfect flower.

How can a beast ever be with a flower?

I'm not a flower. I'm a woman.

And you're not a beast, Munt.

And next time we have supper

make it simple.

Meat, potatoes and that ale.

Next time?

And stop listening to the king.

He's an idiot.

And this is as far as you go.

What? Now you want to ditch me?

After I saved your skins?

Guess I was wrong about
you thinking I mean something.

You do mean something,
which is why I wanna keep you safe.

Look, we don't know
what things are like in there.

Or how tight a grip Falista has
on the place.

Fine.

One town is much the same as the other.

This one's played out anyway.

Maybe see you around.

Hey, Luna!

For once, just stay out of trouble?

You think she'll really stay away?

For about five minutes.

Gods of The Three

I have done what you've asked

but I need more instructions.

The kinj bearers

will go to the place
that they call the Capital

and present themselves to the gods.

What did that mean?

They want us to come to them.

Why?

So they can take our kinjes.

They'd have to kill us first.

I think that's the plan.

I'm so pleased to see you both.

The gods have spoken and here you appear.

So you saw it too.

It came in answer to my prayer
to the gods.

They are not gods.

How can you deny it, even now?

Because I saw it.

Alright? They killed Two,
they turned her into dust.

She was prideful and evil.

She's been judged and punished.

I'm the chosen vessel of the gods now.

They also tried to kill me.

I think they want to kill
all of the kinj bearers.

- Why would they do that?
- I don't know.

We think these kinjes
and these new beings are related.

Their names for a start: Vorta and Tera.

Those were the names of the black and white
kinjes that got destroyed.

And when Two died, a green ball of light
came out from her ashes.

I'm betting there'll be a third one of these
things, gods, whatever you wanna call them.

It will emerge with green markings on it.

And it will match the Janyakinj.

- There's seven gods.
- And seven kinjes.

So the kinjes must belong to them.

They are truly a power of the gods!

This must be why they're calling us!

We must return them.

- I don't think that's a good idea.
- What makes you say that?

Like I said, they're evil.

Alright, they wanna kill us,
they want us all dead.

Just don't go to the Capital.

And do not answer their call.
At the very least, wait until we know more.

I'll take that under advisement.

Thank you.

Oh, Falista, for once, just listen.

Tobin!

Please.

- What are you doing?
- Going to the Capital.

Bloody hell, Falista.
You heard what Zed and Talon said.

Yes, I did!

But I'm not afraid.

The gods have chosen me.

They're not gonna hurt me.

Talon is no liar.

If she said that they killed Two
and they tried to kill Zed, that's what...

Tobin, but I'm not Two.

I trust the gods.

I'm their willing servant.

But it's very clear to me

the kinjes belong to them
so we are going to take them back, willingly.

This is what you wanted, isn't it?

To be rid of the kinjes?

So, we're going to go to the Capital

and on our knees
we will present our kinjes to the gods.

You and I.

We'll be free together.

Just like you asked.

Promise me.

I promise you.

We'll give them up.

But first...

there's something else we need to do.

So a key unlocks this altar, and then what,
the end of the world happens?

One theory.

Then we need to find this key
before anyone else does and destroy it.

You know,
I've been puzzling over this notion

that these so-called gods bleed black blood

and, uh, have pointy ears like you.

Not exactly like ours.
Theirs are bigger, more points.

What are you getting at, Janzo?

Everything from our world has red blood

but everything from Plane of Ashes

black blood.

True, but I don't think us Blackbloods are
actually from the Plane of Ashes.

This world is our home.

Maybe it's a little more complicated
than that, Zed.

Impressive, isn't it?

A miracle of the gods right
beneath our feet.

What do you want, Falista?

I want you. Well, you and Zed.

You're coming with us to the Capital.

By royal command.

You're making a huge mistake.

Mistake or not,
we live to serve the gods.

What are you doing, Tobin?

You're all marching off to your deaths.

Lock up the gate marshal till we get back.

Sorry, Spears, nothing personal.

Shall we?

I'm not going to the Capital, Falista.

Oh, really?

We'll see about that.

Chain them!

Let's go.