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The Librarians The Next Chapter Season 1 Episode 2
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00:30Miss, are you okay?
00:33Can you hear me, Miss?
00:55What are you smiling about?
00:58It's amazing.
00:59Atlas lifting up the world.
01:02Or it's weighing on his shoulders.
01:10Well, I haven't seen you before.
01:15Well, that's disappointing.
01:22Lefty, righty-tighty.
01:24Word to the wise, don't speak while the Chinese gourd vessel is opened.
01:27Unless you want to end up in a stew of your own blood.
01:30Why?
01:31Does a thing like this exist?
01:33I can only imagine there was once someone who talked too much.
01:36A Voynich manuscript decoder.
01:46A thorough history of dragon culture.
01:50Slavic spells and sorcery.
01:53Say that five times.
01:54Just a reminder, dear.
02:10Modern devices cannot record or photograph whilst on library grounds.
02:13And that includes all annexes and outer doors.
02:16Tar.
02:18Who are you?
02:24Be sure to keep your wrists locked.
02:26You won't be able to fight so much as a Kelpie with a sprain.
02:29Hmm.
02:29Practice a bit more.
02:36Then have your charges meet me in the main room.
02:38Not very much.
02:42Did she?
02:44Yeah, but who?
02:45I've seen her before.
02:47Manor's deeply rude to speak about someone instead of to them.
02:51You work at the gift shop.
02:52You showed me down here before the annex reappeared.
02:55What are you doing here now?
02:57Besides planning to implement the Dewey Decimal System?
03:00No one knows about the annex.
03:02But you do.
03:03So, who are you?
03:04Mrs. Astorlat!
03:08Stop touching my things.
03:11They're in my way.
03:12Or in their own place altogether.
03:14Certainly this should be in the main library.
03:17Or did you not turn in the Golden Banshee of Kearney for a reason?
03:19I was getting to it.
03:22You collected that three years before your disappearance.
03:26When precisely were you getting to it?
03:29Wait, you knew Vikram in the past?
03:32Before he got frozen in a time bubble?
03:34Now that is an interesting way of saying it.
03:37It avoids all responsibility.
03:39Connor, Lysa, Charlie, please meet this unholy creation, Mrs. Astorlat,
03:45caretaker of this annex and General Thorn in my side.
03:49A thorn that was told by the library to wait here in case you or the annex returned.
03:55So I did.
03:56Wait.
03:57You've been waiting here for nearly 200 years?
04:00Yes.
04:00I've held almost every job this castle has to offer.
04:03But that's impossible.
04:05That would make you immortal.
04:07Awesome.
04:08And now that we are back, you can return to selling print kits to the tourists.
04:13Now that you're back and improbably allowed to function as a librarian again,
04:18with civilians under your charge, I would be remiss if I did not assist.
04:23Starting with this.
04:30That is so cool.
04:33I thought we weren't supposed to use magic.
04:35Is it magic?
04:35Or is it science that humanity does not yet comprehend?
04:40Understanding historical phenomena through the lens of science is why I'm here.
04:44Really?
04:45I'm here because there's a magical library,
04:47and I get to hang out with a guy who's 200 years old.
04:49When you reopened the well, magic seeped out,
04:55activating dormant artefacts as well as no doubt igniting new ones.
04:59The magic permeated Greater Belgrade,
05:01but it's also got into the rivers,
05:02and has now gone who knows where.
05:04I'm sorry.
05:05I didn't know it was going to do that.
05:07What a wonderful justification for every wrong thing.
05:11Con a beer, dear, and get the pendulum out of that clock, would you?
05:19Ta.
05:25Is it somehow magnetized, reverse polarity?
05:28Cool.
05:29We can put it on the fridge.
05:30You're so deeply unserious.
05:32Such theatrics.
05:34It's a track.
05:35It traces residual effects from the well on this map.
05:39Or indeed any other map that appears beneath it.
05:42Does this mean a magical event occurred at Republic Square?
05:45There are dozens of buildings on that square.
05:47How on earth are we going to find out what happened?
05:49We don't.
05:51We let the world do it for us.
05:54Dancer, classically trained, but can't stop herself.
05:57What happened to her?
05:58The comments say she was taken to Francisco Hospital.
06:01Right.
06:01To the hospital.
06:02I shall go.
06:04I shall return in quarter of an hour.
06:07Artifact in hand.
06:08Hold on.
06:09You're not going anywhere without protection.
06:11The lone wolf does not need the pack to protect him.
06:14Very funny, sir.
06:15But since it's my job to keep you alive, I'm coming.
06:18Ah, me too.
06:21You're not going to get far without someone who has GPS?
06:24Yeah, and me.
06:25Because.
06:26Just because.
06:27Fine.
06:28Mrs. Astolat, would you like to join this jolly brigade?
06:31Oh, goodness, no.
06:32I have trinkets to sell.
06:33Then don't let us keep you.
06:34Adieu.
06:35Adieu.
06:35We still have no idea what happened.
06:49She was so excited to dance.
06:53In the flesh, Mom?
06:55That was a promotional stunt for the National Ballet Company.
06:58She had just gotten her first solo.
07:01It's been her dream since she was six.
07:02Don't look at her.
07:08Has she always had that in her hair?
07:10I just don't remember seeing it on the video.
07:12I pointed it out to the doctors.
07:15But they just shrugged.
07:17Who are you again?
07:20Interns.
07:22Interns.
07:23We're friends.
07:24Friends.
07:26Your big cover was we're interns?
07:28Technically, I am a doctor.
07:30Come on.
07:31How could we be her friend if we were asking where she works?
07:34You two, please stop squabbling.
07:36And where does she work?
07:37The National Ballet Company.
07:39She's a principal dancer.
07:40Just got her first lead role.
07:41She probably went out to celebrate.
07:43Got slipped a hallucinogen or something.
07:44Nah, she wouldn't have gone out.
07:46Just got her first lead role.
07:47She would have been living at that theater.
07:48Oh, the stage.
08:03Treading the boards.
08:05Has there ever been a greater invention than the theater?
08:09Broking thought.
08:10Eliciting feeling.
08:11I can't believe we're here.
08:14I know.
08:14Our first proper case.
08:16Oh, I've done countless investigations like this.
08:18I could do it in my sleep.
08:19Principal's answer sounds like a pretty sweet deal.
08:21Hey, maybe she was targeted.
08:23Maybe someone did this to her.
08:24Well, if it was a random object,
08:26it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
08:27But there are only so many people that work in the ballet.
08:30Okay.
08:39If I didn't know any better, I would call that a haystack.
08:43Right.
08:44There may be a few more people than expected,
08:46but we shall overcome.
08:48I read that quote.
08:49I find it appropriate to the moment.
08:50Yeah, we'll parse the nuance of that later.
08:54You can't be here.
08:55Ah, yes, Miss...
08:57Yelena.
08:58Yelena Tarkov?
08:59The choreographer?
09:01As you can see,
09:02we are trying to mount a technical rehearsal
09:04without a prima ballerina
09:05mere few hours before premiere
09:07and have no time for...
09:09tourists.
09:10That's precisely why we're here.
09:11We're here to investigate the tragedy.
09:13But police has already been here.
09:15Not police investigators.
09:16We're insurance investigators.
09:19Yeah.
09:20There's a possibility
09:20that your prima ballerina
09:22was exposed to a toxin
09:24that caused the incident.
09:27And it raises concern
09:28about workplace safety.
09:30The tempo.
09:31The tempo.
09:32It has to be Allegro.
09:35Allegro is too fast!
09:37And here they go again.
09:40Just don't get in the way.
09:42Especially not hers.
09:44Well, in Allegro moderato,
09:47it's unrecognizable.
09:49Dame Anna,
09:50you can't be really mounting a production today
09:52with all the recent tragedy.
09:54We have an understudy.
09:56That's Dame Anna Marinoff.
09:57Artistic director, legendary dancer.
10:00No one had extension like her.
10:02You know a lot about ballet.
10:03I've trained in multiple athletic disciplines.
10:08Ballet's great for strength and stamina.
10:12Mr. Art Critic,
10:14I have a statement for your blog.
10:17The performance will go as scheduled.
10:21The finale will be Allegro.
10:24It will go as I say,
10:26or I will do without you.
10:28And that goes for everyone.
10:35The intrigue of the theater.
10:37Should we divide and conquer?
10:39I'll take Dame Anna.
10:40Charlie, why don't we...
10:41I'm sticking with you.
10:42Connor Eliezer,
10:43you take music and choreography.
10:45Choreography.
10:46Music.
10:47Do you not trust me?
10:48Or do you just want to meet
10:50the esteemable Dame Anna?
10:52Maybe I do.
10:56Sophia, keep your shoulders back.
10:58This show is going to be a fiasco.
11:04And we should all be at the hospital
11:06praying for our friend.
11:08Why hasn't it been cancelled?
11:11Dame Anna.
11:12She's been forced into retirement
11:14and refuses to let go.
11:21Eek.
11:22What can I do for you?
11:24Well, actually,
11:25we are here to help you.
11:26To help me?
11:28You mean,
11:29to help me salvage
11:30this cursed production?
11:32And when you say cursed,
11:34do you mean...
11:34Oh, I mean cursed.
11:36What I went through
11:38just in order
11:39to get an approval
11:40from the board,
11:41to have a retirement dance
11:43at all.
11:44And now,
11:45our prima ballerina
11:46is in the hospital.
11:47And the very strange
11:49circumstances.
11:50We haven't understood...
11:52Look, the board of directors
11:53won't honor your decades of work.
11:55Of course not.
11:56They want new, new, new.
11:58I want to show them
11:59I'm still capable
12:01to do something
12:02they've never seen before.
12:05She acts like
12:06she's reinventing the wheel.
12:10Micromanaging.
12:11You saw her.
12:12Allegro,
12:13not Allegro Moderato.
12:15She even
12:16noted
12:17her own score.
12:19I was conducting
12:20in Berlin
12:21before this.
12:23Um,
12:23what ballet is it?
12:25That's why
12:26these notes
12:27are so ludicrous.
12:28Everyone knows
12:29this show.
12:30We've done it
12:31a million times.
12:32You are staging
12:34Giselle.
12:35You saw it,
12:36I presume?
12:37No, no, no, no.
12:37I, uh, I, I wasn't
12:39able to see it
12:39when it debuted
12:40in Paris in 41.
12:41In 41 Cities.
12:42A touring production
12:43that kicked off
12:43in Paris.
12:45Texas.
12:47Yes.
12:49My friend,
12:49Anya,
12:50saw it.
12:51Said it was splendid.
12:52Yes, it is.
12:54I danced it
12:54several times
12:55when I was young.
12:56Am I silly
12:57to think
12:58that this feels
12:59personal?
13:00As if someone
13:01wants to
13:01stop my dance
13:03from happening.
13:04And has there
13:04been any threats?
13:06No, no, no.
13:07But...
13:08But it's always
13:08been an uphill battle
13:09to, to get
13:13to where you are.
13:14You have
13:14such a strong
13:15bearing, my girl.
13:17Yes, I had
13:18to focus
13:19to remain
13:20a prima ballerina.
13:22It was so difficult
13:23to make them
13:24accept
13:25my style.
13:26My entire career
13:28is in this book
13:29and it's filled
13:30with people
13:31doubting me.
13:32I want
13:33my last page
13:34to be one
13:35of triumph.
13:37Will you help me?
13:39Dame Anne
13:40thinks she has
13:41the power.
13:42Do you want to know
13:43what is the real power
13:44in this theater?
13:46It is
13:46this battle.
13:48It is the
13:49heartbeat
13:50of the show
13:51and therefore
13:52the heartbeat
13:53of all those watching.
13:55This is
13:56the real
13:57control.
13:57So, be honest.
14:01You want
14:02the artistic
14:02director job.
14:03I'm not likely
14:04to get it
14:05when I haven't
14:06shown my work
14:07in months.
14:08But you're
14:09the choreographer.
14:12Hardly.
14:13I did a little
14:13more than
14:14take Dame's
14:15Anna dictation.
14:20That's a lot
14:21of pharmaceuticals.
14:22Dancers get hurt
14:23and if there is
14:24nothing else
14:24I have to go
14:25rehearse
14:25the new
14:26understudy.
14:33It's the baton.
14:34It has to be
14:34the baton.
14:35Or it's
14:35pharmaceuticals.
14:36There is medicinal
14:37fungi,
14:38ergot,
14:38orpheocordyceps.
14:39They can be used
14:40to compel people
14:41to do things.
14:41He literally said
14:42it's the most
14:43powerful thing
14:43in the theater.
14:44Where is
14:45the new
14:45understudy?
14:50Natalia!
14:51I'm here.
14:52Thank you so much
14:53for this opportunity.
14:54Just show us
14:55you know the steps.
14:57Music!
15:09How could it be
15:09the baton?
15:10You just can't
15:11explain the baton
15:12the way you can
15:12poisoning someone
15:13with fungi.
15:14Generally speaking,
15:15being able to
15:15explain things
15:16is a good thing.
15:17Lysa has a point.
15:19Things have a reason.
15:21Who has a reason
15:21hurt the Prima.
15:22Yelena.
15:23What about her?
15:29The understudy.
15:31Where I'm from,
15:31the understudy advances
15:32not by malice,
15:34but by becoming
15:34very good friends
15:35with well-heeled
15:36gentlemen.
15:36We'll parse
15:37the nuance of that
15:38later.
15:39She's good.
15:41No, she's more
15:42than good.
15:43Look at that
15:43extension.
15:44And she did
15:50just get a chance
15:51to shine.
15:55That's not shine.
15:57That's smoke.
15:58Help me!
15:59Help me!
15:59Help me!
15:59Get him off!
16:00Get him off!
16:01Help me!
16:01Help me!
16:02Help me!
16:02Help me!
16:03Help me!
16:05Are you all right?
16:09What happened?
16:09I couldn't stop.
16:12It's not you
16:13that couldn't stop.
16:23You would think
16:25that with all
16:26the fairy tales,
16:27Cinderella,
16:28the red shoes,
16:29the chick in the boot
16:29with child labor
16:30violations,
16:31that there would be
16:32more of our curses
16:32on footwear.
16:33Maybe there's
16:34something in these.
16:35There's no wiring
16:36for remote control,
16:37nothing out of the ordinary.
16:39They're just shoes.
16:40Maybe you're not
16:41looking properly.
16:42I know how to use
16:43a microscope.
16:43And I know how to
16:44use this one.
16:45Special lenses,
16:46hmm?
16:47Touched by the waters
16:48of Malfi,
16:49which allow us
16:51to see things
16:51in a new light.
16:53Ooh.
16:54Oh, yes.
16:59Wait, whoa.
17:00There's a powdery
17:01substance on the shoe.
17:02Yeah, it's rosin.
17:03Sticky powder dances
17:04to dip their toes in.
17:05Helps with stability.
17:07Yeah, but this has
17:07got the same signature
17:08as the stuff
17:09coming out of the well.
17:10Look.
17:10You mean magic?
17:12Agree to disagree.
17:16The rosin box.
17:18Natalia dipped
17:18his shoes in it
17:19before she went on stage.
17:20I'll go to the theater
17:21and grab it.
17:22You know a lot
17:23about ballet.
17:23We don't know
17:24a lot about you,
17:25so everything we do
17:26learn is new
17:26and interesting.
17:28My job is to keep
17:29you alive,
17:30not to share.
17:33So, uh,
17:34what should we do?
17:35We turn ourselves
17:36the task of research.
17:38Someone put that
17:39rosin there.
17:40So if we find
17:40where the rosin comes
17:42from, we find the culprit.
17:43Well, I recommend
17:44narrowing your search.
17:46Why must you
17:47sneak up on me?
17:49It's one of my
17:49few pleasures,
17:51that and BMX biking.
17:55Let's transfer
17:56some rosin.
17:57Dormant now,
17:58so no need to worry.
17:59And our dog,
18:05for want of
18:06the betterment of all,
18:07is on the scent.
18:11The old forest.
18:12I mean, it makes sense.
18:14There's Laura
18:14that says trees
18:15can have special
18:16medicinal properties.
18:17I can go get a sample.
18:19Or I could just go
18:19and take a photo of it
18:20and tell you
18:20it's freaking magical.
18:21We shall all go.
18:23I'd like a word first.
18:25Connor, Lysa,
18:26you go on ahead.
18:28Now.
18:29Where is she?
18:49I cannot find Natalia.
18:51No, no.
18:52You must
18:53before the show.
18:54There is no way
18:55I'm letting this
18:56pass of performance
18:57to happen.
18:58No, no.
18:59Please.
19:02I should be out there
19:03with them.
19:04You need to let them
19:04succeed on their own.
19:05How do you expect
19:06them to succeed
19:07when they aggravate
19:08each other?
19:08Same way you
19:09and I did, I expect.
19:11Right.
19:12Why did you bring
19:13the annex back?
19:14Because I'm the librarian.
19:16I have work to do
19:17and I need...
19:17You can't go back.
19:19What do you mean?
19:21You have a reputation.
19:22One that's earned.
19:23The rogue librarian.
19:24So if anyone
19:26was going to try
19:26and travel back
19:27through time
19:28and you can't.
19:31Well, not to argue
19:31your point
19:32but actually I could.
19:34It's possible.
19:35I came through time
19:41to be here.
19:42I can find a way
19:43to reverse it.
19:44You did not travel
19:45through time.
19:47Time happened
19:48while you were
19:49standing still.
19:50Your being here
19:51is a fixed point.
19:52It's not a mistake
19:53to be reversed.
19:54And if you tried,
19:55well,
19:56you really know
19:56the consequences.
19:58There are things.
19:59People I left alone.
20:01You did not leave her alone.
20:03She had a good life.
20:04A full one.
20:06And she had it
20:07without you.
20:11That's not fair, Elaine.
20:12For you,
20:13it was nearly 200 years ago.
20:15For me,
20:15it was last week.
20:17So do not tell me
20:18that Anya
20:18is beyond my reach.
20:21It's not fair.
20:25It was never going
20:26to be fair.
20:27Natalia?
20:52Are you all right?
20:54Have you ever
20:54wanted something so much
20:55and now it feels impossible?
20:57One day,
20:58Mena brought me
20:58to understudy.
20:59I thought,
21:00this is my chance.
21:06I can relate.
21:09You're my job.
21:10And I don't know
21:10it's what I'm supposed
21:11to be doing,
21:12but what if I mess it up?
21:15But what if I mess up?
21:16What if my shoes
21:17are possessed again
21:18and I can't stop?
21:19They won't be.
21:20I promise.
21:21I promise.
21:27You know ballet,
21:28right?
21:32I used to love dancing
21:33when I was younger.
21:35And then I started
21:36training for my job
21:36and let it go.
21:39I'm sorry.
21:40Don't be.
21:41And I love my job.
21:43I want to do it well.
21:45And I want you
21:46to have your chance.
21:52What can you tell me
21:53about Yelena?
21:54A choreographer?
21:56I've heard her talking.
21:58She said there's no way
21:59she'd let this far
22:00of a performance happen.
22:03I don't even know
22:03what we're looking for.
22:05It's called
22:05Flying by the Seat
22:06of Your Pants.
22:07Works well for me.
22:08So what?
22:09You just go along
22:10with anything.
22:11You mean like magic?
22:13Why does it make you
22:14so upset that I can
22:15take magic at face value?
22:16Because it proves
22:17that you're not serious
22:17about learning.
22:19No.
22:20It's because
22:21if magic is real,
22:22your life's work's
22:23trying to control
22:24and predict
22:24everything is impossible.
22:26And you can't accept
22:27that magic might have
22:27a scientific cause
22:28because if it does,
22:29you would have thrown
22:30away your career
22:31for a podcast
22:31about something
22:32that is explainable.
22:33Haven't found
22:34what we're looking for yet.
22:36Perhaps this will help.
22:37What?
22:38This has got
22:38the waters of Malfi
22:39in it too?
22:40Hmm, in a way.
22:41I took the lens
22:41from the microscope.
22:45You okay?
22:47Nothing solving
22:47a magical case
22:48can't cure.
22:51Weber, you are not
22:52going to need
22:53that telescope.
22:56That's it?
22:57You sure?
22:57Lysa can confirm it
22:58and I can smell it.
23:00This tree is ancient.
23:02This is not just
23:02an ancient tree.
23:04This is a dance tree.
23:06A what now?
23:07Of course.
23:09Dance trees.
23:09Long ago,
23:10people would dance
23:11under their branches
23:11to pay homage
23:12with their energy,
23:14vitality.
23:16Mass movement hysteria.
23:18Like a rave?
23:20Hold on.
23:21Look at these scars.
23:23Someone has tapped
23:23this tree dry,
23:25but...
23:25Oh, Lysa,
23:26you idiot.
23:27Rosin is a solid form
23:28of tree resin.
23:29This tree's resin
23:30smells like magic.
23:31Yeah.
23:32So,
23:33someone's been
23:33spiking the rosin.
23:34Someone who has
23:35done this for years.
23:37But what is the reason
23:38for the resin
23:39in the rosin?
23:39I'm not ready
23:40for the reason
23:40the resin's in the rosin.
23:41The resin in the rosin
23:42must have a reason.
23:43Stop.
23:43Why would you use
23:45a dance tree
23:46to stop a dance?
23:47The dance tree
23:48gives vitality.
23:51Of course.
23:53It was the first thing
23:54we saw.
23:55The dancer.
23:56In the hospital.
23:57The gray in her hair,
23:58she wasn't just injured,
23:59she had aged.
24:00It sapped her vitality.
24:02Her life.
24:02So the purpose
24:03isn't to stop the ballet.
24:05To suck away
24:06its vitality.
24:07And they're using
24:07the resin on the shoes
24:09to control the dancers.
24:10The raving
24:11that you mentioned
24:11draining them
24:13of their life.
24:17There is only one
24:18who would do that.
24:20Could do.
24:25It's a witch.
24:27A witch?
24:29What kind of witch?
24:30Oh, I can't believe
24:31I just said witch.
24:32Me neither.
24:34A witch witch's witch?
24:34Oh, would you stop it?
24:36Come on.
24:36No, Lysa is correct.
24:38This is no laughing matter.
24:40You have never
24:41faced a witch.
24:42But I have.
24:44And you won, right?
24:46Oh, witches use
24:47old magic.
24:49Magic that lives on
24:50because it is powerful
24:51and dangerous.
24:52And they have been
24:52perfecting their craft
24:53for decades,
24:54centuries even.
24:56We have stumbled in
24:57on a witch's plot
24:59and dancing to their tune.
25:00So they know
25:01exactly what they're doing
25:02and we don't even
25:03know who they are.
25:05Great.
25:06We will find out.
25:08Vikram,
25:12these dancers
25:12are at risk
25:13of having their life
25:14drained away.
25:14You have to let us
25:15help them.
25:16No.
25:17It's safer if I do this
25:18on my own.
25:19Together we can...
25:19On your own,
25:22you know incredible things.
25:23Things that I
25:24can't even contemplate.
25:25But together,
25:26you are fractures.
25:27And a witch
25:28will use that weakness
25:29against you.
25:30Well, what are we
25:31supposed to do?
25:31This is a library.
25:33Hmm?
25:34Research.
25:35Discover the witch
25:36that I'm up against.
25:39There is no time
25:40to lose.
25:41That dance
25:42cannot happen.
25:43We are going to find
25:44and stop a witch.
25:45And all before
25:46today's performance
25:46at noon.
25:51Well, you heard him.
25:53We need to find
25:54which witch
25:54will switch the resin
25:55with the rosin.
25:55I will
25:57straight up
25:58murder you.
26:12Has anyone
26:12seen Yelena?
26:25A witch?
26:30You mean
26:31a real witch?
26:32Dame Anna,
26:33if you want
26:34to stop this horror
26:34and save your dancers,
26:36I need your help.
26:38I must cancel
26:39the entire performance.
26:41Yes.
26:42But first,
26:42you must tell me
26:43who among the staff
26:44of the theatre
26:44has been there
26:45for over a decade.
26:46This witch
26:47has been gathering
26:47magical resin
26:48and she has been
26:49planning this
26:50for a very,
26:51very long time.
26:53Yelena
26:53was here
26:54quite a long time.
26:55Gustav,
26:56some others.
26:57I have records.
26:57Give me a moment.
26:59Well,
27:00at least this is
27:01happening in the
27:01middle of the day.
27:02Why?
27:03In general,
27:04witches are not
27:05as powerful.
27:08Yelena?
27:11Yelena,
27:12I have some
27:12questions for you.
27:13only dancers
27:25allowed here.
27:25What?
27:25Put me down!
27:28Put me down!
27:29What I wouldn't
27:35give for a search
27:36function.
27:38The discovery
27:38is in the search.
27:40Who knows
27:40what you might
27:41glean while
27:41perusing the pages.
27:42What I would like
27:43to glean is
27:44who this witch is
27:45and how to
27:46stop them.
27:47All before noon.
27:48Noon.
27:54Noon!
27:56Slavic spells
27:57and sorcery.
27:58Slavic spells
27:58and sorcery.
27:59Come on.
28:00I know I had it.
28:01Ah!
28:02When I tried to
28:03take a photo earlier
28:03and the annex
28:04got mad at me,
28:05I read
28:06this.
28:08Lady Midday,
28:09a.k.a.
28:10the Noon Witch.
28:11She used to pray
28:12on people who
28:12worked through
28:13midday,
28:13farmers who
28:14wouldn't break
28:14for lunch,
28:15et cetera.
28:15She appreciates
28:16work, I think.
28:17She would force
28:17them to dance
28:18and drain some
28:19of their life force
28:20as she did so.
28:21Every 70 years
28:22during the summer
28:23solstice,
28:24she would go to
28:24a village and
28:25dance for their
28:26solstice celebration.
28:28The adulation
28:28combined with
28:29the actual day
28:30and time
28:30when she was
28:31most powerful
28:32would restore
28:33her youth.
28:35Khan,
28:36today is the
28:36solstice.
28:39Which means
28:40the witch isn't
28:40just gonna steal
28:41the vitality
28:42from the dancers
28:43at today's show.
28:46She's gonna be
28:46the one dancing.
28:58Have you spoken
28:59to your understudy,
29:02Natalia?
29:03Yes,
29:04poor thing.
29:05She will be
29:06heartbroken
29:06when she hears
29:07that we cancelled
29:08everything.
29:10And where
29:11did you find her?
29:12I'm not so sure.
29:16Why do you ask?
29:17Because she looks
29:18exactly like you.
29:21It took you
29:22long enough.
29:24I thought
29:24librarians were
29:26smarter.
29:27You knew that
29:28I was a librarian?
29:29Yes,
29:29we heard about
29:30the rogue librarian
29:31popping up in
29:32Belgrade.
29:33But it's very
29:34interesting to meet
29:35you so far
29:36out from your time.
29:37Well,
29:37if you've heard
29:38of me,
29:38you've been
29:39playing this game
29:40a while.
29:41I don't usually
29:42let myself
29:43get this old,
29:44but I've been
29:45saving for
29:46the solstice.
29:47The solstice?
29:48Of course.
29:49You are
29:50Lady Midday.
29:51The Prima
29:52gave you
29:52enough power
29:53so you could
29:53take on
29:54a younger form
29:54intermittently.
29:55No way,
29:56don't tell me.
29:57And to sustain it,
29:59you need more.
30:01Adulation,
30:01that's what
30:02feeds you,
30:03the audience.
30:04Exactly.
30:05The dance
30:06culminates
30:07at midday.
30:08When you
30:09are most powerful.
30:10Now that
30:10is very clever.
30:12Too bad
30:13that we've
30:13confiscated
30:14your resin.
30:14Can't then
30:15settle anybody
30:16without it.
30:16Not your dancers.
30:18Or the audience.
30:20I've been
30:20dowsing this place
30:22for ages.
30:23There is dust
30:24in every surface.
30:26Just to get
30:26some little
30:27vitality.
30:28You know,
30:28most people
30:29won't mind
30:30losing a year
30:32or two.
30:32That is not
30:33for you to decide.
30:34No?
30:35Who's gonna
30:35stop me?
30:36Not who,
30:37but what.
30:39I have
30:39the rings
30:40of absolution,
30:41a talisman
30:42of Petrovic
30:42and the
30:43banshee
30:43of Kearney.
30:44No witch's
30:45spell
30:45could ever
30:46get through
30:46these.
30:47And what
30:48about a
30:48taser?
30:55Welcome
30:55to the
30:5621st century,
30:57librarian.
30:59You're not
30:59gonna get
31:00to the theater
31:00on time
31:01for the show
31:01unless you
31:01take the
31:02magic door.
31:02Charlie's
31:03not answering.
31:04Neither
31:04is Vic.
31:05Not a surprise.
31:06He still thinks
31:06the phone I got
31:06him is a
31:07mini obelisk
31:07of evil.
31:08You need
31:09to get
31:09to the
31:09theater now.
31:10Hurry.
31:11Ready?
31:16Oh, no.
31:17It's worse
31:18than I feared.
31:19Magic,
31:20bumping up
31:20against other
31:21magic,
31:21can create
31:22a sort
31:22of blowback.
31:23The dance
31:23must be
31:23just about
31:24to start.
31:25With it,
31:25the noon
31:25witch's spell.
31:26And since
31:27we'll leak
31:27back into
31:28the area...
31:28It's gone
31:29into overload
31:29and we can't
31:30go through the
31:31door?
31:31It's worse
31:32than that.
31:33When she dances,
31:34she won't just
31:35take some of
31:35the audience's
31:36vitality.
31:37She'll be able
31:38to gather
31:38all of it.
31:40So that means
31:41everyone in the
31:41theater will die
31:42if we don't
31:42stop her.
31:51Connor,
31:51that's a bike.
31:52Connor,
31:53that's a bike.
31:53Get a bike
31:54for one.
31:55Where am I
31:55going to sit?
32:14That's my cue.
32:14This is so
32:26dangerous.
32:26Fun.
32:27It's so,
32:27so dangerous.
32:28Just hang on.
32:29Okay.
32:29Okay.
32:29Okay.
32:29Okay.
32:29Okay.
32:29Okay.
32:29Okay.
32:31Okay.
32:33Go!
32:50Go!
32:50No!
32:59Hey!
33:02Hey, hey, the witch is the Noon Witch.
33:04She's gonna drain everyone at the theater
33:06when she dances on the solstice at noon.
33:08AKA today, now.
33:09But you're skipping the bit where since Vic spilled the well,
33:11the whole theater is super charged.
33:13So she's not just gonna take a little life force,
33:15she's gonna kill them all.
33:16Yeah, just like Yelena.
33:17She was drained down to a corpse.
33:19What?
33:20Wait, did you say the dancer is the witch?
33:22It must mean she's Natalia.
33:24She'd be on stage right now.
33:26We have to get inside.
33:50No sign of Vic.
33:51So what do we do now?
33:52Okay, well, she needs the show to go off without a hitch
33:53because she needs adulation from the audience for a spell to work.
33:56So if we stop her dancing, we stop the spell?
33:57Yeah.
33:58Reckon we can put our differences aside and manage that?
33:59So give it a shot?
34:00Okay.
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34:54Now!
35:06Not that one!
35:10Now, now!
35:16Natalia!
35:19If you don't stop dancing, you're not just gonna hurt these people!
35:22No! You're gonna kill them!
35:25I am?
35:27Oh well.
35:53Not that one!
35:54Not that one!
35:55That one!
36:04Hey!
36:05What?!
36:07No!
36:08No!
36:10No!
36:11No!
36:12No!
36:14No!
36:15No!
36:17No!
36:18No!
36:19No!
36:20No!
36:23No!
36:25No!
36:29No!
36:30No!
36:32No!
36:33Nice drive, but you're too late.
37:03So much power, I'm not only going to be young forever, I'm going to live forever.
37:25Vicar?
37:26You see, in your quest for power, I'm afraid, you forgot the most powerful thing in the
37:33entire theatre.
37:35This, it starts the dance and stops it.
37:39You're too late, my spell is complete.
37:41Well, it can also speed things up and slow them down.
37:46Changing the tempo from Allegro to Allegro Moderato was just enough.
37:51That means your finale and applause are 53 seconds behind schedule.
37:57You missed the window.
37:58The applause was too late.
38:02The ritual is ruined.
38:03No!
38:04No!
38:05No!
38:06No!
38:07No!
38:08No!
38:09No!
38:10No!
38:11No!
38:12No!
38:13No!
38:14No!
38:15No!
38:16No!
38:17No!
38:18No!
38:19No!
38:20No!
38:21No!
38:31No!
38:33No!
38:34No!
38:43Right, so, what's a Taser?
38:49I got word from the hospital.
38:55The prima ballerina woke up just afternoon.
38:58She's expected to make a full recovery.
39:00But, uh, unfortunately, Yelena couldn't be revived.
39:05Dame Anna needed to drain her completely to perform the ritual.
39:09Everyone in that theater would have shared the same fate had we not intervened.
39:13The other dancers were questioned by police.
39:16But they couldn't remember anything.
39:17Is that an effect of magic?
39:19That's an effect of humanity.
39:21Our brains cannot reconcile the unbelievable.
39:24It's easier to forget sometimes.
39:28See, if we did it that way, it would have fallen first.
39:31And hit Charlie.
39:33Ergo, we went backdrop first.
39:35What are you two arguing about now?
39:37We should have been better.
39:39At the theater, we were trying to stop the dance, but everything we did was ineffective.
39:44What are you talking about?
39:45You were remarkably effective.
39:46The witch would have spotted that I had slowed the tempo immediately had you not distracted her with all your tricks.
39:53You both did brilliantly.
39:55Together.
39:55Maybe we don't need to agree on everything to make it work.
40:01You're still not going to call it magic, are you?
40:03No.
40:03Look at you, leading a team.
40:14You're less and less a rogue librarian every day.
40:16By your tongue.
40:17What on earth are you wearing?
40:20A lot of time to develop a wide range of interests.
40:23Anyway, I'm off.
40:25Where are you going, Mrs. Asselet?
40:27Well, remember I said I held almost every job this castle had to offer?
40:30Turns out I've accrued a lot of vacation time.
40:33Don't worry.
40:34I should be popping back every now and then.
40:36Keep my eye on you.
40:37So, uh, I couldn't help but notice you're a really good dancer.
40:47I used to dance when I was younger, but I gave it up.
40:49Too frivolous for a guardian.
40:52But I admit, it came in handy today.
40:54Maybe this mission requires more than just combat training.
40:58Maybe we need you.
40:59Not just any old guardian.
41:00Because of all of who you are.
41:05So, uh, did you ever wear those ridiculous tutus and is there video?
41:10Your life is in my hands.
41:12All I have to do is not save you.
41:16Don't worry.
41:17We'll pause the nuance of that later on, hmm?
41:21Ooh.
41:58You
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