The Owl House Page #5

Season #1 Episode #18: Agony of a Witch

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Lilith:
I am at your service, Emperor Belos.

Emperor Belos:
[breathes heavily]

[A guard brings a palisman on a tray.]

Emperor Belos:
Just a moment, Lilith.

[Emperor Belos takes the palisman. He sinks his finger guards into the palisman's neck, dragging a line and breaking its head off. Glowing green goop falls out of the palisman, which Emperor Belos pours into the eye holes of his mask. His eyes, unseen before, flash a glowing green.]

Emperor Belos:
Ah, that's better.

[Luz gasps and pulls away from the door, covering her mouth. She whimpers and runs off.]

Emperor Belos:
How's the hunt for the Owl Lady? I heard you attempted a raid this morning.

Lilith:
Yes, but we were--

Emperor Belos:
Unsuccessful? That was obvious enough. It's been over a month since you promised to bring me the Owl Lady. Well, where is she?

Lilith:
If I just had more time, I--

Emperor Belos:
I'm getting bored of your excuses, Lilith. Don't worry, I'll give you the time you need. Bring the Owl Lady to me by twilight. She'll join the Emperor's Coven and in return, I'll heal her little curse. But, if you fail... [nails dig into his throne, heart above the throne beats faster] you will be stripped of your rank and banished from my coven. You do know what happens to covenless, don't you?

[Lilith looks over at the same mural the students saw in the hall. Screams overlay the scene; the witches depicted aren't celebrating his power, they're begging for mercy. Lilith stands.]

Lilith:
I-- I understand. I will not fail.

[Lilith turns and leaves. Cut to the Owl House, where Eda is knitting with the witch's wool and King is napping.]

Eda:
[holds up cloak] Yeah! Something tells me Luz is gonna like having a cape.

King:
[wakes up] Cape? I thought you were making cake!

Eda:
You thought I was knitting a cake?

King:
I, uh... anyway! If there's no cake, then I have to get to work! [runs off] Would you look at us two, being all generous to that kid.

[crashing]

King:
You know what, when she first got here, I thought we were gonna eat her.

[A louder crash knocks a picture off the wall.]

King:
But now I only think of that, like, sometimes.

Eda:
Yeah, she's changed the feel of this house.

[Eda picks up the fallen picture: one of Luz shoveling purple and green tentacles in her mouth, a banner behind her reading "FINISH OR DIE!"]

Eda:
Well, she always had a good heart, but was impatient and always bit off more than she could chew. But despite all that, I think she's finally growing up.

[Cut to the Emperor's Castle. Luz peeks out of a curtain to look through a window, watching the class leave.]

Luz:
Please don't notice I'm gone, please don't notice I'm-- boarding the bus?

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