155 - Crocus, the Blooming Capital

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    The Grand Magic Games are held once a year.
[00:05] ---
    Seeking to fill in the blank of the last
    seven years, Natsu and the rest of the Tenrou group
[00:09] ---
    began a three-month-long training camp.
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    And so...
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    Their three-month training camp over,
[01:49] ---
    Natsu and the others returned to the guild.
[01:57] ---
    We're here!
[01:59] ---
    Why are all of you so exhausted?!
[02:06] ---
    Get a hold of yourselves!
[02:08] ---
    That's what a Man is!
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    Crocus, the Blooming Capital!
[02:16] ---
    Elfman! You sure bulked up!
[02:20] ---
    Mira-nee and I secluded ourselves
    in the mountains and trained there.
[02:23] ---
    Muscles are a Man's romantic adventure!
[02:26] ---
    In these last three months, I became able
    to eat natto, my former most-hated food!
[02:31] ---
    I conquered my fear of heights!
[02:34] ---
    I don't think that'll really come in handy...
[02:37] ---
    Our firing accuracy has got even better.
[02:41] ---
    Yep.
[02:42] ---
    I finished reading a 30-volume
    horror novel series.
[02:46] ---
    Just reading?!
[02:48] ---
    First, you need to work on
    keeping that stomach in!
[02:51] ---
    My Sandstorm has become more powerful yet.
[02:54] ---
    If we fight once more, I'll beat even Natsu!
[02:57] ---
    What?!
[02:59] ---
    Good job, everyone!
[03:03] ---
    Gramps!
[03:05] ---
    It looks like you've all done your best
    to prepare for the Grand Magic Games.
[03:09] ---
    That's not precisely the case...
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    For now, gather inside the guild.
[03:20] ---
    Alright...
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    I'm going to announce the five members
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    who will participate in the Grand
    Magic Games as our representatives.
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    Natsu!
[03:36] ---
    Yeah!
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    Gray!
[03:38] ---
    Naturally.
[03:39] ---
    Erza!
[03:41] ---
    Leave it to me.
[03:42] ---
    Well, of course those three would be chosen.
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    Two left.
[03:47] ---
    Being chosen like that is a Man!
[03:50] ---
    Juvia is going to be
    separated from Gray... No!
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    The remaining two...
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    ...are Lucy and Wendy!
[04:04] ---
    Dang!
[04:05] ---
    So this is how it shakes out...
[04:08] ---
    Juvia and Gray-sama will be apart...
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    It's unthinkable!
[04:13] ---
    I can't do this! You could
    choose Laxus or Gajeel instead!
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    Well, after all, they haven't come back yet!
[04:22] ---
    Master based his decision on teamwork
    more than individual power.
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    And since we were chosen,
    let's do our utmost.
[04:29] ---
    Yeah. You're right.
[04:30] ---
    Yes! I have to do my best!
[04:33] ---
    To make a serious grab for the win,
[04:35] ---
    I really wanted to have Gildarts
    or Laxus, I thought...
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    But you're sayin' it!
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    Everyone!
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    These Grand Magic Games are the perfect
    chance for Fairy Tail to regain its reputation!
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    We'll beat Sabertooth, the
    strongest guild in Fiore,
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    and Fairy Tail will become the
    number one guild in Fiore!
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    I'm fired up!
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    And so...
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    This is Crocus, the blooming
    capital of the kingdom of Fiore.
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    The Grand Magic Games, the annual
    wizards' festival, is held here.
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    The city teems with wizards and
    spectators from all over Fiore.
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    In the center of the city is
    the king of Fiore's castle,
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    the Flower Light Palace, Mercurius.
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    The arena of the Grand Magic Games,
    Domus Flau, is in the western mountains.
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    And...
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    ...here we are, in the middle of the city...
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    We still don't feel well...?!
[05:41] ---
    Did it really work?!
[05:44] ---
    The magic to unleash Second Origin...
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    I do feel that my magic power's increased,
[05:50] ---
    even though I still have a
    little pain in the joints.
[05:54] ---
    Yeesh.
[05:56] ---
    You people are pathetic.
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    How is it you're totally fine, Erza?!
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    I bet she had her Second Origin all along.
[06:04] ---
    I buy that.
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    At any rate, I've never been
    to a city this huge before.
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    Me neither!
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    It's bigger than Edolas's castle town.
[06:16] ---
    So you finally made it...
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    Master!
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    I took care of all the entry paperwork.
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    You better show me the power of Fairy Tail!
[06:28] ---
    Hey! Fairy Tail, he says!
[06:31] ---
    Those chumps?!
[06:32] ---
    The perennial last place losers?!
[06:36] ---
    Who just laughed?!
[06:38] ---
    Stifle it.
[06:39] ---
    I'm sure you'll be in last
    place again this year, too!
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    And Sabertooth is sure to win it.
[06:45] ---
    Anybody that wants to laugh, let 'em.
[06:48] ---
    Then I won't hold back...
[06:51] ---
    Don't look at us and laugh!
[06:54] ---
    Listen! I've got 30 million jewel...
[06:58] ---
    I mean, do your best to aim for
    the number one guild in Fiore!
[07:02] ---
    The way things are now, we can't face
    the first master, who saved our lives!
[07:08] ---
    Well, the competition begins tomorrow,
[07:12] ---
    but unfortunately, I have no idea what it is!
[07:16] ---
    Fairy Tail's been in this a
    number of years, though, right?
[07:17] ---
    The competition changes every year.
[07:19] ---
    Pick me up!
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    For instance, one year we weren't in
    it, they had a shooting contest...
[07:25] ---
    The year I wasn't in it, they had a race...
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    The team with the greatest cumulative points
    over a number of events is the winner...
[07:33] ---
    I looked at the past records,
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    but it seems there's no
    consistency with the events.
[07:39] ---
    Well, then we'll just play it by ear.
[07:42] ---
    I hope it's a battle, though!
[07:45] ---
    Every year, when the Games are held,
    we sense a strange magical force.
[07:50] ---
    A mysterious force... and
    mysterious contests...
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    Erza!
[07:57] ---
    Read the official rulebook by tomorrow.
[08:00] ---
    Read this...?
[08:02] ---
    Leave it to me! I've got Windreading Glasses!
[08:06] ---
    You're always prepared, Levy-chan!
[08:11] ---
    To put it in a nutshell,
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    I'd say there are three important things.
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    The first is that a guild
    master can't participate.
[08:19] ---
    Well, that makes sense.
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    Anyone who doesn't have the guild emblem
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    is counted as a spectator
    and may not participate.
[08:26] ---
    That's a pretty obvious one, too.
[08:29] ---
    And to maintain secrecy,
    the rules for each event
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    won't be revealed until right
    before the event starts.
[08:36] ---
    Not much info of use there.
[08:39] ---
    There is a warning at the end.
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    It says that all the participants have to
    be back at their designated inn by midnight.
[08:46] ---
    Midnight?
[08:47] ---
    When?
[08:48] ---
    It must mean tonight, right?
[08:51] ---
    Back by midnight...
[08:54] ---
    It's like that story, the princess
    with the glass slippers.
[08:58] ---
    How can Gray-sama be saying romantic
    things when Juvia isn't around?!
[09:04] ---
    Oh, my prince!
[09:06] ---
    If it's midnight, we
    still got plenty of time!
[09:10] ---
    It's not every day you get a chance to
    visit a town this big! Let's go exploring!
[09:14] ---
    Aye, sir!
[09:15] ---
    Let's go!
[09:16] ---
    Hey! Do you even know the
    inn we're staying at?!
[09:19] ---
    Honeybone, right?!
[09:21] ---
    Just make sure you're back
    by midnight! Got it?!
[09:24] ---
    Aye!
[09:27] ---
    Midnight... at the designated inn...
[09:32] ---
    And this is that designated inn, Honeybone.
[09:41] ---
    For some reason, six beds
    have been prepared...
[09:44] ---
    So we're all supposed to
    sleep in the same room?
[10:21] ---
    Doesn't look like there's anything
    suspicious here, but still...
[10:34] ---
    Gray-sama!
[10:37] ---
    Juvia! What are you doing here?!
[10:40] ---
    It's not only Juvia!
[10:42] ---
    Everyone in the guild came to cheer you on.
[10:44] ---
    Jeez. Those guys have too much free time...
[10:48] ---
    Um... Would you like to have dinner together?
[10:52] ---
    Now that you mention it, I am hungry.
[10:54] ---
    In that case, I know a
    good restaurant in town.
[10:58] ---
    Lyon!
[10:59] ---
    It's combined with the aquarium.
    A really fashionable restaurant.
[11:04] ---
    Huh? Wait... What is this?
[11:06] ---
    Hey! Don't just walk off
    with one of my members!
[11:10] ---
    I hear you're going to be in
    the Grand Magic Games, Gray.
[11:15] ---
    My guild, Lamia Scale,
    is going to win, though.
[11:20] ---
    I hear you guys come in second every year.
[11:23] ---
    And you guys are in last place every year.
[11:26] ---
    Until last year, we've always
    been in second place,
[11:28] ---
    but that was without Jura-san
    or me participating.
[11:32] ---
    You understand what I'm
    getting at, don't you?
[11:34] ---
    Are you forgetting?
[11:36] ---
    We got this monster named Erza on our side!
[11:40] ---
    Let's make a wager.
[11:42] ---
    When Lamia Scale achieves victory,
[11:46] ---
    Juvia will join our guild!
[11:48] ---
    What the hell is that?!
[11:52] ---
    And if we win...?
[11:53] ---
    I'll return Juvia to your guild.
[11:56] ---
    She's ours to begin with!
[11:58] ---
    This is a gentleman's agreement.
    Don't forget it, Gray.
[12:02] ---
    Gimme a break! That's no kind of bet!
[12:06] ---
    Are you afraid of losing?
[12:08] ---
    What's that?!
[12:13] ---
    Gray-sama!
[12:14] ---
    Do you want Juvia?! Or Lyon-sama?!
    Please make up your mind!
[12:18] ---
    You're not following the
    conversation, are you?
[12:30] ---
    You're always right.
[12:34] ---
    That's not true.
[12:37] ---
    In my own clumsy way, I live
    my life to the fullest.
[12:41] ---
    That's all...
[12:44] ---
    Erza...
[12:46] ---
    Men! You have the same
    beguiling parfum as always.
[12:52] ---
    How dare you enter someone's room uninvited?!
[12:55] ---
    Men!
[13:02] ---
    You're beautiful when you're angry.
[13:05] ---
    We didn't come here especially
    to cheer you up, though.
[13:09] ---
    Have a hot washcloth.
[13:11] ---
    That goes the same for you!
[13:14] ---
    Forever Trimens!
[13:50] ---
    Carla, look at that!
[13:52] ---
    Wow!
[13:58] ---
    This says it's the Flower
    Light Palace, Mercurius.
[14:01] ---
    I wonder what the king is like...
[14:05] ---
    I wonder if he has a mustache...
[14:06] ---
    I bet he does.
[14:18] ---
    They've got flowers everywhere in this town.
[14:22] ---
    No wonder it's called the "blooming capital".
[14:25] ---
    A fight!
[14:27] ---
    You can't have a festival
    without a fight! Where is it?!
[14:30] ---
    This is what I'd expect with all
    the guilds of Fiore gathering here.
[14:33] ---
    Natsu, wait!
[14:36] ---
    This smell...
[14:37] ---
    What's wrong?
[14:38] ---
    It smells similar to a dragon...
[14:41] ---
    Don't tell me...
[14:43] ---
    Move it! Move it! Move it!
[14:48] ---
    Anybody else?
[14:50] ---
    These guys are beneath
    us, literally, oh yeah!
[14:53] ---
    Fro thinks so, too.
[14:55] ---
    What the...?!
[14:58] ---
    You!
[14:59] ---
    Natsu Dragneel!
[15:02] ---
    Cats?!
[15:04] ---
    What's up with this stupid-looking cat?
[15:07] ---
    Stupid!
[15:08] ---
    They talk!
[15:11] ---
    Do I have to say something here...?
[15:13] ---
    Who the hell are you guys?
[15:15] ---
    Hey, haven't you heard of Sabertooth's
    Twin Dragons, Sting and Rogue?!
[15:20] ---
    They're the cornerstone of
    Fiore's strongest guild!
[15:24] ---
    Then these two are...
[15:26] ---
    ...Sabertooth, huh?
[15:31] ---
    Rumor has it you're gonna be in the
    Grand Magic Games. Is that true?
[15:35] ---
    You know about me?
[15:37] ---
    Acnologia...
[15:41] ---
    You're the Dragon Slayer who
    couldn't slay a dragon, right?
[15:45] ---
    Are you sure you should keep
    calling yourself a Dragon Slayer?
[15:49] ---
    You know, I used to look up to you.
[15:53] ---
    Incidentally, this guy was into Gajeel-san.
[15:56] ---
    I was just interested as
    a fellow Dragon Slayer.
[15:59] ---
    Dragon Slayer?!
[16:02] ---
    Both of you?!
[16:03] ---
    Maybe you oughta call us
    true Dragon Slayers...
[16:07] ---
    We would've beaten Acnologia.
[16:10] ---
    That's easy for you two to say when you've
    never even laid eyes on Acnologia!
[16:14] ---
    That's right!
[16:16] ---
    You don't seem too bright, cat.
[16:19] ---
    Lecter is smart, right?
[16:21] ---
    It doesn't matter if we've seen it or not.
[16:23] ---
    The point here is the difference
    in our aptitude as Dragon Slayers.
[16:27] ---
    I'll explain.
[16:29] ---
    Natsu-kun and the rest learned
    Dragon Slaying Magic from dragons.
[16:33] ---
    They're the so-called First Generation.
[16:37] ---
    Your Laxus-kun and Oracion Seis's Cobra-kun
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    are known as the Second Generation.
[16:43] ---
    They can use Dragon Slaying Magic through
    a Dragon Lacrima embedded in their body.
[16:47] ---
    As for Sting-kun and Rogue-kun,
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    like you, they were raised by Dragons,
[16:53] ---
    but also have a Dragon Lacrima implanted in
    their body... the hybrid Third Generation!
[16:58] ---
    Third Generation?!
[16:59] ---
    In other words, they're the
    strongest Dragon Slayers!
[17:02] ---
    Strongest Dragon Slayers, you say?
[17:06] ---
    There's a world of difference in ability
    between the First Generation and Third Generation.
[17:10] ---
    It's not even worth talking about.
[17:13] ---
    Did your dragons disappear
    in the year 777, too?!
[17:18] ---
    Well, in a manner of speaking...
[17:20] ---
    I'll give it to you straight.
[17:23] ---
    The dragons who taught us Dragon Slayer Magic
[17:27] ---
    were slain by our own hand,
[17:29] ---
    so we could become true Dragon Slayers...
[17:33] ---
    You killed dragons?!
[17:36] ---
    Humans killed dragons...?
[17:39] ---
    You murdered your own parents?!
[17:56] ---
    They're late...
[18:00] ---
    You guys...
[18:02] ---
    Where the hell were you all this time?!
[18:06] ---
    I had dinner that was no fun at all...
[18:09] ---
    We got into a weird tangle with some
    people... or maybe we started it...
[18:16] ---
    Well, if we get the chance to
    fight each other during the Games,
[18:20] ---
    I'll show you the power that
    can slay a real dragon!
[18:23] ---
    Let's go. I'm not interested
    in the older generation.
[18:29] ---
    Both the outdated Dragon Slayer and
    his cat companion are lame-o's!
[18:34] ---
    Fro thinks so, too!
[18:37] ---
    I'm not gonna let 'em get away with it!
[18:39] ---
    By the way, Wendy's not back yet?
[18:42] ---
    Come to think of it...
[18:43] ---
    She's late...
[18:44] ---
    I'm sure she's with Carla,
    so I doubt she's lost...
[18:49] ---
    It's almost midnight...
[18:52] ---
    That little girl is out this late...
[18:56] ---
    Staying out late... Bad company...
    Juvenile delinquency!
[18:59] ---
    This town is mine!
[19:04] ---
    What should we do?!
[19:06] ---
    Do all fiction writers have
    this kind of imagination?
[19:12] ---
    Hey! We brought treats!
[19:15] ---
    Tomorrow's the big day!
[19:16] ---
    Elfman! Lisanna!
[19:19] ---
    Are you guys gonna watch the
    Grand Magic Games, too?!
[19:22] ---
    Yeah.
[19:23] ---
    To be honest, I wanted to be in it myself
    and show off for Lisanna and Nee-chan,
[19:28] ---
    but giving up is also a Man!
[19:30] ---
    Good timing. Can I ask you a favor?
[19:33] ---
    What is it?
[19:35] ---
    Actually, Wendy hasn't
    come back to the inn yet.
[19:38] ---
    And we're apparently not supposed
    to do anything until after midnight.
[19:43] ---
    Is something going to happen at midnight?
[19:45] ---
    I don't really know, but there's a rule
    that says we have to be here by midnight.
[19:50] ---
    And as I say that, I notice
    it is midnight now...
[19:53] ---
    What's gonna happen?!
[20:02] ---
    Everyone in the guilds who have gathered
    together for the Grand Magic Games...
[20:06] ---
    Good morning!
[20:09] ---
    Outside?!
[20:11] ---
    What the hell is that?! It's huge!
[20:13] ---
    A three-dimensional image!
[20:15] ---
    A pumpkin!
[20:16] ---
    Beginning now, we're going to
    take the 113 participating teams
[20:21] ---
    and have an elimination round
    to pare them down to eight!
[20:24] ---
    Elimination round?!
[20:25] ---
    We didn't hear about this!
[20:27] ---
    Was there an elimination round last time?
[20:29] ---
    No.
[20:31] ---
    What does this mean?
[20:33] ---
    So midnight is the time the
    elimination round starts?
[20:37] ---
    And it'll suddenly narrow
    down 113 guilds to eight?
[20:42] ---
    113...
[20:44] ---
    Huh? That's more than the
    number of guilds in Fiore...
[20:49] ---
    They couldn't have notified everyone
    beforehand about an elimination round?
[20:54] ---
    Peculiar behavior...
[20:56] ---
    Too many guilds...
[20:58] ---
    Mysterious magic power...
[21:01] ---
    Is the sponsor the one we
    should be suspicious of?
[21:04] ---
    Every year, the number of
    participating guilds increases
[21:08] ---
    and it was pointed out that
    the events were getting stale.
[21:12] ---
    This year, there will be only eight
    teams competing in the official games.
[21:17] ---
    The elimination rules are simple!
[21:25] ---
    What the...?!
[21:27] ---
    What is this?!
[21:28] ---
    The inn is transforming!
[21:34] ---
    Look! It's the same with the other inns!
[21:36] ---
    Transforming is a Man's romantic fantasy!
[21:39] ---
    All of you are going to race each other.
[21:42] ---
    The goal is the Games arena, Domus Flau.
[21:46] ---
    The first eight teams to
    arrive there will go on.
[21:50] ---
    Paths!
[21:51] ---
    We have to take the path?
[21:53] ---
    You're free to use your magic.
[21:56] ---
    There are no restrictions.
[21:58] ---
    But remember, only the first eight teams
    to get to the goal will survive this round.
[22:02] ---
    However, all five members must arrive
    together or it doesn't count!
[22:08] ---
    And one more thing!
[22:09] ---
    We take no responsibility for
    any lives lost in the labyrinth.
[22:13] ---
    Labyrinth?!
[22:16] ---
    The Grand Magic Games elimination round!
[22:19] ---
    Sky Labyrinth... begin!
[23:55] ---
    Oh, man! What the hell is that?!
[23:57] ---
    A giant labyrinth in the sky?
[23:59] ---
    It looks like that's the venue
    for the elimination round.
[24:02] ---
    I suck at mazes!
[24:03] ---
    Like he said, the first eight teams to get
    to the goal will make it past this round.
[24:06] ---
    So it's a competition!
[24:08] ---
    But I guess all five members of the
    team have to get to the goal together.
[24:11] ---
    Crap! Wendy's not here!
[24:13] ---
    Next time: Sky Labyrinth!
[24:16] ---
    Hey, how about if I fill in for Wendy...?
[24:20] ---
    Elfman says he'll join the team!
[24:22] ---
    Figures...