E16 - ONCE UPON A TIME

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[00:02] Apple
    It's cold out today.
[00:04] Apple
    Planting seeds when it's like this...
[00:07] Apple
    Don't they freeze?
[00:09] Lindsey
    Those delphinium and gypsophila
    seeds came from this very garden.
[00:15] Lindsey
    These little guys...
[00:16] Lindsey
    They may be uneven,
    and their shapes and colors may differ,
[00:20] Lindsey
    but when spring comes,
    they bloom with all their might.
[00:24] Lindsey
    I want to show that to the kids
    when they come back in spring.
[00:30] Apple
    That's wonderful.
[00:32] Apple
    Isn't it, Finn?
[00:34] Finn
    Yeah.
[00:38] Finn
    It's been a month since the incident at HQ.
[00:41] Finn
    The footage was broadcast
    all over the Kingdom of Fourland.
[00:46] Finn
    The royal family covered everything up.
[00:48] Finn
    The official story was that it was nothing
[00:50] Finn
    more than a fire and a rescue helicopter crash.
[00:53] Finn
    But the public didn't buy it.
[00:57] Finn
    High Card has been suspended indefinitely.
[01:00] Finn
    We still don't know where the president is.
[01:02] Finn
    Our members are separated,
    and Chris is still in the hospital.
[01:08] Finn
    Right now, there's nothing I...
[02:41] Apple
    Phew, we're finally done.
[02:44] Finn
    Lindsey, what's that?
[02:46] Lindsey
    Oh, Chris gave us a donation.
[02:49] Lindsey
    I made that with the money.
[02:52] Finn
    Chris...
[02:53] Lindsey
    Can you relay a message?
[02:56] Lindsey
    I'd like him to come by and plant
    some seeds when he gets better.
[03:00] Lindsey
    Okay?
[03:06] Apple
    Are you worried about Chris?
[03:09] Finn
    Well, guess so...
[03:11] Apple
    Cheer up.
[03:12] Apple
    Feel free to talk to me
    if you ever need to, okay?
[03:15] Finn
    Thank you.
[03:17] Apple
    Sure.
[03:19] Apple
    It's time for me to go.
[03:20] Apple
    I'll be on my way.
[03:22] Finn
    Sorry, but...
[03:23] Finn
    Why are you being so good to me, Mr. Apple?
[03:27] Apple
    Because it's you, Finn.
[03:30] Apple
    See you.
[03:41] Tilt
    Hello?
[03:41] Zenon
    Yo, you're late, TILT.
[03:43] Zenon
    How are you feeling?
[03:45] Tilt
    Zenon?
[03:46] Tilt
    I'm fine.
[03:48] Zenon
    Good.
[03:49] Zenon
    I'm ready on my end.
[03:51] Zenon
    Time for the final touch.
[03:57] Sugar
    It's been covered up, but it's clear as day
     that cards were involved in this incident.
[04:03] Sugar
    Most likely an act of the Klondike Family.
[04:07] Sugar
    Meaning the perpetrator
     must be one of them...
[04:11] Sugar
    Why would they do such a thing?
[04:14] Sugar
    Oh, man!
[04:15] Sugar
    I don't get it at all!
[04:18] Sugar
    But... I have to do something.
[04:22] Young
    What, you're still here?
[04:25] Sugar
    Captain?
[04:29] Young
    Come on, there's no need to cry.
[04:31] Sugar
    I-I'm not crying!
[04:34] Sugar
    Anyway, there's something I need to ask you!
[04:49] Bernard
    Oh, Finn.
[04:51] Finn
    Hey, old man.
[04:52] Finn
    I'm back.
[04:57] Bernard
    Here you are.
[04:58] Finn
    Thanks.
[05:00] Finn
    Where's everyone else?
[05:02] Bernard
    Master Leo is living in his school dorm.
    Wendy and Vijay are on standby at home.
[05:08] Bernard
    You're the only one here now.
[05:11] Finn
    I see.
[05:24] Norman
    What a depressing smell!
[05:26] Norman
    Is there no one to greet and welcome me?
[05:29] Finn
    You're the one!
[05:30] Finn
    From the auction!
[05:33] Finn
    That glove!
[05:34] Bernard
    Welcome, Mr. Norman.
[05:37] Bernard
    It's been a while.
[05:39] Finn
    What?
[05:41] Sugar
    Combing through case files at the station,
[05:44] Sugar
    I found that photo.
[05:47] Sugar
    The men in the picture are Ban Klondike,
    Theodore Constantine Pinochle,
[05:53] Sugar
    and you, Captain Young.
[05:57] Young
    Boy, you dragged out an old photo.
[06:06] Young
    In plain words, fate seems
    to have stuck us together.
[06:12] Norman
    My, this takes me back to the days
    Theodore and I would talk for hours.
[06:17] Bernard
    Oh? I don't remember anything of that sort.
[06:23] Norman
    Listen, Theodore and I are connected at heart,
[06:26] Finn
    This dude knew the president?
[06:28] Norman
    which is to say we truly
    understand each other.
[06:28] Blist
    Please refer to Master Norman as "King."
[06:30] Norman
    Obviously, we're not interested
    in frivolous arguments.
[06:32] Finn
    Then is Mr. King—
[06:33] Brandy
    Drop the "Mr."
[06:34] Norman
    Even if it may not look
    like we're in discussion,
[06:35] Finn
    'Kay...
[06:36] Finn
    So why is King so worried
    about the president?
[06:37] Norman
    we're exchanging thoughts in our souls!
[06:40] Norman
    Do you want to know about
     my relationship with Theodore?
[06:43] Norman
    Your face says you're dying to know.
[06:46] Norman
    So I shall tell you!
[06:48] Norman
    This—
[06:48] Brandy
    King.
[06:49] Norman
    Hmm?
[06:51] Norman
    Hmm...
[06:52] Blist
    They're childhood friends.
[06:55] Brandy
    Although in King's mind,
    Master Theodore is his rival.
[06:59] Norman
    Quiet!
[07:00] Norman
    No matter what anyone says,
[07:03] Norman
    Theodore and I have been
    mortal enemies since childhood!
[07:06] Norman
    That didn't change when
     we went on to university.
[07:13] Norman
    Not until that man...
[07:17] Norman
    Until Ban Klondike and Theodore met, that is.
[07:22] Finn
    Ban Klondike?!
[07:24] Norman
    Me and my company understand the situation.
[07:27] Norman
    It was Ban who orchestrated
    that incident, yes?
[07:30] Norman
    And Theodore remains missing.
[07:33] Bernard
    Master Theodore oversees
     everything at Pinochle.
[07:37] Bernard
    He gave High Card its mission
    to collect all of the cards.
[07:41] Norman
    That's what Ban was after,
    given his knowledge of Theodore's power.
[07:46] Norman
    As expected of a former partner...
[07:48] Finn
    Huh?!
[07:49] Finn
    I have no idea what you're talking about!
[07:52] Bernard
    Allow me to explain.
[07:57] Ban
    You know, it was a cloudy day
    like today when I first spoke to you.
[08:03] Ban
    It takes me back.
[08:05] Ban
    Do you remember, Theodore?
[08:10] Bernard
    They met at a party.
[08:13] Bernard
    Mr. Ban's father, a politician, was hosting.
[08:17] Bernard
    Master Theodore was attending on a mission.
[08:24] (Flashback) Young Ban
    I'm telling you.
[08:26] (Flashback) Young Ban
    Talk to my old man,
[08:27] (Flashback) Young Ban
    and the land purchase your company is
    working on will get sorted out in no time.
[08:32] (Flashback) Young Ban
    But in exchange, come join me tonight.
[08:34] (Flashback) Woman
    Um, I have to go.
[08:37] (Flashback) Ban
    Damn it.
[08:39] (Flashback) Ban
    What are you looking at?
[08:43] (Flashback) Ban
    Theodore Constantine Pinochle.
[08:45] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    And who are you?
[08:47] (Flashback) Young Ban
    Ban Klondike.
[08:49] (Flashback) Young Ban
    You know the politician blabbering on inside?
[08:53] (Flashback) Young Ban
    I'm his unworthy son, if you will.
[08:56] (Flashback) Young Ban
    Hey, we're classmates at school.
[08:58] (Flashback) Young Ban
    You really don't recognize me?
[09:00] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    What doesn't interest me
    never enters my vision,
[09:04] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    whether at school or here.
[09:06] (Flashback) Young Ban
    Well, I'm not interested
    in this party either.
[09:10] (Flashback) Young Ban
    But one word from my dad, and big names
     in business and politics come running.
[09:15] (Flashback) Young Ban
    Isn't that amazing?
[09:17] (Flashback) Young Ban
    If you have power,
    you can do anything you want.
[09:20] (Flashback) Young Ban
    I'm going to live my life as I please.
[09:23] (Flashback) Young Ban
    Eventually I'll take over for my father.
[09:26] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Power should only be used within the rules.
[09:30] (Flashback) Young Ban
    Well, you're a wet blanket.
[09:33] (Flashback) Young Ban
    What are you living for?
[09:35] (Flashback) Young Ban
    Hey, hold on!
[09:42] (Flashback) Young Norman
    Everyone, calm yourselves!
[09:44] (Flashback) Young Norman
    We must evacuate in an orderly—
[09:45] (Flashback) Young Norman
    Whoa!
[09:48] (Flashback) Young Norman
    Theodore?
[09:52] (Flashback) Chameleon Man
    Don't resist me.
[09:54] (Flashback) Chameleon Man
    Huh?
[09:55] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    You finally showed up.
[09:57] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Personal use of cards is forbidden.
[10:00] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    I'll be taking yours.
[10:03] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Play...
[10:09] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    "Balor."
[10:11] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Abducting the president's daughter,
    causing a panic, and ruining the project...
[10:17] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Sabotaging a rival company, are we?
[10:19] (Flashback) Chameleon Man
    How did you...?
[10:22] (Flashback) Young Young
    Everyone freeze!
[10:26] (Flashback) Young Young
    Wait, wasn't there someone else?
[10:29] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    "Chameleon," the 7 of hearts.
[10:32] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    The ability to conceal yourself
     from the eyes of others by refracting light.
[10:36] (Flashback) Young Young
    Hey, what the hell is going on?
[10:50] (Flashback) Police Man
    What's happening?!
[10:51] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    You, take up your gun.
[10:54] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Do it now!
[10:57] (Flashback) Young Young
    I'm on it!
[10:59] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Aim where I tell you.
[11:02] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    The wreath on the right
    side of the stage... Fire!
[11:07] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Next, the vase beside the pillar.
[11:11] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    The pillar at the back of the stage.
[11:13] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    One step up the stairs.
[11:16] (Flashback) Young Young
    That hit?!
[11:17] Young Theodore
    We've driven him into a corner,
[11:19] Young Theodore
    chipping away his mobility.
[11:21] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Fifty centimeters right of the podium.
[11:24] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Fire.
[11:35] (Flashback) Chameleon Man
    All of you, drop your guns
[11:37] (Flashback) Chameleon Man
    if you want this woman to live!
[11:40] (Flashback) Theodore
    Fire.
[11:41] (Flashback) Young
    What?!
[11:42] (Flashback) Young
    There's a hostage!
[11:44] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    The order of the royal
    family must be upheld.
[11:46] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Do it.
[11:47] (Flashback) Young Ban
    Don't be ridiculous.
[11:51] (Flashback) Young Ban
    I had my eye on that woman.
[11:54] (Flashback) Young Ban
    I won't stand for that.
[11:56] (Flashback) Young Ban
    "Round and Round."
[12:05] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    The king of diamonds, "Round and Round."
[12:09] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    The ability to spin anything it touches.
[12:14] (Flashback) Young Young
    Good! Take him in!
[12:16] (Flashback) Police Man
    Secure the hostage!
[12:17] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Ban Klondike.
[12:18] (Flashback) Young Ban
    Hmm?
[12:19] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Hand over your card.
[12:21] (Flashback) Young Ban
    What?
[12:22] (Flashback) Young Ban
    This card belongs to me.
[12:24] (Flashback) Young Ban
    I decide whether or not I use it.
[12:27] (Flashback) Young Ban
    I don't take orders from anyone.
[12:29] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Collecting cards is Pinochle's mission.
[12:32] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Their personal use is forbidden.
[12:36] (Flashback) Young Bernard
    Just a moment.
[12:38] (Flashback) Young Bernard
    That was a brilliant display
     of your skills, sirs.
[12:42] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Bernard.
[12:43] (Flashback) Young Bernard
    Which brings me to a suggestion.
[12:45] (Flashback) Young Bernard
    Why don't we welcome Mr. Ban to our company?
[12:48] (Flashback) Young Bernard
    I've gotten the president's permission.
[12:51] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    My father agreed?
[12:52] (Flashback) Young Ban
    What do you want me to do?
[12:54] (Flashback) Young Bernard
    Collect the cards with Master Theodore.
[12:58] (Flashback) Young Bernard
    Should you join us, we will not interfere
    with your use of your card.
[13:04] (Flashback) Young Ban
    That's not a bad deal.
[13:05] (Flashback) Young Ban
    Maybe I'll take you up on it.
[13:08] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    That's against the rules.
[13:09] (Flashback) Young Ban
    Like I care.
[13:11] (Flashback) Young Ban
    I'm in charge of my own card.
[13:14] (Flashback) Young Ban
    No matter what anyone says,
    I just want to use my card, Theodore.
[13:20] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Don't act so familiar with me.
[13:22] Bernard
    And so they collected cards under Pinochle
    with the company's support.
[13:28] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Duck!
[13:30] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    A spear on your right!
[13:45] Young
    After the incident at that party,
[13:47] Young
    I just couldn't stop wondering
     who they really were,
[13:51] Young
    so I started looking into it myself.
[13:53] Young
    But Theodore soon caught on to me.
[13:57] Young
    We struck a deal.
[13:59] Young
    I'd give him the information
    the police had on players,
[14:03] Young
    and he wouldn't interfere with my
    investigation involving the cards.
[14:07] Bernard
    And eventually, they started to come
    hang out here at the Old Maid branch.
[14:14] (Flashback) Young Young
    Like I said, I want to know the truth!
[14:17] (Flashback) Young Young
    What you are doing? What's about to
    happen to this country with the cards?
[14:22] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    Leave the business of the
    cards to the players.
[14:24] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    That's the rule in this country.
[14:26] (Flashback) Young Young
    You're too damn straitlaced!
[14:30] (Flashback) Young Ban
    Don't waste your breath on Theodore, Young.
[14:32] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    More importantly, aren't you on duty?
[14:36] (Flashback) Young Theodore
    You wicked detective.
[14:37] (Flashback) Young Young
    Shut up.
[14:38] (Flashback) Young Young
    Here. You drink too, Ban.
[14:41] (Flashback) Ban
    I told you, I'm a lightweight.
[14:43] (Flashback) Ban
    But you drink.
[14:52] Norman
    An unforgettable page from
    that chapter of their youths.
[14:56] Bernard
    Perhaps so.
[15:02] Bernard
    They were polar opposites
     in terms of personality
[15:05] Bernard
    and ways of thinking, like oil and water.
[15:07] Bernard
    But somehow, they grew into buddies.
[15:12] Bernard
    For Master Theodore,
[15:14] Bernard
    this Old Maid branch might have been
    the only place he could be himself.
[15:20] Bernard
    Perhaps Mr. Ban as well.
[15:23] Young
    But their relationship cracked.
[15:28] Ban
    Hey, Theodore.
[15:30] Ban
    Do you remember this place?
[15:33] Ban
    Don't tell me you forgot.
[15:45] Ban
    The nightmare of that day
    is still burned into my eyes.
[15:50] Ban
    As if...
[15:54] Ban
    time has stopped.
[15:58] Ban
    "Balor," clairvoyance...
[16:01] Ban
    Your eyes that seem
     to see through everything...
[16:04] Ban
    I've always despised them
    from the bottom of my heart.
[16:08] Finn
    Then why did they...
[16:10] Finn
    Old man, do you know what happened?
[16:13] Bernard
    No, unfortunately.
[16:15] Norman
    Their relationship was so peculiar.
[16:18] Norman
    Perhaps it was the cards
    that drew them together.
[16:22] Finn
    I see.
[16:23] Finn
    And is that how you met
    the president and Ban?
[16:27] Norman
    But of course—
[16:28] Brandy
    How rude. This is just decorative.
[16:31] Blist
    King, it's time for your next appointment.
[16:34] Norman
    Well then, I must be going!
[16:36] Finn
    Wait, hey!
[16:37] Norman
    When you see Theodore, tell him this for me...
[16:40] Norman
    Who's Who will defeat Pinochle.
[16:43] Norman
    I won't let him quit while he's ahead!
[16:51] Finn
    Is it possible he came to try to cheer us up?
[16:55] Bernard
    Ever since that time, Master Theodore
    stopped waiting for Mr. Ban here,
[17:00] Bernard
    and Mr. Ban never returned.
[17:03] Bernard
    The place where they could be
    themselves is now deserted.
[17:12] Bernard
    But now, Finn, the Old Maid branch has...
[17:18] Finn
    I've gotta go.
[17:19] Finn
    I'll come visit again, old man.
[17:23] Finn
    I remembered something urgent.
[17:31] Young
    That's about it.
[17:32] Young
    Does that help you any?
[17:34] Sugar
    Captain, why did you tell me all this?
[17:37] Young
    Well...
[17:39] Young
    One day, the brass summoned me
     and made me swear
[17:43] Young
    I'd never disclose information
    about the cards.
[17:46] Young
    So I decided to take it all to my grave.
[17:51] Young
    I didn't have the guts to fight them head-on.
[17:58] Young
    I'd planned not to rock the
    boat until I retired, but...
[18:04] Young
    I'm starting to think that it's time for
    the young ones to give the old, tired folks
[18:11] Young
    their final notice, of sorts.
[18:22] Finn
    Chris, I dropped by the store again today.
[18:27] Finn
    Not that I had any business there.
[18:29] Finn
    The old man made me tea like always,
[18:34] Finn
    but it gets tepid so fast with
    just two of us drinking.
[18:36] Finn
    The place is kind of cold and too big.
[18:45] Finn
    This card belongs to you.
[18:50] Finn
    Maybe it was that card that drew us together.
[18:53] Finn
    It led me to the Old Maid branch,
    where we could be ourselves.
[18:59] Finn
    I'll be waiting for you, even though
     I don't have any business there.
[19:03] Finn
    So come back anytime.
[19:08] Finn
    One more thing.
[19:09] Finn
    Your new flowerbed is ready at Sun Fields.
[19:12] Finn
    When you get better,
    let's go plant seeds together.
[19:15] Finn
    Apparently, they bloom in spring
     after cold winters.
[19:19] Finn
    I'm sure they're pretty.
[19:30] Ban
    The king of spades,
[19:32] Ban
    "San Galgano," has the cards you collected.
[19:39] Ban
    The joker...
[19:42] Ban
    "San Galgano," the god-killer,
    just might be able to slay the joker.
[19:47] Theodore
    How do you know about the joker?
[19:51] Ban
    On the day of the coronation,
[19:52] Ban
    the bonds between
     the X-Playing Cards at the palace
[19:55] Ban
    and their players will be
     severed by the joker,
[19:58] Ban
    the card of the first king,
     effectively sealing the cards.
[20:02] Ban
    That way, the cards will be unusable
    unless removed from the palace.
[20:07] Ban
    But if the joker is slain,
    it will be impossible to seal the cards.
[20:12] Ban
    We'll live in a world where
    we can use the cards freely!
[20:15] Ban
    The world I've been waiting for!
[20:20] Theodore
    What's your goal?
[20:22] Ban
    Huh?
[20:23] Theodore
    Revenge on the royal family?
[20:24] Theodore
    Or... revenge on me?
[20:38] Ban
    A while ago, I helped out one
    of your young ones named Chris.
[20:43] Ban
    He's good. I was captivated.
[20:45] Ban
    Without concern for consequence, he was
    purely trying to use the power of the cards.
[20:51] Ban
    But you tried to stop him
    because of your stupid rules.
[20:57] Ban
    You'll pay for that.
[21:00] Ban
    Listen, Theodore.
[21:02] Ban
    You were always like this.
[21:05] Ban
    You're supposed to be able to see everything,
    yet you don't see the essence of things.
[21:10] Ban
    Look, I told you this before.
[21:13] Ban
    I just want to use my card. That's all.
[21:16] Ban
    And on that day, you didn't let me.
[21:20] Ban
    I couldn't use it when I needed to.
[21:23] Ban
    That's why I...
[21:26] Ban
    My "goal"?
[21:28] Ban
    That's not why I'm doing this.
[21:30] Ban
    I just want...
[21:32] Ban
    No matter what anyone says,
    I just want to use my card
[21:35] Ban
    And I'll prove my way is right.
[21:38] Ban
    I'll use my card. Mark my words, Theodore.
[23:21] Zenon
    TILT, I contacted the boss.
[23:26] Zenon
    I hope you're ready for this.
[23:28] Zenon
    You will change the world.
[23:31] Zenon
    All is for the family.
[23:36] Finn
    Next time: "LOOK AT ME."