When the camera fades back in from the commercials, the show's titlecard is superimposed over a shot of the completed coral puzzle in the Central Reef. As the camera zooms out, the pendant splits and the title shrinks into the distance. Soon after, the camera segues to a shot of Kirk standing in front of the Coconut Harvest and between the two teams.
"Welcome back to Legends!" says Kirk to the camera. "Now the glory goes to the fastest and the strongest, so let's get to know our team players." He turns camera-left to talk to the Green Monkeys, starting with a slightly-shorter-than-average, brown-eyed boy with visible black bangs. "On the Green Monkeys, we have Matt. How old are you?"
"Thirteen," he replies when Kirk holds the microphone up to his mouth.
"And it says here you like anything with wheels," Kirk reads from the index card in his hand, with a smile on his face. "Bikes, skateboards??"
"Yeah, and? I kinda work on the car with my dad," describes Matt. "He's a mechanic."
"You think you'll get your own car someday?"
"Yeah," Matt answers with a bit of a smirk? "or I could build it from scratch."
"You'll get there!" Kirk answers with a laugh. He then walks over to the left extreme of the screen to talk to Matt's slightly-shorter partner, a tan-skinned girl with wavy dark hair and dark brown eyes. "And his partner here is Theresa. How old are you?"
"Thirteen," she replies when Kirk holds the microphone up to her mouth.
"And I hear you like swimming, but you're also a cheerleader," Kirk reads off the index card in his hand. "How come?"
"Well," Theresa tries to explain, "probably the energy. Like, getting to shout real loud, all those moves? the jumps and lifting each other up?"
"Takes a lot of energy?" Kirk finishes, to which Theresa nods. "Well, you're gonna have to show some energy here. Let's hear it for the Green Monkeys!"
"WHOO!" Theresa shouts as she and Matt raise their arms and cheer during the audience's round of applause, and Kirk pauses to wait for the applause to subside.
"All right! They're excited, but let's not forget the Blue Barracudas!" He then goes to the right side of the camera frame to talk with the Blue Barracudas, starting with a somewhat tall, short-brown-haired boy with icy blue eyes. "And on the Barracudas, we have Walter. How old are you?"
"Fourteen."
"And it says here you're on your school's basketball team, but you wanna be a filmmaker," comments Kirk. "What kind of movie?"
"Well?" Walter takes a few seconds to reply. "I've made some short movies with my friends? put 'em up on YouTube? but now I'm working on this script for a spy movie."
"I'll have to catch it when it comes out," Kirk teases before going to the far right of the screen and meeting Walter's partner, a brown-eyed girl with chestnut-brown hair in a braided ponytail. "And Jennifer: how old are you?"
"Fourteen," she replies.
"And it says here you run track and surf, but you wanna be an actress," says Kirk. "Tell me about that." He then holds the microphone up to Jennifer's mouth.
"Uhh? yeah. Maybe? action movies or dramas??"
"Ever thought of a spy movie?" Kirk teases.
Jennifer looks over at Walter for a split second. "I could try," she says before giggling.
"All right! This is a show-biz team here. Let's hear it for the Blue Barracudas!" Walter and Jennifer briefly hug during their round of applause.
"Okay, you guys ready to play?" asks Kirk.
"YEAH!" shout the four players in response.
"All right, then why don't you guys go get set up for the Temple Games?" Kirk says, pointing in different directions; Walter and Matt walk offscreen to the right, Jennifer and Theresa to the left. As they leave, Kirk then turns back to the camera to continue his explanation. "In the Temple Games, each team is competing for?" he opens a pouch and pulls out a small gold medallion to show to the camera? "these Pendants of Life. The winning team will need those Pendants to protect them from the dreaded Temple Guards as they make their way through Olmec's Temple. There are three Temple Games, and Olmec? tell us about Temple Game #1."
Olmec begins:
"Leleiohoku wasn't interested in ruling the Hawaiian Islands, but he was more interested in music, and he was constantly composing and performing. At the top of the tower in front of you are four of Leleiohoku's music books. When Kirk gives the signal, climb the tower, grab a music book, stick it to your helmet, and climb back down and place it in your bin. Then, climb back up and do it again.
"The first player to remove all four music books from the top of the tower? or the player that's further along in 60 seconds? wins."
The camera segues over to Kirk. "All right, our players are gonna have to be librarians here," he remarks. "Let's put 60 seconds on the clock?" A countdown clock appears in the bottom-right corner with a banging sound effect as he takes a few steps offscreen. "On your mark, get set, GO!"
Matt and Walter begin to climb the column, but from the start, Walter moves at a much quicker speed. In just five seconds, he grabs the first music book from the top of the column and brings it back down; he gets it in his team's bin with 51 seconds on the clock, just as Matt reaches for the Green Monkeys' first music book and grabs it after some trouble. He brings his team's first book back down in relatively little time, jumping off the column at the end (:47). "Blue Barracudas moving a bit faster here, but can the Green Monkeys catch up?" Only a few seconds later, Walter picks up his team's second music book and starts to scurry back down the column. He places the Barracudas' second music book in the bin with 41 seconds to go, just before Matt, now moving a bit more swiftly, can detach the Monkeys' second music book from the side of the column's capital.
"Green Monkeys really starting to catch up," declares Kirk as Matt drops his second music book in the bin with 35 seconds to go, "but can the Blue Barracudas stay ahead?" Both teams scramble back up the columns, but near the top, Matt loses his grip and is left dangling at the halfway mark, letting Walter extend his lead. "Blue Barracudas are gaining again? Green Monkeys lost? or they gotta climb up again!" Soon enough, Walter has made it back down and placed his third music book in the Barracudas' bin with 27 seconds left; Matt takes much longer to recover from simply swinging around. "Blue Barracudas need just one more to win!" Walter moves much quicker this time, getting to the top of the column and grabbing the last book with 22 seconds remaining. "Green Monkeys gotta scramble? I don't think he's gonna make it!" Matt finally makes it back to the column around the same time, and grabs his team's third music book with nineteen seconds left? but Walter gets his team's last one in the bin only two seconds later!
"That's it!" Kirk declares, running over. "C'mon down!" Matt lets go of the column and is lowered to the floor by his support cord. "All right, the Blue Barracudas got all of their books before time ended, so they get the half-Pendant of Life!" The audience applauds for a few seconds before Kirk continues. "The Green Monkeys can catch up in the next Temple Game; it's worth a half-Pendant. Olmec: tell us about it."
Olmec continues:
"Leleiohoku loved to perform his music, and this often meant dancing as well. In this game, you will have to show your footwork. When Kirk gives the signal, grab the rope and swing out from the top platform to the next one. Then, start jumping from each platform to the next, but remember to act fast? if you take too long, the platforms will begin to sink.
"The first player to reach the platform at the end, the player that's further along after 60 seconds or the player that stays on the longest? wins!"
"All right, our players gotta make it down here," Kirk remarks as the camera segues over to him standing in front of the two tall arrays of platforms. "Let's see who makes it first? Let's put 60 seconds on the clock." The countdown clock reappears in the bottom-right corner of the screen, along with a blue half-Pendant in the upper-right corner, as the camera switches to a higher-shot of the girls poised and ready to swing out. "On your marks, get set, GO!"
Theresa and Jennifer have long ropes in hand, and head out to the first of the progressively lower platforms fairly quickly. However, while Jennifer properly swings across, Theresa does more of a running jump instead, forcing herself to absorb the impact when she hits the platform. "They're both heading out? it's gonna be tough as they go across, but they gotta get each platform and get to the other side!" Theresa hesitates a bit before making the second jump, not noticing that the platform she's standing on is starting to sink. "They gotta move fast or the platform sinks! Green Monkeys?!" Theresa soon swings out to the next platform, having to swing from a camera-left platform to a camera-right one. However, the more confident Jennifer is a few seconds ahead, landing on the second platform with 49 seconds left. Behind them, the first platforms suddenly drop after the :45 mark. Jennifer retains her lead as the girls prepare to swerve camera-left again; she makes it to the platform with forty seconds left, about two seconds before Theresa.
"Blue Barracudas a little ahead," commentates Kirk just before the second platform sinks, "but the Green Monkeys look determined! Can they catch up?" Jennifer swings out to the fourth platform first, and gets sufficient distance but mistimes the landing; this delays her enough that Theresa catches up, although Jennifer manages to get her feet on the platform soon after, resulting in the girls being almost even with 29 seconds remaining (behind them, the second platform drops). "Both girls are really close, but only one can get there first!" Both girls swing out, but Theresa swings too low, and barely gets her foot on the top of the ledge. On the other hand, Jennifer safely lands on the final, lowest platform with twenty seconds left, ending the game.
"All right, that's it! Good job Blue Barracudas!" Kirk shouts, running over as the indicators vanish from the screen. Theresa gives up trying to climb onto the platform and lets herself be lowered to the floor by the support cord attached to her harness; Jennifer sits on the ledge of the final platform and drops down the same way. "It was a close match? great work by both girls? but the Blue Barracudas made it first, earning them another half-Pendant of Life!" The audience cheers for a few seconds as Kirk high-fives Jennifer. "So now the Blue Barracudas have a full Pendant, the Green Monkeys don't have any yet? but this next game is worth a full Pendant. Olmec: tell us about Temple Game #3."
Olmec narrates:
"As any performer should know, music and dance have a lot to do with rhythm, and when performing with others, synchronization? and you'll need that here. When Kirk gives the signal, one player from each team will put a golden ball between their feet. Grab the trapeze, and swing out to meet your partner in the middle. Once there, transfer the object to the other player, and he'll bring it back to the other side and place it in your bin.
"The team with the most golden balls in their bin at the end of 30 seconds? wins!"
The camera transitions over to Kirk standing in the midst of the four players' ramps. "This is for the Temple," he reminds the audience. "Green Monkeys need this game to tie, so let's put sixt? er? 30 seconds on the clock?" The countdown clock reappears in the bottom-right corner as Kirk dashes offscreen to the left and the camera pans out; this time, a blue full Pendant appears in the upper-right corner. "On your marks, get set, GO!"
The boys swing out on their trapezes, each with a golden ball between their feet. On the very first try, Theresa easily takes the ball from Matt, and both swing back to their starting platforms. The Blue Barracudas have a bit more trouble with synchronization and fail to score on the first try, but Theresa drops the Green Monkey's first ball in their bin with 24 seconds to go. "Green Monkeys moving fast! This could be a comeback!" After this, however, Matt stalls a bit with positioning the second ball? it slips away after he swings off the platform at first? but Theresa swings out anyway before she realizes the problem!
"Green Monkeys having a little trouble now! Could that cost 'em?" Kirk asks rhetorically as the Blue Barracudas make a proper transfer with nineteen seconds to go. Neither team does very well on the third try, in part because one player from each team mistimes their swing. "It's pretty quick? we just gotta see who's gonna win! It's all communication here!" Soon, the teams both recover; the Green Monkeys score a second time with nine seconds left, but the Jennifer also drops a second golden ball in the Barracudas' bin with six seconds left. "The teams are pretty even? they just got one try left!" Both teams swing out again, but the players mistime the transfer; Matt swings back with his team's third ball still between his feet, but Jennifer fails to carry her team's third ball all the way back. When the countdown clock reaches zero, it splinters and a pattern of ceiling spotlights flashes to indicate that the game is over.
"Time's up!" Kirk announces, reappearing onscreen. "All right, so how they did? Let's see!" The players let go of the trapezes and follow him as he runs between the girls' ramps and pulls Theresa's bin over first. "Let's start with the Green Monkeys. They got?" he reaches into the bins and pulls out the golden balls one at a time while he counts? "one? two golden balls. Blue Barracudas?" He goes over to Jennifer's bin and does the same. "One? two golden balls! It's a tie, so they each get the full Pendant? but that gives the Blue Barracudas two, and the Green Monkeys had one. The Blue Barracudas are goin' to the Temple!" Jennifer squeals before she nearly tackles Walter; the two end up high-tenning multiple times as Kirk goes to stand by the Green Monkeys. "The Green Monkeys fought hard, but came up a bit short, but we're not gonna let 'em go away empty-handed. Here's what we got for them." Matt and Theresa will each be receiving a $50 iTunes gift card.
The camera cuts back from the consolation prize to reveal only Kirk and the Blue Barracudas among the ramps and trapezes used in the third Temple Game. "Can the Blue Barracudas make it through the Temple and retrieve that Priceless Flute of Lay-haw-coo?" he asks rhetorically. "We'll see? right after this!" The cameraman apparently swerves in between the players, then runs up the ramp Theresa used and zooms his camera in on the gray ledges of the Cave. The show's logo reappears over this shot and the camera subsequently fades to black for commercials.
Topic: Rediscovery EP: The Priceless Flute of Leleiohoku (Read 806 times)