When the camera fades in from commercial, the show's title card is placed over a shot of the Sun model on one of the altars in the Observatory from behind. The pendant logo splits, the title fades into the distance and the camera segues to Kirk standing in front of the Coconut Harvest with the two remaining teams.
"Welcome back to Legends!" he says. "Now the glory goes to the fastest and the strongest, so let's meet our two teams." He starts on the left side of the screen, with the girl on the Purple Parrots, who has straight auburn hair, blue-green eyes and one pink stud earring in each earlobe, and is wearing a purple waterproof jacket over her team shirt. "On the Purple Parrots, we have Lynn. How old are you?"
"Twelve," she answers.
"And I understand you play softball and you wanna be a chef," Kirk reads off the index card in his hand. "Do you have a favorite dish to cook?"
"Um? I love Italian food," Lynn explains, "so probably a kind of pasta with my special sauce."
"Could you cook that for us after the show?"
"Um? Maybe," she giggles.
"All right," Kirk comments before moving on to Lynn's slightly taller partner, a hazel-eyed boy with visible bangs of dyed black hair. "And Randy: how old are you?"
"Thirteen."
"And I understand you like to write, but you also have an unusual hobby," Kirk reads. "Tell me about that."
"Uh? I'm a kind of a mapmaker. I draw a few maps."
"How'd you get into that?"
"Well, I? uh? I wanna write a pirate story, but I felt like? uh, I had to learn a bit about them first? and the main character's a mapmaker."
"Well, let's see if you can find your way around here," Kirk comments. "Let's hear it for the Purple Parrots!" The audience applauds for a few seconds, and Randy and Lynn clap and shout with them. As the applause begins to subside, Kirk turns to the right side of the screen to talk with the Orange Iguanas, starting with a hazel-eyed girl with her brown hair in a braided ponytail. The girl is also wearing an orange waterproof jacket over her team shirt. "And on the Orange Iguanas, we have Annie. How old are you?"
"Thirteen," she says in response.
"And it says here you play an instrument. What do you play?" Kirk asks, holding his microphone up to Annie's mouth.
"Piano and keyboards."
"And how long have you been doing that for?"
"Well? my parents made me take piano when I was five? and then I started keyboards two years ago."
"And do you play with anyone?"
"Well? I could start a band?" she smirks.
"All right, then good luck," Kirk replies with a smile. He then moves further to the right to talk to Annie's taller partner, a brown-eyed boy with visible bangs of rich blond hair. "And also on the Orange Iguanas, we have Kaleb. How old are you?"
"Fourteen," he answers.
"And I heard you play soccer, but you also help your dad a lot with fixing something," read Kirk. "What's that you fix?"
"We work on computers," Kaleb replies.
"Really? Is it tough?"
"Well, I still don't get most of it," he laughs.
"Well, it might still help you solve these Temple Games," Kirk says, moving back toward the center of the screen. "Let's hear it for the Orange Iguanas!" Kaleb and Annie high- and low-five while the audience cheers for them.
"All right, you guys ready to play?" asks Kirk.
"YEAH!" shout the players in response.
"All right! Now, why don't you go get ready for the Temple Games," Kirk says, and the boys walk offscreen the left and the girls to the right before Kirk faces the camera again, "and I'll tell you what's gonna happen here. 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's gonna need those Pendants to protect them from the DREADED Temple Guards when they make their way through the Temple. There are three Temple Games. Olmec: tell us about the first one."
Olmec begins:
"Pele and K?ne Milohai left their home in Hawaii and were chased by their wrathful older sister, a water goddess who tried to flood out any place Pele wanted to go. In this game, you will try to stop her. Behind you is a diagonal waterfall. When Kirk gives the signal, push the boulder up the waterfall with your backs until you reach the top. Place the boulder there, and slide back down.
"The first player to place the boulder at the top to clog the waterfall and slide back down? or the player that's further along after 60 seconds? wins."
"It's a race to save the island!" comments Kirk as the camera segues over to him in front of the girls and the equipment. "Let's put 60 seconds on the clock?" With a banging sound effect, a countdown clock appears in the bottom-right corner of the screen, and Kirk dashes out of the camera frame. "On your mark, get set, GO!"
Lynn and Annie start up the slopes, using indents in the side walls in an attempt to keep themselves from falling. Neither girl has a lot of luck at first? both lose their grips only a few seconds into the game and slip a couple feet before recovering. "They're both climbing up the walls? or up the slides? but it's tough to go against all that water!" Annie slips again after a little while, enabling Lynn to move further ahead (:43). "Orange Iguanas having a lot of trouble? but can the Purple Parrots stay ahead, or will she fall?" Annie finally advances beyond the halfway mark with 38 seconds remaining, but Lynn is approaching the top of her slope at this point. "Purple Parrots still blazing! She's tough; she's hangin' in there!" Shortly after, however, Lynn is pushed down as she tries to sit on the top of the slope; she stops herself and heads back up with 32 seconds on the clock. "Augh, tough break, but she's still pretty close to the top! She just needs to sink the boulder and slide on back down!" Lynn finally reaches the top with 23 seconds left, and takes a few seconds to drop the boulder in and clog up the waterfall. Annie makes it to the top a little while later, but Lynn is already sliding back down, and lands at the base of the slope with a big splash and sixteen seconds to spare.
"That's it! Nice?" Kirk tries in vain to stifle a laugh as Annie slides down after Lynn; the waterfalls shut off shortly after. "Nice splash! The?" The girls struggle to get up. "The Purple Parrots made it to the top and clogged up their waterfall first, so that gives them the half-Pendant of Life!" The audience cheers for Lynn for a couple seconds as Annie, soaking wet, walks out of the collection pool at the base of her team's slope. "They're wet, they're tired, but the Orange Iguanas can catch up in the next game. Olmec: tell us about it."
Olmec continues:
"Pele and K?ne Milohai traveled from one island to the next one, trying to give their sister the slip. In this game, you will have to do some island-hopping of your own! When Kirk gives the signal, grab the rope and swing out from the highest island to the next one. Then, start jumping from each island to the next, but remember to act fast? if you take too long, the islands will start to sink.
"The first player to reach the island at the end, the player that's further along after 60 seconds or the player that stays on the longest? wins!"
The camera segues over to Kirk waiting by the lowest platforms. "Paradise awaits your players, but let's see who gets there first," he declares. "Set the clock for 60 seconds?" The countdown clock reappears in the bottom-right corner of the screen, and a purple half-Pendant appears in the upper-left corner as the camera cuts to the two boys on the highest platforms. "On your mark, get set, GO!"
Randy and Kaleb seem a bit hesitant at first, but both boys make a fairly easy jump to the first of the four platforms on the path? this highest platform appears camera-left, but the others alternate. "There they go! They're goin' out swingin'? But they gotta act fast!" The boys both swing out with the long ropes, aiming camera-right for the second platforms as the first ones start to sink; Randy lands closer to the inside edge, but Kaleb swings further across; both land with a little over 45 seconds remaining, at which point the first platforms suddenly drop behind them.
"Purple Parrots startin' to blaze across!" Kirk commentates as Randy swings out onto the third platform and lands with a full 42 seconds left; at this point, Kaleb is starting to trail. "They gotta move fast, 'cause those islands are sinking!" Time elapses, and both boys progress one more platform: Randy sets foot on the last platform before the finish line with 34 seconds to go, Kaleb with 31. A moment later, the second platform suddenly drops to its minimum height, and the boys run across the last platforms and swing out to the final ledges. Ultimately, Randy swings out onto the ledge first and ends the game with 27 seconds on the clock; Kaleb misses the final ledge and drops down, lowered by his support cord.
"That's it! C'mon down Randy!" Kirk calls out from his position as the camera switches a shot from behind him and the indicators vanish from the screen. Randy sits down on the ledge and drops down, letting his support cord lower him slowly. "The Purple Parrots made it across first again, so they get another half a Pendant of Life!" The audience cheers while Kirk and Randy high-five; the commentary continues when the applause subsides. "So now the Purple Parrots have a full Pendant, the Orange Iguanas don't have any yet? but this next game is worth a full Pendant, and they can tie it up. Olmec: tell us about Temple Game #3."
Olmec narrates:
"K?ne Milohai had a seashell which could turn into a huge sailboat, and he and his sister Pele used that as they moved from one island to the next. In this game, however, you will have to transport the seashells yourselves. When Kirk gives the signal, one player from each team will put a seashell between their feet. Grab the trapeze, and swing out to meet your partner in the middle. Once there, transfer the shell to the other player, and he'll bring it back to the other side and place it in your bin.
"The first team to transfer two seashells? or the team with the most seashells in their bin at the end of 30 seconds? wins!"
The camera transitions over to Kirk amidst the equipment. "This is for the Temple," he reminds the players and audience. "Let's put 30 seconds on the clock?" The clock reappears in the bottom-right corner of the screen, and a purple full Pendant appears in the upper-left corner as Kirk dashes offscreen to the right. "On your marks, get set, GO!"
Lynn and Annie put their teams' first seashells between their feet and swing out, but at first the transfers do not go so well. "Augh, they both missed! This is tough, but these teams are tough too!" All four players swing back, and the girls pick up their next shells before swinging out. On the second try, both boys are able to pick up the seashells. Randy and Kaleb then swing back, and both boys put the shells in their respective bins with roughly seventeen seconds to go. "Both teams scored that time! They're fast, and this takes a lot of communication!" The Purple Parrots move a bit faster as Annie delays with picking up each new seashell and Kaleb takes a bit longer to place the first one in the Iguanas' bin. This and Annie losing her third seashell cost the Orange Iguanas a few seconds, and enable the Purple Parrots to take the lead? Randy catches the Parrots' second seashell with his feet, and takes it back to the team bin with nine seconds remaining.
"That's it!" Kirk declares, running onscreen to announce the winner as the indicators disappear from the screen. "C'mon down, you guys!" The players leave their trapezes and join Kirk in the middle of the four ramps. "Both teams fought hard? this took a lot of coordination? but it was the Purple Parrots that got both shells first, with about ten seconds left!" The audience bursts into an early round of applause, cutting Kirk off for a few seconds; when he starts to speak up, the audience quiets down again. "That gives the Purple Parrots the full Pendant, giving them two? the Orange Iguanas didn't have any. The Purple Parrots are goin' to the Temple!" Randy and Lynn jump up in the air and high-five multiple times, while Kirk stands by the Orange Iguanas. "The Orange Iguanas gave it a great effort too; we got a nice gift for 'em for playing and here's what it is." Kaleb and Annie will each be receiving a pair of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Optimus Prime and Megatron action figures.
The screen wipes, and now only Kirk and the Purple Parrots are present. "We'll see if the Purple Parrots can make it through Olmec's Temple and retrieve the Second Seashell of Connie Meal-high," he says, "right after this!" The camera swings back, then zooms in on the mouth of the cannon in the Cannon Room. There, the show's logo appears and the camera fades to black for commercials.
Topic: Rediscovery EP: The Second Seashell of K?ne Milohai (Read 1161 times)