Jinx quotes from Arcane

Jinx

[talking to Silco's empty chair] Still giving me the silent treatment, huh? Between you and Isha, I'm losing my snappy comebacks. Me, a hero. [scoffs] How screwed up is this place? I know Sevika's right, and I probably owe it to you, on account of the murdering and all. But I got something going now. A... friend. And I- I don't want to mess it up. Maybe that's what I was like for you. If you care so much about me playing your stupid revolution game, speak up now, or I guess... I guess you... [getting choked up] You're really gone. And there's no reason to stay here anymore. [begins to cry]

Jinx

Slippery as an eel. [she chomps a fruit. Isha appears beside her and gives it to her] I knew you could get it. [Isha tests the telescope] Had some time to think lately. Ever since you dropped into my life, it's like I put on... glasses. Except I can't tell whether everything's blurry or clear. [they smile at each other] Wanna hear a dumb joke? [looking at Caitlyn and Singed through the telescope, who are approaching Warwick] A sentimental ex-con, a giant furball, and two of Piltover's most wanted walk into a weird cult. And here comes the punch line. [readies her gun and points it at them]

Silco

Jinx. Jinx! Jinx! [bashes her stereo, turning it off]

Jinx

That's me!

Silco

Half a dozen enforcers, dead! Enforcers, dead!

Jinx

[grinning] Yeah...

Silco

A building blown to pieces!

Jinx

[chuckles] Oh, yeah...

Silco

Do you have any idea what you've done?!

Jinx

Actually, I do. [hands him a Hextech gemstone and giggles, walking over to pull a lever] Happy Progress Day! [an explosion of pink and blue fireworks are set off, showering them with glitter. She hugs him]

Sevika

[entering Silco's office] We lost her.

Jinx

[turning around in Silco's chair] Lost who?

Jinx

[leering] I feel like you and I got off on the wrong arm. [she takes Sevika's dagger and points it at her] Maybe we should try the other.

Sevika

[chuckles] No need. It's your sister. [Jinx freezes, expression troubled] She's back. She's looking for you. [grins] It's not what you think. She's with some girl enforcer. Guess she replaced you.

Jinx

[yanking her chair closer and stabbing the side of it] You're lying!

Sevika

[chuckles] Why bother? Her back in town, it's only a matter of time before you implode. And Silco finally gets the message that you're about as good for our cause as you were for your family! [coldly] Jinx.

Jinx

[seemingly begins to sob. Sevika smirks, until Jinx sneezes and kicks her chair backwards. She chuckles] Ten out of ten, toots! I think I know just how to deliver that message.

Vi

Powder?

Jinx

[slowly turning] Vi?

Vi

[runs forward, crying] Oh, Powder! [she hugs her. Jinx drops the Hextech gemstone, crying as well, and hugs Vi back] I'm so sorry, Powder. [brushes her tears away] I-I tried to come back. I promise, I did. But I... I got arrested.

Jinx

Marcus.

Vi

I don't know. I-it doesn't matter. I just... I never thought I'd see you again. [she hugs her once more]

Jinx

Are you real?

Vi

Yes, of course. It's me, Vi, your sister. I-I'm here. I'm right here.

Jinx

[sobs] Things changed when you left. I changed.

Vi

I know, Pow-Pow, I know. You did what you had to do to survive. [sighs] Me too. It's okay. [pulls her back in] What matters is we're together.

Jinx

Who is she?

Caitlyn

Who are you?

Vi

It's okay. She's a friend.

Jinx

Sevika wasn't lying? You're with an enforcer?!

Caitlyn

[realizing] Your sister is Jinx?

Vi

Caitlyn, just listen, we can work this out.

Jinx

This is a trick! You're playing me! [hallucinating Mylo and lifting her gun] Shut up! I'm in no mood!

Caitlyn

We didn't say anything.

Jinx

I wasn't talking to you!

Vi

Powder, it's okay.

Jinx

Stop calling me that! It's Jinx now. Powder fell down a well.

Vi

You're not a jinx. God, I never should have-

Jinx

Stop talking to me like I'm a child! [points her gun at Vi] Was that why you came? For this stupid stone? [chuckles]

Vi

[looking at the Hextech gemstone] No, I don't even know what that is, I...

Jinx

[chuckling manically] You're a class act, sister. [to herself] Sister, thought I missed her. Bet you wouldn't miss her. [readies her trigger]

Vi

Powder! I'm here for you. Only you. [pushes the gun away] You can fire that thing if you want, but I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going to abandon you again. [she touches her arm and Jinx begins hallucinating again]

Jinx

Everyone shut up! I need to think.

Jinx

[Obscured by the dark] Really thought I buried this place. But, I shoulda known better. [approaches]

Vi

Powder?

Jinx

Nothing ever stays dead.

Vi

Are we alone?

Jinx

For now. Maybe forever. [stalks around as Vi looks for her] Wanna know a secret? Silco, thinks he made Jinx, with all his rants and his hard-won lessons. "Excise your doubts, Jinx. Be what they fear, Jinx!" Like everything was the same, as when Vander left him! But he, didn't make Jinx. You did.

Vi

I'm sorry, Powder. I never meant to leave you.

Jinx

You never left. I always heard you [softly] Shadows in the streets. Prickles on the back of my neck... Your voice, pushing me. Picking me up, when all the colors were black. You're the reason, I'm still alive.

Vi

...I spent so many nights, in that shitty prison, on that freezing floor! Hungry, bloody, counting the hours! The only thing... [her voice breaks] the only thing, that kept me going, was the thought of getting back to you.

Jinx

[also broken] ...Are we... still, sisters?

Vi

Nothing, is ever going to change that.

Jinx

I always knew you'd come back. [turns Vi toward a table]

Vi

What's going on?!

Jinx

He took everything from us. Right here, he stabbed Vander in the back. Just like he planned to with me. All the time, saying you abandoned me, when he knew the truth. [Silco mumbles behind the gag] Liar. Hmm. We're missing someone.

Jinx

I paid your girlfriend a visit this morning.

Vi

[horrified]...What'd you do?

Jinx

[shrugs] I made her a snack!

Vi

No! [she looks at the tray, only to see a cupcake with the Hextech Gemstone on top]

Jinx

Sheesh! I'm not that crazy.

Vi

Powder! Leave her out of this.

Jinx

Now... where should I sit? [indicates two empty chairs- one labeled "Powder", the other "Jinx."] That's your choice, really. [She puts her pistol in Vi's bound hands] Make her go away. Please. Send her on her way, and-[Caitlyn gives a muffled yell] And you can have Powder back.

Vi

I- I can't. [Jinx scoffs, grabs the pistol and aims at Caitlyn] NO! Powder, listen. We- we can, just go. We'll leave and never come back.

Jinx

...Wh-where would we go? [aims at the effigies] No, no, no! She's not saying that!

Vi

It's true! We'll put this behind us. You'll never have to see him again, Powder.

Jinx

What do you have to say about that? [she removes his gag]

Silco

[to Vi] Her name, is Jinx! [To Jinx] She's lying. You'll be with her a day, before she realizes you aren't that girl anymore.

Jinx

[To Vi, uncertain] You aren't... lying? You wouldn't lie to me? Not again.

Vi

I'm not lying. I'm on your side, I promise!

Jinx

Shut up! We're talking!

Silco

The Topsiders... offered me everything! Independence, a seat at the table... all in return for you. [Unnoticed, Caitlyn reaches for the broken glass] They can all burn. Everyone betrays us, Jinx. Vander, her. They will never understand... it's only us. You're my daughter. I'll never forsake you.

Caitlyn

Drop the gun!

Vi

No... Please.

Vi

No! Stop!

Caitlyn

Drop the gun.

Vi

Wait! She's my sister.

Caitlyn

Vi, she's too far gone!

Vi

No, no, no-

Vi

Look out!

Silco

You see... now, finish it.

Vi

Picture Mylo!

Vi

Claggor! [Jinx hallucinates Claggor the same way]

Jinx

Stop-

Vi

Vander! [Jinx hallucinates Vander the same way]

Silco

[enraged] DAUGHTER! DON'T LISTEN TO HER! [begins fighting free of his bonds]

Vi

Dad! Mom! Me!

Jinx

No... No, nonono no! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I'm sorry-

Silco

...I never would have given you to them. Not for anything. [Jinx holds his face, tearfully] Don't cry. You're perfect.

Vi

Powder? It's okay. We'll be okay-

Jinx

[softly] I thought... maybe, you could love me like you used to. Even though I'm...different. But you've changed, too. [coldly] So... here's to the new us.

Silco

We'll show them. We will show them all.

Sevika

[glaring at Silco's chair] ...I can't believe you're dead, and I'm still mopping up your messes!

Jinx

[perched above the trapdoor] Jeez, lady, you crazy? [Sevika hurls the screwdriver, pinning one of Jinx's braids to the wall] Talking to dead people.

Sevika

You here to finish me off?

Jinx

Haven't I done you enough favors? [removes the screwdriver and rolls over, falling through the trapdoor and landing on the desk, curling into a hunched position. Sevika slowly reaches for an empty bottle behind her back, then notices Jinx examining Silco's eye-syringe.] Same time every day. Big baby couldn't do it himself.

Sevika

[drops the bottle, sits on the desk facing the other way] Couldn't do much himself. [Jinx grunts in agreement] About now, he'd have me all over the Lanes, running his collections.

Jinx

Building his weapons.

Sevika

Making his deals.

Jinx

Exploding his enemies.

Sevika

... He dips out, the whole world flips over. [growls in frustration, then suddenly hurls a chair at the wall] All his plans... everything we built... The Hell are we supposed to do now?

Jinx

[Meets Sevika's eyes]... Watch it all burn.

[pointing a sharp tool at Jinx's eye] Me? I'm the kind of guy who likes to get in close. Never thought I'd catch you blubbering. Wonder if Silco even saw that.

Jinx

Twice. When he met me... and when I killed him.

[shocked] You?

Jinx

It's always me. Whether I'm pulling the pin or not, everyone who gets close to me dies. Wanna know the real kicker? [eyes glow] You're the kind of guy who likes to get in close.

Jinx

[after Sevika killed Smeech] Fancy meeting you here.

Sevika

Moron never could keep his damn mouth shut. [Jinx smirks]

Jinx

...You could've just let me eat it.

Sevika

Haven't I done you enough favors? [about the arm] I didn't ask you for this.

Jinx

It was something I could fix.

Sevika

You got that look in your eye again. What are you planning?

Jinx

To finish what's left of my family.

Vi

JINX!

Jinx

[unseen] ...Finally got the name right. Guess there really isn't a crack in the earth, where you won't find me.

Vi

[priming her gauntlets] What is this place?

Jinx

Don't you remember the old Janna bedtime stories, Vander used to tell us? "Miners, trapped underground, air running thin!" But then, some whispy wind woman, wafts to their rescue! [cackles] Wild, the kinda crap people get up to, when you... choke 'em out?

Vi

We used the Grey to clear the streets. To keep people safe.

Jinx

"We." Never thought my sister would turn bluebelly.

Vi

Never thought mine would orphan kids.

Jinx

Hah! Why not? Done it to myself enough. But plastering my face all over, so someone else would do your dirty work? Poisoning our air? [whistles] You've turned a leaf, sister.

Vi

I'm done, blaming myself for your mistakes! Done pretending you're my sister; you're not! You killed her. I'm not gonna let you stain her memory anymore! [Raises her gauntlets]

Jinx

Then, stop me. [Vi spots her in the smoke ahead; Caitlyn aimes her rifle] 'Cause no matter what I do, I just can't seem to die.

Vi

[looks down, bowing her head] I'm sorry.

Jinx

[shrugs] I'm sorry too.

Jinx

I know you're sweet on her. Hope you got a chance to... y'know... before... [cackles]

Vi

[coldy] I'm ready.

Jinx

Ha! It's me, your vile villainess, the author of your nightmares, the, uh, dread of your—

Who are you?

Jinx

Mmm... [indicates her braids] Jinx?

[scoffs] Yeah, never heard that before.

Jinx

You're not gonna haul me in? Claim the prize? Be the big hero?

You expect me to believe Jinx, the master criminal, wears pants like that?

Jinx

What's wrong with my pants?

You look like a half-eaten circus tent.

Jinx

[scoffs, kicks the prone Enforcer] I am Jinx!

Jinx

[indicating claw marks near the entrance] This... is where I lost him [to Isha, picking a fungi] Cool, huh? And not even toxic. [She pops it in her mouth, then frowns] Mmm...pretty sure.

Vi

...Why the Hell would Vander be all the way down here?

Jinx

Beats me. Ask him yourself.

Vi

[sighs] When are you gonna admit, that this is just another one of your fantasies? Or do you not want the kid to know how delusional you are?

Jinx

[to Isha] She wasn't always like this. She actually used to be pretty cool- before I kicked her butt.

Vi

See what I mean? Delusional. [Jinx glares at her]

Jinx

Wish I was seeing things, when you decided to throw in with the Pilty-goons who murdered Mom and Dad!

Vi

Well, at least they never had to see the psycho their daughter turned into!

Jinx

Which one? [rolls her eyes] Wake up, sis; I'm a hero! I busted half of Zaun out of Stillwater, while you were passed out in the bottom of a mug. Now can it and keep walking, before I kick your ass again.

Vi

You wouldn't last one second without all your ugly gadgets and chickenshit tricks.

Jinx

Hah! [indicates Vi's gauntlets] What about those over-designed bitch-mittens you didn't even build yourself?

Vi

You think I need these to- [she is cut off as Jinx slaps her across the face; both of them look shocked]

Jinx

[regains her composure, sarcastically] There. One second.

Vi

Last chance to surrender!

Jinx

Go right ahead, Fat-Hands!

Jinx

Hey, kid. Still got all your insides? [Isha wipes off her nose and shrugs. Jinx smiles, playfully puts Isha's helmet back on her head, and gestures for her to keep going as Vi watches them in surprise] But don't ditch us!

Vi

...Why'd you come get me? You don't actually need my help. You haven't for a long time.

Jinx

... Last time Vander needed us, we tried it alone, and... nothing was, ever the same. So... [sighs]... maybe this is like a do-over. [glances back at Vi] Besides... he's your father, too.

Viktor

Vander's psyche is deeply entangled with that of the beast.

Vi

How did you know his name?

Viktor

He told me.

Jinx

Ask for a miracle healer, get a metal fortune cookie!

Viktor

I saw your father. His dream of your family, and Zaun as it could have been, it was... beautiful.

Jinx

[coughs sarcastically] Cookie!

Vi

Can you help him?

Viktor

I will do all in my power. [behind them, Isha offers water to Warwick/Vander] However, I have one condition.

Jinx

Looks like you got a couple.

Viktor

[chuckles] You have much to offer this commune, Powder. [Startled, Jinx drops a metal gear into the fountain; Viktor retrieves and examines it] Your talents can be used to build, instead of destroy.

Jinx

I'll... stick with what I know, thanks.

Viktor

My condition is that he be restrained, at night. I've seem the... harm, of which he is capable.

Vi

[sighs, to Jinx]... What do you think?

Jinx

[surprised] You... actually want my opinion? [pause, scoffs] I hate fortune cookies.

Vi

... We're gonna get you out of there, Vander.

Vi

Do you remember them?

Jinx

[scoffs] I remember Mom's smell the most.

Axel grease.

Vi

This place. Do you think it could actually work?

Jinx

Underground utopia, run by a skinny tin Machine Herald. Maybe when Piltover slides into the sump.

Vi

What if we... stayed? Helped them out?

Jinx

"We?"