Silco quotes from Arcane

Silco

[in a broken voice] A thousand times, I've imagined this moment... Never like this. All we ever wanted. The boy didn't even haggle! And what do I lose, but problems?! Oh, it all makes sense now, Brother. [He pours a toast from his hip flask into the fountain, then drinks] Is there anything so undoing... as a daughter?

Vi

Vander....

Vander

[weakly] Take care of Powder.

Vi

NO!

Powder

Vi, it worked!

Vi

What?

Powder

Did you see me? My monkey bomb finally worked.

Vi

...You did this? [Powder sees Vander's body and looks horrified] Why? Why did you do this?

Powder

[tearfully] I- I didn't- I was saving you. [notices Claggor's bloodied goggles] I only wanted to help. [sobbing] I only wanted to help! I only wanted to HELP! I only wanted to-

Vi

I told you to stay away.

Powder

[still sobbing] Please. Please.

Vi

I told you to stay away! [punches her in the face]

Powder

[screams out] NO! WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME?!

Vi

[aggressively grabbing her face] Because you're a JINX! Do you hear me? Mylo was right!

Powder

[sobbing, blood running from her nose] No. No. No. No. Violet, please.

Powder

Violet please! [continues sobbing. Vi, now also crying, stands and walks away] VI! VI, COME BACK! Please come back! Please Violet, I need you please!

Powder

Violet! VIOLET!!! Please! [Silco limps into the alley and approaches her as she continues sobbing on the ground. He holds a knife.]

Vi

[noticing Silco standing over Powder, gets to her feet and tries to run to her] Powder. Pow-

[covering her mouth with chloroform] Shh, he'll kill you if he hears you. Come on, let's go.[she continues to scream muffledly until she passes out and he drags her away. Several of Silco's thugs join him, looming over Powder]

Silco

[to Powder] Hello, little girl. Where's your sister?

Powder

[sits up, crying, and suddenly tackles, hugging his chest] She left me. [Silco stares at Vander's body with understanding] She is not my sister anymore! [After a pause, Silco hugs her back]

Silco

...It's okay. We'll show them. We will show them all. [Powder's eye looks out from in his arms, angry and pink, foreshadowing Jinx].

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]

If we stand together-

Silco

We aren't due for an assembly.

... We should be. Ever since your stunt topside, profits have been plummeting.

He's right. Merchandise is frozen at the border. Topsiders are too afraid to cross.

We're all wondering: what's your plan, to fix this?

Silco

[sets a box on the table]... You're all wondering, are you?

[flicking his lighter] Way I see it, we should cut a deal and give back the gemstone. [unnoticed, the ceiling fan shuts off] Better to have some trade, than none at all.

Silco

The border issue is temporary. Jinx will deal with it.

Ha! Rumor is, your dog's off her leash. How're you meant to bring Piltover to heel, if you can't handle your own people, huh?

Silco

[smirks as he looks around] Oh, you don't recognize it? Have you forgotten where we came from? [as he walks around the table, Sevika opens the box and slides gas masks to the barons] The mines they had us in? Air so thick, it clogged your throat? Stuck in your eyes? [he approaches Finn, the only one without a mask, struggling to hide his reaction to the Grey] I pulled you all up, from the depths, offered you a taste of Topside... and fresh air. [Finn starts coughing hard] I gave you life, purpose... but you've grown fat, and complacent. Too much time in the sun.

Silco

We came from a world where there was never enough to go around, Finn. [he rolls Finn over with his foot] That is why we fight. Do you remember?

[frantically] I'm sorry... please... please.

Silco

Don't forget again. [as the ceiling fan reactivates, he leaves the room with Sevika] Good meeting!

Silco

Perfect place for an ambush... and you without your hammer.

Jayce

... I was reminded recently, of what brought us together in the first place. The threats beyond our walls.

Silco

This city has a short memory.

Jayce

Progress.

Silco

[shrugs] Far be it for me, to stand in the way. [withdraws a list and plants it on Jace's chest, smirking]

Jayce

[reads, incredulous] Free trade routes... Blanket amnesty?! Unrestricted access to the Hexgates, sovereignty?! You really think you're in a position to demand all this?!

Silco

I give you credit for your stunt, boy. Didn't think you had the stomach. But the big display, followed by a request for parley... You're tipping your hand. You're afraid.

Jayce

[looks away] I am afraid. Today, I got a glimpse of what war between us might look like. Your people wouldn't stand a chance. Council couldn't care less. I'm trying to save you, from annihilation.

Silco

[smiles, shakes his head] ...Well, well. Not the fresh-faced Academy pledge, are you? [sharply] You want peace, this is the price.

Jayce

You'll discontinue the production of Shimmer?

Silco

Half-there already.

Jayce

Return the Gemstone? [Silco nods]... And I need Jinx. [Silco's face darkens] She has to pay for what she's done.

Silco

They weren't her crimes. She was working for me.

Jayce

Believe me, if I had it my way, it'd be you rotting in Stillwater. But we can't make a deal with a snake, and cut off it's head. We both have our shitty parts to play. [slaps the list against Silco's chest] Get me Jinx, and I'll give you your Nation of Zaun.

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.

Vander

[running the bar] What's the occasion?

Hmmm. Can't a lady just be in the mood for a familiar song?

Vander

[chuckles] Not this lady... and not this song.

Tonight: a hairbrained scheme these two bozos cooked up, to turn a dank crack in the earth into a thriving, healthy community... became a reality.

Vander

Tonight, eh? [clinks her cup, to Silco] You hear that, Bozo Two? We made it; we're done.

Silco

Oh, you're sadly mistaken. [smiles] I'm Bozo One.

Vander

A night of revelations! [He and Silco drink, while Felicia sets her cup down.]

... I'm knocked up. [Vander and Silco stare at her in surprise, before Vander replaces her drink with a non-alcoholic one] A girl.

Vander

How do you know?

[shrugs] Wasn't really part of my plan... but, I guess that's everything when you're living week-to-week. [Silco puts his writing away]

Vander

What did Connel say?

[looks down] I haven't told him. Working up the nerve. [pause] I don't know anything about kids. I get sweaty, being alone with one-

Vander

Hey. You're gonna be a great mother.

Shut up; I'm not ready for that. I started trying to come up with a name, and it hits me that this one... word, is a decision she's gonna live with, her whole life. I can't protect her from all the shit down here, and work out how to be a parent at the same time. [pause, smiles] Then, I realized... I don't have to.

Vander

Hmm? Why's that?

[humorously] Because the second I told you, I put you on the hook. [indicates him and Silco] You two, are gonna figure this Zaun thing out. I don't care if you have to carve it out of the bedrock, covered in blisters. You're not allowed to fail anymore. For her. For me.

Vander

[shrugs, smiles] What's the point, if we can't raise an ankle-biter or two?

Silco

[chuckles, raises his cup] To Zaun, then. Blisters and Bedrock.

Vander

[chuckles] Blisters and Bedrock! [the three toast]... I've always liked the name Violet.

Jinx

[scoffs] Go away. You're too late.

Silco

Oh, it's a Hell of a place. It says something about the late Marcus, that he found imprisoning your sister to be a greater mercy than... killing her.

Jinx

Killing isn't mercy.

Silco

[chuckles] A spark of rebellion still burns inside that husk, I see. No... Killing is a cycle. One that started long before Vander and me, and that will continue, long after the two of you. [the blue glow of his scarred eye becomes the Hextech gem in Jinx's hand, revealing he is a hallucination]

Jinx

... I'm done, running in circles.

Silco

We build our own prisons. Bars forged of... oaths, codes, commitments. Walls of self-doubt and accepted limitation. We inhabit these cells, these..."identities"... and call them us. I thought I could break free, by eliminating those I deemed my jailers. But... Jinx... I think the cycle only ends, when you find the will to walk away.

Vi

Jinx? [she appears outside Jinx's cell]

Jinx

[looks up briefly] ...What are you doing?

Vi

I swiped these from the guards' station. [unlocks the door] If you come, help, use all that explosive potential of yours for good... maybe we can re-write your story, like you did with Zaun. What do you think?

Jinx

[brokenly]... Sure, Vi. [Vi rushes into the cell and embraces her, crying] ...You're never gonna give up on me, are you?

Vi

Hey!

Jinx

[gently] You don't have to worry about me, anymore. You don't need to feel guilty about... being happy. You deserve, to be with her. [backs toward the bunker entrance]

Vi

[rushes to the bars] Wait!

Jinx

There's no good version of me.

Vi

What are you gonna do?!

Jinx

...Break the cycle. [leaves]

Vi

[hammers on the bars] Jinx! [lets out a tearful scream, then punches the wall]