[Vi walks over to Powder, who is sitting on her bed and decorating a bomb]
What are you calling this one?
PowderWhisker.
You wanna talk about today?
Powder
What's the point? I ruined everything. I always do.
Powder
No. Just that you were 'twice the person' at half my age. You heard them. I'm not a fighter.
You don't have to be. Look, I've got these. [shows her fists] And you've got those. [points to some of Powder's bombs]
Powder
They never work.
Powder
What?
[They walk out onto the roof and sit down]
Powder
What are we doing here?
See that gutter running along the canal? [she grabs a pipe for Powder to look through] That's where Claggor got his foot stuck running from enforcers. They thought it was funny, so they left him there. He was out all night before we found him. [Powder smiles] That sign? You see it?
Powder
[looking through the pipe to see a sign with a middle-finger graffitied on it] Uh-huh.
Mylo tripped over his own paint bucket and nearly fell off trying to draw a giant middle finger. His ass made that splotch. [Powder laughs] And that? [points to a stuffed rabbit stuck on a wire and sighs] When I was a kid, some guy took my favorite toy and threw it up there. I used to come out here at night and stare at it, hoping maybe the wind or a bird might knock it down. We've all had bad days. But we learn, and we stick together. [she squeezes Powder's shoulder]
Powder
Oh, I forgot. [pulls out three Hextech crystals] These were in my pocket. They're from the apartment.
Powder
I don't know. Should we show Vander?
[quickly] No. [Powder's smile falters] Let's keep this our little secret. [Powder smiles again] Mylo's wrong, Powder. You're stronger than you think. [she stands] And one day, this city's gonna respect us.
[weakly] Take care of Powder.
[Powder runs over to Vi, completely unaware that she accidentally caused the deaths of Mylo, Claggor, and Vander]
Powder
Vi, it worked!
Powder
Did you see me? My monkey bomb finally worked.
...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-
Powder
[still sobbing] Please. Please.
I told you to stay away! [punches her in the face]
Powder
[screams out] NO! WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME?!
[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.
[Vi releases her, horrified by her blood on her hand.]
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!
[Vi makes it to an alley wall and slides down against it, sobbing.]
Powder
Violet! VIOLET!!! Please! [Silco limps into the alley and approaches her as she continues sobbing on the ground. He holds a knife.]
[noticing Silco standing over Powder, gets to her feet and tries to run to her] Powder. Pow-
MMarcus
[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]
[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]
...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].
Powder
[talking to her shrine of Vi] Sorry, sis. Someone's wigging out over his project and having an identity crisis again. [lights the sticks] No names. I got the "not living up to my potential" speech from Vander again. Reminds me of you. Hmm? [holds one out to Ekko]
[in disbelief] She's... dead? [sits] How?
Powder
That's not funny, Ekko.
It was a mistake to come here.
Powder
[scoffs] What's that supposed to mean? Just cause you're having a bad day, don't take it out on me.
Powder
[looking furious] You gave us the tip. We went on that job because of you.
[gasps] The job. That's why there's no Hextech here.
Powder
You should leave. Go! Before I do something I regret.
[standing to leave] Believe me, I'm working on it.
[covering Powder's eyes] Watch your step; we're almost there.
Powder
Ekko, I don't know what all this is about, but if you're trying to apologize, dragging me through the- [she breaks off as Ekko uncovers her eyes, revealing a mural of Vi-from his reality- beneath the Firelight Tree] You... painted this?
I had this dream... where things went another way.
Powder
[softly] She looks so... badass.
You don't know the half of it. [sits under the mural, Powder joins him] She was the toughest person in all of Zaun. Nothing scared her.
Powder
[examines the mural] No, not my sister. Vi was strong, because she was afraid. Her fear of losing us, is what made her fight so hard.
...You were different in my dream, too.
Powder
Oh, yeah, buster? Is that what this is about? You want me to change?
No! No, no, I just... You aren't the kind of person, who helps other people with their projects. Your ideas, change the world. I can't shake the feeling... that that's who you're supposed to be.
Powder
[shakes her head, softly] Things are good, Ekko. I- I like my life. I don't wanna lose, what makes me "me", chasing some wild dream.
Sometimes, taking a leap forward means... leaving a few things behind.
Powder
...You're a real mystery, aren't you, mister? [they both chuckle] Alright, out with it. What do you want from me?
Halfway there. [He activates the machine, and a flash of Arcane energy sparks next to Heimerdinger, startling him]
Powder
So... what does it do?
Uh... [He activates the machine, and the arcane energy sparks exactly the same, with Heimerdinger giving the exact same reaction]
Powder
So... what does it do?
Powder
No I didn't.
[sighs] I'm too tired for games! [he activates the machine as Heimerdinger reaches for a wrench]
Powder
No I didn't. [Heimerdinger reaches for the wrench again as Ekko turns around, shocked]
[staring at the anomaly device] It's a time-loop!
Huh? Oh! [bonks his head] A time-loop? [Ekko activates the machine again] Huh? Oh![bonks his head] A time-loop?
Powder
You're going back in time!
Gadzooks! How did you stumble upon that?
I was playing with inversions on Jayce's acceleration rune.
Powder
Try going back further!
Take it slow, lad- we wouldn't want to push a new invention too far, too quickly.
Ohhh! [his body starts to rupture into a bloody mess; Ekko immediately lets go of the device handle, reversing the process]
[wide-eyed] The limit is four seconds.
Are you certain, my boy? What were the indicators?
[marking the four-second mark on the machine and sits down] Trust me... it's four seconds.
Powder
Amazing. We could show it off, at the party!
We... aren't done. [Powder approaches, crouches in front of him and brushes debris off his cheek]
Powder
Please, go change before the party. [leaves]
I think I might know, how to give it a boost.
A momentary upgrade, if you will.
That's great. Where do we start?
[gently] You can start, by attending your party. [Examines the device] One's thoughts are more easily gathered in isolation. And what's the point of a device like this... if you don't enjoy the time you have?
Powder
...Some night.
Powder
[teasingly] Where'd you learn those moves?
Oh, I was just following your lead
Powder
[chuckles] Mmm, he's got lines!
[chuckles] Hey. Uh... I just want to thank you. You know, for everything. I used to dream the undercity could be like this. But somewhere, I... got consumed by all the ways that it wasn't. I gave up on it. Gave up on you.
Powder
[lays her head on his shoulder] I've... never seen you give up on anyone, Ekko. [Ekko rests his head on hers]
You ever wish you could just... stay, in one moment?
Powder
Sometimes... taking a leap forward, means... leaving a few things behind.
I promise I'll never forget this.
Powder
[sits up, smirking] You better not. [she leans forward, but Ekko moves back]
Powder
No, it's- it's fine, I- [they both break off]
Can we... just pretend, like it's the first time?
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