Grayscale

The image posted to the Infinity Crab Saga Instagram account to announce the title of "Grayscale"

### Editor

Graham Cole

**"Grayscale"** is an episode of the Infinity Crab Saga that was released on February 26, 2020 as part of a virtual No Shame due to the coronavirus pandemic. Actors performed via voiceover recordings, which were complied and played over animated illustrations by Jack Abba. "Grayscale" is the third episode of season 2, and is a flashback to 600 years before the main story.

## Episode Summary

### Act 1

Six hundred years before the main plot of the series, an ancient version of the Council selects a young student of the Balance as the next holder of the Infinity Crab. The members of the Council explain the importance of keeping the Infinity Crab sealed, as certain spirits inside of it are the only thing keeping a "great evil" from breaking free into the world. The student, later revealed to be a young Gray, accepts the responsibility.

Gray returns home, where his brother lies sick in bed. The brothers share joy in Gray's achievement, and Gray mentions that the power inside the Infinity Crab may be able to cure his brother's illness.

### Act 2

Gray wakes up in the middle of the night to a thunderstorm. He notices that his brother's breathing is very faint; he is dying. Gray returns to the temple of the Balance, where the Totus sits alone with the Infinity Crab. Gray explains that he needs the Crab to save his brother, but Totus does not allow him to take it. Totus decides that she was wrong about Gray and that he is not worthy to claim the Infinity Crab. Intent on completing his mission, Gray kills the Totus and takes the Infinity Crab for himself.

    Back in his home, Gray opens the Infinity Crab and allows its magic to escape. When the light clears, Gray's brother is cured, but upset with Gray. He explains that when Gray opened the Infinity Crab to save him, the spirits preventing the evil inside the Infinity Crab from escaping were now free, leaving the evil unguarded. To save the world, Gray's brother opens the Infinity Crab and allows Gray to be sucked inside.

### Act 3

Inside the Infinity Crab, the evil presence welcomes Gray. Meanwhile, Gray's brother returns the Infinity Crab to the Council, now without their Totus. Gray's brother explains the situation and apologizes for Gray's actions. The remaining Council select Gray's brother as their next Totus, and he proposes that the members of the Council learn how to harness the Balance. The new Totus takes the title of the Scale, as he learns to detect the balance of the Balance.

Inside the Infinity Crab, the presence tortures Gray for six hundred years. Slowly, the human form of his spirit melts away to reveal a golden skull, and the human form of his body is compressed into a crystal. Eventually, the voice tells Gray that someone from the outside had come to free him, and warns Gray that it "won't be too far behind".

In the ruins of the Balance Temple, Mr. Grey finds the Infinity Crab and opens it, releasing the blue gem containing the spirit of Gray. Gray possesses Mr. Gray and tells him to find someone else to replace him inside the Infinity Crab.

After all these years, the Scale recognizes Gray's return to the world.

## Script

A full episode of this episode's script can be found at Grayscale/Script.

## Video

This episode can be found at Grayscale/Video.

## Cast

* Benjamin Cudmore as Gray
* Maximilien Engel as Scale
* Emilia Ermanoski as Totus (ancient)
* Sanjna Kaul as Potentia (ancient)
* Gabrielle Kapatos as Arguta (ancient)
* Tracy Waagner as Quies (ancient)
* Phillip Reid as The Voice
* Connor Mulhall as Mr. Grey
* Lyssa Bass as modern Potentia
* Chloe Lahr as modern Arguta
* Avery Versaw as modern Quies
* Jack Abba as additional voices