"Shock"

**"Shock"** is the second episode of KOllOK. It premiered on February 21st, 2022.

## Synopsis

The Ascended continue their rescue attempt of Clarity, while the Legacy group reveals some shocking memories.

## Plot

We learn from Syd’s journal that she once gave bad intel and people died as a result, and this is one of the sources of friction between her and C-Dubbs.

### Ascended

The episode begins where the previous left off with the Ascended. It is August 28th, 2021. The group is traumatized by Alice’s emergence from the dead body. It reminds them of the moment the Larson Accords were signed by Ro’s brother and allies were immediately ripped from existence. Syd and AJ stand stunned, and Ro tries to break them out of it. Unsuccessful, she tries shooting one of the Alices instead. Although she is not as badly affected as the others, the emergence still leaves her unsteady and she misses her shot.

Jude appears behind the Alices with a knife in either hand, his arm badly burnt. He knocked the heads of the Alices together, plunging the knives in the temples at the same time. The bodies fall to the ground, then start squirming. Two Alices rip their way out of one of the corpses, as before. But only one comes out of the second corpse. Something is obviously wrong as the Alices start chanting “monosomy”.

AJ asks the Alices what they are. They say they have to stop it. A deformed version of Alice rips out of the corpse that only one Alive exited. The monosomy throws one of the Alices against the truck, breaking her back, then runs away. The remaining two Alices chase after it. AJ raises his gun to shoot them, but the dying Alice tugs on his leg and says “Don’t”. AJ fires anyway and misses.

The broken Alice tells them, “You have to help her. She can restore the balance. Reclaim the ten. Bring Chaos back into the world.”

The dying Alice says that she’ll try to stay alive as long as possible, so another monosomy doesn’t come. But they need to leave.

Clarity wakes up again drugged. She feels different this time like something is pulling at her. The alarms are sounding. She feels one of her sisters coming to take her away.

AJ feels pain in his wrist, coming from the bracelet. He apologizes for being off form. C-Dubbs continues to antagonize Syd. Jude and Ro eagerly leave to scout a way inside the complex, and get away from the bickering and awkward conversations. They find a side entrance unguarded. Devina’s distraction possibly drew all the guards away from the door. Ro gives a “caw caw” to alert the others.

As Jude goes to open the door, a man, Griffin, comes out of the door to smoke. Without looking at them he says, “I’m just out here to smoke. This job’s not worth dying for. And I’m probably safer with you all getting her out of here, if you know what I mean. She ain’t human.” He goes on to tell them where to find Clarity. Then he acts like he’s looking for rocks, as he gets further from the door.

The four of them enter the CXG complex and split up. A group of scientists come down the hall, absorbed in a tablet one of them is carrying. They say that a piece of Synchroneity tech [Devina] has been found near the complex, and think it came all the way from Kollok. They are worried what will happen if Bennett and company find out what they are doing at the research facility.

Something tugs at AJ. He falls to one knee as an electric pain runs through his body. Something takes control of his body, and his arm lifts up and points in a direction. AJ sends C-Dubbs to find and open to door to Clarity’s cell. Ro and Syd to go to the medical bay to find Cherise, so Syd can talk to her. C-Dubbs tries to hack into the CXG network, but the system is more advanced than Synchroneity’s.

Ro and Syd duck into a room as they hear voices coming their direction. Syd sees the boxes labeled CXG, but the letters don’t mean anything to them. They find a box labeled “The Second”. Inside it, Ro finds VHS tapes, one of them with her mom’s name on it. Ro takes the tape to watch later.

Clarity feels a presence moving closer. Her right arm is healing, but not as fast as it should. She hears a banging at the door, as Jude slams into it as he tries to open the door. C-Dubbs manages to get the door open with some help from Jude. Clarity points at AJ and says “you”. She asks what they have done with Clarity VI. She asks why he has her energy and if he took it. AJ says Sayaka’s name, thinking Clarity is referring to her. AJ asks if she is her mother.

Ro and Syd walk up to the medical bay. Cherise is inside, hooked up to IVs. They go inside. Syd and Cherise talk. They argue. Syd reveals that she cannot feel pain because of what Cherise did to her eye. Cherise says she had to do it to prove her loyalty. Syd goes back and forth on whether their love was real. Cherise says what she had was real. Cherise also reveals that someone in Ascended leadership betrayed Syd and gave her up (turned her in for antibiotics). She also tells them that Tibby Devin told CXG that Clarity would show up from 1991.

The others carry Clarity through the facility. C-Dubbs mentions that she needs to get Devina, a name that Clarity recognizes. She says the last time she saw Devina, she was at the bottom of Crater Lake. C-Dubbs feels a ping. One of the Devina forum lets her know that CXG has Devina. C-Dubbs insists that they have to get Devina, but AJ insists that they have to get Clarity out of the complex. While they argue, they are spotted by a guard. Ro and Syd approach the guard from behind, but are heard. The guard draws his gun, trying to keep it on all of them.

Clarity uses his powers to destroy the building, folding reality upon itself. They are transported outside, where they recover Devina. Devina recognizes Clarity. AJ remembers Sayaka who kidnapped him from his birth mother Clarity VI, and told him of her. Devina last saw her sister on the crashed spaceship. Devina tells them that the other Clarity clones are dead.

Clarity reveals that she is a clone. Jude passes out. The group asks Clarity how she got here, she says "domestic dispute."

### Break

A tarot card is revealed: Clarity – The Empress. Chat is encouraged to vote to see what the card will influence: 1. The Gods 2. Harmonia 3. The Ascended 4. Legacy

A not-real-scientist explains the multiverse. An abundance of chaos, caused by a ship crashing in the 1800s, created the multiverse. Every decision a person made created a new branch. The multiverse is different from the main timeline; they are slight variations from it. Because of the abundance of chaos, order had to balance things out.  The multiverse was closed off because of the actions of Billy Baker. A new multiverse started spawning from point Billy locked them off. Dimensions (i.e. Grotto) are separate from the multiverse. Travel is possible into the older multiverse by traveling backwards before it was locked.

### Act 7 – The Gods

Someone needs to send a message. Like sounds. Something they would understand. Loop. “Loop” is sent in Morse code.

### Legacy

Someone asks if a technician checked the system out. The other person replies in the affirmative, saying they are there to make sure nothing else happens. The first person asks where the Bennett girl is. The second person says they’re running tests on her. The first one wonders if she is the reason it crashed. The second one wonders why there’s a bunch of crap in the log, and asks why they didn’t just go to the event in question. The tech log from 21-11 shows that they did try to go to the event, but something stopped them. The second one says to start with Tibby Devin.

Driver is forced to tell the story. Technicians try to access Tibby's log, but module fails. It looks like Tibby is resisting them. It resembles Laura’s crash. The second person says to load Emily Pegg.

**October 5th, 1997**

We find ourselves in the audience of Billy’s first open mic night at Oregon State University. Emily is one of the only people in the audience. Billy bombs on stage, especially when he mentions Australia. He ends his set early, and joins Emily in the audience. Billy thought that stand-up was something he wanted to do, but it turned out not to be any fun. Billy is really embarrassed and decides to never do comedy again.

Emily has something to tell him, but doesn’t say anything. Billy had invited more people, but only Emily came. Knowing this, Billy goes to a dark place and asks for Emily’s drink token. Emily wonders if she will find the courage to share what’s on her chest.

**October 6th 1997**

Billy stares at the ceiling in his bed in his dorm room. He is a senior at college. Emily is awake too. They hooked up the night before with Billy’s roommate in the room. They have an awkward conversation. The roommate, in the bunk below, asks them to be quiet so he can sleep. Em is insecure about how bad the sex was. She says he shouldn’t expect it to happen again. The roommate leaves the room upset.

Emily also went to school at Oregon State University. And she probably felt awkward cleaning up in a communal bathroom because people might recognize her. They give each other a high five, and the scene fades.

**January 12 2013**

It’s been ten days since the Weeping Pestilence. Four days since anyone medically agreed to see Laura. Three days since she walled her off in the back of the RV. Ten days since anyone asked how Laura was doing or if she was even still alive. The Weeping Pestilence has spread across the continent. Emily is fine. And despite the severity of the illness, Laura is still alive.

Emily picks up the phone calls Tibby. No one seems to care about Laura or asks how Laura’s doing. Emily has never gotten sick. Tibby and Billy haven’t called to check up on them. Tibby says he had to go check on Mickey and couldn’t risk visiting because of how dangerous the disease is. Emily is extremely upset. She doesn’t want to hear anything from him unless he’s willing to visit, but Tibby says that he can’t.

Tibby says that Laura is connected and asks if they have tried calling Marcus, but Laura hates Marcus and that would never happen. Tibby says that he’s scared. Emily says that she’s scared too, but she still tried to help Laura. Emily is unwilling to forgive Tibby for not being there for Laura. Tibby hangs up. The scene fades.

**July 5th 2013**

Billy is driving his truck as fast as he can. He heads directly towards where he lost saw them, people that he would call his friends. He hurts because he left on bad terms. He found out that they were part of the rebellion, and he wanted nothing to do with it. They still made him a part of their plans, so he left angrily. Last night he saw the news of what happened to anyone that associated to the rebellion. They say they were executed because they have no better explanation. Billy pulls up to a camp. His friends were there, but now they’re not, removed while doing other things. His friend Tom is gone. No one knows how many people were affected from the Larson Accords.

Billy grabs a bag or potato chips and some gravel. He goes back to his truck and reaches out on the CB, but no one responds. Billy takes a "No Trespassing" sign on places it on the front of the place, and gets back into his truck.

**November 14th 2AM (unknown year)**

Emily is sitting in her truck consumed with sadness and guilt. She picks up the ham radio (that Billy had installed) and tells Billy everything. Emily was at a bar and saw someone that she feels like she should know. Emily has told everyone that Laura is dead, and slept with that person that seems familiar. Emily doesn’t have anyone else to talk to anymore because Tibby, Billy, and Mickey don’t talk to her anymore.

Billy sits there with the ham radio in his hand. He heard everything Emily said. Billy disassociates when he hears Emily start crying. He feels like the words are someone else’s to respond to.

**August 24th 2021**

Billy is frantically searching for Emily and Laura’s new number. He calls and Emily answers. Emily felt something too. She doesn’t think Laura felt it because they haven’t talked about it. They all met each other, came together at a funeral. The name Mallory Jenkins comes to mind. Billy suggests they figure out a way to go back to Kollok.

The Driver tries to pull on Tibby’s thread. Tibby was hiding something. August 24, 2021. The module crashes. LoID 17-12. Session closed. Scheduling for repairs.

### Epilogue

**August 28th - CXG Facility 1 (Undisclosed Location)**

A man we cannot see calls a woman that he hasn’t spoken to in many years. A woman that is known to clean up messes, like the one that dropped in his lap not long ago. Complex 4 was there one moment, then gone the next. He sees the security feed of the Ascended leaving with Clarity. The woman picks up but doesn't say anything. The man says due to the complexity of the treaty, she is on her own. He says he has reason to believe that they’re heading into First Nation territory, the Fabled Commune. He tells Awut to bring the woman back. He has reason to believe Clarity was behind the 12th, and that she'll know why when she sees her.

Awut puts down the phone and begins to pray to the doll on her chest. She awaits a reply from it. The doll replies creeping with a rhyme.

## Cast

### Main Cast

#### Legacy

* Lucas Eubank as Billy Baker

* Mika Midgett as Emily Pegg

#### Ascended

* Danielle Radford as C-Dubbs

* Ethan Nestor as AJ Greer

* YellowSpoonGirl as Sydney Muldoon

* Xu Mason as Rosemary Liang

#### Additional

* Cristina Vee as Doll

* Elyse Willems as Clarity Seven

* Malika Lim Eubank as Awut

* Zac Lim Eubank as The Driver