Power of Potluck

**Power of Potluck** is the fourth episode of the ENA animated series.

## Plot

The episode begins with a colorful door with a white circle appearing amidst monochromatic circles spewing in the background, Ena then reaches out to the door, unsure of how much truth "this" has. When she presses the button, echoes of Moony shouting Ena to run is heard, however Ena seems to just ignore the lines, and says to herself that "all of this has something to do with the concept of-". But before she could finish what the concept is, the scene cuts to a viewpoint of a peephole, and a blue Mask, attached to her blue face, appears in front of the peephole and shouts out that it's the concept of fun, and wishes to see it. Ena then casts the Mask aside to her sad part while holding her.

The episode cuts to an unknown location with nothing but a structure with a red outline and a blue entrance. The camera proceeds to spin as the entrance door opens up. Inside the structure, Ena enters a corridor with some balloons, and then floats through it. Ena reaches a narrow room with four elevators, each having a balloon above them, and a bright wall at the end, barred by Ivy. Ena interacts with her, asking Ivy to sing her towards the Fun. Ivy turns, and remarks that Ena is rather lacking the essence of fun. The Mask tries to refute the claim, but Ivy keeps her claim intact. Six identical rabbit characters appear on the screen, throwing out pieces of paper to form a Theatre program. Ivy then tells Ena to accept the program from her siblings, and that the First Act has already begun. Ena receives the program, and goes in an elevator.

Ena and the Mask wait in the elevator, standing on opposite sides of the elevator. The door opens to a void full of pipelines, and the Theatre program enters [ACT I - DISPLAY]. Ena plays around shortly on the pipes, and the Mask exclaims that it "perceives illusion within delusions", and calls the area "a world of endless connections". Ena struggles to get off a "ground", and says that she doesn't recognize the strain of joy transmitted from said connections.

Ena falls down onto a pipe, to which the Mask disregarded immediately going forward to a room, and Ena has to climb up the string that attaches Mask to her. The room's floor appears to be filled with water, with a drain in the center. Other than that, the room contains, four crying blue women stuck in a wall, whom seems to be the source of the water, and curtains. Ena once again floats toward and interacts with one of the women, and ask her why she's crying but supposedly cheering. A second head appears out of the woman's mouth, and opens her eyes, which are projectors playing a film with moving lips to talk, saying the tears are from joy. The Mask asks if it can buy those tears, to which the woman replies back that they're not for sale, and that "The Second Act granted her the ecstasy". Ena asks her if she can check it out "without her permission" and floats to the curtains, then walks backwards while two handles hold the curtains up for her.

After entering, a face of a man appears, and the Theatre program enters [ACT II - THE RISING]. The scene consists of a long twisting line, a road and sidewalk containing an outdoors dining place, and a wall with a large vent, all dotted with said man's face. Once again, the Mask compliments the experience, and ENA being perplexed by the concept of happiness, wondering if she's "the one the rhythm can't catch", while appearing in and out like the faces. The vent turns out to be a gate, which opens and reveals the elevator. Ena and the Mask waits inside the elevator again, and spawns in the void with just the outline, and various faces of unnamed characters appear near them. The pair waltz to a room with most of the floor gone, with walls of a rundown prison. Ena interacts with a pair of shadows with their skeletons. Upon interacting, the shadows reveal that Ena is part of the Theatre program's [ACT III & IV - CRESCENDO OF A DESCENT], stating that "it's now her mission". The Mask mimics the shadows' moves joyfully, however Ena states that despite the feeling of gratification from the audience, "she can't sense any change in her", and wonders how a chore like that can jollify anyone. Meanwhile, the vein connecting the Mask with Ena comes loose, and the Mask stops its dancing and looks at Ena.

After the sentence, the scene immediately cuts to a skull appearing on the screen, and the skull says that "it's a joy she still doesn't understand". Said skull multiplies and forms into "the Therapist", and the Theatre program enters [ACT V - THERAPY]. The Therapist asks Ena how her day has been and the Mask tries to answer for Ena while she's punching her chest, saying that it's abysmal. However, it was an exaggeration, as the Therapist noticed. Ena proceeds to talk while still beating her chest, saying that "every time she acknowledged the enjoyment and pleasure", and her sad side returns and finishes the sentence that "all she got was incomprehensible feelings, and the lousy mask". During that, the Mask is seen floating around, and finally screaming and breaking apart after Ena finishing her line. The Therapist tells Ena that she will never find fun in the structure. Ena asks for suggestions, but the Therapist disregarded her and continues his advice for her. He tells Ena that she doesn't need to return anymore, and that "that is your Resolution" before changing the screen's color a few times.

The scene returns to the intro's monochromatic circles, with the same screaming from Moony, but no doorbell. Ena then returns in front of the entrance, and Moony is screaming at Ena while flying to her, and following her is an unnamed character. As Moony's flying, her Primal form takes a nearby rock and puts it in her hole. Ena turns around and appears to be happy with the arrival of her companion, but Moony says the purpose of Ena being at the door was to "ring the bell and run away", and she expresses her annoyance towards Ena presumably entering the house, or at least a different location. Moony becomes slightly less concerned about the game and changes the subject to ask Ena how her experience was. Ena says it was "kind of stuffy", and then finally notices the unnamed character. The character does some sit-ups, before changing their look again and pushing something up their body and Ena looks confused, struggling to comprehend it. The character opens up their zipper mouth, and a whimpering humanoid appears, with a zipper on top of their head. Once again, Ena tries to make sense of what's going on, using her hands to presumably squit harder. Moony is annoyed by Ena's confusion, before her "Primal" form reaches from her hole to grab the humanoid and pulls them into it, however the humanoid seems to get stuck.

## Trivia

* The game Moony was making ENA play is similar to the game "Ding-dong ditch", a game where you ring the doorbell for someone's house and run away before they answer.
* This is the third time that Happy ENA gets recasted, which in this episode, Happy ENA is voiced by Griffin Puatu due to Gabe Velez's controversy allegations of rape and assault.

## External Links

* Power of Potluck on Newgrounds
* Power of Potluck on YouTube