Prophecy

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

### Editor

Graham Cole

**"Prophecy"** is an episode of the Infinity Crab Saga that was released on December 18, 2020 as part of a virtual No Shame due to the coronavirus pandemic. Because the cast was unable to meet, the actors created voiceover recordings, which were complied and played over animated illustrations by Graham Cole. "Prophecy" is the first episode of season 2. The episode takes place before the events of season 1 and provides the backstories of Good Guy Graham and Bad Boy Will.

## Episode Summary

### Prologue

"Prophecy" opens with a recap of the saga to this point, narrated by The Scale. The Scale explains the basics of the Balance and tells the stories of Good Guy Graham and Bad Boy Will from the events of "The Rebirthening" to the events of "The Baroness". The Scale then explains that the rest of the episode will be a flashback answering Flip's final question, "Why do you two even hate each other in the first place?"

### Act 1

After a brief reminder of Flip's final words, the joyful Will wakes up and bids farewell to his wife and daughter, informing them that it is his first day as president of his new nonprofit, The Black Rose. On his way to work, Will is stopped by a shadowed figure. After a brief misunderstanding about the stranger's intentions, Will allows them to lead him down a dark hallway into a meeting room, where he is introduced to Graham, the leader of The White Rose, "a massive underground crime syndicate." Graham explains that the similarity of their organizations' names is causing confusion, and threatens to kill Will's family if he does not change his company's name, prompting Will to run off out of fear and anger. Graham returns home and greets his daughter.

### Act 2

In a meeting of the Council, Totus tells the other members, Potentia, Arguta, and Quies, that Joey Barth and Ethan Cussat are dead, meaning that there are no chosen heroes of the balance. Potentia, Arguta, and Quies insist that they must choose the swordsman and the Baroness, but Totus is unconvinced, citing a prophecy. Potenia, Arguta, and Quies ignore Totus's wishes and vote to select the swordsman and the Baroness, but Totus goes against their wills and selects Graham and Will in a mysical ritual. Angered, Potentia, Arguta, and Quies threaten Totus, but he disappears before they can reach him.

### Act 3

Will returns home to find a pool of blood where his family should be. Floating in the center of the pool is a white rose. While kneeling in front of the pool in shock, Will is hit by a balance beam and becomes Bad Boy Will, with a pair of aviator sunglasses appearing on his face. Bad Boy Will stands, puts on his signature leather jacket, and leaves.

Graham returns home to find a pool of blood where his daughter should be. Floating in the center of the pool is a black rose. White kneeling in front of the pool in shock, Graham is hit by a balance beam and becomes Good Guy Graham. His black suit becomes white. Good Guy Graham stands up, retrieves a couple bags of money, and throws them out the window, before leaving.

The council observes that Graham and Will have switched sides and wonder what could have caused it to happen. Totus provides the answer: "Gray."

## Script

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

## Video

This episode can be found at Prophecy/Video.

## Cast

* Will Chapman as Will / Bad Boy Will
* Graham Cole as Graham / Good Guy Graham
* Maximilien Engel as The Scale / Totus
* Lyssa Bass as Potentia
* Avery Versaw as Quies
* Chloe Lahr as Arguta
* Anna Potacki as White Rose Capo
* Benjamin Cudmore as Gray
* Kara Murri as Flip
* Graham Cole and Michael Aten as additional voices