01x02 - Welcome Home, Everest!

[bunniefuu]

-What? Aah!

Everest, wake up!
A creature is coming.

-Did you spend
the night on the roof?

-With Everest?
No fair! Did you cuddle?

-All right, so let me guess.

You stayed up all night
playing your violin,

hoping you could attract

more magical creatures
like Fèng Huáng,

but all you got was some
serious under-eye baggage

because no creatures showed.

- Yet!But they are out there!

We all saw
those lights last night.

-Well, what if those lights
were just lights?

-What if those lights
were not just lights?

-Get comfortable.
They could be at this all day.

-I have magic for a reason.
Everest came back for a reason.

We're meant to help
magical creatures together.

I know it.
I can feel it in my gut.

-Or that feeling
is just indigestion

from last night's
orange chicken.

-Or it's what it feels like
when destiny calls.

We can't ignore destiny.
We answer its call!

-Whoa!

-No! Come on, destiny!

-Hmm. Hmm.

Wait-- Uh!

I've been thinking...

Don't say it.
I also am surprised.

But, Yi, what if
your music is too...

What's the word? Sappy?

-What?

-Sure, it worked for Fèng Huáng,

but maybe more upbeat, fun music
would attract other creatures?

-Uh, you think Wong's Violin
Concerto Number 78 is sappy?

-Maybe Peng is right.

-Really? You think he's right?
-Really? You think I'm right?

-Yeah, no, never mind.
I take that back.

-Ha! No backsies.
Come on, think about it.

DJs gotta drop
that sweet tune-age

if they want
the party to be lit.

-Those are not the right words,
but I see your point.

-Yes!
-Scientifically speaking,

if we accept the theory
that Yi's music

does attract magical creatures,

and I'm not convinced it does,

but ifit did, it would follow

that different musical styles

might attract
different creatures.

-Urgh, fine.
But for the record,

my music is sentimental,
not sappy.

-Great! Let's turn
the slumber party into a...

-Aargh.

-Next!

-Aaah!

Are there any creatures?

Nope. Next!

-Woah!
-What?

-It's working!

-Whoa, snow!

-Ugh, that's just Everest's fur.

-When was the last time
you brushed your fur, buddy?

For healthy hair, you gotta
brush. Trust me, I know.

-I can't believe this, but
I'm having a two-thought day!

Yi, if your violin is magic,

because Everest made the strings
out of his hair,

then there's got to be magic
in his hair!

Fly, Peng, fly!

I didn't fly.

-Jin, he's really hot.

-Panting. Shedding.
Everest must be like a dog.

He can't sweat to cool down.
Fascinating.

-And concerning.

It's a hot day for the city,

and the city
is already way warmer

compared to Mt. Everest.

We have to find a way

to bring his core
body temperature down.

-Don't worry, Everest.

We will have you
cooled down in no time.

JIN:
"Smile, Nai Nai is watching."

Oh, we're being filmed!

Yeah!
-Ah, get back!

-Hi.

-Now what?
-I don't know.

The whole "having thoughts"
thing is kinda new.

-I have another idea, but, Peng,
you need to distract Nai Nai.

-Ah!

There are no leftovers
for you today, Peng.

-I'm not here for leftovers,
Nai Nai.

I want to place an order for
myself andI'll pay for it.

-Are you okay?
Are you dying?

Because if you're dying,
dumplings are free!

But I need to see
a doctor's note.

-Ma, Peng is maturing,

using his own money
to pay for his own food.

-That's right,
Mei Ayí,I'm maturing.

This morning,
I was thinking.

-So what can
I get for you, Peng?

-I'll have house special
dumplings. Three orders.

Ma, I have the order
in the system already.

You don't have to write it down.

-System?
You can't trust the system.

-Can I have one order
of pork potstickers,

two orders of steamed
fish dumplings,

and half an order
of xiao lóng bao?

-Hmm?

-Peng, you--you said two
orders of fish dumplings, right?

-That's right! I know because
I wrote it all down already.

-Sorry, we still have
to work out all the kinks.

The main kink being Nai Nai.

-That's cool.
Please keep working them out.

I'm in no rush.

Uh, Nai Nai, wait!
I, uh, changed my mind.

Make that three
pork potstickers, not one.
Love those.

And two xiao lóng bao
and a tea.

Because I'm maturing
and I drink tea now.

-So not half order but two?
Ai ya!

-There was never
a half order, Ma.

-But it says here!

Now,
I can't read what I wrote!

-You know what, I don't
think I'm hungry anymore.

Let's cancel the order.

-Sudden loss of appetite.

Erratic behavior.

He isdying.

-Is that... napa and wolf?

-We are so busted.

Napa and pork, two bags.

See, the notepad is never wrong.

Everest, do something!

- Ai ya!

Why is it fuzzy?

Eh? Hen qí guài.

All modern appliances
are cursed!

We live in darktimes.

-I changed my mind.

I do want to order
some dumplings.

Ah! Oh! Ah-ah!

-No. No dumplings for you!

-Nai Nai is athletic,
like scary athletic.

-Well, the good thing is
Everest is feeling better.

-And I'm sure eating Nai Nai's
frozen dumplings helped too.

-But he won't
feel better for long.

-And we can't just go back
to the walk-in freezer

every time he's feeling bad.

-Especially with Nai Nai there.

She's a dangerous woman.

-I can think of
one person who knows

more about magical
creatures than anyone

and has cooling chambers.

-Mr. Burnish?

Yeah, I bet
he learned lots about creatures

while holding them
against their will

and experimenting on them.

-He did help us
get Everest home.

-But does that make up for
all the bad stuff he did before?

-People deserve
a second chance, right?

-Not when
they've hurt creatures.

-Ugh, we're running
out of options.

I guess I can make an exception
this time.

-Everest,
can you hum as a cloud?

Don't worry, Everest.
Let me handle this.

-Aw...

-We have to get
Everest to Mr. Burnish

the old-fashioned way and fast.

-By horse?
-I wish. By foot.

-The bigger question is
how are we gonna get

Everest across town
without people seeing him?

-This bean bag
is socomfortable!

-We cannot leave home without it
especially for a sitter like me.

Why stand when you can sit?

-Nap on the go. Five stars!

-Shhh.

JIN:
Hang in there, buddy.

-Let's hope he's hom--
-My friends!

-Oh, friends.
Uh, yes, we are that, I guess.

-Have you come to forgive me?
-Um...

-Would you like some fruit?
With homemade whipped cream?

Pâté? A baguette? Tea?

-Oh, no, no, thank you.
We kind of need your... help.

-Anything. Do you need money?
Some light bookkeeping?

Deep sea welding?

I'm even teaching
myself to knit.

Not that we need
knitwear in this heat.

Am I right?

-That's just it!
-Everest is back,

and it's too hot for him.
His core body temperature is--

-My apologies.
That was rather dramatic.

It's just-- I don't
trust myself around Everest.

I've come to realize

that holding creatures
against their will is wrong.

And yet, it still feels
so right to me.

Why do wrong things feel right?

-That's a longer conversation,
which we are going to have,

because under
no circumstances

are you to ever
hold creatures again.

Except for maybe right now,
because we need to use one of

your temperature-controlled
chambers for Everest.

I really dowish I could help,
but I just can't.

-It would be tootempting.
-But--

-Plus I've sold all my cooling
chambers to a boy band.

It keeps them young, apparently.

Oh, how rude of me.
Jin, you know Duchess,

but I don't believe the rest
of you have had the pleasure.

Fret not, Duchess is here
of her own free will.

I've tried to free her,
but she refuses to leave!

Been a good arrangement.

And she is quite
the formidable chess player.

Speaking of,
we have a match to get back to.

-Wait, wait, no, no,
Mr. Burnish, wait, please.

I-- I think Everest
is here for a reason.

There are magical creatures
in the city,

and Everest was helping us
help them and--

But now we really need
your help helping him.

-I'm sorry, but I can't let
myself hurt another creature,

except Duchess' ego when I crush
her with my next chess move.

-The Dutch, D4 F5. Deadly.

-Good luck.

Don't look at me like that
with those

brooding eyes of yours.
What was I--

-I'm sorry, Everest,
we'll figure something else out.

Everest?

ALL:
Everest! Everest!

-Where would he have gone?

-What was I thinking?

Of course, seeing
Mr. Burnish scared him.

And now he's lost
and all alone in the city.

-Yi, don't be
too hard on yourself.

Technically, it was Jin's idea.

-He can't be far.
He could barely stand!

-Everest! Everest!
-Everest!

-Hey, I'm looking for my friend.

I mean, dog, dog-friend.

He has white fur

and is like seven feet tall

with super-long arms.

Great hugger.

Again, dog-friend,
have you seen him?

-Everest! Everest!

-Oh.
-Oh, sorry. Oh.

Everest!
Oh! Sorry, excuse me.

-Everest!

ALL:
Everest!

-There! There he is.

Uh, we need
to get over there and fast.

-Nice work, Peng!
-Where did you get that?

-Get back here, Peng.

-Uh, step on it!

-Technically, there are
no pedals to step on.

-I actually have
to twist the throttle--
-Just go!

MR. YANG:
I know where you live!

JIN:
There he goes!

Hold on!

-Don't hit the cart.
Don't hit the cart!
-Aaah!

JIN:
He was just here!

-Everest could be
anywhere by now.

-Everest!
-Everest!

ALL:
Everest!

YI:
Everest!

I guess I was wrong
about this being our destiny.

You know, it's just
Everest saved me.

-Me too. It may surprise you,

but before Everest,
I didn't have a ton of friends.

Now I have three best friends.

-Before him,
I-- I was just breathing,

I-- I-- I wasn't really living.

Not since-- Not since my dad.

I don't know, I thought I could
sorta pay Everest back

by helping other
magical creatures

like we did with Fèng Huáng.

I got so focused
on that, I just--

I forgot about the magical
creature right in front of me.

-We'll find him, Yi.
-How?

Guys, I think I know how.

Everest? Everest!

We're here. Hang on, boy.

JIN:
Easy, does it.

No, no.
Wake up, Everest, please.

Please wake up.

-His heartbeat is faint.

-What do we do?
-Come on, Everest.

This usually works.

-We need to cool him down stat!

-But where?
We've tried all the places.

-Not all of them.

We need to get Everest home.

I've been selfish, I'm sorry.

You gave me this magic

and I still don't really know
how to use it,

but if I can
help you get stronger,

that will be all the magic
I'll ever need.

-I think it's working!
-Keep going, Yi.

-Are you strong enough to make
a cloud to get yourself home?

-Please!
Enough of the sad music!

-Whoa, it's okay, Everest.
It's okay.

-I've had a change of heart.

I felt denying you help

was akin to, um,
denying a helpless child

who just wants a PB&J

but doesn't know how
to go to the store to buy jelly.

Because he has no money
and no real-world experience

to grasp the concept of money
or store or jelly.

ALL:
Ouch.

-Ouch!
Right, what I meant to say

is that I guess I'm sort of
responsible for Everest

after the whole capturing him

and running experiments
against his will thing,

which I realize was wrong.

Thus, I don't engage
in such activities anymore.

Because I'm a good guy now!

A boring, old, good guy
who plays chess with a rodent.

-Anyway...

we have a surprise for you!

Duchess secretly kept
all the tech from my fun--

Oh, I-- I mean,
my experimental days.

I used it to build
a new home for Everest.

Oh, I mean,-

webuilt a new
home for Everest.

-Okay, okay.

I helped Duchess build

a new home for Everest.

-Ta-da!

YI:
Wow!

How did you do this so fast?

-Magic.

-Wow, really?

-Only kidding. Tech.

-Oh!

-This is a state-of-the-art,

temperature-controlled chamber.

It can be used all year

to regulate
Everest's body temperature.

No matter what
the weather is outside,

it will always be
Mt. Everest in here.

I understand.
I owe you an apology.

But saying sorry is hard,
so I made this for you instead.

Look!

No lock.

-Everest,
I just want you to know

that it's great that
we have this here,

but that doesn't mean
that you have to stay.

You canstill go home.

You want to stay?
You'll give me a second chance?

People deserve second chances.

You are a good guy, Mr. Burnish.
Thank you.

-I'm trying.

It's not as fun to be good,

but, uh, I'm getting used to it.

But this whole not capturing
creatures thing is still new,

so you should probably
keep your distance.

Ooh, there's more!

I thought some tech

might help you help creatures.

-Oh, thanks, but
I already have those shoes.

-No, you don't. Try them on.

-What?

Now jump.

-Ha-ha!
I definitely don't have these!

Who-hoooo!

-Aah, he gets rocket boots,

and I just get some
fashion accessories?

I mean,
I'm all about sunglasses,

but not really
a bracelet kinda guy.

-Okay, I'm putting them on.

Woah! I was wrong.
I am totallya bracelet guy.

This is awesome!

-Yep. You look awesome.

-Wow! Everest's heart rate
is at 45 beats per minute,

and his blood pressure
is 64 over 38,

which is all-creature normal.

Except for the lone dumpling
he swallowed whole.

-Oh, yeah, those pork and napa
ones are hard to digest.

Huh, I guess
they don't work on humans.

-It's for the best. You don't
want to see what's in here.

-And one more thing for Everest.

This Mini-Mountain-Mimicker

is a portable temperature
control device

that will regulate
Everest's body temperature

throughout the day.

He'll still have to come back

to the chamber nightly
to recuperate.

-Science can do that?

Cool!

-And for the grand finale...

-Wow! What does it do?

-It tunes musical instruments.
I thought you'd know that.

Isn't she the violin one?

-Oh! Right.

No, I just thought because
everyone else got the--

the cool tech-- I mean,
no, it's great. Thank you.

-A magical creature
from the sky!

A sky creature!

I want to touch--

No, Burnish. Bad.

-Fèng Huáng!
-What are you doing here?

-Everest,
what is she trying to say?

-I love charades!

It's strawberries,
wearing a hat,

riding on a roller coaster!

-Mm-mm-hmm.
You want to swing

from the chandelier,
in a fishbowl!

-A creature is coming?

But how? Why now?

-Yi, you were right.
We were wrong.

It's not the type of music
you play, it's how you play it.

-I-- I-- I really only know
how to play one way.

-The creature coming now
must have heard you playing

to help Everest!

What's different
about how you played then?

-I don't know, I wasn't even
really thinking about music.

I just wanted
Everest to be okay.

I was playing from my heart.

-The girl does have a big heart.

-Are they here?
-Guys, come on!

Looks like destiny is calling.