02x01 - The World Above

[bunniefuu]

What now, Scoundrel?

Do be mindful of
the other kingdoms, won't you?

How am I supposed to fight you

without stepping on everyone else?

A true king finds a way.

Excuse me, Avion.

Pardon me, Leviathae!

I always told your mother
you were born for diplomacy.

Why don't we talk to anyone
from those places, ever?

The people of Eternos
had a bit of a...

falling out with the Bird People

and the Mer-folk after the Great w*r.

Don't soft-pedal it, Randy.

See, nephew, King Hiss
was going to use that sigil

to create an eternal army
of undead snake soldiers.

But Grayskull and his wondrous
sword and castle stopped him.

Shouldn't everyone have been
happy about that?

Many wanted the power

to raise the fallen soldiers
over and over.

King Grayskull wouldn't let them have it.

Ultimate power corrupts ultimately.

Depends on the power, doesn't it?

If only I knew then what I know now.

Becoming King is great.

But becoming a god does have
a nice ring to it, doesn't it?

With Grayskull destroyed,

there will be no force
on Planet Eternia...

Or anywhere else for that matter...

That can stand in your way, Lord Skeletor.

You might say that,
with the power that sigil holds,

I'd be the actual Master of the Universe!

Is it still good to be the king, sir?

Never a bad day to be Stratos,
Royal Guard number one.

This is the pose, right,

for the... "me" statue?

Yes, sir. It's nearly finished.

Ah!

On the real though, how was
my approach on the way down?

A little wobbly?

Eh, it felt wobbly. Not that I wobble.

I just don't want it
to look like I wobble.

You know what? Royal decree.

The word wobble no longer exists.

Wobbling no longer exists, sir.

What is that? Fireworks?!

I'm not late to the unveiling, am I?

Stratos out!

I didn't schedule any fireworks. Did you?

Stratos out.

Yeah!

Um, sorry about your statue.

I have the Power!

♪ The Power is ours ♪

♪ It's in our so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oul ♪

♪ The Power is ours ♪

♪ It's in our so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oul ♪

♪ The Power is ours ♪

♪ Hey, we'll find our purpose ♪

♪ 'Cause we know we're worth it ♪

♪ And we'll be remembered ♪

♪ We are the defenders, defenders ♪

- ♪ Oh ♪
- ♪ We fight for the win ♪

♪ We fight till the end ♪

- ♪ We fight for the win ♪
- ♪ The Power is ours ♪

♪ It's in our soul ♪

They chuck us over, you think
you'll still land on your feet?

Ah... if Adam doesn't sort this out,

I fear we may learn the answer.

See, we were in this cosmic,

eternal battle with each of our nemesis.

Nemesises? Nemeses?

Nemesi.

That isn't a word.

It is now, sir.

Things went sideways, and we lost Eternos.

Then my uncle tried to destroy the castle.

So we moved it and wound up... here?

I guess now you're my nemesi.

Skeletor is my nemesis.

- Huh!
- Ah!

Just as the Beast Man is mine.

- Wait. Why don't I have one?
- Ugh.

I'm gonna need to speak to
someone above you about this.

Where's your king?

Hiding beneath the city back home.

I'm the next best thing right now.

- Here we go.
- Bother.

I am Adam, Prince of Eternos

and defender of the secrets of Castle...

Eternos, that's easily 11 times worse

than anywhere else
you could have been from.

Call in the rest of the armada,
turn that place to dust,

and... I don't know.

Toss them over the side
after they rebuild my statue.

Huh?

Nice work, Prince Adam.

It's my first diplomatic incident.

Potentially your last as well.

You know what?

We'll just fire the old castle back up

and have our ghost get us
the heck out of here.

We'll be out of your feathers
before you know it.

- Hey... hey...
- Guys... guys...

About that.

What do you mean Eldress is gone?

Exactly what those words mean.
In that exact order.

How can she be gone? Isn't she a ghost,

which is like already one degree of gone.

Specter or not, she is made of magic.

Perhaps she used all she had left
to move the castle here.

Grayskull is connected to all the magic

in the universe, right?

So we'll find a way to bring her back.

We have to.

Until then, we need to find
some way to leave Avion

before Stratos destroys the castle.

Or we find some way to get them
to let us stay

until we can get Eldress back.

How? Do you know something
about these birdbrains...

Language, Krass'tine.

That we don't?

Yes.

Okay. Um...

I'm a bit of an amateur Avionologist.

Or as the Avion say,

"Avionologist amateur."

Ha.

Anything I don't know,

I'm sure we can read
about here in the archive.

Everybody, grab a book.

If we're being mind-controlled,

is me askin' this question
even me askin' this question?

Well, if Skeletor's doing the controlling,

why would he need you
to ask that question?

He'd know.

Yeah. But is that your answer, Baddrah,

or is that his answer?

Ta! You've blown me mind, Tuvar.

Or did he?

Turn those frowns upside down,
citizens of Eternos.

I'm here to stay.

Mmm.

They don't seem particularly
excited at the prospect.

Once I find that sigil,
they won't have a choice.

No one will.

Reality itself will bend to my will.

No sense conquering the universe

on an empty stomach, right?

Trap-Jaw!

Get to work on those new
weapons of w*r I've requested.

But I was gonna...

I'd like to show the rest of Eternia

how Skeletor's Eternos truly rolls.

Thank you for the roasted flesh.

Yes, Lord Skeletor.

It's a bit early the overthrowing process

to be showing off, isn't it?

We're going to be scouring
Eternia for that Sigil of Hiss.

Might as well look good
while we are doing it.

Oh, Beastie my bestie,

fetch.

Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Oh, dear...

Oh! Oh, thank goodness.

All this cloak and dagger
is too much for me to handle.

You're doing great, Ork-O.

- Ork-O.
- That's what I said.

Were you able to use that
recording spell you discovered?

What's my brother's next move?

He's planning on going after something

called the...

Sigil of Hiss.

That doesn't sound good.

My brother cannot be allowed
to find that artifact.

Can you get word to Adam and the others?

I can try.

Look, I'll just have the masons' guild

build me a new statue.

Can your people just come back outside

so we can throw them over
and get this over with?

Get what over with?

Something that's a little
bit demonstration

and a little bit threat.

And an awesome show of power, sir.

What he said.

Wait for it...

Oh!

What was that?!

Same thing we're going to do
to the island your castle is on.

Give them enough of a push
and these rocks drop like...

uh, rocks.

Ah, the expl*sives are being
placed below us as we speak,

King Stratos.

Was that an expl*si*n I just heard?

That would be
the "classic show of Avion might"

this book talks about, I think.

I can't really make sense of a lot of it.

Keep using the translation key
Duncan wrote out for us.

He won't let us down.

Ah, the... Prince of Eternos
appreciates your patience

as he consults, um...

consultants about the current situation.

This ground dweller seeks to offend us.

No! No, no, no, no, no, no.

I love Avion culture and language.

See?

- Et voila!
- Aah!

- Et voila to you, sir!
- Aah!

Everybody now, et... et voila!

What exactly do you think you're saying

when you say that?

"There it is"?

I am so sorry.

Per Avion custom

and our Man-At-Arms
Duncan's translation...

Oh, um, hey, guys,

I might not have known
as many words as I thought.

Cut it. Cut it.

The people of Eternos
challenge you to Course Aerien.

Oh...

Hmm. And what will the prize be?

Sanctuary.

I've never lost Course Aerien.

Maybe that's just because
you've never been challenged

by He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Should I have been?
Are they inside your castle too?

By the power of Grayskull!

I have the power!

We have the power.

The power of Grayskull.

I thought my Red Legion
destroyed the castle

and the brats along with it.

There is still plenty
of undiscovered Grayskull artifacts

in the Eternian Wilds, Lord Skeletor.

Someone probably
activated one by accident.

Hmm, perhaps.

King Stratos,
let's get this fight over with.

Course Aerien isn't a fight.

And it's one on one. Royal versus royal.

Then what did I just challenge you to?

I am the wind.

The wind is me.

And the wind... is awesome.

You don't think he'll win, do you?

I mean, I can't, you know, fly.

Given what we know about your strength,

the checkpoints for the race
are at reasonable enough intervals

for you to jump from each one to the next.

Duncan, I can't fly.

In a pinch, use your sword.

To fly?!

- Um...
- Ready, set, go!

Stratos out!

No fair!

- Oh!
- Whoa.

This is gonna be an absolute breeze.

Ha.

Ha... ah!

- Ha ha!
- Aah!

Looks like we're neck and neck,
King Stratos.

Only counts if you pass through
every checkpoint, Prince Adam.

- Ha-ha!
- Nice.

Whoa! Whoa!

- Whoa, indeed.
- I knew he'd be fine.

Record time.

I-I guess that one's on me.

Permission to save
your kingdom, King Stratos.

You can do that?

- Whoo!
- Hoo-hoo!

Nice race, Your Majesty.

I still won.
But I think you guys can stay.

For a little while at least.

Grayskull lives to fight another day.
What's next?

A nap?

Not yet. We find a way to break
Skeletor's havoc-hold

on my dad's army
so we can liberate the city

and rescue my dad, Ork-O, and Teela.

So no nap then?

Adam, Grayskull. Can you hear me?

Eldress!

That isn't Eldress.

Great. So Teela's ghost now too?

No, I'm not a ghost.
I just couldn't reach Eldress.

So I'm trying harder to reach you.

Did something happen to my dad?

Ork-O, the king, and me,
we're all safe for now.

But no one else will be

if Skeletor finds the Sigil of Hiss.

What's the Sigil of Hiss?

Let's go!

Beast Man to Skelly, Randor and the witch

are still in the city.

How very interesting.

Happy hunting.