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00:00Hello Chicago! In the latest news, Joe's sloppy house was closed due to suspected cannibalism and rodent molestation!
00:07Yikes! Not again!
00:09The midnight news never fails to put me to sleep.
00:11Breaking news! I mean Richard Frost and teen heartthrob Ethan Frost were spotted this afternoon.
00:19I see one more article about those slime balls.
00:43That's not a raccoon.
00:45Hello Ivy.
00:55No!
01:00No!
01:05Okay, rational explanations.
01:08Cosplayer.
01:09A lost Halloween enthusiast.
01:11A very committed Rappoon in a costume.
01:14Or a murderer.
01:15That works too.
01:20Let me in Ivy.
01:23I won't bite.
01:25I'm gentle as can be.
01:33Good girl.
01:34Be afraid of the weapon.
01:37A scythe.
01:38Now let me in.
01:39Or I'll cut you into ribbons and wear you as a tie.
01:42Not from here you won't.
01:44Then I'll find another way in.
01:45Where? All the doors are locked. My parents make sure every night-
01:49You forgot your window.
01:50I'll walk slowly.
01:51So you actually have a chance.
02:04Either I'm losing my mind or something very, very wrong just found me.
02:10This is so much fun!
02:12Fun is nice.
02:13Not the right to her choose.
02:18Mama! It's here! The monster!
02:20What do you want from me Susie?
02:22This is the fifth night!
02:35Wait!
02:35Why?
02:37Why do I do this to myself?
02:48Oh look that costume is amazing!
02:50So realistic!
02:54We need to get off this ride.
02:56Now.
02:57Honey, it's just actors.
03:00Ah!
03:09Can we leave?
03:10I think I touched hay.
03:13I'm going to be an angel!
03:15You.
03:16An angel.
03:17And you should be the devil.
03:18Since your name is Ivy.
03:20Like, Ivy is poison.
03:22That's ironic, right?
03:24That's...not how irony works, but sure.
03:27Try it on. I'll find my wings.
03:40Are you okay? You look pale as a ghost.
03:43Technical difficulties with the costume.
03:48Hey, where's that Grim Reaper display?
03:50Had to take it down.
03:52He tends to scare the customers.
03:55On the house.
03:56Cupcake.
04:08Leela, what time is it?
04:10Uh, 7. 45. I think.
04:13Leela, time is it!
04:18oh my god i killed him don't go out there what if he's a zombie
04:29sir are you okay oh the egg johnny my chest it feels like it's on fire do you want me
04:35to call
04:35an ambulance at least you didn't hit me at 70 miles with a pointy car oh wait you did
04:45i'll give you 20 seconds since your shirt is seen through one two three four five six seven
05:01lila open the damn door eight
05:12calm down it's not the same guy
05:21oh my god thank you so much for helping her
05:25no problem always here to help don't bother you won't see my face why are you following me
05:36holy crap is there a black hole under there i'm hungry why are you following me
05:43you're number one on my priority list don't tell anyone about me your friend is lucky she's
05:48clueless or i'd kill her see you at the party tonight eight o'clock i know where you live
05:52your mother is very nice by the way oh my god go wrong
06:03that guy who saved you was gorgeous wait you saw his face he was two inches from you
06:10how did you not his his hood was up his face was covered he had no hood on ivy
06:21mom dad i'm mr buttons and i love to sing a song
06:27i'm mr buttons and i love to sing a song
06:31i'm mr buttons and i love to sing a song
06:34i'm mr buttons and i love to sing a song
06:34what the fuck
06:35i'm mr buttons and i love to sing a song
06:41i'm mr buttons and i love to sing a song
06:42grab my hand and we can sing along
06:45I'm Mr. Buttons and I love to sing a song
06:50Dear Ivy, I suggest killing yourself with this knife before I kill you and have tons of fun with it
06:55Do you like swimming? I heard you're an excellent swimmer
06:58I also heard you like spiders, gory horror movies, dark places, and heights
07:04I could do something with those
07:06See you later, Cupcake
07:08Your worst nightmare
07:09P.S. Don't tell anyone about me unless you want them dead
07:15Fine, you want to play games? I'm going to that party
07:28Yo, is that you Ivy?
07:31You look smoking
07:33Must be an alternate universe
07:35Don't touch me, the Y
07:38Oh, she just owned you, bro
07:40Have you seen Lila?
07:42The kitchen or the pool, I'm not sure
07:45Everything's blurry
07:49Ivy, you look so cute
07:51Do you want to swim? I have extra bikinis
07:54Sure, sounds great
08:00Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves a dry little lady
08:04You know what that means?
08:06Dunker, Dunker
08:07Come on, just dip your toes in
08:09Jake, stop!
08:11I can't swim!
08:13Please!
08:14When I was little, I fell off my dad's boat
08:16I almost drowned
08:17I've been afraid of water ever since
08:43Don't fight me
08:44It'll make this harder for you
08:58You're okay
09:00Nobody's going to hurt you
09:05Who are you?
09:08A friend
09:13Remember that
09:18I made out with George
09:21You guys broke up
09:23He cheated on you
09:25You're just jealous
09:26Because I have all the guys
09:28And you have nothing
09:29At least I don't
09:31He's coming
09:32What?
09:38Come with me
09:39Before it's too late
09:41You don't belong here, Ivy
09:43Come with me and you'll be safe
09:46Get off my property, Arden
09:48And put a shirt on, you tool
09:51Demonstrate your power
10:10Pepper, how did I get here?
10:31You were dead asleep when we got home
10:33How was the party?
10:35Fine
10:36Mom, did anyone come to the house yesterday while you were gone?
10:40No, why?
10:43No reason, Mom
11:03A rational person would go to the police
11:05A sane person would delete these texts and move on
11:07But there's something about him
11:08About the way he appears and disappears
11:10The way everyone sees him differently than I do
11:12And that makes me feel like the police can't help me
11:14Like this is something else entirely
11:17Hey, wasn't that party amazing?
11:20You don't remember anything weird happening?
11:23I remember dancing
11:25In the pool
11:26In George Joseph's
11:28I mean the guy
11:30The one who grabbed me
11:32What guy?
11:34Never mind
11:53Teen heartthrob Ethan Frost is reportedly transferring to a Chicago public school for a grounding experience
12:00According to his father, billionaire Richard Frost
12:03In can F-R-O-S-D ice calming air?
12:06Great
12:07Because my life isn't chaotic enough
12:10Oh, Ivy
12:16Ivy?
12:18Ivy!
12:20Ivy!
12:23I'm fine
12:25Just a stomach pain
12:38You'd think a celebrity walked in
12:40A celebrity did walk in
12:42Oh my god, his job
12:48He looked at you
12:49He looked at everyone
12:55You're the only person
12:56Not staring at me
12:58Congratulations
12:59Won a trophy?
13:02I'm Ethan
13:05I know who you are
13:06You were on Vogue
13:07Naked
13:10I had my hands strategically
13:13I don't need the detail
13:30I didn't even know how I could do this
13:33You were on Vogue
13:33You were on Vogue
13:34You were on Vogue
13:45you can't be here this is a school i can be wherever i want take the hood off no why
13:52because the last girl who saw my face couldn't stop screaming because you're ugly the opposite
13:58actually that's not why she screamed are you going to kill me that set the plan then why
14:04haven't you you're complicated that's not an answer it's the only one you're getting
14:17i'm supposed to read your soul ivy morgan that's what i do i'm death death the one and the side
14:25that the threats the creepy notes occupation then why warn me why give me 20 seconds to run
14:32i saved me from choking on a taco like i said complicated
14:38stay away from arden and frost neither of them want what's best for you and you do
14:44i want you dead but apparently i'm having trouble following through
14:54he's death actual death and somehow that's not even the scariest part the scariest part
15:00is that i believe him
15:10balance was created by the others the original angels to monitor good and evil in the world
15:18doing homework on me i'm flattered stop watching me the book is mostly wrong but the part about the
15:25world ending that's accurate
15:29how long have you been there
15:3140 minutes you snore by the way i do not why are you in my room the balance is shifting
15:40faster than it should be something is accelerating it and whatever it is
15:44it's connected to you me i'm a 17 year old a cat and a stomach problem i'm not connected to
15:51anything
15:51your stomach problem is the connection those pains you keep getting that's the balance reacting to you
15:56you're different i was sent to kill you because certain force believe your existence was disrupting
16:01everything and do you believe that i don't know what i believe anymore which is a problem
16:07because i've been doing this for centuries and i've not known centuries i'm a mold keck very old
16:15arden is an angel he wants to use you ethan frost's family isn't what they seem and i i'm supposed
16:22to be one who ends you so trust no one including you especially me
16:37you'd explain everything i said i'd show you everything warning what you see might change
16:44things just take it off
16:52hideous terrifying both you're beautiful
16:55and that makes you more terrifying most people see what they what they want to see
17:01what is this the real me whatever that means at this point point
17:08so now what now you know what death looks like you're still standing here which means easy either
17:16you're incredibly brave for me or incredibly stupid i was gonna say stubborn i have questions
17:23lots of them i know that's the problem with you you never stop
17:34tomorrow your rooftop don't bring anyone
17:49so your death like the death one of them there's a hierarchy i handle high priority cases and i'm
17:56high priority because because you shouldn't exist the balance flagged you 17 years ago a soul that
18:03doesn't fit not fully human not fully anything else my orders were to eliminate you before you
18:07disrupted the system but you didn't i was the one who pulled you out of the water when you fell
18:12off
18:12your dad's boat you were six you looked up at me with those stupid big eyes and i hesitated
18:17i never hesitate that was you my dad said it was one of his friends i made him think that
18:26so you've
18:27been watching me for 11 years a sign to you there's a difference is there look the elders want you
18:35dead arden was sent to recruit you for heaven's side before i could finish the job and the frost family
18:39richard frost isn't human neither is ethan they're playing a game you can't see yet what game control of
18:46the balance whoever controls you controls it i'm not a weapon to them you are so what are my options
18:56i die get recruited get used or i make a deal with you i keep you alive buy us time
19:01to figure out what
19:02you actually are in exchange in exchange you stay close you do what i say and you don't trust anyone
19:09else you literally told me not to trust you i told you i was supposed to kill you the fact
19:16that you're
19:16still breathing should tell you something deal
19:24we need to talk about your new friend i don't have any new don't insult my intelligence ivy
19:33i can smell death on you he's manipulating you that's what he does he collects souls he doesn't
19:39save them he saved mine when i was six because he needs you elders who believe your soul is the
19:46key
19:46to stabilizing the balance if it's reaped properly but you're a hammy thing end that shift toward vol
19:52reaped properly you mean killed sacrifice there's a difference
19:57funny everyone keeps telling me the difference between things that sound exactly the same
20:03i'm trying to protect you by killing me nicely death will turn on you it's in his nature when the
20:09time
20:09comes and his masters demand your soul he'll deliver it he always does i'm offering you a choice come with
20:14me and i can at least make sure it means something here's my choice no i'm not dying for anyone's
20:23cause
20:24not his not yours he's already breaking rules for you ivy and when heaven notices and they will they
20:36won't punish him they'll punish you
20:42will you i haven't decided yet that's not reassuring
20:59you've been avoiding me i've been busy busy with the guy on the motorcycle how do you know about him
21:06i notice things my father notices things your father doesn't know i exist he wanted me to invite
21:13you to dinner oh he knows exactly who you are ivy look i'm not the enemy come to dinner saturday
21:33were you listening i'm always listening
21:44do you sleep no i eat don't need to
21:50but i like tacos do you feel things i'm not supposed to that's not what i asked i felt nothing
21:58for
21:58centuries i reaped souls followed orders existed in the spaces between life and death then i pulled
22:04a six-year-old girl out of the ocean and she looked at me like i was a person instead
22:09of a nightmare
22:13damien don't don't say my name like that like what like it matters
22:21why like cupcake what you keep calling me cupcake
22:27why when i first found you when you were six on the boat you were holding a cupcake pink frosting
22:32you offered it to me after i pulled you out you said here scary man you look hungry
22:36i don't remember that i never forgot it
22:44don't go to the frosts i mean it give me a reason because if something happens to you in that
22:49house
22:49i will burn it to the ground with everyone inside and that would be very bad for the balance
22:56ivy morgan i've been looking forward to meeting you for quite some time you know my name i know
23:01much more than your name i know what you are and what's that an anomaly a soul the balance can't
23:07categorize neither fully light nor fully dark do you know how rare that is i'm starting to get
23:13the picture the elders want you destroyed death was dispatched to do it and yet here you sit
23:19alive which means our mutual friend has gone rogue i'm offering you protection ivy real protection
23:26not whatever sentimental arrangement death has cooked up in exchange for what your cooperation
23:31your soul has the power to tip the balance permanently i intend to use that power to reshape
23:36the world with you willingly at my side the transition would be smooth and without me
23:41considerably less smooth for everyone you love dad quiet ethan thank you for dinner i'm leaving
23:53the door is locked dear sit down we have so much to discuss
24:03i told you not to come
24:06death himself crashing through my window for a human girl how romantic how pathetic she's not yours frost
24:13she's not yours either that's the delicious part
24:22when i say run run
24:25she can't run from destiny
24:27this way why are you helping me
24:35because my father is insane and i should have warned you sooner
24:44father isn't human he hasn't been for a long time
24:48he made deals dark ones for power he wants the balance broken not balanced what about you
24:58i'm his son i didn't get a choice in what i am but i'm choosing now
25:11get your hands
25:13tsar frost
25:15in ken
25:16i just saved her life
25:18i said let go
25:24we're leaving now
25:32you're bleeding
25:33i don't bleed
25:36there's literally blood on your face
25:40it'll heal
25:42what is richard frost he was human once he sold his humanity for power
25:51strong enough to hurt me
25:53which means strong enough to destroy you
25:55and ethan
25:56born half corrupted he helped me escape
25:58i noticed
26:00you came in for me
26:02i told you i would
26:04you said you'd burn the house down
26:06i considered it
26:08this can't happen
26:09what can't
26:10this
26:12whatever you're feeling right now it's a bad idea
26:17i'm feeling grateful
26:18you're feeling more than that
26:20i'm taking you home your parents will be worried
26:22damien
26:24don't
26:29heaven has made its decision
26:31about dame
26:32you
26:32they've issued an order your soul is to be collected
26:35by me before richard frost or death can use it
26:37i tried to give you time ivy time's up
26:40i thought you said you should protect me
26:43this is protection if frost gets your soul the world ends
26:45if death keeps defying orders they'll destroy him and take you anyway
26:48at least with us your sacrifice means something
26:51there's that word again
26:54it won't hurt i promise
26:59touch her again and i will end you
27:02angel or not
27:07you condemn her you can't protect her from heaven and hell
27:12watch me
27:19stop both of you
27:26i am not a weapon and i'm not doubting for anyone's plan
27:29do you hear me
27:31you lied to me and you you should have told me they were coming
27:42i know you're awake your light is on
27:45go away
27:45i can't
27:46can't or won't
27:48both
27:51you have 60 seconds
27:53i should have told you about heaven's order i found out three days
27:56go i thought i could handle it before it reached you
27:58you thought you could handle it
28:00like i'm a problem to be managed
28:02that's not
28:03that's exactly what it is
28:05you ardent frost everyone's managing me
28:07planning around me nobody talks to me
28:12you're right
28:13what
28:14you're right i've spent 11 years watching over you and i still treat you like a mission instead of a
28:18person
28:18old habit tell me everything
28:21right now
28:23no more it's complicated no more you're not ready everything
28:26when you were born the balance fractured not because you're evil because your soul is neutral
28:29perfectly impossibly neutral you contain equal parts light and dark
28:33that's never happened before
28:35you're the living embodiment
28:38of what the balance is supposed to be
28:39so i am the balance
28:41i'm a living anchor for it if your soul is reaped and given to heaven the balance tips
28:44permanently toward good sounds nice
28:46but it would destroy free will
28:47if frost gets it the balance collapses into chaos
28:50the balance holds
28:52as long as you breathe the world stays in equal river that's why you're a weapon alive you're a
28:56lock on pandora's box
28:57so the only way to save the world
29:00is for me to survive
29:01and the only one assigned to kill you is me
29:03what happens to you if you define your orders
29:06obliteration
29:07not death death can't die
29:09erasure like i never existed
29:11every soul i ever reaped every moment every memory gone
29:14even the memory of me
29:16then why are you still here
29:18because for the first time in centuries
29:22there's something i'm more afraid of losing than myself
29:24your 60 seconds are up
29:26i know
29:30thank you all for coming
29:32this is a terrible idea
29:33for once we agree
29:35richard frost is coming for me
29:37heaven is coming for me
29:39the only way i survive is if the three of you stop trying to kill each other and start working
29:44together
29:44my father has allies dark ones
29:47demons corrupted spirits people in power who sold their souls to
29:50him
29:51he's been building an army for years waiting for this moment and heaven won't wait much
29:54longer
29:56if i don't deliver your soul they'll send someone who will
29:59someone less
30:00merciful
30:01define merciful
30:03you try to rip her soul out in the school hallway
30:05i was trying to spare her a worse fate
30:09enough
30:11here's the plan
30:13arden you buy us time with heaven
30:15tell them you're still working on me
30:17lie if you have to
30:19angels don't
30:20learn arden's jaw tightens but he nods
30:23ethan
30:24you know your father's operation from the inside
30:28his weaknesses his schedule his allies
30:30i need everything
30:31if he finds out i betrayed him
30:34heal
30:34i know
30:36that's why it has to be careful
30:38ethan swallows hard nods
30:41and damien
30:43let me guess
30:44stay close
30:45protect you
30:46don't kill anyone
30:48can you handle that
30:51the don't kill anyone part
30:53is going to be challenging
30:54i can feel you
30:56imagining my death right now
30:58it's the only thing getting me through this meeting
31:01boys
31:01focus
31:02richard frost wants the balance broken
31:04we're the only thing standing in his way
31:06so either we work together
31:08or the world ends
31:09pick one
31:10truce
31:11truce
31:12am i part of the truce too or
31:14don't push it
31:16frost
31:17so then he says
31:21you've been so quiet lately honey
31:23everything okay at school
31:26just stressed midterms
31:28that's my girl
31:30always worrying
31:31you know what i say
31:32take it one fish at a time
31:36that's not a saying
31:37dad
31:38it is now
31:40i invented it on the boat
31:55do you ever wonder what it would be like
31:57to be normal
31:58i was never normal
32:03humor me
32:04if i were normal
32:07i'd probably have terrible taste in music
32:09work some dead-end job
32:11eat too many tacos
32:12you already eat too many tacos
32:15see i'm halfway there
32:18after tomorrow if everything goes wrong
32:20it won't
32:21but if it does
32:22i need you to know
32:24don't don't say it like a goodbye
32:26i'm not saying goodbye
32:29i'm saying thank you
32:30for the boat
32:32for the tacos
32:33for every time you were there
32:35even when i didn't know it
32:37you offered me a cupcake
32:39when you were six
32:40no one had ever given me anything before
32:43damien
32:44yeah
32:45if we survive this
32:46i'm buying you a whole box of cupcakes
32:48i'll hold you to that cupcake
32:53my father is on the one
32:54the ritual chamber
32:55a mighty exit
32:56a break to grab that door
32:57without the real anchor present
33:00likewise it holds
33:01original to reach your ritual
33:02if she's close enough
33:03he can siphon it without her consent
33:04then why are we walking toward him
33:06because if we don't stop him tonight
33:08he'll come to you
33:09at your house with your parents inside
33:11let's go
33:17i'll clear the path move fast
33:24stay behind me
33:29top floor two more flights
33:33what was that
33:35he started the ritual
33:38right on time ivy
33:40knew you'd come
33:41your soul recognizes the balance's pain
33:44you can end it
33:45all you have to do
33:47is let go
33:48no
33:49dad
33:49stop this
33:50quiet son
33:51or join the offering
33:57you want her soul
33:58come through me
33:59with pleasure
34:01with pleasure
34:02no
34:05no
34:05no
34:06no
34:06no
34:07no
34:20no
34:21no
34:22no
34:22no
34:31The balance is breaking. If that signal completes, it's over.
34:48Ethan! Ethan, wake up!
34:52The signal... needs a soul to activate... any soul. He designed it to work with yours, but...
34:59But what?
35:00If someone else steps into the center willingly, someone with enough supernatural energy, it could overload. Short-circuit the whole
35:06thing.
35:27You chose a human over eternity. How poetic. How stupid!
35:37Run.
35:39No.
35:41Ivy, no! If you step in, he'll take your soul!
35:45I'm not giving him my soul. I'm using it.
35:52What are you doing? You'll destroy the channel!
35:58That's the point.
36:04No! I spent decades!
36:15Son...
36:16Son...
36:20Son...
36:22Ivy! Ivy!
36:24Her soul is intact, but it overextended. She poured everything into breaking the signal.
36:28She's...
36:29She's what?!
36:30Fading.
36:31Don't you do this to me! Don't you dare! You owe me cupcakes, remember?
36:39Yeah, cupcake. We won.
36:46You're crying.
36:48I don't cry.
36:49There's literally tears on your face.
36:52Shut up.
36:57The doctors say you passed out from exhaustion and some kind of electrical event.
37:02They're baffled.
37:03Sounds about right.
37:04Ivy, I know something happened.
37:06Something bigger than what you're telling me.
37:08I'm not as clueless as everyone thinks.
37:09I know you're not.
37:11Will you tell me?
37:12Someday?
37:13Someday.
37:14I promise.
37:19Heaven has recalled the order.
37:21Your survival proves something they didn't expect.
37:23That the balance doesn't need a sacrifice.
37:25It needs a guardian.
37:26A living one.
37:27So they're leaving me alone?
37:28For now.
37:29Possibly forever.
37:30You've changed the equation, Ivy.
37:32They're recalculating.
37:33Angels recalculate?
37:34We're learning.
37:35What about you?
37:37I've been reassigned.
37:38Observation duty.
37:39Apparently watching over Earth is my penance for going rogue.
37:42Take care of yourself, Ivy Morgan.
37:44The world needs you breathing.
37:47Hey.
37:48Hey.
37:49My father's gone.
37:50The company, the mansion, the empire, all of it's being dismantled.
37:53I'm 18 with nothing.
37:54You have yourself.
37:55That counts.
37:56You sound like a motivational poster.
37:58You're welcome.
37:59I'm leaving Chicago.
38:01Starting over somewhere nobody knows the Frost name.
38:03I just wanted to say thank you for seeing me as something other than his son.
38:05You were always something other than his son, Ethan.
38:08You just didn't know it yet.
38:11Goodbye, Ivy.
38:12Goodbye, Ethan.
38:22You came.
38:23I always come.
38:25The elders, your superiors.
38:26What are they going to do to you?
38:28They offered me a choice.
38:30Continue as a reaper, new assignment, new soul, forget everything.
38:33Or...
38:33Or?
38:34Become mortal.
38:35Lose my power, my immortality, my position.
38:37Start from zero.
38:38Live and eventually die.
38:39Which did you choose?
38:43I figured I owed you one.
38:45Eleven years late.
38:46You chose mortal.
38:47I chose...
38:48You.
38:49You're going to be terrible at being human.
38:52Probably.
38:53I don't know how to do taxes.
38:54Or cook.
38:54Or sleep.
38:55You'll learn...
38:57To sleep.
38:57I eat too many tacos.
38:59We'll work on that.
39:01No more scythe?
39:03No more scythe.
39:04No more death threats?
39:06I might keep the nickname...
39:07Cupcake.
39:11So...
39:11That's what that feels like.
39:13Welcome...
39:14To being human.
39:19Here's what they don't tell you in bedtime stories.
39:21Good doesn't always conquer evil.
39:23And evil doesn't always win.
39:25Sometimes, against every odd, they find balance.
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