The Nocturnum
Episode 16: Turning of the Wheel
Original Air Date: 4/18/04
Brief Synopsis
The cast nears their destination: The deadly Tyrr Nemaii. But they discover on arriving in the small mountain community at the base of Mount Makalu a beleaguered people desperately in need of their help. Hundreds of miles from civilization, the village is in fact a hidden labor camp high in the mountains. Do they dare join the underground resistance? Can the Cast save a small village from both TemCo...and the Yeti?
Great Quotes:
Drake (on sudden exposure to sunlight): At least wake me up before you do that!
Anita: Cyan, what the hell is wrong with you?
Cyan: Do you want a list!?
Anita: Jack hasn't killed anyone.
Jack: Yet.
Drake: Wait. They [TemCo agents] have assault rifles. We have yaks and wood. I'm thinking yak-a-pults.
Ekloff: The Tyrr Nemaii is made of alloys I've never seen. You'd probably need a nuclear bomb to take it out.
John (checks pockets): Damn, I knew I forgot something...
Yi (resistance member): We help you. You beat TemCo.
John: We beat TemCo flat. With a sledge hammer.
(Drake, in the form of a spider monkey, takes off into the mountains)
Yi: You no go after your pet monkey?
Cast (sighs, resigned): He'll be back.
(The Cast sees the Yeti, and stands in stunned silence)
John: Right...so let's go get that Dragon's Egg. We can make a really big omelette.
(The Cast needs to split up)
Anita (indicating Ekloff): I'm with him.
Cyan: All Right! Timmy's getting laid tonight!
(Drake assumes wolf form and runs through the Cast's midst. The Cast have never seen him as a wolf before. Ekloff shoots at him. Drake lifts his leg, pisses, and moves on.)
Jack: Anyone else think maybe that was Drake?
Yi: Drake? Who Drake?
John: Frigging monkey. He's...really good at impersonations.
(Yi stares at John a moment, then grins)
Yi: Ah, you just messing with me!
Director: An old man opens the door. It's Kane! Roll Initiative! Just kidding.
Drake's Player: I eat the Sherpas [Yi and her grandfather].
John (To Ekloff): There's no Dragon's Egg, is there?
Ekloff: Just play along. If I know you psychos as well as I think I do, you'll love this.
(John, seeing crates of assault rifles, kisses a monk)
John: I love you guys!
[Out-take]
Director: And 2.5 hours later, John has all the weapons put together and cleaned.
Drake's player: Including his pants!
John's Player: Had to make sure the actions were nice and smooth.
Great moments:
The Cast arrives in Lhasa, and can see Mount Makalu at last. After making contact with an old friend of Ekloff's, the cast agrees to go seek a mysterious "Dragon's Egg," which will help them against TemCo and free the villagers from the company's oppression.Drake displays the ability to turn into a wolf and a spider monkey as well as a Raven.
The Cast tangles with twelve mutated humans, the result of TemCo's unnatural experiments. They are saved by a Gnoph-keh, an enormous six-legged polar bear with a hong horn on its nose, which they inadvertently befriended by leaving food and other useful items behind, a "sacrifice to the Yeti" suggested by their Sherpa guides.
Upon arriving at a Shamballa temple deep in the mountains, the Cast takes rest and food. The monks refuse Drake entry, since he is outside the Wheel of Dharma.
An astonishing discovery awaits the Cast: The "Dragon's Egg" is in reality a room full of disassembled M-16 assault rifles from a crashed military transport in the mid-80's.
Drake steals John's assault rifle and makes John chase him around the temple for it. John retaliates by instigating a snowball fight with Drake.
After getting their weapons, the Cast finds a secret entrance to the Makalu complex, hinted at in the journals of Morten Nyhuus. The episode ends as the Cast enters the enormous underground city of the Tyrr Nemaii.