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finale of The White Vault, Gothshark.

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The White Vault, Gothshark.

1:58

The White Vault. Hi!

2:39

How. Are

2:46

you. See.

3:26

Also a. Oh

3:28

I'm I'm sorry ma'am but you still collecting

3:31

dust as you requested. He'll be back soon.

3:33

Don't leave. Me

3:35

here with me and keep the

3:37

door open A though. Yes,

3:41

I can do that. Cg

3:47

will be such a big family company, but

3:49

I don't believe I've seen her before. How

3:52

are you related to hold of it if

3:54

I may ask? Mom.

3:57

Are you ok? Fine.

4:00

Um, please, Aldros Dothir. Her cousin.

4:03

Ah, Aldros Dothir. That makes sense. I've met your

4:05

mother in multiple occasions. I'm sure. You'll

4:09

have to excuse me. I have to get that.

4:11

Wait! Suryas...

4:20

She must be here somewhere. Halta

4:23

would never leave home without her. I

4:26

am here. No.

4:30

I'm not speaking with you. You

4:32

want to play this game with me? This

4:34

isn't the game. This is my family. Where?

4:40

She's here somewhere. Hello,

4:45

Aldros. What?

5:01

Why is through this, Aldros? What did you do? Never.

5:06

Never use someone's grip on with her like this.

5:09

Do you have idea how dangerous that is?

5:11

She doesn't know you. Raskil,

5:14

I am a dek. The other one was speaking to

5:16

me, Aldros. Talking. Are you

5:18

sure? What

5:21

did it say? Something

5:23

about stopping something. Stopping

5:26

this. I

5:28

don't know what this meant. And I didn't

5:30

know what to do. I

5:33

never know what to do. This.

5:36

Griepal weather. Don't talk to people. The

5:38

report of such are few and far between

5:40

and rarely credible. And

5:42

never to family. Are

5:45

you lying? Are you sure

5:47

you heard speaking? I'm not

5:50

lying. Why do you constantly

5:52

think I'm lying? Is that the same thing that I... I

5:55

tried to find through this. To stop it. To

5:57

protect me. Is it speaking

5:59

to you, Raskil? know. So

6:03

explain what happened. When did the

6:05

talking stop? When I took through this

6:07

out, there was a loud

6:09

noise, noises, and then

6:11

they're all stopped. I

6:14

don't understand. Why are you so

6:16

upset? Isn't that why they stay with

6:18

us? Through this is strong, the strongest of us.

6:24

I forget who I've spoken to sometimes. I

6:26

have a lot to remember and a lot more to do. How

6:29

much do you know about through this? Through

6:31

this is your family's protector, as

6:34

Kritmist is mine. With

6:36

everything going on, why are you

6:38

not carrying Kritmist with you? She's

6:41

at home above the doorway, protecting Artha and the

6:43

rest of my family. She's

6:45

at home, sat as a protector, and

6:47

yet that's where you found... That one,

6:50

yes. Kritmist

6:53

is rather strong but seemed unable to

6:55

either sense or repel the intruder. Or

7:00

perhaps she didn't want to.

7:03

What did you forget to tell me then? This

7:05

about Kritmist? Through this? In

7:08

a way. Over

7:11

ten years ago, I had

7:13

another Kripalvitir, one I

7:15

had been gifted as a child. No,

7:18

through this is always with the help of the family. This

7:21

is true, but back in 2010, she was

7:23

still my mother's. I

7:27

had another Kyr. I think

7:30

I remember her. She looked

7:32

like Skulthrimna. Yes, she

7:35

did. But Kyr died. They

7:38

don't die, Helper. They

7:40

do. They can, and they have. Things

7:45

have been changing and not for

7:47

the better. This is the catalog. All

7:50

Kripalvitir known to our family have been

7:52

described herein. This? How

7:57

are there so many? No

7:59

one knows. how many there are in total. And

8:02

there are reports that some cripalveer never leave

8:04

the sites. Additionally, about once

8:06

a generation more arrive to each family.

8:09

As our families grow, we require

8:11

more to protect us. They've

8:14

always known this. And

8:16

our numbers grew. The

8:18

kur. All

8:22

these marks the rats. They're all

8:24

gone. Yes. And

8:26

you can see the dates or the date ranges they have

8:29

thought to have died. All within

8:31

the last 10 years. None of

8:33

these look like that. Then

8:36

we have the same problem as ever. Is

8:38

he here to help us? Or hurt us?

8:41

If she spoke to you, really, I

8:44

don't know. Usually as my mother

8:46

and as the records have told me, when

8:48

new cripalveer come to the family, it's in

8:51

pairs or sets. And they would

8:53

reveal themselves to the head of the family. In

8:56

our case, that would be me. This

8:58

would tell me she's not here to join us. And

9:01

so far in our generation, we have

9:03

yet to receive new cripalveer. Even

9:06

given the death of kur. So

9:09

I don't know what to tell you. Our

9:11

family grows, but because of

9:13

this, we are less protected. Our

9:16

guardian artifacts spread thin. So it

9:19

could be here to hurt us? Or

9:21

to protect her so adamantly like only

9:23

she can. Did

9:25

you feel fear when you saw her? Yes,

9:28

naturally. Fear for Arthna,

9:31

for who it is, for who

9:33

could have sent it. Then

9:36

we will treat this new one as hostile. I will

9:38

keep it here secured and under watch. She,

9:42

it doesn't look like ours. Not

9:44

with those teeth. No. Our

9:47

sleep works. Could you please call

9:49

Tikvi up here? I saw

9:51

him just a few minutes ago. Well,

9:54

hopefully since he works here. If

9:57

you are serious about helping Arthna about help.

10:00

this family about having more power to

10:02

protect yourself and your family, our family,

10:05

then I must admit we

10:08

could use your help. Mine.

10:11

I want to help Artna, I will. I'll

10:13

do anything but some

10:16

of our work? Hilda,

10:19

I'm years behind. I don't

10:21

know enough to start making a difference soon enough.

10:25

I've been too passive for too long

10:27

and it's come to bite me. In

10:30

some ways that can be helpful. You

10:32

can't spill secrets, you do not know. Our

10:35

catalog is secret, let's keep it that way, yes?

10:38

Within the family? The true

10:40

family. Who would I... What

10:43

do you want me to do? I'm

10:46

still serious about not... I'm not going to

10:48

send anyone and it can't have you on.

10:50

We don't need him. No, that's

10:52

still fine. It's not your responsibility. There's a

10:54

lot more to do than supply the sites.

10:58

Come in. Hello,

11:01

this. Now, I've

11:04

already spoken with Mother on the best way to

11:06

approach this and she has an idea that

11:08

I've come to support. Trigwe.

11:11

Yes? As my brother, you

11:13

are worse than everything we do. We

11:19

have received confirmation that the vote

11:21

has ended and another

11:23

family summit has been called, correct?

11:26

Yes, the latter survived several days ago,

11:28

even before Arnaud's injury. The

11:30

summit will begin in three days' time. I

11:33

have selected a flight for you, Hultar. I just need

11:35

your approval on the email to... I'm not going. You

11:38

are. Me? This Trigwe.

11:41

Just buy the tickets, I'm not going to review it. Yes,

11:44

this is a peculiar family summit. Each

11:47

family will send representatives but as head

11:49

of the family, I can't go. There

11:51

is too much happening here as it is and

11:54

if I were to go, it would appear as if

11:56

we are too eager. My

11:58

mother's idea was... You

12:01

are a true daughter, not in

12:03

line for a head of the family, but

12:05

a true daughter nonetheless. That

12:07

alone qualifies you to represent us, and

12:10

your willingness to do anything to protect

12:12

Arna means you will

12:14

do anything to protect our family.

12:17

Many of the families will be in similar

12:19

situations, with the heads remaining home and

12:22

other members of their true families in

12:24

attendance. I wouldn't even know what to

12:26

say to the other families. It's fine,

12:28

we don't want you talking, we want you listening,

12:31

and Trigwe will be there to do everything else,

12:33

yes? Of course, anything I

12:35

can do. Why not this, no?

12:37

Oh, oh, sorry! Even my mother

12:39

would be a better pick. You

12:41

may be surprised to learn that all

12:43

of us are otherwise occupied keeping the

12:45

company and the site in order. Trigwe!

12:49

I'll watch out for you. There

12:53

is also the possibility that this whole summit

12:55

is a trap. A trap? So

12:58

the intention is to send me because I'm... I'm

13:01

the least knowledgeable. And if

13:04

I'm understanding you well enough, the most

13:06

expendable? We're all expendable if

13:08

it's for the good of the whole, with

13:11

everyone else already working towards new

13:13

findings, and possible solutions

13:15

to these anomalies. You're

13:17

the most... I get it. I

13:19

put myself in this situation by staying out of

13:22

all this for years, happily so.

13:25

I'll do it. If it means being

13:28

part of this, protecting Arjna, Sara and

13:30

Gurnar, my family... Nothing

13:33

in this family is ever safe. Let's

13:35

settle what's hard for you. Trigwe knows the

13:37

details and has the files on who we know will

13:39

be attending so far. At least

13:42

as far as our relation liaisons. Spies.

13:45

They're spies. At least as far as

13:47

they know. I've

13:50

never met any of the other family members in person.

13:53

What do they act like? Do they all act

13:55

like us? Of course. It's

13:57

a bloodbath. Metaphorically. Take

14:01

this artifact to the holding safe in

14:03

R&D and fill these in on

14:05

the trip. I have another appointment

14:07

out at one of our geothermal facilities

14:09

and a briefing packet to review beforehand.

14:12

Will do. You

14:18

taste the nasty terrible. Hello?

14:31

Hello? Can you hear me? Please, we

14:33

need help. People

14:36

are dying out here. This

14:39

is an emergency. What?

14:44

What? What? What?

14:47

What? What? What?

14:50

What? What? What?

14:52

What? What?

14:54

What? What? What?

14:58

What? No,

15:01

don't think I... Why?

15:04

Mika? Are you gonna die?

15:08

No, we're not.

15:12

Don't say that. We're not gonna

15:14

die. He's gonna die. We're

15:17

gonna kill him. If we don't get

15:19

out of here, we're gonna become his

15:22

problem, right? Help. Any

15:24

way we can. Is

15:31

anyone there? Hello? Is

15:35

anyone there? Hello? Dammit.

15:40

What's going on? It's

15:44

the storm. The

15:47

signal can't reach the satellite. Michael?

15:50

Michael? Are you there?

15:52

Pick up. Pick

15:55

up. He

15:58

might have broke it. If

16:00

he planned this, planned to take her, he might have broke

16:03

it. He

16:06

planned it? He

16:08

planned it. He knew what he was doing.

16:11

Nika! We

16:14

have... We

16:16

can shoot him. We

16:19

certainly can. Wouldn't

16:21

feel bad about it either. Jane.

16:24

Wait. Nika.

16:29

Jane. Adele.

16:32

Adele, listen to me. Jane

16:34

had us at home. I know. Since

16:37

I said Lewis took the radio, they might not have thought he had

16:39

one. It was in his backpack. They might have left

16:41

it there. I... I can go get it. Call

16:44

for help. No, don't leave me here. Adele.

16:48

I have to do something. The

16:51

gun. Adele, do

16:53

you think you could shoot someone if you had to? Adele?

17:01

I could do it. I

17:03

would do it. I

17:05

know the feeling. If

17:08

I can get to the other phone, we can still call for

17:10

help. At least when it's

17:12

his and he's done something to it. If

17:14

we get along the storm, the other phone could be our

17:16

way out of here. We'll

17:19

secure the church, and I'll leave out the window

17:22

without Jason knowing. I

17:25

think I could get back here in five or six hours

17:27

at full speed. I know where to go. You'd leave

17:29

me the gun? Alone? We...we...

17:34

Yes, we...we'll lock

17:36

up the church. Barricade it, just like we

17:38

did the front bar. Come on. Argh!

17:50

What? Ify,

17:52

I'm not wrong. I'm not crazy.

17:55

The trees are closer. What's

17:57

going on? That's not... You

18:01

see it, Talon. It's not

18:04

safe here. It's less safe out there

18:06

in the woods. I can't take you out there. I

18:09

know. You...

18:11

you... shit-ho... freak.

18:14

Get out! Hell no. I...

18:18

sick... get out! You're

18:20

gonna have to shoot me then. I

18:22

ain't going back out in those fucking trees. You

18:24

see it? It's

18:27

moved. Yeah. And

18:29

they keep trying to grab you. What?

18:32

Well, something is... You

18:35

see it, but it's trying. Look. Maybe...

18:39

that's a claw mark. You, get

18:41

in the corner. Move. Adele,

18:44

close the window. Lock it. Mm-hmm.

18:48

I said move! Ugh.

18:54

How'd you get free from the pole and the tide? After

18:57

part of the house fell and you both left me

18:59

there, I had to keep kicking the supports

19:01

till more of the roof fell. The pole

19:03

wasn't attached at the top by that point. Tipped

19:06

it over and got out. Popped the

19:08

ties on a nail, then tried to head for the

19:10

woods, but that happened. Heard

19:13

you were Jason talking earlier about the church. What

19:16

happened with the girl? Mika? Don't talk

19:18

about her! None of this

19:20

would have happened if you hadn't taken us

19:22

down here. Bitch,

19:25

don't touch her. She

19:27

sucker punched me. Don't care.

19:30

Don't touch her. I will

19:32

happily shoot you, and I am sure you know

19:34

that by now. Sit down. Look,

19:42

I'm sorry about your guy and about your sister, but

19:45

I wasn't hired on to kill anyone. That was

19:47

all S. I was just told

19:49

to help get you and your sister over the border, and

19:52

then keep you hidden for a few weeks. And

19:54

as she said, I don't care

19:56

if you are hired to throw flowers under S.S.S.

20:00

Now part of her murder! You're

20:02

going to jail for this! Same with

20:04

Jean. You might not have pulled the

20:06

trigger, but you are the accomplice, plain and simple. Yeah...

20:10

Shit... Adele? Over

20:13

on the table, there's zip ties. What?

20:17

No... I don't want to

20:19

be able to protect myself! And we're protecting ourselves.

20:23

Toss them to him. Make

20:27

a loop. Do it. Make

20:31

a big loop. Then

20:34

another. Yep. Here's

20:37

another one. Keep the loop wide. Same

20:40

thing, another one. Put

20:43

your left wrist through one of those. Bring

20:45

it right around your back and flip your wrist through the other

20:48

thing. This is so stupid, I

20:50

can help! I could call my guys! You're

20:52

guys? Hell no! I'll shoot you

20:54

before that happens. I could

20:56

get us out of this. Do you have a means

20:58

of talking to people? Well, not on me. Flip

21:02

your right wrist through the other single loop. Come

21:05

on! Finally,

21:07

pull those as tight as you can

21:09

using your other hand. No.

21:16

Adele, are you okay tightening them? Yeah.

21:21

Yeah, I can do that. Now,

21:24

Louis. Let me remind you. I

21:27

have a loaded rifle. I

21:30

have turned the safety off. And...

21:34

I hate you. Adele

21:38

is going to tighten your zip ties because

21:40

we don't trust you. So... Lay

21:44

on your stomach. I'm

21:46

going to die here because of you. Oh

21:49

no, how would I possibly live with

21:51

myself? Down! Down! Adele?

22:00

Adele, the TIEs. Right. Sorry.

22:05

I don't... I'm so tired. Spina,

22:09

have you really still planned to go out there? What

22:12

about the trees? We don't even know

22:14

what would have to do with our S. We

22:16

need the other satellite phones. I

22:18

can't think of anything else to get us out of here. What

22:21

about the radio? We have so many radios.

22:24

Those can't really reach as far as we would need. Unless

22:29

someone's in a fire tower nearby and has a

22:31

way to help, we need something else. The satellite

22:33

phone is still our best bet. Even

22:36

if normal emergency services won't respond, I

22:38

have... emergency

22:40

contacts I can call. But

22:42

you said it would take hours. Maybe even

22:44

a day to get their impact. She's single.

22:47

We've found one to come after us. After

22:49

me? Are you talking about the

22:51

sat phone Jean had? What? Yeah, we

22:53

took that. Where is it? Did I break it

22:55

with you? No, not anymore.

22:57

I dropped it earlier. It

22:59

was in my pack. When

23:01

whatever that thing is out there started

23:03

chasing us and took S, I

23:05

nearly lost it. I had it for a while

23:07

longer, but when that thing came for me

23:10

then, then I dropped it to run.

23:13

Lost it and everything else in my pack. Which

23:15

direction was that? How far was it from here? What's

23:17

the pack look like? Slow down. In

23:23

which direction did you drop the pack? I

23:26

don't know. You saw me run into

23:28

town. That way. I

23:31

think I ran pretty dead straight. How

23:33

long did you run between dropping the bag and getting here?

23:36

Maybe like a half an hour. And

23:39

what does your bag look like? Does

23:42

all this interrogation get me something to eat

23:44

at least? The bag's red. Bright

23:46

red with like yellow and white tape

23:48

on it. It seems like

23:50

the O and part of it's all together

23:52

with knotted shoelace. You

23:55

better forget. I can find

23:57

it. And that's in a few rich places

23:59

and you need to... I just really thought, hell,

24:02

it's a bag in a whole

24:04

forest, understand? Cause I have to.

24:08

And if I have any super power, it's really

24:10

good I say. I wouldn't have

24:12

my job without it. But

24:14

something's out there. So

24:16

is Jason. And we

24:18

need a way out. Safely.

24:22

Once I get it, I can call for help. I

24:24

won't even wait and I'll come straight back. You

24:27

take the rifle, keep a train and you do

24:29

it. Hey, what happened?

24:33

Why are you putting me? Hey,

24:37

at least put me on a sleeping mat. You're

24:40

freezing. No, you're not going

24:42

anywhere. And if you try anything, Adele

24:44

can either choose to leave you

24:46

here, shoot you, or let Jason

24:48

take you. Jason, what? What's

24:51

going on? Fill me in. Adele,

24:53

I'm going out to leave you. I'll

24:55

come back through the same window. Don't

24:57

open the door for anyone. Don't move the furniture

24:59

out from the door without me. If

25:03

I'm gone more than two hours, don't leave me here. Not

25:06

with him. Not without Mika.

25:08

You've survived so much already. And

25:12

I'm sorry you have to come here more. This

25:15

won't be easy, but you can do it. Stay

25:17

away from the entrances. It is better to shoot

25:20

the rifle with some distance between you and Target.

25:23

So stand back here. So

25:25

this moves, and you think he's planning something, shoot him

25:27

in the lower leg or something. Don't

25:30

give anyone the opportunity to

25:32

get close. Focus on

25:34

protecting the window. Everything

25:37

else is pretty secure. Please,

25:39

please, I'll be alone. I'll

25:41

be right back. No, I'll be right back. Please,

25:45

Adele, you can

25:47

do this. Really. Mika

25:50

wanted to protect you. She

25:53

did it because she loved you. But

25:56

you are also fully capable of protecting yourself.

25:59

We both knew it. Look at me. I'll

26:03

be back soon. Watch

26:07

the window behind me. I'm

26:11

running. I'm

26:30

running. You're

26:53

doing so well. What

27:00

you have given, I will

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send you there. Thank

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you. Keep

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digging. You're

27:26

so close to me. I'm

27:55

running. What

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happened to

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you? Is that the

28:12

right habit? All

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right.

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All very little holes left. 911,

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I'm taking

29:01

over my student education. It's me,

29:03

and a teenager, Laddell from Canada.

29:06

We're hiding in the old church in Norfolk. We're

29:09

in danger, and we need help. Miss,

29:13

please only call 911 in case of an emergency. Our

29:16

resources and time need to be saved for

29:18

those in need. What? This

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is an emergency! A woman and my friend

29:23

Jean have died! We need help! Do

29:26

not call again. The proper use of

29:28

the emergency 911 services is a classy

29:30

misdemeanor and can result in jail time

29:32

in a fire. Also, it's

29:34

pronounced, um, just a

29:37

little loose. What? Help

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us! Damn

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it! Ahhh!

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Mm-hmm. You

30:01

are here. Why?

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Hey. Is

30:22

anyone there? I

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don't know. Can

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you hear me? Are

30:31

you there? Hello?

30:38

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