Just Call me Tea

You’ve all been together a long time, but you can count on one hand—well, it’s been 80 years, so maybe two—you can easily count the number of times you’ve seen Davenport truly angry at one of the seven of you.

Usually, if he’s had to do the captain thing and reprimand you, it’s been a little more toned down—

Clint: “I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed.”

Griffin: Exactly. But this is—Davenport is pissed. And Lup and Barry realize it too, pretty immediately, and they go to the lounge without any protest. And Lucretia takes over the controls from Davenport and puts you in a holding pattern as he goes into the lounge.

Do you guys go after them? Or like, eavesdrop, or whatever?

Justin: Oh, eavesdropping for sure.

Travis: One hundred percent.

Justin: Taako is—he’s always here for the drama. And he’s relieved Lup’s okay, so he’s definitely gonna like, give her shit now. As she passes by he’s like,

Taako: (sing-song) Oh, you’re in trouble…

Clint: Merle does that trick where he puts a glass against the door so he can hear.

Griffin: Well, Davenport leaves the door open, so you don’t have to—you can hear pretty easily. 

Clint: Oh, okay.

Griffin: So you sort of follow behind Davenport—not into the lounge with them, but close enough to hear. And you hear Davenport say,

Davenport: What the hell was that?

Griffin: And Lup says,

Lup: Uh, I mean. That was me blasting the fuck out of the Hunger. It was pretty incredible. Did you see how that whole column just vaporized? Davenport: Yeah, I did see it. I also saw before that, when you jumped off the ship and turned into a crackling red specter. What the hell was that? That was some—some lich shit.

Griffin: And Lup says,

Lup: Well…yeah.

Griffin: And Davenport is just, like flabbergasted.

Davenport: Are you serious? You and Barry are liches now? 

Griffin: You can’t see them but Barry must make a face because then Davenport says,

Davenport: Don’t look at me like that, Bluejeans, I know that there’s no way one of you would have done something like this without the other. What were you thinking? Do you know how risky that is? Barry: Of course we knew the risks. We researched the hell out of it, we took every precaution. Lup: Yeah, we weren’t like, stupid about it. Davenport: I’m sure you weren’t, which is why you’re here right now. But you didn’t think to say something before you did this?

Griffin: And Lup is getting a little frustrated. She says,

Lup: We don’t need to ask your permission. Davenport: I’m not talking about asking permission! Gods know, Lup, after eighty years I know that I can’t stop you from doing anything you really want to do.  I’m talking about the risk, to all of us.

Griffin: Lup seems even more frustrated, she’s maybe even getting a little angry.

Lup: It was our souls, Dav. It was our risk to take.

Griffin: That—that seems to really piss Davenport off, because he kind of starts yelling. Which is rare.

Davenport: It was not just your risk to take! Did you think of what might happen to the rest of us if something went wrong? Did you think about what it would do to us if we lost one of you—or both of you—in a way you couldn’t come back from? You took a risk for yourselves, but you also took that risk for all of us. Our escapes have been so narrow for so long—who’s to say how it would work if there were even one fewer of us?  You put your crew and this entire mission in danger. And what’s more, you risked us losing you both. Permanently! 

Griffin: And Davenport takes a deep breath and sort of, calms himself down a little bit, and then he says,

Davenport: You could have died for good. We could have lost you both for good. And you didn’t even have the courtesy to let us know that it could happen.

Griffin: There’s a moment of silence after that. Like Barry and Lup are a little—maybe a little struck by what Davenport just said. Like maybe they hadn’t quite thought of it that way. And Davenport finally says,

Davenport: Did you tell Taako, at least? Lup: Of course. He’s—he helped anchor me. I would never do something like this without him.

Griffin: And Davenport kind of sighs, and says,

Davenport: Good. At least you’re not a total idiot. Taako: Debatable. Lup: Yeah, it really depends on the day, and who you ask.

Justin: Wait, I’m not in the room, she can’t hear me.

Griffin: No, no, you’re just so much on the same wavelength, it’s like she knew you said it even if she didn’t hear you.

Justin: Hell yeah.

Griffin: There’s another pause, and then Barry says,

Barry: We’re sorry, Dav. You’re right, we should have told you all. It’s a big decision, it—it changes a lot. Mostly in a good way I think, but uh. Still. Lup: We kind of thought that you would try to talk us out of it, if we told you.

Griffin: Davenport sighs.

Davenport: I probably would have. But like I said, I don’t think you would have let that stop you. Lup: (laughing) Probably not.

Griffin: And you can’t see Davenport, but you just know that he’s like, pinching the bridge of his nose right now. Like, the two of them make him so tired sometimes. And then he says,

Davenport: Okay, then. What does this, uh, change for you two? What do I need to know?

Griffin: And Barry and Lup start to go into the particulars of—the advantages, mostly, of them being liches now. Barry emphasizes that they’ll still stick around even if they die, 

Barry: Which is a great fail-safe for leaving the plane - we won’t be stuck in a Judges situation again. Even if we bite it, one of us should still be able to fly us out of here.

Griffin: And Davenport is quiet for a second, and then he says,

Davenport: Are liches—are you corporeal? Can you still move the controls, and everything? Barry: Uhhh. Lup: Um…

[Travis laughs]

Barry: You know…I think so? I can’t say we really, uh, tested that part yet. Lup: Yeah, it’s—it’s still in development.

Griffin: Davenport kind of sighs again, and then he says,

Davenport: And this is why it’s good to run this sort of thing by your crew, who are all just as smart as you, before you go pulling a stunt like this. Lup: Well. Fair point. Barry: Uh, yeah. Didn’t, uh. Didn’t think that one fully through, I guess.

Griffin: Davenport kind of chuckles, a little bit. Then he calls out through the open door of the lounge,

 Davenport: Show’s over!

Travis: Aw, dip.

Griffin: Do you guys try to like, run away or act casual or anything?

Travis: Magnus starts trying to like, inch back away from the door.

Clint: Merle steps away and starts whistling.

Griffin: Good.

Justin: Taako doesn’t move an inch. He’s a nosy bitch and he doesn’t care who knows it.

[Laughter]

Davenport: Come on. Let’s go see what this new world has in store for us, huh?

Griffin: And the three of them come out of the lounge, and Davenport gives you all a—a kind of wry look. And Lup and Barry both look a little sheepish. Like I think they know that there are some apologies ahead.