- Opal!
come in here!
- [Narrator] For those of you who don't know,
LARP stands for
Live Action Role Play.
It's kind of like a comic-con for fantasy fans.
Pearl became obsessed with the Wizard Wars series
after reading all the books with her Dad.
- [Dad] She would teach them, she would teach herself
well, that does it.
- Are you ready for volume 10?
- [Narrator] Eventually,
they started going to LARP events together.
- And now I present the sword of Avadon
to the brave Elfen Warrior Princess Andromeda.
- [Narrator] And she's never stopped.
Not even the inner circle knows about Pearl's secret hobby.
(camera shutters)
Until now.
(Upbeat tempo)
♪ I was lost ♪
♪ Everything I'm doing has a cost ♪
♪ I think it's finally time that I move now ♪
♪ Into a new house ♪
♪ You know the sun gets hot at the top of the world ♪
♪ When it's sunny side up ♪
♪ Things are better with a swirl ♪
- Opal!
Have you been going through my stuff?
- Of course not.
- What about Lily?
Was she in here with you?
- Just that one time,
but we were looking for Mr. Ham.
- What a delightful handbag.
Your father has always been so trendy.
- I don't think it's a handbag.
- [Narrator] Lily always like the queen the best.
She moves in any direction she wants
and carries more weight than any other piece on the board.
- Lily!
- [Narrator] Lily's dad always meant to teach her the rest
- Daddy just called.
He said he's not gonna be able
to finish the game with you today,
but he's gonna call later, okay?
- [Narrator] She's still waiting on that rain check.
- (knocks on door) Your door was unlocked
- And?
- I thought we could walk to the bus stop together.
- I can walk myself.
- Oh!
Chess set!
Is this from China?
- You're not good at social queues, are you?
- [Narrator] Lily hasn't had friends over
in a very very very long time.
- What's with the wet bread?
- I'm polishing the pineapple,
my sourdough wouldn't sell and I just hate throwing it away.
- Cool, if you use less yeast the bread will last longer.
- Now that is clever!
- We should go.
- Guiding Principal number 280:
Focus your energy
to strengthen your power.
Now mold your chi to a ball of energy.
Bring it in and push it,
feel that energy.
- [Narrator] First Principal of Chess:
To corner an opponent, threaten something valuable.
For Pearl nothing is more valuable than her reputation
- You have something I want
- You made me drop my energy ball.
- I want it back or your fired from babysitting Opal.
- If I'm fired the pictures out.
- Are you blackmailing me?
- It's not blackmail, it's job security.
I need this job.
I can't afford to have you try to fire me every other week.
- You little--
- Now share your energy with the partner you wish to heal.
- [Narrator] That's check for Lily.
- Bring it in and push it out, yes.
- Hey Mila!
Wow, are you learning German?
I didn't know they taught that here.
- They don't.
My dad thinks it's important for me
to be trilingual before college.
- Is there anything you can't do?
- (in German) Du gehst mir auf den Keks
and that means your walking on my cupcake.
- Impressive, well I'll see you in Art Club?
- Okay so it's called the perfect penalty.
Avery's helping me calculate
the right amount of the speed of viscosity.
- You mean velocity?
- Right!
- [Narrator] Chess principle number 2:
Don't let distraction get in the way of your target goal.
- He is so not a distraction.
- [Narrator] Right.
- Sounds like your project
is really gonna disrupt the soccer world.
- [Zane] Well that's the idea.
- She makes talking to boys look so easy.
- That's not a boy.
That's my brother.
- What's so funny?
- Oh we were just talking about CUDDLE.
- You're doing CUDDLE?
- Pearl will be very interested to hear about this.
- [Narrator] Principal number 3:
Know when to retreat.
- And that's my queue.
- Someones in trouble.
- Sure you don't want a quick lesson?
- I know how to play.
- Because that piece does not move like that.
(giggles)
- Lily can I ask you something?
- Yeah.
- How do you talk to guys so easily?
- I guess I just don't care what anyone thinks.
At the end of the day it's your life,
no one else's.
- I just got your queen.
- What?
- Oops!
- What was that?
- You need to learn how to start respecting peoples stuff.
(crowd cheers "fight")
- I've got this.
- You mess with one of us,
you mess with all of us.
- Us?
- Whoa whoa whoa whoa/1
Pause for the peace ladies.
Now who started this?
- Pearl!
- Lily!
- You knocked over my chess set!
- It was an accident!
(crowd chants in unison)
- Silence!
- MBE.
After school.
All of you.
- What's MBE?
- And hold,
exhale,
release all those toxins and animosity,
and push that anger right out of your body.
- You really shouldn't not have down that.
- We're friends deal with it.
- Yeah you'd do the same for us.
- [Narrator] Principal number 4:
The best players rely on
the unique strengths of every person,
uh piece,
on their side.
(text bubbles popping)
- What happen with you and Avery?
She's like never gotten in trouble before.
- I don't know why don't you ask Lily?
She started it
and she stole from me.
- That's what you say about every babysitter
What Lily steal?
- I
I can't tell you.
- Whatever Pearl,
you know what can't you just lay off for once.
Like Lily is Avery's first real friend
and honestly a pretty good one from as far as I can tell.
- So your seriously taking their side?
Wait!
Zane!
- Hey!
Missed you in Art Club today.
- Oh yeah sorry.
Something came up.
- Listen I know you don't have a lot of time.
Bus comes in 11 minutes,
but I was thinking maybe
we can go on a 8 minute date sometime?
Like now?
- An 8 minute date?
- Yeah that gives you 3 minutes to spare.
If you want.
- Yeah!
Sure!
Why not?
- And 8 minutes starts now.
(music plays)
(watch beeps)
- And that's 8 minutes.
- [Narrator] Remember when Lily said
- At the end of the day it's your life
no one else's
- You up for 8 more?
- [Narrator] I guess she's taking Lily's advice.
- Yeah let's do it!
(music continues)
- Dad
- You are over an hour late.
I was about to call the police.
- I am so sorry,
something came up at Science Club.
- Stop lying Mila.
- Where are you going?
- Back to the restaurant I was just bringing your dinner.
The health inspector comes next week
and we have a lot to do.
We'll talk later.
(Phone chimes)
- [Narrator] Ouch and just like that,
Lily remembers why she's always flown solo.
The more you depend on others,
the more vulnerable you are to attack.
Especially when your opponent is thinking 5 moves ahead.
- Sorry to scare you but Pearl sent us.
- She wants us to talk to you.
- It's about Lily. - It's about Lily.
(up beat tempo)
- [Narrator] Here's what's happening next week
on Sunnyside Up
- Oh
my--
- God! - God!
She needs us
she could be crying in a ditch somewhere
- I made an oatmeal soak in the bathroom sink
- Eww