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TERMINOLOGY

arcane -- magic
blisters and bedrock -- phrase used by the old Undercity guard; Jinx and Vi learned it from a letter found written by Vander to Silco
bathysphere -- transportation to and from Piltover and Zaun [...]
bluebelly -- Enforcer, derogatory
butterfly bomb -- Jinx's bombs based on the firelights
chem-barons -- loose coalition of Undercity leaders (Silco [dead], Finn [dead], Renni [dead], Smeech [dead], Chross (?), Margot (?))
chemtech -- Zaun's answer to hextech; dangerous, toxic, and explosive; Jinx's weaponry uses both hextech and chemtech (see biopunk for inspiration)
Chomper -- Jinx's bombs
the Council -- Piltover
Enforcers -- Piltover police
esophilters -- chemtech augmentation that allows people to breathe noxious fumes safely
firelight (bug) -- glow bugs
Firelights (org.) -- led by Ekko
Fishbones -- Jinx's rocket, developed with reverse-engineered hextech; fires the Super Mega Death Rocket which uses chemtech
fissure-folk -- gen term for Undercity
the grey -- factory smog trapped underground; extremely toxic
hex-gem -- refined gemstones of great power (also called just gemstone, crystal)
hextech -- developed by Jayce and Viktor (Hexcore, Hexgates...)
jinxer -- Jinx's followers/fans (she didn't ask for this)
monkey bomb -- Jinx's bomb
Mouser -- Jinx's bombs
Piltie -- Piltover, derogatory
Pow-Pow -- Jinx's Gatling-gun
Progress Day -- Piltover's unveiling of great works
Rhinogun -- Jinx WIP concept gun
Shimmer -- highly dangerous and potent chemical substance developed by Singed at Silco's behest; powerful, glowing drug that enhances the physical and mental capabilities of its users, granting them heightened strength, durability, and speed. However, its effects come with severe consequences, including addiction and physical degradation over time
sump-rats -- Undercity, derogatory
Topsiders -- Piltover, gen
Trencher -- Undercity, derogatory
Valdiani -- 1 | 2
Zapper -- Jinx's primary gun, made to work with the hex-gem

LOCATIONS

Academy Square -- district in Piltover
Apothecary -- potion making in the depths of the Undercity
Brothel -- located in the Lanes, owned by Babette
Firelight enclave --
The Lanes -- the black market area of the undercity by The Last Drop. Vander and Silco created this market with their smuggling operations, to make money other than by working in the mines
The Last Drop -- neutral territory original owned by Vander, taken over by Silco's operations
Noxus -- an expansionist empire to the north of Piltover and Zaun
Piltover -- Topside; the city of progress
Rapturewalk -- Madamn Margot's (chem-baron) presumed territory
Runeterra -- the planet
Stillwater Prison -- where Vi was locked up (by Marcus)
Viktor's Sanctuary -- way down in the fissures, on the fringes
Zaun -- the Undercity, dream nation of Silco (and Vander)

Locations Ref: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

PEOPLE

Ambessa Medarda -- powerful warlord from Noxus [dead]
Benzo -- local pawn shop owner in the Lanes, Ekko's adoptive father [dead]
Caitlyn Kiramman -- enforcer Vi chose; Jinx unwittingly killed her mother
Cassandra Kiramman -- killed by Jinx when she shot her rocket [dead]
Chross -- chem-baron, seems like an oddsmaker [status unknown]
"Chuck" [Thieram] -- bartender at the Last Drop that Jinx will not call him by his actual name (Thieram is his actual name)
Connol -- Vi and Jinx's birth father [dead]
Ekko -- the boy savior; leader of the Firelights; Jinx's childhood best friend; saved her from killing herself
Felicia -- Vi and Jinx's birth mother [dead]
Heenot -- Smeech's financial advisor, captured by Jinx but escaped during the strike team attack
Heimerdinger -- the founder of Piltover
Isha -- adopted younger sister by Jinx [dead]
Janna -- Jan’ahrem; a Shuriman goddess, wind spirit, and legendary figure venerated in Zaun.
Jayce Talis -- thinks a lot of his writing on his work is boring :p
Jericho -- food vendor in the Lanes
Madam Margot -- chem-baron [status unknown]
Marcus -- traitor enforcer Sheriff under a deal with Silco [dead]
Mel Medarda -- councilwoman, daughter of Ambessa
Powder [Jinx] -- Jinx's childhood name; 'Jinx' is her chosen name 'Powder fell down a well'; Jinx struggles with both sides of herself Powder/Jinx and being both these people when Vi only prev saw Powder and Silco only accepted Jinx
Ran -- worked for Silco
Rio -- a creature experimented on by Singed essential to Shimmer production
Sevika -- served under Vander; became Silco's secondhand; tense relations with Jinx, but she became like an odd older sister for her and Isha
Silco -- criminal lord who is responsible for the deaths of Jinx's family; adopted her; despite the twisted circumstances, Jinx very much loved him as a father [dead]
Singed [Dr. Reveck] -- mad scientist working in league with Silco / the mutation must survive
Vander -- adopted Jinx and Vi after the failed rebellion that killed their parents [dead]
Viktor -- "ask for a miracle healer, get a metal fortune cookie"
Warwick [Vander] -- experiment created by Singed using Vander [dead]

QUOTES (S1)

Powder [singing](s1e1): Dear friend across the river
My hands are cold and bare
Dear friend across the river
I'll take what you can spare
I ask of you a penny
My fortune, it will be
I ask you without envy
We raise no mighty towers
Our homes are built of stone
So come across the river
And find the world below

Powder: I don't know, I didn't do anything.
Mylo: Could fill a whole library with things you didn't do.

Mylo: You did what?!
Powder: I'm sorry! I tried to fight him off with Mouser, but... she didn't work.
Mylo: Who saw that coming!

Mylo: Every time. Every time she comes, something goes wrong. She jinxes every job!

-

Vi (s1e3): I need you to sit this one out, Powder.
Powder: What?
Vi: You're not coming.
Powder: I'm not afraid.
Vi: It's too dangerous.
Powder: But families stick together. You said it yourself.
Vi: I know what I said...
Powder: I want to fight. I can help.
Vi: You're not ready. You're all I have left. I can't lose you. Here. If they come for you, take this and run. Where ever you are, light it up, and I'll find you. I promise.

Powder: I can save them.

Powder: Vi, it worked.
Vi: What?
Powder: Did you see me? My monkey bomb finally worked.
Vi: You did this? Why? Why did you do this?
Powder: I... I didn't... I was saving you. I only wanted to help. I only wanted to help. I only wanted to help. I only wanted to...
Vi: I told you to stay away!
Powder: Please. Please. Please...
Vi: I told you to stay away!
Powder: No. Why did you leave me?!
Vi: Because you're a jinx. Do you hear me? Mylo was right.
Powder: No. No. No. No. Violet, please. Violet, please. Vi! Vi, come back! Please come back! Please, Violet. I need you. Please. Violet... Violet. Please.

Silco: Hello, little girl. Where's your sister?
Powder: She left me. She is not my sister anymore.
Silco: It's okay. We'll show them. We will show them all.

-

Silco (s1e4): What happened?
Jinx: She already told you.
Silco: I'm asking you.
Jinx: One of those Firelight wackos was a girl... With pink hair.
Silco: Your sister's gone. You know that as well as I do.
Jinx: I know. I know. Sisters, right? You can't live with 'em, can't stuff 'em back in the ol' babymaker.
Silco: Today's screw-up will set us back weeks.
Jinx: I'm sorry.
Silco: I need to know that I can rely on you. I'm doing this for us, Jinx. All of us. The sons and daughters of Zaun deserve more than their runoff.
Jinx: It won't happen again.
Silco: I know. Sevika will clean up today's mess.
Jinx: Sevika? That ogre couldn't clean a dust bunny with a blowtorch.
Silco: She'll suffice. You should focus on your gadgetry. Take some time.
Jinx: I don't need time.
Silco: Take it anyhow.

Jinx [faking voice]: Help. In here, please. Help me. Help. It's so hot, please. I'm trapped. I'm a helpless little girl and I've set the building on fire. By accident. Totally by accident. Now. Also, I brought this dynamite. Goodbye.

Silco: Jinx! Jinx! Jinx!
That's me!
Half a dozen enforcers, dead. Enforcers. Dead!
Jinx [laughing]: Yeah...
Silco: A building blown to pieces.
Jinx [still laughing]: Oh, yeah.
Silco: Do you have any idea what you've done?!
Jinx: Actually, I do. [reveals the stolen gemstone] Happy Progress Day!

-

Jinx (s1e5): Boring... Boring. Wow. Super boring... Here we go! It's all about these runes. They form some kind of math-y, magic-y gateway. To the realm of heebie-jeebies. And this... Turns it on. So. Here goes! [turns the device off and it reminds her of the explosion] No! No! It was a mistake! It was a mistake.

Silco: You need to weaponize the Hextech soon. Once we've cracked their prize, topside will have no power over us.
Jinx: I can't do it. Just... give it to the doctor.
Silco: You're the only one. I can trust with this, Jinx.
Jinx: I keep... seeing them. That day.
Silco: Fear haunts us all, child.

Silco: I almost drowned in these waters.
Jinx: You told me a million times.
Silco: Vander wasn't the man you thought he was.
Jinx: Right, he was like a brother to you, and he turned his back and blah, blah, blah. Did I miss anything?
Silco: I've got a new one for you. That day, I let a weak man die. And another was reborn. Betrayal, that pain that feels like it'll eat you from the inside out
can either break you or forge you
into something greater. You need to let Powder die. So the fear of pain will no longer control you. You're strong now. Just like you were always meant to be. Jinx is perfect.

-

Jinx (s1e6): Chuck!
Thieram: Thieram. Uh... My name's Thieram.
Jinx: Nice try, Chuck. What's all the hubbub?
Thieram: Uh. Boss wants us to grab someone up.
Jinx: Someone? Anyone? Who are you grabbing?
Thieram: Some girls. I mean, I mean not... I'm not grabbing girls. Oh, other than the... those ones... I guess.
Jinx: Focus. Who are they? Why wasn't I invited to the party?
Thieram: Uh, I don't know. They... they got in a fight with Sevika. They did a number on her.
Oh really? Which number?
Thieram: It's like a saying...
Jinx: You're doing great, Chuck. Here, for your troubles. [leaves a chomper on his back that explodes with pink dye]

Jinx: I feel like you and I got off on the wrong arm. Maybe we should try the other.
Sevika: No need. It's your sister. She's back. She's looking for you. It's not what you think. She's with some girl enforcer. Guess she replaced you.
Jinx: You're lying!
Sevika: Why bother? Her back in town, it's only a matter of time before you implode and Silco finally gets the message that you're about as good for our cause as you were for your family.
Jinx [fake(?) cries until she sneezes and pushes Sevika away: Ten outta ten, toots! I think I know just how to deliver that message.

Vi: Powder?
Jinx: Vi...?
Vi: Oh, Powder! I tried to come back. I promise, I did. But I... I got arrested.
Jinx: Marcus?
Vi: I don't know. I... It doesn't matter. I just... I never thought I'd see you again.
Jinx: Are you real?
Vi: Yes, of course. It's me, Vi, your sister. I'm here. I'm right here.
Jinx: Things changed when you left. I changed.
Vi: I know, Pow-pow, I knowYou did what you had to do to survive. Me too. It's okay. What matters is we're together.
[footsteps stomping]
[Jinx gasps]
Jinx: Who's she?
Caitlyn: Who are you?
Vi: It's okay. She's a friend.
Jinx: Sevika wasn't lying? You're with an enforcer?
Caitlyn: Your sister is Jinx?
Caitlyn, just listen, we can work this out.
Jinx: This is a trick! You're playing me! ... Shut up! I'm in no mood.
Caitlyn: We didn't say anything.
Jinx: I wasn't talking to you!
Vi: Powder, it's okay.
Jinx: Stop calling me that. It's Jinx now. Powder fell down a well.
Vi: You're not a jinx. God, I never should have...
Jinx: Stop talking to me like I'm a child! Was that why you came? For this stupid stone?
Vi: No, I don't even know what that is, I...
Jinx: You're a class act, Sister. Sister. Thought I missed her. Bet you wouldn't miss her.
Vi: Powder! I'm here for you. Only you. You can fire that thing if you want, but I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going to abandon you again.
Jinx: Everyone, shut up, I need to think.
[echoing voices]

-

Mylo [voice](s1e7): You lost her.
Jinx: I didn't lose her! They took her.
Mylo [voice]: She cares about that enforcer, you saw it.
Jinx: She was there for me! Not the enforcer.
Mylo [voice]: Remember her name?
Why would I remember her name?
Jinx: Well, she's just some stupid topsider! Caitlyn.

Silco: Where've you been, Jinx?
Jinx: Oh, you know. Here, there, chasing down dead ends. And guess what? They're not all dead.
Silco: I can explain.
Jinx: Don't move, silly. I might hurt you.
Silco: I didn't know. Marcus never told me she was in Stillwater.
Jinx: But you found out she came back. You lied.
Silco: I wanted to protect you.
Jinx: From what?
Silco: She and the enforcer are back for the crystal. Not for you. Have you forgotten how she left you? Who found you? Who cared for you? Gave you a home? I am your family. Everyone else betrays us. I need you. Now more than ever. You have to complete the weapon.

-

Jinx (s1e9): Really thought I buried this place. But I should have known better.
Vi: Powder?
Jinx: Nothing ever stays dead.
Vi: Are we alone?
Jinx: For now. Maybe forever.Wanna know a secret? Silco thinks he made Jinx, with all his rants and hard-won lessons. "Excise your doubts, Jinx. Be what they fear, Jinx." Like everything was the same as when Vander left him. But he didn't make Jinx. You did.
Vi: I never meant to leave you.
Jinx: You never left. I always heard you. Shadows in the streets, prickles on the back of my neck. Your voice. Pushing me. Picking me up when all the colors were black. You're the reason I'm still alive.
Vi: I spent so many nights in that shitty prison. On the freezing floor, hungry, bloody, counting the hours. The only thing... The only thing that kept me going was the thought of getting back to you.
Jinx: Are we still sisters?
Vi: Nothing is ever going to change that.
Jinx: I always knew you'd come back.
Vi: What's going on?
Jinx: No. He took everything from us. Right here, he stabbed Vander in the back. Just like he planned to do with me. All the time saying you abandoned me when he knew the truth. Liar.

Jinx: Where should I sit? That's your choice, really. Make her go away. Please. Send her on her way and... And you can have Powder back.

Silco: Her name is Jinx! She's lying. You'll be with her a day before she realizes you aren't that girl anymore and turns her back on you.
Jinx: You aren't lying? You wouldn't lie to me. Not again.
Vi: I'm not lying. I'm on your side. I promise.
Jinx: Shut up! We're talking!
Silco: The topsiders offered me everything. Independence, a seat at the table. All in return for you. They can all burn. Everyone betrays us, Jinx. Vander. Her. They will never understand. It's only us. You're my daughter. I'll never forsake you.

Vi: Wait! She's my sister.
Caitlin: Vi, she's too far gone.

Silco: I never would have given you to them. Not for anything. Don't cry. You're perfect.

Jinx: I thought maybe you could love me like you used to. Even though I'm... different. But you changed too. So... Here's to the new us.

QUOTES (S2)

Jinx (s2e2) [voiceover]: Vi used to say I could fix anything. Before I broke everything. She used to say a lot. Her and you. Always bossing me around. Now it's so quiet. What am I supposed to do with that?

Silco [voiceover]: have you had enough?

Jinx: You ever need to curse a sibling or a family or a society... my card.

Sevika (s2e2): About now, he'd have me all over the Lanes running his collections.
Jinx: Building his weapons.
Sevika: Making his deals.
Jinx: Exploding his enemies.

Smeech: Baby Blue. Right through their fingers. You must be part eel. Just means I can up my finder's fee. There's always a deal to be struck. Ah, ah, ah. They want you alive. But don't think I won't skewer out those peepers. Drawback of you long-range types. Me? I'm the kind of guy who likes to get in close. Never thought I'd catch you blubbering. Wonder if Silco even saw that.
Jinx: Twice. When he met me... and when I killed him.
Smeech: You?
Jinx: It's always me. Whether I'm pulling the pin or not, everyone who gets close to me dies. Wanna know the real kicker? You're the kind of guy who likes to get in close.

-

Jinx (s2e3)[to Vi]: Guess there really isn't a crack in the earth where you won't find me.
Jinx (s2e8)[to Vi]: You're never gonna give up on me, are you?

-

Jinx (s2e3): Go on. I'm ready. I'm glad it's you. Had to be you.

Jinx (s2e3): No, no, this isn't how it's supposed to...

-

Sevika: You're a symbol.
Jinx: You want a symbol? [attempts to give the middle finger with a finger she doesn't have]
Sevika: Silco spent his whole life trying to rally the undercity together. Stupid joke that it is, you have the chance to pull it off.
Jinx: I told you, I'm not interested.
Sevika: Do you know how much he sacrificed to protect you?! He believed in your potential!
Jinx: Well than he shouldn't have died!!

-

Viktor (s2e6): I saw your father. His dream of your family and vision of Zaun as it could have been it was... beautiful.
Vi: Can you help him?
Viktor: I will do all in my power. However, I have one condition.
Jinx: Looks like you got a couple.
Viktor: You have much to offer this commune, Powder.
[Jinx flinches.]
Viktor: Your talents can be used to build, instead of destroy.
Jinx: I'll stick with what I know, thanks.

Vi: What do you think?
Jinx: You... actually want my opinion?

Vi: Do you think it could actually work?
Jinx: Underground utopia, run by a skinny tin Machine Herald. Maybe when Piltover slides into the sump.
Vi: What if we stay? Help them out?
Jinx: 'We'?

Jinx [to Isha]: Ever since you dropped into my life, it's like I put on glasses. Except I can't tell whether everything's blurry or clear.

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