Bottled Time

[KungFuCutbug]

[Luke nods at Flash's confirmation with a smile, finally putting his hat back on as well.] “Wonderful! Glad to hear you'll be joining us. So to wit, that's... Cool Sendri, Dipper, me, Madelyn, and Flash, out on patrol tonight. More than enough to ensure nobody else falls victim to Kronos-brand tomfoolery.” [He would add “and more than enough to ensure no one else meets the same fate as Jay”, but he knows that line of thinking is foolish. Intercepted murder or not, Kronos spies are still hiding within their ranks, and presumably they would be executed in inhumane fashion once they were found out. Luke shudders a bit, trying not to think about Jay's execution.]

[TalesofUnder]

(A device with a button appears on the teleporter.)

Huh... what does this do?

(Nikei presses it, and it suddenly begins to project a film...)

WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT

The film shows Evil Jay Leno getting out of his tent at night, walking over to the supply crate, and opening it. He grabs gloves first and puts them on, then grabs a kerosene can and matchbox. He pours a kerosene trail leading all the way to Roxy's tent, then goes to Dio's tent. He takes a match out of the matchbox, stuffs the matchbox under Dio's bed, presses the match against Dio's fingertips, then lights the match on Dio. He walks back over to the kerosene trail, places the kerosene can at the end of it, then tosses the lit match onto the trail. One fireworks display later, he forges footprints in the ground using a rock, then walks back to his tent, takes off the gloves, throws them and the rock into the air, then takes off his chin and vaporizes them with the laser gun hidden underneath.

And then immediately following that is an ad for Worm Doodles. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QHep1exbhiE

[KungFuCutbug]

[When the film begins playing, Luke visibly recoils. So someone—or something—had the bright idea of filming what Jay did the previous night and showing it to them all once he had been executed. Was this some sort of twisted taunt from Klaus himself, trying his damnedest to prove the “evil” in Jay's name wasn't just some goofy moniker? Trying to prove the opposite of what Luke and the others had seen for themselves? Revolting. Dishonorable. Absolutely vile. He shakes his head and mutters angrily to himself.] “Jay...”

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

How... How cruel...

Reisen watches in horror of everything that had transpired today... The chaos, the execution, and the footage...

This... This place is insane... We... We need to get rid of the other Kronos members... Before the whole timeline descends into insanity.

[wingedcatgirl]

"... Who sent that?" Eri asks.

"Definitely not the Ministry, right? And it wouldn't make sense for Kronos to send such things either..."

[MadameButterflyKnife]

THAT CAN BE USSEFUL FOR LATER THO, BROSS....IF WE FACE ANOTHER DEATH TOMORROW, WE SSHOULD TRY TO PLAY IT BACK AS WELL.

[TalesofUnder]

Night phase has begun. It will end at 12 PM CST, on May 2.

[Weirdguy149]

"HONESTLY, WHAT'S THE FUN IN THAT? I'D RATHER JUST PLAY THE GUESSING GAME. OTHERWISE, THIS THING'S GONNA BE OVER WAY TOO QUICKLY."

[TalesofUnder]

We're back.

(Nikei is roasting smores on the campfire.)

God... this whole situation is completely fucked.

[MadeOfMilk]

...No, Jeffrey, you can't eat the chocolate. You'll die.

Beep!

...God why are parrots so weirdly suicidal?

[KungFuCutbug]

[Luke is peacefully napping by the campfire. He figures he might as well get some sleep in, considering he was awake all night last night out on patrol.]

[Kennifer]

Kennifer comes out of her tent. She at least looks like she'd managed to get some sleep after that gruesome execution and everything the previous evening.

"Still waking up I guess... not used to this kind of a schedule."

She waves to everyone.

[Dookie]

“Well, I'm still alive.”

> Are there any bodies?

[Kennifer]

>Have any of the tents been damaged?

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

Reisen wakes up as well...

Morning. Now... Let's get to business.

>Check for any footprints

[MadeOfMilk]

Waitwaitwait everyone, don't go anywhere!

> Headcount

[Weirdguy149]

"Dipper" waved his hand to let everyone know he wasn't dead.

[Kennifer]

"I'm still here. Slightly hung over, but here."

[TalesofUnder]

>Head count (6)

You almost become a body yourself when you accidentally drowsily stumble into the campfire. But aside from that... you note that Pinky and the Brain are absent.

[Dookie]

> Where's Pinky and his smol Brain?

[MadeOfMilk]

...Well shit, this isn't good...

> Check the mice's tent

[Kennifer]

"They're so little, they could be really hard to find..."

> Join in on the mouse hunt

[TalesofUnder]

>Mouse hunt (3)
You search as diligently as you can, but you can't find them... literally anywhere. It's as if they never signed up in the first place.

[Kennifer]

"What the hell happened?"

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Cool Sendri wakes up; they're face up on the ground groaning. BROSS..FLORAN THINKSS FLORAN SSPRAINED AN ANKLE LASST NIGHT. FLORAN'SS FINE, THOUGH. DON'T WORRY!

As they struggle to get up without putting weight on their foot, they >join the mouse hunt