A.N. Another chapter. This has the last of the prewritten text, so after this, be prepared to wait.

"Remember when you guys dared me to eat a bug, and I said it was the worst thing I ever tasted? Well, I take it back: THIS was the worst thing I ever tasted," groaned DJ Suki.

Branch rolled his eyes.

"Oh, you guys are overreacting. It's not that bad."
"Easy for you to say! You're probably used to it!" accused Biggie.

The survivalist troll began to object, but soon realized that they were right.

"Well, yes. But you're missing the point: don't you feel a bit better?" inquired Branch.

The Snack Pack looked to each other, until Satin and Chenille spoke up.

"Now that you mention it-" started Satin.

"-we don't feel that cold anymore," finished Chenille.

"Yeah, ladies! My throat feels better too!" added Cooper.

"And my nose isn't tickly either!" sang out Guy Diamond.

Branch looked pleased.

"Well, looks like you'll be recovering earlier than I thought-"

Before the others burst out cheering, he held a hand up.

"-however, you still need to stay here at least one more night to ensure you're entirely well and don't have a relapse."

The Pack groaned, and Branch turned to Poppy.

"And, since Poppy has it worse, she'll need to stay here at least three more days. I may even have to call Dr. Plum if her fever doesn't go down," the teal troll added.

Everyone groaned even louder.

"Oh, you can live without her for a few days," dismissed Branch.

"WE can, but I'm not sure about the rest of the trolls," added Smidge worriedly.

"Well, maybe Peppy could help out. He has some experience."

The Pack nodded in agreement.

"Makes sense. He HAS been king for at least two decades," said Suki.

"Okay then. It's settled. Peppy will take Poppy's place until she's well," decided Branch.

"I just need to go back to his pod to inform him of this. Until I get back, you watch over Poppy, but be sure to still take it easy."

"No problem, but-" started Satin.

"-do you have any board games-" continued Chenille.

"-or playing cards?" they said in unison.

Branch looked pensive for a moment.

"I...THINK I have Clue, but I know for certain I have cards. They're both in an upstairs closet," he explained.

The Snack Pack nodded in acknowledgement while the survivalist backed away and started to get ready to go back out.

"I'll be back as soon as I can. Try and keep Poppy comfortable!" Branch called.

He walked out.

Biggie turned to the others.

"Anyone wanna play Clue?"

"Sure, but remember, we have to look for it first!" Suki reminded him.

The Pack went upstairs, Cooper staying to keep an eye on the sleeping Poppy, and split up looking.

Eventually, Guy was the one that found Clue, while Satin and Chenille found the cards.

"Okay, who wants to play what?" asked Smidge.

Since only six people could play Clue, Guy Diamond, Biggie, and the Twins decided to play Go Fish with the cards.

Ten minutes went by.

With the card gang, Biggie was attempting to get his first book and asked Chenille for any Jacks.

"Yes, here you go!" she replied as she handed over two.

"Hmmmmm..." Biggie pondered over his hand.

So far, he had three Jacks (including the ones he got from the blue twin,) one five, three fours, and two Kings.

Deciding on what card he'll attempt to get next, he turned to Guy.

"Guy, do you have any fives?"

"Go fish."

The giant troll did so, ending up with a three.

Guy's turn was next.

"Biggie...any Jacks?" he asked with a smirk of pure evil.

Biggie groaned as he forked over his hard earned cards.

"So close, yet so far," he sighed.

Eventually, Biggie and Guy got bored, leaving the game to join in with Clue.

Since there were only two card players now, Satin and Chenille decided to play War.

Five more minutes went by.

Over at Clue, Suki made her final accusation and was risking everything by opening the case file, while Satin had most of the cards in War.

"Okay, I think it was Colonel Mustroll, in the study, with a vine," Suki proclaimed.

Everyone looked at their notebook, and turned up empty handed.

"Okay, just to be clear: no one has what I'm asking?"

"Nope."

"Nothing here."

"Negative."

"Nada."

"Zilch, unless we're missing a few cards..." mused Cooper.

"I don't think so...which means...it's a race for the king's pod!" The DJ's face lit up.

After a few more dice rolls, Suki was at the doorway, and picked up the case file.

"Come on...come on..." she muttered as she opened it up.

Before she could look at the cards, however, they all heard a groan.