"Wow Indy, those are some really cool special effects for the show!" Jonnnny notes, referring to the battle Santa just had.
"Yeah, the budget must be nuts! I can't imagine what the actual performance will be like!" exclaims Indy.
"Hey, why hasn't that trial happened yet? It better happen soon or we're gonna miss the show!"
"Maybe the court is closed for the holiday?"
"Oh yeah! That must be it! Oh man, I can't wait to see the look on Paul's face when he finds out he missed the big show!"
"Yeah! He'll be pissed that he couldn't steal ideas from it! No Yule Elf OCs for him!" laughs Indy. Outside, numerous jingle bells show up to celebrate the ninth day, but other than that nothing much happens. However, something of much greater note happens as the tenth day rolls around, and a massive horde of bhears begins rampaging throughout the lands.
The sound of this massive stampede is enough to finally wake up Wiggles McGee, who immediately tries to figure out where and when he is. Wiggles gets onto his 1989 Subaru and starts surfing on those bhears, right towards Trader Joe's. Wiggles finds that the Trader Joe's has been closed for the holidays, but he is able to find a back door. It needs a password to open, though, and Wiggles has no clue where to find clues for this. Wiggles starts looking around, and then notices a Socker Bopper rise up from the horde of bhears, before disappearing back beneath the surface. Wiggles can tell that this menacing force is approaching him, so he speeds up his search. He can hear three people talking inside, but they don't seem to be saying anything of particular use. Wiggles does notice, however, that a letter on the exit sign is flickering, so he pulls out his morse chart and decodes it, and it reads "SANS'S SPOT ON THE LEADERBOARD PLUS THE NUMBER OF YULE ELVES". Wiggles knows there are 13 Yule Elves because that's common knowledge, but there are multiple Sans on the leaderboard, so he needs to figure out which one it is. Wiggles senses the menacing force getting ever closer, so he quickly does a sweet ollie to get to the roof, hopefully buying a few more precious minutes while that force tracks him down. Wiggles counts the number of jutting tiles on the roof, hoping to get a clue from this, but it doesn't seem to help. Wiggles then remembers some advice his oddly-named detective friend gave him, and quickly pulls out a pad of sticky notes and sketches the roof, marking the locations of the jutting tiles. This slowly forms an image of the exact face of the Sans he needs, and Wiggles quickly snaps a picture and uses facial recognition software to determine that this Sans is at spot 85 on the leaderboard. Wiggles scrambles to the edge of the roof, but when he looks down he sees Sangdaddy climbing up the wall towards him, his Socker Boppers glowing with dark power. Wiggles starts to panic again, but he remembers his friend telling him once to "Believe in Beyond". Wiggles takes deep breaths to calm down and thinks about what would need to happen here if he were to be the main character of this narrative and had to get through this. Wiggles lays out the facts in his mind as his inner perception of time disconnects from that of the real world due to sheer concentration, allowing for him to think deeply without wasting much time.
Sangdaddy is approximately 5 meters below Wiggles, and he's moving upwards at about a quarter of a meter every second. 20 seconds is more than enough time to get off the roof and into the Trader Joe's under normal circumstances, but the horde of bhears will complicate matters here, and Wiggles can't safely rappel down the wall because of Sangdaddy. Wiggles knows he can't outspeed Sangdaddy on flat ground, since he covered the distance between where he started and the Trader Joe's very quickly. Wiggles doesn't even know what will happen if Sangdaddy reaches him, but he knows it won't be good, and he has a feeling he can only save himself by entering the Trader Joe's through the entrance directly below where Sangdaddy is climbing. Wiggles can't risk trying to reason with Sangdaddy, because if that fails then Wiggles has no chance whatsoever. Wiggles doesn't have any weapons, not that it would matter if he did, because Sangdaddy's Socker Boppers likely far outclass them. Wiggles desperately looks at his sticky note clue for some kind of help, and then notices that the jutting tiles are in five ground, three of nine and two of ten. Wiggles knows this has to mean something, so he determines his course of action and folds the sticky note into a paper football, which he then flicks directly into Sangdaddy's face. Sangdaddy doesn't react to the attack at all, as expected, but when the paper football hits the ground, Wiggles can see that it landed in the exact spot where he would need to aim to dodge both Sangdaddy and the bhears. Wiggles waits for Sangdaddy to get just a bit closer so he has more wiggle room, and then jumps down, before quickly turning around and using the password "8513" to open the door. Wiggles slips inside just in time as the door closes behind him, locking Sangdaddy out. Once inside, Wiggles finds himself face to face with M'arc Jacobs.
"'Ow the 'ell did ya know EBE's birthday?" asks M'arc Jacobs.
"I read a new calendar every year. Point is, I'm here for one thing and one thing only, and it's those Scandinavian Swimmers." Wiggles responds, looking for the tasty treats.
"No can do. You can stay for the holidays, but the moment you touch those Swimmers you will be doomed." responds M'arc sternly.
"Ugh, fine. Normally I wouldn't care about threats like that, but I really don't want to go outside with that scary guy and his Socker Boppers."
"Wait a second, hey EBE, isn't this the guy that almost ate yer big toe? Say, why didn't you just eat those fish you tried to replace the Swimmers with?"
"Well you see, those ones taste a bit different."
"How would you know? You haven't tasted the Swimmers before!"
"I tasted the bag."
"Wait, you did? That must be why EBE's gravy leaked."
"In my line of work, every detail is important."
"What even is yer line of work?"
"I'm technically a detective, but my friend tends to do most of the work, or at least he used to when we worked together. I haven't done many solo cases since I moved to this Realm."
"Well, 'ere's a solo case fer ya, keep yer hands off them Swimmers." when M'arc says this, Wiggles grumbles a bit, but doesn't make any moves for the Swimmers. "Anyway, you didn't let any of those bhears touch ya, right?"
"Not directly, but I did skateboard across them to get here."
"Oh, well you should be fine as long as you don't come into contact with anyone else who has come into contact with them."
"Ah, I see, you must be referring to the phenomenon known as Polarization."
"Indeed. I can test if you actually got Polarized." M'arc says. In the distance outside, ChumFum and Yeeboi, who had both been jostled by the bhears, bump into each other and promptly explode, killing the rest of the chinly men in the process. M'arc grabs a refrigerator magnet and tests if it sticks to Wiggles, which it luckily doesn't. "Alright, you should be fine. I am gonna have John keep a close eye on ya, tho, so ya don't try anythin' with the swimmers." Nearby, Hurðaskellir starts trying to slam the Trader Joe's door, but it seems that this is the one door he can't get open.
"Indy, there's only a few more days until the concert, what are we gonna do if we miss it because of STUPID PAUL?" Jonnnny inquires nervously.
"I dunno, maybe we can get them to pull it up as 'evidence'? It wouldn't be as good as seeing it in person, but...it would be better than nothing!" responds Indy.
"Man, this is SO gonna be worth it!" replies Jonnnny. Meanwhile, IZ spots some bhears in the distance, but he knows to keep his distance and plays a song of bhear appreciation on his ukulele. The eleventh day rolls around, and with it comes DAVID, the sworn rival of Joey Scwheeler.
"TAKE, EM OUT AT THE, BAAAALLLLLLL GAME!" roars DAVID as he rushes in with his baseball bat. DAVID sees Jonnnny and Indy and starts charging towards them, but they get transported away to the trial right before he can hit them. DAVID then growls and turns his attention to Joey Scwheeler. "YOU THERE."
"Whoa man, where'd your shirt go?" asks Joey, since DAVID's shirt seems to have suddenly vanished.
"YOU DARE QUESTION ME?"
"What're ya gonna do, kill me?"
"It'll be my pleasure."
"Then come at me, ya bozo!"
"THEN PERISH!" DAVID unsheathes a dagger and charges right at Joey with it. Joey grabs the knife in the air like a dumbass and cuts his hand, but he is still able to struggle against DAVID's might and disarm him.
"This is it, Joey Scwheeler. You've made it a long way, but now...it's GAME GROVER."
"What's dat spodda mean?"
"GRARGH!" DAVID roars as he prepares to devour Joey Scwheeler on the spot.
"OH NO YOU AIN'T, NOT THIS TIME!" Joey shouts, before punching DAVID right in his weak spot where his wisdom tooth was removed, causing massive damage.
"YARGJKSL" DAVID gasps as he is sent stumbling backwards from the attack. "YOU WIN THIS TIME, JOEY SCWHEELER, BUT NEXT TIME, I WILL DESTROY YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL!" DAVID yells, before walking out through the door. A small "+1" symbol appears above Joey's head, marking his victory this time. The twelfth and final day begins, and pieces of the Realm begin slowly falling apart.
"Paul, I think we all know exactly why you're here, but for the three people who don't, you have been REPEATEDLY warned to not steal content from other people and claim it as your own, yet you continue to commit this SAME offense OVER and OVER and show NO signs of slowing down." declares Cop, pacing back and forth in front of Paul.
"Man, I can't believe we're stuck here instead of being able to watch the show." Jonnnny whispers to Indy.
"Yeah, HEY COP, HURRY IT UP! WE ALL KNOW WHAT HE DID!" shouts Indy, prompting Cop to quickly hush him.
"Shut it you two. Anyways, I will now present some of our evidence of Paul's crimes." explains Cop, before procuring several of Paul's "original" character concepts.
"Hey, there's more, too! I heard that scumbag was gonna make Yule Elves OCs! You'd better turn on the show to see if that's true!" blurts Indy, pointing at the large TV at the head of the room.
"What show?" Cop responds in an irritated tone.
"The show that the Yule Elves do at the end of the 12 days!" Jonnnny declares excitedly.
"...What fucking SHOW?" Cop demands.
"Turn the TV on!" Indy says, pointing again at the TV.
"You better not be wasting my time." Cop responds, before turning on the TV. On the screen is just Giljagaur singing a song to try and lure people into the sewer. When he notices that the camera is on, he just reaches to grab it.
"B-but...there was supposed to be this big show at the end, right? That's why their manager, the pyrotechnics, and the bhear petting zoo all showed up, right?" Jonnnny sputters, legitimately confused by this.
"Are you guys actually that dumb?" Cop asks, turning off the TV.
"Uh...we know you are but what am I?" responds Jonnnny.
"ENOUGH TALK!" yells Cop, throwing a wine glass that he had on hand for some reason at Indy and Jonnnny.
"That's impossible! I'm super mad! Are you sure there isn't a secret show? Man, this sucks. I'm outta here." whines Indy, before using the forbidden Smash Brother technique of "fuck this shit I'm out" and detaching himself from this plane of existence.
"LOOK WHAT YOU DID, PAUL! THAT'S IT, BECAUSE YOU KILLED INDY, I'M BRINGING FORTH YOUR SECRET STASH OF OCS FROM UNDER YOUR PILLOW AS EVIDENCE!" shouts Jonnnny, before pulling out the drawings and handing them to Cop. Cop can easily tell by looking at these that this is even worse than he thought before.
"Alright, Paul, the trial is decided, you're guilty as fuck. Your sentence is a long-ass time in a special 'rehabilitation center', starting NOW." snaps Cop, before throwing Paul out a window and disappearing. Jonnnny shrugs and jumps out another window, also disappearing just in time for the Realm to finish falling apart completely.