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🌤️ DAY 10 — THE RUMOR WAR, THE BREAKDOWN, AND THE FIRST LOSS

Dawn hits like a migraine.
A low orange glow spills through the treetops while everyone wakes to the same strange, quiet tension — a rumor spread in the night, whispered badly, retold with embellishments, and now fully detonated across the island.

And the rumor is the dumbest thing imaginable:

“Someone in THE [GREATS] said the Fragments HATE corn dogs.”

It makes no sense.
It is extremely false.
It does not matter.

Because The Stranger, a man who worships corn dogs like holy relics, heard it first.

⭐ NOTABLE EVENT 1 — THE RUMOR SPREADS LIKE GASOLINE
The First Spark

The Stranger stomps into the clearing, looking personally betrayed by the universe. His beret practically vibrates with indignation.

The Stranger:
“WHO SAID IT?! WHICH OF YOU SAID MY CORN-DOG-BRETHREN ARE HATED BY THOSE BATTERY-ACID FREAKS?!”

Skrunkly bounces behind him, confused but ready to start a fight for literally any reason.

Skrunkly:
“I didn’t say it but I’ll say it now if you want me to???”

Scampton:
“[WAIT]—WHO STARTED THE [CORN DOG CALAMITY?!]”

Across the forest, the Fragments pivot in their camp.

Kueen (flat, irritated):
“Why would anyone waste emotional processing on deep-fried sodium sticks?”

Mr AntTenna (TV-face flashing a warning icon):
“WE ARE UNDER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSAULT. NO ONE EVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT CORN DOGS!”

Zap:
“…What’s a corn dog?”

Gambler flips a coin as if deciding whether to take the rumor personally.

Gambler:
“TAILS… WE DECLARE WAR.”

Kueen:
“We do not declare war over carnival food.”

Mr AntTenna:
“TOO LATE—THE COIN HAS SPOKEN!!”

⭐ NOTABLE EVENT 2 — THE GREATS VS. THE FRAGMENTS: THE PATH TO WAR

The two groups meet in the middle clearing like two angry middle school drama clubs.

Scampton (pointing dramatically):
“[YOU DISRESPECTED] OUR CULINARY [AMBASSADOR]!”

The Stranger (shouting):
“I WOULD DIE HAPPILY FOR A CORN DOG. YOU MOCKED MY PASSION.”

Mr AntTenna (offended):
“I HAVE NEVER MOCKED CORN DOGS. MY BROADCASTS HAVE FEATURED THEM 49 TIMES.”

Scampton:
“[LIAR!!]”

Kueen:
“Stop shouting. This is beneath even you.”

Zap:
“I thought a corn dog was just a long chicken nugget.”

Everyone:
“NO IT’S NOT.”

The tension boils.
Sparks fly from AntTenna’s hands.
Scampton loads his Pipis Popper.
Skrunkly starts biting a tree from adrenaline.
The Stranger screams into the sky for strength.

And into this explosive stupidity…

Puppet floats in.

⭐ NOTABLE EVENT 3 — PUPPET DIES

Puppet, gentle, clueless, only wanting to mediate, floats between the two armies.

Puppet (softly):
“Guys… m-maybe we should calm down? I can make us cookies… or… um…”

The Stranger (mid-rant, not noticing her):
“AND ANOTHER THING—”

He swings his staff.
He’s not aiming at her.
He doesn’t even see her.

But Puppet’s weightless floating and The Stranger’s dramatic arcs are a lethal combination.

The blow hits her mask with a crack like breaking porcelain.

She falls.
Quietly.
Gracefully.
Strings limp.

Goobert:
“:c …Puppet?”

Skrunkly:
“OH NO—OH NO THAT WASN’T—WAIT—WAIT—”

The Stranger (horrified):
“I—I—PUPPET? I DIDN’T— I DIDN’T MEAN—”

Before he can kneel—

Kueen fires a laser out of reflex, thinking it’s an attack.

The beam hits Puppet’s small wooden torso.

She burns out like a lamp.

And the forest goes dead silent.

⭐ NOTABLE EVENT 4 — JUNKIL SNAPS

Junkil stands there, pupils shrinking, tail curling like static lightning.

Junkil (voice glitching):
“YOU—YOU—YOU K!LLED—
PUPPETPUPPETPUPPET—
S̨͙̗̞̘̘̎̔͑͋H̢E ̸̱̬̮͕WA̛̜̥S̴̺ M̘̞̤̯Y̪—
MY—F̶R̶I̶E̶N̶D̶.”

His laughter breaks into morse code spurts.
His hands tremble.

Junkil:
“.––. ..- .--. .--. . - / .. ... / --. --- -. . . . .”

No one understands the Morse, but the tone is unmistakable:

Junkil wants blood.

He barrels toward the Fragments, screaming, glitching, slipping between laughter and sobbing.

Junkil:
“K!ILL—KILL—K I L L—THIS IS NO LONGER — A SHOW—THIS IS JUST—PAIN—PAIN—PAIN—”

Oliver’s team rushes in.

Gerson:
“Stop him, or he’ll get himself killed out of grief.”

Oliver (grim):
“I’ll head him off.”

⭐ NOTABLE EVENT 5 — CASSIE & GRIMM COMMENTARY

Cassie watches all of this, one hand on her hip, the other massaging her forehead like she’s trying to prevent psychic wrinkles.

Cassie:
“This all started over… corn dog rumors.”

Grimm (folding his arms, amused):
“Indeed. Entertainment born of foolishness. A tragedy written by infants.”

Cassie:
“They didn’t even ask who started the rumor.”

Grimm:
“They never do. Mortals thrive on misunderstandings.”

Cassie:
“I hate it here.”

Grimm:
“It is refreshing chaos, at least.”

⭐ END OF DAY 10 — SUMMARY

A false corn dog rumor causes THE [GREATS] and the Fragments to declare war.

Puppet, attempting to calm the groups, is accidentally killed in the crossfire.

Junkil loses it completely, vowing revenge on both sides.

Cassie and Grimm think the entire thing is unbelievably stupid.

Teams begin eyeing each other with suspicion; alliances might collapse entirely tomorrow.