*Knock, Knock!*

???: U-huh?

Papyrus, who was in sleep for 3 minutes, woke up from a knock. He rubbed his eyes

Papyrus: Huh? Who would be awoken by this hour?

Papyrus opened the door and saw Stewie entering.

https://youtu.be/jb8E8NQCErg

Stewie: Okay, there's something I need to ask about.

Papyrus: Mr. Stewie! What are you doing here?

Stewie: I came for a question, Papyrus. And this one is urgent.

Papyrus: O-okay... What is it?

Stewie: Who is Dr. Gaster?

Papyrus: G-Gaster?

Stewie: According to dreams we received before the motive reveal, you seem to know him. And it just happens that he knows something about resets.

Papyrus: U-uh...

Stewie: Apparently these resets allow to reset the timeline and form a new one. It's like in a video game you return to your checkpoint or the last safe file.

Papyrus: I... suppose so.

Stewie: Papyrus. If these resets exist, then it would possibly explain why universes have collided and formed a multiverse.

Papyrus: Y-yeah... I guess you are right.

Stewie: Then is there something you aren't telling us?

Papyrus was surprised by that question.

Papyrus: W-what?! Me hiding something?!

Stewie: If you knew this Dr. Gaster person, then you must also know something about it.

Stewie: Why didn't you mention any of this earlier?

Papyrus: I don't know who this Gaster person is!

Stewie tilted his head.

Stewie: Oh really? Then why was there an image of you being with him?

Papyrus: I do not understand it either...

Stewie started to walk around Papyrus.

Stewie: Or maybe... you do know something about but you just can't reveal it.

Papyrus: I-I don't know anything about it! I don't know what these resets are! Flowey was the one to mention it.

Stewie stopped his movements and turned to Papyrus, intrigued by what he just said.

Stewie: Flowey mentioned it?

Papyrus calmed down a bit to take a breath.

Papyrus: Well yeah... He asked me earlier about it.

*flashback*

Flowey: Hey, Papyrus.

Papyrus: What's up, Flowery?

Flowey: ...

Flowey: Do you remember anything about resets?

Papyrus: (Resets? That's new?)

Papyrus: Resets? I have no clue what you are talking about Flowery.

Flowey: Oh, good. Just checking out.

Papyrus: (What on earth are resets? Is that supposed to be important?)

*flashback ends*

Papyrus: He asked that in front of me and Spongebob.

Stewie was thinking deeply about Papyrus' share of information. Now he knows who to ask next.

Stewie: I see... That surely makes Flowey suspicious. Not like he's been suspicious enough already.

Papyrus: Stewie, are you really gonna suspect people around here? Has the motive made you lose trust in others?

Stewie took a deep breath before starting to talk again.

Stewie: Papyrus, as I have been living in my world for a quite long time, I've grown more suspicious about people here and there. Bertrum's appearance, Murder in James Woods' mansion, not to mention Quahog's electricity went down because this "supermarket" was getting popular and popular each day. It felt nice to destroy that rotten place.

Papyrus: (That seems a lot...)

Stewie: Not only that, I had fought with my ex-girlfriends Olivia and Penelope, and I always got tricked by that smug, arrogant kid. Ugh... (quietly) Good thing I caused that airplane crash...

Papyrus: (confused) What was that?

Stewie: N-nevermind of that. The thing is, you cannot easily trust people. With The Mastermind hiding in this place it's hard to ignore it.

Stewie: Surely you can understand it.

Papyrus: Yeah, I do get it.

Stewie: Great-

Papyrus: However-

Stewie: Rats... I knew I wasn't going to get off that easily.

Papyrus: Do you really want to suspect everyone, especially in this game of death? That's what The Mastermind is after.

Stewie seems slightly annoyed.

Stewie: Of course I know that. I wasn't born yesterday.

Stewie: Besides, I'm hunting The Mastermind, not other people.

Papyrus: I see...

Papyrus: Shouldn't you go to bed? What would Marge say when she sees you awake?

Stewie huffed in annoyance.

Stewie: Really? She's not my mother, Papyrus!

Papyrus: She's not. But she is the caretaker of you, Skid, and Pump.

Stewie: I never sign that!

Papyrus: It's not that you have to sign it. It's all about child safety.

Stewie: I have weapons in my household. I think others should be worried about THEIR child's safety.

Papyrus: (horrified) (That's horrible! Why does he send death threats?!)

Papyrus: (More importantly... Why does a baby have weapons?)

Papyrus: (And most importantly... is there one for me?)

Stewie: (noticed) It seems that my words have made you speechless.

Papyrus: Can you blame me?

Stewie: Hm... maybe not. This whole conversation came to you as a surprise.

Papyrus: Right...

Stewie: Alright then. I will interrogate Flowey tomorrow. It's kinda late right now.

Papyrus: True... (I can't imagine someone to stay awake right now...)

Stewie: Very well. I bid you good night.

Papyrus: Night, Stewie.

Stewie left Papyrus' room and Papyrus closed the door. He tucked himself back to bed as he thought about what to do tomorrow.

Papyrus: U-urgh... (If anyone else is like Stewie, I'm starting to get worried...)

Meanwhile, Stewie walked down the hallway.

Stewie: (Too many questions... Too many suspects...)

Stewie: (Am I thinking everything right?)

...

Spongebob was having trouble sleeping. Images of Stewie killing the man in white still lingers to his mind. The dreams would appear at any time.

https://youtu.be/T5-faDLv1Vs

Spongebob: (U-urgh... Why is this so hard?)

Spongebob: (Sleeping should be easy! Why am I thinking too much of this?

Spongebob: (I should be resting nicely...)

Spongebob: (But everything is coming back to me...)

Spongebob couldn't sleep much longer and he woke up with a heavy headache.

Spongebob: (Ugh... Not another headache...)

Spongebob stood up and went to the bathroom looking for painkillers. He opened the lid and hugged a few pills into his throat. After that, he closed the lid and went back to bed. He checked the clock.

Spongebob: 5:14 AM... (Only 46 minutes before that dream arrives...)

Spongebob: (It's more of a nightmare than a dream...)

Spongebob: (I'm surprised nobody said like that yesterday!)

Spongebob: (Anyway... I should drink before the worst happens.)

Spongebob got out of the bed and left his room. As he left, he saw Stewie leaving as well.

Stewie: (talking to himself) Alright. I'll get the breakfast and some juice. Then I will go to the computers before the dream will appear-

Stewie noticed Spongebob in the hallway, staring at him. He stopped his movements.

Stewie: What are you doing up?

Spongebob: I should ask the same question. Why is a baby like you awoken this time around? Shouldn't you be in bed?

Stewie was annoyed by Spongebob's remarks.

Stewie: Seriously?! I'm the so-called Ultimate Technician! I do not need sleep like the dummies you all are!

Spongebob: (taken back) Woah, woah! Calm down, Stewie! Don't hit the sponge with insults!

Stewie rubbed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Stewie: My apologies. I didn't mean to make a fuss.

Spongebob: It's fine... Not like my morning was any better.

Spongebob and Stewie started talking towards the Restaurant through the elevator.

Stewie: Didn't get enough sleep?

Spongebob: Yeah. I'm so worried about what might appear in our dreams.

Stewie: More like nightmares at this point.

Spongebob: Finally someone says it!

Stewie: What are you talking about?

Spongebob: Nightmare-... Never mind, nothing important.

The elevator opened and Spongebob and Stewie started walking to the Restaurant. As they entered the Restaurant, they saw how empty it was from people.

Stewie: (observant) Hm... Looks like no one else is here.

Spongebob: Usually when I get here, almost everyone is here.

Stewie: There are heavy sleepers like you.

Spongebob: Wow... I'm not that much of a heavy sleeper.

Stewie: You aren't?

Spongebob: I regularly wake up earlier for Krusty Krab.

Stewie: That explains it.

Spongebob: Explains what?

Stewie: The fact that you aren't working at Krusty Krab makes you sleep more and very late too. Your brain is settling down to this new phenomenon and the change makes your sleeping schedule into a new one.

Spongebob: You mean I have to make a new calendar?

Stewie: No, it shouldn't affect the entire month. But it does affect your daily basis.

Spongebob: Is that a bad thing?

Stewie: If you ever go back to Krusty Krab, go to sleep earlier. Or you get fired.

Spongebob: Uh oh... That's not good.

Spongebob and Stewie entered the Kitchen. As they entered, they went to the fridge. Stewie took the grape soda. Spongebob looked at Stewie and what he was going to drink.

Spongebob: In the morning?

Stewie: I was planning to use the computer.

Spongebob: Unhealthy way to use it.

Stewie: What are you? My doctor?

Spongebob: No. I'm a fry cooker.

Stewie: Congratulations. You realize what you are.

Spongebob: (That sounds like an insult...)

Spongebob then saw something on the induction oven. Raspberry-colored stains were on it.

Spongebob: What the-?

Stewie: What is it?

https://youtu.be/T048Hz17DbY

Spongebob: Someone made a mess in here. There are some jam stains on the oven.

Stewie jumped on Spongebob's shoulders and then on his head and saw the stains. His face was getting serious.

Stewie: ...That doesn't look like jam stains...

Spongebob: ...What? (It's not jam stains? Then what is it?)

Stewie walked to the oven and inspected the stains. Spongebob noticed how the air conditioner was dented. It also had more raspberry-colored stains, dripping from it.

Spongebob: The air conditioner seems broken. And stained.

Stewie turned his sight on the air conditioner.

Stewie: You're right... Bend over.

Spongebob: What-?

Stewie jumped on Spongebob's head and started to touch the air conditioner.

Stewie: This thing is cold. Almost as if it hasn't been working for hours.

Spongebob: Well, no one has used this to cook at night, right?

Stewie: Let me rephrase that; Almost as if it has been broken for hours.

Spongebob: What? How???

Stewie: We're about to find out. I just to remove this thing...

Stewie started to pull the air conditioner lid open. After struggling for a while, the lid went open...

...

...and it dropped as well...

https://youtu.be/GeI7ezsTxKM

With that, the second victim appeared in front of Spongebob and Stewie. The second deadly life has begun!

[Dun, dun, duuuun! The body is here! This part is completed with 1608 words! The deadly life will appear eventually. Another exciting case is coming! Is it good or bad? You will see what I've got in store! Bye for now!]