Drade continued to fiddle with the mysterious control panel. He was trying to find a way to turn it off, trying to find which button was the switch. But each time he tried, he ended up generating a new teacher, a new evil being that continued to torture Doi.

Drade had gotten as confused as a Red Guy could get. Were all the teachers simulations generated by this machine? And how did Antis end up in there? It was all very weird - Drade was even finally gaining interest in something.

Suddenly, an arm stretched out and tapped Drade on the shoulder. He turned around to see Roy, Doi's father, staring blankly at him."Wha?"

As far as he could tell Roy did not speak, but Drade was fluent in heavy breathing so he asked Roy (speaking in large, short breaths) "You're behind all this, aren't you? Making this machine to torture and kill us?"

"No," Roy answered. "I was also a victim of this machine. When I was young I was just like Doi, but then the teachers came. They played games with me like I was a rubber ball. One by one I lost my friends. When the last of the teachers left, I had become what you see now."

"But I heard you say you wanted to take your son on a trip to 'punish land'."

"I had thought that the teachers would teach him how to grow up a little, but then I remembered what happened to me. I decided to go find you. You're the only one who can save Doi now."

This conversation happened in the span of a few seconds.

Roy stretched his arm out further, pointing to the screen that displayed Doi starting to gray and age, like Roy. "Save him, Drade. He's the only family I've got left."

Doi was Drade's friend. Sure, he wasn't too bright, but he was optimistic and cheerful and provided a source of brightness in their dark lives.

Drade noticed a power cord coming from the back of the machine. He followed it to a massive plug in the wall. "I wonder what will happen," he said to no one in particular, then he pulled the plug from its socket.

There was a blinding flash of light.

Doi woke up, sitting up in his bed. The teachers were gone. He felt rejuvenated.

"Today will be a great day!" he exclaimed happily, but then noticed his skin had turned yellow-green. "What? Why am I green?"

"I don't know," came a monotone voice from the bed to his right. Doi was surprised to see Drade, who had now become blue.

"Drade!"

"Hello, friend," Drade said, smiling under his furry mane.

"What? Where am I?" came a nasally voice from the bed to Doi's left. It was Antis, the once-green duck now a red finch.

"Antis! You're alive again!

"Hey! I am alive again. Whatever happened must have reset the universe. Come on, friends; let's have breakfast."

The three got out of bed, dressed (or in Drade's case, undressed), went downstairs and had their breakfast. Once done, they were bored again.

A notebook appeared on their table. It flipped its cover off, revealing their first teacher. "What's your favorite idea?" Paige asked them.

But this time, the puppets were ready.

AN: Doi = Yellow Guy, Drade = Red Guy, Antis = Duck Guy.