02x07 - We Meat Again

[bunniefuu]

Guys, I just
got a ping and...

Are you okay?

You haven't touched your food.

-I'm just not hungry.

-Me either.

-What's going on?

-Yi, we've been thinking.

- Thinking and not eating.
- Who am I?

-Maybe we should quit
the Creature Brigade.

-What?

-Uh, creature
helping is dangerous!

And you saw what
happened to Mr. Lung.

He just went poof,
and then he was gone!

-That won't happen.

We're nothing like Mr. Lung.

He made a mistake
with the creatures.

-Yeah, but what if we
make a mistake too?

-We're too young to go poof!

-What we do can be
pretty dangerous,

but I can't just
step away from it.

It's my calling.

-What are you saying?

-I'm saying that if you
both wanna walk away,

I support you.

I want you to be safe.

But I'm gonna keep
going. I have to.

-Yi, you can't.

-I'll be okay. I have
my magic to protect me.

And as long as I
never betray creatures

the way Mr. Lung did,

I have nothing to worry about.

-We can still be
friends, though, right?

-Of course. We'll
always be friends.

But the Creature Brigade
is officially disbanded.

It's okay, buddy.

We can still hang out
with Jin and Peng.

But for creature missions,
it's just you and me.

I gotta admit, it is weird
to be up here without them.

Huh?

Argh. Ugh.

Uh, okay. This is even weirder.

No, Everest, no.
You can't eat it.

I know Peng taught you
the five-second rule,

but that's for when food
falls on the ground.

When food falls from the sky...

Huh? I guess there's not
really a rule for that.

"Bury me before
sunset or else..."

Well, that is pretty ominous.

But, you know, stranger
things have happened.

Okay, yeah, you're right.

This is definitely
the strangest thing.

You think this
could be a creature?

Here it is.

"Taisui, the Meat
of Misfortune."

It says that Taisui
is a sign of bad luck.

And when it appears to you,

it becomes your mission to bury

it in its rightful place.

Looks like there's a map
here of where it belongs.

And a... poem?

"A journey by foot
your adventure begins,

"my resting place
is where it ends.

"Return to the woods
by fall of night

or the world you know
will not be set right."

What do you think "not
be set right" means?

Well, better safe than sorry.

These woods are just outside
the edge of the city.

Looks like we can only
travel by foot, so...

we should get moving.

I know we usually
ask you to hang back,

but we're two members down.

So... you with me?

It's not the same

going on a creature
mission without them.

But we have to respect
what they want.

Hey,
watch where you're going!

-Phew! That was close!
Almost had ground beef.

Peng and Jin would've
laughed at that.

Well, Peng would've laughed.

Jin would've said,

"Technically, it's
not beef, it's pork."

Then I would've said
something really clever back.

Yeah, I know.

-Oh, Yi! There you are!

Can you come in for a second?

Uh...

It'll be quick.

-We have to order a
big post office today,

and I need you to deliver
this package before it caters?

Wait, that can't be right.

-I'd love to help, Mom,
but something came up,

or rather fell down, that I
have to take care of before...

-Yi, thank you. You picked
up my meat delivery.

-Wait, no, no, no...

-It's been awkward
with the butcher

ever since I told him
he had grade A meat

but a grade F personality.

- Wait!
- Cleavers!

Nooo!

What the...

Everest, no! You can't eat it.

Whoa!

Déja vu.

Hmm.

"Taisui, the Meat of..."

Wait a minute!

This must be what the book meant

when it said the world
would not be set right!

If I don't bury Taisui,

my day resets and I
have to try again.

Let's go bury this meat
for real this time.

We are not gonna waste
our déja-do-over!

Oh, come on, I am
giving you gold here!

Huh?

I was right!

This is the same
day as yesterday!

Wait, where's Peng?

If this is a redo, Peng
should be here too.

Hey,
watch where you're going!

-Sorry, I won't be in
your way next time.

'Cause there won't
be a next time.

-Yi?

Huh.

I guess I'll have to
cater the post delivery

to the big food office myself.

Whatever that means.

Let's go!

Excuse me.

Are you Yi from the
Creature Brigade?

-Oh, um... I'm Yi.

-Oh, sorry.

Sort of thought a
creature would be

the leader of the
Creature Brigade.

Aren't we all
creatures of the earth?

Can we
help you with something?

-Yes! I heard an injured
creature at the top of that tree,

and you need to get up
there and rescue it.

We're on the clock,

but we can't just leave
a creature in danger.

Don't worry. We've got this.

Jin, use your tech
glasses and see...

Uh, right. I meant I'll
put on the glasses.

Is this on?

Whoa, I'm not seeing anything.

Do I swipe?

Aah! Ow!

Okay. Th... That's
not gonna work.

Peng, fly up and...

Dang it!

No Peng either.

Uh, good thinking, Everest!

Ma'am, I think you
just heard a bird.

-Hmph, okay. You were no help.

-Okay, well. You're welcome.

Everest, we have
to hurry before...

Oh, no!

Doggonit!

Argh, great.

My very first creature
mission without Jin and Peng,

and I've already failed twice.

-Okay. This time
we bury the meat.

No distractions.

Everything will go perfectly.

Okay, that one was on me.

-I could build my
own boba stand!

But I don't love boba.
Or building. Or standing.

Peng, what do you think?

Peng?

Peng! Are you even
listening to me?

I was.

Not. Sorry. I'm just bored.

I thought leaving
the Creature Brigade

would give us more free time.

But Yi's still
busy with creatures

and you're busy...

-Trying to think of
a way to make money

since my mom cut my allowance

after I dropped
out of med school.

Well, where do you
get your money?

-I just ask my mom.

-And what if she says no?

-Have you seen this face?

She can't say no.

I need a way
to make money fast.

I'm in desperate need
of more hair product.

Look at this, it's
lost its bounce.

-You know what still
has its bounce?

My basketball!

Wanna play some one-on-one?

-I'm not even wearing
the right shoes.

I have to focus on this.

That's it! My shoes!

I just got a new pair of
limited-edition sneaks.

I can trade 'em in
for warm, soft cash.

-You mean cold, hard cash?

-Uh, no. I like the ones

that have been in
circulation for a while.

- You wanna come with?
- Sure.

Even though you're
broke in money,

you're rich in friendship.

-Huh?

Okay, this is getting weirder.

I mean, now Jin and
Peng are both gone?

Hey, watch...

-I know, I know.
Watch where I'm going.

Argh! I'm reliving the same day,

which means everything
should be the same.

Which means Jin and Peng

should be right
there eating lunch.

Argh! I'm calling them.

That's strange. Both of their
phones are disconnected.

Jin would rather be photographed
wearing socks with sandals

than not have his phone service.

You think what's
happening is bigger

than being trapped
in a time loop?

My fairy tale book said that the
world would not be set right.

What if the world is changing?

And people I care
about are disappearing?

Oh, good!
Mom is still here.

-Yi?

Hmm.

-Phew! We have to
bury Taisui now.

-Excuse me, sir. I'd like to
trade in these shoes for...

-Oh, my gosh! The
Creature Brigade!

You finally came!

I have terrible luck
with phone apps.

-Oh, uh, sorry. Uh, no,
we're no longer with, uh...

-I pinged you because

some creature laid
an egg up there.

I need you to get it
down and help hatch it.

I also have terrible
luck with eggs. Ugh.

-We'd love to help,

but we've recently left
the creature biz behind.

Not because we're
scared or anything.

-But I can text Yi
who is not scared,

and she'll be here in no time.

Huh? The message
isn't going through.

Let me try calling her.

Her phone isn't
even ringing. Weird.

-That's okay. You two
can handle it, right?

Pretty please!

We just got out.

Do we really want
to dip our toes

back in a dangerous pool

that is creature helping?

-It's just an egg.

And we're no chickens.
We can do this!

-Okay, Everest. We're
making good time.

We just have to stay the course!

-Excuse me, are you Yi from...

-It's just a bird.

- Wait, how do you...
- You're welcome!

Almost got it.

Yes!

Forgot to
tell you I have a ladder.

-Whatever's inside must
be close to hatching.

We need to keep it warm.

-Oh! I can sit on it.

That's what a good
mama bird would do.

You're not a
mama bird! You'll squash it.

Think like creature helpers.

-Ooh, I could try
thinking like Yi.

Violins. Magical creatures.
Peng is secretly my favorite.

He's Everest's favorite too.

He's got all the best ideas.

-I've got an idea.

-Uh, you know what he's doing?

-Almost never.

-There. Thanks to my homemade
Jincubator, patent pending,

the egg should hatch in no time.

-Ah! Huh?

- Or, I guess, sometime.
- Oh.

-I can help.

Nothing gets me out
of bed in the morning

like a good pep talk.

You got this, Egg-atha.

I know the outside
world seems hard,

but it's also full of adventure

and people to share
the adventures with.

And no matter what
life throws at you,

those people will
always have your back.

There's no problem
you can't face

when you face it together.

He's
pretty good at that.

-So come on, Egg-atha!

We're here for you.
You can do this!

-Nice work, Peng!

But what if
we helped the creature wrong

and we get poofed or worse?

What if there's a ghost inside?

-Don't be silly. Ghosts
don't hatch from eggs!

But aliens do!

-Everest, the sun is setting,

but I think we're
going to make it!

Huh?

-Hey! It's the Creature Brigade!

-Will you take a selfie with me?

-Uh-oh.

-OMG.

-Ca... Can you
sign my arm, yeti?

-So sorry, we're in a hurry.
And Everest can't even write!

-Creature Brigade!
Take a selfie with me?

-Okay, but just one.

- Mr. Yeti. Look over here!
- Excuse me!

-Look over here!

-Sorry, but I... I
really need to...

- Selfie!
- Say ta-da!

Excuse
me, but we really need to go.

Oh, no,
no, no, no, no!

No, not again!

- Wait till my followers see this.
- One more!

- We're gonna get so many likes!
- Oh, yeah!

-Ugh, I can't do it.

I'm stuck reliving
this day over and over

while everyone I care
about is vanishing.

What if Mom is next?
Or Nai Nai? Or...

Egg-atha,
you made it!

-Welcome to the world!

-Just like old times, huh?

-What? No!

No, no. This was
totally different.

We weren't helping a creature.
We were assisting a bird.

Besides, we quit, remember?

-But this mission
wasn't that scary.

I mean, no one went poof!

Yeah,
maybe Yi was right.

We're so different from Mr. Lung

that what happened to him
could never happen to us.

-Yeah, he was just one bad egg.

-Good one, Peng.

I can't deny that I do
love helping creatures.

But I will deny this:

I kinda miss doing it with Yi.

Speaking of, where is she?

-I still can't get
in touch with her.

You think she's okay?

-Maybe we should
go check on her.

Don't tell her I
told you I miss her.

Aww!

-Everest! Oh, no, no. Please
tell me he's not gone.

Everest!

Oh, thank goodness. I
thought I lost you too.

Let's get our friends back.

-You're back!

-Oh, cool, meat!

-Uh... what you got there?

-It's a long story.
A little repetitive.

-When did the sun come out?

I was just getting ready
for my night routine.

Can you imagine if I use my
p.m. moisturizer in the a.m.?

-I thought you guys were
gone. Where've you been?

-We were becoming parents!

-It's a long story,

but it ends with us
helping hatch a baby bird.

By the way, where have you been?

We tried calling, but
couldn't get through.

-Huh? I don't have
any missed calls.

Seems to be working fine.

-This is weird. It's like we
were in parallel universes.

-Like what happened when Yi

was on her adventure
with Natailia?

When she was in a trance?

-Whatever it was,

it does seem to happen
more often than I'd expect.

-Does that explain the...

Loose meat you're holding?

Where'd it even come from?

-The meat's name is Taisui.

-The meat has a name? Noice!

-Otherwise known as
the Meat of Misfortune.

Not so noice.

-Wait, what day is it?

-April 9th.

Wait, I'm confused. Didn't
we already do April 9th?

-This is gonna sound crazy,

but I've been trapped
in a time loop,

reliving this day over and over.

And the only way to break it

is to bury this
meat before sundown.

-Is it bad that "time loop"

was the least crazy
part of that sentence?

-Why haven't you buried it yet?

-I've been trying,

but every time something
gets in my way,

and I start back
at the beginning.

-Does that mean we were
in a time loop too?

Did I start
multiple days with bad hair?

-I don't think so.

You guys were just
not... around.

But somehow, you broke
through into my loop.

-Maybe because Jin
really misses you.

-Mm, the important thing
is that we are here now.

- And we can help!
- But this is a creature mission

and you're both retired.

I can't ask you to come with me,

not knowing the dangers
that may pop up.

-It's just a piece of meat!

-Exactly! How
delicious could it be?

-Dangerous. He means dangerous.

-Right. Sure.
That's what I meant.

-All right, then.

Let's do this. Together.

- I thought we were in a hurry.
- Eh... Wait for it.

Hey! Watch where you're going!

- Wow!
- Oh, one more thing.

-Yi, there you are. I have...

-A huge catering
order to finish,

and you need someone to take
that to the post office.

- Wow!
- Wow!

-Ohhh, yes! That
makes more sense!

-I can take it. I'll
get there in no time.

-Uh... he's going the wrong way.

I was
going the wrong way!

-No way! You're the
Creature Brigade!

I heard an injured
creature up in that tree,

- and you have to go rescue...
- Don't worry, it's just a bird.

- Oh, okay. Whatevs.
- You're welcome!

-It's kind of scary
that you know everything

that's about to happen.

-Not as scary as
the fanatical mob.

- What fanatical mob...
- Hey! It's the Creature Brigade!

Hey, take a selfie with me?

-Yi, Everest and I got
this. You go bury that meat.

Now, who wants a selfie?

-Jin, you're my favorite!

-Sorry!

I made it.

I actually made it! Yes!

Whoo!

-Whoa-haah!

I forgot how fun it is
to rocket around town.

I can't believe I
wanted to give that up.

-Do you know where you're
supposed to bury it?

-Sniffing out the meat's home?

Everest, you're brilliant!

-The map says it's around here.

-Can you try
scanning the terrain?

On it.

Let's see.

Got it.

- Yeah!
- Yes!

Looks like meat-shaped
hole marks the spot.

-Pretty weird day, huh?

-Now what?

-Well, hopefully, this time,

it's finally over.

Definitely!

It's April 10th!

Yes!

-Yeah!

-You broke the time loop!

-I wouldn't have been able
to do it without you two.

Thank you again for your help.

-Ah, it was fun. And
not at all scary.

-It did make me a
little hungry, though.

We didn't save a little piece
of Taisui for a snack, did we?

-Creature sighting across
town. I... I better get going.

-Yi, wait.

Hatching that egg and
helping you with Taisui

made us realize that
we were wrong before.

Creature helping is what we do.

We shouldn't have broken
up the Creature Brigade.

-Jin even said he missed you.

-There's no way to prove that.

-Look, Jin, I know what happened
to Mr. Lung freaked you out...

-But we just proved that
when we work together,

there's nothing we can't do,

no matter what
life throws at us.

-Is that from my
Egg-atha's speech?

-It was a good speech, and
Yi didn't get to hear it.

What we're trying to say is,

we would love to come back and
reinstate the Creature Brigade.

If you'll have us.

-I mean, I'd have to
check the bylaws, but...

I'm kidding! Of
course, you can come back!

I can't imagine doing
this without you.

And I promise I
will do everything

in my power to keep you safe.

-We'll keep each other safe.

-'Cause that's what
teammates are for.

-All right, Everest,
you know what to do.

-Ah, just like old times!

Whoo-hoo!