User:Chill57181/Meanwhile In An AU

"There are infinite paths and infinite possibilities."

- Sheev Palpatine

"Meanwhile In An AU" is an exploration of various scenarios that don't fit into the main continuity, either because they potentially conflict with OOC or I just don't want to actually do them. Typically, these scenarios will greatly shake up the status quo of the subjects involved with no going back. Please note that since this is page is in userspace, none of these timelines are necessarily canon to the multiverse unless mentioned in mainspace, and nothing here should be applied to the main continuity. Please direct all criticism to the complaints department.

Meanwhile in an AU where Chill got eaten by a shprogshel
One night in late March of 2037, Penstubal had a dream where he was visited by "Pink Sheep", who pointed out that Chill and Pill, the former chancellor of the Shops Union, were the same person - a fact which Penstubal never even suspected, yet apparently had always known subconsciously. When he woke up, he was infuriated - not only had Chill managed to get away with this and tricked not only him but the entire Shops Union, but in hindsight it was so obvious. In a fit of blind rage, he acquired a shprogshel and managed to dye its wool pink. In the early hours of April 1st, Penstubal brought the shprogshel to Chill's home on Chill Island and was able to break in as a result of the island's extremely lax security. Afterwards, he released the shprogshel in Chill's house and fled.

The shprogshel made its way to Chill's bedroom and ate him while he was sleeping, all according to Penstubal's plan. Several hours later, Professor Prepostera and Tyler went to check on Chill after not being able to contact him, only to find him missing and the shprogshel in his room, which was quickly dispatched by Tyler's lasers. Taking note of the date, the two initially assumed that Chill was playing some sort elaborate and twisted April Fools' Day prank on them, only for their worst fears to be confirmed upon examination of the shprogshel. The next day, Chill's funeral was held, with Penquino delivering the eulogy. Afterwards, he was buried next to his old friend Bro.

As Chill had never made any contingencies for the event of the mayor's untimely death, Prepostera declared martial law and made himself interim mayor until a suitable avenue to appoint a new mayor was found. Meanwhile, the CIPF began their investigation into Chill's death, which was immediately deemed highly suspicious as shprogshels had never been seen on Chill Island before. The fact that its wool had been dyed pink quickly turned all eyes to Penstubal, who would often write about "Pink Sheep" in the Penstubal Post. Although some eyewitnesses claimed they had seen Penstubal on Chill Island in the days leading up to Chill's death, further investigation revealed that it was only Scrubbypingu, who had been vacationing on Chill Island and was mistaken for Penstubal. To make sure Scrubbypingu wasn't involved, the CIPF brought him in and made some statements implicating Scrubbypingu for various parts of the crime, but he didn't run away, therefore none of them were facts.

When he was accused of being the murderer, Penstubal vehemently denied the charges, and no evidence was found that would implicate him. However, he immediately made matters worse by putting an article about Chill's death on the front page of the next issue of the Penstubal Post. The article, personally written by Penstubal, credited "Pink Sheep" for "ridding Antarctica of a horrible dictator" and "bringing justice to the scrubs". However, Penstubal soon came to regret his decision, realizing he'd need to find a new boogeyman to blame for everything.

The article infuriated the population of Chill Island, and a vocal majority of its residents demanded that Penstubal be impeached and arrested, or for Moon Island to be kicked out of the Shops Union if it would not take action. Surprisingly, Chill's longtime enemy Radztur was one of the most affected, who was devastated as he wanted Chill dead, but he also wanted to be the one to do it and was angry that "his kill had been stolen". Although his involvement wasn't proven, he vowed to get revenge on Penstubal and declared him his new arch-enemy. Shortly after, he packed up his lair and moved to Moon Island with the intent of ruining Penstubal's life as he had done to Chill over two decades earlier.

Chill would later return as a ghost, though due to the nature of his death, he had no idea what happened to him and was useless in the investigation. He spent a lot of time pushing stuff off of Penstubal's shelves because he thought it was funny.