Well as it turned out, the suspicious few were correct. The candy bonus was a ruse the writers came up with when they hired the mediator. Fred tried to warn them, then Troll joined in and finally Elf, who paid dearly with a bucket of water on his head.

It can be revealed that writer silenttomorrows managed to finalize and register the contracts before the characters could react. Score one for the writers and none for the characters!