"So, my new pa is gonna be th' star o the show?"

"Yes"

"When do I get t come in?"

"Episode 8"

It had only been a few minutes since Barbra, Julia, and Lilly had left their little dorm room and Lilly was already flooding the poor humans with an endless barrage of questions. It was almost worse than last night since now she was repeatedly asking the same questions over and over and over again.

While Barbra re-answered these questions with patience, Julia was just about ready to jump out of the moving truck and onto the road. It was annoying to say the least, but it quickly became worth it when they finally parked outside of the d studio...

...but it wasn't as good as they thought.

The place was falling apart. There was a very visible hole in the roof, there were wooden planks covering the windows and the door, there was a clear hole in the wall, and the wood looked a little rotten--most likely due to the rise and spread of termites. If this keeps up, Barbra and Julia will probably be forced to salvage what they can, take it with them, and tear the place down only to rebuild it from scratch.

"And here I thought that this would be much simpler..." Barbra said with a sigh, pinching the bridge of her nose and shaking her head

"Well, nothing's really easy in life" Julia said

"Amen, miss Julia" Lilly replied

"Alright, before we go inside, Lilly, I'm gonna have to ask you something"

The little puppet on Barbra's shoulder turned to her maker as she grabbed a box that was maybe almost twice her size.

"I need you to get into this" Barbra said, opening it

Lilly nodded and happily obliged, crawling into the box and laying flat on her back. Barbra closed the box, which had a few small breathing holes in the lid, and grabbed a hammer from her belt. She gave Julia the hammer, which Julia gladly took and swung at the wooden planks on the door, causing them to crack and break.

After a few minutes of swinging and pulling at the planks, the two of them were finally able to get inside...

...and it was just as bad as the outside.

The pillars were rotting and the ceiling looked ready to collapse. The stage was still intact and the backstage door was there, but other than that, this place needed to be rebuilt from the ground up.

Ignoring the decaying building, the two humans pressed onward until they were through the backstage door, which led them to see...

...most of the cast coming through the tiny door to the stage. The two humans turned around and went to the front of the stage, where Lorelei, Carver, Goldilocks, Lookout, and...hanging back by the door was...

"Hello, everyone!" Barbra said, greeting the puppets on stage

"Hello, Ms. Bublik" Carver said flatly

"Howdy, darlin' it's been a while" Undertaker said with a smile

"Hello!" Goldi said

Lookout just waved.

"Hi, everyone. I'm Julia" Julia piped up, bending down so the puppets could see her

The puppets greeted the agent wannabe normally before Barbra bent down and put the box in front of her, setting it upright.

"Listen up, everyone. We've got a new cast member joining us" She said

Everyone looked at the box in expectation as Barbra slowly unlocked it, and opened it to reveal...

...a little puppet...

...who stepped onto the stage immediately after the box was opened.