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-Guys, our first legit RingRing Creature Ping!

Our hard work as the Creature Brigade

is finally paying off!

Or should I say pinging off?

-You shouldn't.

But can I get a #creaturebrigade?

-How is that cool, but my thing isn't?

-I'd explain, but we don't have time

because we just got our first ping!

Hashtag...

Come on, Yi, do it for the synergy.

Fine.

The creature briga...

I can't. I can't. No.

-Creature...

Everest!

Someone found a creature at a construction site.

-Not much in the "share your deets" field,

but they did use the handy Jin-portance feature I coded in.

-"Emer-Jin-cy"?

Oh, that means emergency!

We better hurry and get over there.

- Mei. - Ma!

Didn't we just have a talk about jump scares?

-What jump scare? Your feet never left the ground.

-That was part of our talk.

I don't literally have to jump for...

-Where is your phone,

and why aren't you picking it up?

This ringing is driving me crazy!

-It's in my pocket but ringing?

Let me check it. Maybe the volume is set too low.

Who called your phone last?

This is Shu Spa and Wellness Center

for very stressed women.

-Why have you been calling?

I'm sorry? You just called me.

-No, you called. Again.

Hello? Anyone there?

Hello!

-Orders are coming in, Ma!

-Please apologize to your friend for me.

- What? - I'm not saying it again!

Hello?

This should be the place.

Remember to stay hidden, Everest.

- I don't see anyone... - Psst!

Hey, hey, over here.

- Oh, well, this is not sketchy at all. - Shhh!

-Doesn't he know he's just emphasizing his bags.

-You three here for the creature?

-Depends on who's asking.

But also who is asking?

- I am... - I just... I'm just a guy.

Uh, it... it's over this way. Sorry for the sneaking.

My boss doesn't know I called you here,

so I'd rather she not find out.

-O... Okay, but why? What's going on?

-First, it was just sounds. Like, uh...

-Uh, pubescent whale creature?

That's what I thought!

But then, anything we built over this one area

would always be completely destroyed the next day,

totally burnt to a crisp!

-Fire creature?

-We dug around and uncovered a ditch

with what we thought was some dead, dried-up fossil

until it kept zapping us and blowing out our generators.

An electrical creature!

-When we tried to move it out of here,

one of my crew got shocked so bad

he had to be hospitalized!

Oh, he's okay now, but our boss has had enough.

Says the creature's too dangerous

and plans to load it up with our construction waste to be...

permanently disposed of.

What?

-I respect the boss.

She's tough but fair.

Making her way as a woman in a man's world.

But her plan just doesn't sit right with me.

-Uh, yeah! 'Cause it's evil!

It's complicated.

Just grab the creature

and get out of here before she comes.

This is the ditch.

-Oooh, shiny.

-Hey, remember, electrical creature.

Wow, the dirt here is loaded

with more quartz than my boho phase!

-But where's the creature?

Strange. It was just here.

- Look! In the back! - That's my boss' truck.

-We have to stop her!

Where's she going?

-Everest!

-What would phone do?

Where would phone hide?

What does phone want?

You think you can taunt me? Ho-ho!

Taunting only makes me stronger.

Ah! Mah-jongg!

Nai Nai's Dumpling Shop. What is your order?

Argh, so many spam calls lately!

Wasting my time with impossible nonsense.

Man, that thing can move!

Good eye, Everest!

The back is empty!

-And the driver is gone.

-Because she's over there!

-We have to help it!

She went down here.

Are you kidding me?

No!

Yes!

Get away from that!

Who are you, and what are you doing here?

Mind your own business.

-Creatures are our business.

-This thing was found on my property

and is mine to deal with.

It's too dangerous for a bunch of kids.

-Excuse you! We're teenagers.

If you average things out.

-And we've handled worse stuff than this.

You may have heard of the New Year's Nian incident.

-Wait, that was you three? The Creature Gang people.

-The Creature Brigade.

-You can trust us.

-To do what exactly? That incident ruined me.

I put everything I had into a beautiful building

that Nian completely destroyed.

Then this thing halts construction

and hospitalizes my worker.

Ugh! I'm done with letting creatures

destroy the things I care about.

-I understand your anger, but it's not their fault.

- They're just afraid... - I'm afraid!

And you should be too.

Creatures are dangerous, and we need to get rid of them.

Yi!

-Ah, the one with the good hair is the smart one.

Very unexpected.

-The creature's charged up with electricity!

And it's charged up the metal of the compactor too!

- You're too late. - We're right on time.

-Oh, actually, a few minutes earlier would have been...

-Uh... I'm doing a thing.

Peng, I need eyes up top.

-I got you.

-Oh, no, you don't!

-Joke's on you. I love dirty treasure.

Yi, there's a big log ahead of the creature

that's slowing down the grindy part.

-Perfect! Everest!

-Another creature?

Wh... What's happening?

-Yes! The machine is jammed!

No!

I'm not about to get hurt by another creature.

It's your problem now.

I better not see you or it

anywhere near my building or property again.

Next time, I won't be so lenient.

-Let's get our new friend out of there. Everest?

-It looks like a huge dried squid snack! Yum.

But don't worry, I don't eat anything

that's been on the ground for more than five seconds.

-This creature is packin' like a power plant.

I wanna check it over for injuries,

but a zap would wreck my hair!

And probably my life span.

-Everest can tell it that we're here to help.

Oh, no. It's really stressed.

Oh, sorry.

She's really stressed.

-This will help.

Don't worry. You're okay now.

Yi, you did it.

She's no longer emitting electricity.

-I'll run a more thorough scan at HQ, but she seems healthy.

It would be helpful to know what kind of creature she is, though.

-We'll figure it out. Then we can find her a good new home.

Is it just me,

or is the cloud a little thin?

Oh, and check this out.

-S... Stop that! Wait, actually, it's damp!

She must've absorbed liquid from the cloud, which means...

Oh, Jin, Jin, Jin, you beautiful boy...

No. Man. You have done it again!

-Uh, Jin? The creature is looking

a little snack-like again.

Hey, come on over and take a look.

The tentacle and Peng's talk about dried squid

clicked together in my head.

I realized that the creature must be aquatic.

And it turns out, that ditch

at the construction site used to be a river!

Way back, city development

blocked it off from its water source.

-So the river dried up

and the creature dried up along with it.

That means she's been around a long time,

and she needs water to thrive.

-Poor thing.

I miss one morning-moisturizing routine,

and my face gets super thirsty.

-Then let's get her rehydrated stat.

Oh, I have an idea.

-Wait, Yi. I also have an idea.

The creature's tentacles are like my other favorite snack.

Jelly!

Jelleen!

-I know just where to take Jelleen.

-Ma, I'm staging an intervention.

You're hearing things, and I think we should go to a doctor.

-Bah! You need to go to a doctor

because you're not hearing things.

-Has there been anything besides the ringing? Any voices?

-Yes. I am hearing one very annoying voice right now.

Enough nonsense.

Follow me if you care to feel foolish.

I'll prove my ears are never wrong.

Hah! See? Ringing solved.

- You punched a hole in our wall? - Focus, Mei.

The important thing is that the ringing was real.

-Where did this phone even come from?

It isn't connected to anything.

Are you saying you used it to speak to someone?

-Don't give me that look!

The one you give tourists when they ignore the menu

and try to order General Tso's Chicken.

I'm not crazy!

-Ma, phones don't work when they're disconnected.

It's impossible.

-My granddaughter speaks

to magical creatures with a violin,

and you're talking to me about impossible?

Nothing is impossible.

Not even the strange words of a strange spam caller.

All right, here we go.

Oh, hey, Sewer Koi.

Look, Jelleen, another creature friend. Exciting!

She wants to go home?

I'm sorry, Jelleen.

You can't go back. It's not safe for you.

But we found you a nice new home.

Things will be way better for you here.

It's not your old home,

but Sewer Koi protects the city's water.

So you'll always have lots of pristine water

far from river-wrecking humans.

I get it. You've lived there for... ages,

like, longer than I've been alive.

And it... it stinks that you have to leave

when you don't want to.

But we're not too far away. We'll come visit.

-Yeah, and that contractor woman never will.

Aw, I think you made her feel better.

-That's it, Jelleen.

Get comfy.

Guys! It's working!

Whoa!

-Wow, is it just me, or is the waterway

looking a little tight for Jelleen?

-I think you're right, and it's stressing her out.

-Uh, Yi, can you calm her down again?

-It's no use! She's too stressed.

-Jelleen must be overloading the sewer's power line with her electricity!

It doesn't help that the water is conductive.

Uh-oh.

-I'm here and ready to hear what you have to say.

-You... are... the Great Watchers?

I... I'm sorry I called you a spam caller.

Yes. Okay.

Run interference so interferers do not interfere with Yi

while also making sure not to interfere myself?

Don't worry. You've seen me in my shop.

No one is better at taking orders.

Thank you, Great Watchers, for this great honor.

-There must be somewhere Jelleen can live comfortably.

-It's going to be tough finding an open body of water

that's power- or people-problem free.

-Too bad your old river dried up,

and that scary contractor is forcing you away.

-Yeah.

All that quartz back at the ditch is an insulator.

It would have helped block off Jelleen's electricity from the city.

-It sounds like it really was the perfect home for Jelleen.

-That's okay, Yi. We'll find someplace else.

-No. Jelleen was already where she belongs.

I shouldn't have tried to move her away

to accommodate humans.

Now that people know creatures exist,

they need to respect creatures' needs too.

-You're right, Yi.

Jelleen needs to be chill-een

at her own dwell-een.

Those were some sick rhymes.

-Sewer Koi, I need your help.

And a scale if you have one to spare.

-"To my super awesome team:

"take a break and grab a midnight snack

at Nai Nai's Dumpling Shop on me. Boss."

She even put a smiley!

Let's go!

-It is done.

Run interference so interferers do not interfere with Yi

while also making sure not to interfere myself.

Let's get that river filled with water.

We can't get caught.

I will look awful in prison stripes.

-It's pretty late. I think we're okay.

-I don't think so.

Nothing will stop me from finishing this building.

In fact, I'm making some great progress tonight.

Filling a pesky ditch with cement.

- Oh, no! - Jelleen's river!

We have to hurry.

All right. Sewer Koi and I will...

Well, if it isn't the creature kids.

Didn't I warn you all to stay away?

Creatures and children have no place around my building.

-This was Jelleen's home way before we humans moved in,

and it's where she belongs.

-Creatures are a danger to humans.

-No! That's not true!

And I can prove it if you just give me a chance.

-I told you, I'm on a deadline.

And I don't miss deadlines.

-No! Please stop!

-Just stay put until this is settled and dry.

-Aah! I think Jelleen shocked me.

-Jelleen, please, you have to stay calm

or your electrical powers will activate.

I'll get us out of here. I just... I need a second.

No...

Peng, your sneaks! We can burn away the netting.

-I'm ready to rip!

-Okay, everyone, stay still

until the hole in the net is big enough.

Then we all drop together,

and Everest will use a cloud to catch us.

-Wait, no... Jelleen, don't... Jelleen! No!

Jelleen!

What's going on?

-Stop the cement, please!

-I told you I wouldn't be so lenient a second time.

You should've listened when I said to stay out.

Turn it off! Please!

- Come on, come on! - No! Jelleen!

-There has to be something...

Or someone.

-Nai Nai? What are you doing here?

-I thought you might need a Nai Nai-ght in shining armor.

Aah!

-Hey, uh... What are you doing?

Now!

Sewer Koi, you ready?

It's time to save Jelleen.

Whoa!

-Oh, it's beautiful.

Mmm.

-I know this isn't what you wanted, but it's what's right.

Whether people have known or not,

we've been living among creatures

and causing them a lot of pain.

We have to learn to live in harmony with them,

not just... bulldoze them out of our way.

If we all just understood that,

all of the destruction could've been avoided.

I hope you come to realize that Jelleen belongs here.

She really got it done in a week!

And it feels nice not to have to sneak around.

-I can't wait to see Jelleen.

She better be doing great.

And finally, a balance of modern and nature.

I can feel the good qi flowing.

-Thank you, all, so much for coming today.

This concludes our ceremony.

And this river is the building's crown jewel.

-Everest, the coast is clear.

-Oh! Uh...

Uh, it's, uh, nice to see you again.

Yi, I want you to know that I took your words to heart.

Jelleen and I are both just trying to live our lives

and protect what we care about.

We can and should respect one another.

-That's so... great to hear.

-Now, where is my business partner?

Oh!

-Jelleen, you look better than ever!

-Very healthy bell shape!

-Things have been going really well.

Before, my life was all about business,

but spending time with Jelleen has really opened me up

to other experiences.

I'm enjoying figuring out her favorite foods

and keeping her water clean.

And she's full of surprises!

Uh... The point is,

the river brings a lot of foot traffic and ambiance,

but Jelleen also saves me a ton on power bills.

Her electricity lights up the whole building!

-Jelleen, how is it being home?

- Wow! - Whoa!

-Well, Yi, how are you feeling about our first successful case

of helping creatures and humans coexist?

-Hashtag...