"I won't sit idly by while some rabblerouser takes out my hardworking employees," Grizz says. Vex and Den shriek.
"Oh, what the fudge--" Vex says, clutching her heart.
"The ghost of Mr. Grizz!" Den yells. "I've been a good squid this year, I swear!"
"Oh yeah," you say, holding up Grizz's radio. "Hes alive. Everybody say hi, Grizz."
"Hi, Grizz..."
"Hello, sir..."
"Bwawaugh," the Smallfry chimes in, not wanting to be left out.
Grizz sighs, and the sound comes through the radio like static. "Are you going to go avenge my IT guy or what?"
Oh yeah, you were going to do that. The three of you burst out the door, Mr. Grizz and the Dynamo in tow, and run for the security office.
There are splashes of blue ink everywhere. Hot chips litter the floor. Fluffernutter is there, inconsolable. Ashe is there, too, looking completely shocked. And in the middle of it all, floating in an orange innertube, is Dan--or at least, what's left of him. He's been splatted, all right. He's hopping around in a circle, blurbling something that vaguely sounds like help, help!
"Ashe? What are you doing here?" Vex asks. "Returning to the scene of the crime, eh?"
"He was like this when I got here!" Ashe yells back. "I just showed up like five minutes ago, the boss is dead--"
"Not dead," Grizz says.
"Whatever," Ashe groans. "And now I'm getting called a murderer!"
"We've got to revive Dan!" Den says. Dan bubbles on the ground at their feet. What do you do?