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Sapnap woke with a squirming Karl wrapped around him, pacifier gone and thumb securely in his mouth. Sapnap chuckled before he realized that Karl’s squirming wasn’t just his normal stims. His wiggling stims(as they liked to call them) usually happened on his upper body. His torso and shoulders would worm around rhythmically and sometimes his hands and arms would wave around. This, however, wasn’t that. His legs were shifting together in more sporadic, slower movements than any stim Karl had. Sapnap sighed as he realized:
Karl had to pee.
And of course, he was still Little. If the thumb in his mouth wasn’t an obvious give away, the fact that Karl hadn’t gotten up to go solidified it in Sapnap’s mind. He needed to get Karl to the bathroom before the Little had an accident. They were streaming again today and it was probably going to be a long one. Sapnap knew that Karl never liked to go to the bathroom mid-stream, not wanting to leave his fans waiting.
So Sapnap shook Karl’s shoulder gently.
“Baby, wake up,” he murmured, pressing a kiss to Karl’s hair.
“Mmm. No, Daddy. Seep time,” Karl mumbled back, snuggling his head further into Sapnap’s neck. He was still squirming, though it didn’t seem he’d noticed.
“Baby, you’ve gotta go potty now.” Another kiss to the fluffy hair. Sapnap was in awe that Karl could wake up with perfect hair every day.
Karl just snuggled further into his Daddy’s warmth again. “No, Daddy. Don’ gotta go.”
“Can you try, baby boy?” Sapnap felt the soft locks shake against his neck and smiled at the feeling, but internally frowned. Why was Karl avoiding going to the bathroom? Surely he’d felt the pressure in his bladder by now?
“Baby, Daddy will be right here when you get back, then we can cuddle for a bit longer before we get breakfast and go stream, okay?” Sapnap tried.
Karl shook his head again. “No, Daddy. Don’ gotta go,” he repeated sternly. His tone told Sapnap that if he pushed further, the Little would have a temper tantrum. So he let it go.
For now.
“Alright, baby. But Daddy’s gotta go potty. I’ll be right back.” Sapnap untangled the Little from himself and walked into the connected bathroom. He hoped maybe Karl would follow, but the Little just curled himself into Sapnap’s pillow. Maybe he really didn’t have to go? Maybe he was just stimming. Sapnap did need to pee, though, so he did, then brushed his teeth and hair and washed his face before heading back to his room. Karl was still curled into Sapnap’s side of the bed and his squirming had stopped.
Odd.
Sapnap got dressed, then shook Karl’s shoulder. Grey eyes cracked open and met his, still cloudy with sleep.
“C’mon, baby boy. Time to get ready, bubba.”
Karl groaned, rolling over onto his back and taking Sapnap’s pillow with him so it was half on his face, half on his chest.
“Five mowe min'es, Daddy,” he mumbled, but his stomach rumbled and Sapnap tickled him.
“C’mon, baby. Daddy’s gonna make you breakfast, okay?” Sapnap couldn’t really cook, but he did know how to make cereal and eggs, just for Karl.
Karl giggled, squirming happily. “Otay, Daddy.” He put down Sapnap’s pillow and sat up, rubbing his eyes, then holding up his arms to be held. Sapnap complied, picking up his Little. Karl might have been taller, but he was skinny as hell and Sapnap was sure he could pick him up with one arm and carry him ten miles without stopping. It must’ve been all the Monsters and goldfish Karl tended to favor for meals.
Sapnap carried him into the bathroom and stood in the doorway. Karl always insisted on doing everything himself when he was at the older side of his headspace. Sapnap watched as the boy lazily brushed his teeth and washed his face, then ran a brush through his hair a few times to make sure it wasn’t fuzzy. He didn’t even look in the direction of the toilet as he got ready and Sapnap decided to try once more to get the Little to pee.
“Do you need to do anything else while we’re here, bubba?” He tried to make it sound like it was just a casual question, because sometimes Karl would only do things if he thought they were his idea. But the Little just shook his head and studied his reflection in the mirror. He fixed his hair before going back over to Sapnap, holding out his arms again. Sapnap complied, scooping up his baby boy and depositing him on the bed. He grabbed one of Karl’s softest sweaters and a pair of sweatpants(if he had to pee during the stream, he needed something he could get out of easily) and brought them over to the bed.
“Arms up, sweetie.” Sapnap pulled Karl’s sleep shirt off and replaced it with the green frog hoodie, kissing the Little’s nose when his face appeared. Karl giggled and laid back when Daddy gave him a gentle push, holding Daddy’s hand to his chest. He focused on all the noises he could make with his mouth while Daddy changed his pants and then put some fuzzy frog socks on his feet. Karl kicked his feet happily against the ground and made spit bubbles. Daddy kissed his cheek and tickled his stomach, which made him giggle and a line of spit fall from the corner of his mouth. Daddy grabbed a tissue from the bedside table and wiped Karl’s mouth, smiling at him.
“There’s my giggly boy. How’d you sleep, baby?” Daddy asked, picking him up from the bed. Karl wrapped his arms around his Daddy and kicked his feet.
“Good, Daddy. ‘Ow you seep?” Karl stuck his thumb in his mouth.
“I slept well, bubba. Let’s get you a paci, huh? Sucking your thumb can make it hurt, bug.” Sapnap searched for Karl’s pacifier and found it under the pillow. He wiped it on his shirt before popping it in his baby’s mouth. It was a sky blue one with a sticker decal of Finn and Jake and was Karl’s favorite because Sapnap had gotten it for him and put the sticker on. All of his pacis had cartoon characters on them, but his Adventure Time one was his absolute favorite, even more than the purple one with his logo that Dream had sent him.
“Ceweal!” Karl exclaimed, bouncing and clapping his hands as his Daddy set the bowl in front of him. Sapnap dipped the spoon in and held it up to Karl’s mouth. Karl happily accepted the spoonful of cereal, clapping his hands again. Sapnap fed Karl his entire breakfast, including the eggs and a cup of apple juice, then set the Little down in front of the TV to watch Adventure Time. He poured some more apple juice into Karl's sippy cup and gave it to the Little, who immediately sipped at it, drinking half in one go. Apple juice was a natural diuretic, so Sapnap was sure Karl would have to get up to go to the bathroom soon. But the Little was invested in his cartoon and didn’t make a move to get up. Sapnap sighed and paused the cartoon, drawing Karl’s grey eyes to him. The Little pouted.
“Why Daddy do dat? Was a good pawt.”
“Bubba, I think you need to try to go potty now. You’ve had a lot to drink and you didn’t go when you woke up,” Sapnap pointed out.
Karl shook his head. “No, Daddy. Don’ gotta go.”
There were those sentences again, exactly the same as Sapnap had heard them upstairs. It wasn’t unusual for Karl to repeat things when he was Little, but this was an exact replica of himself, down to the tone and the way his eyes glazed over. Upstairs, Sapnap thought it was just sleep, but now Karl was fully awake and his eyes went glassy for just the moment he spoke the words. Sapnap wanted to ask why Karl was so adamant about not going to the bathroom, but Walt came in and told them their stream was to start soon. Which meant Karl would have to be big the entire time. Big Karl would surely go to the bathroom before stream, right?
Wrong.
Karl just sat in his chair, picking slightly at his nails, the blue, black, and purple color starting to chip in places. Sapnap knew Karl would redo them very soon because he hated when he had chipped nail polish.
“I’m gonna pee before the stream starts,” Sapnap announced. Any viewers were watching the Stream Starting Soon screen, so he took his opportunity. Karl just hummed and picked at his nails some more. Sapnap really hoped he could get to the bottom of what was happening before Karl had an accident on stream. When he got back, Karl was drinking a Monster and talking to chat.
“Yeah, chat. Sapnap’s back now. We can start.” Karl was acting like his usual bubbly self, even giggling at the gifted subs and fun comments made at Sapnap’s expense. Before Karl turned on their camera, Sapnap pressed a kiss to his fluffy hair, then sat down and put on a headset. Karl blushed and started the stream.
“Hey, chat, it’s Sap and Karl. We’re gonna play some Minecraft-”
“With your absolute trash settings,” Sapnap teased.
“Honk you, dude. My settings are fine,” Karl replied with a pout. Then he giggled and Sapnap knew that Karl knew he was just joking.
They played Minecraft for about three hours, Karl taking a short break to get another energy drink and Sapnap getting up to pee once more. He was genuinely concerned that Karl hadn’t had to pee. Usually energy drinks made him have to go that much more, not to mention the two sippy cups of apple juice he’d had earlier. Some people in chat had noticed the same thing(minus the sippy cups of apple juice).
There were some joking comments like “wait, a can and a half of monstr and no bathroom break? r u ok, karl? lol” and “this is the longest karl has ever streamed without getting up to pee haha” and “no pee break? everything ok, karl? O.O lol . But there were also some serious comments like “karl, i’m getting concerned. how many monsters have you had 2day?” and another that said “karl, it’s okay. we’re here for you. go pee if you need to” and a really long one that said “Karl, you don’t have to listen to idiots. please take care of yourself. you’ve been streaming for three hours non-stop. please don’t take what trolls say to heart. your real fans just want you to be healthy and happy. please…”
Sapnap didn’t get to read the rest of it, because other comments filled up the chat, mostly just hearts and love for Karl and/or Sapnap. An almost inaudible sniffle came from Sapnap’s right and he looked over to see tears dripping down Karl’s cheeks. Because of the hoodie and the small screen, they were imperceptible to chat.
“S-Sappy,” Karl whimpered, scrubbing at his eyes. To anyone else, it looked like the streamer was just tired, but to Sapnap it was obvious that Karl was slipping into his headspace. His in-between state(not quite Little, not quite big) always had him calling his friend “Sappy” instead of “Sapnap”, “Sap, “Nick”, or “Daddy”.
Karl leaned over in his chair, the bottom part of his hood covering his mouth from the camera. “Gotta pee-pee,” he whimpered. That was another in-between phrase that Sapnap had noticed.
“Alright, buddy,” Sapnap whispered back, hiding the movement of his lips with his drink can. He turned back to the screen. “Chat, we’ve gotta go take care of something really quickly. We’ll be right back.” Sapnap decided to run the Stream Starting Soon screen and muted them, also turning off the camera just to be safe. He held a hand out to Karl, who took it with a shaky one and allowed himself to be pulled out of his chair and led away. His sight was blurry with tears, but he trusted Sappy to take care of him.
“Sappy, ‘M Sowry,” he mumbled, sniffling.
“Hey, it’s okay, sunshine. I’m not upset, but we need to talk,” Sapnap replied.
“Otay.” Karl wiped away his tears with the sleeve of his hoodie.
“Not right now, buddy. Potty first, then talk.”
“Otay.” Karl shuffled into the bathroom, pushing the door closed behind him. Sapnap checked his phone and saw several messages in the Feral Boys Discord chat.
Today at 11:24 AM
Quack Quack Biotch: is Karl okay? he seems distant
DreamBoy: yeah, is something wrong?
GogyNotFound: I think he has to pee. hes had, like, two monsters already
DreamBoy: oh, shit. he mustve seen the tweet
Quack Quack Biotch: fuck that guy. ill report him again if i have to
DreamBoy: Q, chill. Twitter handled it, remember?
Quack Quack Biotch: angy duck grumbling
GogyNotFound: gives head pats
Quack Quack Biotch: still angy, but not as much
DreamBoy: thanks, Gogy
GogyNotFound: aggressive finger guns
DreamBoy: facepalms
Today at 1:30 PM
GogyNotFound: @Sappy mate?
@Sappy
@Sappy
Today at 1:35 PM
GogyNotFound: @Sappy
@Sappy
@Sappy ?
Today at 1:40 PM
DreamBoy: @Sappy mate, look at your fuckin phone
Today at 1:41 PM
DreamBoy: @Sappy nick, take care of your Little. He looks like he’s about to burst.
Sapnap sighed at his friends, then sent a message back.
Today at 1:45 PM
Sappy: sorry, didnt see these. had my phone on silent. Karl’s goin pee rn. Wht tweet?
He got a reply almost immediately in private chat.
Quackity: it got taken down, but i screenshotted it to show u.
A couple seconds later, he got an image and clicked on it, then immediately regretted it. There was a tweet from an account named SpreadKarlHate . It read, god, karl is so annoying. he stops stream way to much just 2 pee. cant he hold it like the adult he is? or should someone buy him pull-ups because hes basiclly a todler. #CancelKarlJacobs #ControlYourBladderDude #YourAGrownMan #ActLikeIt
Sapnap felt his blood boiling. How could someone say that in such a public forum? It was one thing to make fun of Karl for his laugh or his excessive energy(which wasn’t okay), but it was another thing entirely to make fun of Karl for a normal bodily function.
Today at 1:47 PM
Sapnap: what the actual fck?
Quackity: yeah. there were some retweets and likes, but a lot of people spammed the person saying they’re useless and dont have a life. it was actually pretty awesome how many people banded together for Karl
Sapnap: everything makes so much more sense now
Quackity: wht do u mean?
Sapnap: sorry, gotta check on Karl. i’ll explain to the whole group in a sec
Quackity: kk
Sapnap knocked on the bathroom door. He hadn't heard anything, but for all he knew, the Little had most likely been sitting instead of standing. Little Karl hadn’t quite grasped the concept of aiming. Hell, even in his adult headspace, Karl had trouble aiming sometimes. It was a fact Sapnap had found out when he’d gone to the bathroom after a sleepy Karl and found pee practically everywhere but the toilet.
“Sunshine, you almost done?” he asked gently, getting only a sniffle in response. “Can I open the door, baby?” Another sniffle. “Okay, baby boy. I’m gonna open the door.” Sapnap turned the knob and pushed open the bathroom door, only to have his heart shatter.
Karl was sitting on the floor across from the toilet, knees tucked to his chest and olive green socks soaked through with something. If the puddle on the floor and Karl’s demeanor was anything to go by, the streamer'd had an accident.
“‘M sowry, Sappy. I twried to make it, bu’ I coudn’. Don’ hate me,” Karl pleaded, a wave of tears falling from his eyes. Sapnap immediately rushed to his side and knelt next to him, pulling the brunette into his side and rubbing his back.
“Oh, sunshine, I could never hate you. It’s not your fault, okay?” Sapnap soothed. “Why don’t you tell me what happened?”
Karl sniffled. “Meanie on Twittew said ‘m not a big boy an’ dat I stop stweam toos much ta go pee-pee so I wan’ed ta shows you dats ‘m a big boy an’ cans howd my pee-pee fow da whowe day. Bu, I hads ta go supew dupew bads an den I couldn’ when I was at da potty ‘ecause da meanie’s words was in my head and den I hads a askidens,” he explained tearfully.
“Oh, baby. It’s okay. The meanie isn’t right. Daddy is. You remember what Daddy says, right?”
“Daddy says ‘aways goes potty when you needs to. Even if is in da middwe of da stweam. Daddy would rafew has you miss some tings dan has a askidens. An if you is out an has to go potty, you gots ta teww someone you twust, wike Daddy ow Quacky ow Uncle Dweam an Uncwe Gogy’,” Karl recited, making his voice deeper as he mimicked his Daddy.
“That’s right, sunshine. You gotta take care of yourself or let someone else help you.” Sapnap pressed a kiss to Karl’s hair. “Can Daddy help you get changed? We don’t want you getting a rash from sitting in icky undies.”
Karl nodded into his Daddy’s chest and felt himself being picked up a moment later. He was carried through the air for a while, too sleepy to comprehend where he was going.
He trusted Daddy, though.
Karl was already starting to fall asleep even as Daddy changed him. He gave a non-committal hum when the other asked if he wanted to wear a pull-up just in case. Daddy tucked him under the covers and gave him a light kiss on the forehead and wished him sweet dreams and Karl was out.
Sapnap went back down the stairs, keeping his phone on vibrate in case Karl needed him. Right now, Sapnap needed to clean up some stuff with the chat. When he got back, there was so much Karl love in the chat and he took a video of some of it to show the streamer when he woke up. Sapnap unmuted, turned on the camera, and resumed stream.
“Hey, guys. Sorry about that. So, Karl was up like late-late last night planning this week’s streams and was really exhausted. The Monsters kinda sapped his energy ironically, so he’s upstairs taking a nap,” he explained.
There were a lot of positive comments; lots of “aww!” s, “what a nice guy” s, “sleep well, karl” s, and “tell karl to feel better/take care of himself”s. A couple people asked Sapnap to take a picture of Karl sleeping, but Sapnap just laughed those off, only half-joking that it would be an invasion of privacy. Also, knowing Karl, he’d probably either have a pacifier or his thumb in his mouth and while that was cute, it was a sight reserved for the Feral Boys and Jimmy, Chandler, and Chris. Sapnap played some SMP animatics for chat and took the opportunity to text the group chat.
Today at 2:13 PM
Sappy: so, Karl was trying to prove to me that hes a “big boy” by not peeing all day and had an accident in the bathroom. completely broke down and i think my heart shattered seeing him like that. got the bathroom and him cleaned up and got him down for a nap really easy.
Quack Quack Biotch: damn
DreamBoy: poor little guy mustve been exhausted UwU
GogyNotFound: r u serious dream? did you really just “UwU”?
DreamBoy: yes. yes i did
GogyNotFound: fight me
DreamBoy: square up, biotch
GogyNotFound: dodecahedron skyward!!!!!!!
DreamBoy: confused blinking
Today at 2:20 PM
Quack Quack Biotch: boys, focus. Karls health now, fighting later.
DreamBoy: yes, mom.
GogyNotFound: yes, mom
Quack Quack Biotch: how fast was he out?
Sappy: hella. he was half asleep when i was carrying him upstairs. didnt even protest to a pullup
Quack Quack Biotch: damn
DreamBoy: seconded
GogyNotFound: thirded( edited )
DreamBoy: ha! beat you
Today at 2:30 PM
Quack Quack Biotch: on another note, send pics of sleeping Karl
GogyNotFound: ^^^
DreamBoy: ^^^^^^^^^^^
GogyNotFound: you rlly gotta b xtra, huh?
DreamBoy replied to GogyNotFound- dodecahedron skyward!!!!!!!
im xtra? rlly?
Sapnap chuckled, then left for a moment, telling chat he was going to check on Karl. Sure enough, the Little had his logo paci hanging from his mouth and was snoring softly. His hair was spread out around him like a brunette halo. Sapnap cooed and took some pictures, then sent them to the group chat. The replies were instant.
Today at 2:34 PM
DreamBoy: aww! wht a cutie!
DreamBoy, GogyNotFound, and Quack Quack Biotch reacted with a heart emoji.
GogyNotFound: @DreamBoy is that the paci you got him?
DreamBoy: yep! took me hours to get right
Today at 2:40 PM
Quack Quack Biotch: hes so proud of himself
DreamBoy: pops nonexistent collar. hell yeah, I am
Sappy: his Adventure Time one is still his favorite, though
GogyNotFound: of course it is, you made it for him mate
Sapnap focused back on the stream, playing a few more videos and commenting on them. His phone was nearby but out of view of the camera so he could see if Karl messaged.
He did an hour later.
Today at 4:00 PM
Kawl: m wake n hava go potty
Sapnap wasn’t sure if he’d meant to send that to the group Discord, but waited to see what would happen.
Today at 4:01 PM
GogyNotFound: hey, buddy. im sure your daddy will be up soon to check on you
Sappy: im on my way, sunshine
Kawl: otay, Daddy🥺
Sapnap smiled and went upstairs to get his baby boy, ending the stream with a thank you to all the viewers. The last chats he saw were mostly asking him to wish Karl well. When Sapnap got upstairs, Karl was sitting up in bed, wiggling profusely with his hands glued to his crotch from the outside of his Adventure Time pull-up. Sapnap hadn't put any pants on him because Karl didn't like the feel of pants and a pull-up. He said it felt too bulky.
“Daddy! Gotta go potty bad,” he whimpered, biting his lip.
“Alright, sunshine. Let’s go potty.” Sapnap picked up the Little and hurried to the bathroom. He set Karl down in front of the toilet and made quick work of the pull-up on the Little’s hips. He situated the Little on the toilet quickly, knowing that once the training pants were off, Karl wouldn’t be able to hold it. It only took one incident for Sapnap to realize that about his friend.
Immediately, Karl relaxed and his pee hit the water loudly. Sapnap let out the breath he’d been holding. Karl had made it to the bathroom(something they were still working on) and Sapnap made sure to praise him for it.
“I’m so proud of you for making it to the potty, sunshine. I know it can be hard, but Daddy’s so proud of you for getting here, especially after a nap. And I’m very proud of you for saying you had to go potty,” he commended. Karl blushed and flapped his hands happily.
“Daddy so pwoud ob Kawl!” he mimicked. “Kawl gets tookies now?” His grey eyes were wide and hopeful and Sapnap melted.
“Of course, bubba. You can have cookies after you finish your pee.”
Karl nodded and kicked his feet. When he was done, he pulled back up his training pants, not even needing to be coaxed into it. He liked when he made Daddy proud and he knew that wetting his underwear and the floor or the couch wouldn’t make Daddy proud. He was rewarded with a smile and a “good idea, bug”, then washed his hands, beaming. A question lingered at the back of his mind and his bottom lip jutted out in a pout. Would Daddy be mad that he held his pee so long and had an accident?
“What’s wrong, sunshine? Are you feeling sick?” Sapnap was concerned. The smile had dropped from Karl’s face so quickly and he seemed to be lost in thought.
“Daddy mad dat Kawl no go potty aww day an hads a askidens?”
“Oh, bugga, no. Daddy’s not mad at you. Quacky told me what happened and none of it was your fault, okay?”
Karl nodded, hair falling into his eyes a bit. He brushed it away.
“Otay.” If Daddy said it wasn’t Karl’s fault, it couldn’t have been his fault. Daddy would never lie to him.
“Good boy.”
“Tookie time?” Karl asked, lighting up again. He flapped his hands, the sleeves of his panda hoodie waving around and making a sound that Karl enjoyed.
Sapnap nodded. “Cookie time.”
They ventured down to the kitchen, where Sapnap grabbed out some Oreos and a sippy cup of milk. Karl didn’t have the motor skills to dip his cookies in milk when he was Little, so he’d just drown a bite of cookie with milk inside his mouth.
“Smile, baby,” Sapnap instructed, holding up his phone. Karl smiled widely, milk dribbling down his chin. When the camera was down, he flapped one hand while the other shoved a full cookie into his mouth.
Sapnap chuckled and sent the picture to the Feral Boys chat. Again, the replies were instant.
Today at 4:30 PM
Quack Quack Biotch, DreamBoy, and GogyNotFound reacted with a heart emoji.
Quack Quack Biotch: glad to see hes doin better.
GogyNotFound: same
DreamBoy: same
Sappy: he was worried i’d be mad at him for having an accident. my heart stopped working for a second, i swear
Quack Quack Biotch: poor guy. cant wait to get over there and give him all the cuddles and kisses and cookies he wants
Sappy: fine, but youre taking care of a hyperactive Karl
Quack Quack Biotch: nah. imma do it, then go to sleep so u deal with him
Sappy: ur the worst
Quack Quack Biotch: u love me
“Daddy?”
Sapnap looked up from his phone to see Karl biting his lip. His cookies and milk were gone and Sapnap was sure he knew what the Little was going to say.
“What’s up, sunshine?”
“Need da potty ‘gain,” Karl spoke, hiding his grey eyes behind his hair. He heard a chair push back and a second later Daddy’s hand was in his eyeline.
“Okay, bubba. Let’s go potty.”
Karl took his Daddy’s hand and stood up, cookie crumbs falling from his lap. He was embarrassed that he had to go potty so soon after he just went. But he was trying to be extra good for Daddy and listen to his bladder and it was telling him he needed to go potty again. He shuffled his socked feet after his Daddy and used the potty, then washed his hands.
“‘M sowwy, Daddy. No mean ta go ‘gain so soon,” he murmured when he came out, looking down at his fuzzy panda socks.
“Hey, it’s alright, sunshine. You had two sippies of apple juice and a couple cans of Monster. You’re gonna have to go potty a lot,” Daddy assured him, bending to meet his eyes.
“Daddy, tans Kawl watch mowe ‘Ventuwe Time?”
“Of course, bubba.” Daddy led Karl to the couch and turned on the episode he’d been watching before stream. Karl clapped his hands and kicked his feet.
While the Little was distracted, Sapnap took the time to clean up from his snack and text the MrBeast Discord he’d made.
Today at 4:53 PM
Sapnap: hey, just a heads up, a troll on twitter made Karl feel upset, so hes gonna need a lot of reassurance tomorrow.
NotChris: was that the asshole who said Karl stops streams too often?
Sapnap: yep. made him cry earlier and have an accident in the bathroom
Sapnap: btw, dont tell him i told you about his accident
NotMrBeast: Of course, Nick. We’ll take good care of him tomorrow.
ChanChan: we’ll probably let him watch Adventure Time between filming.
Sapnap: thx, guys