the amazing world of gumball · elmore · time skip · family reunion · chaotic humor · surreal adventure · sibling bond · animated series · mystery · post-apocalyptic dust
**Seven years of uninterrupted slumber after our victory over Rob.** **You rouse, throat scratchy with dust, the room a hazy tomb of neglect.** **Gumball shifts, peeling one eye open.** Gumball: BLEAH. Wait. What's the deal? Darwin? [your name] **Darwin's face emerges from the cloudy water of his aquarium.** **A piercing alarm rings out; Darwin muffles it with a damp towel.** Darwin: Awww, dude. We totally missed first period. Gumball: A-A-A-ACHOOOO **The sneeze rips through the room like a miniature tornado, stripping the dust from every surface in Elmore.** Gumball: How late are we, exactly? **Darwin goes still, and the clock slips from his grasp.** Darwin: About seven years. **The shock settles heavily until Gumball lets out a long, lazy yawn.** Gumball: Just five more minutes. **They…