The guys in Metzgerhund were one wrong move away from being fired from Sentry Ridge. Their boss imposed new restrictions, the worst of which was that the guys could only leave the park grounds with his permission...which he already said was never going to happen. The guys knew they had to be careful with what they did next; they were not prepared to go back home just yet.

In a self-help move, Billy created a contest to entertain his band mates. The Imperial Challenge! Each would challenge their band mates to an event, preferably an event that favored the challenger's strengths. They even included a cash incentive for the overall winner.

The excitement and adrenaline caused them to conveniently forget that one of the events was somewhere else in town.

During this same time, a local sociology student wanted to base her senior paper on how the guys in Metzgerhund fought the trends and the expectations of their age group to create music nobody else was playing. Billy made her an honorary member of the Metzgerhund Empire, and even invited her to participate in some of the contests.

It seemed like a random move that this student provided an opportunity for the band to dig out of their hole at work...which Billy took full advantage of.

And it worked.

This freed Billy to concentrate on his turn in the Imperial Challenge. And she was more than happy to help him out.