The Passage of Time

A long time has passed! Perhaps mysteriously... The party can't account for the gap in their collective memories. What has happened?

1. They've skipped forward in time, a simple time slip (just like anything magical is "simple" right?) What were they last doing? How have things unfolded in their absence?
2. They were kidnapped by strange beings! Fragments of memory will return to them every d6 days. 10% chance that any sleep will result in nightmares of things they can't explain.
3. Their possessions are all missing and they have unexplained bruises on their heads. Bandits probably? But fairly untidy ones as there's a 75% chance that someone who looks will pick up signs of a trail leading to the hideout.
4. Pockets are searched. Half a note says, "Don't think about it, or-" and the rest is burned away. Another scrap says, "-the tailor or the innkeeper-" while a third slip of paper lists everyone's name under a WANTED FOR SKULLDUGGERY AND DEEDS MOST FOUL banner.
5. "Friends! There you are!" A jovial man walks towards you, his manner is regal but his dress is not. "Ah, what a week we've had eh? Eh?!" He pats his pockets. "You've all been most kind, most kind indeed, but it seems that there's the small matter of my retainer, yes?" His eyes narrow and his hands rest lightly on a pair of short swords. "As discussed, my friends, yes?"
6. They got busy doing one thing and another, meandering from this and that to modest successes and small failures, surviving all the while and now here they are. Hazy, but happy, ready to continue.

I rolled a 6.