DRUNK BASTARD...!

[GREY GLANCES AT SEA BUNNY FOR A MOMENT, BEFORE LOWERING HER HANDS JUST SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO CONTINUE WATCHING THIS MESS. HAPPY CLASPS HER HANDS TOGETHER AS SHE CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY.] (SURELY WE COULD MAKE THIS A BETTER EXPERIENCE SOMEHOW?) [WE? YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE TRYING THIS HARD JUST TO FIX THIS ALREADY DERAILED CONVERSATION, HAPPY!] C'MON, YOU HAPPY BASTARD, YOU'RE PUTTING TOO MUCH EFFORT INTO THIS. (ANYTHING TO LEAVE A GOOD IMPRESSION ON OUR FRIEND HERE, RIGHT? HEH..) [DAZED MERELY ROLLS HER EYES AS SHE GOES BACK TO SNUGGLING WITH DEMON AND DIABLADA.]

(REALLY? WELL, WE CAN ALWAYS HELP YOU LEAVE IF YOU'D LIKE--) YEAH, LEAVE, THIS PLACE TOTALLY SUCKS. (DAZED, PLEASE...) [GREY MERELY SIGHS AT ALL OF THIS, CHOOSING NOT TO COMMENT.]

(JUST ONE BAD THING COMPARED TO EVERYTHING ELSE, SO THAT'S GOOD!) [HAPPY LOOKS OVER AT GREY, NUDGING HER IN ENCOURAGEMENT.] (WHAT ABOUT YOU? C'MON, LET'S CHIN YOU UP.) [DAZED SNICKERS AT THE TWO AS GREY FUMBLES WITH HER WORDS FOR A MOMENT.] (WELL-- I-I MEAN-- I-- M-MY DAY WAS ALRIGHT, I GUESS.) [THE ARM HAPPY WAS USING TO COVER DAZED'S MOUTH FLOATS BACK OVER AS SHE USES HER OTHER ARM TO PAT GREY ON THE BACK.] (WONDERFUL! YOU DID SUCH A GOOD JOB!) [HAPPY THEN LOOKS OVER AT DAZED.] (AND YOU?) YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I DID THIS MORNING, SILLY GOOSE. [HAPPY GOES SILENT FOR A MOMENT.] (...MOVING ON!) [FINALLY, HAPPY LOOKS BACK AT SEA BUNNY.] (SAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS IN PARTICULAR? JUST CURIOUS.)

AH, I THINK YOU'RE JUST SENSI-- [HAPPY'S ARM SUDDENLY ZIPS CLOSER TO DAZED AS SHE GETS HER MOUTH SLAPPED SHUT.] (DAZED, YOU MIGHT GET US CANCELED. ANYWAY, HOW ABOUT WE JUST CHANGE TOPICS TO TRY AND CALM THINGS DOWN A BIT?) [SHE GESTURES TO SEA BUNNY WITH HER OTHER ARM.] (MIND TELLING US HOW YOUR DAY'S BEEN SO FAR?)

THOSE ARE KIND OF THE SAME THING IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. HA! [HAPPY GESTURES FOR SEA BUNNY TO CALM DOWN.] (PLEASE DON'T SWEAR, THAT ONLY ENCOURAGES HER.) [DAZED CHUCKLES AS SHE PETS DEMON AND DIABLADA.] I DON'T NEED ENCOURAGEMENT, ANYWAY. [HAPPY SIGHS TO HERSELF.] (CERTAINLY THERE'S A WAY TO SETTLE THIS THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE ALL OF THIS BICKERING...)

[BIRTHDAY? HERE, HAVE A FREE CAKE MAILED STRAIGHT TO YOUR BLOG! DON'T QUESTION WHAT THE FLAVOR IS. :)]

(I HAVE NO CLUE, BUT HOPEFULLY IT'S A GOOD REASON.) [DAZED GOES AND SITS WITH THE OTHERS AS THE DOGS FOLLOW HER INSIDE, WITH DIABLADA SHUTTING THE DOOR. THE TWO THEN SIT DOWN WITH DAZED AS THEY IMMEDIATELY SNUGGLE UP WITH HER.] ALRIGHT, WHAT WERE WE TALKING ABOUT AGAIN? (WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOU APOLOGIZING TO GREY.) NEVER GONNA HAPPEN! [GREY IS FROWNING AT THIS WHOLE SITUATION AS HAPPY TRIES TO REASON WITH DAZED.]

[DAZED ROLLS HER EYES.] YEAH, TECHNICALLY YOU'RE AN IDIOT. [DAZED HELPS GET BOTH SEA BUNNY AND HAPPY INTO THE ROOM.] (P-PERFECTLY FINE, FRIEND! DAZED, PLEASE, JUST LET ME STAND UP FIRST...) STAND UP FASTER, THEN! [HAPPY GOES AND SITS NEXT TO GREY, WHO'S BEEN SILENTLY WATCHING EVERYONE DO THEIR THING THIS WHOLE TIME, BUT DAZED ALSO CHOOSES TO LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN AS SHE PEEKS OUT AGAIN AND GESTURES FOR THE DOGS TO COME IN.] SINCE MY GUARD DOGS'RE ALREADY HERE, I MIGHT AS WELL KEEP THEM HERE FOR A BIT...

SERIOUSLY? WHAT ARE YOU, STUPID? WHATEVER, JUST GET IN HERE. [SHE GESTURES FOR XE TO ENTER THE ROOM AS HAPPY TRIES GETTING UP, BUT IS IMMEDIATELY KICKED TO THE GROUND AGAIN BY DAZED.]

[DAZED STOPS TALKING WHEN XE MENTIONS HER. MAYBE SHE HEARD XEM. THE DOGS ARE SEEN QUICKLY CATCHING UP AS HAPPY OPENS THE DOOR TO THE ROOM THEY'RE IN.] (FRIEND? WHAT'RE YOU--) [DAZED SHOVES HAPPY TO THE GROUND AS SHE POPS HER HEAD OUT, CAUSING THE DOGS TO IMMEDIATELY STOP AT THE SIGHT OF HER.] BUMMY? THE HELL'RE YOU INTERUPTING FOR? [SHE GLANCES OVER AT THE DOGS.] AND... WHAT'RE MY GUARD DOGS CHASING YOU FOR? [DAZED LOOKS VERY MUCH CONFUSED.]

[WHOA, THERE GOES THE PINK GUY! BYE BYE! NOW, WILL XE ACTUALLY TURN RIGHT OR WHAT? TURNING RIGHT WILL LEAD TO DAZED, HAPPY AND GREY, WHILE TURNING LEFT WILL LEAD TO THE TWO CRYING KIDS.]

[THEY CLEARLY DON'T LIKE IT, STOPPING WHEN THE WATER HITS THEM AS THEY TRY TO SHAKE IT OFF. LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE DISTRACTED! WHERE WILL XE GO NOW?]

[REM HAS A WATER GUN! WOOHOO! MAYBE IT'LL GET THOSE PESKY DOGS TO LEAVE YOU ALONE. OR MAYBE NOT. WHO KNOWS?]

[OH BOY, THIS IS FUN TO WATCH! AS SEA BUNNY RUNS, THE DOGS REMAIN HOT ON XYR TAIL. HOWEVER, REM MIGH HAVE SOMETHING USEFUL...]

[YOU NEARLY HIT DIABLADA, BUT SHE'S ABLE TO DUCK IN TIME. NOW REM IS ON SEA BUNNY'S BACK, HOPEFULLY XYR BACK DOESN'T BREAK. BETTER START ACTUALLY RUNNING, TOO, BECAUSE DEMON AND DIABLADA ARE ABOUT TO POUNCE AT THE DUO.]