Necessity4Fun
I'll keep trying, even if I'm not good enough...
"I fooled you, didn't I?"
Just as the Nekomata had given an order to forget the other and keep going as planned, the squid-human hybrid had come back to join the group, walking nonchalantly as if what she had just done was absolutely normal and harmless. Julie could only facepaw at the sight, releasing an irritated sigh further prompted by her explanation. A prank, executed with the poorest of timings possible. Wonderful, they were so going to die, the cephalopod kit's recklessness and inability of reading the mood were going to be the death of them...
Still, the deserter had gone off into the darkness of the tunnels, away from her field of view in the process, so following her own instructions, the cat-youkai did not take the return of their airheaded member for granted. Slightly crouching with her ears back, ready to pounce if she had to, Julie had been glaring suspicious at Callie as soon as she had approached the others. Tail slashing angrily behind her, the Siamese had watched very carefully, analysing every new reaction of the girl, trying to tell if she was really that stupid or if maybe the shifter was. The dapper odd creature with a penguin slave had taken his tiny weapon, insinuating a threat and making the squid hybrid react in fear. That was not enough... Anyone would have reacted that way, self-preservation instincts were present in every kind of being.
In the background, a woman called them to check something a 'John' had found. The feline assumed that John was the man from before, the one who had stuck with the technological paraphernalia that she could not understand. Eh, as curious as Julie felt, again, it wasn't as if she was going to comprehend anything the computers would tell them. More important was the fact that the man in question had exited the lab and joined them right afterwards. That was confusing... The woman wanted them to go back, but the man wanted them to press on? Wow, talk about shitty teamwork. Hopefully, the two of them didn't decide to bark different sets of order at the same time...
Since that seemed to have solved itself, Julie's attention was back in the Callie situation. The soldier female reprimanded the girl's antics, seeming understandably suspicious of her. Next, an almost bald male, pointing a weird big metallic fork at the returned deserter, asked for the code word. The cat's tail twitched in annoyance as she would have preferred to avoid even mentioning words such as 'password' or 'code word' or anything of the sort, wishing to not let the shape-shifter get hold of the knowledge that such a thing existed in the first place. Oh well, too late for that.
...And then the anthropomorphic cephalopod seemed confused by the request, asking which code word.
"You've got to be kidding me..."
Julie had averted her gaze thinking about what to do, the well-dressed creature from before seemed to think this was a good opportunity for tea, and tensions were at an all-time high. Should she let the young squid suffer the consequences of her actions, or should she intervene? On one paw, this kid would learn to never play pranks in wrong times such as this... But on the other paw, this could mean the demise of a team member and the more time they spend with this stupidity the more chances their prey would have to get the jump on them. Fewer people alive would also mean fewer people to help with the mission.
...Even if just for a slightly larger chance at success, keeping the girl alive seemed advantageous all around.
The cat took a deep breath, still in a ready to attack position, tail angrily swishing non-stop, and rolling her eyes the Nekomata reluctantly opened her mouth:
"...Red... squid..."
With any sort of luck, Julie would not grow to regret saving this idiot's life as the hunt progressed.
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