As soon as that happened, however, Karaoke Bomberdog let out a
screech. Not only were these creatures rude enough to enter her base
without her knowing about it, but they were yelling at her as well? “How
dare you speak to me like that?!” she demanded. “Don’t you know how to
treat a lady?!”

As she continued lecturing, however, she
didn’t seem to notice that the fuse on the bomb was burning shorter and
shorter. “…If I wasn’t so delicate I would kick you out myself- EEK!”

She suddenly hurled the bomb across the room without warning.

Marie said nothing to that, simply glaring at the dog. She was a lady too, and even if she wasn’t a “proper” one, she at least knew they didn’t just chuck bombs around willy-nilly.

“Yeah, and if I actually had legs I would kick—AUGH!”

She dove aside, and the Repairman, focused on hitting the bomb back, looked genuinely disappointed that he missed, and the bomb exploded on a nearby wall.

“…Um, so that’s two-love, right?” he asked, before shaking himself out of that mindset. “E-er, look, ma’am, we don’t want to damage anything here, we’re just here to fix the Wall. Can we do that, please?”

If Bonk’s shades weren’t so dark, Cat Slime could’ve seen that she was blinking in confusion. “Alternate… Versions?” she asked.

The first thing Bowyetta noticed, however, was Cat Slime’s new scarf. “Oh! You look even cuter now!” She squeaked.

“Yeah… And he’s so friendly too,” Quartz smiled slightly. She could relax knowing that the group was safe.

Beep
then spoke up with a serious face. “Well, the five of us can’t go
anywhere if it’s that cold out,” she began. “If you don’t mind, we’re
going to have to stay in here, to avoid freezing to death…”

Cat Slime nodded uncertainly. At least, he knew now that his friends were not cursed or something.

Of course, that relief was quickly replaced by pride and vanity. He squeaked happily at the compliments, bending his body as if posing with the scarf.

He continued this as he went over to the kitchen, almost sashaying, squeaking to ask if they needed anything else.