[color=pink]"Alrighty then. You know the drill!"[/color] chirped Fiddlesticks.

The bees looked at each other in a perplexed manner. Exchanging glances and shrugging shoulders. A few of them decided to draw straws. The one with the shortest straw let out an exasperated sigh. 

"Excuse me oh strange and pointy eared one." one of the bees asked.

[color=pink]"What's the problem little bee buddy? Little buzz buzz? That's what I'm gonna call you now, little buzz buzz."[/color] stated Fiddlesticks.

"Yeah ok uh." said the bee. A brief but awkward silence passed before he spoke further.

"There are only two paths. Which teams do you want to send out on scouting missions this time around?" the bee asked.

Fiddelsticks noticed that the water level had risen even higher than before, and at a much faster rate than expected. 

[color=pink]"Ya know what little buzz buzz?"[/color] asked Fiddlesticks.

"Uhh no?" answered the perplexed bee.

[color=pink]"I reckon we don't have much time to wait around. Let's just go left."[/color] he stated.

[color=pink]"Is that fine with you little buzz buzz?"[/color] Fiddlesticks asked.

"Yeah, sure." said the little bee dispiritedly.

His confidence in the strange pointy eared one was even lower now than it was before. He flew back to the rest of his team and called a huddle. They whispered quickly and hurriedly about ditching Fiddlesticks and the cleaner bot. Ultimately though, they decided to stick around, for now. All this was done out of earshot of Fiddlesticks though. For he would've cried and sulked about it if he were to overhear their disheartening conversation.

[color=pink]"Is that alright with you little cleaner bot?"[/color] Fiddlesticks asked the talking vacuum cleaner.