[center][color=Magenta][h2]Alicia Harnick[/h2]
Level: 2
Day/Time: Day Two
Location: Butter Building, Kirby's Dream Land
Interacting: Senior Poppy Bros[@Holy Soldier]
Mention: Phoenix Wright[@Leaves], Banjo-Kazooie[@Etherean Fire], Cloud Strife[@Holy Soldier], Frisk Dreemur[@Guardian Angel Haruki]
Word Count: 527[/color][/center]

Alicia wasn't sure if she had ever experienced worse pain than the emotional pain she was experiencing right then, between the bad jokes and some of the puns friend and foe alike felt a need to make. Even letting Aksis give her a knock around had hurt less than this. But then, she had agreed to try things peacefully first, even if she couldn't think of something. She really began to wish that James or even Ikora were there, as they were both adept at delivering...what had the Warlock Vanguard commander called them...oh right, zingers, even if the Warlock didn't find them overly humorous herself. Finally though, as Cloud delivered a horrible, and physically painful, corny joke, one came to her.

It was, in all honesty, somewhat logic and science based, but it was the one joke that had ever actually gotten a chuckle out of her, one of her fellow Titans having taken on the object of the joke as a nickname due to his own temperament. Breathing deeply as the two Bros began to laugh uncontrollably at Cloud's joke, but her voice died when the bomb rolled out, right towards her. [color=Magenta][i]Of all the times for this to go bad![/i][/color] Frisk had already run forward and grabbed the bomb, tossing it up the stairs they'd come down before shooting...something, at it. The Titan was already moving forwards, grabbing the child and spinning around so that any shrapnel would hit her shield, and also any of the actual explosion that somehow managed to make it to them.

The odds of such a thing happening were slim, but not impossible, and the Stalwart was already beating herself up over letting her guard down in an effort to come up with some suitably sorry joke to get them all out of the room alive. [color=Magenta][i]"Iron, start making sure we can get out of here quickly in case these two misinterpret the intention behind the eliminated bomb. Let's not cause any further issues if we can help it."[/i][/color] Her Ghost nodded from where he still floated and moved to the ceiling before doing an area scan.

[color=Gray][i]"Continue with the previous plan if possible. We don't need to escalate first, Alicia."[/i][/color] The Titan would have given her companion a death glare under normal circumstances, but she didn't want to give his position away. Instead, she approached the two Bros, a prayer to the Traveler going through her mind.

[color=Magenta]"If I may, I think I have a joke that fits the mood. Why did the volcano blow his top?"[/color] She paused a moment to allow the pair to think of their own answers, as James often did, before delivering what she hoped was a decent punchline. [color=Magenta]"Because he couldn't handle the pressure."[/color] Iron even added the recording of a rimshot for effect, but at this moment, whether or not they'd done well was still in the air. Internally though, she groaned at the joke and the pain it caused. That was almost as bad as Cloud's, if not worse, but it was the best she had. If all else failed, she could flashbang them and knock them out with Cloud's help.