"Probably just enough to dye his horns," Shock said sweetly. "Think you can hold him still long enough?"

Lock struggled again.

"You wouldn't--!"

He knew they would. He tried a different tactic.

"Lilliiiiiith! Help!"

Lock watched the ceiling. He saw Lillith nod and come down...only to fly out the window after her sister. Which only got his own siblings to laugh that he'd been abandoned.

"Damn it, Lillith!" he cried. "You traitor!"

Shock grinned at Carver.

"Toss me the lipstick."

As soon as the pumpkin creature retrieved it from her cage, Shock had Barrel hold Lock's head still so she could carefully paint the dull rose pink onto Lock's lips, with a further threat that if he moved them too much, she'd make him look like Clown. Lock grimaced. If it were red or black, he might not have minded too much, but no. The one color Carver stole [i]had[/i] to be pink, and it would horribly clash with his red hair.

Once the lipstick set, Shock allowed Carver to let him go. The glower she got from Lock triggered another fit of laughter. Barrel fell over too.

"So pretty!" he said.

"Screw all of you!" Lock cried.

"I'll get the drill," Shock offered.

Lock flipped her off, then headed out of the lair.