Felix, upon boarding after a less than glorious evacuation via riding upon Eileen’s back into orbit, had finished doffing her power-armor to leave the spent and badly battered hulk in the hangar.

She already knew she was likely going to get escorted back to Rei’s office to have every decision she’d made under pressure be second-guessed, and how her small practical-joke on Jenny had managed to escalate into precious seconds lost in evacuation that could have cost them their lives… [i]apologizing to trees…[/i]

But, as she passed through the halls, she could hear an all too familiar scampering… and it was getting closer… fast.

[color=aquamarine]”Kitty!”[/color] Sami zoomed through the ship's corridors. Her eyes targeting the recently returned Felix, Sami was excited because she heard the mission went poorly and she couldn’t wait to rub it in Felix’s face.

Felix felt a combination of dread at having to deal with Sami right after a barely-successful rescue mission, and a bit of relief that this gave her an excuse not to attend her own debriefing for a few more minutes… oh, and she also felt Sami’s chest pressed firmly against her face when they embraced in a manner resembling an automobile-collision.

[color=a187be]<“You know, days like this is why I usually wear a hard face-mask.”>[/color] She stated calmly as possible with her ears back, since it was muffled beyond any recognition; her pliable face smooshed against the plesioth. She’d decided to give her until the silent count of three before she’d start biting.

Sami continued to hug Felix, giggling a little at the muffled gibberish that was Felix trying to speak. [color=aquamarine]”Aww don’t worry Kitty, we all have bad missions. At least you’ve rescued all the survivors!”[/color] Sami finally let Felix breathe, though Sami’s hands remained on Felix’s shoulders. [color=aquamarine]” Though from what I heard the head honchos aren’t the happiest with you, in fact even Eileen is getting a little grilling.”[/color]

Sami smirked and grabbed Felix’s ears [color=aquamarine]” Hopefully they don’t yell your adorable little ears off.”[/color] Sami said as she started to play with Felix’s fuzzy ears. At which point Felix's eyes began glowing red with annoyance as she took the plesioth by the hips with her talons and slammed them against a nearby wall with a loud wet 'smack'. Sami's wetsuit probably protecting her from an inadvertent mauling.

[color=ed145b]"Do [i]not[/i] presume to know what happened down there.[/color] [color=a187be]It was just me, Eileen, and a bunch of new students against a veteran mecha pilot waiting to ambush us."[/color] She hissed, bringing a set of talons up to the fishy's neck, [color=a187be]"[i]Any of us[/i] getting out alive was lucky, the fact that [i]none of us died[/i] was a small miracle."[/color] Her grip tightened, her thoughts being what sort of disciplinary measures she'd get for cutting this one open and trying to pass it off for an accident, [color=a187be]"Consider yourself and Ori-[i]Oreario[/i] lucky you two were already stuck scrubbing the hull for contaminants."[/color] She finished, releasing the fish she had caught the unwanted attention of in hopes it'd swim away.