Lock crumpled under Carver as she pounced on him.

"H-hey!" he cried.

Hide-and-shriek? Well, the graveyard [i]was[/i] the best place to play. Lock didn't think too much harder as he shoved her away, then slugged her back.

"I wasn't coming out of hiding!" he exclaimed. "I was--!"

What [i]was[/i] he doing?

It didn't matter. Lock stuck his tongue at her, then glanced over at Lillith and Carmilla. Deciding to shift the subject to them, he laughed as he took in their drenched clothes and, in Lillith's case, hair.

"What happened to you two?" he asked, more playfully than malicious. "Apple bobbing in the fountain?"