Carver wrapped her vines around Barrel's wrists to try and pull them apart and away from her cage, but was quickly overpowered by the two boys as they both quickly moved to grip her vines.

"Would you idiots take a second to-- Ow! Stop yanking that!" 

She struggled in their grasp, but was at a disadvantage here. When Barrel said it was her idea, she joined Shock in hollering at him. She even rammed the back of his head with her cage for good measure. 

"Thanks a lot, dumbass!"

The pumpkin creature scowled at Jack as he took back control of the situation. She wasn't brave -- or stupid -- enough to challenge him to his face. She might mock Doctor Finkelstein for his inability to contain her, but even if she [i]could[/i] get out of whatever punishment Jack had in mind, she wasn't going to beg the question. 

"Shock..."

"Sh-Shock..."

"Shock seriously--" 

It didn't take long for Carver to abandon the idea of talking down their leader as the Pumpkin King pulled out all the stops. She cowered behind Barrel's bulk. Nope, was [i]definitely[/i] not going to mess with [i]that[/i] guy. She kept clinging to Barrel's back as they trudged toward town. Part of her wanted to spend the trek ripping into the boys for not catching a hint, but the rest of her was too nervous to make any real noise with Jack marching behind them.