Unfortunately, Carver was too heavy and slow to keep up with the trio as they ran up the stairs. It only took Jack a tiny moment to adjust his gate to step over him, but that was enough to completely solidify the trickers' head start and give them time to smash the door in. He caught up to them all at the stoop and crossed his arms, glaring at Jack with slightly more direct malice than Shock.

"[i]You[/i] said things were going to be 'different' around here. Is this [i]different[/i] enough for you?" he demanded accusingly. 

Carver lifted up his tank top to show off the solid metallic lumps on his chest; they weren't real breasts, so it didn't feel obscene enough for him to think about whether that was appropriate. Not that he really cared about appropriateness, anyway.  

Chad grinned at the flashing, and for a split second forgot the 'boobs' were on what he assumed to be a dude. Luckily, he was just perturbed enough by the rage seeping from those in his immediate vicinity that he withheld his reflex to cheer.

"I didn't ask for this, I didn't [i]want[/i] anything [i]like[/i] this!" Carver continued, dropping the shirt. "Among another [i]dozen[/i] issues, it’s making me too weak to function. And when I told him how much of a problem it causes me, he said I should be [i]grateful[/i] that it [i]forces[/i] me to sit still and prevents me from 'keeping up with my hooligan friends'. Grateful! Like I somehow fucking benefit from [i]not being able to soak my vines[/i] after spending ten minutes exhausting myself [i]just walking across town[/i]!"

He kicked the battering ram a few times as he spoke. As if to accentuate his point, the heavy wooden mast barely moved from the contact. The pumpkin creature began to sag a bit as the adrenaline rush of Shock's charge started to wear off.

Carmilla and Lillith still stood by the gate. Their expressions shifted from growing awareness to sheer horror as they listened to the increased details the pumpkin creature gave out. Carmilla's quickly fell to a hateful glower. 

Agatha turned pale and backed away from the vampires to stand near Sobki.