Lock squirmed in Lillith's grip to try to make her put him down. He squirmed even harder when he caught the residual effects of his sister's trick, due to Lillith's lips against his. When she finally let go, he fell gracelessly to the floor...and became a cushion for his girlfriend.

Shock cackled even louder than Carver at the results. Two bats, one well-placed zap. Even literally, in Lillith's case. She returned the air-five.

Lock managed to push Lillith off of him, but immediately noticed something different. He grinned.

"Your hair - it looks [i]wicked[/i]!"

As a result of Shock's prank, all of Lillith's hair stood on end, straight, but at a slight angle behind her head. A residual blue shock rose up it like a Tesla coil, then disappeared. Lock kissed Lillith's cheek.

"Like a completely different monster!"

Shock finally got a hold of herself. She ran her hands through her own hair to get rid of the last flecks of static.

"That was the [i]trick[/i]," she said. She gestured to the refreshment table. "So have some [i]treats[/i]."

Barrel came out of the kitchen with two large tubs of popcorn to set on the table. He looked over at Lock, Lillith, and Carmilla.

"Aww," he whined. "There was trouble and I missed it?"

Shock walked over and patted his arm - both to comfort him, and to get rid of the last few charges she collected from her hair.

"The party's just getting started, brother dear," she said sweetly.

"Ow!"

Barrel nearly dropped the popcorn tubs, to both of his siblings' laughter. He safely set them on the table, then shoved Shock away from him. She was in such a good mood that she let him get away with it without retaliation. Barrel grumbled and went back into the kitchen to get the last round of snacks.

From the window, a new voice called in.

"Um...I [i]think[/i] this is where we're meeting? I heard voices..."

"You heard right," Shock called. "Come on down!"

There was the sound of clinking glass and something crawling through the little tunnel in the window. Lock and Shock looked up to see Sobki's crocodile snout poking into the room.

"Hi, Sobki!" Lock called. "Look what Shock did to Lillith's hair!"

"Let me get down first, then I'll take a look."

Just like Carmilla, Sobki carefully climbed down with one hand, as he held a six pack in the other. Shock came over to assist their guest and took the six pack from him.

"Frankensteiniken's?" she asked, then let out a wicked cackle. "This stuff definitely [i]shocks[/i] your system."

At the very least, he brought a decent beer to share. She gave a devious glance behind her.

"I should know."

Sobki awkwardly stood at the bottom of the ladder for a moment, then looked around the room. He'd almost forgotten what the lair looked like. It had been...how many years since the tricksters last hosted a party? He shook himself out of his thoughts - and the fight brewing in the middle of the room - to greet the monster of the hour, Carver.

"So you got your body back," he said, then looked Carver over. "With some new upgrades?"