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Tunnel Rat was not happy, but then, when was he?
Stuck in his dog form, he snarled at Hi-Tech from his refuge underneath a table. The blond winced but tried to speak with him, "Tunnel Rat, I said I was sorry! But really, how was I supposed to know those were shifter curses?!"
The red-furred dog snapped its jaws at him, but didn't lunge forward, which he took to be a good sign. Hi-Tech bit his lower lip, trying to think of something to salvage the situation, "Well, I think they're only supposed to last a day...maybe..."
The dog snarled at him again, louder this time and exposing more teeth than he had before. Hi-Tech gave in and stepped back, giving his teammate some space.
It had been an honest accident. While reorganizing the Vault, Hi-Tech had found a box of some weird curse charms he didn't recognize and had been walking though the base trying to find Scarlett to get her opinion of them when Tunnel Rat had walked by him in the hallway. It wouldn't have meant much, but Hi-Tech had somehow tripped over his own two feet and accidentally stuck one of the charms on Tunnel Rat, which had then forced the shape shifter into his dog form.
In hindsight, it would have been a much better idea to have just called her and waited in his lab. Hi-Tech blamed lack of sleep for why he hadn't done just that. But that was in the past and now he had to figure out how to handle this situation.
Maybe he should find Spirit? Yeah, that sounded like a good idea...