Deli was still chuckling a little bit when, quite suddenly, they felt something strange happening. Their fur was growing wet and water was dripping from their body. At the same time, they felt themselves getting light-headed and their throat was achingly dry. Their eyes widened and they looked at Comet, to see if she knew what was going on.

But she was glaring at them, intensely, the look on her face the same look that Deli had seen others have when casting a powerful spell and they knew. Eyes bulged with sudden, rushing rage and they stood up, stumbling back a bit as their eyesight wavered in front of them. "HEY," they barked, voice rasping. "What the fuck? What the actual fuck is wrong with you?! You using magic or some shit?! It was a joke, asshole! What the FUCK!!" They barked angrily and let magic filter into their mouth. Their tongue began to sting as venom coalesced in the saliva that was gathering against their teeth. They let out a threatening growl and rubbed their aching throat. "You tryna start a FIGHT or some shit? Asshole! FUCK, I'm so thirsty! Who the fuck does that?! Tryna kill me or something for a prank?!" They felt awful, like they hadn't had a drink in a whole cycle. This wolf was gonna regret that.

Deli still had their teeth bared, snarling and growling when they broke off into harsh rasps, quickly covering their mouth so their saliva didn't go flying out and give away their little secret. Their throat hurt so bad, they felt like they were dying! They needed water, like, NOW. But the wolf was still there, just...standing there. Staring at him.

Deli stared right back, glaring. "The fuck are you just standing there for?! You gonna apologize for overreacting?! Just take a joke holy shit!" They scoffed loudly and pulled their bag forward, pushing things around to see if they could find any little bottles just containing water, but they were all just. Paint. Paint, paint, and more paint. They snapped their head up towards Comet. "I'M THIRSTY," they barked angrily. "Get me some water! It's your fault!!"

As soon as the wolf set a little puddle of water in front of them, Deli didn't hesitate. They turned to the side and immediately spit out the saliva they had before getting on their hands and feet and licking up the water as if they'd never tasted such cool, clear liquid in their life. They didn't stop until it was all gone and they were, perhaps not completely quenched, but at least not horribly dehydrated anymore.

They sat back, panting heavily from drinking water so fast, eyes turning down to Comet when they remembered that they were actually kind of really angry at her. They sat up and frowned - it was quite strange to see Deli without their signature smile. "Now listen here, you little shit," they snarled. "Learn to take a joke! I threw red paint at you that you washed away in a second, no harm done! And you- you fucking tried to KILL me! Talk about overreacting! What the fuck is wrong with you?" They snorted, trying to throw some kind of magic in her direction, maybe give her a nasty taste of fungus, but...nothing really happened, leaving them sitting there scowling.

Deli narrowed their eyes at the apology, calming down for a moment and crossing their arms across their chest. "See? That wasn't too hard! Still, that was still a big asshole move! I mean..." their smile slid carefully onto their face again and they let out a little snicker, "not that I'm complaining! I'm an asshole all the time but don't sit there and think you did nothing wrong!"

Eyes widened with shock at the suggestion. "A FIGHT?!" They barked out a laugh and climbed to their feet. "I like fighting! Fighting it fun, huh?" As they stood, they started the same process as before - pressing magic into their mouth to fuse with their saliva as they grinned wide. "Since you started the fight, take the first move!"

Deli crouched, ready to race forward and chomp down as hard as they could, get that venom into the wolf's system, but when she didn't move to attack, they hesitated. Good thing they did - a moment later, keen eyes detected something shimmering in front of her. Some kind of trap? Grin widened. Defensive player then. How annoying.

In the second they had before their wait would have gone on too long, they quickly weighed their options. They could try to attack physically and risk the trap and further injury, they could use a magical attack to do...something, or they could further prepare themselves for their next attacks. They weren't willing to risk throwing the fight, and they had no idea how the trap would react to magic. Better to play it safe for now - the spell before had been nasty and they didn't care for a repeat.

Their magic flooded through their body, enhancing their senses. Eyesight sharpened, smell became stronger. Things would hurt more, sure, but it was worth it. Their grin widened as the slight increase showed, for sure, that there was some kind of barrier in front of the wolf. "Gonna hide behind your spells?" they taunted.