Aria barely notices the girls struggles in her tentacles, tilting her head to one side as her large hands reach for the girl's face, her tentacles bringing Alice closer.<br/><br/>"Why do you have those strange things covering your face?" she asks, not realizing the threat the small girl carries at all, "You don't need to hide behind it, I'm sure you're pretty..."<br/><br/>And the octo-girl easily pulls Alice's re breather (or was it a standard scuba mouthpiece?) out of her mouth.<br/><br/>(Didn't know Alice would be able to USE those powers of hers... no worries though.)<br/>0000000<br/><br/>Chell pushes into the directors office, carrying another report, with a look of great annoyance on her face. "Hey boss, I got mine, Harvey, Clara, and Joe's scouting and expense reports right here. Found another vein of Iron, but Joe got into another fight with a death-angler."<br/><br/>Death anglers were nasty, car-sized anglerfish monsters that sometimes came up from the darkest cracks of the ocean. Joe was certifiably insane even by Scouter-Diver standards, which made him a good, if expensive employee.<br/><br/>Chell was their involuntary spokes-person... which meant she brought all the good and bad news to the director. Her annoyance was understandable, as she had to explain the antics of all the other scouters to the bossman.<br/><br/>"Our sub ended up with a cracked water-shield, a busted prop, and missing a torpedo arm. We're hoping you could okay the repairs..."<br/>Chell's tone is rather... light for someone discussing a EXPENSIVE repairs on a military vehicle.