"I'll take that as a 'no'." She bent down, scooped him up in her horn and tossed him backwards in one smooth motion. Ripper screamed all the way to his destination: a tree. We heard a crashing sound, but the sound of Ripper hitting the ground was absent.
"I think he's stuck," Hoothoot said with a cracking voice. I smiled but managed not to laugh.
Some of the Volbeat fluttered up to the tree and illuminated a pair of kicking legs. I could no longer keep my laughter contained. "Haha! You got what you deserved!" I said as loudly as possible.
"Is that you, Reaper? If you have any sympathy for your partner you will come up here and GET ME DOWN!" Ripper screamed.
The others laughed with me. Moriko just smiled sadly. "I'll get you down, buddy," she offered.
The red legs kicked even harder. "Oh, no you don't! I don't need you rubbing your generosity in my face! Reaper, get me down!"
"Partner, I'm afraid that it's either Moriko or no one at all!" I yelled.
"I'd rather die up here!"