Greenface threw away his puke-filled baggie as the cats slowly got out of their seats, in awe at the view in front of them that the cameras were showing. "It's beautiful," Feathershine murmured, closing her brilliant yellow eyes for a few seconds before reopening them as she took in the scene.

Suddenly, a huge explosion rocked the ship.

"Sorry," piped Fernfrost, flashing an awkward grin. "I was just testing the explosives that the KGIS set up for me a while ag-"

"That's definitely not okay," Cedarflame interrupted. "Why in the name of StarClan would you literally just blow up our ship?"

"I didn't blow up the ship!" she protested. "I was just testing something. See? The ship's fine." She gestured at the panel showing status of the various rooms - nothing had been damaged or breached. Cedarflame let out a sigh and settled back into his seat, wrapping his tail around his white paws.

"L-let's get started," Sageleap meowed in his most confident voice, which was still pretty pathetic. "We only have four space suits... so only four of us can go out. Any v-v-volunteers?" 

Cedarflame waved his tail. "I can set up the big pieces. I helped design them."

Greenface made a face. "Why would a microbiologist do something like that?"

He shrugged. "I was bored, and there's not much I get to do here other than some bacterial experiments and infecting a couple monkeys with pneumonia."

"That's awful!" Feathershine cried. "You're going to damage everyone's motivations with such a terrible experiment."

"Grade A psychology," muttered Fallowstripe in a dull voice. No one paid him any attention, and the argument continued.

"Monkeys are dumber than us," Cedarflame spat at her. "We're the ones on Mars. Why should we care about other species?"

"Because they're cute, and you're going to make me depressed!" 

"I don't care about how you feel. You're the least valuable member out here. All you do is pretend to know about psychology and annoy the rest of," Cedarflame responded sharply. His white-tipped tail was lashing back and forth now, green eyes narrowed into a glare. "Just... I wish we never had to bring you."

"Excuse me?" Feathershine spat, the fur along her spine raising up as she hissed out her words. "I'm the one keeping you sane! I'm the one holding this ship together!"

"Guys," Sageleap tried, but he was interrupted by Cedarflame.

"You're the one driving us insane!" The black tom let out a growl and stomped off toward the closet. He pulled out a spacesuit and stepped into it, holding up the helmet with his paws before pushing it over his head. 

Greenface coughed awkwardly as Cedarflame stepped into the airlock. "I'm gonna help him set it up, I guess," he meowed. "I am an engineer after all."

The rest of the cats watched in silence as the white-furred tom gathered up a suit and wiggled into it. It was far too big for his spindly figure, but he managed to make it work as he padded out into the airlock, trailing after the angry black tom.

"Cool," Sageleap meowed nervously. "I'm an awesome l-l-l-l-l-leader."

"And I get to practice my conflict resolution skills," Feathershine meowed, a growl still audible in her mew. 

by rio.
this is very, very, very late.