[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Serge hunched over. "No..." He sat down and looked at the ground. "What did I do?! PLEASE, SOMEONE TELL ME BECAUSE I HAVE NO CLUE!" Serge started to wail. Sadly, yes, he was. But who could stop him? He was upset.

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Magus looks at Serge and rolls his eyes. "Are you always this melodramatic? We just have to knock the doors down. OZZIE! Wanna do the honors?"

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

"Sure, could be fun." Ozzie pulled back his arms in unison and shouted "OMEGA GREEN!" as he held his hands forward in a DBZ-like stance and sent a powerful gust of wind towards the door, blasting it down.

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Magus grins back at Ozzie as a new wave of soldiers, startled by the blast, pour out. "That's what I am talkin' about. Feels like old times again!"

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

"I know what you mean, Janus!" Ozzie said with a laugh. He opened his hands wide and snapped them together. At the same moment, a large venus fly trap stuck out of the ground and snapped shut, devouring tens of soldiers at once.

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Magus laughs, the action electryfing him again. He released a few more shadow bolts and then came to the more solid inner doors. "This one might be a bit more complicated... Any clues?"

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Flea holds up a hand. "Oh please, allow me." He says coyly, sauntering forward and standing just before the doors. He gives a little giggle and blows a kiss at them, a flame leaping from his finger-tips and lighting the doors with red flame. He could see that they would extenguish quickly and so he called the wind, raising a hand and chanting beneath his breath so that it whipped around the room - strong enough to feed to flame, but not so strong as to blow his companions up in to it.

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Magus grins wider. "This gets your blood pumping, doesn't it?"

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

"Breaking into a castle, rescuing a princess, helping a pair of young'uns solve a riddle. This is the life!" Ozzie laughed. "Hey... that door didn't open..." Ozzie glanced around for a moment. "Hey, what about that viper statue? It could be some sort of mechanism to open the door." Nobody questioned how Ozzie came up with this. In his years at war, he had learned plenty about odd mechanisms that open things.

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

"Alright Ozzie. Serge, wanna try and mess with it? You are the hero afterall."

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

"Oh my. Who are you?" Standing slightly concealed in one of the two branching doorways, Riddel blinks at the small group of people then slowly walks toward them. Naturally, she is being cautious but always manages to maintain her natural kindness and grace. "I wouldn't tinker with that if I were you. If you get the combination wrong, it'll drop you into a cage below."

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Ozzie quickly leaps into action and points his index finger at Miss Riddel. "All right, where is she?!?!?"

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

"Where is who?" Riddel blinks at the large green-skinned man and slowly shakes her head. "I'm sorry, but I don't know what you're talking about."

[Viper Manor Bluffs, Alternate World]

"That's it," Korcha shouts. "LET'S GET THEM!" The blue innate leaps into the air and grabs a massive Aquaball out of nothingness. He hurls it through the air towards the red innate bird and POOF! The bird dissolves into nothingness. But as on cue, the larger bird swoops down and kicks Korcha right in the chest. Korcha falls to his knees and mutters, "Help..."

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

"The girl known as Harle!" Ozzie shouts. "Tell me where she is!"

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

"Harle, you say?" Again, Riddel blinks at the man for quite a long moment before slightly inclining her head. Idly, she brushes a little of the hair from her face as she reflects on this new information. "I'm not sure if I know anyone called Harle. She may be upstairs with daddy, though, or his guest. Would you like me to take you to them?"

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Ozzie nods, and lowers his finger. "Yes, bring me to Harle."

[Viper Manor Bluffs, Alternate World]

Kid responds with a disgruntled sigh. "These buggers are gettin' bloody annoying!" She pulls out her dagger and runs between the creature and Korcha, delivering several quick slices to its chest. She then releases a PhotonBeam on the creaure.

She waits to see if Korcha can get back up to stand his own again. "I think I'd be more effective the other bugger, mate." She glances over at the strange guy who had followed the group up the cliffs and was now floating nearby (Slash). "How's about a lil' help with the bigger bugger that we've got here, mate?"

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

"Very well." Riddel nods slowly and continues to stare at the odd group for a lingering moment. There's definitely something odd about them, but, then again, there was also something very odd about her father's guest. There's a good chance that they are linked to him. Shrugging mentally, she ditzes with the dials set in the statue and, after a tense moment, the heavy doors bang open. Lightly, she steps aside and motions to go through. "Through here, please."

[Viper Manor Bluffs, Alternate World]

"Tablet..." Korcha mutters. "Do you have a tablet?" He coughs a bit and holds his free arm to his chest.

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Ozzie floats through slowly. "Serge, stay back and wait for the others. Janus, come with me."

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Serge slid down a wall and sighed. "This...is...so, unreal! I just wanna go home...live a normal life, marry Leena, I mean, dammit, is that so much to ask?!" Serge looked at the ceiling and sighed. "I'm destined to be unhappy, I tell you, unhappy!"

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Harle smiled and came from her standing place against the wall. She excused herself from General Viper's office and stalked off down the hall, with the grace of a cat. She smiled sweetly at all the patrolling soldiers and kept walking. Finally, she stopped, and waited for "him" to arrive.

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Ozzie would float forward towards Harle, and look her deep in the eye. In an instant, he would drop out of his float, then drop to one knee and bow slightly to Harle. "Greetings, Princess."

[Viper Manor Bluffs, Alternate World]

Kid crouches and pats her clothing down. "Tablet...tablet...let's see here." She soon comes across one of the more mild tablets. "This'll havta do, mate." she replies, holding it out.