House of Baloo 2, 3

16.

The team comes out of the green door.

"Now we've gotten five Pure Crystals... This is turning into quite a collection... That said, we owe Weo for helping us find this one... We should be grateful..." Tippi said.

"Say, Tippi... Something seems different about you recently. You seem a little bit more cheerful... It's a nice change."

"You think so? Well, ever since you saved me from Fort Francis, I've been feeling really good... I feel like I could just hang around with you guys forever."

"So, you're all back?"

Merlon enters.

"How was it this time, then? Did you find another Pure Crystal in outer space?"

"Yes, we found the fifth Pure Crystal And this one--"

"..."

"URK!"

Tippi passes out onto the floor.

"Huh?! Wh-What?!"

"Tippi!"

"What has happened? All of you, come to my house at once! Hurry, now!"

He picks up Tippi and they go to his house.

"Very well, let's all take a breath and gather ourselves here... I'm concerned... Tippi may be unable to maintain her PixI form for much longer."

"Her Pixl form? What the heck does THAT mean?"

"Well, You see, Tippi was not always a Pixl... I found her in her true form, exhausted, cursed to wander through dimensions forever. She was hanging by a thread, barely alive...so I took a desperate measure... Using my ancestors' magic, I transformed her soul into a Pixl.. and this Tippi was born."

"I can hardly believe it... So where is Tippi from originally, then?"

"She had lost her memory, so I have no idea who she is or where she is from... But I can't help thinking she did not come here by chance. Fate connects us... And my intuition in this are is rarely mistaken."

The area rumbles.

"..."

"Look."

"..."

"The Void has grown larger. And these tremors have become common, I'm afraid. Our situation grows more dire by the moment. Will the events written in the Light Prophecy really forestall the foretold doom? I will watch over Tippi. Young heroes, take the Pure Crystal... Find the next Crystal Pillar!"

The team exit Merlon's house. With the help of Fleep, they find a new path at Eerie which leads them to a mirror hall. Inside, they hit some switches in a certain order, making a mirror open up. They walk through the mirror and end up somewhere else. Here, X and the others go up an elevator and towards a house that looks just like Merlons.

"I welcome you!" The voice said.

They walk up to the Merlon-like person.

"I knew you would come by eventually!"

"Where are we now?"

"Well, this may seem like Eerie, but do not be mistaken! You WERE in Eerie, but then you flip-flopped sides..."

"Friends, you are in Eiree! Which means that I am not the Merlon you know. I am the Eiree version, a different Merlon entirely... You may call me...Nolrem! Don't you see? Ours has always been a story of two towns... But the only ones who know about this flip-floppery are Merlon and I!"