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Odd arrived and began to search around the area, already a but confused. Even if the portal to Gluttony was still sealed, if it were in flux there was a good chance that he should be able to sense the fluctuations in the energy forming the seal. "I had better not find out Pump is screwing with me..." He groaned to himself. Obviously he refused to call her 'Countess'.

He walked the empty halls, slowly making his way towards the scene that had unfolded here less than a year ago. "And I swear if I see Jack, he's getting exorcised from existence." He assured the empty space around him.

Odd found nothing unusual about the Hotel except for the lack of anything unusual. No matter how hard he searched, he found little more than the generally amicable spirits that always lingered here. "This is weird." He told himself, releasing Cadenza so he didn't feel as bad about talking to himself. With the Shedinja out of his Ball, the Ghost Channeler began to focus energy into his eyes so that he could bring those between the realms into view.

He saw the portal and the seal he'd placed upon it wavering but not really any weaker than when he had sealed it in the first place. "This is very weird." He repeated, crossing his arms as he delved into deep thought.

~Sterling, keep on your toes. Something feels off but I can't figure out what.~ Cadenza relayed to his partner, trying to determine where he'd sensed the potential danger coming from and, more importantly, what it had been.

The resounding crash was more than enough to get Odd's attention. Followed by the immediate sight of Count Geist's lifeless body flying through the room. "That's new." He said to himself before the sight fully registered. "Wait a second....That's Geist!" Running over to the other Channeler's body, he checked him over, only to discover that he was, in fact, completely dead now.

"Who could have done this?!" He demanded of the empty hotel, turning to look through the hole in the wall that now allowed him to see into the other room. "... ... ..." He glared at the Hybrid on the other side of the Wall. "You!"

The portal in the same room pulled at his senses as he stared down the shiny Gengar hybrid, slowly worming it's way into his mind until, despite all of his common sense(and his partner) telling him it was a terrible decision, he broke the seal on it with a wave of his hand, taking back the energy he had poured into it. "DULL!" He screamed at the hybrid. "You and I have unfinished business!" He hadn't yet noticed how bad the hybrid looked.

Odd ducked under the Shadow Ball and summoned a Guardian Halo to deflect the hunting knife, the thin, silvery veil knocking it aside with ease. "As it so happens, there's a portal to another world right here. And I have friends who can travel to other worlds." He replied, momentarily curious why that mattered to the hybrid. "Maybe, if you're lucky, this portal will take you wherever it is you're trying to go?" He suggested, trying to remain calm even as his heart pounded in his chest. There was no way this was going to work, was there? He knew he'd be stronger there but could he manage to bluff Dull into going into Gluttony with him? This was Lykas' forte, not his, after all.

"I promise you I'm telling the truth. There's a portal right here in this room that leads to another world. I can't say if it will take you to yours but it's worth a shot if you're trying to leave that badly, isn't it?" He offered, pouring a bit of energy into the portal to make it expand, the rip between world becoming faintly visible just behind him as he did.

~Sterling, this is an incredibly dangerous gamble and you know it!~Cadenza urged, trying to convince Odd to stop before it was too late. The Channeler was having none of it, though. "All you have to do is step through this portal and see if it sends you home." The blood rushing in his ears was beginning to drown out everything else. Dull was clearly flustered and he looked desperate. Just maybe he could use that to get the hybrid to follow through with his plan. He could only hope that it would work if he did.

Odd kept a close eye on Dull as his bluff was bought. He knew full well what was going to happen if he failed. Dull was going to kill him just like he'd done to Count Geist and, he had to admit from the look on Dull's face, he would deserve it. But what other way was there? Dull had admitted that his existence in this world was little more that constant pain and suffering. The best that could be done for him was to put an end to his life and stop the pain. Wasn't it?

~Sterling! Even if you can win this, you know it isn't right!~ Cadenza was still trying to convince Odd stop this before it went any further.

~Stop it! I know it's wrong! But I can't pass up a chance like this to stop it all now. Before he hurts anyone else. Before he suffers any more...~ Finally, a response. And, perhaps one that made a bit of sense. Was this all because of pity for the hybrid? Maybe so. It was hard to say at this point.

As Dull picked up his knife and reached out for the portal, Odd gave him a hard push from behind, charging through the portal behind him as he did so. Before Dull could realize where he was, he threw up a powerful seal on the portal once again, trapping the both of them in the Otherworld. "Welcome to Gluttony, Dull." He said as he turned toward the Hybrid, a somewhat maniacal look on his face. "You have no idea how hard I've been working for this moment." Odd almost looked as obsessed as Dull did desperate at this point.

Odd knew he was in for a fight the moment he had pushed Dull through the portal. "You're not killing anyone." Odd assured, channeling a Guardian Halo to form around Dull, the silver ring of energy bound into a sphere by a thin veil of Sanctified energy. While the Ghost's attacks might get through, for the moment, at least, he would be bound in place. Of course, being Mega Evolved meant that he should be able to overpower Odd's binding with ease.

Conjuring up a spear of Ghost energy, he used it to deflect any attacks thrown at him. Releasing his Honedge and Marowak from their Pokeballs, he looked at them. "Entr'Acte, get ready to use Shadow Claw. Beat, use Ice Beam on your club. I want you using your sword for this." He told the Bone Keeper Pokemon. Entr'Acte took up position on the end of Odd's spear, collecting the ambient energy from the Circle to empower his attack. His blade began to glow a swirling purple and black as Odd approached Dull, Beat laying down layers of ice on his Bone Club to give it an edge behind him, keeping a close watch on what was happening while he did so.