Fflam

Frank had to hold his breath so much that he almost fainted from the smoldering that is Greg's really alien 'parenting' method, he had to play hide and seek while trying to figure out what are they planning. Puzzle solving is not one of Frank's strengths. Gretal's ship shimmers, making Frank perk up.

"No way, there is a cloak function?" he asks. Then he could have used that and he wouldn't have been caught! He want to bang his head onto the wall.

They enter the atmosphere of the Fflam planet again, he looks at them before at where they were going, instead of going towards the hangar however, they are at the engine room. He couldn't see what was going on from the windows, but from the screen he could see something burning through. No way, this ship, an antique had energy rays? It has legs as well... It's like watching an operation. As the ray made a full circle, Gretal walks towards the drop hold.

Frank made to follow them, followed by Merquri who managed to unintentionally put a distance between him and Greg. Frank smirks for a second before looking over Gretal's arm. The hold has moved a bit from what he can see, Gretal makes a move to open the hatch and instead of a ceiling, they are met with a room filled with engines and it's... kind of hot, even the broken piece of roof seem to melt.

"How are we going to put that back?" he asks with a frown. Gretal didn't answer him as they leap down easily, not feeling the heat at all. However, Merquri behind him was already sweating a fountain. Frank winces as he lands onto the floor from the burning smell, he is also sweating but Merquri, coming from a cold planet, must feel worse than he does.

Sure enough she almost tripped over herself him dizziness, Frank had to help her up despite being way smaller than she is and drenched.

Greg, Fuki and Gretal seems the least effected.' Of course,' Frank thinks when looking at Fuki who is more curious as to what the whirring contraptions were,' she can't be human,' he thinks before following Gretal out of the boiling room.

Hit with cool air on their way out, Frank can't help but shiver a bit. Merquri shakes off her sweat like a dog and Frank was even more drenched and cold. Greg chuckles fondly, like looking at a wet kitten. Frank hisses at him when he tries to help him dry up but grabs the towel from him anyway. Seems like he has a whole baby stroller of items for Frank brought out in his dimension pouch. Why would he need a towel anyway?

Gretal leisurely walks pass a few, there seems to be no fflams flying anywhere.

"So, what's the plan?" he asks.

"We're grabbing the prince, then we're leaving," Gretal replies.

"Woah- huh?" Frank sputters, at first he thought it was just to meet the general or something but the royal family?" Do you want us to be killed? The prince? What are you going to do with him?" he asks.

There is no way the queen would allow the prince to leave the place.

"He's with us," they reply, Greg makes a sound at the back that is suspiciously a 'Yes!' he is definitely up to no good. Frank jogs to be able to meet Gretal by the side and whispers to them.

"You know, as much as I think Greg is powerful, you're clearly more better than him, why do we need him here?" he asks. Gretal doesn't look at him as they easily walk towards the royal chambers. Frank looks around with a frown," where are the guards?" he asks.

"Taking care of something else," Greg grins in a not-so-innocent look.

Frank glances at Gretal who didn't reply to him as they focused on trying to get to the right room. Though the guards were away, they was no telling if any of the royal family members are here. It's a huge family, with multiple doors. They didn't know which door as there were no labels, they have traps set off as well if one doesn't open the door correctly which is why they are more focused on what's up ahead.

Merquri stopped a while, looking at a door, Frank finds himself closer to Greg again, which made him slow down as well.

"What's wrong?" he asks, ignoring Greg behind him.

Merquri stares hard at the door. Gretal seems to have lost them and backtracked a bit.

"You said prince right?" she asks. Gretal nods, they didn't know what abilities Merquri has but she seems confident in her choice. Gretal walks towards the door, pressing onto the center, they disable the traps, if this was the right room, they shouldn't trigger anything. So far it was good, they then place their hand through a hole before unlocking the door from the inside and it swings open slightly.

"Merquri, Greg wait here," Gretal replies," don't push open the door," they warn Frank as they enter the room. Frank skirts around the frame, really slowly and carefully moving around it.

He looks into the dark room, shortly after, Gretal turns on the lights. This is not an ordinary room, rather it looked more like a village than a room. Only there were no one around the stalls, only statues and stars leading up to the clouds, something Frank cannot see for too long as it's too bright for him currently.

Gretal walks up the stairs leisurely and Frank struggles to keep up with them, slightly tripping on the stairs. He manages to stagger his way up without falling off, which is a plus for him.

"Why-" he gasps," is- there- so- many- stairs-!" he punctuates each word in tiredness. He turns around and looks up at a curtain of feathers. Only then did he realise.... that is one... giant bird (and no, that is not a sexual reference).