The sun was just rising when Rythian, Zoey, Ravs and Teep said their goodbyes back at the portal. Reyna gave Rythian a look that said "You're gong to come back, right?" Most people wouldn't understand the look, but no one could miss what Rythian meant when he smiled in answer. Then he walked through the portal and vanished.
"That was so fun!" Zoey said, "I have got to come back here!" Zak was smiling too, but he said "Maybe I'll come to your place instead!" Their collective reaction was "That would be so cool! We have got to do that!" then both redheads said goodbye and stepped through the portal.
"You should come to my place some time." Ravs said, "It's called the Crooked Caber and I make the best stuff ever." Mavs snorted in disbelief. "No way; my place is the Bent Rod, and my stuff is much better." Ravs made an identical noise and said "We'll see." before he too disappeared through the portal.
Teep and Leep's parting contained no words by our definition of the term, but they both agreed that, although it was nice to see another dinosaur, they really should try to keep people away from the portal. Too much crazy stuff happened, and dinosaurs did not like crazy stuff. Then Teep said goodbye -for now- and went back to his own universe.
Lalna watched in a tired way as his friends went back home and their alter egos left. He looked and felt like he'd just gotten up, but he was -in a weird sort of way- happy. Partly because it was nice that his portal was a success, but mostly because Talna had admitted, after hearing the full story, that he wasn't as much of a wimp as she'd thought and she probably would have screamed too.
Lalna gave his opposite a brief nod, then he stepped through the portal. The somewhat confused crews of Honeydew inc. and Sipsco. greeted him on the other side. "Lalna, I have three questions." Xephos said. Lalna gave a short laugh and said "Only three?" Xephos nodded and asked "One; what were you doing in the portal? Two; what were Rythian and his friends doing in the portal? And three; why are you in your pyjamas?"
Lalna thought for a moment before saying "Long story, but the gist of it is that I got woken up by my alarm, Zoey and her opposite got lost, and Rythian made me scream like a little kid." Sips opened his mouth to ask a question, but the only answer he got was "If you want me to say anything else, then you'll have to wait until I've had some sleep. Now leave me alone."
